Alpha Grant: Book 3 of The Alpha Series

12. Trinity Forest Pack

Grant

We left Golden Meadows early this morning and I texted James that we would see him in over ten hours. He told me to meet him at his parents’ house for dinner. I was happy that aunt Meredith would be cooking something for us. She and mom could both make really good meals and they loved to spoil us when they could.

While I drove through New Mexico and Texas, Otto and Krew slept and played road games. They were hilarious to listen to as they played i-spy and a license plate game.

We finally arrived at Trinity Forest’s gates at six in the evening and I wanted out of the vehicle. My ass hurt so much from sitting that long and I was tired.

The guards waved me through right when they saw me and I headed straight for uncle Duncan and aunt Meredith's house. I parked and we all got out, then stretched our stiff limbs. The front door to the house opened and out came James with uncle Duncan behind him. I smiled when I saw them and hugged them tightly before introducing them to Otto and Krew.

We went inside and into the kitchen to see aunt Meredith working on dinner. When she saw me, she stopped and smiled before hugging me. I saw my cousins Cam and Leland sitting at the dining room table and I greeted them.

“So your family just likes to have big families?” Otto asked.

“Yeah,” I said with a nod.

James laughed and all of us sat down since dinner was ready. We ate a large meal of refried beans, Spanish rice and tamales. I talked about our travels so far and Krew and Otto added things when I left stuff out. James was attentive and showed interest in what we were getting to do. He was twenty-three and still hadn’t found his mate, but he was different from Miguel. James wasn’t a very patient person.

After dinner we helped clean up, then said goodbye to Duncan, Meredith, Cam and Leland. We followed James to the packhouse with our things and went inside. James showed us to our rooms on the third floor, then told us to meet him in the dining room in the morning.

I showered and relaxed on the bed while texting Eric and Madison. I didn’t text for long because I was exhausted. I soon told them goodnight and lay in bed to fall asleep. Traveling so much sucked.

~

The next morning, we had breakfast and went straight to the training field. Uncle Duncan was out there with Freddie sparing as they tried to act young still. I walked up with James, Micah, Carson, Otto and Krew with me.

“Do you think you can take us all?” James asked me.

I looked at him, wondering how he knew what I was thinking.

“I talk with Eric, Grayson, Miguel and Wyatt a lot. Miguel warned me this morning along with Wyatt of what you are capable of doing, after he cussed out your brother and Grayson. Grayson and Eric said they were waiting for all of us to learn it on our own. We all want the answers you're searching for about your strength, so when you find them please share the wealth.”

I chuckled and said, “I will and I think I can take all of you at once.”

How fair was this? Two Alphas, four Betas and an Omega against me. This was going to be an interesting morning.

I got into position and waited for the attacks to start. At first they came in pairs at me, then they got more aggressive and started attacking three at a time. They were wearing me out quickly since there were seven of them. By the time we heard the alarm on James's phone go off, I was panting hard while they were panting a little. I had found my challenge, seven against one.

We all rested and then paired up to help each other with movements. It was a great training morning and I honestly looked forward to the rest of the week here.

When we were done, we went to clean up, then met at the bottom of the stairs of the packhouse. It was time to go into town and introduce the guys to some she-wolves here. We followed James around and talked to some she-wolves that were searching for their mates. None of them belonged to us.

James showed me some improvements he had made to the pack territory, like the bar. It was a great idea and it fit his lifestyle and what he liked. I needed to do something like that too. Dad had the bowling alley back home so what would my thing be?

We walked around all day until dinner time, then went to the packhouse to eat. We were given plates of medium-rare steaks, mashed potatoes and green beans. I smiled when I saw it and started eating while listening to the guys talk. This was heaven!

When the day was over, we all went to our rooms and I sent the pictures that I had taken of the town to Madison. I got ready for bed and heard my text tone go off. I opened it to find that Madison had sent me a picture back. It was of her naked in her bathroom at home. I was only two hours away from home and I wanted to get there now! I wanted my lips on hers again so badly and I wanted to run my hands over her skin. She was playing with fire right now.

