5 Puppies For The Alpha
Chapter 62

To say he was worn out was an understatement. Lukyan felt like his body was more this way than that. It wasn’t that he was in pain. Every muscle in his body was so numb that the pain was barely perceptible. Still, there was a throbbing discomfort in the back of his neck that would not let him rest easy.

But annoying was perhaps not the right word. The sensation was… different. Besides, the warmth that caressed his skin was totally relaxing, aided by the massages to each of his limbs.

She opened her eyes slowly, albeit with difficulty. Her surroundings were not dark. The candlelight gave life to her surroundings and although it was daytime, the thick dark curtains did not let the light from outside through the small windows of the bathroom.

She was not surprised to replace herself in a bathtub with steaming water. Her husband’s large hands roamed her jelly body, arousing her nerves, as she held him against her chest. Feeling his breath against her ear felt pleasant. She couldn’t lie. Not much had changed between them other than their union and wedding consummation, but everything felt different.

Maybe it was because of their liaison, but her body was clamouring harder to be at her husband’s side. Touching him, kissing him, devouring him, it was something she had only faintly imagined before getting used to the idea of the future, but now that those feelings were materialising with such intensity instead of feeling uncomfortable, it seemed more right.

-You woke up beautiful,” Dante realised as soon as he opened his eyes due to the bond.

He was much older so everything was more intense for him. Knowing when he opened his eyes, sensing his emotions for the most part was second nature to him. Lukyan would have to grow at least 100 years older to know what he was thinking. For the time being he would have to continue to read him with his sense of smell as he did so far.

Lukyan after hearing the question just nodded his head and a sound from his throat. He was too tired to speak. He jerked his head to the side as soon as Dante lowered his to leave a k**s on his neck, close to the bite, as if they were in sync.

-I’m glad,” he smiled against her skin, “You’ve been sleeping for two days. You had me worried, I thought I’d been too rough.

The omega frowned slightly. Two days he had been sleeping and he was still like that. She turned her head slightly and spoke with effort, raising her hand to his cheek.

-You weren’t rough,” her voice came out husky and pasty, “You don’t have to worry, you were very good and you took care of me at all times. This is something I have to go through.

He took her hand and kissed the palm.

-Still, I wish you had been more comfortable. I promise to make it up to you.

Lukyan smiled slightly and settled further into his chest, he knew what she meant. He might have fallen asleep again, but for the fact that he pulled him out of the tub, dried him with a towel and put him in a large, comfortable nightgown. At all times he let him do what he wanted with him.

He had neither the strength nor the inclination to argue, and he would not deny that he liked to be so thoroughly pampered. Perhaps he could take advantage of that and make a habit of it. He was sure neither of them would mind.

Dante laid him back down on the bed where the sheets had been changed for thick, dark fur bedspreads. From the barely open windows of his new room he noticed that in the days he had been sleeping the weather had changed and it was beginning to snow outside. Now he understood the decor of the room.

Lukyan rolled in the soft fur and wrapped herself in it, sighing with contentment. Her husband didn’t go to bed, instead he dressed and left a k**s on her forehead.

-I’m going out to the study. I have some business to take care of and now that you’re well I must catch up on all the things I’ve put aside.

He nodded. As a former queen she knew all the responsibilities that came with the place and all those matters that often could not be ignored.

-My mother will be here in a few moments, I’ll tell her to bring you some food. You’ve just been through an intense time and you need to feed yourself,” Dante said as he walked towards the door and before leaving, he smiled at her.

His gaze reflected his discontent at having to leave and he didn’t blame him. His insides also tightened as he watched him leave and the feeling was totally new to him.

Fifteen minutes later the door opened and Aralia appeared with a tray in one hand. No matter the time, time or place, Lukyan felt that this she-wolf had the bearing of a queen. The she-wolf approached him and gave him a stern look, then sat down next to him and brushed his hair out of his face.

-It is good to see you awake so soon. My son nearly collapsed from nerves,” she began to arrange the items on the tray to offer them to the omega who sat up with difficulty on the bed and took them from the plate with hesitation.

The she-wolf was beautiful and all, but she was even more intimidating than her husband. Her face was even less expressive than his and her eyes seemed to search his soul.

-Are you uncomfortable with my presence?

Lukyan hastened to deny.

Aralia raised an eyebrow.

-I was Commander of the Pack Guard before I was queen, and I was raised for that position from almost days old, so I can be a bit rough around the edges when it comes to interaction,” she blurted out at first, “I hope you don’t mind.

Lukyan denied again, but this time he put aside the plate of food after having eaten a few small pieces of meat.

-I’ve already spoken to my new grandchildren and I have to say I’m pleased that my puppy has found someone like you, that is if we take out the part about your former husband,” yes, she was blunt and tactless with what she said, “Although I think the two younger males could use a little more discipline,” she said.

-Lukyan turned deadly serious and narrowed his eyes.

Aralia looked at him for a few long seconds and then smiled, breaking the hard mask on her face.

-I like that,” she bowed her head, “Keep that character always, don’t let them walk all over you, not even my son. Being on the receiving end in this day and age can be a little tricky, though not as tricky as it used to be.

Lukyan blinked. Was he testing him. Because if so, he seemed to have passed the test.

-He had read about the unification and restructuring of the packs, but he hadn’t been able to hear it from the mouth of someone who had been there.

-The smaller packs were at odds with the larger ones, and in the end it was the weaker wolves, in this case the pups and the females, especially the pregnant ones, who suffered. There were some turbulent years when even having pups was forbidden, it was said that there was no point in bringing more wolves into the world if there were enough problems with the existing ones- he realised that Lukyan was paying a lot of attention to him- It was in those moments that I got pregnant with my twins, it was an accident that I don’t regret, although in those times I felt like killing the father, believe me-.

Lukyan opened his eyes.

-What did you do?” the discomfort from before was beginning to fade.

-That’s a very long story. I’d have to start from the part where I met my current husband, that wolf cub many years younger than me, who at the time was the alpha candidate and ended up under my command to train him. Until our little big accident, and the creation of the Council Do you want to hear the whole thing? Your sons are out with Dmitri and Kaiser touring the herd grounds so we have time.

Lukyan nodded excitedly. Curiosity gnawed at his insides.

By the time Dante returned hours later, son-in-law and mother-in-law were both lying on his bed prattling on about a subject to which he was oblivious but whose name was mentioned from time to time.

That was not a good sign. Already having his mother on top of him was one thing.

Her husband, too… it was to cut his throat.