Alphas mated to a human

Chapter 16- Returned

(Vals’ POV)

The ride to Norfolk was fun as me and Johnny spent most of the time just singing along to the radio, pulling over for little pit stops to enjoy the scenery and just chatting to each other. We had forgotten that we were being followed by a few other cars from our pack a few times as we kept speeding off until Johnny would receive a mind link saying that they had lost us.

We finally arrived in Norfolk and headed to Great Yarmouth, where we pulled up to a quaint cottage in the middle of nowhere. At first glance it did not look big enough to house everyone until Johnny pointed out that further down the road there were abandoned homes which he had had renovated before we arrived, that would be where the others were staying. I swear this man thinks of everything.

We get out of the car and wave at the others who drive by, everyone smiling and thankful that we had finally arrived, it had been a long journey. Johnny grabs my hand as we walk towards the cottage, it looks like something out of a fairy tale. There’s a small stone wall surrounding the cottage with a little wooden gate, we walk up the cobble pathway until we reach the door. The cottage is two stories with a bay window on both the bottom front rooms. When the door opens it opens onto a large hallway which you expect to see in a newly built modern home. There are wooden beams that have been painted black running throughout the whole cottage on the ceiling, there is a kitchen, dining room, day room and front room down stairs with a conservatory leading onto decking and then a huge back garden which connects to the woods beyond.

Upstairs is the bathroom, shower room, two bedrooms with restrooms and two smaller bedrooms along with an office at the end of the hall way.

A part of me feels relieved to be back, I am back on home turf. I know the area and I know people. But another part of me is dreading the possibility of bumping into Alpha Mark. I would love to bump into Alpha Xander but it would not be fair as I am with Johnny and I am sure that Xander will have taken a mate by now, there is no way he would have waited for me. No, I am here for the case and nothing else. Once the case is over within a few months I will be heading back to Medway with Johnny and the rest of his pack, unless he really was serious about expanding which would mean leaving some of his members here. The case was originally only a few weeks but then a major development in the prosecution case means now it’s a few months as the trial has been rescheduled.

I am brought out of my thoughts by Johnny picking me up bridal style, I gasp and quickly wrap my arms around his neck to stop myself from falling.

“I know we are not married, but this is technically the first time we are going to be living together and I want to carry you over the threshold.” Johnny then takes a step over the threshold but he makes no move to put me down, “Now I have you living with me missy, I will not let you go. I hope when we go back home you will move in with me, not in the pack house but in a house on the pack lands?”

I think about it, I love my home but something in me just wants to be Johnny all of the time. “Yes babe, I would love that.” I surprise myself with my response but I do not take it back.

Johnny looks shocked at first, probably expecting a fight from me, but then he breaks into a wide grin and spins me around while assaulting my face with kisses.

After a while we finally have our bags in from the car and unpacked, I am currently sitting in the kitchen at the breakfast bar watching Johnny cook. I cannot stop laughing, Johnny is an excellent cook but his cooking method is always unconventional- he tends to drop things, throw things and just make a mess. It surprises everyone that everything he makes always tastes good, but personally I don’t mind the mess as he always cleans it up anyway and it’s fun to watch as I get to see the carefree fun side of the big bad Alpha. According to pack members, they had never heard him laugh or talk about anything other than work before he met me at the ball, then for over a year before he found me again he would only talk about me and how he wanted to rescue me from Alpha Mark. I thought the pack might hate me because of it but they were thankful as they finally got to see the man behind the Alpha. I cannot believe that I had that much of an impact on him, even watching him now I still wonder if the pack members only say that to me to make me feel good.

I watch as Johnny throws onions and mushrooms that he just diced up into the pasta sauce pan at the other end of the kitchen, with only a small portion missing the pan. I clap at his skill and he takes a dramatic bow, both of us laughing, I try to grab the worktop as I fall back from laughing so hard. I close my eyes expecting to hit the floor when I fall back into a hard chest. I open my eyes to see Johnny laughing at me while using his body to help keep me on the stool.

Johnny then turns me around on the stool, leaning down to meet my lips as we kiss. The kiss deepens as our hands start to explore each other, the food completely forgotten. I am lost in the kiss, feeling Johnnys’ hands on the hem of my shirt when we are interrupted by the front door going and the saucepan spitting. I sigh as Johnny turns around and straightens himself before heading to answer the front door.

I walk over to the cooker and start to stir the saucepan when I hear raised voices, I cannot make out whether they are in an argument or just talking loudly. Just as I am stirring the sauce after saving it from burning Johnny walks in with a slight from on his face followed by two men I have never seen before. One has blue eyes, blonde hair and stands over 6ft tall while the other has brown eyes and black hair but is just as tall. They are quite intimidating, at least they would be except that people from Johnnys’ pack are taller.

