Althena Book 2

97. Helping

Drogon brings me and Mike each a shot. "It's going to burn, woman. But I think you need it."

I take a deep breath. "That was a lot."

"Yea, it's more of a show than the weddings in Eldervale. And having you tied together is hilarious."

Cyrus comes up with a couple of glasses of wine. "You're going to need this after you drink that."

I take the shot then sip on the wine. "You were right."

"Did you all see their adornments? They're so pretty." Lila asks sweetly.

It takes Mike and I a minute to turn around. Then Clayton shows up with shots. "You have to take a shot with me. Just 1."

Mike rolls his eyes. "Fine. Just 1."

I take a shot with them and sip my wine again. Mike's ornament looks handmade like mine. The Moon Goddess, moon, and wolves are painted ceramic. The straps that hold the wolves are bead strands of some kind. The wolves also have bead leaves and snowflakes hanging with them. "That's pretty."

He kisses my head. "My grandpa made it originally. The original straps for the wolves disintegrated. When my mom got it, she replaced them with bead straps and leaves. I made the snowflakes."

"I didn't know we could add to them. I love the snowflakes."

"Normally, people don't alter family heirlooms. But my mom already had to replace part of it. So, now it's more of a family art project than an heirloom. I heard your grandpa made yours."

I smile and lay my head on his shoulder. "I had a grandpa."

"Come on, let's go eat." Chris ushers us into the pack house.

The buffet style in the kitchen is perfect. Now I understand why it's like that. We sit at the head table with Lila and Miles.

Mike puts my hand in potatoes. "Mike, we're tied together."

"Sorry, baby. I'm right handed."

I grab his wrist and he makes it work.

After we get done eating, my boys, Clayton, and Monte come up to us. I think everyone is drinking.

Chris comes out of nowhere and hands shots out. "We've never all done a shot together. AKMAE, COME HERE." Chris gives him a shot too. Then he raises his shot glass. "To somehow pulling an entire wedding out of our asses in two days. Good job to us."

We laugh and shoot it. Then we get some wine because that s**t burns.

Lila sits down too fast and falls off the side of her chair. She pops back up and sits right. "Sorry. I think I might be drinking."

Chris nods. "A little bit."

I get pulled out of my seat and fly at some guy. I smack right into him. "Hi, I'm Alpha Voss."

"Hello, sir. Nice to meet you."

"You as well. I won't try to shake his hand anymore."

"Thank you. I appreciate it." I plop back down on my seat. The boys are laughing their asses off.

Mike kisses my head. "Sorry, babygirl. I'll try to remember."

"Thank you, sir."

Conner refills the drinks. Then Mike and I walk around talking to people. There are a lot of people here. I don't know most of them. I wave at Alpha Frank. I remember him. He's not a morning person. I still have his pack mark on my arm.

Luna Alice comes up and gives me a hug. "Congratulations, sweetie. The wedding was beautiful."

"Thank you." I remember her. She's the Luna of Crimson Moon. Conner's old pack. They were so nice to me. I still have their mark too.

Mike pulls me back to the table. "Woman, I don't know how your feet are doing all this in heels."

"Chris took them a long time ago. I'm barefoot."

"That explains a lot."

Monte gives everyone the next shot. "We lost Clayton."

Conner raises his glass. "He'll show up again at some point. I'm sure of it."

We take the shot and I lay my head down. "Oh no."

"What, babygirl?"

"I have to pee."

Chris and Akmae burst out laughing. "Good luck, Mike."

"We'll figure this out." He stands up. "I have to pee too."

"I'll help." I throw my arms around him.

"You can hold it."

Cyrus nods. "He's going to piss all over both of them."

The 4 girls from the palace guide us up to his room. Then they take the dress and jewelry off me. I stretch out in my underwear. "This is so much better. That dress was heavy."

"Go pee, and we'll put a different dress on you."

I run for it and pull Mike into the bathroom with me. He bounces off the door frame on the way. Then I pee for like 2 minutes straight.

"You really did have to pee, woman."

"I was holding it. I didn't know how to get the dress off."

"I can tell."

I get my underwear back up, and he's already starting to go. I grab it. "I'm helping."

He laughs at me. "You can't aim for anything. The big round hole is what you're aiming for."

I giggle and lean on him. He nearly falls over and pee hits the wall behind the toilet. "It's fine."

We wash our hands and the girls get another dress on me. It's still white. But nothing fancy. No sleeves. No gems. No, nothing. Just a plain white dress that goes to my knees. It's perfect. Light and airy.

We go downstairs and sit on the couch. It seems like most people have left. Cyrus smirks. "How did it go?"

I crack up laughing. "I missed."

Mike nods. "Don't let her aim."

Lila plops down beside me. "Clayton felt my boobs."

Conner falls on the coffee table. Then he sits up and acts like he pretended to do that. "Let's have a shot."

I take another shot and the room starts to spin. Drogon gives me some wine. That was nice of him. He's always so thoughtful. Then Cyrus and his brothers take a shot with Mike. I need to not do that anymore.

Lila looks at me. "I'm going to go yell at Clayton for feeling my boobs now."

"Yes. He knows you want to wait. He shouldn't have done that. He knew better."

She nods and storms off.

Then Monte sits beside me and starts sobbing. I don't know why. He never says anything.

I pull his head into my lap and rub the back of his neck with my fingertips. That seems to work because he passes out.

"Let's go to bed, woman." Mike pulls me up and whispers in my ear. "I get to own that little p***y, finally."

Heat and sparks shoot through me. I giggle and hug him.

We get to his room, and he tosses his pants at the chair while I let the dress fall. Then he lays down. "Can you get the ribbon off, babygirl?"

I mess with the thing on our arms for a few minutes. He's not helping and I can't get it. "Mike, help." He doesn't move. I sit up and cry. I cannot get this thing off. I grab my phone and call Conner. I don't know what else to do. It's stuck.

"Hi, babygirl." I hear the others laughing in the background.

I sob. "Help."

The door flies in. Cyrus, Conner, and Drogon take each other out. Then they pull themselves off the floor. "What's wrong?"

"IT'S STUCK." Mike snores and I sob even louder.

They try not to laugh while they cut it off. Then I lay on Mike. "We can have s*x now."

The 3 of them finally crack and burst out laughing. I close my eyes and feel the blanket get put on me. It's warm, and Mike's warm. I can't even open my eyes anymore.