The Last Lycan (On Hold)

Seventeen

Ava and Steele sat in the office trying to figure out a way of attack, Steele just wanted to charge in and kill anyone who attacked, typical Alpha male. Ava however, wanted to convince people, get them to change over to their side, but Steele wasn’t having it, not again.

“No” he growls out “Look what happened the last time you tried to ‘talk’ to them, it’s not happening”.

Ava huffs “The only reason everything went wrong was you coming out of the woods before you should have done and me deciding to surprise myself by changing into a Lycan” she says.

Steele rolls his eyes, they weren’t the reasons, but she was just as stubborn as he was.

Sighing Ava stands up and stretches, the shirt she was wearing raising to mid-thigh. Steele’s eyes followed the shirt rising and Ava noticed “Nice to know someone wants to look at me that way for once” she says with a hint of sadness in her tone.

Steele looks up to her, but she was already turning and walking away “Where are you going?” he asks.

Opening the door, her turns back to look at him “To take a break, we’ve been at this for hours, you should too, we aren’t getting anywhere at the moment anyway” she says and leaves him.

Heading into the living room she sees Nathan sat watching television with Rose on his lap playing with a toy Ava didn’t recognise.

Flynn was sat on another couch stuffing his face, eyes glued to the television and Leo sat beside him, looking right at Rose and carried a longing look.

He was doing what Ava asked of him, but she could see that it was killing him.

Rose was the first one to spot Ava in the room and her face lit up, Leo followed her direction and looked at Ava “Thought you were going at it upstairs?” he asks with a smirk.

Ava rolled her eyes and walked to Rose who was reaching out for her “Steele and I were in the office discussing the high council issue, I needed a break and so does he” she says, but doubted he would come out until he found a solution.

Leo and Flynn glanced her way at the mention of a discussion, Steele doesn’t discuss anything with anyone, not even his Beta and lead scout.

Ava walked around the couch, Rose in her arms and sits down with her on Ava’s lap. She was closer to Leo and that had him smiling.

“Where did the toy come from?” Ava asked.

“I ran out and got her it, along with a teddy for her to sleep with” Leo says as if it was nothing big.

Ava smiled “She’s only three and you’re whipped”.

Leo rolls his eyes, “I would feel better if she would let me hold her” he mutters.

Ava smiles, “She will come around, you just have to give her time to adjust to new people, she doesn’t feel the pull yet”.

He nods his head, he knew she was right, but that wasn’t going to make him feel any better than he was right now.

Ava played with Rose and Leo watched over them with loving eyes.

Half an hour later and footsteps were heard “Who else is in this house?” Ava asks.

“Alpha, Beta which is Flynn and lead Scout, which is me, we used to have the head warrior living here too, but Flynn now runs the warriors” Leo says straight away without blinking.

Ava nods, “So this isn’t the pack house” she state out loud confirming her thoughts.

Leo nods “Yeah, the pack house is next door, Steele didn’t want all the young wolves about the place, he gets annoyed easily” chuckling at the last incident which had Steele get the building for him to live in done.

“Makes more sense now” Alpha’s usually live in the pack house if they didn’t have a mate or a family, it was only then that they moved into their own individual home.

The footsteps got nearer, and Ava smelt him before he came into the room.

No one looked at him as he hovered in the doorway, she wanted him to come and sit by her, but he walked right past and headed into the kitchen.

Ava looked at the clock and saw that it was pretty-late, “Let’s get you two to bed, it’s been a long couple of days”.

Nathan was already beginning to doze “Leo is there a room for Nathan and me to sleep?” she asks.

He nods, he was about to get up, but Steele walked back into the room “Come on” he huffed out.

Ava got up and nudged Nathan, his tired eyes turned to Ava “Let’s put you to bed” she says.

Nathan stands up and Ava take his hand to guide him.

Steele heads up the stairs, three doors down the hall he stops, “The kid can sleep here”.

Ava opened the door and a large bed was in the middle of the room, mixtures of grey covered the room.

“Go to bed Nathan, I’ll see you in the morning” laying a delicate kiss on the boy’s head.

He smiles with tired eyes and disappears into the room closing the door behind him.

Steele had already began to walk again and Ava had to catchup.

When he turned and saw the infant still in her arm’s he creased his brows “I said the kid can stay in that room”.

Ava shook her head, “She’s in a new place, I’m not leaving her alone, at least not tonight” she says.

Steele huffs. Then continues to walk to the end of the hall. He opens the door and walked in. Ava’s senses are overwhelmed with the scent of Steele. This was his room.

“Um, where am I sleeping?” even though she already had a feeling she knew where it was.

