Gage sat at the table looking at the report in front of him. He was at another Alpha meeting in which they were discussing recent rogue attacks and the fact they were becoming more common. He didn't get much sleep the night before, so the words on the paper kept blurring whenever he tried to concentrate on them and the voice of the presenting Alpha Josh, was just giving him a bigger headache, to the point where he couldn't even focus on his words.
Gage took a large sip of the extremely bitter coffee in the mug in front of him, hoping it would help. Not only was it awful, but it was now luke warm.
He was so tired of all the meetings, he just wanted to get home to see his girls. It had been three days but it seemed a lot longer to him and, unfortunately, he wouldn't be able to return for another couple of weeks.
He had put his Beta cousin and best friend, Jason Rios in charge of finding someone suitable to take care of his pups full time. Their previous nanny found her mate and moved to her mate's pack.
The girls were his life now, his lifeline to their mother, his beloved mate, had passed away more than two years ago.
His mind drifted back to his beautiful mate, Marie. She was tall and slender with pouty red lips. He closed his eyes to remember how it felt to kiss them. His heart hurt to think about it but he just couldn't stop himself. He pictured her long legs, her shiny brown hair that he loved running his fingers through to watch it fall and land on her creamy white shoulders. She'd give him that sly smile, with squinty eyes that always made him think he was the luckiest Lycan man alive.
They had met when he was twenty. He had just been appointed Alpha to his pack by his father, the Lycan King, and was visiting the Black Claw pack to set up an alliance.
He and the Alpha of the pack, Greg Jett were in the dining hall when he saw a she wolf enter with two young girls, the youngest one in a stroller.
His eyes were immediately drawn to her because she had very large breasts that were over flowing from her red sweater.
He watched as she sat the oldest girl down at a table, parked the stroller next to her and then went to get their food.
As she was walking back to their table with the tray, someone bumped into her and knocked the tray from her hands, resulting in all the food and plates landing on the floor.
Gage immediately stood and walked over to help her. That's when he smelled it, bananas, warm banana bread fresh out of the oven, "mate", he said. (Although, when he said the word mate, he felt his chest painfully tighten, the most beautiful hazel green eyes flashed in his head and he didn't understand why. Zane, his wolf, growled loudly.)
It was odd that he hadn't smelled her scent as soon as she entered the hall, but he quickly pushed the thought away, took her hand, felt a tingling sensation and introduced himself as Prince Alpha Gage Guerrero. Looking into his eyes, with a sly smile on her face, she said, "Hello mate, I'm Marie Leon."
An omega from the kitchen staff walked up to clean up the mess and Gage helped Marie get some more food, then they walked over to her table.
Marie introduced him to two of the prettiest baby girl pups he had ever seen. The older girl was an exact replica of her mother with creamy skin, dark brown hair and ruby red lips. She looked to be about two or three years old and Marie introduced her as her daughter Daisy.
The younger one was about a year old. Her name was Lily, she had dark black hair but wasn't as fair as her older sister, her slobbery smile was the cutest Gage had ever seen. His heart quickly melted when he looked into their chocolate, brown, doe eyes that they also got from their mother.
Gage asked Marie where the girl's father was. She explained she had met their father, Max Soto, when they were both sixteen at school. They were from different packs, started dating and fell in love. They believed they were destined to be mates.
Sadly, when Max turned eighteen a few weeks before her, he didn't feel the mate bond and a few days later she found out she was pregnant.
They stayed together and decided to build a family. They each agreed they would reject their true mates when or if they ever met them.
Max was a warrior and sadly died in battle just a few weeks after she found out she was pregnant with their youngest daughter. Marie had been raising them alone since.
She did have help from her parents, who were the previous Betas of their pack, Blood Moon, but she admitted her parents couldn't visit all that much and it was hard being a single mother. She wanted a father for them and to give them a happy family that they deserved.
Marie rested her hand on Gages. He felt a warm tingle where her hand lay. She looked him in the eyes and said, " I know we are mates and I understand if you want to reject me because I already have daughters from my previous relationship," her eyes welled with tears as she continued, " They're my life and if you can't accept them, then you should reject me immediately so we can both move on."
Gage watched as a tear rolled down his mates face. He glanced over at her pups, Daisy had spaghetti sauce all over her cheeks and Lily was trying to stuff both her hands into her slobbery mouth at the same time.
He felt his heart swell in his chest and said, "Marie, your pups are a part of you. What kind of mate would I be if I couldn't love every part of you? I see them as precious gifts to love and cherish just like I will love and cherish you. I could never reject you for that reason. I want you and them to come to my pack so we can be a family. I promise to make all your lives happy and love you all with my entire heart."
