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Stephon is an O/C owned by Sgt. Stephon-Zeta, Glacier is an O/C owned by Darkeh123, Raff is an O/C owned by RockytheEco-pup and Cole is an O/C owned by AaOWaSaCD4ever
Alpha and Omega: The Accepted
Unknown Wolf's POV
Wolves always suspect the wrong individuals. When it comes to a hunter, the smallest and smartest wolf can be the one that is most successful when it comes to taking down prey. But they still turn to the wolf with the biggest muscles and stature to be the Alpha. The one with the smallest brains.
When it comes to suspecting a gay wolf, it's the ones that are womanish or have womanish qualities that they turn to and eventually shun. But its wolves like me that are watching it all, that are the ones who should get shunned by those who are ignorant. You see, a smart wolf who knows his love life is questionable to others is the one that flirts with girls. He's the one who looks at guys and then looks at just as many girls, plus one, just to make sure that everyone thinks he's straight.
But that's just me, and me being over cautious as I usually was. With the new Alpha, tolerance of males dating males has gotten lower. But ever since he's taken control of the pack, things have gotten better. Everyone is happy, everyone is fed and everyone is flourishing. But not me. I like the Alpha personally, but those that oppose males dating have gotten support from their Alpha to the point where no one feels safe if they let their feelings go.
Mine, especially, were dangerous. The new Alpha had a son, scarred up and clearly having some kind of mental instabilities. But he was very beautiful to me. Like a wounded bird that needed nourishment, a secret project that you did in your free time and whenever you had time. But eventually he became something more than that. He became something much more than just a project.
I came to know as Ciel became a diamond amongst the rocks that were my pack. My world began to revolve around him and I loved when it did. He was precious in his damaged mind that made him seem emotionless, but sometimes, I liked to think he was showing some emotion when he was with me. He was a cracked soul, broken by his father's teaching and instruction. Not that I blamed him for being as damaged as he was. His father was a hard ass and everyone in the pack knew where he got all of those deep scars. He was trained to be emotionless, efficient, logical; the perfect hunter.
But I wasn't in my pack's territory. And he wasn't with me. Otherwise, I might actually make a move on the Alpha's son and see how things faired out. Unfortunately, he stayed behind with his father and I left, regrettably, without him. His dad wanted him to stay behind when he knew that a few wolves wanted to go to this party. I almost didn't want to leave, but I don't regret it. Meeting all of these wolves and finally getting to be myself was quite enjoyable. I was chatting up men who I thought were cute and I didn't have to worry about other wolves because I was the only one who was in the crowd, the others already heading back.
This was my last night here at the party before I got back to the pack and I get back to Ciel's presence. Unfortunately, none of these males did anything for me. I thought they were cute and all but I missed the feelings that I got from being around Ciel. None of these males gave me those feelings.
As I walked around and looked for a last minute fling to suppress my urge for being with Ciel when I thought I saw a familiar figure in the middle of the crowd. Stopping dead in my tracks, I looked at the figure for a while, his fur looked dark than normal but those numerous scars had me convinced as to who this was. I was so sure that he wasn't going to make it because of his father's decree but there he was and my heart fluttered. No way the Alpha would come here and leave his duties of heading his new pack. Which would mean, I could be with him, this was my one chance to actually be myself around Ciel.
I walked over there, a smile on my face as I approached him. The one whose love I hold is considered a sin.
"Ciel!" I called out to him, walking around the wolves in the crowd towards him, he looked bigger but that might've been just how he sized up to some of the smaller wolves around here.
He didn't turn his head, not that I was surprised. With him, words usually came into one ear and out the other. It happened so often that I concluded he spent more time in his own imagination than he did in the real world. I kind of liked it about him.
"Ciel! It's me, Barron!" I called again trying to weave my way through the crowd before reaching out and grabbing his shoulder, feeling the scar tissue under my paw as well as the fur around it as I turned him around to look at me.
They weren't his eyes.
I knew Ciel's eyes from anyone else's. I loved his eyes. The color of the sky on a clear day, I used to love looking at the sky and watch the clouds move across the sky. Until I found Ciel and I preferred losing myself in his eyes.
But these were different, two different colored eyes but one of them was very similar to Ciel's, it was like I was looking at him but with a different soul entirely. He didn't have the vacant expression that Ciel had but he did look awfully similar to Ciel.
"I'm sorry?" The wolf asked, having his friend by him look at me as well. The scars across his face were similar to Ciel's, planned and earned through someone who didn't like him. I wondered if this wolf had as bad a father as Ciel had. I didn't envy him if he did.
