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Every time I close my eyes to sleep, Clara is, sitting in that chair, looming above me as I drive her wild. It doesn’t matter if I fall asleep in my human form, or in my wolf form… the dreams are exactly the same. This woman has washed over me and completely taken control of my body in ways I wasn’t expecting. I don’t know how to deal with all of these emotions. I’m not sure where to put them and how to cope. It’s just too much.
The fucked up part about that is that she isn’t mine, and she never will be. We all know that she belongs to Mason. He doesn’t even need to say it out loud for us to know. He’s obsessed with her, maybe even more than I am, and there’s nothing we can do about that.
If Mason wants her, then he will get her, and I will have to be the sad sap wandering around with a broken heart that I can’t even talk to anyone about. I really don’t think that will suit me, which is why I would prefer to go in with brute force.
Unfortunately, no one else agrees with me on that one. Everyone else seems to think that there is something magical about this stupid necklace, and I guess we have to go along with that. Mason is our Don and our alpha as well. If he wants something to happen, then we all have to go along with it, no matter what. But if the other guys agree with him, then there’s nothing I can even argue. They say the dumb amulet glowed when they were doing the alpha ceremony, so maybe they’re right and I’m wrong.
All I know for sure is that I can’t stand it when Clara is in the house, and I know I can’t get my hands on her. Mason is the one making her scream with pleasure and not me. I want to be the one fucking her, making her yell as she erupts with endless waves of orgasms that I have caused. I crave that so badly it hurts. It makes my chest ache.
I’m sure I’m the only one who’s causing all the tension within the house at the moment. It’s icy cold all the time, and it’s all coming from me. But I can’t switch these feelings off. I can’t turn any of this down for even a moment. It’s like I’m a pressure cooker and I’m about to explode at any given moment. Even running as far as I can on all fours in wolf form isn’t doing it for me. I just have so much pent up energy and nowhere to put it.
“Hey, Cain, you there?” Sledge pops his head around my bedroom door to find me pacing up and down in my room, looking like a crazy person. “Oh, here you are. Mason has called another meeting. I think he has more information on the ancient necklace.”
“He does?” I can’t stop my face from falling. “Do you really think that there’s something to this? The whole ancient necklace thing? Because it seems crazy to me?”
Sledge doesn’t answer me, but his one-shouldered shrug tells me everything that I need to know. “He’s been speaking to the pack elders about it, so I guess this is linked to that.”
He isn’t sure either, but he doesn’t want to say anything just yet. He doesn’t want to speak badly of Mason. I don’t either, but this might be something we need to get a hold of early on so we can deal with it properly. Whatever that might look like…
Now, obviously I don’t want anything bad to happen to Clara, and I also don’t really want her to leave. But having her here with Mason isn’t the best outcome either. There isn’t any good way this can end for me, and that hurts. I don’t know what I want.
“Well, I guess we have to just get on with it then,” I finally say with a deep sigh. “Let’s go and see what Mason wants. We don’t want to keep the alpha waiting.”
My mind races as we walk to the conference room. We’ve had some hard times before and been through a lot together, but this might be one of the toughest things ever. It seems like it’s causing the most tension to me, and I don’t like that one bit.
Mason has a grim look about him as we take a seat, and Adam doesn’t look much happier. That makes me feel even worse. Maybe something else has happened that Sledge and I don’t know about yet. Oh God, I amnotin the mood for that shit. Mason drumming his fingers rhythmically on the table only adds to the tension in the air.
“Are you going to betray me?” Mason suddenly asks in a strange monotone voice. He never usually talks so flatly, and I also can’t help but notice the aggressive glint in his eyes. My God is he about to shift and turn on his own pack? This is insane. No matter who this woman is, we can’t let her have this effect on us. It’s too much. We can’t fall apart now, no way. I won’t stand for this. Mason has to understand that. “Because I can feel the tension in this house, and I have to let you all know I would much rather be prepared for what’s coming… you know better than anyone that I don’t like surprises...”
“Mason, what are you talking about?” I interject quickly. “No one is going to betray you, and certainly not us. We have been through way too much for you to even have to ask us that. Where the hell is this all coming from? Why would you think that of us.”
I know because I’ve also felt the tension, but I need to diffuse everything right now. I can’t allow Mason to get out of control when he’s already looking a little crazy. We don’t want that; he could easily tear us apart with his alpha strength. It wouldn’t matter even if we all teamed up to fight him. We would not stand a chance.
“I am not having a good time at the moment, and I’m not getting the best vibes around here either.” Mason clucks his tongue, which is something he only does when he’s really stressed. “I feel like you are all looking at me in a different way.”
I sigh, knowing I need to speak up. Even if this won’t end well, I’m pretty sure that being honest will bring Mason back from the brink. He needs to know the truth about something.
“Mason, I have been having a lot of trouble understanding the obsession with the necklace.” I hold my hands up in a surrendering gesture. “I don’t think it matters…”
He bangs his fists down on the table, absolutely full of rage. “Of course it matters. It means a lot. That’s why we need to find a way to get our hands on it.”
“You have spent time with her, have you not?” I know I’m stepping on dangerous territory here, but I do need to find a way to understand what’s going through our alpha’s head at the moment as well. Much as I don’t want to think about Clara naked with Mason, but I’m sure she has been, so why hasn’t he taken the necklace from her already? It’s starting to feel like this is some kind of test. “So why have you not asked her for the necklace or taken it?”
Mason’s face darkens even more, if that’s possible. “We haven’t been having the best time when we’re together. We aren’t having the best time at all…”
“She came to you with her hat in her hand, didn’t she?” Sledge pipes up with information that I haven’t heard before now. “She has asked to co-exist. Would that not be easier than starting a war that we simply don’t need to have?”
Adam perks up at that idea. Of course he doesn’t want a fight. It isn’t in his nature. But the way he perks up has me a little intrigued… what if he’s noticed Clara in the way that I have too? Wouldn’t that be something strange? I wouldn’t know what to do with that information.
“But that doesn’t solve the issue of the necklace.” Unfortunately, Mason isn’t quite ready to let go of everything yet, which is a real shame. “We still need to get our hands on that necklace so we can find out what it means. If Clara is royalty, then where does that leave us?”
Royalty?What the hell is Mason talking about now? We haven’t had royalty for generations. Sure, there might be royal blood out there, but does that mean anything in this day and age? I can’t imagine it does. So why is Mason so obsessed with this?
“Mason, I don’t know if Clara is royalty or not,” I continue since none of the other guys are saying anything. “But I think we need to consider this offer to co-exist. You know I wouldn’t go for that choice first, which should show how serious I am about this. I really do think that this is something we should consider. More bloodshed will turn the other packs against us, and there really is no reason to fight someone who is defenseless against us. Clara knows that there is no reason to attack us, I’m sure of it. It’s a waste of time.”
Mason tuts and shakes his head, giving very little away as he does. I don’t know why he’s behaving like this, but it’s time for him to stop shutting us out like this. It won’t work.
“This is a safe space,” Adam reminded him, thankfully stepping up for me. “You don’t have to distrust us. You don’t need to be worried about anything. We have got through the military together, and we can ride through this as well. I assure you.”
