The Blood Pack (book one)

Chapter three

I smirked at the message. I was unsure if the invite was genuine or if he just wanted to check out the new pack in town. I nodded to Trev to respond I was still interested and I went and got myself the drink I needed. I took a nice long sip as Jen and Josh came in. Josh was one of my enforcers and Jen was a submissive wolf but no one hassled her. As she came in she hung her head in respect, whilst Josh bowed his slightly. "We stocked up the kitchen and got a good lay of the land. Don't need to go far for anything really." he said with a shrug. I nodded. At least they didn't get distracted by alpha females who they had no right to be looking at.

I sat back down and we went over the next few packs information, before Luke and Theo came in. They had much the same message as what Ste had. The packs here were peaceful with each other and most had alliances. I couldn't help think of that alpha female, Cassandra it had said on her profile. I shook my head. I was doing it for Ste, to get off my back, I have no interest in having mate when I was still trying to establish my pack.

So why was I thinking of her large purple eyes and full red lips? I gulped back the rest of my drink. "Enough. Let's leave the rest till the morning." I said needing to rest. We had had a busy day and now I had a lot to mull over. If nothing else the meeting at the moon pack would give me a chance to meet other alphas. So why did my wolf snarl at that idea? I shook my head and waited till everyone left my office before I left and locked it. I trusted my pack but boundaries needed to be set.

I went to my room across the hall and without turning the light on, took my shirt off. With my shifter sight I could see a bump in my bed. I felt behind myself and turned on the light to find Cara, naked in my bed. My wolf snarled. "What the f**k Cara?"

She got up on her hands and knees, a seductive smile on her face. "I wanted to please my alpha." she purred as she prowled towards me. I swear, I f****d her once when drunk and since then she had her sights on me claiming her. It was not going to happen.

"Put your f*****g clothes on and get out!" I commanded, throwing her crumpled dress from the floor at her. She pouted and put on the dress stalking again slowly towards me swaying her hips. Me and my wolf had had enough. I grabbed her by the throat and thrust her against the door." I find you in my room again with out permission and you are dead. Understand!" her eyes went wide and she nodded furiously. As soon as I let go she ran from the room. It may have seemed harsh, but wolves were territorial and I could smell her scent all over the f*****g room.

I pulled the sheets from the bed and replaced them with fresh ones and put the old ones in the hamper, closing the lid tight. I then went through to my en suit and jumped in the shower. This day could have ended better, now I had a she-wolf barking up the wrong tree and another one that I was meant to form an alliance for that I didn't even want.

Finishing in the shower, I got out and dried myself off. I put some baggy shorts on incase Cara didn't get the message and tried to come back and got into bed. As I drifted off, my mind drifted to Cassy, her luscious lips. If she was as dominant as Ste made out watching her submit would drive me wild. Would she submit? I bet not. Soon my alarm went off. I crawled out of bed feeling like my head had barely hit the pillow.

I threw on a baggy top and went out where Theo and his men were already training. Good we needed to stay in top shape. I joined them, running laps around the territory, doing sit ups and push ups and then sparing exercises. I had just thrown Ste into a tree when he looked at me pissed off. "Reign it in alpha. We are only sparing. Jesus." he got to his feet rubbing the back of his head. I had been going hard on him and I wasn't sure why. I excused myself and went to shower and get ready for the day.

When I walked to the kitchen which was spacious and attached to a large seating area Jen was rubbing her hands together pacing. "Everything okay Jen?" I asked, feeling the panic wash off her. She jumped, obviously not aware that I had walked in.

"Oh alpha. I… I messed up. I forgot to grab coffee when me and Josh went shopping, I'm so sorry." I smiled. God if this is the biggest worry in her life I envy her.

"Don't worry I will pop out and get some. I need to get out of here anyway. I'm getting a little cabin fever." I joked and she seemed to relax. I grabbed some car keys from the rack and went out, jumping into one of the jeeps. As I got to the gate I saw Luke on duty. He said all was good and nothing else as he was not much of a talker. I smiled, setting off through the now open gate. Jen and Josh were right, it only took ten mins to get to a coffee house. I parked up and went in. It was nice and quiet with only a few customers.

As I grabbed a bag of coffee beans and joined the queue my wolf seemed on high alert, without trying I could hear the conversation between two girls nearby. "Two days, is he joking?" the short haired brunette said.

"Well, one now. I think it is an over reaction to me ditching tweedle dumb and tweedle dee. Maybe a little to the fact I beat up those guys. But they deserved it." the Ash blonde said. Her back was too me but my wolf begged for her to turn around to see her face." Least I'll get away from Liam. He was extra creepy last night. "

I didn't know who she was or who Liam was but I wanted to rip his throat out. God what was wrong with me? I slowly took a step forward in the queue but I couldn't help but keep listening. "Where are Peter and Paul now?" the brunette asked. More guys? What the hell?

"I lost them back at the bookstore. They are so clueless. How they are still enforcers I will never know." they both laughed and it was like a song to my ears. "You want a refill?" the blonde asked. I moved to the back of the queue willing her friend to say yes.

"Sure." Yes! I stared forward not wanting to give away that I had been ogling her. The barista leant over and asked for her order, she rolled her eyes at him.

