Alpha's Mate (7 page)

Cami looked at Jaden through her lashes shyly, and then turned to Quin. “Fine, we got her home and settled. Her mom was calling the counselor to come and talk to her.

Gosh, you have one of everything in this Pack don"t you?”

“No, but what we do not have, I will get. Ruby will need us all in the next few weeks. So, how about dinner before the meeting?” He said looking at his friend who was staring at his woman as if she was dinner. “Dude?” He growled.

Jaden seemed to shake off whatever was bothering him and opened his mouth and said,

“We have a little situation guys.”

“Really?” Quin frowned and looked at Cami. “Whatever you have to say, you can say in front of Cami. She is Alpha of this Pack too.”

“Well bro, I do not know how to break this to you, but Cami is also my mate. The spirits must be laughing right now.” Jaden said, and pushed a hand through his hair and waited. He had not seen his friend in ten years. He comes here to help, and finds his mate too. What the hell was going on? She was already with Quin, and he would never do anything to hurt him.

“Huh?” Cami said, and leaned in closer to Quin.

“Impossible.” Quin said, and pulled her closer.

Grace came into the room, looked at both men, and smiled. “Jaden, you just get in?

What?”

“We need a few, Grace.” Quin said, and never took his eyes off his friend who was staring at Cami.

“I think I will be needed for this. Your parents both called me a few minutes ago. Cami dear, why don"t you come sit down with me.” She said, and held out her arm for the woman.

“Sure, I think I may have stepped into another reality. Werewolves, fine, I got that, it took me awhile. But, two men? I do not think so.” Cami said, and dropped to the couch when her legs would not hold her anymore.

“Boys, if you please.” She said pointing at the couch across from the women. “I think I may be able to shed some light on the situation. The Council contacted your parents a few months ago. They thought that sending Jaden to the U.S. would be prudent, considering the attacks had all but stopped except for in Denver. They felt there was something going on, and Quin you would need help. They also asked that you not be told, Quin. The Seer of the Council had a dream. She said that events that happened here were meant to be. You will be an Alpha Triad in order to have the strength for what is to come. She does not know exactly what is coming, she just knows that it is not good, and it will be soon. You have to deal with this now, so you can help the others prepare.” Quin sat, listened, and then grinned. It was not a mistake, it was the way it was supposed to be, and it felt right, that he would share a mate with his best friend. Now, how the hell was he going to convince Cami of it?

“Whoa, three people in a relationship! What are you talking about? I need to get a clue here with what I am dealing with. Are you saying I am going to have two boyfriends? At once? You are crazy; I can barely keep one man happy.” Cami said with a hint of panic in her voice.

“Baby, you do not have to keep us happy. That is our job, we keep you happy.” Jaden said to her.

“I do not even know your name, why would you want to keep me happy?” She giggled in panic.

“My name is Jaden. I am Quin"s childhood friend. We grew up in France together, and I clearly was sent to you and Quin to complete this Alpha Triad. No, you don"t know me, but everything that Quin has told you goes double for me. I will protect you and keep you happy.” Jaden said smoothly.

Quin stood, and came to sit next to her. He took her hands in his and looked her in the eye. “I know this is nothing you bargained for, and you have a lot of questions. I guess the best way to think about it is that Jaden and I will both be your mates. Together we will run the Pack, and we together will keep you happy. You already took the step to be with me, or you would never have come to the doctor"s place to help.”

“Well yeah, but now you want me to be with two of you, I mean sex and all.” She whispered trying to wrap her mind around the fact that two virtual strangers were asking her to mate with both of them, and they were doing it in front of an old woman.

What is wrong with this picture? She had to be dreaming.

“I need space.” She said, stood, and walked back into the master bedroom that had become her place to think.

Grace stood up and smiled at the pair of men. “Don"t let her think for too long. This is a whopper. Dinner is in the fridge when you are ready.”

“Shit,” Quin swore, and leaned back against the couch.

“Yeah.” Jaden said, and stood. “Let me try to talk to her.”

