Secrets of Heat to Innocence

Chapter 6

Vera

Percivus had apparently forgotten how powerful that I was. I could strike him dead with one thought. Right now, I could hear his laughter and I was very tempted to do that. I could think of hundreds of ways to make him suffer. Each one better than the next.  I began to smile to myself. I knew exactly what I was going to do. I thought of killing him, but I wanted him to suffer in a way that he would want to die and death would never come. I would make sure that he would know that I caused his agony and there would be nothing that he could do about it.

Malcolm

Carmen's sweet face had tortured my sleep all night. I did get to kiss her when our families were preoccupied at her introduction party.  I never dreamed that someone would be so sweet and addicting. Every dream that I had was of her. I could not wait to see her again. I know that my mother knew that I was lying when I told her that Alpha Paul had requested my presence for training today at their manor.  She did not say anything but the small smile tugging at the corner of her lips gave her away. She did not try to stop me though. I was very nervous as I walked up to the house. I was relieved to see Pauline's welcoming smile. "Malcolm! What a wonderful surprise! What brings you here today?" She asked me.  I tried to keep from turning red. I was not a person that lied a lot, so whenever I told the smallest lie, my face would turn red. "I thought that maybe I should get some training in today." I lied, I only wanted to see my beautiful Carmen.  She gave me a knowing look, "Sure come in, everyone is either training or watching the training. The ladies training is always a spectacular sight." I followed Pauline out and was surprised that the training had a small audience. Both Alpha Paul and Beta Andre were on the fields.  Breonna, Enza, and Carmen were wearing form fitting crop tops and shorts.  Although they were my cousins, I could never tell Enza and Breonna apart. It was obvious that their husbands could as they were barking orders though.  I could tell that some of their orders were in the form of mind links.  I had not noticed Fenris until he started to walk toward Paul. "Take five ladies and stretch" Fenris told them. They both looked a little surprised to see me standing there.

Instead of waiting for them to speak, I began babbling like an i***t," I-I- had not trained-I mean- I wanted to train you know." I stammered out sounding like an i***t. Paul and Fenris looked amused, surprisingly that usual jokester said," We can spar in a few" Andre said. I could not help but watch Carmen stretch on the field. When she turned her back to us and bent over to touch her toes and I got a view of her backside peeking out from under her shorts, I could not stop the sharp intake of breath, "Sweet Jee." I whispered.  I could feel my pants becoming tighter and tighter by the second. I could not tear my eyes away from her beautiful body. I barely noticed Paul come and stand beside me until he whispered, "A word of advice, when you first meet your mate make sure you wear your shirt outside of your pants." He said with a laugh.

I was confused for a moment until I looked down and noticed how hard that I was. I could feel my face grow a bright red. I was too embarrassed to look at anyone for a few moments, so I made a big deal on concentrating on the little beetle scurrying across the ground. When I looked up, it was obvious that nobody had noticed my mishap. I glanced out at the field and Andre had joined the ladies.

Fenris crossed his arms and looked at Paul, "The ladies are looking great son, no hesitation, quick and deadly strikes. I, myself would be afraid to take them on." He said with pride. "Watch this, this is something Silas and I taught them, link with Andre and have him to suddenly attack them. Then have one of your strongest wolves to attack in an attempt to assist Andre." Fenris suggested.

Call it instinct, being in love or just crazy, I immediately stepped to Fenris to protect Carmen. Paul did the same, "In case you have not noticed you are asking me to seek two wolves nearly as strong as me on my wife, sister and sister in law. " Paul snarled at his dad. " You are putting the woman I have waited for all of my life in danger and my cousins." I snarled at Fenris.

I could hear Pauline's giggle as the blood pumped in my ears.  Instead of ignoring us like Fenris was known to do, he looked us both in the eyes with anger and annoyance, he let  us a strong growl, "You two have to get over this! Your mates are powerful wolves." He turned to look at Paul, " Your wife is a royal luna. A Luna of the most powerful pack that is known.  You are not just an Alpha. You are the Alpha, she has to be strong enough to protect you in battle." He turned to look at me, "Your mate is my daughter, she is also going to be queen in less than a year. She has got to be able to protect a kingdom and any royal child that she gives birth to. Both of you need to have confidence in your mates. I know it is not easy, although my wife seems so sweet. I would rather have nobody else beside me in battle than her. She is powerful and I believe in her. You two need to learn how to do the same." Fenris scolded. 

Paul and I knew that he was right. We shut our mouths and did what Fenris had directed us to.