Her Second Chance

Chapter 8

Brent's POV

Getting Terrence's magic lotion was much easier than I thought it would be. The only real inconvenience I had getting it was flying to Georgia then renting a car to drive back to Wyoming. Not that Ainslee gave two rats a** and she probably celebrated the moment I left, but my father almost had a heart attack when I told him I was going to be gone for a few days and my Beta was in charge. I walked out in the middle of his litanies about how an Alpha is never truly on vacation.

Georgia is a state I never wanted to come back to. It's hot, it's flat, and there are creatures both in the swamps and on land that are not easy to navigate. But if going back to a state I despise means finally having my true mate back, I'd walk through those swamps and more.

Terrence's friend and fellow conspirator Aaron was all too happy to give me the three lotion samples he had, of course in exchange for my silence that he knew about the lotion and helped Terrence pick up women with it. The three samples of this lotion I have in my possession are the only ones to exist. I pressed Aaron hard enough that I believed him about that. A shame Terrence never gave Aaron the formula though. Because Terrence will not be in any position to make anymore once the Council gets done with him.

My initial plan was to seduce some random she-wolf in Georgia to test the lotion out, but then Aaron told me the lotion must be applied generously enough that the lotion will rub off on my intended target so that we both feel the effects of it. He told me the maximum effect will be with wolves I am attracted to or have already slept with. So I drove almost two days straight back home to Wyoming.

The problem was a couple of the women I slept with prior to my celibacy left the pack years ago. But there is one young woman I've had my eye on back home. Her name is Emily Fisher and she's a blonde with bright green eyes and curves many a wolf gawk at, myself included. She just turned 18 a few weeks ago and seems naive enough that this should be easy.

After I got back to the pack and caught up on some sleep, I decided to test things out. I showered and slathered myself in the lotion. Emily was working in the arena today. I found her sweeping the arena floor with her back to me.

"Emily Fisher."

She stood up and turned around, bowing her head at my presence. "Alpha."

"Emily, who assigned you to clean here today?"

"The lead Omega did, sir."

"Well, I am commanding you to stop now and come with me." Her green eyes widened in surprise.

"You didn't do anything wrong, Emily. Just come with me please."

Hesitantly she put the broom against the wall and followed me back to my office. I wasn't going to draw this out. As soon as she closed the door I pinned her against it and she began to shake.

"Calm down Emily, I don't want to hurt you. Just let me touch you. I've wanted you for a long time." I caressed her face gently and she started to cry.

"Please Alpha, I'm saving myself for my mate..." Goddess even better! I've always wondered what it would be like to be with a virgin and felt my d**k harden in excitement.

"Emily please, don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. You will know only pleasure." I moved to touch her breast and she stiffened.

"STOP!" Emily shrieked and ducked underneath my arms to free herself, trying to open the door. I turned her back to face me.

"You dare to say no to me?! YOUR ALPHA!" I growled at her and watched her tremble. Why isn't this lotion working on her!? We both should've been undressed by now and on the floor, but instead Emily is cowering in fear and looking at me in a way I don't like much.

"Please don't do this. You are married and much older than me. I could get in a lot of trouble with your Luna over this!" I laughed.

"The Luna has lovers too. You think she cares if I take one? Emily you aren't just anyone. You are special to me!" It always helps to try a little flattery.

"Alpha please, let me go." She begged. I grabbed her arms and rubbed my hands on her shoulders to give her more of the lotion. This HAS to work!

"Emily I'm sorry I went about things like this I just couldn't control myself any longer. It about drove me insane waiting so long. You are so beautiful and meant to be loved by me. Please, just let me love you." Let her think I love her. As long as this lotion works.

Emily closed her eyes a minute, and looked back up with me. I didn't miss the lust there and thought this was a done deal. Then..."I can't do this. You're not only my Alpha you are a married man. It's not who I am." She tearfully looked at me, the resignation in her eyes flashing back to when I rejected Tessa. It was painful to see and caught me off guard.

"Fine. Get out of my sight!" I let her shoulders go. Emily didn't even spare me a second glance and ran out of my office. I sat down in my Alpha chair and thought deeply.

Maybe it didn't work because we had no connection with her before today. Zeus countered.

Should we find a wolf she has a connection with to sample this on?

Perhaps. Who is she around a lot?

It hit me. "She's always hanging around Gamma Roman and his friends." I said out loud. I left my office to sneak into his room with the lotion to see what I could use. I found face cream on his bathroom sink and realized it was almost identical in color to the lotion from Terrence. I scooped half of it out and replaced it with the hormone laced lotion, and waited until I got back to my office to dispose of the face cream still in my hands.

