Lost and Found by her Alpha

Men and Whiskey

Zane POV

After giving Star and the kids the tour of the pack house and the pack grounds. I had to rearrange for someone to pick up all her belongings from her old place, which she kept assuring me that it wasn't necessary and she didn't want to be a burden. She finally relaxed. The kids settled faster than she was allowing herself to. I have to remember that she never lived with wolves or been around her kind for much of her life, and we still had to build on the trust in our relationship. Normally, when a wolf found its mate, it was magical, and the attraction and love came immediately or some s**t like that. Well, that's what I've been told all my life, but with Star, I know I'm going to have to work extra hard for her heart, especially since Ashley was only a few hours ago sprawled out on my bed. f*****g Ashley! Sigh! As we put the twins to bed and settled them down for the night, I told them good night as I watched her crawl in between them and opened a book to read them for the night. I closed the door slowly and went to my office. On my way, I summoned Darren through the pack link.

He met me there and closed the door behind us. Taking a seat, I say,

"What did you find out?"

"It's as she said, she was in foster care until 16 she went off the grid for some time and then suddenly reappeared with one child and a dog. The older one was a little tricky. She was also in foster care for over twelve years and has been on the missing person file since then," he explains.

"What have you dug up on the kid's real mother?"

"Nothing yet, still looking into it" Okay, let me know as soon as you find anything. He nodded his head.

"Is there anything more I need to know about Star parents? What about them?" he swallowed, and I could tell this was going to be bad.

"Well, Alpha Derek, as you know, controls three-quarters of the pack on this side. He has a son Taylor. Though not with his true mate, it was a match made by his Alpha before him. There were rumours roughly twenty-something years ago that he met his mate, but that's all it was, rumours. This so-called mate was never announced or proven. The Luna records were sealed, so it's hard to find out who her mother really was."

"s**t!"

"If you can get me a name and the boys in tech can get you the information, it's only a matter of time before these sealed records become unsealed."

"Great work, one more thing, Nina, I need you to unseal her record and make Star her full-time guardian," I don't want no one to come looking for Nina bringing trouble to the pack that way. Get the boys on it. Remember to keep this hush."

"Yes, Alpha", nodding my head, signalling him to leave.  He got up, walking out, but before he exited fully, I asked.

"Any idea who you want to put on Nina's details.

"Not yet, Alpha"

"Get it done by tomorrow."

"Yes, Alpha," he said as he left. Nicholas came right afterwards and took a seat. I went into my drawer and pulled out a glass of whiskey from my cabinet, and I can see it's almost empty, letting me know that people have been helping themselves to my stash.  I pull out two glasses and add ice, pouring the whisky. I hand him a glass.

"You owe me a bottle," I tell him, and he shakes his head.

"So, what did you get for me?" I asked, leaning back in my seat and sipping on the arch taste.

“does this mean you back for good"

"Why, you miss playing Alpha?" I gave him a pensive look. He took a deep breath and swollen the entire glass in one gulp.

"Look, man, you left! Someone had to take care of these people and your mother" I must say that stung. I know how mom can be. I swallowed my drink in one go also.

"Yeah, thank you for picking up where I left off. I promise I will do better. It's just that when I thought she was gone, it was like a big part of me left with that thought, and nothing could fill it." I pour us another glass, each handing him his glass. I raise my glass for a toast.

"To being Alpha, when the asshole you got won't '' I say, and he clings his glass to mine.

"So what are we going to do about this Patrick guy?" swallowing the last bit in my glass, I lean back and stare at the ceiling.

"I don't know yet", and I really didn't, but I will come up with something.

"Why didn't you tell me that the Thunder Crest lost their Alpha?" that happened before you left, taught you knew."

"Damn! He was a good man, the last time I saw him was at his mating ceremony." I raised my glass again to his "to Alpha Jeremy", I say, and he obliged

"So are you going to sit here all night and avoid you mate, not that I don't mind the company, but I got another company I want to indulge in tonight, and it has nothing to do with you"  chuckling at the second biggest man w***e I know? Damn, just thinking about the countless times I indulge in some other female to forget the memory of the scent of my mate, leaves an ache in the pit of my stomach that I can't shake..

"Go, you still owe me a bottle." I got up and led him to the door as he shook his head, closing it behind us.

"See you tomorrow bright and early for training", I groaned.

"Tomorrow"

Making my way back to my now shared room, I brace myself. I've never been this nervous before, like a preteen and about to have my first kiss from my teenage crush. I can feel the sweat slide down the centre of my back. Sniffing my armpits from the day. Not bad, man sweat. Very manly.  Opening the door, I'm hit with a vision, making Xander freak out, gnawing at my skin to come out and claim her, claim her as mine, as ours.  She walked out of the adjacent bathroom room in my shirt whilst wrapping her braids up-top her head. Those legs, how I want those legs wrapped tightly around my waist. f**k. I exhale, trying to remember to breathe.

"Hi!" she turns, and that smile does something different to me.

"Hey, hope you don't mind. I borrowed one of your shirts. I don't have anything to wear."

"No, no, it's fine, it looks better on you than it ever did on me" she smiles at me shyly.

"I also borrowed your boxers, but I think my butts a bit too big for them. I will buy you new ones." I stood still admiring her wearing my clothes. I didn't hear half of what she said because all the blood left up top and ran down south, causing a strain against the jeans.

"It's okay, feel free to wear my clothes anytime" I'm going to need an ice bath at this point.

"Besides, someone will  be packing up your stuff and bringing them here for you and the kids. Don't worry about anything."

"Wait for what, some stranger going through my unmentionables". Okay, this just took a turn.

"Yeah, or if you want, I can buy you guys new stuff. I don't mind."

"You can ask me before you make a big decision for my children and me", she says, walking away from me. Sighing, I apologise and ask.

"What would you like to do about your house and your stuff?"

"I don't know, it’s, it's all just moving too fast." 

"Okay, take a deep breath. How about we put a pause on things? For now and tomorrow, we can sit down and ash everything out. A tiny smile crossed her lips.

"Sure." closing the distance that she put between us, I take her hands and tell her everything will be ok. Placing a kiss on her forehead. I release her and head to the bathroom because the strain in my pants has now tripled.

Getting in the shower, I turned it on to the coldest temperature I could withstand and quickly shower. When I was done and felt that my man parts understood what's taking place, I got out and put on my sweats and exited the bathroom. When I walked back into the bedroom, she was fast asleep. I snuggled up right behind her. I kissed her cheeks and fell into a deep sleep, and for once, I didn't need the assistance of Xander's loud howl to fall asleep.