A Royal
Keaton made his way back to Odette’s apartment. When I walked in, I saw a different guy at the front desk. I preferred Ken given the guy looked nervous to see me. I instantly went on alert. I asked, “Where’s Ken?” The squirrelly nervous guy shuffled, “It’s his night off.”
I linked Grandpa Frank, “You’ve hired a twitchy human to be at my girlfriend’s apartment when Ken is not?
He’s odd and I do not like him.” Channing offered, “I like him less. Kill the sweaty man.” Grandpa snorted, “I don’t exactly do the hiring, Keaton.
” Fair enough. I semi-seriously said, “You could do the firing.” Which had him laughing.
I took the stairs and caught a scent that had me pulsating with fury. I linked Emmett, “When did Lisa get off house arrest? I thought Alexandria doubled down.” Emmett groaned, “Don’t tell me Lisa followed you.” I walked out onto Odette’s floor as Lisa was about to slap Odette.
Channing snarled, “I’ll kill her!” I flashed over and grabbed her hand.
I linked Emmett while I yelled at Lisa, “She didn’t follow me.
Lisa came here to talk to Odette and almost hit her!
” Emmett warned, “You can’t kill your ex with a human on duty.
I know it’s a human because Ken is on pack grounds.
” I growled, “Then you better get someone here to grab Lisa the second she gets outside.”
I linked Lisa, “Clearly house arrest is too good for you. If you don’t leave, I’ll make sure Alexandria puts you in the damn cells. If you ever raise your hand to my girlfriend again, you will LOSE that hand. Are we clear?”
Lisa gasped, “Keaton Frank Daniels, I can’t believe you would ever say that to me.
” I snarled at her which had her flinching back.
Channing said, “Lady just woke up and she can believe we said it. I don’t think she’s getting better.
” I’d be shocked, except Lady had every reason to want to be away from Lisa.
I could tell, despite being afraid of my reaction, Lisa wasn’t going to leave. Emmett linked, “I’m coming up.” Then Odette started humming what could only be described as a fight song. The shocking part was that Lisa’s heart rate picked up. My ex was actually terrified.
Lisa linked me, “This out of town, practically a human will never understand you like I do.” I replied, “Thank god.” My jaw dropped when my ex turned and actually ran away.
Channing admitted, “I think I can count on one hand the number of times she’s run away.
Oddly, never while being attacked by rogues. ” That was a valid point.
Emmett linked me, “Malachi has questions and he recorded the humming fight sounding song. My Beta wants to know if he memorizes it if he can make Lisa run away all the time. Ken is having a chat with the human at the front desk.”
I snarled, “The human should be fired given the staff knows Odette has a restraining order against Lisa.” Channing demanded, “Kill him.” Emmett laughed, “They know Katie Karlton does. They don’t know your girlfriend’s real name.” I retorted, “That’s hardly the point.”
Emmett assured me, “Our Warriors got Lisa out of here. I personally want to know where Odette learned that song.” My big brother was not alone in that.
Odette told me all about it. Malachi linked, “Did your girlfriend really say she COULD ask her brothers? COULD?! No, no. Someone has to ask the brother.”
I replied, “It’s not like I know him.” Malachi snorted, “Then just hang out until Odette calls him and YOU ask him. We have GOT to talk to these people. One, they hold the secret of making Lisa tuck tail and run. I need that secret more than I need my next breath.”
“Two, maybe if we could talk to them and get a solid plan for introducing Odette to the Supernatural side of life. Three, we could tell them Luke has got to go. Surely, they know where he lives and is hiding. I can’t help but think that would be good for us to know.”
I snorted, “I’m sure they know that Luke needs to die.” Malachi linked, “They might not know his name or that he has people hanging around Odette.” That was true. I think the problem was they didn’t know where my mate was.
I was worried what they would do if they found out.
Would they take her from me? Channing growled, “No one can take mate from us.” I agreed.
If they cared about Odette, they wouldn’t do that.
I was really hoping they cared about my mate because she needed her family.
I couldn’t imagine life without my siblings.
I knew she wanted that, even if she was scared.
Odette and I talked about prom. My mate had no idea the plans I had. She was teasing me about being good at things. It still boggled my mind that Odette never had a bad word to say about my hobbies or myself. Channing snorted, “Because we are impressive and having hobbies is a good thing.”
I sang, begrudgingly, because Odette wanted me to.
Lisa told me Lady howled in her head and that it hurt her ears when I sang along to the radio.
