The Alpha’s Broken Healer (The Alpha and The Princess 1)

Hard truths

The day was here, Ash woke early to find herself wrapped up in a topless Micah. He had his arms around her torso and a leg over one of hers, forcing hers apart to lay between them. She was sweltering in the heat, blanket and Micah, it was too much. She threw the blanket off, blushing deeply when she realised that her night shirt had ridden up, and as she went to bed alone, she wasn't wearing anything under. Ash tried to disentangle herself from Micah. He gave a growl at her attempts. “Micah… please… Im too hot” she whimpered softly. “No” he grunted, but he did flip them over so that Ash was laid on top of him, it was marginally cooler like this, but her night shirt was still pulled up to her waist. Micahs hands were around her lower back, holding her in place. Ash had to admit that she liked laying on him like this, the could feel all kinds of tingles all over her body as she lay there. Her skin where they touched with the bond, her stomach clenching, tingling lower down between her thighs, something in her brain was telling her to touch herself.

Suddenly Micah’s eyes few open. He let out a low grumble “if you keep doing that, I wont be able to control myself Ash” letting go of Ash to lay her at his side. Micah leant on his side, leaning over her a little, his free hand on her bare hip, but his eyes on hers. “If you want to do that, I shouldn’t be here… you’re not ready for that” 

Ash didn't know how to respond. She just shook her head, her face flushing furiously. “I…uh….no….urm…..” she stuttered unintelligibly. 

Micah chuckled “you don't want to masturbate or you don't want me to leave?” Has asked, a mischievous glint in his eyes. 

“Both” Ash whispered after a while. 

Micah nodded. Leaning down towards her neck, “well since you are going to spending a lot of time today with another man I have to do this” he whispered in her ear before sucking deeply, biting down without his canines. Marking Ash’s neck with a hickey that will come up in a few hours and last at least 2 days, if not longer. Ash squealed loudly, her back arching up as she felt her juices flooding out of her, she grabbed Micahs hair, pulling on it softly. “Micahhh!” She cried loudly. When Micah sat back, a self satisfied grin on his face, his c**k obviously hard in his boxers. “Oh I cant wait until you are all mine baby. I love hearing you moan my name like that” Ash was panting softly, looking up at him from her spot on the bed. 

Micah had left the bed shortly after leaving his mark on Ash’s neck. He didn't think he could control himself much longer. Dressing in his work out clothes he went for a long run and a sparring session with some of the warriors. Ash shut her door firmly, running through a yoga routine and a few karate katas that she had been doing for years now, she thought she might like to take up running, but today didn't seem to be the day. After her own work out she headed to the shower in Micahs room, washing her body and hair quickly. Leaving the bathroom after brushing her teeth, she headed back to her room, pulling on some plain black underwear, she braided her hair in the mirror. She didn’t even know what to wear, what does one wear to meet the real world Harry Potter? ‘You are anxious again Ash… do you need me?’ Came Micah’s voice in her head.

‘What am I supposed to wear to meet this f*****g wizard?’ She asked him

Micah chuckled in her head ‘well don't call him a wizard to his face, he wont like it… but just wear something comfortable, I don't know how he will assess your powers’ 

Ash nodded, she knew he couldn't see her, but somehow she also knew that Micah would know that was her reaction, like she could feel his mental shrugs and eye rolls at times. That only seemed to work with Micah, no one else. 

She headed into the closet and flicked through her clothes. Pulling out a pair of work out leggings, the type with pockets in, and a vest top with spaghetti straps, both in black, except for the red panel down the side of the leg of the leggings. She pulled on socks, ready to put trainers on when they were due to go down and meet this mage. Until then she sat on her bed and tried to read her book. She couldn't concentrate and ended up staring at the same page for most of the next hour. Until Micah came back, when she sat outside the bathroom while he showered. She felt calmer being closer to him. “Micah, have you met him before? This mage or whatever?” She called out while he got dried. She was peppering him with questions about mages, Micah didn't have any answers. Then she asked him “what was Zander lying to me about yesterday?” Micah froze. He wasn't sure how to respond for a while, so he didn't. 