"O-oh, pardon me" I apologized, lowering my head in apology, but even doing that I was still taller than this guy, "I confused you with someone else, Sir"
He smiled at me, most wolves do. I was raised to be polite and well-mannered and that became my character. A gentleman who likes other gentlemen. Females always like a gentleman but other men around here find it to be less masculine than you should be.
"Its no problem, I've never been confused with anyone before" The wolf replied.
I didn't find him attractive surprisingly. As much as he looked like Ciel, I wasn't attracted to him. Sure, he was cute but the fact that he reminded me of Ciel might have been the deterrent. It was because I knew that he wasn't the wolf I had a crush on was the fact that kept me from trying to make a move on him right now.
That and this wolf next to him was oddly close to him, giving him a cautious glance. He was certainly very protective of him.
"I apologize for my intrusion," I replied, looking at him and then his male friend before bowing my head again, "Please, forget I said anything."
Turning to leave, I felt a paw go one my shoulder and pull, getting me to turn back around and look back at the wolf and his friend. It was the Ciel's look alike who stopped me and his boyfriend who looked worried that he stopped me.
"Wait, I didn't catch your name" The wolf informed.
"Oh, I apologize for my discourtesy, my name is Barron" I replied, smiling at him, "May I ask your name?"
I hoped to god that it wasn't Ciel. Even if the chances were well over a million.
"Sirius" The wolf returning the smile and then turning to his friend and putting his other paw on his shoulder and smiling at him as well, "and this is Raff"
I looked at the other wolf and he shrank down at my gaze. He was kind of cute too, if it wasn't obvious he had feelings for Sirius then I might have made a move on him. I make it a habit to not flirt with anyone who seems to be taken. What a shame too, they were both pretty attractive.
"It's very nice to meet both of you" I bowed, having to go a little bit more than usual to appear smaller to them, "Please, I must apologize for my intrusion once again. I hope that I didn't ruin your evening with each other"
"Not at all, we were just walking around to be honest." Raff replied, uttering his first words since we had met. "We don't really know what to do."
I chuckled and stood back up, sitting down and looking at the two wolves, "how exciting" I said to them. And looked back around at all of the wolves around us, noting that there were a lot of wolves paired up into two. Couples, I concluded. The moon would be full tonight so it was highly likely that all of these wolves were pairing up to go to the howl together. Knowing this, I turned to the two wolves by my side and smiled again at them. They looked like a nice couple.
"Are you guys going to that Moonlight Howl tonight?" I asked, "A lot of wolves are supposed to go…"
Sirius followed my gaze to the wolf couples around us and then to Raff, who blushed when he realized that he was considering taking him to the howl. It was cute and I wondered what my own love would say if I asked him to a Howl. Knowing him, he might've said yes even if it only served as an opportunity to watch other wolves interact. He was weird like that. Watching wolves to see how normal wolves reacted and he tried to perform accordingly. Needless to say, it was pretty awkward.
"Oh, I see" I replied, looking between the two, "forgive me, I won't intrude any longer"
With that, I started to take my leave, looking back at the two wolves. Specifically, Sirius. He looked so much like him. Those scars were reminiscent of a terrible father like Ciel's. Roark.
Sirius and I said our goodbyes and before I knew it, our conversation was over and I, alone, was heading home. I imagine Roark would be curious about the happenings of the party. He was always curious when it came to other wolves from different packs. For what reason, I didn't know. Not a lot of wolves questioned Roark, because not a lot of wolves wanted to deal with a wolf who killed the last Alpha to gain control of the pack he had now. He was dangerous and I knew it from the day I saw him come into the pack with that broken soul sulking behind him.
Armstrong's POV
Wolves and wolves and wolves, as far as the eye could see and not one of them was discernably familiar. I groaned as I glanced from face to face, looking for someone who I might be able to recognize. Although, I had no luck so far. It wasn't until I heard an all too familiar over-exaggerative sobbing noise from deeper in the crowd that I suddenly gained a new surge of hope. I smiled as I ran deeper and deeper into the crowd, searching for the source of the noise.
"Candu, god damn it. You need to keep focus and stop complaining!" I heard, the voice strangely reminiscent to Hutch's voice.
