Alpha Caleb and the Blessed Wolf

20

CALEB

"I f****d up."

I said breaking down the back door of Boyd's house and waltzing my way into their kitchen.

"Ahhhh" a loud shriek hurt my ears, "Ow, Ow that's hot, very very hot. Goddess Caleb you scared the crap of me." Annaliese growled angrily trying to peel her coffee soaked shirt off her body. She had jumped so hard her that hot coffee splashed all over herself and the counter. Boyd himself had quickly sprung into defensive mode then pissed out laughing at Annaliese's drenched state.

"This stain better come out or your buying my a new shirt Caleb." Annie said trudging off to get changed, leaving Boyd and I in the kitchen.

"Coffee?"

"Should I lick it off the counter."

Boyd chuckled, pouring three fresh mugs of coffee from the pot. Hot morning coffee is the best.

"Alright shoot, what did you do this time?" Boyd said dropping onto the stool beside me.

I groaned.

"Well Nikita made herself a little hide out in my room"...which was kind of adorable at first..."but then she refused to come out. It has been a nightmare trying to concentrate on work when all I can feel through the mate bond all day long is anger and sadness and loneliness. It was driving my wolf nuts to go soothe her." I sighed. "I took you're advice and it didn't work."

"Wait what advice?" Annie said returning looking confused.

Scratching the back of my neck awkwardly under the scrutinising gaze of Annie.

"Well ah...ah."

"What advice, Caleb?" Repeating her question more sternly.

"The boys thought I should get Nikita to fall in love with me and join our side. I said I could but I can't it's just too complicated."

Her jaw clenched and she shook her head disappointed. "And what was my darling husband's advice then hmm" oh s**t, Boyd and I both gulped we were in trouble.

"He...he said when you're mad at him, he just leaves you alone until you forget what your mad about. And then I should get Nikita into my bed so she can feel the mate bond because it will help her fall in love with me faster." Boyd choked on his coffee as Annie clipped him on his arm.

"Babe I didn't say it exactly like that." A simple glare told Boyd he better shut the hell up or he was going to be in more trouble. Do all she-wolves train in the art of glare intimidation tactics.

"And with a plan like that how could you possibly screw it up. I mean what girl wouldn't jump at the chance to be in your bed Alpha, right." Sarcasm noted.

"I let her have her little hide away because I was trying to give her space like Boyd said but my wolf wanted to see her at least once. So I may have told her if she doesn't eat with me then she doesn't eat at all. It had been two days."

"Ok beasty so then what happened?" Annie asked.

"I felt her hunger and emotions through the bond. It was making me so frustrated, so I got pissed tore down her cubby, we argued and I slipped up saying how I been searching for the blessed wolf. She asked why but I refused to answer. So I just made sure she ate every bite of dinner then forced her to sleep next to me. This morning I could feel her tension and ran out coming straight over here."

I conveniently neglected to tell them I walked in to find Nikita semi naked wearing only a skimpy towel in my closet. It almost made my wolf go damn near ballistic with need for his mate. My wolf was already on edge. I was sick of the little fort she built and her scent had faded from the sheets. Through the bond I could feel her emotional rollercoaster and the pack issues only made my wolf more determine to be soothed by his mate.

The sunset made her skin glow like a f*****g goddess. My wolf instantly took over, calling to hers.

It was the first time I'd seen those pure white eyes up close. They had a pearlescant shimmer that swirled mysteriously.

Up close I wanted to count each freckle across her delicate nose, most of all I wanted to press my lips against the pink pillows of her own, I wondered how soft they truly were.

When she ran to her little hide out the lamp illuminated her naked figure on the sheet. Time slowed to a thousandth of a second. The shape of her shadow dancing in the light had me panting in agony to have her. Her silhouette was erotic.

Fuck. Me.

I was done with this bullshit.

Ripping the makeshift tent down furiously. She was my captive and I was done letting her hide away from me. She needs to learn that won't be happening any longer. Every time I'm around her she seems to push my buttons and I blow up.

But that wasn't even the worst part of the night. Every bite she took of dinner, sexy little moans escaped. Maybe it had been a good thing she hadn't eaten with me before, I could barely handle it. Thoughts about what I want to do to her to coax those moans in other ways ran rampant in my head throughout dinner. I'd left the room quickly after and had to do a full body work out to release my....frustrations before I could return.

