The Last Female Alphas

THE TRUTH 2

Blaze POV:

I see Aria zooming out of the door running for me as soon as I hear her loud squeal. She is like a bullet train. She starts running every time she sees me; she runs to me like a tornado, giving a mini heart attack to her mother in the process. As usual, I give her a candied cherry. I always carry a few when I return to the pack. I love spending time with the kids and hopefully one day I will have a beautiful daughter like Aria. I look at Ray, imagining her swollen with pups. Thor perks up as well. Ray scolds me for giving candy to little kids without thinking. Before I can stop myself, I lean towards her and whisper in her ear. I wanted to kiss her badly but stopped myself at the last minute.

“It’s actually dried sugared cherry,” I whispered, leaning towards her. Her scent of gardenia and lilac drives me crazy and that’s when I smell it—the sweet smell of her arousal. Thor fights me for control.

“Let me out human, she wants us.” Thor roars with all his might.

“No, you dufus. She hasn’t been around people or had a relationship with anyone. She doesn’t know everything yet. Also, she likes us only because we are being nice to her, and she hasn’t been around people who are nice to her like this before. Lastly, we have Aria in our hands so calm down.” I berate him, which instantly calms him down and stops him completely. My wolf loves kids and is very careful about ever hurting someone by mistake. He considers all the pups here as his own. Whenever we come here, we shift and let them ride us. I love doing mock training with pups in the playground. It always made me happy in the past. I just hope I can play with my own pups one day.

I smile at Simone when she runs out to pick Aria. She still has a hard time leaving her pup alone. Nicholas almost killed Aria at birth as he was hunting Simone, making her run pregnant. Before we got there, her water broke, and Aria was on the way. It has been difficult for her to trust anyone. Her mate Shane, is one of the most protective wolves around. She is finally coming around to trusting people and letting them near little Aria. She gives me a small smile and mumbles sorry before walking away from us.

I led Ray inside the community hall to eat. It was almost lunchtime. Zoe cooks amazing food. She is an enchantress in the kitchen. Even her simple salad tastes divine. She handles the kitchen, while Samuel manages the vegetable garden, providing her fresh produce for meals. They are a happy couple. We saved Zoe from Connor’s pack. She was beaten, starved, and chained in a cage for making a broth too hot for their Luna. I swear their monstrosity knows no bounds.

All our pack members here have therapy sessions with Ethan, they all need it for everything they suffered. Most are making rapid progress, and some are taking things slowly. But everyone is healing, more or less. I saw the food and told Ray; I would invite others here to eat. I introduced her to Zoe. She might enjoy baking here sometimes if she wants. I know she loved baking before. I am not sure if she did it for her happiness or if it was a meaningless chore. I started talking to her about our vegetable garden. I am really proud of how self-sufficient we are because of our vegetable garden. Ritz helped with it whenever she came here with us. I borrowed a lot of seed bags from our school’s nursery. Well, that is one way of saying I stole them. Most of them grew here easily initially, but keeping them alive took some trial and error. But after Samuel joined in, he focused solely on the garden, and it helped the pack. I remember tomatoes were the hardest to grow. I was so frustrated when they kept dying. When Zoe mentions I should let Ray eat, I feel a little guilty. I am talking way too much today. Then she says we all know I am proud of my tomatoes and that makes me blush.

When everyone comes in, their laughter is everywhere around us. Pack members are holding back to give Ray some space. Stacey comes in and winks at me when Ray is not looking. Something is definitely going on.

“I am giving you a heads-up, as you are my big brother, and I am the best little sister. But you owe me for this. Just watch Ray now.” She winks again, linking me. Now I am confused and curious about what this is about. Before I can ask, she grabs Diana and gives her a mother of all kisses in a very intimate and passionate way. Oh, my poor Diana. When I notice Ray, she looked so damn happy. Why? That’s when Stacey winks at Ray.

“I don’t understand.” I linked her as I couldn’t understand this whole scene.

“You are dumb big brother; she was jealous of me. She likes you.” Stacey says, laughing at me.

That makes me so damn happy. Thor is wagging his tail happily.

“I told you she wanted us,” He says triumphantly.

“She doesn’t know us yet,” I told him while trying to control my emotions. I feel like someone literally gave me the best news ever. Just knowing that she got jealous makes me grin.

“She will forgive you. You tried and did everything you could, but you were a kid yourself. I wasn’t with you back then when the whole s**t show began, but you still tried. You have been doing all you can, give yourself a break man.” Thor says, trying to reassure me.

“I know, I am just scared of what she will think of me,” I replied to my wolf. Diana will warm up to her. I reassure Ray gently when I focus back on the conversation happening around me. She takes her time in trusting people, not that I blame her.

She and her twin Dimitri were sold to the hunters by her own people. We saved them. It took a lot to get them to mingle with others. I told Ray that Diana’s other half is beautiful. I have seen her shift. She does it when we go to the lake located on our pack lands. Oh, I should take Ray there. She will love it. Ray is intrigued and very interested in Ritz, and her other form. She will get her wings soon. I can feel her power increasing. Her aura has become much stronger than any other Fae I ever met. Oliver, of course, asks her the stupidest question. Will she have to get naked to show us her wings that guy is going to get himself killed one day.

“Oliver, Blake will kill you. Drop it. He is very possessive of her. You know that. And you know what happened recently.” I chastised him through mind link. He is running around trying to get away from Blaze.

“I know I am just trying to get Ray to open up to me the only way I know. So, relax and I will be alive. I know someone who won’t let me die.” He links back, smiling like a goofball.

“You know several someone’s. We won’t let you die.” I linked him, shaking my head.

“Ummm… yeah that’s what I meant.” He linked back nervously, glancing at Luke conservatively.

When Ray asks if it is always like this, it guts me deeply. She should have been with us. We tried for a long time, but something always came up. I needed Stacey to check Ray out with Luke. I think we are going to be super mad about whatever we find out. After that, we all just shared our meal with familiar laughter. Ray looked happy and it made me feel content. We continued laughing and chatting for the rest of the meal.