Once Bitten

Party’s Can Be Life-Changing

~Adam~

Once at home I got myself and Sebby ready to visit the packhouse. My best friend since I was five was coming with us. He and I tried to date in the 9th grade. We found out that while we both preferred guys, we did nothing for the other. No passion or wanting to be touched, sort of like kissing a brother. Yuck! So yeah that was short-lived. But Charlie Amerstead has been a rock right through this whole mess. Even his mate Kyle have been a Goddess sent when it came to Sebby. 

I wore a simple blue dress shirt that was only a few shades lighter than my eyes. My black slacks and black dress shoes helped finish off my outfit. I gelled my hair back so it was styled back away from my eyes. 

Sebastian wore a cute little shirt that said “ My Dad Loves Me” with a simple pair of pants that had an easy opening to change diapers. I was happy he allowed me to put socks on his feet. I knew he would fuss overshoes so While I put on the kid’s shoes I had Kyle distract him. Love my son but he does have a temper even at this young age. I have a feeling it is his Alpha blood and that this is just the tip of how to violate his anger would be. 

I have heard stories about Alpha James losing his temper but never witnessed it. I heard that he can and has put holes in the walls at the packhouse. No one seems to know what makes him go off so easily. Part of me wonders if it’s an effect of the mate bond. I heard that being away from your mate can make you depressed as it has me or make you angrier. 

The four of us get in the car and drive off to the packhouse. My stomach is rolling in fear of what this night had in store. Would I get a chance to talk to my mate? Would he even want to talk to me? I look over to our son and smile. Can he at least open his heart to our son? Our boy will need him when he gets older. Also as his firstborn, my son is the heir to the pack. 

We park and I feel the bile rise in my stomach. Taking in a deep breath I try to steady myself. Charlie must see how I am acting and grabs Sebby from his car seat. 

“ I have the most handsome baby alive right now!” He exclaims. 

“ You don’t have to do that..” I state as I get out and join them walking inside.

“ I need the practice!” He says then winks at his lover. “ After all we are already practicing making one of our own.” 

I groan as I hear this. Happy that Sebby is too young to pick up on what his Uncle Charlie is talking about. Thinking maybe I need to help my friend learn that you should not talk like that in front of kids now before Sebby gets older. 

   Moving towards the packhouse at the entrance of where we all had to file through stood the Alpha and his Girlfriend greeting pack members. My eyes grew wide as my chest felt tight seeing her holding onto his right arm. I wanted nothing more than to rip her away from touching what is mine, or supposed to be by the Goddess. 

I make eye contact for a moment as we sli[ on past them both. Now holding onto our son tight as my mind hopes that there is no way James could smell our son as we passed. My heart was hammering in my chest so fast it hurt. 

Once in the backyard, the four of us make our way to where the chairs were. Taking a seat in the back so that if I had to change Sebastion the packhouse bathrooms would not be too far away. At least that is why I told myself I choose for us to sit here. At a safe distance from the stage where the Alpha would be standing soon. 

My eyes roam around us where we sat and I soon found Hannah and smiled at her. I also locked eyes with my family who was a few rolls down from where we sat. Soon the area was filled with pack members and we all waited for our Alpha to take the stage. Sebastian decided at that moment to fuss a bit. He loved right now to be on his belly crawling all over the house. Right now though was not the place or time to set him down. So like other mothers and fathers with small babies, we did our best to get them to be happy again by bouncing and cooing at them. 

I dug through the diaper bag looking for a teething biscuit as I knew that my son loved them and it would help to make him less fussy. Struggling to hold a wild baby in my arms flailing about as I dug with one hand to locate it Charlie bent over and took over the search. 

“ Looks like our little man needs something to distract him hmm?” He said with a smile

Soon he had located the biscuit box and took one out. Smiling at the small now less fussy child in my arms. Sebastian looked at the biscuit with a fond cute smile. His little tongue darting out. 

“ Here you go my baby,” Charlie said in a baby voice. 

“ Yours? You were not there for the conception nor the labor so how is he yours?” I ask him raising one of my eyebrows. 

“ It was decided months ago, dude! Till you got a mate I and Kyle are his honorary dads!” Charlie said moving his arms up and down fast as he talked. 

Giving him a small glare as I take in a deep breath I hear Kyle snicker. 

“ You know he is just joking but honestly we love him like he was our nephew you know that.” He said to me. 

“ I know. I just don’t want Sebby to be confused is all.” I said looking at my son now sucking on his biscuit and making a small mess around his little mouth. 

“ Attention, please!! Welcome, Cresent Moon! Today I wanted to introduce you all to your Luna!” Alpha James Said from the stage. 

My head felt like I was given whiplash as I quickly looked towards the stage. Standing next to my mate was the she-wolf I despised. His girlfriend Juliette stood there with a huge smile on her face. I knew then and there if he marked her then all was lost. Mine and Sebastion’s future with his father would no longer be an option. 

Tears swelled in my eyes as I gripped my son a bit tighter. My chest began to ache as a hollow feeling set in. I knew we should not have come.