I only had to wait a couple of days to see the results of my experiment, though it was certainly not what I expected. And I damn sure never expected the Gamma to end up in the pack hospital!

"Gamma Roman, tell me what happened!" I commanded, staring at the beaten man lying in my pack hospital bed with missing teeth and a broken nose. Emily really did a number on him.

"I don't know Alpha! Emily isn't my mate, but my wolf is going crazy wanting her and I am too! It isn't right!" Roman cried out in pain.

The lotion worked between Roman and Emily well, though both of them mutually rejected each other. Roman told me yesterday how he doesn't understand why he never realized Emily was his mate, as he is a year older than her and would've known when he turned 18. But I knew.

The lotion worked best when wolves already have a connection or a mutual attraction. And that means Tessa can be mine, because not only did we have a connection, but we WERE mates. Severed bond or not, her wolf will recognize mine as her true mate.

"We'll take care of Emily but Roman, she's accusing you of trying to assault her. You will need to be punished for this." I told him gently.

"I feel horrible about what I did and will accept whatever punishment you deem fit. Goddess Emily, I'm sorry!" Roman said with tears in his eyes. I tried not to laugh in his face. Pathetic weakling.

Now I had to go deal with Emily who was waiting in the dungeons. I found her sitting in her cell and she didn't have any of the fear in her eyes I saw two days ago. In fact, Emily looked absolutely furious and eyed me with contempt.

"You had better get that look off your face right now! My Gamma is in the hospital on account of you and you are in deep s**t!"

"I was defending myself from an assault by a man who has been my friend since I was a child. And I've been sitting here wondering exactly WHY!" She looked at me in a way that had Zeus and me on alert.

"Roman and I have been friends since we were children. We would've known if we were mates years ago. Not even three days after you tried to sleep with me, all of a sudden Roman and I feel a mate bond!? What the hell did you do Alpha!" She screamed accusingly.

OH F**K. I underestimated this little b***h!

"You have an overactive imagination! Roman was merely attempting to consummate your bond!" I countered to her.

"A BOND WE BOTH REJECTED! ROMAN WILL TELL YOU THE SAME THING!" Emily was in hysterics at this point.

"Attacking a ranked member is grounds for execution. Unless I decide to be merciful. Tell me why you spurned me the other day."

Emily did something I never expected. She laughed. "Because you are an egomaniacal head case your wife doesn't even want!! OH, and you absolutely disgust me! I KNOW you did something to Roman and me to make us think we were mates and made this happen! And you are up to something now!"

"Whatever your thoughts are do not matter. I, Alpha Brent Serrano, banish you Emily Fisher from Midnight Moon! I want you off my grounds immediately and if you even attempt to return, you will be executed!" I opened the doors to her cell and let her out. Emily looked at me in total defiance before she went to gather her things. The guards escorted her to the boundary where she finalized her banishment by rejecting the pack.

You should have executed her! She is a loose end! Zeus yelled in my head.

Emily is going to be a rogue and will make her way to Fire Moon for sanctuary. The Alpha will look her up in the database and find an execution warrant for her. I will rush to Fire Moon, clear up the misunderstanding and let Amos make her a pack member if he wants...and make my way to Tessa.

Zeus howled in my head in agreement.

**FIVE WEEKS LATER**

This was taking far too long. Emily should have reached Fire Moon by now. No other packs within two hundred miles offer sanctuary to rogue wolves. So if she hasn't got there by now, she is either dead or holed up with other rogues. I'll keep up hope that she ends up at Fire Moon eventually, but I have to explore my other options.

Suddenly I got a mind-link from one of my guards.

Alpha, we have a rogue out here requesting sanctuary from his prior pack on grounds of mistreatment.

Send me his picture and name.

The guard sent me his picture with the name Sam Long. I looked up the name in the database of rogues and got an alert for a warrant with a picture...and immediately mind-linked my guard.

DETAIN HIM! HE HAS A WARRANT!

I made one phone call. “Alpha Amos Rainwater?”

“Yes?”

“My name is Brent Serrano, I’m the Alpha of the Midnight Moon Pack.”

“Alpha Brent, how can I help you?”

“We have a rogue that we have detained here. He sought membership at our pack but when I looked him up in the database, I saw you have a warrant out for him.”

Tessa, be ready. You're finally about to be mine.