Clarke
"I'm still not happy about this," Lexa grumbled as she moved from the apartments bedroom back into the lounge area. Clarke was beaming, bouncing behind her happily. The apartment was perfect, two bedroom, galley kitchen, reasonable sized lounge area and one shared bathroom. All she needed. Even Raven, who trailed out of the second bedroom with Anya gripping her hand, looked happy.
"We'll be back every weekend Lex," Clarke cooed, circling her arms around the Alpha's waist. Lexa huffed low scanning the lounge area once again. The apartment was already furnished, which was a good thing in Clarke's mind, she didn't want Lexa to have to buy her furniture as well, she'd relented to let her help pay the rent, but anything else would have been too much.
"doesn't mean I'm going to be happy about this. What if you get Into trouble? What if there is mutts in the City?" Lexa questioned, pulling free from Clarke's arms.
"Then I'll have my two bodyguards to back me up, seriously Lexa, put some trust in me. In us," Clarke hugged, hands on hips. She could understand the threat that Lexa feared, and even the loneliness they may feel being apart, but she was an Alpha. And Lexa needed to realize she didn't need to be by her side all the time. The alpha frowned hard, locking eyes with her mate. They stared each other down for a moment, until Raven saw fit to instruct the silence,
"Seriously, I won't let Clarke out of my sight. And Anya has already agreed to sweep the university campus daily for any threats. Kongedakru is only 45 minutes away, you could make that in half the time once you shift," the beta female gave a small shrug, before examining the lounge area with Anya. Clarke gave her mate a pointed look, eyebrows cocked, a smirk on her lips. Lexa glared for a moment longer then sighed, throwing her hands in the air,
"very well. Seems I'm out numbered in this matter now."
They returned to the Kongedakru compound a few hours later, the arrival of Bellamy and the other Pack emissaries was soon and Lexa insisted they be ready and waiting. Clarke had a funny feeling the alpha face paint was going to make a reappearance.
As they entered the farm house, the two Alpha's were greeted by a long, loud wail that could only coke From Abraham, the more vocal of pups. They paused at the front door, watching as Octavia skidded out of the kitchen and towards the lounge area, fresh baby bottle in hand,
"Do you think any of the other packs will have some helpful tips for omega born pups?" Clarke questioned as they moved deeper into the house, peering around the archway that led into the lounge. The wailing had subsided now, into a soft gurgling of the pups feeding.
"Maybe, Luna has had several omegas in her pack, if I recall correctly, so maybe,"
"maybe she'll know why I can't…" Clarke stopped herself, even the thought of it made her stomach tighten with anxiety. Lexa turned her brilliant green eyes to her, studying her intensely for a moment. Clarke shook her head, dismissing what she'd begun to say as she turned from her mate, Lexa had too much to deal with already. This was why Clarke wanted space, why she wanted to return to school rather then do a course over the Internet. She needed space from her mate, space from knowing that it had been a full year, 12 whole heat cycles, and she remained without pups.
It wasn't like they hadn't fucked enough, Lexa was relentless when it came to her heats, and she was just as bad. But try as they might, the two Alpha's failed to conceive. Clarke wasn't even sure if Lexa knew they were having problems with it. Of course, Clarke blamed herself, she was the omega, she would be the one to carry, so why wasn't she yet? She needed time to think, to figure out where she was going wrong. Going back to school proved the perfect situation for the time alone. The omega felt bad for deceiving her mate, but with the other Pack emissaries arriving and the still unknown whereabouts of Nia, Lexa didn't need the stress.
Clarke took off towards her room, by passing anyone else that was loitering within the main Pack home. Her head was a whirlwind of emotions, she needed to meet this emissaries and get to Polis. As soon as she could. Everything was closing in on the omega, or at least it felt like it. She couldn't breath, everything was just too close. As she crashed through the bedroom door, her head spinning, Clarke stumbled towards the adjoining bathroom, bracing herself on the toilet bowl as her stomach lining made its way out.
It took a good few minutes before she sat on the cold tiles, holding herself. Sweat rolled down her neck, sending a chill down her spine. At least everything had stopped spinning now, she just had to catch her breath. Thr bedroom door creaked as it opened again and thr omega knew it was Lexa looking for her,
"Clarke?" the alpha tone was concerned, practically dripping with worry,
"I'm fine. I'll be down in a minute," Clarke called, praying Lexa wouldn't enter the bathroom. She didn't need the alpha to fuss over her, she just needed to catch her breath,
"Um, right, okay. I'll be in the study then," Lexa called out, her tone still worried and unsure. Clarke waited for her footsteps to retreat from the room before she threw up again.
Bellamy
It wasn't a particularly long drive to the Kongedakru compound from the Floukru lands, nut with the near silent Delphi and Sankru wolves in the back of his truck, Bellman felt like it was a years drive. Luna tried her best to make small talk, since she knew Blu and Balthazar better then he, but the two where as silent as rocks.