Marie looked up into Gage's eyes and smiled widely through her tears. She began to sob even more, her shoulders shook as he took her in his arms and kissed her lips for the very first time.
Alpha Guerrero, Alpha...Gage looked up, he had been lost in his thoughts and didn't even notice when the meeting adjourned for lunch. It was just he and Alpha Roberto Diaz of the Moonlight pack in the room now.
Alpha Roberto had his hand on Gage's shoulder, gently nudging him to go to the hall for some lunch and, hopefully, fresh coffee. Gage got up from his seat and they walked together to the dining hall in the building next door.
Alpha Roberto cleared his throat and said, " I know you have been going through a very difficult time these past couple of years. I can admit, I have no idea how you feel or how it feels to lose your mate. I do know that you have to be very strong to live through it. I imagine those beautiful little pups have a lot to do with helping you through your pain.
When you told me about meeting Marie and her pups, you said you wanted to give them the family they deserve. They're still young pups. You promised to give them a loving home. I believe that would include a mother being there and helping them grow, a mother to love them like they deserve, don't you think?"
Gage shook his head, he agreed with Roberto. He knew the older Alpha was wise and just trying to help him, just like everyone else, but what nobody understood was, how could Gage find somebody else to love when the love of his life, his beautiful mate, the one who the Moon Goddess created just for him, still had a claim over his grieving heart?
He missed his mate and his one wish to hold her again would never be granted. As far as he was concerned, nobody else could ever compare or come close to his Marie.
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He felt lost, alone and desperate but unable to bring himself to do anything about it. He also knew for his sanity, for his pups, for his pack, he had to let her go and move on, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it, he couldn't let Marie go. She was all he ever wanted and nobody could ever hold his heart the way she did.
Since her death, he had been with other she-wolves but he only used them to take care of his needs. Lycans and werewolves are very s****l beings. He had one night stands with she- wolves who threw themselves at him. His royal Alpha power drew them to him and most were aware he was to one day be the King so many tried to get him to fall in love with them and make them his Luna.
He didn't even have to do anything but sit and wait. He had his pick of many to fill his needs.
He felt ashamed that some didn't even make it out of his car, the bar bathroom or alleyways before he had his way with them. He couldn't bring himself to even talk to them after he used them for s*x.
He felt bad but he would think of Marie and get angry with them for even trying to take his mates' place. He'd just get up, get dressed, throw them some money to get home and leave them with that same exasperated look on their faces.
Later, after he had a chance to cool off, the thought of what he did would honestly make his stomach turn, but it still didn't stop him from doing the same thing over and over.
Even though he had s*x often, he felt unfulfilled. His s****l encounters lacked any intimacy. He couldn't bring himself to even kiss them, go down on them or really desire them. He just wanted them to make him come and if they didn't orgasm before he did, oh well, he didn't care. He would feel like a jerk after but it didn't stop him from doing it over and over.
He had never been like that before, Marie. He took pride in making his s****l partners feel good and making them come over and over again, but now it was like he was someone else, being driven by something he didn't understand, a robot with someone else at the command keys telling him what to do.
There was one she wolf in his pack that he did go to a couple times a month. Baeyah was a warrior of Delta blood and pretty hot.
A lot of the males wanted her but they stayed away because they knew he and her were screwing kind of regularly and their hopes were maybe their Alpha would settle down with her and make her the new Luna. She was tall and thick, much thicker than Marie, which he found he liked. She had descent-sized t**s and ass, long brown hair and she gave a pretty good blow job, but his wolf Zane, didn't care for her.
If he felt horny, he'd mind link her to meet at her house and have her suck him off or have s*x.
He was surprised after a few times of him leaving her high and dry or more like high and wet that she took matters into her own hands literally and pulled out a dildo when she was giving him, head.
He had to admit it did turn him on and if he did end up having s*x with her, she'd insist on riding him because his c**k hit her "g" spot best in that position. She would usually orgasm before him. He supposed that made her kinda clever and worth a bit more of his time.
Sometimes he'd just sit on a chair and watch her play with her dildo. She'd move it in and out to pleasure herself, spreading her legs wide to give him a good view and make herself moan loudly.
She'd really get into it. He'd rub and pump his hard, thick c**k himself until he spilled out into his hand. She didn't even notice when he got up to wash his hands and left.
He would still hear her moans when he walked past her window on his way back to the pack house. He was sure she was extremely kinky and maybe one day he'd feel like exploring that more in a three-way or maybe other things.