The Merciless Alpha(erotica)

“You’re an idiot,” Chairman Wolfe told me.

“What?” I was confused; what had I done?

“Luna Susan, please join me in the other room. Alpha Leo needs some time with his wolf.” They stood and walked out as I tried to figure out what was wrong with Luna McInnis.

I moved my scooter towards the window; the skies were rapidly darkening, and I could see Mike’s wolf outside with a red-furred female and another male I didn’t recognize. She took off towards the woods, running hard with the two in pursuit.

The door opened, and Anita came in to check on me. “You’re an asshole. How could you do that to your mate? You get a blessing from Luna that few are fortunate to find, and you reject her without a second thought?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Adrienne is our MATE,” my wolf told me. “You hurt her!”

I thought back to all the cues I’d dismissed. My wolf’s anxiousness. The scent that drew me in. The tingles in my arm as our fingers touched. His desire to follow after her. “Fuck! Why didn’t you say something to me?”

“You weren’t ready to hear it. I was going to let you get to know Adrienne, but I never thought you’d be so rude and dismissive of Adrienne to her FACE! You looked at another woman and told her she could have her place in your Pack because you didn’t have a mate. She had hope again, and you crushed it like a bug with your rejection,” my wolf replied. I looked over at Anita, who was ready to kill. “I didn’t know,” I said. “He never told me she was my mate.” I felt like dried up dog-shit on the sidewalk.

“She’s out there picking up pieces of her heart, Alpha. What are you going to do about it?”

“I can’t exactly go chase her down!” I hated the scooter and the injuries for making me so helpless.

“You figure out a way to fix this, Alpha. A Pack needs a strong Luna, and she is all that and more. Hell, if it came to a vote, we’d keep her and kick your sorry ass out,” she said. “Mike is letting her run out her anger in the woods. You better prepare some spectacular groveling for when she returns, or she’s liable to reject you back.” She turned in a huff, leaving me alone in my office.

I looked out the window, but it was facing the wrong direction. I drove the scooter out of the office and down the hall to my bedroom, intending to sit and watch the back. As I came in, my eyes caught the shrine to Catherine I’d built on top of my dresser. My hand turned the controls without conscious thought, spinning me until I was facing it. The urn’s design was at my eye level, the running wolves and trees reminding me of our happy days. The photograph above, of our wolves together. I looked at the photos on the dresser, reaching for the one from the Pack party around our pool eight years ago.

Catherine in her bikini by my side, surrounded by our friends in and out of the water. Tears rolled down my face as I looked at all I had lost. “I’m sorry, baby. I didn’t let you go like you asked me to,” I said. She wanted me to live, love, and be happy when she was gone. Until Christmas, I was one for three, barely.

“Unky Leo?” The voice from the part-open door broke me out of my funk. “You crying.”

“Come here, Sharkbait,” I said as I wiped my eyes.

She came over and climbed up into my lap. She didn’t say anything, she just hugged my chest as I cried. “Mommy said you still miss your mate,” she finally said when I had stopped sobbing.

“Every day I wake up wanting to see her, and my heart breaks again when she’s not here,” I said. I showed her the photo. “She was so full of happiness. She would have loved you.”

“I miss grandma,” she said. “Will I always feel like this?”NôvelDrama.Org: owner of this content.

“It gets better,” I said. “You remember the ones who die in your heart, and you move on with your life.”

“How is that going,” she asked. My jaw dropped a little; she was insightful beyond her years.

“Not well, I’m afraid. Catherine wanted me to move on and find another mate; she was worried I’d fall apart and lose the will to live. The sad part is that she was right. If I hadn’t found you and your Mom, I’d still be a mess.”

“It’s all right to be happy. Mate told you,” she said as she snuggled into my chest. “I love you, Unky Leo,” she said.

“I love you too, Vicki.” I put the photo back on the dresser as she fell asleep in my lap. I closed my eyes and sought out my wolf in my head; he was whining and upset. “I’m sorry. I wasn’t ready for another.”

“She is ready for us if you can fix this,” he replied.

Making my decision, I took off my wedding band and placed it on the dresser next to the urn. As I rubbed Vicki’s back, I heard a wolf howling her pain and loss to the moon. It broke my heart.

Luna Adrienne McInnis’ POV

My brain had been in a fog since I entered the room and scented Alpha Leo. My wolf, normally disinterested, was watching him closely. When we touched, I felt it through my arm and right to my core. I knew he felt it too; his hand caught mine for a moment before he let go. I felt my wolf surge forward to meet his and knew he was my mate.

Then he let my hand go and went on.

I sat back, confused. This wasn’t what happened the first time I found my mate; I’d jumped him, and we were both half-naked by the time we got to my room. I watched Leo, wondering if he was in THAT much control. Of course, the Council was here on business, so maybe he wanted that out of the way. I couldn’t very well mediate a dispute if he was my mate, so I was relieved when he told the Chairman he didn’t need me.