Chapter 52

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"But I don't want you to go." Alex complained, her arms wrapped around Samantha.

"I told you we have to get ready for tonight. Plus don't you have a meeting with the big scary vampires tonight?" Sam hummed, rocking her hips up into Alex as she hugged her back and moved to kiss and lick at Alex's neck.

"F… fuck." Alex moaned, hugging tighter to Sam.

"What's wrong?" Sam pinned her mate against the bar as she rolled her hips eagerly and continued to tease at Alex's neck.

"Sam!"

Sam licked up Alex's neck all the way to her ear, biting on her earlobe. "You know it's a damn shame that I have to go, because my senses are so sharp right now, I can smell just how wet you are." Her tongue danced along Alex's earlobe.

"Fuck Sam." Alex's hands slipped to the back of Sam's neck and her fingers slipped into her hair, pulling her close.

"You have no idea how much I just want to throw you down and feast on that drenched little pussy of yours." Sam growled.

"Goddamnit." Alex moaned. "What's the next day Ruby will be in school?"

"Tuesday." Sam took a breath in between grabbing at Alex's breasts and leaving small beautiful bruises on Alex's neck. "She is getting Monday off to calm down from the turn."

"We are dropping her off together and then going downtown and buying a strap right after." Alex moaned, craving to feel Sam against her, inside her.

"Fucking hell I like that idea." Sam bit harder at Alex's flesh, nearly breaking the skin.

"Why do you have to go so early!" Alex complained, stretching out her neck, offering it to the horny and impatient with her wolf so close to the surface.

"Don't worry, I'll be home soon. I promise." Sam pulled away from Alex's neck.

"Speaking of which, I was wondering if you had a-"

"Mom! Do you know where my other pair of shoes are?" Ruby interrupted as she sprinted down the stairs towards the two women kissing in the bar.

"What honey?" Sam released Alex with a sigh.

"My other pair of shoes! I can't find them! You always say to pack two!" Ruby answered.

"Did you ever bring a second set here? You still have a lot of clothes back home." Sam wiped her forehead, feeling her body still all riled up between Alex and tonight's turn.

"Uugh…" Ruby looked up clearly thinking back.

"Come on Ruby, we have to go. Just don't worry about it. Is the rest of your stuff packed?" Sam questioned, slightly flustered and having a hard time focusing.

"Yeah! Just gotta grab my bag!" Ruby nodded before running back up the stairs.

"Ok! Cat is waiting for us." Sam reminded the pup already out of earshot, losing wind as she finished.

"Stressed?" Alex teased.

"I don't know what is going to happen after tonight Alex. When no alpha presents…" Sam shook her head scared.

"It will be ok." Alex assured, taking Sam's face in the palms of her hands. "The pack is stronger than they know. So are you. I saw how you fought for the pack to change that archaic law last night." Alex kissed her mate. "I believe in you. That even without an alpha you will keep the pack together."

"I love you." Sam blushed, unaccustomed to watching someone speak to her with such reverence.

"I love you too. And that is why I want you and Ruby to have these." Alex took Sam's hand with one of her own, fishing two sets of keys with the other, and then placing them in Samantha's hand.

"Keys?" Sam smiled and laughed.

"I'd appreciate it if you and Ruby really started thinking of this place as home. I figure you two having keys might make that happen a little faster." Alex looked up to Sam questioning her laughter with a frustrated look.

"No. No. Baby, I was laughing because I was just about to ask for keys. For when we get back from the turn." Sam assured with a gentle caress.

"Oh?" Alex softened to the touch.

"Ready mom!" Ruby cheered, hopping down the steps, eager to head to the woods.

"Well. Looks like we're off." There was a hint of fear or anxiety in Sam's voice as she let Alex go.

"See you tomorrow morning?" Ruby looked to Alex.

"Course Rube. I'll miss you kiddo." Alex knelt down and hugged Ruby tight. "Have fun, catch a rabbit or two."

"On it!" Ruby declared.

"I'll miss you two. I love you both." Sam saw some of her own fear reflected in Alex's eyes without the time to address it if she wanted to return in time.

"See you soon baby." Sam attempted to comfort with a quick hug.

"Yeah. See you two soon."

It was immeasurably painful for Samantha to peel herself off of Alex, something was clearly wrong with Alex and leaving her like this nearly killed her. She quietly escorted Ruby to the car, and headed off to Cat's.

"What's going on? What is wrong with you and Alex?" Ruby broke the silence after ten minutes of sitting quietly in the car next to her basically brooding mother.

"What do you mean sweetie?" Sam's eyes flickered between the road and her daughter.

"You two are… tense? Scared of something?" Ruby lingered on the final words.

"You remember how the pack thinks Kara is dead? How she had to lie to be safe, not be forced to be with Cat against either of their will's?" Sam lead.

"Yeah?"

"Well. Because of that, the pack is assuming that there will be a new alpha."

"Yeah?" Ruby nodded along.

"Well, now one won't present like they are expecting. Because Kara is actually still alive. It, well it might cause some problems within the pack. But Alex and I will be there, we will help to keep the pack going in the right direction. But that won't be easy, and… yes, we are scared." Sam did her best to explain to the best of her knowledge, completely unaware of Alex's encounter with Gayle. How viciously the vampire had threatened their family, what it had done to Alex to feel so helpless. Nor the turning of the tables or her suddenly unreliable powers and how much it had shaken the necromancer.

"W… will everyone… will everyone be ok!?" Ruby hesitated before blurting out.

