Mother May I and Pretty Please?
So, besides the pack being shocked and Darryl feeling slightly depressed that my father hadn't trusted him to help in the decision (Warren didn't seem to care very much) everything was ready for the alpha of Seattle's Emerald City Pack's visit.
No one was terribly thrilled, but my father had been sure to help make the hotel arrangements himself. Another alpha in the pack's home? Ha, the guy was lucky he was coming here for the meeting with my father. Actually, they were going to use Dad's work building's conference room (notice I said building not floor I said building, yeah they own a building.) but he didn't want any of the other wolves around other than those who were needed and he has a few who work for him.
Dad was still trying to find a way to keep the men out of the heart of his pack, but the only other option any of us saw was using Mom's shop and Dad hated any idea that singled out one member.
So, yeah, we were inviting an unfamiliar alpha into our home. It was not a smart move, especially when it could be he who was the cause of all our problems.
The doorbell rang and all six wolves and one coyote froze. Jesse was taking an extra shift because she and Gabriel were humans and otherwise incapable of protecting themselves and would supposedly distract us with the fact they needed to be protected if something happened. Of course, that isn't how Dad phrased it else Jesse probably would've shot him and that's saying something.
I looked at Warren who was across the table from where I stood with Ben against the wall. Apparently, the basement had a pull-out conference room that I was unaware of. It was just hidden really well behind the pack rooms and everything else. Dad answered the door, great idea, and you could seriously feel the power radiating through the house. I shivered as it washed over me like a tide, just swirling around me like waves on rocks. It was a nifty thing, being impervious to magic. It didn't make me want to collapse or scream (I've seen some pretty damn strange things at the Creek) or make me try to figure out who I was submitting to. It just made me watch the room more carefully for any sign of someone about to snap.
"Angus, thank you for coming." Dad said as they came down the stairs and opened the door to the room we were all in. "I'd like to introduce you to my Mercy," Aw, it's disgusting when they say it, stupid old people. I wasn't looking at the new arrival yet, but his scent caught me as familiar. I kept my hair in a curtain around my face. Ben was only here because I was and Dad had decided to allow him to stay here. "Darryl, my second, and his mate Auriele," it wasn't impressive next to Emerald City's witch in second, "Warren. my third, Ben, and my daughter Porsche."
"Porsche?" Angus asked and I recognized the voice too. I looked up, keeping my hair casting shadows on my face. "You're Hauptman's daughter?"
"Liam?" I asked, surprised. "You go by Angus?"
"Liam?" Dad looked from me to Angus and back, Mom looked shocked, Darryl and Auriele looked confused, and Warren had a face that told me nothing surprised him anymore. I didn't turn to see Ben's expression, but I could tell he was scared and a more than a little intimidated and his whole body tensed when I had called Angus by Liam.
"Liam Angus Magnusson, isn't it?" I frowned, "I didn't realize your middle name was Angus else I'd have put it together sooner."
"I didn't say it was my middle name." He smiled.
"Yes, but if that is what everyone knows you by, I doubt it is your real name." I shrugged, "It must be Liam because to gave it to me as if it was your name, or something you went by."
"You told me your name was Porsche Demeter." He countered calmly.
"Who said it wasn't?" I asked innocently.
"Last I saw you you were with Bran." He shook his head.
Dad was giving him this "I am going to kill you for knowing my daughter" look that only got more focused when Angus kissed my hand. Ben had the same vibe coming off him, but on a much smaller scale and he growled, pulling me to his side. He proceeded to brush the hair out of my face and I wanted to kill myself because I had just spent all morning hiding the new hickeys, both of them.
"She doesn't smell like you." Angus commented, looking at Ben.
Ben growled louder.
"Mine."
"OKAY!" I pulled him by the hand, not looking back as I reached the door. "We're just going to step out for…forever, someone give me the details afterwards." I said hurriedly as we left. When we got into the kitchen I cuffed him. "Don't you stir up trouble!"
"Mine."
"Damn." I pinched the bridge of my nose. "Ben, you can't just…react all viciously to an alpha cornered by unfamiliar wolves and their alpha in unfamiliar territory. You could calmly say "she is mine you jackass," because that I would be okay with! Just, none of this! I mean what if-"
I slapped him when he kissed me.
"Fucking dog, get a hold of yourself!" I hissed. He winced and drew back, looking hurt. His wolf was definitely in the front. "Oh, no, Ben." I whispered, realizing I had hurt him more than I had thought. "No, that's not what I meant! Ben, just, I don't like that you're getting all uptight like this. I think you need to calm down a little. I think I've proved myself enough, okay? I'm yours, no one else's and you'd sure as hell better consider yourself mine. I will not kiss you or play tonsil hockey or sleep with you just because someone is making you feel threatened. Is this understood?"
No response.
"Of course not." I sighed, "Just forget the speech then. We'll use little words with you, wolf. I. Will. Not. Have. Sex. With. You. At. This. Point. In. Time."
I wasn't asking.
When did that open up? Oh my God! This is so confusing!
B-
Don't talk, Mei, just don't make this so much more complicated.
