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The B Side
Squealing, giggling little bodies jump into the pile of leaves, tumbling the colors up in the air, so when they come down the leaves are
scattered everywhere.
Dallas looks at me. His hair is warm and smooth, cut short at the edges with a little more on the top. Just a light trace of stubble on his face, as if he shaved late last night but not today.
“Whose mating ceremony is it?” I ask as Luna Grace looks toward Kennedy and Cash.
“Theirs.” I swallow down the acid that climbs suddenly from the pit of my stomach.
“Does she know?” I regard Kennedy sitting on the picnic table being force fed by her mate. She’s crying so hard that she can’t even breathe. He just keeps on her. He’s whispering in her ear, hand rubbing her back. He tries to rub her cheek, and she slaps it away. He holds that hand down while his other hand rubs that same cheek, all the while he’s saying something to her. She regurgitates her food again, and he feeds it back to her.
“Yes, she knows.” That’s all she gets to say as the two males stand in front of us.
Luna Grace embraces that Silverback male. Cheek to cheek, he lifts her against him as if they haven’t seen each other in a very longtime.
“My female.” He breathes into her ear, very low, pressing his nose against her mark. His teeth descend slightly.
“Not now,” she says. He just bites her as she stills in his arms. He holds her like this, firm against his body, before releasing her with a gentle kiss to his mark
“Do you feel better now?” Her voice is lower, and a flush appears on her face.
*slightly, but I’ll feel much better later.” He gives her a very sly smile that they both must understand, because she returns it while Dallas looks away, uncomfortable. No one likes to think their parents are still having fun. “Father, this is Rya. Rya, this is my father, Alpha Clinton.” Hard eyes take me in from the bottom of my feet to the top of my head. He sniffs the air slightly. His eyes fall to mine, the muscle in his cheek twitches, yet I don’t look away. I want to, but I feel firmly planted in my spot Eye contact with an Alpha is very
hard on a lesser wolf. Shoulders want to crouch, and you want to fall into yourself, turn your tail inwards with the dominance they exude. They smell different with more testosterone in their system. More of the Wild in them. I can sense the change that’s happened
with Dallas’s smell. He’s becoming more than what he was.
“Nice to meet you, Rya. My mate has told me a great deal about you. I’m looking forward to getting to know you better, along with your family.” He doesn’t touch me or shake my hand like a human. He keeps all contact away from me.
“Thank you, Alpha Clinton. Nice meeting you as well.” He’s looking at my eyes with a smile on his face
“So it’s true you are moon blessed.”
“So I have been told.” My eyes mean different things for different packs. “Some would say that you are very special, that the moon has
touched you herself.” He takes a step toward me, inhaling again.
“So much of the moon’s smell on you. My son is very blessed.” He looks
s toward Dallas, who has his head down slightly. His emotions
are swirling around from one to the other, and it’s hard to choose what’s winning out.
He still has my eyes, a turn of lip showing a slight fang. “You should really watch how you look into wolves‘ eyes, little moon. You need to be able to back up what you are doing.” I cast my eyes to the ground, knowing better than holding an Alpha’s eye for too long. It’s as if I want to challenge them.
Rya, I was hoping my mate and myself could have a talk with you and my son together alone to discuss this unusual relationship you have begun to form.” The Alpha’s voice is strong and vibrating against my chest.
“When she’s ready,” Dallas interjects before I have a chance to answer. “That would be fine, Alpha Clinton. I know I have to answer for what I have done.” I hang my head now with how shameful I feel.
“I would say your wolf has initiative. It’s something you’reborn with. You can’t learn it; it’s just in you.” He smiles to me gently, trying to calm the sweeping disgust in myself that I feel.
I see that Cash is dragging Kennedy away from the table, as her fingers are trying to grip the side of the wood, holding on as if her life
depends on it
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Looking around, I see nothing special, no decorations, no balloons, flowers, streamers. Nothing that says this is a mating ceremony. It’s as if this is not a special day. That no one cared enough to make anything really nice for the new couple. I see no presents on the table, no cards with money in a birdcage. Nothing around here that stands out, that this is something that means something to the wolves who are binding themselves together.
The female usually is dressed nice, with makeup and hair done, the male in nice dress pants and shoes. It’s as if this is just thrown together half assed.
Cash is pulling on her hands as she screams for him to stop. He keeps at it until the last of her fingertip hold is broken on the wood. He lifts her up against him as her feet kick at his most delicate places.
“Stop.” It’s all he says as he pinches her ear hard. She stills with the pain. It’s not meant to cause damage, just subdue with great pressure to the nerve ending. It’s a very humane way to show dominance.
