5 Puppies For The Alpha
Chapter 58

Dante seemed to smell his partner’s discomfort as he took him by the hand and squeezed the slender fingers gently. Next to him appeared his father, who with a smile began to remove his shirt. The rest of the pack copied him and then all became wolves.

Lukyan stared at Kaiser for a few seconds. It seemed that he had taken most of his attributes from his mother, for while Dante was a black wolf, his father’s fur ranged from copper to brown. Mind you, his stature was above average by far, even Dante’s, and the canine muscles were detailed above the shaggy coat.

-The omega’s voice came out hesitant, to tell the truth and though he felt his body was practically recovered he wasn’t sure if he was going to transform yet, it had been a long time since he had tried it, discounting when he had lost control. His muscles had roared silently for days from the effects of the hasty transformation.

He knew he should have practised to get used to the change again, but with all the unfinished business he hadn’t had much time. Doing it now, in front of the whole pack put him in a tricky position, especially since he didn’t know if he would be able to run.

Hade’s hand went around his waist and pulled him in, kissing his temple.

-Relax, despite the protocol, I’ve been able to take a few powers,” she smiled, looking at him tenderly, “You don’t need to force yourself, I spoke with my father so that he would be the one to lead tonight’s run, I excused your condition and no one on the Council was against you skipping this part too,” she paused for a moment and growled under her breath, “Lucian this time, he was quite cooperative.

Lukyan listed the steps he had skipped from the strict ceremony and smiled slightly. What tricks had her current husband played to be able to evade so many steps?

Current husband.

The words echoed in her mind for the moment and her whole body tensed. Memories of when he was united with Sylas assaulted him. And now what was to come? To bewitch him and then use him?

He swallowed dryly. Dante had been wonderful so far, but with Sylas he’d done the same and look where he’d ended up. His thoughts caused his previously trapped fears to suddenly assail him, making him pale and staggering. If it wasn’t for the alpha’s arm he could have sworn he would have collapsed.

Dante frowned slightly.

-Father,” he called softly to the copper wolf, and with a howl the wolf caught the attention of now an all wolf pack.

It leapt up and across the carpet and began to run, soon after the rest joined them and gradually disappeared until the room was deserted. Falco and Bastian were close behind the Lukyan children while Dmitri kept to the rear.

-Mother,” he turned to the elegant she-wolf who tilted her head to one side.

-I’ll take care of the rest, you can take him.

Dante gave a slight bow of his head. His mother was what came after strict, being the former commander of the pack during the fighting and reunification stage, and before she became queen when she married his father. She herself was the one who had trained him to be a good alpha, being older than him by a considerable number of years.

Time had not softened her, and she maintained a straight, sterner profile than Lukyan. But there was one thing Dante could never fault her for, even though she rarely broke her cold, calculating expression. She was the most loving and protective she-wolf he knew. He couldn’t count how many times she kissed him or his brother and they ran together when their father was at work.

Nor could he understand how someone as serious as she was could be compatible with his father, who, behind that alpha façade, could replace a wolf who had spoiled both him and Mitya. Beyond the unimaginable, ending up being punished, all three of them, by his wife.

-Thank you, Mother,” he smiled at her and turned to Lukyan, leaning down and wrapping his arm around her thighs, carrying him.

She felt him stir and his scent grew thick.

-Calm down, precious,” she kissed his forehead and waited for him to calm down a little, “I’m not going to hurt you.

Having him in that state, where the strong wolf he was used to faded away and left a helpless wolfling who had suffered for so many years, alone, affected him more than he had imagined. Lukyan, after all, hadn’t shown any serious problems, besides health, after coming out of that confinement. And it wasn’t that he didn’t have them. It was just that he was hiding them, and now they were coming out in fear of him. That was a direct blow to his pride as a male and a wolf.

He walked into the deserted manor to his room. They had all gone running around their grounds. Something he was supposed to do with his queen, but for this time they would overlook it until Lukyan was ready.

He opened the door and entered his room sitting on the edge of the bed with the wolf on his lap. His breathing was ragged and he trembled softly, though steadily. He took a sigh and uttered the words he knew would be the hardest in his entire life.

-You don’t have to force yourself to do this,” she nuzzled his head against her chest, tangling her fingers in the waves of his hair.

The omega’s scent gradually softened after he spoke, apparently his phrases had had an effect. There went any chance of bonding with him that night. To his surprise the younger body stopped shaking and he sat up, grabbing her broad shoulders and digging his nails in without hurting her.

-I’m fine,” his voice still wasn’t steady, but at least the pallor had subsided.

-Are you sure,” Dante touched his cheek lightly, “We can take it easy and when you’re ready we can do it,” he hated himself for torturing himself that way, for in the end his scent contrasted immensely with what his lips were saying.

Lukyan stood for a few seconds, still until she raised her arms and wrapped them around his neck burying her face. She hugged him tightly, breathing in his scent, as if to acknowledge that it was him and that her intentions were good. This wolf would not force him, not like his first time. This wolf made him feel safe, made him feel excited.

Dante waited until his body melted against his, and gently lifted him off his lap to lay him on the edge of the bed. He sat up and knelt between his legs only a few inches below him making it more comfortable for the omega to have access to any part of him.

-Lukyan, touch me, do it the way you want, the way you feel comfortable, know me, I won’t do anything you don’t ask me to do,” he said.

He looked at him and opening his legs she allowed him to come closer by placing herself between them. Still hesitating, he lowered his fingers to the first button of his shirt and opened one button after the other, revealing the edge of his chest and his defined abdomen. Hesitantly, for though he had had s*x, this would be his first time undressing a wolf and the idea made him somewhat shy.

He slid his fingers down Dante’s collarbone to his shoulders, taking his shirt with him as it fell down his arms and he pulled it off. Lukyan licked his lips. In the dim light of the few candles that had been set, the contrast with the moonlight filtering through the large windows and his recovered senses, he could only say that Dante looked not only beautiful but delicious.