Birth of an Alpha Bishops Endgame

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Bishop

The dinner went well better than I expected. After the initial shock of Tom finding his mate, everything just seemed to flow. Her scent of hot chocolate and peppermints reminding me of the Christmas movie marathons I used to have with Mrs. B. we chatted like old friends at first about business then about tom and his mate Juliet one of her best friends. They were all nice-looking ladies, but I was biased to me Cj was the prettiest of them all. I kept telling myself not to get attached, to stay aloof, to remember the anna’ing, it just like the f.uckening but worse. But the more we talked the more I just wanted her. Whether it was the bond or our easy companionship I don’t know, I just never felt this at ease with anyone. Even Tom and Deacon, it took me a while to get used to. With Cj it just came naturally, she had me smiling ear to ear from the simplest things. The attraction wasn’t only physical, she kept up with me when I started going on a tangent about computer servers, gigs, rams and my random fortnite references. She didn’t shut me down like how anna and Ej used to. Once the night started winding down, I started getting sad because I thought that was the end of my day with my mate, but I was wrong. She asked me to go on a walk with her and I couldn’t get out of my seat fast enough. I smiled when I heard her beta laugh as we walked out of the dining hall. The air outside was cool but not as cold as it would be in New York right now. Aries and I felt refreshed as we inhaled.

“So how do you like desert moon so far” Cj asked. “Well from what I have seen its similar to what we have at home just a little bit bigger” “I see, well if you can follow me, we can actually have the conversation about us.” “Lead the way my little alpha.”

She turned around giving me a raised eyebrow, I mentally smacked myself for the little reference. She led me a ways through the pack to a small cottage right beside a lake. It was a dark green color blending into the forest behind it. It had a small table and rocking chair outside the wooden front door. Inside was cozy, a wood burning fireplace was already going. It had minimal furniture, a large sectional sofa and 2 accent chairs. A large flat screen tv across the wall with no less than 3 different game systems attached to it and wall to wall shelves filled with books. It was a nerd’s wet dream, and I was all here for it. It finally registered that Cj was talking to me, so I looked directly into her grey eyes.

