Behind The Alpha Book 2 WES

THEA

“We need units out there now!” Wes stands behind his brother as the Alphas gather around the council table.

Bastian stands at the podium at the front of the room. He holds a hand up to Wes. “Ok, first, calm down. Second, we need more information.”

“Like what? It’s a Shapeshifter, Bastian. What more do you need to know?” Wes crosses his arms and glares at him.

I stand in the Beta room and chew my nail as I internally fight myself. I should tell them all what I know, but I can’t do that without telling Wes my secret and I don’t want to do that. He’d hate me forever. It would break his heart.

Bastian nods. “Wes, we have no idea what it is exactly. How to kill it or even how to capture it for that matter. We don’t even know how to find it.”

Luke leans on the table. “I got the assholes scent. We can totally hunt it down, but the six of us couldn’t even scratch it. Its healing is way better than ours.”

Wes leans on the table and points to Bastian. “You get Zander on the phone and you tell him to bring his shifter here. Nala. You get her here and have her tell us how to kill it.”

River leans back in his chair and taps the end of his pen on the table top. “Whatever it is, it’s skilled. The forest was killed by a prehistoric virus. Hasn’t been seen since the cretaceous period. Fast, deadly and effective. It’s practically perfect.” He looks around.

Jayson holds up his hand and leans past Luke. “Wait. Are you saying this guy shifted to a fucking virus?”

“It’s looks like it.” River says. “It’s the only thing that explains how controlled the infected area was, the virus itself and the fact that there was very little of the virus present by the time we got there. He controlled all of it.”

“So, he can make us sick if he wants?” Luke throws his brows up.

River shakes his head. “I don’t think so. From what we know of shape shifters, they choose their bodies carefully. Throwing himself into one of us with our healing would be a waste of energy to him. He probably turn into a dinosaur before a virus.”

“I hate dinosaurs.” Lucius grumbles. His face shows complete irritation.

“Me too, buddy.” Luke nods in agreement.

Wren leans forward. “Ok. So what do we do.”

I listen and twist my fingers together. “You stay here.”

They all turn to me and I heat in embarrassment. I feel I should keep quiet, but I should at least warn them to stay.

Wes walks around the table. “Thea. What do you know? The other shifter…um…Jesse. He said he knew you. He said you were in danger.” He talked softly and rubbed my arms.

I have to choose my words carefully…and lie some more.

“I don’t know, Jesse. I don’t know this person, but I do feel that he won’t attack us if we stay here and don’t venture away from the unit. I feel like…if he was going to attack, he would have already.” I look past Wes to the council.

Bastian leans an elbow on the podium. “I see your point, but there’s 3000 people here. People who have families off base who they only see two days a week. We can’t just cut them off.”

I push past Wes. “Not forever. Just until you capture him. A small group. One that can’t be tricked by him. If he can shift to one of you, he can get in here and get Wes.” I hold Wes' hand and my scared eyes meet his.

I’m terrified Artemis will infiltrate the unit and kill Wes. Me too, for that matter.

“There has to be a way to screen people off and on base.” Grey supplies.

Bastian nods. “Ok. We need a weakness. I’ll call Zander. Meeting adjourned until he can get here.”

The Alphas all stand to leave.

I look to Wes. “I’m scared.” I wrap my arms around myself.

He wraps his arms around me. “I won’t let him touch you. I just wish I knew what they wanted from us.” He mumbles on my head.

I wrap my arms around his waist. I have funny, scared feelings in my stomach. They’re fear based, but not toward Artemis or Jesse. It’s about dragging Wes into my world. This isn’t what I wanted.

I have to protect them. All of them. I need them all to stay on the base and not pursue Artemis further. I’m confident he won’t attack if everyone just stays put.

I’ll take care of it tonight. This is the only way I can do it.

****

Wes stayed with me in my room. He didn’t want to leave me alone. It was so sweet of him. It was also perfect to execute my plan.

I was woken by loud howling outside. I’m surprised no one else is hearing this.

I rise out of bed and the room is deep red. Curious, I look out the window. The moon is almost the color of blood. I’ve never seen a red moon before. I look to the forest and see a bunch of wolves run into the trees from the unit.

Darn it. I’ll have to get them when they come back.

I stand on the floor and close my eyes. My white sparkles shine and I turn to my original form.

Wes will be first.

I lean to his ear. “Forget Artemis. Stay at the unit.” I whisper in an airy tone. My sparkles leave my lips and travel to his ear. My message will cover his mind and he’ll have no desire to leave the unit.

Once done, I walk to the door, cloak myself and leave the room.

I worked through the night. Room to room. Ear to ear. I told them all to forget about Artemis and stay here. By the time the moon passed and began to fade, the wolves who left came back. I got them too.

When I was finished, I slipped back in beside Wes. He wrapped his arm around me and drifted back off to sleep. I laid awake until sun up.

He woke up and kissed my neck. He held me close. “Good morning, sexy.” He says in a deep, seductive voice.

I fake a smile and the feeling in my belly feels worse now. Tricking Wes was something I didn’t want to do, but had to, to keep him safe.

“Good morning.” I roll to my back. The twin bed is a little small, but I’m so tiny, I don’t take up that much room.

He gently kisses my lips. He’s rolls on top of me as he deepens the kiss with a growl.