“Here” a growl escaped his lips. Where did she think she was going to sleep? He was her mate; she was going to sleep in his room with him.

Ava nods and walks up to the bed, she looks around the room and finds a couch in the corner, with a little rearranging, it made a perfect cot for Rose to sleep in.

She turned around to speak to Steele about today, but she immediately turns back around with a squeak of surprise. He was naked.

Steele chuckled, it was dark and seductive, Ava could feel her knees go weak from the sound and her thighs clamp together as heat pools down below.

“You can turn around now” Steele spoke, his voice not as dark as it was a second ago.

Ava was hesitant but she sighed in relief when she saw he was wearing pyjama bottoms, even if they did hang seriously low on his hips.

She swallowed hard.

Looking up at him she sees him eying her “Um, can I shower please, I feel dirty and also need a change of clothes” she said, which reminded her that tomorrow she would need to get clothes for the children too.

He nods to the door right of him and Ava rushes inside, locking the door behind her. The shower was amazing on her skin, it had been so long since she had felt clean.

After ten minutes, Ava got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her body, she moved to open the door, but hesitated when she realised Steele was still in the room and she was pretty much naked.

She had no choice, opening the door she looked around the room, Steele was laying on the bed, his eyes closed.

Ava looked around the room and saw a shirt and boxers laying on the bottom of the bed, right next to Steele.

She again was hesitant to leave the confines of the bathroom in only a towel, but she was tired and needed sleep.

Opening the door wider so she could walk out, Ava moved as quickly as she could, always glancing at Steele to make sure he was still asleep.

Reaching the bottom of the bed, Ava grasps the clothes and pulls them to her chest. Turning around, she takes a step towards the bathroom.

Steele’s arms snake around her waist and she lets out a squeal of surprise.

He buries his face into her neck and Ava shivers at the contact. Her hands tightening around the towel to keep it in place.

Steele moved his hand, it slipped between the folds of the towel and rested on her lower abdomen, a few inches down and he would have her in a pool on the ground.

As his fingers delicately danced across her lower stomach Ava uncontrollably let out a moan of satisfaction.

Steele growled and his grip tightens, Ava gasps, she could feel his arousal pressing against her back.

His eyes might have been closed, but he felt her walk out of the bathroom, when he opened his eyes to look, his eyes turned black with lust as he stared at her body in only a towel, droplets of water falling from her hair trailing down her shoulders and chest, until they disappeared down the valley of her breasts.

“Steele” she whispers breathlessly. She had lost complete control of her mind and body; they craved his touch.

Steele picks her up and walks over to the bed, her lets go of her and she drops onto the bed, she bounces a little from the impact and her towel begins to move. Ava reacts, trying to cover her body from Steele’s heated gaze.

He stalked her like she was his prey. Although Ava carried a little fear at the sight before her, she was even more aroused by his movements. Climbing over the top of her, one of his knees     nudges her thighs open and he presses his knee into her lower half, she whimpers at the contact.

Ava has never had this feeling of attraction and arousal before, Kyle never saw her that way despite her own feelings towards him, he was all she saw back then, until his rejection and after that, Ava focused on life instead of guys, despite the few who had an interest in her.

Her thoughts were discarded when Steele’s hand reaches for her bare thigh and his head drops to her neck, his breath trailing across her body as he moved his face to the top of her left breast.

Ava looked away; she didn’t want him to see the redness of her face or the lust she was feeling towards him.

When he turned away her eyes landed on a sleeping Rose and she sat up pushing Steele off her. He looked at her with his dark eyes, Tiberius was surfacing, he didn’t like his mate pushing him away.

“We can’t” she whispers, no matter who much she wanted him right now, there was too much going on and Rose in the room also had Ava ceasing the need for her mate.

Steele continues to stare at her and a low growl rumbles in his chest, “Rose is sleeping” she shushes him and points to the sleeping girl.

Ava gets to her feet and stands in front of Steele; she tentatively raises her hand and places it on his cheek.

Steele automatically turns into her hand and sighs in content. “I’ll be out in a minute” she says and then heads back into the bathroom to change into the clothes laid out for her.

When she walks out, Steele is sat on the edge of the bed just staring at the wall, she had no idea what he was thinking.

Crawling up the bed, she lays down right in the middle, she always laid there.

Reaching out she paces a hand on his back, he tenses.

Ava retracts her hand and he growls; he wanted her touch.

A small smile dances across her lips as she climbs onto her knees and leans onto his back, one arm draping over his left shoulder and the other under his right arm, her hands resting on his chest and torso.

Resting her chin on his right shoulder she buries her head into his neck and inhales deeply. His scent washed over her like a wave.

