Midnight Sky ( Book Three Of the Black Alder Series)

Day 3 of the Alpha King Summit pt 2

Adonis Pov

I'm in the bathroom talking to some of the kings when I see Briana linking arms with Ares and they leave together. That girl never gives up, and Area just entertains it. I looked around for Ash, but he was nowhere to be found.

Where are you? I link Ash

Listening to a beautiful girl about her issues, talk later, he replies and cuts the link. Typical Ash, always trying to help. I feel Kyle linking me and find him against the door with Clair, waiting for me. I followed him and we went to our study. Clair stands outside the door, but I know she can hear us.

"So, what do you have," I asked him. He handed me some papers.

"Alpha King Damon of North Carolina. 40 years old. Married Queen Liza but she isn't his mate. He reigns in the Blood Moon territory. The girl, her name is Isabella Blue, 23. She was taken in by the king and he raised her. She was found near their palace as a baby. The official report is that someone didn't want her, and they left her there, but after doing some digging, with the help of Aunt Serene, we tracked down a tribe of element benders pack who were killed around the time she was born. It's possible she could be from that pack, and whoever put her near the palace did it to save her life. She may be the last elemental bender to exist." He explains.

"Is it true about what she said, her being his mistress?" I asked.

" I found info on that too. So, it turns out he is possessive of her. He doesn't let males touch her. A source says he assaults' her constantly, both physically and mentally. He cut off a wolf's head for even hitting her. He is the only one who is allowed to do so. I was told he threatened the death of her best friend if she didn't stay with him as his f**k buddy, but the pack believes she is a slut, " Kyle explains. I can feel that rage stirred up again. She was protecting her friend. That's probably why she lied to me. She must think all alphas are like that. It would explain why she flinched from me too.

"Anything else from your source," I asked him, trying to control my Lycan Silas from coming out to kill the abusive king.

"Yea, the man is so possessive, he has some sort of spray made for her, that masks her scent away from her mate. The loophole to the potion, though, is the stronger her mate's wolf is, the easier it is for her mate to recognize her, and the spray only works for 3 days with each spray." He speaks. Silas is pacing back and forth.

"So, you want to tell me what this is about," Kyle asks. I told him about the omega wolf from yesterday and what happened.

"Do you think she is your mate?" he asks me?

I thought this the moment I saw her, but I wasn't sure. If anything, I'm maybe 80 percent, but I would still like to make sure before I make a scene.

"Yes, because it explains some things, but you said the mist on her wears off in 3 days, right?" He nods.

"Most likely he sprayed her when they got here, so let's wait a few hours. We should know around midnight. Get me a number on how many soldiers he brought with him, as well as his allies here, and find out which of those allies are not yet allies with us. I dont want any surprises if it comes to a fight", I told him. He bears his neck to me. I hadn't realized I used my Alpha voice. I try not to use it on him and Clair.

"Yes Alpha", he replies and leaves the room, taking Clair with him. I need my brothers. I try to link Ares, but he blocks it, most likely buried in the slut. I link Ash.

"Yes Brother" he replied.

"Are you busy?" I asked. " Not anymore, I'm on my way to the packhouse to f**k up Ares about something, why what 's up?" he replied.

"Hold off on that, I may have found our mate. Come to the study so we can talk," I told him.

" Our mate. Well, I have got a story for you as well. I'll tell you when I get there" he replies and cuts off the link.

I walked back to the ball and leaned against the door waiting for Ash to get here. My eyes find Arabella who is serving food to others with her head down. How can someone literally be this beautiful? I find Alpha King Damon, whose eyes are trailing her every movement. I try to control Silas, who wants to come out to kill Damon. Mate or not, no one deserves to be treated the way he is treating her. I saw Ash coming towards me and I walked back to my studies.

Ash Pov

I decided to go for a run in the forest when Soren and I heard someone crying. In my good nature, I help many people and sometimes I leave them to themselves, but I could tell whoever was crying was in so much pain. I walked out to see it was one of the Omega servants, but my goddess, she is so beautiful. Probably the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. I watch as she stares at me, but she isn't afraid, and I'm feeling some sort of pull.

