BROLN PACK
Alora kept turning on her bed, she couldn't sleep, she'd gotten restlessness as a companion for the night.
Her body longed for so many things! His arms around her, his breath brushing her skin and more.
Tired from her struggle with her uneasy mind and body, she got off the bed, wore her flip flop and headed out.
She passed several servants who paid no attention to her and made her way to the alpha's chamber.
Without knocking, she pushed the door open and went in. He was on the bed, his eyes shut like one in a deep sleep, but the moment she came in, he felt her presence and jolted awake.
"Alora?" A look of confusion crossed his face.
"Why aren't you sleeping?" His brain crashed in befuddlement to see her in his bedroom by that time of the night.
She stood still, at loss for an explanation.
Slowly, he got off the bed and proceeded to her.
He cupped her face and gaze into her eyes, trying to feel her emotions and in that instant, he hugged her tightly.
"Can't sleep?" He whispered in her ears and she nodded.
"Missing me?" He nibbled her ears and she unconsciously gripped him tightly, then he raised her face and connected their lips.
The kiss was slow, warm and passionate, like they'd the entire time in the world.
And she gripped him tightly and kissed him deeply, giving it her all, exactly as she wanted.
In a moment, they slumped into the bed, and not quite long, the air in the room became filled with smell of lust, eroticism and their heavy breathings.
After the long exercise, she snuggled into his arm and they drifted into sleep.
He didn't know how long he'd slept before awoken by the familiar scent.
It filled his nostrils, and a part of his body compelled him to go to her while the other part seemed too lazy to move and just as he expected, the sounds of wolves trotting to the royal house disturbed the peaceful night.
He needed to leave, to get to her before other wolves, but when he was about getting up, Alora's arms gripped him tightly, and she snuggled deeper into his body.
Then he inhaled the fragrance of her hair shampoo which dispelled the previous scent.
He couldn't help but hold her tightly, stroking her hair that he forgot his luna was in heat and needed him.
He only remembered when he heard the growls from troubled wolves .He gazed at the door and the scent assaulted him, then shifted his gaze on Alora and the scent dispelled, replaced with a more pleasant one.
But then, that part of his mind reminded him that he needed to go to his luna, to be with her, to protect her and satisfy her! The more he tried to get off Alora's grip, the more it tightened more around him.
Push her away! A part of his mind advised but he had no will to do that. He gazed into her sleeping face and kissed her forehead.
"She needs me please!"
He muttered, hoping she would hear him, but she was in a deep sleep, as her breathing was steady.
"Your luna needs you alpha!!" His distressed beta mind-linked him.
Otto perceived the scent, traced it to the royal house, to the luna's chamber.
He had submerged his body in the tub of cold water to ease his burning libido, hoping the alpha who he knew was around would get to his luna soon and save them all from the lustful torment.
"I know."
"Then why aren't you there? Where exactly are you?" Otto's brows furrowed.
What exactly was happening? Didn't Floyd mark Hera after the first heat? Why is her scent still perceived by unmated males?
"I'll be there." Floyd shut him out, then he stared at Alora.
"I promise not to do anything with her, let me go please."
He could swear she was waiting for his assurance, because her grip on him loosened and he got out the bed and out of the room to Hera's.
By the time he got to Hera's chamber, she was naked on the bed with a man he didn't care to know his identity.
The man who should be drunk in passion to feel his presence was enjoying a deep kiss with his luna!!
Rage flowed through him like lava that he unleashed Kylo and it pounced on the man.
"How dare you!" He roared.
The man immediately changed into his wolf and bared its belly on the ground.
"Spare me alpha!" It whined in panic.
"Easy! Not his fault!" Kylo restrained Floyd, who was within him steering its actions.
It stepped back, released a warning growl and the man's wolf loped out in fright.
Back to his human, he walked over to her and stared fixedly at her naked body.
Her scent still fill the air and had flooded his system that he quickly sat on the bed, bent over and kissed her.
"Mmmh!" She moaned once she tasted his lips.
Her hand wrapped round his neck and pulled him towards her body.
"Please do it!" She mumbled.
"You promised mate!" Kylo's reminder halted his actions and he slowly ended the kiss.
"Alphas don't renege!" It whispered, and he rose to his feet.
He couldn't leave her unattended to, her scent was like a sweet wine intoxicating him, but he'd promised Alora.