"There is a queue and I have two legs I am perfectly capable of waiting my turn, thank you." he words were measured but her tone was pissed. I chanced a glance over my shoulder and I froze. s**t. It was her. Those large purple eyes glanced around and then finally landed on me." What do you want? " okay not the usual response I get from women.

" Just wondered what was going on back there." I smiled. She didn't return it. Her body definitely matched her face. She had full breasts and a small waist and a slappable ass to match. She was small but I could sense the fire in her. She just rolled her eyes and shook her head, she looked around some more and when she noticed I was still staring, her eyes grew heated.

"Unless you are meaning to challenge me, turn the f**k around." she said slamming the cups on the counter. The barista grabbed them and started making her order. I licked my lips. Oh god, I wanted to challenge this feisty female but this was public and it would not make a great first impression. So I shrugged and turned back. I heard the barista hand her her drinks over the counter and her mumbling something about ass holes not listening and she headed back to her table.

I watched the curious expression on her friends face as she asked. "Who was that?"

Cassy's face fell. "Some alpha douche who doesn't know the score." she said through gritted teeth.

"You could have at least been nice. And how do you know he's an alpha?" the brunette seemed to be trying to whisper but it was no good, I could still hear.

"My wolf knows. Sanna. I love you, you know that. But I don't have the luxury of choosing my mate. Tomorrow my dad will select someone that I have to spend the rest of my life with. Being nice to coffee guy now would be just as useless as bar guy last night. Ain't gunna happen. " she looked over her shoulder at me, giving a weak smile and a shrug. She knew I heard.

I was now at the front of the queue. I paid for the the coffee beans and went out to the car, where I just sat. Why was I just sat here? She was right. There was no way we could be together. I didn't want a mate and she would be given away to an alpha tomorrow. So why did I want to see her again? Why was my wolf snarling and stalking around inside of me? Down boy.

I watched for twenty minutes as people came in and out. Two guys with large structures who looked like twins went in and within minutes one flew out again, with the other one running after him. Then Cassandra came out, her friend close behind. She crossed her arms and glared at the twin on the floor. "What did I say about grabbing me!" she commanded. s**t, I could feel her dominance from my car.

"Not to grab you." the twins answered in unison. "Alpha wants to see you." one said. "He said to come home straight away" the other said "and that was an hour ago." the first finished. She rolled her eyes and took her friends arm leading her to the parked car. Once her friend was in she went back over to the twins.

"I have one day. One day and then I will be some fuckers mate and you want me to spend my time running around for my father?" she was pissed. Her eyes were wolf and she stood like she was ready to rip their throats out.

"Please Cassy. We'll loose our jobs." the twins pleaded. Her expression softened and she shook her head storming back to the car and getting in the other side. The twins ran after her and got in the front before driving off.

I could see why Ste had been memorized by her. She really was a true alpha female. She would be a fantastic mate. But I didn't need or want a mate. I started the car and headed back to the pack territory. Luke looked at me curiously as he opened the gate but didn't say a word. I parked up and walked back inside through to the kitchen. When I got there breakfast was ready and everyone was sat around the table. Cara seated next to my seat at the head. I rolled my eyes and threw the coffee beans on the counter. Jen grabbed them and muttered a thanks before turning to the coffee pot to start brewing. I took my seat and all eyes were on me. "What?" I growled.

"Your eyes are wolf, alpha." Theo said. Oh f**k. I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths reopening them and seeing everyone visibly relaxing a bit.

"Tough going at the shop?" Ste asked, that boy did not know when to shut up.

"I bumped in to Cassandra." I said and his face lit up which made me snarl. His face quickly fell.

"You like her, huh?" he asked, causing me to humph. I didn't want to like her but I couldn't stop thinking of her.

"Who's Cassandra?" Cara piped up next to me. I didn't bother answering. It was none of her business and it didn't matter anyway. I was not going to take a mate and that was that. Not now. Not when I needed to focus on my pack.

"Jen, you have out done yourself." I said laden my plate with sausage, eggs, bacon and toast. She came to put a cup of coffee in front of my blushing. I took a sip, Josh was a lucky man. His mate could really put on a spread. I was glad they decided to come with me. Josh was not high up in my father's pack and with it being so big, it was hard to progress. Here he was one of three enforcers and he wore the mantel with pride. Same was for Trev, he was a good student of Nick's but he would never have the responsibility that I gave him back home.

Ste was too loopy to be taken serious by a large group that did not know that Max had trained him to be an excellent interrogator as well as Xander's beta training. He was my best friend though and everyone here knew that beneath his playful exterior, lay the heart of a hard wolf. Theo was the top student of Marcus and Klaus, I was surprised when he agreed to be my head enforcer but that made me trust the guy even more. He did not come here to advance, he came here because he wanted to. Luke and Jonny were also excellent student and with the three of them and Josh I knew my small pack was safe.

Cara I did not get. My mum did not want Jen to be the only female in a pack of male wolves so I had felt obliged to say yes. I had made it clear to her that she would never be my mate, but more than once I found her in my bed. Last night being one of them. Images of Cassandra in my bed, spread Eagle with her dripping p***y exposed to me came to mind and I shook my head. Oh god, I did not want to go to this meeting tomorrow.

I needed to make alliances and I need the other alphas to know my pack and who we were. That we were not to be pushed around. I needed to get on that first step of the ladder. But was I willing to use Cassandra to do it?