I get ready to shift back until she speaks. I realized quickly she probably thinks I'm feral. I walk to her, and she starts opening up as to why she is crying after I lay next to her. I listen to her story, getting pissed as she tells me. She tells me about her meeting Adonis and how he saved her. I gotta remind myself to give him props for it. When she told me what that monster king did to her, I almost ran to go rip his head off until she started crying. How dare he f*****g violate her like that. Once I heard her cry though, I tried taking her tears away. She composed herself and then told me what Ares did. I stood up and saw the cut half healing on her face. I lick it to speed up the healing. I swear I'm going to beat his f*****g ass after this. That revelation almost made me shift back.

The more she talks, the more I feel like she may be my mate, though I can't tell because of her scent. Something about her scent is off. She finally recognizes the time and gets ready to leave. She kisses my head, which makes me feel incredibly warm for some reason. I can tell she is still in pain due to how she is walking. I let her go. I'm going to f*****g deal with Ares. As I'm on my way to the packhouse, Adonis links me, telling me he might have found our mate and to meet him in the study. Count your blessings Ares, your ass cutting was just postponed.

I met Adonis in the office.

" So where is our mate," I asked him, once we got into the office. He knows out of us three, I'm the one who is looking forward to it the most.

"You need to sit down before I tell you what I'm about to," he tells me. I take a seat. He handed me some papers of research he gathered and told me the story of Arabella Blue and King Damon. I'm extremely pissed as he tells me, and I start putting pieces together.

"Motherfucker". I jump up as he tells me this and starts pacing. It's an annoying habit I have when I'm annoyed.

"What is wrong with you," he asks.

"That beautiful girl I told you I was talking to, is Arabella. I didn't realize it until you told me about what you did. She told me her story. I found her near our spot in the forest. She was in tears, and I was Soren at the time", I told him.

"Why was she in the forest?", he asks, getting impatient. I told him her story about Ares, what happened with the King after that, and what Ares did to her after that. As soon as I was done, I could see his eyes switching between black and hazel. His wolf is trying to come out. The door opens and Ares comes in, not realizing we are there. Both Adonis and I are in front of him instantly, pinning him on the wall. He is struggling, but against both of us, he can't get out.

"What the f**k is your problem" he demanded, and I growled at him. That shuts him up as he looks at me. Out of the three of us, I'm the one to get angry the hardest, so if I'm growling, he knows it's serious.

"So, this is what you’re doing now, punching helpless omegas in the face." Adonis punches him in the stomach and we drop him. I growl, preparing to fight Ares, who is standing up in a defense position, ready too.

"What the hell are you talking about" he demands, looking between both Adonis and me.

"The blonde girl you punched, motherfucker. Since when the f**k do you hit women," I growled at him. His eyes widened in remembering.

"She is a slut, why is it an issue," he says, and I charge him first causing him to fall back and break a table in two. He stands up quickly, his eyes shifting back and forth between black.

"I thought I felt something for her, but I caught her f*****g a man who has a wife, so yes, she is a slut" he says, and I charge at him again, but this time he is ready. He flips me over his back, and I land on the ground. Adonis grabs him by the neck, but he pushes Adonis onto a table, causing it to break as well.

"What the hell has gotten into the two of you over a f*****g Omega": He spats at us, ready for the next attack. Adonis and I got ready to charge again when the smell of blueberries hit my nose. It's such a strong and intoxicating smell. I can tell Adonis and Ares smell it too.

"Follow us, and you will understand what has gotten into us," Adonis says, and he walks out while we follow.

Ares Pov

I'm not sure what the f**k has gotten into my brothers, but I am trying to keep strike from coming out and seriously injuring them when the smell of Blueberries my nose. Strike had stopped trying to come out and his now pacing, demanding I follow the smell.

"Follow us, and you will understand what has gotten into us," Adonis says, and I follow them. As we approach the ballroom, the smell gets stronger. People are starting to clear out and get ready to head home. Adonis keeps walking until we end up at the source of the smell. The same omega who I pushed earlier, being pulled by her arm to leave by her Alpha. Strike is growling intensely in my head as I realize the smell is coming from her. She turns around and locks eyes with my brothers and then me before fainting before they reach the hallway.

All at once, I'm hit with the full effect of the mate bond as my brothers, and I stagger back. I'm hit by her beauty 10 times more than before. I'm hit with needing her. I'm hit with anger for what I did to her. I'm hit even angrier when I remember what I saw.

Mate Mate Mate Mate Strike chants as he is bouncing in my head.

Oh, f**k!