Blu was an extremely pale thin woman, with long, straight as dark as night hair, framing her pointed face in a razor straight line. Her eyes where a milky white, then Bellamy instantly knew was blindness, but Luna had explained that she could see just as well as Bellamy. That freaked him out a little. Balthazar was her exact opposite, his skin almost as dark as Blu's hair. He was built much like Gustus, wide shoulders and a barrel chest, his arms threatening to split the seams of his shirt. Bellamy figured after introducing himself and only receive a gruff growl on response, that the Delphi pack emissaries was defiantly a man of very, very few words.
So he drove in silence, smirking to himself as the woman decides him tried to tempt the other two into speaking. Blu had a very light voice, always sounding like she was whispering, or breathless. It didn't help with the eyes, Bellman decided. He was going to get them to the Kongedakru Alpha's then high-tail it out of there. He could practically see the compound.
"How long?" Balthazar grunted from the back seat. His tone low and gorilla like,
"Ten minutes big guy," Bellamy replied, cheerily. Balthazar grunted and fell silent again. The last ten minutes where silent once more. Until they were pulling up outside the large farm house. Bellamy spied Lexa and Clarke, stood out on the front porch, their Alpha war paint in place.
"That's Clarke?" Luna whispered to Bellamy. He nodded and she beamed, "She's cute," with that the Floukru alpha had climbed from the car, striding towards her niece and pulling her into a tight hug. Bellamy followed suit, stepping from the car, he paused for a moment, considering helping Blu, but the tall woman had already glided from the truck, and towards the Alpha's. He watched as both Blu and Balthazar gave a low bow to Lexa and Clarke before introducing themselves. He's done his job, he was set on seeing Echo. As he turned heading towards Indra's home, Clarke's voice stopped him,
"Bell! Bellamy wait," he turned on his heal, meeting the sky blue eyes of the blonde omega,
"Yes princess?" Clarke huffed at the nickname, frowning hard,
"Don't you want to meet the pups? You know, your niece and nephew?" Bellamy blinked, taking the information in. Octavia had pups? Her had a niece? And a nephew? Without another word, Bellman was staring towards the farm house. His ears perked for the sounds of the pups.
Lexa
"Welcome, Balthazar from the Delphi pack and Blu from The Sankru and our sister pack, Floukru alpha Luna. It is an honor to have you in our home, at our table, to discuss the alliance of our kind," Lexa spoke loud and clear, reaching ever ear that lined the dining table. She'd opted to have the meeting in the large kitchen, so there was more light, Anya could over whelm them with food. Which Lexa's beta did, with such flare and grandeur that Lexa was sure Anya should be a chef, not a proof reader. Every occupant of the long, wide table sat with full bellies, murmuring amongst themselves. Clarke sat to her right, then came the three Pack emissaries. Spread around the rest of the table sat Clarke's mother and Kane, while Anya, Indra and Gustus where to Lexa's left. The betas shifted uncomfortably, still unsure of these three new wolves at the table.
Luna had yet to stopped beaming since she'd embraced Lexa in a bone crushing hug, her dark red hair and bright eyes wilder then Lexa had remembered. Then there was Blu, the ghost like wolf from the deeply hidden Sankru pack. She unnerved Lexa the most, with her misty eyes and almost translucent skin. Balthazar was a whole other story, he'd instantly taken a liking to Indra, greeting her with a gruff hello, while the beta female had scanned him with a look of distaste.
"It's a pleasure to be here, dear Lexa. Your Pack has grown in strength and numbers since I last visited. The Floukru are more then honored to join your kin," Luna crooned, flapping her brilliant green eyes around the table. The other two wolves murmured low,
"What say you, Blu of the Sankru? Do you ally yourself with the Kongedakru and Floukru?" Lexa asked, seating herself beside her mate once more. Clarke had been unnaturally quite, ever since she'd thrown up upstairs a few hours earlier. Lexa only knew because she had smelt the pungent fumes of bile the moment she walked into the room. The omega hadn't said a word about it though, and Lexa knew not to push, Clarke always, eventually, opened up to her. She had faith this would be one of those times.
"What would this alliance provide for the Sankru? We are happy in our corner of the country, we are hidden and content," Blu spoke in her airy tone, misty eyes turned to Lexa now. The alpha felt like the raven haired wolf was looking right into her soul,
"Security most of all. If the Sankru were to encounter any trouble with the human hunters, or any opposing packs, the Kongedakru would be at your call, we would be one pack, in title," Lexa continued, keeping her tone strong, Blu tilted her head, humming low. As of she was digesting the words spoken.