“Do you know what you just did?” I asked her.

“Yeah!”

I doubt that. I pulled my boxers free of me and snapped a picture of my bare hard c**k and sent it to her.

“Oh!”

“Yeah. Oh.”

She was the only one that could make me hard like that. Sure, I could watch porn and get off, but I had to work my c**k to get hard. With her, it was different. That had to mean something, right?

“What are you planning to do with that?” she asked me.

“Handle it myself.”

“What a shame.”

“It’s your f*****g fault, so shame on you.”

“Lol.”

I looked at our texts and I could still see her t**s on the screen. I looked down and saw the head of my c**k beading already. I groaned and reached down for it. I knew I could try to make it go away with a cold shower but that sucked.

Instead, I stroked my c**k using the pre-c*m that had leaked from it as lubrication. I gripped it as tight as Madison’s mouth had a year ago in the meadow back home when she gave me a blow job. I remember the way she sounded, smelled and tasted when I returned the favor. I remember all the things that we shared like this.

I looked down at her picture and worked myself faster and faster while breathing heavily. I kept working myself as my muscles all over my body tightened and I got closer to release. With a few more fast strokes, I knew I was close.

I grabbed my boxers from the floor and held them at the tip as I stroked my length, then exploded on the fabric. I released a groan of pleasure that only the room I was in heard.

When it was all over, I wiped the tip of my c**k with my boxers, pulled some clean ones on, then washed my hands. I walked back to the bedroom and messaged her back.

“You know you are going to have to delete these messages in case your dad or mom goes through your phone.”

“I know.”

I could feel the disappointment in that text but there was nothing I could do. She was still only sixteen and I didn’t want her getting into trouble over this. No one could find out about this. Before I could reply, she sent me another message.

“Will you be coming by as you head to Dark Hollers?”

“No. I’m sorry but I need to get this trip finished so I can get to Scotland.”

I sat there waiting for a message back but I didn’t get anything for the rest of the night. She was now mad at me after trying to lure me back home with that damn picture and it would have worked, but I wanted to get this over with so I could start to build my life. Possibly our lives and I couldn’t tell her that and get her hopes up too. I was possibly getting my hopes up with her and that thought always tore me in two.

~

This morning started out like the rest and training went like it did yesterday. After everything was done, James had work to do, so I was going to hangout with family members today. I went over to uncle Duncan and aunt Meredith's house to see them. I played a few video games with Cam and Leland while Otto and Krew watched. When I had enough, I handed the controller over to them and they started playing with my cousins while I talked with uncle Duncan.

“Can I ask you something?” I asked Duncan.

“Yeah, what’s up?” he asked me.

“Where did you find the witch Piper that helps mom?”

“I actually didn’t. I tasked Freddie with that. He’s the one that found her. If you would like to talk to him about her, we can go over there,” Duncan offered.

“Yeah,” I said with a nod.

He nodded his head and we got up from our seats. Otto and Krew got up with us, leaving my cousins to play games on their own. We left the house and started to walk toward the Beta house on the other side of the packhouse. As we were walking in front of the packhouse, the door opened and James stepped out.

He nodded his head toward us and uncle Duncan said, “we’re going to Freddie’s to talk with him.”

“Ok. I'll join you,” James said.

We stepped next door and Freddie stepped out of the house to meet us on the porch. We walked up and greeted him.

“What did you need to ask me, Grant?” Freddie asked.

“Where and how did you find Piper?”

“I found Piper in a coven not far from here. Her coven is called The Enchanted Sisters and they work in a lot of different areas of magic. I got the information from a supernatural location system all leadership have access to.”

“I know what system you’re talking about,” I told him.

I already had the system information but I didn’t have a log in yet. I was working on that.

“Did that help you any?” Freddie asked.

“No. Not really. I’m not sure what will help yet,” I told him with a sigh.