“Welcome to my home” she said. “Your home? You don’t live in the packhouse” I asked “no not since my father died, I been living here. Have a seat in the living room and I can get you a drink. I have sweet tea, lemonade, water or I think Rainbow left some beer over here from earlier” “I’ll take a beer if you don’t mind.” I replied “No problem” she said handing me the beer as we went to sit down. “So, Bishop. I’ll just be blunt you are not my first mate, I killed him about 15 minutes after finding him” I spit my beer out all over her living wood coffee table immediately. “excuse me you did what now” I could see the twinkle in her eyes but also the sadness that accompanied that statement. “I killed my first mate. We were tracking some rogues who kidnapped some omegas and pups from the pack. My dad, Nola, her dad and I as well as some warriors of ours tracked them into the desert south of here. When I laid eyes on my mate, he had his fist punched through my dad’s chest cavity. He proceeded to rip his heart out of his chest killing him instantly before attacking me trying to forcefully claim me. We fought; I won killing him the same way he killed my dad. That was 2 years ago. My mother had passed 3 months before that faithful day, the main reason my father wasn’t at his full strength. He was still grieving the loss of my mother. I just thought we would get that out of the way first. I am for all purposes damaged goods you do not want a mate like me” I looked at Cj noticing the sheen of tears glistening her eyes as she relayed the story to me. “that’s some f.ucked up s.hit” Aries said inside my mind “Here I am b.itching and moaning about some inconsequential tramp and my true mate is having to deal with the grief of losing her dad and guilt of killing a worthless a.sshole first mate. Bishop hug her or something.” Aries said “Ummm I don’t know what to say about that other then you are not damaged goods.” I said looking Cj in the eyes “Oh, really then why haven’t you been acting like a mated male wolf all possessive and what not” “well for one my mate is this gorgeous bad ass female alpha, who has the might of a whole pack of wolves not to mention a coven of witches and a sleuth of bears at her disposal. I am not an i***t; I am not getting on your bad side acting like a possessive incel. Then there is the history of my own past. If you feel that you are damaged goods than I am a dumpster fire for sure.” She just looked at me with that eyebrow raised “Oh, really do tell” “well Alpha Cj you are not my first mate either. Unlike you I had close to a year for the bond to develop and break. we were mated and marked the very first night we found each other” “I didn’t see a mate’s mark on your neck what happened” “well I was getting to that stop rushing me.” There was that raised eyebrow again, man I think there’s something wrong with me cause it’s turning me on. “Well, where was I, oh yeah so, we marked and mated and had what I thought was a happy life for about 2 months. That’s when the pain started. She was cheating on me pretty consistently for about 8 maybe 9 months or so. A month ago, I found her bent over my older brothers’ desk in his alpha office getting f.ucked in the a.ss by him.” “You f.ucking lying, you got to be s.hitting me. She cheated on you with your own brother for over 8 months. How f.ucking dumb is this b***h? She wanted to get caught because every wolf is told about the pains of betraying the mate bond. But wait you didn’t confront her the minute you felt the pain?” She asked “Nah I wanted proof, I told myself I needed proof. Needed to see who or what was more important than the mate bond. I know it amused my brother giving me pain the way he did. As for Anna I don’t know what her reasoning was.” “You’re a better wolf than me. The first thought of an ouch from betrayal pains there would be some slow singing and flower bringing followed by the shortest moon ceremony ever recorded.” “Dually noted! But when I found out I had already given up on the bond. I had promised Aries my wolf that we were going to leave her. The day we decided to formally reject her is the day I found them together.” “Wow just wow. So, your brother is the alpha of your pack not you?” “Nope I am the second born son the spare. Alpha by birth but not ranked in my home pack. My parents nor my pack really had any time for me, I wasn’t physically abused or treated badly. I was just left to my own devices most of the time.” “Ah now I get the whole second fiddle comment.” “Yup! So, if you’re damaged goods I definitely am. I couldn’t even keep my goddess given mate from cheating on me” “what do you suck in the sack? have a small d**k? Nah I got it you’re a two-minute pump and dump?” Cj started listing “cause from where I am sitting, you’re all sorts of fine. You’re tall even by wolf standards. Muscular, flawless skin, beautiful eyes, kissable lips, I mean what more could a woman want” I just started smiling like a damn fool listening to my mate list everything she found attractive about me “you think so” I asked, “umm duh!” “So, we both been hurt. What do we do now” “well I am alpha, and I am not giving up control of my pack to you and being a good little Luna I don’t give a f***k mate bond or not. So, if you can deal with that then we can move on if not we can reject each other here and now.” she says “I am fine with you being alpha, but I do have an issue being placed in a glorified Lunas position. even though I rarely act like it I am a dominate possessive alpha with an equally dominate possessive alpha wolf. So how do we go about making this work for us.” “I honestly have no damn clue. Nola and the rest of my friends threw around the idea of calling you lune or Lua.” I scrunched up my face at that one. “What do you want to call me Cj?” I asked while looking her dead in the eyes trying to pierce that wall she built around her heart and soul. she answered my stare with one of her own “I just want to call you mine Bishop everything else I don’t care about.” With that I leaned in and finally gave my heart and Aries what they had been wanting since we stepped out of the SUV this morning. I kissed my mate.

CJ

I walked beside my mate leading him to my house. Glancing at him every so often he was a huge wolf. “Told you we’ll be climbing that mountain all night long.” Shut up Opal I said. She started sharing intimate s*x scenes in my head to the point I had to push her further into my mind and block her. We arrived at my house shortly later. It was odd seeing him in my living room, my personal space. Odd but in a good way not a bad one. I broke into the conversation by telling him about my first mate and killing him. I know I shocked him by the beer he spit out onto my coffee table, it was comical. After I shared my woe is me story, he started his own. To say I was shocked is an understatement. Who the f***k would ever want to cheat on or hurt him. From what I could gather he is an honorable person. His aura for the most part was pure though I could sense a sliver of muted chaos. I told him I wouldn’t be stepping down from being the alpha of my pack and to my surprise he agreed with me. The problem was he didn’t want to be considered a Luna which was understandable, but could we really make being co alphas work. This was what was going over in my head. when he asked me what I wanted to call him. Looking directly into those hazel eyes I couldn’t help but spill the beans and tell him I wanted to call him mine. He was mine; I knew it, opal knew it, and now without a doubt he knew it. As he leaned in kissing me softly on the lips. I couldn’t hold it in anymore. I grabbed the back of his head deepening the kiss pushing my tongue into his mouth. I captured his moan with one of my own our arousal scents of hazelnut coffee, chocolate chip cookies, peppermints and hot chocolate making my damn house smell like a Starbucks during winter. His hands wrapped around my waist as I slightly pushed him to lay down on my couch. “That’s it girl climb that damn mountain.” Opal cheered. That knocked me out of the lust filled haze I was in a moment ago. as I pulled away from the kiss and sat my black ass back down on the other side of the couch.

