NERO
Before I wake the next morning, I know that my body is sore from sleeping on Bailey’s back deck. That’s the only bad thing, at least I was enveloped in her scent and was able to be close to help soothe her during the night. I’m craving the day when I can sleep beside Bailey.
Still in my wolf form, I stretch to try and work out the kinks from the night. I haven’t slept as wolf in a long while and it’s not something I particularly like anymore. I used to do it all the time as a young wolf.
I reach out to check in on Bailey, she’s still asleep and seems quite peaceful. It seems me being close has settled her wolf for the time being. Now that I know she’s ok, I run home, and it feels so good on my sore limbs. I leap and jump over fallen tree trunks and it helps to stetch me out. I’m almost gutted when I reach my home.
I have a different entrance to most people’s homes. It’s a little like porch but made from brick. It’s a large shelter around the front door, so in situations like this, when I, standing naked walking into my house, I have some sort of privacy. As werewolves, we’re naked around each other a lot, sometimes you don’t even think about it but it’s nice to have some shield when it comes to my home. It’s known that when I’m home, I want my privacy and to be alone unless it’s an emergency.
So right now, switching from wolf to human, nobody can see me naked as I walk through my front door. I’m in my own head and I don’t really want to be around others right now. I’m thinking everything through with how to break it to Bailey. I need to tell her who she really is so she can get over the shock and learn how to be her true self.
I head straight to the shower, wanting to freshen myself up after sleeping outside all night. Flashbacks from my shared dream with Bailey come to mind and my cock rises, but I don’t have time for that. I need to get cleaned up and then find Rosa. I know that she met with the elders yesterday and I want to know if they spoke about Bailey. I’m the Alpha of this pack but the elders are like a council to make sure that I’m doing a good job and that the surrounding packs are all at peace. I don’t take part in these meetings, and I wont until I retire as ex Alpha. Some Alpha’s pass the role down to their sons or choose a successor or they die, and another takes over.
My dad retired after my mother died. He couldn’t handle life without her and now runs around in his wolf form. He checks in from time to time, but I usually have no clue where he is. Steph tries to track him and work out where he would roughly be, but I gave up on that.
Rosa is an elder as she is the child of an Alpha, my grandpa and Steph will take over when Rosa can no longer do it. I want to know what was said and her advice on what happened last night. She’s close with Bailey and wants what is best as much as I do. The whole pack wants Bailey to jump into the role as the Alpha female, they can all feel the pull of her now she’s here and they know she’s the one to rule beside me. All pack members feel it in their blood but also, so will other wolves from other packs. That’s what scares me. Bailey doesn’t know that there are wolves out there who want revenge on me and my pack. She can be used to hurt me and wouldn’t know what was coming to her. Bailey needs to train and learn to protect herself.
I get out the shower and quickly get dressed so I can chase Rosa down before she starts her day at the clinic. Bailey won’t be there because I checked the weeks rota and saw that she has the weekend off.
I hope she’s still sleeping peacefully. We did have an eventful night. Even in her dreams it will tire her out.
As I’m leaving my house, I quickly call Rosa to make sure that she’s at the clinic. I don’t want to drive there only to find out that she was home.
As soon as she answers I jump in, not giving her the option to talk. “Where are you?”
“At the clinic, Nero are you ok?” She asks worriedly.
“I’ll tell you when I get there.” I get into my car and turn the key. “In the pack room.”
The pack room is a private room at the clinic. It’s for the emergency care of our pack members. We can access it through the back so we don’t have to go through the main entrance of the clinic and scare away Rosa’s clients.
Rosa, Steph and Clara are Vets, they’ve saved us a few times here and there. We can have injuries from rival packs when they want to simply pick trouble or when our training sessions get a little intense. Single members often get into fights over a girl, so it’s always handy to have the three women help us out. It’s a whole lot easier than visiting a regular doctor because there’s some things that can’t be explained.
As soon as I arrive, I’m jumping from the car and running around the back. Rosa is waiting for me as I walk through the door sitting on one of the sofas in the corner. She stands as I enter.
“What’s happened?” Rosa asks desperately. The last she heard from me, I had asked Bailey out for dinner. She’s not heard from either of us since then. “Did the date not go well?”
I shake my head with a slight smile. “No, the date was better I thought it would be.”
“Ok.” Rosa seems confused.
“We got a little close but she came down with another bad headache but I’m pretty sure this has been the worse one.”
“How close?” She asks.
This is a little odd talking about this shit with Rosa, but I need her help in this. I’m going to propose something, and I want Rosa’s agreement with what I’m going to do.
“We were going to kiss.”
Rosa nods, now understanding the situation. “It’s hard because as fated, you’re naturally going to gravitate towards one another but that means Bailey experiences pain because she isn’t letting her wolf free and that’s because she doesn’t know she’s a werewolf.”
I nod, yeah it’s pretty fucked up.
Silence falls as we’re both in our own thoughts when I then notice the smell of blood and bleach. My wolf winces from the bleach stench. “What happened here?” I ask Rosa, I recognise the blood as some of the younger pack members.
“Oh,” she rolls her eyes. “There was a clash between some of our young ones and the Midnights.”
I internally growl in frustration. The Midnight Pack are one of our neighbouring packs and we don’t get along. You could say we hate them, and they most likely feel the same about us. They’re a brooding pack who haven’t got many females so they go around poaching she wolves that aren’t in their pack or even claim a bunch of humans and have half-bloods.
Half werewolves aren’t frowned on because it does happen, our pack has a few half-blood females, but you never know what their abilities are going to be.
It’s also not rare that members from different packs become mates also. Bailey has to be from a different pack, but the way the Midnights go around is wrong. They groom the young she wolves and then you never see them again.
“Why was I not told?”
“Archer didn’t want to bother you over nothing, seeing as you were with Bailey.” Rosa simply explains which was the right think for my Beta to do. I wouldn’t have been happy if my night was interrupted. “Back to Bailey, I know what you’re going to propose.” Rosa adds.
“You spoke to the elders about it didn’t you.” I know that she had a meeting yesterday with them.
Rosa nods. “We’re all worried about the situation and I told them what you wanted to do from the beginning and although it seems a little harsh on Bailey, we agreed that it might have to happen.”
“So now that they’ve seen for themselves how much of a danger she is to herself, they’ve finally agreed I’m right?” I shake my head in frustration. “Whether or not the elders agree, I’m doing it my way from now on.”
“Nero.” Rosa begins to warn and being to pace around the room.
“No, I’m not waiting any longer. I’m doing it the way I’ve wanted to handle this from the start.”
“Today?” Rosa asks.
“Soon. “ I nod. “I’m going to bring her to my place and keep her there.”
“She’s not going to like it.” She warns.
“I know, she’ll probably hate me.”
“And be scared.” I nod along with Rosa.
“But it has to be done.” I can’t see any other way.
Rosa breathes a long and heavy sigh. “Operation kidnap Bailey begins.”