I had no idea that either of them were here. It appeared to be only Candu and Hutch were here and they most likely came with Byron who I saw earlier. I smiled when I saw the two wolves together, Hutch appearing to be looking around for the kids as I was and Candu, my mate, sulking as he looked at the ground. I smiled at the pair, always together. If Candu wasn't with me then he was with Hutch and to me those two were the epitaph of friends.
"I can't…I miss it…I miss Armstrong…"
I smiled at the fact that he was missing me, I normally would probably sit and listen in on their conversation to hear what else Candu had to say but I was on a schedule so I approached the pair, smiling at them.
"Candu…" I spoke up, looking at my mate.
His eyes lifted and he met mine. Although, in spite of what I had originally thought was going to be his reaction, he simply turned away and groaned some more.
"Marshal…go away…I'm not in the mood"
"Marshal?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at his odd behavior.
Candu looked up again at me when I questioned his response, his eyes narrowing and scanning over me. His eyes landed on the faint scar on my chest and then his eyes lit up with excitement, jumping up and running over to me. I knew what he was going to do before he did it and therefore I prepared my body as he slammed into me and pinned me under him, his mouth landing on mine for a brief kiss before then going to my ear and taking it into his mouth, making it twitch and making me blush as a result as a few people looked at the two of us act this way.
"ARMY! EAR!" He mumbled, his voice altered by the ear in his mouth, "I missed you!"
I smiled at his pup like antics but I was a little annoyed at the fact that he was doing this in public and I wasn't a fan of him playing with my ear. However, having him with me with his warmth being a welcome change to the previous days that I yearned for his company was gratefully accepted. I loved him.
"I missed you too Candu…" I replied, laying there for him to sate his addiction and for me to become more and more happy as I realized that Candu was with me again and that those long cold previous nights were going to be a memory.
Sirius' POV
That guy…Baron…
I had an eerie feeling that he and I would be meeting again and that I shouldn't forget what he looked like. Perhaps it was the fact that he somehow was reminded by someone by just spotting me. The thing is, I have very noticeable scars all over me, leading me to become a very distinguished individual. Was there someone else who experienced the same pain that I did? At the hands of him…
I growled slightly at the thought of him. It had been a long time since I allowed him into my thoughts again. I didn't consider him my father, Armstrong and Candu both were much better fathers than he was. Mom is much happier without him around and with Armstrong's constant visits. I briefly remembered the time when I wished that Candu would find someone else to love, leaving Armstrong with me and my Mom. But I grew to love Candu like a father, much in the same way that I loved Armstrong. I couldn't picture the two without the other. When I came back home to find Candu wrapped around Armstrong protectively, when Armstrong greets Candu as he comes home from a long day doing his Alpha duties and then scolding him the next moment when he started nibbling his ear.
That, however, was a different story with Roark. He was vindictive, evil and hateful. More than willing to leave, resulting in my more than willing feeling to hate him. He quite possibly was the only individual that I would ever detest as much as I do.
"S-sirius?" Raff asked, looking up at me, "Is everything okay?"
I looked down at Raff and realized, in his cute expression consisting of a tilted head and one of ear perked up while the other was down, that I made the mistake of letting that man back into my life by thinking about him. But as I stared at Raff and his concerned expression longer, I decided to put him and my past in the back of my head. That was for another time.
I nuzzled Raff as my form of an unspoken "thank you" and he gladly accepted, smiling at the moment our pelts touched. I had someone better to think about rather than my Dad of all things.
Sammy's POV
It took about an hour for the scolding to stop and for Conrad to come out of the den.
He slumped out of the den that I had sat in front of for an hour, looking drained of all the energy that he regained from last night. Behind him, was his parents Cole, who smiled at me as he passed and Byron, who glared at me as he passed. I put my head down and didn't look him in the eyes. I waited until he passed to actually follow closely behind to follow Conrad. Eventually, Conrad took the liberty of stopping completely and waiting for us to catch up until I was next to him, where he then proceeded to walk shoulder to shoulder with me.
I blushed at the moment and looked at Conrad as he pressed our pelts together in an out of character moment. However, upon looking at Byron, I noticed why. Byron looked back at me over his shoulder with a glare. His eyes filled with what seemed to be bloodlust. Cole however, looked back at us and smiled, then to Byron and scolded him for glaring at me. At least I won one of the parents over, at least to some extent.
Conrad smirked at the sound of Cole's growl directed at Byron and then leaned his head on my shoulder, smirking at the reactions that it would elicit from Byron. I blushed at the fact that Conrad was leaning on me, just as he was last night when we slept next to each other. I desperately wanted to lean my own head on his, and possibly entwine our tails together just as other couples do. But his parents were watching and I wasn't sure if he would go for something like that.