"I love you." I whispered, hugging him tightly to try to make up for my mistake. He leaned down and nuzzled my neck.
"Love you." And I knew it was Ben, Ben again.
I felt really bad and we just sat in the living room while we waited. It didn't help me that he had forgiven me for not realizing that his wolf was in control sooner.
"I'm sorry." I said as he played gently with my hair, kissing my neck every now and then.
"I know." He told me, "It wasn't your fault. If you had reacted any other way I'd have been surprised. My wolf should've seen it coming if anything."
I closed my eyes and tried to think about the answer.
He should've seen it coming?
Did I really act that mean to him?
Was that what he had come to expect?
Was he scared of me?
That thought made me hurt, me, my brain, my wolf, usually she hated people's fear (or she just thought of hunting and the fear of her prey and decided who she wanted to eat) but it was different when it was Ben's.
"I'm not scared of you." He assured. "You're too easily distracted. You'd try to kill me, a squirrel would run by, and you'd chase it."
"Stop teasing me! I was having a moment!" I whined.
"Well, you 'moment' was making you upset." He told me softly. I frowned and looked into his eyes.
"You can kiss me now."
He chuckled.
"Of course I can."
"So?"
"So." He smirked.
I sighed.
"Fine." I shrugged and turned back around.
"None of that." I turned back to him before his lips pressed to mine. I smiled a little before nibbling on his lip.
I didn't notice he had pinned me on the couch before Mom walked upstairs to figure out what the hell was going on in the living room.
"No sex on the couch, damn it!" She snapped. Ben ended up across the room, behind Mom.
"Hey, hey, Mom." I gasped out, glaring around her at Ben's smiling face as I sat up. "For the record, we weren't having sex."
She stayed mildly-angry for a moment more before laughing at my response.
"How's the meeting going?"
"They kicked me and Alan out." She nodded to where Alan was closing the door to the basement. "So, I'd say not too well."
"Fantastic." I groaned, laying down again. "What level of hell did they go through to get you out?"
"None, yet." She smiled and my eyes widened.
"Don't kill Dad!" I watched her carefully.
"Oh, no, nothing that bad." She laughed again.
"Okay…" I still watched her as I got up and inched around her to get to Ben. I poked him in the chest. "You may not be so lucky! Ditching me the moment we get caught!"
He smirked.
"I didn't ditch you, I simply moved out of the way so your mother could make a comment."
"I love how they find a way out of everything you say they've done." Mom sighed, turning around.
I heard a smash downstairs and everyone upstairs froze.
"It's okay." Mom blinked, "Darryl broke a chair."
"How did he break a chair?" I asked and Alan looked fidgety in the room. I had turned around and was staring at him, that could be why.
"Got nervous, started fidgeting, kicked the leg of his chair by accident with just enough force to crack it." She explained.
"Ah, our brave second." I held my face in my hands.
"Actually, I think it was something Angus said." She frowned before remembering Alan was in the room with us. He tensed naturally at the comment about his alpha and I turned my gaze to Mom.
"Should I go down there?" I asked, "As a wolf?"
She took a long pause before nodding, turning to me but being sure to keep Alan in her sight.
"Perhaps that would be a good idea."
Ben had already placed both his hands on my waist but now his grip tightened and I could smell the wolf behind me.
"No." He growled in my ear.
"Ben." I said sharply, "You will let me go and I will come back. Okay?"
He growled lower.
"Now." I said firmly and his hands dropped. I turned and stared into his eyes. "You will stay here."
I don't like him.
We are aware, mate.
Ah, look, Mei is talking in the plural!
I went to my room to grab the key card Dad had given me to get into the conference room, yeah we're high-tech in this house. I had been given it right before the meeting, but I had followed my parents in and hadn't needed one.
I quickly changed, shook myself off, grabbed the card gently with my lips, and dashed down the stairs, made a sharp turn, and down the stairs into the basement.
I ran past six rooms and got to the the room I was needed in. Clumsily, I managed to stand on my hind legs and placed one paw on each side of the card reader, playing with the piece of plastic in my mouth until I had it at the right angle where I could slip it in and pull it out.
As soon as my action was successful I hopped down and trotted in, everyone seemed surprised. I flashed a toothy smile at Angus and took the spot on my father's right side, laying down at the right side of Dad's chair.
He looked at me for less than a second. I was about the size of Ben actually, because of the coyote in me, so I wasn't very big. Ben wasn't very big because he wasn't very dominant. Dad was huge and Bran was probably three-hundred times the size of his own human form.
I listened to the conversation as it proceeded as if I hadn't arrived. There was major tension in the air, probably because we were in the house and home of the alpha who was the next most dominant alpha after Bran and only fourth in the overall country. Even still, their tones matched those one would use for talking about he weather.
"No, we haven't noticed any strange wolves in the area."
"Well, we didn't either." Angus pointed out. "We didn't know until we found them during the full moon. There were seven newly Changed and three or four older ones.
"Did they target pack or just participated in over-all mayhem-making schemes?"
"They weren't as specific as what is happening here." Angus shook his head.
"And you say there is nothing going on with you and yours at all?"
Why is everything in this world turned into a possessive pronoun?
