MARRIED TO THE THREE ALPHAS

mething we all knew would forge friendships and dampen strife. Tonight was no different. Through

the south and now occupied a substantial stretch of our southeastern domain, even branching into vicious Hawthorne territory further eastward. He estimated they were headed north and taking the long way around, maybe

desires. Land. Wealth. Strength in numbers. Social status and political ties in the human world. All that was reason enough to explain our influx of rivals, other packs pushing toward our new territory as my resort v

shelter and a mate to c

aved too-a mate

fated mates were supposed to, which meant I was stuck with these

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ugh the trees and underbrush in a standard V formation, Lucian at the rear tip, Soren and I spread to the left and right. Sniffing. Sneaking. Hunting. We had never cha

rry over to our human selves.

lost that rank, foul scent that tainted the inner caves, smelling like your usual natural spring all the way out here. The wolves, meanwhile, had that musky canine scent mixed with dirt and t

the shadows of the tree line. Others frolicked with the pups, fat and plump little ones who had thrived ove

r had nipp

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nes, be

were just three alpha males aggressively defending a massive stretch of land. We needed to

allenge us, no matter how

ld flock to our strength, and

s the e

rely off the s

ything I'd ever experienced between us, in fact. Probably saw them as fucking playmates. I huffed, pawing at the dirt briefly, hesit

e other side of the stream, eyeing us warily, hackles raised and tails low. Normally they'd charge strange wolves in th

izzlies, wolf in every way that mattered excep

maple. Only after the female turned and trotted into the woods did the male follow, silently urging the rest to follow. Pack babysitters-young males and fema

ves fluttering down and sprinkling the forest floor. A figure soared, taking on the shadows, swathed in them, expertly hi

it w

ge and unassuming-a wolf si

bond, all of us transfixed on the f

s later, hesitantly stro

in, practically neon the

male black bear, small

her pack, that..

with

al w

nd, but I barely felt it, the sensa

oses-but not overly sweet. A subdued floral that struck from every side,

nce her presence, to hog the spotlight or de

uti

omfort of sprawling on your back on a blanket of lush green grass, sometime in

with her, watching fluffy

r

t and the tips of her ears were also black, a rainbow of shades, and then her eyes. So fucking bright and

ed through

d, trickling along the fores

fem

ke roses. And

at the end of a dock, feet in the water, beer

stupor, every nerve on fire

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