"Conrad…" I spoke up, looking down at the dog and keeping my voice low so as to not alert his parents.
"Yeah?"
"Are you okay?" I asked, smiling down at him. Even though he couldn't see me, I just felt that he knew that I was smiling, "You took a while in there."
He scoffed and then adjusted his scarf as he did this morning, it had gotten a little slack and now he wrapped it tighter around his neck as I ceased in walking and looked back at his parents, seeing them continue to look back at us as they slowly made their way out of sight.
"They're still around, just hiding" He insisted, finishing wrapping the scarf around his neck, "Byron breathes really hard when he's around Cole, they're my parents but they I know them like they were my other halves…"
I chuckled at his comment and proceeded to look around. I couldn't see them but I trusted Conrad in his saying that his parents were around. In addition, I wasn't sure if I would feel comfortable making a move on Conrad if I knew his parents were watching. Not that making a move would be something that I would attempt right now. Conrad wasn't looking for anything serious apparently but that doesn't mean a little persistence never paid off.
"And to answer your previous question, yes, I'm alright. Just exhausted from all of that talking…" He replied, continuing on our walk to nowhere in particular.
"What did they say?" I asked, walking beside him again.
"From that question, I'm assuming you're more interested in what they had to say about you" I nodded and gave him a slight, vocal, confirmation when I didn't feel comfortable he got my reply from just a nod.
"In short, both of my dads are in conflict about you. Cole seems to like you, but that might just be because he likes seeing wolves take an interest in me, even if they're men" I blushed at the reply, he knew I liked Conrad and Conrad knew I liked him too, it was awkward being around someone when you knew they knew your affections, "Byron has always been protective of me though, so that's nothing too new. What I gather from his ranting about you is that he's really eager for you to do something to me so he can kill you"
Great. My romantic interest has two fathers. One who likes me. Another who wants to rip me apart. Fabulous.
"Oh, and it might help your ego to know that Cole says "You have my blessing for Conrad"" Said wolf replied, passing along the message that concerned his potential love life. However, it was the fact that he said it without a care in the world or a blush that worried me. He didn't seem intrigued at the proposition that I might ask him to go out with me sometime. I felt almost as if I had struck out before I even had a chance to step up.
"So, did you want to go out?" He asked, turning to me.
"You're awfully direct" I replied, raising an eyebrow at him, "what brought this on?"
He shrugged his shoulders and gave his reply: "Well, I figured that this conversation was headed that way anyway so I thought I might as well speed up to the conclusion. Did you want to take me out on a date?"
I rolled my eyes, I had planned out this conversation to go slowly into the realm of taking him out but he ruined it with one fell swoop due to his knowledge of how I thought. It was kind of annoying having someone being able to predict your thought process so well.
"Well okay, if you're alright with a guy taking you out…" I replied, still not too sure how I felt about the subject.
Once again, Conrad shrugged his shoulders and gave his reply: "I don't know, I still haven't decided how I feel about you. The whole gender thing doesn't matter to me that much but I still kind of find you to be an asshole"
My eyes narrowed at the dog as he turned his back on me after he finished his reply, heading back in the direction we both knew was the party. I really couldn't stand this guy sometimes but as I followed him, I remembered our passionate night and the feelings that I had gotten from being around him. Sure, he knew how to push my buttons but I also couldn't find a way to want to be away from him. I wanted to be glued to the little pompous mutt.
Hey everyone! Sorry for the extra late update, but I've been extremely busy with a bunch of college stuff so I haven't been able to work on any of my stories which is the reason The Bond hasn't been updated either. However, I'm officially out on summer break so I can now start working on my writing again.
Author's Note: For those of you who were curious about Barron, the reason I had such a big chunk of this chapter dedicated to him was because of the questions I've been receiving concerning the next story. Barron will play a huge role in the next, and certainly last, part of The Outcast series. I've grown to really like Barron's character as a whole as well as Ciel's in the plotting of their personas so I've decided to write a one chapter short story concerning the two and their pack before they meet up with Sirius, Armstrong and the others once again in the last story. The short story won't be revealing any of the future plot points of this story so don't worry on that part. Although it will reveal a huge plot point for the next story if you all haven't figured it out by yourselves. I made it sort of obvious on purpose.
Well, enough of my rambling, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, please leave a review if you have the time and as I always say…
Until Next Time!
