The Alphas Omegas

Time to grovel

Alpha Brayden

This was a bad idea.

What the hell am I doing coming to Midnight Moon Pack?

‘You know why you’re here, Brayden. You’ve had long enough to sort yourself out; now it’s time to claim what’s ours.’

‘I guess you’re right,’ I mumble to my wolf.

I’ve had fifteen months to get my head around having a male mate. During those fifteen months, I traveled the world. I did a lot of soul-searching on my travels, met many interesting people, and turned down a lot of women.

Women. Goddess, I’ve never turned a woman down in my life. But I haven’t touched one since I woke up from my coma and realized Xavier was my mate. I don’t know if he’s done the same, but somewhere inside of me, I hope so.

It’s taken this long for me to come to terms with what it means to be with a man. It doesn’t matter at the end of the day because Xavier is whom the Moon Goddess chose for me. I can’t fight the pull any longer; it’s been torture. The sickening feeling in my stomach never goes away. There were too many nights I would dream about him, too many visions of those blue eyes. It almost drove me crazy, and I would run for miles just to get him out of my head. But now, I’m ready; I just hope Xavier still wants me.

How is it that I’ve never looked upon his face?

Sure, I glimpsed at him when I opened my eyes, instantly realizing that he was my mate.

But after that?

Not once did I look at him. Yet I can still remember those dark blue eyes and that shoulder-length, wavy blond hair, those muscles under his shirt, and the slight smile on his face.

I groan while scrubbing my hands over my face.

I don’t know how to go about this, and I’m scared that Xavier will turn me away. I didn’t verbally reject him, but I walked away as though he meant nothing to me. The sad fact of the matter is that Xavier didn’t mean a thing to me back then. He was nothing but an Omega the Moon Goddess cursed me with.

I ignored the urge to return home to my mate over the months I was gone. I blocked him out of my head during the day and dreamed about him throughout the night.

No matter what I did, how exhausted I made myself, I couldn’t stop the dreams from coming. I couldn’t stop myself from cu.mming, either, especially when waking up hard as nails. I’ve masturba.ted so much over the past year; I’m surprised I’m not blind!

Being aroused by the thought of Xavier told me one thing. I wanted him; I needed him as I needed my next breath. However, I couldn’t return home until I’d sorted things with my new pack.

I hadn’t meant to overthrow Alpha Samuels and claim Blackpaw for my own. But the motherfuc.ker just had to take a swing.

I’d been minding my own business in a human pub thirty miles from the outskirts of Lykos City. I’d be contemplating returning home and seeing my family when the as.shole bumped into me and then decided I’d knocked into him. I didn’t feel like fighting; I’d spent months trying to become a better person. I wanted to prove to my family that I’d grown up. Because, believe me, I was an utter bastar.d all my life to everyone around me. I didn’t want to be the man who tore people apart piece by piece any longer, and that’s why I walked away.

Mackenzie Samuels had other ideas, following me outside, trying to intimidate me. He had no chance. Sure, he had twenty years on me and fifty pounds, but I was quicker.

In full view of four of his pack members, including his Beta, I beat the s**t out of him. He shifted like a moron in full view of any human who may have walked past. I couldn’t allow him to expose what we were; that’s why I stayed in human form and snapped his pitiful neck.

By the rules of sifter law, I was now Alpha of Blackpaw Pack. The Beta was not impressed and went in for the kill, losing his life at my hands, just like his Alpha before him.

The three remaining pack members bowed, accepting me as their Alpha. I then had them show me Blackpaw Pack territory, and I spent a few months familiarising myself with the place.

I made a few changes to the packhouse, making it more my scene. Meaning, I modernized the place because it looked like something out of a damn period drama before I got my hands on it.

I spent time strengthing the pack warriors and ensuring everyone knew where they stood and that I was not the Alpha to fuc.k with. I made sure the pack knew they could come to me if they needed anything and that I wouldn’t run the pack through fear as Mackenzie had.

I appointed a new Beta, someone I could trust, a friend from school, Colby. Together, we’ve built Blackpaw into a bigger, more prosperous pack. Financially, we’ve never been so well-off, and the members love me for it.

Now all I need is a Luna to make the pack more secure. As two Alpha males cannot run a pack, and females are Luna’s, I’m unsure what that would make Xavier. We’ll work it out if he accepts me because this is destiny.

I’ve told my pack about Xavier. They’re okay with it because I made sure they knew same-se.x mating is more than welcome at Blackpaw. I’m not sure what my family will think, but I know they’ll be okay with my choice deep down. I wasn’t always accepting of same se.x couples. In fact, I was intolerant of anyone who wasn’t like me. I wasn’t raised that way, but my brain was fuc.ked, and I thought I was right about everything. I’m no longer like that, and I won’t have anyone in the pack acting the way I once did.

And the Omega thing?

My stupid prejudice turned me into someone I’m not. Omegas can’t help that they are born that way; I’ve learned that through a three-year-old orphan girl in my pack.

She’s a beautiful little thing and so insightful for someone her age. Jana is my shadow, and she means as much to me as if she were my child. I’ll miss her when she goes with her new family.

Perhaps I should have spoken to my father by now about Xavier. But the truth is that I haven’t talked to him since the day my sister Angel attacked me.

Of course, while traveling, I answered phone calls now and again. But more often than not, I’d ignore them.

Aaron, my older brother, the one I was always closest to, is the one I spoke to the most from home. He gave me updates on everyone; let me know how they were doing.

Sienna, our eldest sibling, is in a better place now after the whole incident with Angel trying to kill me. According to Aaron, Sienna and Angel spoke about things and became friends.

I guess I should fill you in on the fact we were all, apart from one out of ten siblings, evil to Angel. My siblings and I were all born Alphas or Betas, with Angel being the only one born an Omega. We hated her for it, and we bullied and abus.ed her all her life. Once Angel mated with an Alpha, she became stronger than any of us could ever imagine. She had the power to force her unwanted memories of pain and humiliation into my mind and almost kill me with the amount of pain she gave me. Nothing I ever say or do will ever take away what I put my sister through, and there was so much my brain could hardly keep up with it all. I know I deserve it if she forever hates me, but I’m not the man I once was.

In almost killing me, Angel almost ended her own life. It took a while for her to recover, and once she had, the rest of our siblings, including Aaron, apologized to Angel for their part in her lonely childhood. All but me because I haven’t had any contact with Angel since the day she attacked me.

Aaron let me know that Angel is now the proud mother of twin boys, Jackson and Wyatt. The thirteen-month-olds are my sister’s pride and joy, and I’ve never clapped eyes on them. I’ve never even seen a photograph, so I don’t know if they take after Angel or Cyro.

Angel is now speaking for all to hear, something I never thought would happen. She stopped talking after she was kidnapped and raped at thirteen.

All in all, Angel is doing good, and I’m glad. I haven’t been the nicest to her in the past, but now I need something from her. Angel is Luna of Midnight Moon, and Xavier is a pack member. As Luna, Angel has the right to deny my request to see Xavier.

Why would she believe I wanted anything to do with the Omega when I walked away from him?

I have a lot of groveling to do, and I need to do it now.

I take the key from the ignition and step out of my car. I look up at the three-story packhouse while smoothing down the lapels of my navy blue trench coat, making sure my matching suit looks presentable at the same time.

Finally, I run a hand over my gelled-back dark hair and let out a deep breath. I’ve never been so nervous in my life!