Steele lifted his arms and placed his hands on hers. “Lay down with me” she whispers in his ear, her breath fanning across the side of his face.

He never moved or said anything, so Ava pulled him down until she was laying on the bed, her legs on either side of him as he lays with his head on her stomach. He could have easily resisted her, but he allowed her to do what she wanted. He pulled his legs onto the bed, so he was more comfortable. Being half way down the bed, his legs hung off the edge.

As they laid on the bed, Ava ran her fingers through his dark locks. Steele had his eyes closed and Ava focused on her movement.

The mates slowly drifted off to sleep, the events from the previous days taking its toll.

When the sun shone into the room Ava woke up, no matter where she was and pervious days she always woke up around dawn.

Steele was still sleeping on her, only he had turned in the middle of the night and was now laying on his stomach his head buried in her stomach. She smiles. Steele looked so innocent; his lips open ever so slightly. He looked almost child-like as he slept.

The young girl in the corner of the room stirred and began to rub her eyes, when she sat up, fear crossed her face. She had no idea where she was, her bottom lip trembled.

“Hey Rose” Ava called to her.

The little girl turned to look at Ava her eyes holding in unshed tears. Her frown suddenly turned to happiness as the sight of someone familiar.

Ava managed to break free of Steele and climbed out of bed to pick up Rose, she held the teddy in her arms that Leo had gotten her. He would be happy to see she was sleeping with it.

The little girl placed her head on Ava’s shoulder as she moved to the door.

She didn’t expect a body to fall into the room when she opened the door.

He groaned at the surprise. Ava looked down and found Leo half asleep on the ground.

“What the hell Leo?” Ava questioned.

Leo blinked multiple times to focus and found Ava looking down at him with a newly woken Rose sat on her hip. The teddy he had gotten her held firmly in her tiny hands. He smiled at her, even though she wasn’t looking at him he was happy that she had the teddy he had got for her.

His focus was on Rose he forgot Ava was talking to him until she kicked him in the side. It wasn’t hurtful but enough to get his attention.

“Why are you on the floor?” she questions again.

Leo scrambles to his feet and runs a hand through his hair “My wolf Caz wanted to be close to Rose, even though he knew she was safe, he had to be close and I couldn’t have agreed more”.

Ava shook her head, “Goddess help you when she comes into her wolf”.

Walking passed him she heads to the kitchen, as much as she wanted to go for a run, not everyone on the territory knew who she was and that posed a danger to herself and the children who she didn’t want to leave alone for too long.

“You hungry?” she asked the three-year old.

Rose nods her head, not moving from resting against Ava’s shoulder.

Cutting some fruit for Rose the young girl nibbled on it sat at the table as she rummaged around the kitchen gathering ingredients to cook food for the guys in the house.

Leo came down shortly after and made himself a coffee and then joined Rose at the table. His concentration solely on her.

An hour later and the smell of bacon, pancakes, eggs, waffles, and every other breakfast meal was laid out on the kitchen island.

“Geez Ava, how much have you made?” Leo asks, finally looking up from Rose.

She shrugs her shoulders “I didn’t know what you guys liked, so I made it all” she said. It had been a long time since he had cooked and forgot how relaxing it was. Her concentration was on the food making everything else around her irrelevant for the time being.

Flynn soon walked into the kitchen, his hair in all directions, wearing nothing but a pair of joggers.

Leo huffs and leans forward covering Rose’s eyes “Seriously dude, little eyes” he calls out.

Ava laughs, “Oh don’t worry about that Leo, she lived in a pack house with teenage boys walking around shirtless half the time, besides, she’s too young to understand things like that” she comments.

Leo grumbled under his breath removing his hand form the little girl’s eyes. Rose looked around with curiosity, she had no idea what just happened, but when her eyes landed on Leo and his grouchy face she giggled.

Leo’s head snapped up and stared at Rose, his frown suddenly turning into a bright smile. Rose laughs again and then reaches for Leo.

His eyes widen in surprise and he froze not knowing what to do. Considering he wanted to be near and hold her yesterday, he was now panicking when she wanted him to take her.

Leo looked at Ava and she nodded in confirmation and encouragement. Leo tentatively reached for her and picked the young girl up and placed her on his lap, he grabbed her fruit and pulled it close for her to reach easily and the little girl smile never left her lips.

“You made enough food?” Flynn comments as he grabs a piece of bacon and put it in his mouth.

Ava shrugged, “I didn’t know what everyone liked”.

Flynn nods “Well, I’m supposed to meet some of the guys before training for food” just about to turn to leave.

“You might as well invite them here; someone needs to eat this food” Ava says like it wasn’t a big deal. She was already acting as if she belonged here.