"Nothing like this, little things perhaps, typical 'you're a freak' insults and such, but nothing major. Perhaps one of yours provoked something? They do seem a little on edge." The opposing alpha commented which was a bad idea. You don't drop hints like that in another alpha's home unless you want to die. I caught Dad's hand lightly with my teeth before the other fist slammed on the table in front of Angus. I begged the flimsy piece of wood to stay upright and not to break into a million pieces.
"None of my wolves are 'on edge' except for those who you have provoked yourself." He growled and I pulled back as hard as I could without hurting him. Bran would so kill me if Dad killed Angus.
Darryl had moved behind his alpha and so had Warren. Auriele had nodded once to my father and she went upstairs to, I assume, keep an eye on my mother.
My attempt to keep them off each other's backs was not working. I sunk my teeth in harder, he began to bleed. He shook me off and I locked onto his elbow.
"Porsche, not now." He snapped and I skidded into Warren when he shook me off again. It wasn't hi doing it because Dad wouldn't have pushed me that hard, but his wolf could be insane at times. Usually it was okay, but he could be irrational and blood thirsty and he wasn't kid-friendly like some of the other's I've seen. The fact he still sent me into Warren's leg meant he was pissed because his wolf wasn't too fond of hurting me, he liked me more than Jesse because I was his mate's daughter.
They just stayed like that, Angus' eyes had already been trained on the ground so it wasn't a challenge of dominance so much as it was Dad challenging Angus' comment.
My upper lip twitched into a silent snarl, though I wasn't sure who I was more angry at, Dad for ignoring me or Angus for being an out-of-character jackass. Usually he was polite and guarded, only lashing out when he needed to, still very dominant, but he knew how to behave around those more dominant than he.
Obviously, something was wrong.
I shook it off, it was most likely the fact he was in another alpha's home and cornered, it makes you do weird and stupid things. Though…perhaps it wasn't. I had spent some time with him when he was at Aspen Creek for a meeting with the Marrok. Actually…I spent two weeks pretty much hanging out with him…but I was on tailing duty.
His mate was very nice, a woman named Hilary. She was human, around thirty when I met her, kind of pale.
Now that I mention it, Angus didn't smell like her. I mean, maybe because of the long trip and the night at a hotel.
My eyes widened and I barked, jumping up and pawing at my father.
She's dead, she's dead, she's dead! I needed to make him understand.
He knows now.
I didn't try to figure out who or what clued him in, I assumed Ben told Mom my suspicions.
"How long has she been dead for?" Dad asked, softer.
"June." Angus mumbled, still looking at the ground.
Dad nodded.
"I am sorry to hear of your loss, but I do not like you criticizing my pack." The doorbell rang and I couldn't hear the voice of whoever was there, just crying and my Mom's call for me. I ran through the door Warren held open, through six rooms, and up the stairs. Skidding to a halt in front of the door, I saw Donia standing there, eyes red and swollen from crying the tears that still streaked down her face.
"Porsche," To tell the complete truth, only my bandmates know what I am, the kids at school are just scared 'cause I'm the alpha's daughter. "Porsche, he's missing!" She wailed and Mei was startled when she threw her arms around me. She let out a quick "oomph!" sound before we settled into the tear-covered girl's hug.
Mom looked like she was debating wether to pull her back or not, but I assume she chose not to.
"Who?" Mom asked for me.
"Jamie!" She cried, "He's been missing for two days! He didn't come home last night or to school yesterday! His mother is at the police station, I thought I should tell you."
Mei was trying to put the problem together in her head, but wolves have less emotions than we do on a level and she herself isn't particularly attached to my human friends.
Mom paused before squatting down to pull my face to look at her.
"Porsche, it's rogues." She told me, sounding sure of herself, "And they're making some more."
That Mei understood.
Shit.
A/N-
I am on vaca so I will take steadily longer to update with not so much time on my hands D:
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this vaca is scary so far. I have met several characters who i thought to b fictional. (names may not b real, depending if they told me the truth or not!) ok i met 2 native americans (16 and 14 named jacob and seth) a guy who sounded a lot like Bran (description wise) named Brandon and he insisted i try the cocoa i have officially met a girl named mercedes who looked frighteningly like i do (im part native american) and someone who sounds an awful lot like the chicago alpha leo (xD if u read Moon Called you'll get that) and i met a girl named Maria (spanish-speaking, light build, very pretty) with a girl named Lucy and a guy naed Jasper who looks an awful lot like whitlock himself. I cant drink but i think someone spiked something cuz fictional characters are not real!
r they?
Idk u tell me but Brandon (he was a waiter) was just like "i do insist u have the cocoa" and i was like "I DONT WANT HOT CHOCOLATE! I ASKED FOR A PEPSI!" and then i got my pepsi and i ended up ordering a coffee as well but seriously, i didnt even mention hot chocolate! my mother started laughing at me once he left and then he kept COMING BACK! hed stand and watch us from the corner waiting 4 one of us 2 finish our drink so he could steal te glass and run away 4 a refill. i am never going back there
Trying to Clear my Mind of Insanity,
GIMH