I start to get nervous when I realise that they are wolves from the way Johnny headed straight to me and hugged me while turning the cooker down. He then turns to face the two men while pushing me slightly behind him. I wanted to stand beside him, but something was off in the way that Johnny was trying to hide me, plus I was too hungry to fight him at the moment.

“What are you talking about? No one has claim to this land” Johnny states, looking at the men standing in front of us.

“That may be but you cannot just set up camp here. This is private land, owned by one brutal man and when he finds out what you have done he will not be happy.” Replies the one in front, who takes a step towards us while his eyes flash to me. I see that he recognises me when he catches me behind Johnny but I have never seen him before. Johnny notices him looking at me and he slowly pushes me further behind him, there is something they are hiding.

“Really? The owner of this land will be angry will he? He doesn’t like outsiders on his property?” Johnny retorts with a smirk on his face.

The two men only nod, distracted by the confidence oozing out of Johnny. “Well then it’s a good thing that I bought this land off of him a few months ago then, isn’t it?”

The two men look at each other, clearly they have not been informed of the change in ownership. I turn around, deciding that my hunger is more important than the drama in front of me. I turn the heat back up and start to stir the sauce again, adding previously diced ham and some sweetcorn to the sauce. I then check the pasta, which is almost cooked.

As I start to drain the pasta and dish up dinner I realise that the two men and Johnny have disappeared from the kitchen, I plate up the dinner and then go in search of them. I find them outside in the front garden causing a bit of a scene.

“WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!” I shout, getting angry that they are causing such a scene.

Johnny turns to me, “They was just leaving.”

“Like hell we are, not without the girl!” The blonde one says, they then start to walk towards me. I instantly stand my ground, pulling out the two knives from my boots, I never go anywhere without them. I refuse to let them win this time. I have never seen them before so there is no way that I could have caused them to want me.

“Like hell you will! You will keep your filthy hands off of her! Touching an alphas’ mate is punishable by death, and I will enforce that punishment if you lay one finger on her.” I go weak at the knees, the way Johnny talks gets me hot under the collar but now is not the time. I refocus on the men in front of me.

At first I think that they will continue to come for me, but then they shake their heads, “this is not worth the trouble” the black haired one says before they both turn around and leave. Johnny and I look at each other dumbfounded.

“What was that about?” Johnny asks me puzzled.

I look at Johnny just as puzzled, “No idea. I have never met either of them before.”

“Looks like they know you, and they want you. I think that maybe they were sent here.”

“What makes you think that?”

“Well, at the front door they were calm but then one of them took a big whiff and they must have smelt you because after that they demanded to enter. I barely managed to get to you before they did. Once they saw you I could see in their eyes that they wanted you but I couldn’t sense a meaning behind it.”

“You mean..?”

“Yeah, they were sent here by someone. Someone who has ordered that if you are found then you are to be taken to them.”

I start to tremble as images flash through my mind of Alpha Mark, his face, what he did to me, the pack, everything.

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(Alpha Johnnys’ POV)

I will not let them have her. She is my first priority, my pack can look after themselves and they have promised me to protect her. I know that she is a fighter but she is not as tough as she would like to be. Val has a big heart and not a bad bone in her body, so to hurt another living thing, even if it wants to kill her, hurts her more than being hurt. I decide to start putting protection into place straight away. As I will be working remotely I will be unable to attend all of the interviews and court with Val but my second best warrior can act as her body guard. I want my head warrior but he is back home protecting the pack.

I know Val will object but I will not relent like before, her safety is my top priority and Alan is more than capable of looking after her. Besides, those two are good friends which is lovely to see. Val is best friends with Alans’ mate Amy and the three of them are always together, normally getting into some form of mischief. Like a few weeks ago when they ‘accidentally’ lost my car, when in actual fact they were using it to drive across Medway at record speed. Not realising that all of the tickets would eventually find their way on my desk as it was my car, needless to say they got away with it once Val gave me her puppy eyes. I swear I cannot compete with her, the only time I can defy her is when it is regarding her safety.

I join Val back inside, both of us taking our dinners and sitting in the living room with the TV on, watching some wildlife show that neither of us is paying attention to. I look over and see Val deep in thought, with a worried expression on her face, this saddens me as I only want to see her smiling. I decide that tomorrow I’ll let Val take me to the beach, she is always talking about how much she loves the water and finds it soothing, to the point where she even built a big fish pond in the pack garden which we all fell in love with and over feed the fish.