"What about the threat of Azgeda?' Blu continued, her eyes still boring into Lexa. The alpha frowned hard, surely the other packs knew they had disbanded,
"The Azgeda are no more. The pack has disbanded and the wolves become mutts," Lexa responded quickly, eyeing her Betas. They would have heard something if the Azgeda began to regroup,
"My wolves tell me the Azgeda grow again. In bigger numbers. Would you defend us from them? I doubt it, when you could not squash the threat a year ago,"
"Lies. The woman speaks lies my Alpha!" Gustus declared, pounding his fists hard enough against the table to make the empty plates shake,
"Enough Gustus. Silence yourself," Lexa growled, raising her hands in irritation, "The Azgeda are no threat to the Kongedakru, we have defeated them before and we shall again if the need rises," Lexa's tone was a growl now, her head held high, back stiff. She felt Clarke's hand upon her knee, the omegas aura doing nothing to calm her,
"The Delphi believe in the Kongedakru. They have a Chosen alpha, and a true Alpha. We pledge our alliance with them," Balthazar stood as he spoke, he almost reached the ceiling, like a towering shadow he stood above the wolves at the table, until be was bowing his head low, "The Sankru do not see with their true eyes. Mystical beasts who think they see all," the Delphi Wolf growled, glaring at Blu. She turned her eyes to him, or so it seemed, standing slowly, her head tilting to thr side,
"The Sankru pack see more then your pathetic eyes ever will Delphi!" thr Raven haired woman roared, pushing herself across the table. Lexa was on her feet a second slower then her Beta wolves. Blu was already in a head lock from Gustus, her left arm held by Kane, her right by Anya and her legs Indra held tightly. Luna was covering her mouth in shock, while Balthazar chest heaved in a growl.
"I believe the Sankru emissary is ready to return to her pack," Clarke said slowly. Lexa didn't even realized her mate had stood, her tone was low and filled with annoyance, her blue eyes flecked with wolf purple. Lexa looked from her omega to the struggling form of Blu, "Send her on her way," Clarke commanded, her tone just as dominant as Lexa's. The betas nodded, maneuvering the Sankru wolf out of the dining area.
"I apologies for such a display " Clarke continued, looking from Luna to Balthazar, "I hope we can continue to count on your Pack for alliance, even if the Azgeda have began to reform, we will stand United against them," Luna nodded in agreement as Balthazar pounded his chest hard,
"Thank you for joining us," Lexa said with a slight now to the other wolves, "Anya, would you show our guests to their rooms please?" as Anya did so, Lexa turned to Clarke, her emerald eyes blazing with concern,
"Before you ask, I'm fine. If the Azgeda are regrouping them we need to send hunting trip further afield, if it's just rumors, we still need to check this out,"
"Would you consider holding off on Polis? Until we know for sure?" Lexa asked softly,
"No, no I'm going Lexa. I'm not scared of the Azgeda or Nia."
Roan
"Ontari you don't have to do this! Mother's clearly gone mad!" Roan tried to reason as his sister tightened the binds on Emmerson's arms. The human was still unconscious, but under his eye lids his eyes were twitching franticly. The Wolf's Bane poison was taking effect. Roan gritted his teeth as Ontari finally looked at him. Her eyes were sucked, dark red rings circling her once brilliant blue eyes, "You've been using. What has mother done!" Roan tone was frantic as his sister pushed past him, reaching for one of the silver knives set against the wall of the lounge. Wolf's Bane was bad, Roan always knew this, he'd seen wolves in the Azgeda waste their lives away on it.
Much like heroine was to humans, Wolf's Bane was just as addictive. It held different effects over each class of wolf, for Alpha's it sent them into a power craze, sometimes ever a blood lust, but Roan had only heard stories of that. He'd never know an Alpha laced with the drug. However he had seen beta wolves take it, it gave then a boost, pushed their already superhuman abilities to the edge, which made it all the more addictive. For omega wolves it was a different story. He'd heard through the wolves he'd grown up with that Wolf's Bane wasn't addictive for omegas, bur rather poison to them. Even if it wasn't directly injected into their blood stream, but from a bite of a Wolf's Brain high wolf, it could be fatal. Was this what his mother planned? Roan didn't know, he had no idea what effect it would have on Emmerson, would the alpha blood that the plant Aconitum was cut with to make the Wolf's Brain do different things to the human body? Roan didn't want to find out.
"Mother knows best Roan," Ontari spoke in a voice that Roan didn't recognize as his sisters. He grabbed at her shoulders, forcing her to face him square on,
"Don't so this Ontari, it won't end well," Roan practically begged as his sibling pushed her way out of his grasp. Her eyes were distant, her body language strange as she set about dragging Emmerson through the house and towards the battered old Ford. He had to stop this. Roan thought quickly, he'd have time to shift and run to the Kongedakru to warn them.