“Go for it.” Quin replied, and stayed where he was.

Jaden walked down the hallway, and knocked gently on the door. He looked around and smiled, his place in France was decorated in the same colors. Quin and he had always had the same taste in everything, including women. Though they had never shared one woman before, Jaden had a feeling they were going to have to learn.

“Baby, can I talk to you for a minute?” He said and pushed open the door.

Cami was standing in front of the big wall of windows looking out over the city.

Not turning, she said quietly. “You know, when I woke up three days ago, I was happy as a clam. My life was going along as planned, and everything was normal. In the span of forty eight hours, I find out mythical creatures are real, and I am supposed to assume an important role that I have no idea what it entails. Fine, go with the flow. Grace told me what would happen if I refuse you. I figured, finally, I would have a relationship where the man could not cheat on me, and he would never get sick of me. At least that is what Grace says. You know it is kind of a heady feeling, that I have that much control over Quin. I did not want to be the one who destroyed another person, just because I could not have an open mind. So it was not moonlight and roses, still nothing I have ever done has been normal, why start now, but two men? That one is going to be a little hard to accept.” She whispered.

Jaden came and stood behind her and rubbed her arms. She leaned against him instinctively, and sighed. She felt the same pull for this man as she did for Quin. How was that possible? This had to be some kind of mind fuck.

“Baby, I have no clue why things happen. I only know that I can feel the pull to you and Quin. It feels right. I don"t know what the future holds, or what we are supposed to do.

As far as I know, Alpha Triads are rare. They picked us all for a reason. Right now though, all I can think about is kissing you.” Jaden said, and turned her around.

Cami looked up in the face of the man who was supposed to be her mate, and smiled.

She wanted to kiss him too. Cami reached up, pulled his head down to meet hers, and almost came from the feeling of touching his lips.

The kiss started sweet, and gentle, and then Jaden pulled her closer and deepened the kiss. He explored her mouth with his tongue. It felt just as good as when she kissed Quin. She did not feel guilty, like she thought she would have, instead it felt right.

Jaden pulled back and smiled at her. “I want to learn everything about you. I wish we could shut ourselves in this room for the next week. Unfortunately, we have a meeting in less than a few hours; we have some things to discuss. Such as, what your favorite color is. I have never slept with someone without knowing their favorite color.” Cami giggled and leaned into him and put her head on his chest. What the hell was she doing?

“Let's go eat.” Jaden said, pulling her back with him towards the living room.

Quin was still sitting in the same place on the couch, and she went and sat next to him.

She leaned in and kissed him gently on the lips. “Sorry, had to freak out for a minute.”

“Sweetie, I would be worried if you were not freaked out.” Quin said, and looked at her and then to Jaden. “We good?”

“Well, if you are talking about the fact that some strange outside mystic source has decided that I am going to mate with two totally gorgeous men. And obviously, I really do not have any choice in the matter, and oh yeah, by the way, both of the men are wolves. Then yes, we are good.” Cami said and smiled at the men.

“Wow, that makes it sounds really shitty.” Jaden said, and reached up with a hand and rubbed his neck.

“Yeah, well if I get a little pissy and hormonal, then you know why.” Cami said. “Let"s eat.”

Quin shook his head, stood up, and pulled Cami with him as he walked to the kitchen.

Cami shooed him out of the way, and pulled three plates from the fridge. She set the plates on the table, and then pulled a bottle of wine from the wine cooler and pushed it toward Quin, who opened it and poured three glasses.

They sat and ate, making small talk about what they were planning to do at the meeting.

Quin explained the new rules, and talked with Jaden about the security he wanted installed in all the Pack businesses, and buildings. During dinner, Cami took the opportunity to stare at the men.

She shifted uncomfortably, when she started thinking about what it would be like to be with both of them at the same time. Quin smiled at Jaden because they could smell her arousal.

“Baby, you have to stop that or we will never make it to the meeting.” Jaden grinned.

“What?” She said frowning at the men. Crap, could they read her mind too?