I break it and push him back. “Don’t we have training to do?”

“Yes, but I’m feeling so hot for you right now, I could eat you whole.” He bites my neck and kisses it, like he won’t ever have me again.

He presses his hardness on my leg and he moans on my neck. “God, I want you so bad.” He growls darkly.

He kisses me all over and pushes my legs apart.

I giggle. “What’s gotten into you?”

“I just need inside you now." He nibbles my lower lip as his hand slips into the leg of my sleep shorts.

He finds my slit and rubs it hard.

The pleasure of it races through my blood. “Oh my god!!” I moan loud on his lips as his fingers assault my pussy.

He smirks. “Yeah. My little flower wants it bad too, doesn’t she.” He looks at me with insatiably hungry eyes.

“Yes, but…” He inserts his fingers and rubs my clit hard. “…Yes…Wes…”

He pumps his fingers faster and I feel my climax soar. I don’t know what’s happening, but this feels way more intense than the first time. He needs this. His feelings are pure animal. I don’t know how else to describe it. It doesn’t really feel like Wes, but it’s not something I want to stop.

He sits up. “Flip over, baby.”

I do as he says and roll over in my stomach. He practically rips my shorts off. I let out a little yelp.

He rubs my cheeks. “Fuck, yes…” He growls.

He positions himself and shoves his harder than stone dick into my entrance. I grip the pillow and scream into it. Holy crap!

He thrusts hard off the start. He’s grunting, growling and gripping my cheeks like he’s holding on for dear life.

His hips pound my but harder and harder.

“Yes…Fuck…Thea…your pussys so tight…” He clenches as he bares down.

“YES…GOD, YESSSSS!” My knuckles are white as I strangle the pillow.

He leans down, moves my hair and bites my shoulder. He fists my hair and pulls it as he claims me. His chest vibrates on my back with every long, thick stroke.

My cheeks are hot and I’m sure, beat red, as his assault on my pussy gets more intense.

“WES, YESSSS!”

“Come for me, baby. Give it me me…” He grunts in my ear.

His dick speeds up and my orgasm peaks. His words push it over the edge and my body locks up. My pussy tightens and my climax explodes all over him.

“Yes, Thea…Goddamn…So good…” He nips my neck and ear.

He sits up and holds my waist to the bed. He hits me harder with his hips and his fingers dig into my sides.

I can barely breathe as I scream into the mattress. My pussy throbs relentlessly as his pounding makes me come again.

“YES…THEA!!”

I feel him swell as he shoves his growing dick into me harder and deeper.

“…I’m coming, baby…So fucking good…” He grits his teeth and slams his release into me.

I scream even louder as his warm come is pushed into me.

I may not understand where the sweet, gentle Wes went, but I can live with this one too. Holy shoot!!

He slows down and kisses my back. He rolls off with a giant smile. I flop on my stomach with almost the same smile.

He fixes my hair as he pants to catch his breath. His sweat kissed skin shimmers in the sunlight coming through my window. “Hope I wasn’t too rough.”

I lay on the pillow. “No. I liked it. I just never knew you had that kind of energy.”

“I usually don’t. I don’t know where it came from, but I felt the need to do you like there was no tomorrow.” He growls and playfully bites at my neck making me laugh.

I shrug. “Maybe it has something to do with the red moon last night.”

“Wait. What?” He pulls back and blinks at me.

I loft my head and lean on my hand. “The moon was red last night.”

“Shit!” In a hurried flash, he hopped over me and out of bed.

“Wes, what is it?” I turn to him.

“A fucking blood moon. I need to see Bastian.” He says as he throws his track pants on and pulls his shirt over his head.

“What’s a blood moon?” I sit up and rest my arms on my knees.

He straightened his shirt and put on his socks and shoes. “A fucked up moon that shouldn’t happen now. My dad talked about it all the time. It’s why guys like Draco Torrent could turn people without killing them. He was born under a blood moon. They're only supposed to happen every 1000 years so. One showing up in just over 50 years is really fucking creepy and weird. There’s going to be all kinds of weird shit going on until the blue moon shows up. So I need to find Grey and get everyone accounted for. The males are going to be crazy right now.” He sits on my bed as fear starts to creep in. I had no idea about the power of this moon.

I get out of bed and find some clothes. “I’ll come with you.” I mumble. This sounds extremely serious and concerning. I need to learn more.

As we leave and walk down the halls, the sounds of people mating came from almost every room. “What does this moon do exactly?”

“It’s in formally called mating season. The way we get around having to birth ourselves for population. It’s a period of time where everyone is fertile, not just your mates. Mate bonds don’t matter either. Everyone is on the market. If you mate with someone in this time there’s a good chance they’re going to get…” He stops.

I turn and he’s just staring into space. “Wes?”

He slowly meets my eyes. His brows go up and swallows. “I finished inside you.” He looked like he was going to be sick.

I turn my head slightly. “So?”

“So, under a blood moon, there’s a good chance for…” I watch the color leave his face.

“For what?” I furrow my brow.

“For a…”

“HEY, MOTHERFUCKER! SHE’S MINE!”

We spin around as a guy is tossed down a hallway. Another man runs and stops. He looks at us then down the hall where he threw the guy. “Don’t run from me, asshole!” He takes off.

I look to Wes wide eyed.

“Oh fuck.” He mutters. “It’s started.”