“I am sorry. I didn’t mean to take it that far” I started to say “please don’t be sorry I’m definitely not” he replied. “I want to take this slow, we both have trust issues. I don’t want either of us to let the bond force us into something we’re not ready for” I told him “I agree but it will be hard for both of us.” he replied “I know as alphas we’re meant to get and take what we want, and I’m not going to lie I want you bishop. It’s been over a year since I had any s****l relations” “it been about 4 months for me as well” “oh so you weren’t having s*x with your mate for that long” I ask “would you f***k someone that you knew was cheating on you” “nah I wouldn’t but then again, I told you first day, slow singing and flower brining.” Bishop laughed at that his voice filling my home and heart with joy. “Ok so what else do I need to know about Alpha Cj. Romero?” “Well, what do you want to know?” What does Cj stand for?” I groaned to myself causing him to give me a questioning look. If you must know my full name is Christmas Joy Romero. I look at him as he tries to hold in his laughter. It’s ok, go ahead and laugh. He does and through his tears asks me when my birthday is. I was born on the winter solstice so December 21. He sat up a little straighter at that as I looked him in the eyes. My birthday is the summer solstice June 21 he said. I smiled and nodded my head. "Age?" he asks "I am 22 years old you." "24 I will be 25 this year." We continued with our 20 questions well into the night. It was 2 in the morning when we finally finished. I escorted him back to the packhouse so that he wouldn’t get lost on his way back. At the pack house door, I gently placed a kiss on his lips before turning away. “You know I feel like the teenage girl in this relationship alpha.” I quirked my eyebrow at him and asked him how. “I was felt up and left wanting. then dropped off at my house and given a kiss goodnight.” I laughed at that. “I promise to call you in the morning.” “Oh, you better little alpha." he said "Goodnight Big Alpha.” I said as he went inside. I walked away with a bounce in my step that I hadn’t had in a while. “We could have had all sorts of s*x tonight Christmas why did you stop” Opal whine in my head. “It wasn’t the right time. Urgh! Look lady either you get with the program and mate our mate, or I will.” I inwardly roll my eyes at my s*x starved wolf as I make my way into the house and into my bedroom. I take a shower before heading to bed. Yes, I sleep naked, under slightly heavy covers with a fan on.

The next morning, I was woken up to the smell of breakfast being cooked in my house. I throw on my oversized thick thighs saves lives t-shirt, before heading out of my room. In my kitchen with my kiss the cook apron on is Nola.

“Morning sunshine where’s our lovely lune this morning?” she asks “He’s back in his room at the pack house.” “You mean you didn’t lay claim to all of the chocolate goodness, you’re slipping girl.” “Nope I was on my best behavior I even walked him to the door like a good date.” Nola bust out laughing at that. “So, what’s the plan chic?” “Well, I was thinking that we could offer the gamma position to Juliet and Thomas. After hearing him say he’ll go anywhere Julie is why not make them the gamma couple. His experience as a beta will come in handy plus I am not going to lie I always wanted Juliet as a ranked member of the pack just couldn’t figure out how until now.” I say “That is true, I like it! Plus, since he is friends with your mate it gives it an extra incentive for him.” “True now the biggest problem how to brooch this with Papa D.” “Papa will like the idea the problem will be Romeo how will he take having to report to his younger twin and sister at that. You know that boys got all these old ass views on male and woman roles in the pack.” “I know but honestly, I don’t give a flying f***k about Romeo or his feelings Juliet and Thomas are the gamma couple period. We can divide our workload by 4. Giving Juliet the bare minimum until she is out of college while Thomas takes over scheduling.” “I like it now what about your mate?” Nola asked turning the conversation back toward Bishop and me. “We decided to take it slow.” “So, you’re going to accept him?” she asks “I think so Nola. I want to, he is mine goddess given and all that.” “When are you going to drop the blessed wolf thing in his lap?” I shrug my shoulders “Now that I don’t know.” “Well here eat while I deliver this to the other love birds.” “Great, thank you tell them I would like to see them in my office say about an hour or two.” “No problem Cj.” At that nola walked out of my house and left me with my own thoughts.