Odette did not seem to agree. Channing grumbled, “Mate can sing and is in choir. She probably knows a thing or two.” My mate’s heartbeat also told me she wasn’t lying. Odette really did think I could sing.
I danced with her as we sang. I couldn’t remember a single moment of my teenage years that was more carefree than this moment, with her. I didn’t know how to play the guitar, but Odette’s arousal thinking of me with a guitar had me making plans to rectify that.
I linked Clara, “I’m going to need you to get in touch with the techy Luna's Beta Female. I want to see if Melanie would teach me to play guitar.” Clara snorted, “I’m sure she has a spot for me on her schedule in like two months.”
I laughed, “I don’t care, I want to see if she will.” Clara told me, “The techy Luna is on everyone’s list, I’ll see what I can do.” Channing boasted, “But we have an in no one knows about.” That was very true.
Besides, someone else could teach me if Melanie couldn’t. Alpha Lux Bartlett played guitar. Maybe he had some spare time. Tristan McAlister knew too. All thoughts of the guitar left my mind when Odette started nipping at my neck. Channing yipped, “Mate can mark us.”
I reasoned, “Mate doesn’t know anything about marking.” I groaned, “Shiiiitttttt.” Odette was so close to our marking spot I couldn’t help but hold her tighter. I felt a little precum drip out of me. My neck felt like a live wire.
Odette bit down hard, but I wanted more. I held her as close to me as I physically could while fighting Channing for control. Everything felt right with my mate in my arms. Then I felt Odette’s teeth, that were definitely not human at this moment, sink into my marking spot.
I couldn’t bring myself to care about that mystery, nor did I care what they looked like. It was as if a piece of my soul snapped into place. I actually came in my pants. My wolf purred contentedly in my head.
Channing took over, “Mark mate back!”
I yelled, “We can’t! She doesn’t know about….” Channing growled, “Mate marked us!” I asked, “Are you a pup? Odette doesn’t know what that means!” Channing growled, “Fine. I want time with mate then.”
I conceded, “Go ahead.” I needed to process the fact that I was marked. My mate, who didn’t know about Supernatural’s, marked me. I let Channing drive everything with her. We didn’t need Odette focusing on the blood on our neck.
I took over for the last little bit, deciding to get out of my head about it, and enjoy the fact that I was marked. When we went to bed Odette was begging to just sleep. Did she think I was going to keep her up? Channing purred, “We could.” For sure.
I watched my mate, making sure she was definitely asleep, then took out my phone and called my twin brother. Keith answered, “Yeah, little bro, what’s up?” I snorted, “Are you alone?” Keith answered, “I’m with May in my treehouse. What’s up?”
I answered, “Odette marked me.” Silence greeted me on the other end. I said, “Yeah, that’s a valid reaction. What the FUCK am I going to do?” Keith laughed, “What does it look like?” I admitted, “I haven’t looked. One second.”
I flashed in and looked in the mirror. I explained as I viewed the mark. “Well, there are no teeth marks, there are initials and a…” I trailed off then shouted, “Holy shit. Holy fucking SHIT!” May asked, “What?” Keith asked, “Keaton, are you ok?”
I shouted, “A CROWN! There is a crown above what is obviously Odette’s initials. Oh Jesus fucking Christ! A CROWN?! Does that mean what I think it means?! Because I don’t even need Clara to point this out for me.” Channing purred, “Mate is a Princess.” I was getting that impression.
Tony Jr. said, “If you think it means your mate is royal, then I’d with yes.
” Clara said, “I agree.” I growled, “KEITH, YOU SAID YOU WERE JUST WITH MAY!” Keith explained, “I told them to come. We need Beta’s.
” I literally just said I didn’t need Clara to tell me what the crown meant.
Those words literally came out of my mouth.
Clara asked, “What are the initials?” I answered, “OSC.” Clara groaned, “Well, that doesn’t help AT ALL. I’ll have to get you concealer for your mark unless of course we are telling people, by that I mean your family, about that mark.”
I sighed, “I don’t plan to tell them just yet. I can’t mark her back, which Channing is in a MOOD about. Now, I’ve got a royal mate who doesn’t know she’s Supernatural, LET ALONE ROYALTY! I don’t think we need to advertise we have an unknown royal Supernatural in the area.”
Keith sighed, “Emmett could….” I growled, “No.” I touched my mark and shivered.
I added, “There’s a music note too.” May reasoned, “Odette does call you Key, and she sings.” Clara sighed, “Ok, I know we’ve never met a Siren, but Odette could be one?
They have clans from what I’ve found. I’m sure they have royalty. ”