Alpha Rhys POV
And let the bullshit begin!
I was in my packhouse getting ready for the fuckery that would be happening in just a few hours.
Drowning out my misery, Jack daniels called my name. Pouring my 3rd shot, I heard a knock at the door.
"Come in." I called out knowing it was Mateo and Jett. They walked in completely dressed for the evening. As I'm sure my whole pack would be. They've all been waiting 7 years for me to take a mate and now because of Alpha Kano's dumbass ruling, I had to announce Madison as my Luna, then mate and mark her tonight.
My life is a damn joke!
"You're not exactly ready Alpha." Mateo said with the same dumbass smile my father had.
"You don't have to look so thrilled about this Mateo."
"Oh I'm not dude. Madison isn't Luna material and you clearly only like her in the dead of night." He laughed, but stopped as soon as Jett smacked him in the back of the head.
"Come on Mateo, don't be an insensitive prick! Rhys clearly doesn't want to do this." Jett growled pushing past Mateo then walking over to me. He grabbed the Jack Daniels bottle from my hand, earning a growl from me.
"Hey." He whispered then cupped my cheek, rubbing circles with his thumb. I leaned into his touch, just as I seen Mateo walk over and stop behind me. He wrapped his arms around my waist then kissed my shoulder.
Slowly I felt my irritation fade and the warmth around their touch invaded my senses.
Jett pulled my face towards his, then gently place his lips on mine. I felt Mateo reach down and stroke my length through my joggers.
"We can't do this right now." I whispered against Jett's lips.
"We have time babe." He whispered back against mine then grabbed the front of my shirt pulling me to the bed.
Mateo unwrapped his arms from me, then walked towards the bed ahead of us, pulling the blankets back.
"This is probably the last time we can actually enjoy each other before you have to claim that bitch." Mateo growled then pulled both me and Jett onto the bed.
Ha! Guess I forgot to mention that Mateo and Jett are my mates. Yeah I'm sure you're trying to figure out why I've been bitching about not wanting a mate, it's not really that. It's more not wanting a Luna. A whiny, submissive shewolf that could come in and ruin my whole pack.
My mates and I have been friends since we were in diapers literally. All of our parents grew up together, then had us and raised us together.. Nobody knows but us. I didn't mark them in the traditional spot. They bare my mark on their thighs as do I on mine.
This definitely wasn't in the swing of how my life should have been though. Mated to 2 fucking men, but there were some rogue attacks about 5 years ago. It was only 2 years after we had taken over for our fathers. Rushing to the border to help our warriors fight off the rogues, Jett found his mate. A wolf named Harley, but he was dead by the time we got there.
I couldn't imagine how he felt for his mate bond to snap into place, just to feel it shatter into pieces at the same time. He was a wreck for a long time after that. Mateo and I tried to comfort him and that turned into Mateo and Jett ending up in bed together.
I didn't expect it, but shit happens when you're grieving. Oh the fuck well.
Then Mateo found his mate a year ago, but she rejected him because she was already in a relationship and had a pup on the way. So naturally, Jett and I comforted Mateo as his friends, but that turned into a lot of alcohol on all of our parts and when I woke up, shock hit me when I found out that I marked both of them and they marked me. Relief came when I seen our marks weren't on full display to the fucking world, but none the less, they bared my mark as I bared theirs and now I have 2 men as my mates. Our thighs told the stories we didn't want anyone else to know.
The best thing though is that we were already bestfriends before it happened, so not much changed between us. We all perform our duties throughout the pack, keeping our secret to ourselves. I'm sure the pack and Alpha Kano wouldn't accept a bond between not two but three wolves and they're all men. It would be impossible to lead that way, especially with his dumbass "no same sex mate bond" law he created.
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard for real. He's basically trying to play God here on earth and he's no God or Goddess. How the hell can he tell anyone who they can and can't be mated to? Fucking idiot.
So we had to perform the ranking ceremony in secret, deep in the forest. Once I marked them, technically it made them Alphas, but to keep this up, they couldn't be my equals nor could they lead my pack with me.
So I demoted Mateo back to Beta status and Jett back to Gamma status. They were both in agreement with it and so here we are.
A year later, a secret bond with the 3 of us and now I have to figure out how to keep their heartache down when I mark and mate Madison.
I know I'm one of the biggest assholes out there, Alpha Kano pulling the first spot for sure! But my mates don't deserve to see me with someone else. Especially not that leech!