Alpha of the Dead

Chapter 17

(Tiernan’s P.O.V)

After three days of non-stop f*****g, Siobhan’s heat finally broke and now it was time to face the reality of our situation. We had mated, and while we hadn’t marked one another, being apart from each other would slowly kill us. She got dressed in one of my shirts and a pair of gym shorts since her clothes were ripped off her body the first day of her heat.

“We need to talk,” I say.

“Yeah, but I don’t want to talk right now.” She mumbles as she walks to the door.

“No, we talk now. I’m not going to put this off just because you are uncomfortable about the whole thing. I gave you an out, I told you to take a shower, I told you I wouldn’t touch you. You gave your consent. So, we are having this conversation now.” I growl.

“Fine.” She huffs, rolling her eyes at me as she walks over to the couch in the sitting area.

She sits down, folding her legs crisscross, and indicates for me to start talking.

“Now that we are mated, I’m expecting you to stay here. You don’t have to be with me, and we don’t have to mark one another yet, but you know as well as I do what will happen if we are apart for long periods of time."

“Yes, I know. However, I do have to go back to headquarters when we are done with our investigation. I don’t have a say in that.”

“I understand, and that is why I will be going with you.”

She rolls her eyes and mumbles something about picking out a cactus so I could deep throat it.

“Also, I will be taking you on dates, getting you comfortable with the idea of being my mate and understanding that having a mate isn’t all that bad. Our first date will be tonight. I will pick you up from your hotel suite at 6.” I state.

“Dress code?”

“Dress nice. Nothing too fancy, just dinner and whatever you’d like to do afterward.” I respond with a smile.

“Goodie. Can I go now?”

“No, your parents are here now that your heat is over and they want to talk to you. Your sisters and brothers are here as well.”

“I’m not talking to them. Lily said what everyone else was thinking about the situation, so there’s no need to drag out the trauma just to hurt me even more.”

“Lily spent the last three days in the dungeons for what she said to you. Patrick and the rest of the family agreed with my decision.”

Her head snapped up and her eyes were wide with astonishment, her mouth open, making her look like a deer that was caught in the headlights.

“Are you serious?” She whispered.

“Yes, they all agreed with her punishment for the vile things she said. No one agrees with her statement, by the way. Brian and Patrick were ready to rip her apart, and Patrick already wrote her off as his sister.”

“Where are they?”

“They are down in the living room on this floor. Which is our floor, by the way. Your brother has the floor below us and then Drake has the floor below him.”

“I remember how the packhouse is organized, Ty.” She huffs.

“You ready to see your family then?”

“I don’t really have a choice now, do I?” She asks.

“Not really.” I laugh.

She rolls her eyes, and I swear they are going to pop out of her head if she rolls them any harder.

“Keep rolling your eyes like that kitten, and I’ll have to tan that ass of yours,” I growl.

She shivers in response before squeaking out in shock as I smack her perfectly round ass nice and hard. She couldn’t get out of our room fast enough. I walked out of the room, laughing at her reaction.

We are going to need to talk to her about our…issues and…preferences.

I know Steele, but she just ended her heat and she’s still wary of our bond. Let’s not blow our chance at having a mate before it even really starts.

Fine, but you need to do it soon. Grandfather warned you of what was coming, and she needs to know.

Yes Steele, I know, but I need to figure out how to tell her all of this. I can’t just blurt it out like word vomit and expect her to be all fine and dandy about it.

Well, make it quick because I want my mate.

We just had her for three days straight.

Yes, but not in the way we TRULY wanted her.

I just don’t know how she will handle it with her trauma because of that fucktard Wyatt.

It’ll be different, she’ll be okay because she will be with us, her mate.

He wasn’t going to let this go. It wasn’t a huge secret in the pack that I was a Dom. I owned a play club for the sole purpose of having safe places for Doms/Dommes and their Subs to enjoy time together and meeting others who share their kinks. We have a saying that you don’t “yuck” someone else’s “yum”. It has made my play club one of the most highly sought-after venues for those in the kink community.

“Are you coming or are you just going to stand there talking to your wolf?” I hear Siobhan’s voice ahead of me.

I hadn’t realized I had stopped walking during my exchange with Steele, and I couldn’t help the blush that crept up to my cheeks.

Fucking Alpha wolf, blushing.

Steele sniggers at me.

Fuck off mutt.



He cackles before lying down in the back of my mind. Stupid dog.