When I did finally return she was standing awkwardly in the middle of the room. The guys had come back into my room after I left and removed the sofa, there was no way I was letting her sleep away from me again.

"Get into bed." I mumbled.

"I am not sleeping in bed with you."

"Would you like to sleep on the floor?"

She thought for a minute to my surprise didn't argue back before tentatively climbing in as if the bed was made of knives. Lying stiffly on her back she spoke through the darkness.

"Are you really not going to try to touch me?"

"No."

"What are you going to do to me."

"I don't know yet."

It was the best sleep I had in months. The problem came when I woke up this morning. Nikita was quiet, eerily quiet but her body was stiff and tense.

There was no anger through the bond it was almost fuzzy. She was just lying there staring at the ceiling. I couldn't interpret her emotions, it was all muddled and confusing. Realizing I f****d up and pushed her too far that she was in a state of stillness.

Annie placed her mug down gently despite the frown on her face. I half expected her to throw the hot coffee in my face.

"Well. First of all you 3 should be ashamed of yourselves. Tell Hendix he gets no chocolate eclairs for a month, no...two months. If you needed advice you should have come to a woman not those two idiots." Boyd had the balls to look mildy offended. "I'll talk to you after this" giving him a pointed look making him lower his focus back to his coffee. I think Annie owns those balls. "Second, new bonds take a while to learn where one's emotions end and the other's begins sometimes and block them out. And third, that girl has been through a lot recently of course she is going to be angry and sad and lonely. She has lost her family, her pack and her freedom. I am allowed to be mad at Boyd, then love him the very next day because we already have a strong established love through our bond." She sighed.

"You need to have an actual conversation. All she knows is that she hates you and you hate her but if you talked maybe you would find deeper reasons why the Goddess mated you two together. Give her a little freedom too. She has no one to talk to, isolated in a strange pack and beneath all her bravado you are probably terrifying the poor girl. The uncertainty of what is going to happen or what you are going to do to her can be more frightening than reality. Show her the good nature of this pack and most of all show her the real Caleb. You're our Alpha and a good man, you are not your father. So whatever twisted hatred he led you to believe about this girl maybe instead try getting to know her too. Be genuine. Getting her in your bed is not enough. There is a reason you're mated just like this boofhead and I are."

Silence.

"I"...cough..."I don't know how to talk to girls." I said embarrassed. Hendrix was not wrong when he said I have no game, she-wolves are drawn to Alpha strength, I don't even have to be nice to them and they simply throw themselves at me. I don't know the first f*****g thing about talking to them especially one with her walls built like a fortress. And this fortress isn't like the one made from sheets and pillows.

"I'm always happy to help. Maybe I could spend some time with her too, you know put in a good word about our Alpha."

I nodded in appreciation but my frown stayed put. Annie had given me a lot to think about. Just where the hell do I start.

"Sorry for interrupting your morning and thanks for the coffee."

******

"Paige, meet me at my office" I mind linked on my way back to the pack house.

"Yes of course Alpha." The reply was instant.

Once I reached my office Paige was sitting on one of the chairs waiting for me. Her clothes were a little bit too tight, and a little too much flesh was showing. I almost cringed at her attempt to look seductive. After our rendezvous when I first arrived back to the pack I knew it was a mistake f*****g her again. We were casual f**k buddies but she is one of the she-wolves that has thoughts in her head about becoming the future Luna. I didn't even find her attractive anymore, not when I've seen perfection.

"What can I do for you Alpha." She said sweetly.

"I want you take my card and go shopping."

The girl loves to go shopping with her daddy's money so the thought of using my black card had her eyes shimmering with excitement.

"I need you to get a range of female clothes, nothing too tight fitting and some that come up high on the neck or maybe some scarves or whatever s**t chicks wear."

"How much are we talking?"

"Anything clothes, underwear, make-up, lady s**t I don't know a whole wardrobe of things. I want everything to be fit for a Luna."

"Really...ok." She said sounding surprise almost excited. "Would they be for me..."

"ALPHA, Valentina and the team have returned. They are being checked over in our medical ward." I didn't hear her last words as the mindlink rang through my head. Val was back. Without a word I left the office, leaving my card and car keys behind.