The Merciless Alpha(erotica)

“What are you going to do,” Craig asked.

“I haven’t talked to Liv about this, but this is my plan. We establish security here for Vicki; if they get to her, it’s over. Liv, we need to keep her in the house and under guard. No going near open windows, no going outside.”

“She’s going to hate that,” Liv said.

“It can’t be helped, just like it can’t be helped that you will have to go out sometime. The police will want to follow up on last night, and you need to make funeral arrangements for your grandmother.”

“Shit, that means my parents will be coming,” she said.

“I’ll help you deal with them. I’m more worried about the attention it will draw. I plan to be at your side wherever you go, and I’ll have two others nearby as security.”NôvelDrama.Org owns this.

“Whatever you think is best. I trust you to keep us safe, Leo.” She looked at my parents. “What are you going to do?”

“Oh, we’re going for a scenic drive up north,” Larry said. “I’m going to stop in and talk with the Stillwater Pack Alpha and let him know that Vicki is under the protection of Alpha Volkov.”

“I’m not a full Alpha yet, I still need one more Pack member,” I said.

“I’ll join your Pack,” the young man who had worked his way near us said. “Brent Lawrence,” he said as he stuck out his hand.

I looked over at Larry, who nodded while Donna buried her face in his shoulder and tried not to laugh. “We’ll take care of that in a minute.” I turned a painting around, and on the back was a satellite view of my land with the borders marked. I briefed everyone on the property. “Starting in ten minutes, we have a gate guard and a patrol 24/7. We can use a vehicle to block the entrance road, and a snowmobile or ATV during the day to run the perimeter. At night, the patrol goes in wolf form. Mike, you come up with a rotation for that.”

“Got it, boss.”

“I’m not stocked to feed seventeen. I need two people to make a grocery run and pick up supplies for a week.”

“Craig and I will take that,” Connie said. “I’ll put together a menu and a shopping list.”

“Thank you. One last thing,” I said. “Vicki is still sleeping, and she doesn’t know you. Stay downstairs, use the patio entrance for now. When she wakes up, I’ll move Liv and Vicki to the apartment over the garage. They will have their own kitchen and spaces, and the closet is a panic room.”

“We don’t have anything but what we were wearing,” Liv said.

“Give your sizes to Connie, she can pick up some basics for you at Sam’s until we can get your things out of your apartment.”

Donna looked back towards Liv. “Give the Sheriff’s Department a call and ask when they can give you access to your things,” she said. “I’ll watch Shark Bait while you’re gone.”

“Thank you, Donna. You two were lifesavers last night. Well, almost as much as Leo.”

I sent the wolves off with their orders, and Liv yawned. “Go back to bed,” I said. “I’ll have my lawyer call the detectives.”

“Thanks, Leo.” She headed back down the hall.

The only ones left in the room now were my Betas, my in-laws, and Brent. I leveled him with a stare. “Why did you offer to join my Pack, and why should I accept you,” I said.

“Liv is my mate,” he said. “This is where I have to be to protect her.”

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I looked at the young man who just declared he was the mate of a young woman who was very special to me, one I looked on like she was my own daughter. “You think Liv is your mate.”

“My wolf is sure of it. It doesn’t feel like what I was told, though.”

“I don’t believe you.” I stared in his eyes, and his wolf pushed forward to challenge me. I was Alpha, and the only reason his wolf would not submit in this battle of wills, was because it WAS true that Liv was his. A mate was the only explanation for his challenge.

“We should move this to your office,” Larry said.

I led them down the hall and into the soundproofed room. I’d built out the office myself, using ten thousand dollars worth of cherry plywood and hardwood. The walls had raised panels, the ceiling a mural of the night sky. The large window was bulletproof, the small closet a safe room. An immense curly-cherry desk sat in the center of the room, and the entire wall behind it was bookshelves over cabinets. There were two leather chairs and a couch in front of the desk; I motioned for Brent to sit in the chair closest to the window as Larry and Donna took the sofa. “What did your wolf tell you?”

“At first, he was confused and anxious; he wasn’t sure. It was only when I came into the room that he told me my mate was here. Her smell wasn’t what I expected, and I got closer so I could figure it out. I realized when I got close enough that she had no wolf scent, and she didn’t react to my presence at all. How could I be mates with a human?”

“It doesn’t happen often, but it has happened before,” Larry said. “We don’t know why some feel a mating pull towards a person who doesn’t have a wolf yet.”

“My old Pack taught me that Luna made the match because of the wolf she was going to give the human,” Donna added. “There are fewer than fifty thousand of us, and we all trace our bloodlines back to a much smaller line. New blood and fated mates keep us from genetic issues.”