Once Micah came out of the bathroom, dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. He pulled Ash towards the bed. “Ok, look, I’m not going to lie ok, but I don't want to stress you out more than you are already. Basically wolves age differently to humans after we mature at 17. So everyone says I’m 25 but its not the same as a human 25…. Please Ash… don't be mad at me”

Ash nodded for a moment. “Ok, so your technically older than you say…. So how old are you?”

Micah sighed softly “you promise you wont freak out?”

“How can I promise that Micah? All I know so far is that you have lied about your age”

Micah nodded, his head dropping. “We age one year for every 3 human years until we meet our mate after the age of 17. Once we meet our mate we age one year for every 5 human years.” Micah looked over to Ash, to see if she could do the maths to work it out “Ash, in human years, I’m about 41… but love, please, you’re likely to age more like me too when you come to maturity, we just need to find out when that is, when you’ll have developed all your powers and they will be at their full strength.” Micah was clearly trying desperately to reassure Ash.

Ash shook her head. “No…. That cant be right. Your dad looks like he’s only about 50, how can you be that old”

“Ash, wait here a moment, let me talk to someone, someone who might be able to help you deal with this situation.” Micah left the room quickly. Ash was pacing the room, her panic building. 

After a few moments, Micah came back in. “Ash, please baby, come to me, you’ll feel calmer if you let me hold me. Someone is going to come to talk to us and help you out ok?” 

Ash followed Micah into the living area, allowing him to hold her hand. She did feel marginally calmer. They sat on the sofa together in silence, waiting for Micah’s mysterious visitor. About 10 minutes later Rowan came in with his mate, Micah’s mother Melody. Ash had been introduced to her at the the hospital, but since then, the woman seemed to be ignoring Ashlyn. Micah stood and met them near the door, whispering urgently to his mother. 

Melody made her way over to Ashlyn, perching on the seat next to the sofa. “Hello Ashlyn, do you want me to call you Ashlyn or do you prefer Ash?” Melody asked. 

Ash liked being with people who respected her as a person, asked her permission before doing things to and for her or making choices for her. They asked for her preferences and included her in the decisions they made that affected her. “Ash is fine” she said quietly, not looking at the woman, she could feel the panic building again. Micah made to come over, to comfort his mate, but his mothers head shake held him back.

“Ash, I’m sorry, I have let you down as your luna. I should have been around for you, but I have let my own difficulties and past and preconceptions get in the way of that. I can only apologise, from the bottom of my heart for my failing. I hope I can help you now.” Melody paused here, rubbing her hands over her perfectly pressed slacks. “I wasn't born into this pack. My birth pack is a very small and insular pack, the Alpha there was a big of a stuck up pig, he didn't allow members to have contact with any other species. We were taught from a young age that other species were dangerous, so my immediate reaction to finding out my son was mated to someone who wasn't a lycan wasn’t pleasant, and my mate has been trying to keep me away to protect me, but we should have looked after you better. Anyway, I digress” Melody gave Ash a small smile “so, in my birth pack, the alpha family almost never found their mate, I suspect, like Micah, they were mated to females of another species, perhaps the gods and goddess were trying to educate them, they would get to a certain age and select a young girl to mate instead, sometimes the girls didn't survive the ceremony. I was the second choice of the young Alpha. Like you I was 15, the alpha would have been about 42 in human years, so he was Micah’s age roughly. Luckily, Rowan was at the ceremony with his father, and he knew the second I was brought on stage that I was his mate. He challenged and won, thankfully, and brought me here. Rowan is older than me, though the age gap is not like it is for you and Micah,  but we wanted you to know that it isn't unheard of, for wolves to have mates who are much younger than they are. We don't know why it happens, it just does. And you are not alone. Micah shouldn’t have kept it from you, he should have explained this to you sooner, but I do believe he was acting in good faith. And please, if you need to talk about it, come and find me. My door will always be open if you need me.”

Ash didn't know how to make sense of what she had just. “Melody…. I’m so sorry…. Thank you for sharing with me. I’m just so sorry that someone could be so evil towards you and your friends.” 

Melody smiled to Ash, nodding, there were tears in her eyes as she stood, patted Ash’s shoulder and headed back over to her mate. Micah joined ash on the sofa, wrapping an arm around her shoulders, holding her tightly to him.