Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 186

Carter

Clyde had come at me in a blind fury, Briar’s dominance rested within the well of our bond at my disposal but I would save that as a last resort. Somehow over the course of our experiments over the last few weeks my wolf had bulked up. Our guess was the combination of Briars blood and me playing with the dominance she had offered me had triggered the growth in my own dominance. To take Clyde out, the man who had gotten Jake killed and manipulated Mazzie and me into aiding his fucking psychopathic killing spree, I’d take any edge I could get if I needed it, but I wanted to do this myself if I could. Not to mention ,what he had allowed to be done to Briar's mother, and what would have happened to Briar had Creedon succeeded in his plan. I couldn’t fathom leaving Briar to my enemies, and she hadn’t left me to hers. It took a certain kind of dissociative madman to allow that. I’d be his judge and jury for that alone.

Clyde’s wolf was fast, cutthroat and irrational. I realized after our first collision. We were circling again when the logical part of me recognized what he had said earlier. Briar’s mom was his mate. That meant he let his mate die at the hands of his enemies. I bet that messed him up in the head. His ego had outwon his compassion. How had I not seen it before? That’s right, I was raised to put trust into my alpha…never again. I’d be the alpha, the only man I could blindly trust. He came at me, teeth and claws and I simply danced aside, one paw pushing his face away drawing his blood with my claws. I had to be careful here. A deranged wolf was unpredictable, he could take me at any moment if his wolf completely took over. Right now I was glaring into the eyes of intelligent madness. Chaos that needed to be put down. I could feel the dominance roll off him but I bolstered myself with my own, leaving my mates in the well between us.

My heartbeat thudded in my ears, as I watched the slight change from intelligence to feral mindlessness in the wolf before me, as he lunged forward I stepped aside again, sinking my fangs into his shoulder, missing his neck due to how quick he was. He turned on me, catching my shoulder and flesh tore as we pulled away from each other. I snarled, he snapped. We circled blood oozing from our wounds. That’s when Clyde’s eyes went wild and he launched at me forcing us to roll across the lawn as we fought each other off. My claws sank into his flesh, his teeth snapping at my neck. I dug deep expecting to pull from the well of Briar’s ascendance, however I found the well of my own seemed to have no bottom. How had I not known it had existed? Years of being told I was less than. I pushed the rushing thoughts aside to focus.

As Clyde’s wolf viciously tried to sink his teeth into me his claws digging into me as I fought him off clarity found me and I surged that superiority I had unearthed into being. I fainted right but rolled left and the bastard gave me an opening. My teeth sank into his jugular and I didn’t give him the opportunity to submit as I ripped his throat out. My massive jaws shook the flesh that tore away before I spat it out and turned on his lifeless form, ready to pounce if he stirred. He fell prone, lifeless. He was dead, one man’s end, the new beginning of our entire pack. I tilted my head back to the sky and my howl pierced through the night. My voice was echoed by the sounds of many as members of the pack shifted spontaneously joining the chorus. I stilled as her presence enveloped me as she approached. I looked at my beautiful mate as she approached me pulling the zipper of her glittering black dress down, it fell away from her body as she let her silver wolf wash over her. She let out a howl of her own and the echos of the pack answered. She rubbed along my side and licked at my wounds before nuzzling my snout, assured that my wounds were superficial. The poison of this pack was gone. No doubt he would have other sympathisers to manage in the months to come. However deep down I knew through the bonds of the pack relinking to me as their alpha, that those were a minority. 

The visiting alphas had shifted and approached us each lowering their eyes, as they bowed in submission to Briar and I as a unit, acknowledging our right to this pack. The reign of Clyde’s terror was over. Only possibilities rested in our future and I would be sure to be a better alpha, a better man than he ever was. Briar’s wolf howled again, the sound of her beautiful voice vibrating through me as I joined her. The howls of the pack not only rose from this place but across the territory, and so it was done. Briar nudged me with her silver head before she took off running and my wolf had me sprinting with her the feel of the others who had shifted taking course as we blazed through the trees and the mountainside. We were all free now and it felt glorious, empowering and right into the depths of my soul. As if every punishingly difficult journey we had faced brought us to this very moment, the oppression lifted and a new day on the horizon for every member.

Christmas Eve

Dr Thomas greeted us at the clinic. It was snowing outside and my mate was bundled up in a black furlined leather jacket and thick leggings, she had stolen my longsleeve black sweatshirt. It wasn’t that she was cold but the babies made her run hot and she had taken to enjoying being cozy. Sweat pants, my tee shirts, sweaters and messy buns had become her life after Clyde had been conquered. I didn’t blame her juggling her pack and mine, Jake’s business and pregnant life in general had literally taken over her life. I just shared half of the chaos she dealt with on a daily basis but when Dr Thomas said it was time for an ultrasound so we could see the babies and clear Briar before our next set of adventures. We were both ready to see the little ones and hear their heartbeats amplified.

Briar laid down on the table pushing her sweatpants down and lifting her shirt up. Dr Thomas tucked an absorbent pad into the waistband of her pants and squirted some jelly on the end of the wand. I brushed the hair out of Briar’s face while holding her hand as the wand touched her stomach. She flinched at the coldness then relaxed back into the table. Dr Thomas pushed the extra screen over so we could view it as he moved the wand around and something that looked like a peanut came into view, the sound of a thrumming fan took over the room. My eyes shot to hers as tears leaked from the corners of her eyes. 

“Baby A’s heartbeat,” Dr Thomas said quietly, as I bent and kissed my mate, my own tears joining hers. Goddess how I loved this woman who gave me everything. The swelling of her love for her babies was coursing through the bond turning me into a complete sap. I didn’t give one fuck about that, I’d happily be a sap for my family. The sound changed as the wand was moved over her lower belly.

“Baby B,” Dr Thomas said thoughtfully listening.

“It’s not fool proof but going off the heartrate, baby A is a girl and baby B is a boy,” he let us know and I found myself scooping my mate off the table and claiming her lips. Dr Thomas chuckled.

“This is what an alpha should be, I’m glad to see you’re both happy,” he said, smiling at us as we pulled away from each other. We thanked him and hurried out. Briar made me drive to Colorado Springs to get somethings for Lana and Mazzie and our guests. I was thankful she knew exactly what she wanted as she cursed the crowds saying she would never wait so long to have Christmas prepared again.