Just then Gillian, Freddie’s daughter, walked out onto the porch and we all turned to look at her. She was really pretty and was now seventeen. That’s when I noticed the way that James lit up when he saw her. It told me everything I needed to know. He was feeling the pull towards her and I wouldn't be surprised to get a message in a year saying she was the Luna. James didn’t light up that way for anyone.

Gillian started to walk down the porch steps while we watched her. She passed James while smiling and he had his eyes glued to her.

“Where are you headed?” James asked.

“To work.”

“You want me to walk you?” he offered in front of everyone.

“No, I'm good. You gentlemen have a nice conversation,” she said while smiling at him and walked off.

We all turned away from her except for James. He kept watching her and the way he looked at her I knew all too well. That was the look of longing for something that you weren’t sure was yours. I wonder if he already suspected that she was his.

Once Gillian was out of sight, the conversation continued.

“What’s this about?” Freddie asked.

“I was told that my prophecy was altered before I was born and it’s now set in stone. I asked mom about it and she said that Piper is the one that delivered it but I know she’s not the one that altered it,” I explained.

“Did you ask Piper if she knew who or why it was altered?” Duncan asked.

“Yeah, and Piper has no clue. She just got and delivered the message.”

They all nodded their heads but no one had a direction to point me in. Looking into Piper was a dead end. We left Freddie’s house and went about the rest of our day.

After dinner tonight, I went back to my room and got ready for bed. I hadn’t heard from Madison all day and I knew they had just started back at school today. I needed to talk to her so I brought our messages up and texted her.

“Hey Mads. How was your first day as a junior?”

I waited for almost an hour before she finally texted me back.

“It was awful and I hate that you weren't here,” she sent me.

Texting her tonight wouldn’t be enough. I needed to see what was going on, so a phone call was going to happen. I stepped out of the packhouse and walked out to a clearing that I knew was here at Trinity Forest. I lay on the grass looking up at the stars and texted her back.

“Go to our spot.”

“I’m there already,” she texted me back a few seconds later.

I called her immediately and she answered right after the first ring.

“Hey,” she said.

“Hey. What happened?”

“f*****g Sandra Jones happened,” she said while sniffing.

Was she crying? I think I could hear her crying right now. She hardly ever did that, so it must have been a really bad day.

“What did she do?” I asked.

“She called me a w***e because I was jumping from one of the Shank's brothers to the other. Jaxson’s the only friend I have in school.”

“I know Mads,” I said, trying to comfort her.

“That f*****g cunt kept on and I ended up in a fistfight with her. The principal suspended me for a week on the first day of school! I’m grounded and not supposed to be out of the house. I’m not even supposed to have my phone either.”

“Oh f**k. I’m sorry. Did you at least teach Sandra a f*****g lesson?”

“I hope I did. I broke her nose and her arm.”

I laughed and the words slipped out of my mouth before I could stop them, “That’s my girl.”

I clamped my mouth shut and closed my eyes. I’m a f*****g i***t for that one. She was quiet on the phone as she took a shaky breath. I’m not sure if it was to calm down from her day or if it was because of what I had just said.

“I miss you,” she told me.

“I miss you too. It’s been difficult to stay away.”

“Why have you?”

“I need answers to why I’m so strong and I need to get my life built. Without a home or a company funding a pack, what type of Alpha am I? And I want to have those things to provide for my mate.”

“She’ll be one lucky she-wolf,” she said, sounding a little more down.

“I think I will be the lucky one honestly.”

She went quiet and I told her, “the sky is really clear tonight.”

“Are you out looking at it?” she asked in surprise.

“Yeah. I know of a spot here at Trinity Forest.”

We talked while she calmed down and we looked at the night sky together. I was happy I could still do these simple things to stay connected to her and help her even from somewhere else. Though I wish I could open up more to her and tell her what I thought and felt. I don’t think that would do any good for either of us, so I would hold it inside me until her eighteenth birthday.