Flynn hesitated but then nodded, he never brought any of the guys over, Steele wasn’t happy about wolves being in his home.

Ava made up two plates, one for Nathan and the other for Steele whenever he decided to come downstairs.

The door to the kitchen busted open and five guys charged into the house. They were pushing and shoving one another laughing.

This startled Rose and she began to cry with fear.

All five guys stopped and looked at Leo holding a little girl in his arms. One they had never seen before.

Leo growled at them; angry they had upset her.

“Woah Leo, steady on we didn’t mean to scare her” one guy spoke and took a step forward.

Leo didn’t like him getting closer and growled once again.

“Leo” Ava shouted at him, his growled went silent and he lowered his head resting it on top of Rose’s whose cries soon quietened down to a few sniffles.

“Excuse him, he’s just being a n over protective little b***h” Ava chuckles out.

The five guys look at Leo and their Friend Flynn who was sat at the table eating from his plate.

Then they moved to the women stood in the kitchen with a smile on her face wearing a long shirt.

“Um, what’s going on?” a guy asked.

“You’re here for breakfast” Ava states with a chipper voice, “Come on, tuck in” she insists.

They didn’t need to be told twice, the five guys grabbed a plate and filled up their plates before joining Flynn at the table to eat.

Ava placed the coffee in front of them along with juice and they all took what they wanted.

She goes back around the kitchen island and jumps up onto the counter, mug of coffee in her hands as she watched the guys stuff their faces.

“I don’t know who you are, but you can cook for me anytime” one of the guys says with his mouth full. If it weren’t for Ava’s hearing, she wouldn’t have been able to make out the words.

A growl ran through the house and everyone froze. They remained silent as footsteps hurled down the stairs and into the kitchen. All the men lowered their heads in respect for their Alpha.

He was livid, he hadn’t allowed them into the house.

Ava cleared her throat and he turned to look at her, “That would be my fault, I asked Flynn to call them over, I made too much food” she says with a smile.

Steele growls out, she was taking over and he hated it, but he couldn’t tell her off, his body and wolf wouldn’t let him.

Ava held out a mug of coffee to him and Steele walked right up to her, he stood in front of her not taking the coffee of a minute until she nudged him to do so.

He turned around, leaning against the counter in between her legs. Her knees tighten around his waist for a second, before letting go.

The guys at the table still hadn’t moved to continue eating, Steele wasn’t going to say anything, so Ava did “How’s the food?” she asks, even though they had already told her before Steele came downstairs.

Flynn bobbed his head up and down and the guys tucked into their food again.

Nathan soon came down, his hair stuck up in all directions. He froze when he saw more guys in the house, then he scanned the room looking for Rose. When he found her in the protective vice of Leo, he took a breath.

“Hey sweetie, you hungry?” Ava questioned.

Nathan looked at Ava with a small smile that faltered when he saw the Alpha staring at him with a hard stare.

His smile disappeared, and fear succumbed him, he looked down.

Ava slapped Steele and pushed him away so she could get off the counter.

Walking up to the boy, she embraced him in a hug, “It’s okay baby, they aren’t going to do anything to you” she rubs his back to sooth him.

Then looks over her shoulder “Even though I am yet to know their names” a smile on her face.

One of the guys looks up in surprise and stands, holding a hand out for Ava to shake “Cade” his green eye sparkling with curiosity.

Ava reached out to shake when Steele growled, she rolled her eyes and continued to shake his hand, “I’m only shaking his hand” she utters to him.

The others soon introduced themselves but made no move to shake Ava’s hand.

Cade other than his green eyes had light brown hair, Wyatt carried hazel eyes they matched well with his blonde hair, Luke had ocean blue eyes that stood out against his dark brown hair. Ben had brown eyes and hair and then here was Forrest with brown eyes and black hair. They were all similarly built, being warriors, they were well defined in their physique, but Ava wasn’t at all attracted to them.

Ava had Nathan sit down at the table and put a plate in front of him, “I’m not really hungry” he spoke quietly, pushing the plate away from him.

Ava smiled and wrapped her arms around his shoulders “Please eat something, what would you mom say if she found out you weren’t eating?”.

That was all it took for him to tuck into his food. Though Sarah wasn’t here, Nathan knew she would take one look at him and know he hadn’t been eating properly.

Leaving a kiss on his head, she leaves him to eat, he was upset about his parents.

Ava walked up to Steele who was leaning against the counter and automatically leant against him, she didn’t think, her mind was elsewhere, but her body moved to him.

He didn’t care, he wanted her next to him, especially with all the unmated wolves currently in his house.