It made sense; I’d never had to deal with a human mate situation. The closest I’d dealt with was with people who went through the change, and THEN they found a mate. They reacted the same way I did when the mate’s scent hit them; an instant attraction followed shortly by the mating bite and sex. “You and your wolf may be all cylinders firing on this mating thing, but Liv’s engine isn’t even in the car yet,” I told him. “She’s lived here for five years, and in that time, I don’t think she’s ever dated. She lives for her daughter, who right now is scared to death of being kidnapped again. In the last few days, she’s found out her daughter is a werewolf, that people want Vicki dead, and now her grandmother has been killed by those same people. She’s got so many things going on that you’ll be lucky if she notices you’re here.”

“What do I do, Alpha?”

“You protect your mate with your life, and you gain her trust. You are going to have to win her heart slowly without her noticing what you are doing. She’s like a nervous deer, ready to bolt, and you need to stalk her until the time is right. You only get one shot at this, so don’t make your move too early and spook her.”

He closed his eyes, talking to his wolf. “We understand,” he said. “I would like to call my Alpha before I switch Packs,” he said.

“It’s the right thing to do,” I said as I put the phone on speaker. “I don’t know what he’s going to say when I swipe another.” I dialed Doug Winter’s office, the Winona Pack Alpha.

“This is Jennie,” a woman answered.

“Hello, Luna Jennie, this is Alpha Leo Volkov of the Miesville Pack.”

“LEO! How is the girl? Did our people arrive?”

“They did, Jennie, and thank you for sending them. Liv and Vicki are sleeping now, it’s been a rough time for them.”

“That poor girl. Let me get Doug in here.”

I heard a door close, and Doug’s voice came on. “If you’re Alpha Leo again, did you take another of my Pack members or find your own?”

I laughed. “It wasn’t my fault,” I said. “Brent Lawrence came into the house and found his mate in Liv Anderson, Vicki’s human mother.”

“Damn,” Doug said as Jennie let out a whoop. “Nothing is easy with that boy.”

“I don’t mind a bit, Olivia is a beautiful woman,” Brent said. “Alpha, Luna, I would like your blessing to leave your Pack and join the Miesville Pack.”

“You have our blessing,” Doug said. “A mate and a future Alpha for a daughter, your parents would have been thrilled for you.”

“I know. Thank you.”

“Thank you, Doug. I’ll take good care of him, and we’ll see how much his patience will be tested as he tries to get a human to fall in love with him,” I said. I hung up, and we performed the ceremony to add him to the Pack. He was immediately linked to Mike and Anita. “Don’t try to link Vicki yet, I’ve been able to pass messages to her, but she doesn’t know how to respond, and she doesn’t know who you are,” I told him.

“We’re going to get going,” Larry said. “I’ll have Alpha Doug call when I’m closer, so the Stillwater Alphas don’t have time to avoid me. They won’t dare harm his envoys.”

“Their people attacked a Pack member of mine and a human under my protection,” I said. “I need to know if they were involved, or those two did it on their own.”

“We’ll find out.” The two left the room as my Betas entered. “How is it going?”

“Schedule is made. Since we just got here, I thought it best if you do a circuit of the perimeter with the first patrol and show the patrols what they need to know. They can pass it on to their reliefs. Watch one, do one, and everyone learns.”

“Good idea, but after dark, I’m taking them all out in wolf form.”

“We have the sentry posted at the main entrance, and Craig and Connie have left for town.”

It was all coming together nicely. “Help everyone get settled in, and let me know when Vicki or Liv get up again,” I said. “They have a lot to do today. I’m heading out. Send a couple people to the garage for the tour.” I went out into the garage, putting on my snowmobile gear. Opening the door, I moved the snowmobile out, then left it idling while I started the ATV. Mike had sent down Carl and a mated pair, Kevin and LuAnne, to join me on the first patrol. “Kevin, you two take the ATV. Carl, with me.” We took off, following the trail that ran along the fence line of my property. I had field fence topped with a single strand of barb wire surrounding my property, and the snow inside it would quickly pack down under the machines. It took twenty minutes, then I returned the snowmobile to the garage.

Returning my gear, I went back to my office and called my lawyer, Jacob Burnley. “I want you to work with the Sheriff’s Department on a few things for Liv,” I said. “She needs her purse, phone, and keys that were left in her home last night, and she needs access for her stuff.”

“I’ll see what I can do. I’m sure the home will be sealed for the FBI since it was a kidnapping, making it a Federal case. They will be there most of the day, I’m sure.”

“I wouldn’t mind getting my truck back either,” I said.

“The impound lot should be open already, do you need a ride?”

“No, I’ll get it myself. What about Liv’s grandmother?”