"Of course, of course baby." Sam took Ruby's hand and held it reassuringly. "I promise Ruby. We are all going to be ok. The whole pack. You, me, Alex, and even Kara."

"Ok then" Ruby steadied herself.

"I… also have one other thing you might not like."

"What?" Ruby's eyes snapped to her mother, fearful.

"I can't run with you tonight. Alex is having some issues with a couple vampires, and I am going to go help her out. Cat will watch over you and run with you tonight ok?"

"What!? If the vampires are being an issue then what the hell did you defend them for last night!" Ruby snapped.

"Ruby! Language!" Sam corrected.

"Mom!"

"Just because one vampire is a problem doesn't mean they all are!"

"I don't understand why you would defend them if they are such a problem that you can't run with the pack!" Ruby's tone was much harsher than Sam approved of.

"Because! One is not the whole! And you know that Ruby!" Sam growled frustrated and having a hard time finding the right words to teach her daughter correctly.

"They smell like death! Maybe we shouldn't be dealing with them!"

The car halted to an immediate stop, rocking back and forth on the suspension from the sudden stop. " Ruby Arias!" Sam's voice shrill and furious. "Monday morning I will be taking you directly to Lena, and not only having you tell her what you just said, but apologize for it!"

"I! But Lena is an ok one." Ruby attempted to argue as if it would save her from the trouble she had stumbled into.

"Who taught you this xenophobic attitude! Because it surely wasn't me! In fact, I'm incredibly ashamed of you young lady!" Sam's knuckles past pale and neared transparent as her death grip on the steering wheel tightened.

"Xeno what now?" Ruby griped impatient.

"Xenophobic, it means afraid of others! Intolerant! And I'm incredibly disappointed in you right now." Sam steamed.

"Whatever! If they are threatening Alex I don't like them!" Ruby huffed.

Sam slammed her hands on the steering wheel furious! "Ruby! No! One person doing something is not the whole of their people! And you are not allowed to treat or speak about them as wrong or less than!" Sam lectured her child.

Ruby's face burned red with embarrassment of being corrected, loathing the lecture. She couldn't bring herself to speak, a part of her already knowing she was wrong. The remainder of the car ride was a new level of painfully tense. They arrived after about eighteen minutes, Ruby shuffled out of the car, somber and growling lowly, her wolf wishing to run off into the woods and hide alone until the shame wore off. Sam was silent as she grabbed Ruby's bag and carried it to the door, exchanging as few words as possible with Cat as she passed Ruby off, and returned to her car.

Cat was easily able to spot that something was off simply from how the two had been acting when they arrived, and her hypothesis was only confirmed after Ruby found a corner alone to curl up in isolated. The small child was clearly upset and frustrated, laying on the floor with her bag under her nose, clearly searching for some comfort in familiar scents.

The elder omega made her way to the sulking youngin. "What's wrong there kiddo?" Cat knelt down at first, but after seeing Ruby's face up close she decided it might be best to go ahead and sit next to the pup.

"Nothing." Ruby huffed, burying her nose into her bag, breathing deep and exhaling with soft snarls.

"Well, that just isn't true." Cat sighed, moving to pet Ruby softly.

Ruby purred, hiding her face embarrassed.

"Shh girl. It's ok. What's wrong."

"Nothing." Ruby whimpered.

Cat held to her belly, coals of her oncoming heat still burning through her. "No!" Her words broken up by pain as she gritted through it. "Now, I've raised a whole small pack. I know what it looks like when a wolf is upset."

"Are you ok?" Ruby deflected.

"I'm fine. But you aren't." Cat answered softly, scratching her nails up Ruby's neck. "What's wrong."

Ruby growled then whimpered relenting. "I… got in a fight with my mom."

"What about?" Cat lead.

"Fu!" Ruby caught herself before cursing and landing herself in more trouble.

"Vampires."

"What about them?"

"Mom is defending them!"

"I… well I wouldn't quite say that, but what makes defending vampires a bad thing?"

"Because something is up! And I know that the vampires have something to do with why my mom isn't running with us tonight." Ruby growled, frustrated with only having half the pieces, nowhere enough to formulate the whole story.

"Awww. Ruby." Cat sighed. "Yes. There are a couple of vampires giving Alex a hard time. But… they aren't bad."

"They are dead!" Ruby protested, clinging to her anger.

"Come now Ruby. You don't really think there is anything wrong with vampires." Cat could see through the thin visage of anger hiding fear.

"They are clearly upsetting my moms! Threatening them probably!" Ruby was just a little too observant for her own good.

"That is the actions of three vampires. Not all of them. You can't be angry with your mom for fighting for them as a whole when only a couple are bad." Cat did her best to guide the pup as she soothed her.

"I… know." Ruby huffed.

"I know you know. And I think your mom did too, that is why you two fought." Cat scratched her nails gently along Ruby's head.

The young pup purred into her bag, relaxing finally. "Fuuudge!" Ruby changed her word choice halfway through. "I'm going to have to apologize to mom aren't I?"

"Most certainly kiddo." Cat confirmed.

Ruby growled displeased.

"Sorry hun."

"It's my fault." Ruby grumbled.

"Tell you what. I'll have a talk with her for you and maybe that will help." Cat offered hopefully.

"Thank you." Ruby whimpered.

"It will be ok kiddo." Ruby slowly drifted off to sleep in the corner on the floor with her pack's matriarch soothing her gently. She would stay deep in slumber until Cat woke her to unload her from the car into the forest for the turn which would also go smoothly. She would be completely unaware of the terror, the fear, the assaults or the murders which would occur that night back in the city.

End of Chapter 52