“You are getting aroused baby, we can smell it.” Quin said leering at her.

“WHAT?!” She screeched and jumped up.

“Don"t be embarrassed. I just don"t want the rest of the Pack knowing we left you high and dry, unless you want us to take care of you before the meeting?” Jaden said innocently.

“NO! What do you mean you can smell me?” She cried.

“Wolves have a keen sense of smell and hearing, doll. I could smell you a mile away.” Quin said.

“Gross, well knock it off. No sniffing. That is my new rule.” She huffed.

“Yeah, that is going to stop us.” Jaden drawled.

Cami stomped out of the room and went directly to the bedroom where she quickly showered, and then dressed for the meeting. She refused to sit in a room full of wolves who knew she wanted nothing more than to have the two Alpha rip her clothes off and fuck her.

When she emerged in the living area, both men were waiting and smirking. They looked at her and laughed, when they realized she had put on a lot of perfume just in case. Well tough shit, she thought, and stood by the door.

Together they went to announce that they were the new Alphas and the new rules.

Chapter 4

The meeting went very well. All the Pack agreed with the new security, they were worried about the females and the children of the Pack. Quin explained Cami would be opening her bookstore in the next few weeks, and they needed people to help with getting the store ready.

When the time came to introduce the new Pack Alphas, Cami started to get worried. She had never actually cared what other people thought about her, but it seemed important that they accept her. She wanted a place to feel like she belonged.

“Now, to the announcement, I am sure some of you may have heard about this by now.

Cami is my mate. There is another little surprise though, that none of you do know.

Today my best friend, Jaden, came to the Pack to help us with our situation; we discovered that he was destined to be the other Alpha of our Pack.” Quin said, and there was a gasp of surprise that echoed throughout the room. Quin held up his hand to get their attention again.

“Many of you know Jaden. The Seer from the Council had told us that he and Cami are my mates, and thus they are the Alphas of the Pack. I don"t have to tell you how special this is for an Alpha Triad, but it will make our Pack strong.” Quin continued.

Cami's hands began to shake with nervousness as she tried to gauge the feeling of the people in the Pack. Finally, someone started to clap, and soon the room was filled with cheers and well wishes. Cami let out the breath she had been holding and smiled at the people she could now call family.

The night turned from being so stressful, to an all out celebration. Cami became very aware as the night wore on, that her men were starting to stalk her. When she would move one way, they would move at the same time, until after a few minutes they were all side by side with Cami in the middle. She laughed at something a young female wolf was saying, and she felt first Quin's hand and then Jaden"s hand on her back.

She shifted a little, because even their touch was enough to send her up into flames.

Every moment that passed, made her want to run to the bedroom and see if her mates followed. She knew it would be in poor taste, but her body was beginning to ache for them to touch her. This was a crazy feeling to have, especially in a room full of people, but she could not help herself.

She turned and watched as Jaden spoke to one of the male Pack members. She watched his lips moved, and thought about how they would feel against her skin. Her panties started to get damp again, and she groaned. Thank goodness, she had put on the extra perfume.

Then, she looked at Quin speaking to a group of women, who were anxious to help in the bookstore, and she smiled when he directed them to talk to her. She watched his eyes roam her body, and settle on her chest and grinned. He was thinking the same thing she was. How soon could they get back to their apartment and get their clothes off?

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the room began to clear. Quin said goodbye to the last wolf, and then turned to smile at her and Jaden. “Shall we?” He asked.

“Hell yeah!” Jaden muttered, and grabbed Cami's hand pulling her behind him. The same thing happened to him, happened to Quin. He was too tall and Cami's legs could not move as quickly as he wanted, so he stopped and swung her up into his arms, and strode to the elevator. Cami giggled and cuddled in his arms.

They made it to the apartment in seconds, and Jaden stopped long enough to grab something off the table and stalked into the master bedroom.

He set Cami down on the bed and stepped back. Quin had come up beside him, and Cami drank in the sight of the two men standing side by side. They were perfection, and all hers.