blessed as to have an Omega as a mate. Like all males, they were possessive, but they weren’t nearly as bad as Betas or Alphas. I eyed my mate wondering what he was exactly. He had the dominance of an Alpha or Beta. I could feel his power from where I was sitting. It rivaled Griffin’s.
My eyes shifted to the little gang he had with him. There was one other dark haired wolf, he looked the oldest out of them all. He had brown eyes that looked tired. He looked in his mid-thirties which, I didn’t even want to guess how old he was in wolf years. He watched me closely, as I watched him. He stood up and stuck out his hand for me to shake. I moved forward, taking it in mine. He brought my hand up to his nose and smelled. It wasn’t uncommon for a wolf to do this. In fact I would have been more shocked if he didn’t. When meeting another pack member for the first time they always try to scent the other.
I swallowed hard realizing exactly what this meant. I tried to tamp down my fear not wanting him to catch that offense stink.
“Hello, I’m Jude. These two are Jameson and Billy.” He nodded to the others.
The other two looked almost like twins. They might be. They both had sun-kissed light blonde hair, one had hair cut close to his scalp, and the other’s hair was grown out past his ears. The one with short hair had blue eyes and the one with longer hair had light brown eyes that almost looked golden. Both had strong features, much like growly voice.
“Back off,” Griffin snapped.
I elbowed him discreetly. This was our home, and he had every right to be dominant. It still didn’t help my stress level thinking a fight might break out at any moment.
“Colette.”
I turned to see Nick coming in from the back door. My lips twitched, but exhaustion was wearing me down. When I had woken up it was like adrenaline rushing through me, giving me an extra burst of energy for only a bit. I was glad to see him entering the scene. His presence as an Omega might calm the rising tensions. Though he and Liam usually were always together. And while the thought of more of my pack being in a room overwhelmed by unknown wolves was comforting, Liam had the dominance of a Beta. He would only add to the tension.
But just thinking about him apparently made him appear. I considered moving to give them both hugs. Instead I couldn’t forget that I had my mate in the room. One who was definitely not from our pack. Nick took in the room as well and nodded as if he understood.
Nick moved to the fridge, and was rummaging through there. I was jealous. I wanted to escape this testosterone storm. Liam went to stand with Griffin. Nick squeezed between Griffin and I, handing me water.
Yellow Eyes let out another vicious snarl. Nick put up his hands and took a step back.
“Just trying to help our girl.”
“Not yours,” Growly voice took a deeper, more gravelly tone.
I looked back at him and his eyes were slightly aglow. I realized we were dealing with nearly a full wolf now. I squirmed, trying to get out of his firm hold.
I could feel blood throbbing in his powerful muscles. His power was heady and cloying. It pushed me and my pack mates to submit. Nick did the respectful submission, he lowered his eyes but he didn’t expose his neck. That was meant for only our Alpha or Beta. Griffin and Liam did no such thing.
My gaze wandered to the other wolves in the room who were also showing respect to their pack mate with lowered eyes and slightly exposed necks. It was the smart thing to do.
Instead of following suit as I should have, I did something incredibly stupid. I turned so I faced Yellow Eyes. My hands brushed against his scruff. When our skin touched it was such a familiar yet also entirely new feeling. My eyelids slid shut as I basked in the comfort of his skin under mine. A sweet calm flowed over me, it was like waking up from a deep, restful sleep.
Someone cleared their throat.
I swallowed hard and pulled away refusing to look at Yellow Eyes. I snatched the water up and chugged it, willing myself to ignore the tingling in my hands.
Water didn’t help my raging