Why did he make such promise to her! He couldn't tell what compelled him to, but he was an alpha and wouldn't retract his words.
Left with no option, he lifted her into the bathroom, slowly put her in the tub and turned on the shower.
As soon as the cold water hit her body, the scent began to dispel and in seconds was completely dispelled.
She regained her conscious senses, lifted her eyes to see Floyd naked, staring at her. She wrapped her arms round her naked body and lowered her eyes.
"Do you feel better now?" He asked and she nodded.
"Get out of the water, you will catch a cold if you linger longer."
Then he left the bathroom, grabbed a sheet and wrapped his lower body, then returned to his room.
"I kept my promise." He whispered to the sleeping Alora once he had pulled her into his arm.
Hera, slowly got out the tub, her mind bitter.
So rather than sleeping with her, he threw her into a cold water filled bath? Her heart twisted and her eyes hazed over.
She cleaned herself up, wore a thick wooly cloth and sat on her bed enduring the tearing pangs that gripped her heart. Her second heat, yet unmarked.
How then would she bear a heir for him if he wouldn't perform his bedroom duty?
In her grief, she laid on the bed but couldn't sleep as her eyes were heavy with unshed tears and her mind filled with unsettling emotions.
The next morning, Layana, the alpha's mother went to Hera's room. She saw her lying on the bed , her eyes staring blankly at the ceiling.
She needed no one to tell her she was troubled.
"I need to speak to you." The voice of her mother in-law snapped her out of her thought, and she shifted her gaze on her.
"Mother?" Her voice was barely audible.
She sat up from the bed, leaned her body on the headboard
Layana stared at her for a moment, then sat beside her.
"Last night was like the first time, why?"
The first time could be understood, but the second time needed to be questioned.
Hera lowered her head and tears brimmed in he eyes.
" I don't know." Her voice was broken with sadness.
Layana shook her head in confusion. "You don't know? Aren't you marked?"
Her tears fell and she sobbed silently. "No, mother." She responded, sniffing repeatedly.
Layana gaped at her. Her son didn't mark his luna! Where was it done?
"Unbelievable!" She muttered, gave Hera a quick glance and left her room.
Just as Alora left the alpha's chamber, his mother came in.
Luckily she didn't meet her, else she would have to explain herself.
"Mother!" He was shocked to see her in his chamber so early in the morning.
"Some things need to be addressed immediately son."
She sat on the sofa, tapping her feet on the floor.
"Is all well mother?"
"If all is well, why will I be sitting in your bedroom this early?"
Floyd sat on the smaller sofa, his eyes on her. "Speak"
"It's Hera, your luna. Why is she still unmarked?"
He wasn't stunned, the question was well anticipated. Every body must have known his luna was unmarked, since her scent still allured unmated males.
He couldn't hide it from his mother, so opened up.
"I can't mark her until my bond with Alora is broken."
Layana stared at him in disbelief, her mouth hung open.
"How?"
He chuckled. "How would I know?"
All he knew was that his bond with Alora was strong and only her willing rejection would solve the puzzle.
"And you don't plan to do anything about it?" Layana gave him a quizzical stare and he could only allow a small bitter smile on his face.
Don't you plan to do anything about it Flyod? He questioned himself, then took a deep breath.
Sincerely, he wasn't interested in looking for a solution anymore as long as Alora was with him.
"The goddess is silent over this matter mother and I've decided to be silent too."
"That wolf-less thing!!" A ball of anger rolled in her as she thought of her son's predicament because of Alora.
Floyd's face contorted with anger. Not in his presence would Alora be insulted.
"She isn't a thing mother!"
"But the cause of this problem son! She has no wolf and is your luna's servant, just like the omegas."
Why wouldn't Alora reject his son and free him?
"That reminds me mother, I don't want her to serve the luna anymore, I'll inform Hera immediately."
"Floyd!" Layana couldn't believe he just said that.
"What's her use in the pack then? She can't hunt, she can't shift, she can't fight and now, she can't serve the luna too!"
Layana wished to break into Floyd's head, pull out his brain and inspect it properly.
"She's my mate mother, my first mate!" Though he couldn't explain the chemistry going on between them but would not allow her serve Hera anymore.
"What!"
A cloud of quietude descended in the room. After a while, Layana left, not uttering another word.