THE CAGE (The Chosen Series #3)

CH26 ♘f2 ♝d7

Ciara

"Fuck. Oh. Yes, just like that," I pant, rolling my hips so Fido can get better access to the pulsing flesh begging for attention.

However, rather than the pleasurable licking and sucking I'm expecting, Fido shifts his head and bites the inside of my thigh. "Asshole!" I curse and move back into my previous position.

"Be good, Mo Thine. This is a punishment." Liam/Fido growls into my skin, and I throw further curse words at him while simultaneously getting wetter at his actions.

Liam/Fido chuckles, and I know the bastard can smell my arousal, but I remain in place as he continues to kiss and suck at the inside of my thigh.

I should've known ganging up on him with Ava and his mother would've caused this reaction. But he'd been avoiding his family like the plague and would only respond to Ranch commitments if it was a direct order from my brother.

Yes, brother. I've also relented to Griffin's constant persistence that I am his family and have agreed to the term.

Anyway, Liam and Griffin's relationship has strengthened, and his personal one with his immediate family has strained.

Frustrated with his avoidance of the subject, Siobhan and I conducted a plan to hold a little family dinner at the Cabin for the six of us. Ava and Griffin included, where they could finally break some of the unspoken tension.

Obviously, Siobhan and Ava did all the cooking, as no one needed to get poisoned on my watch. But I was on drinks duty. One of my superpowers is making a mean mojito. Still, being the responsible adult I am, Ava and I stuck to virgin cocktails, whereas Siobhan, Patrick, and even our mates were not expecting the punch the pure alcoholic ones had.

All in all, the night was a success, much to my mates' forestalling. Not only was any bad blood healed. Not that there was any. It was all in their thick heads. But the men were even able to agree on a transition plan for Griffin to take his rightful place as head of the Mac tíre dubh pack.

In the coming weeks, after Ava finally gives birth to the mini-mountain about to explode from her even-growing stomach, they will relocate to the Ranch and keep the Tree House for their children.

In turn, Liam and I will join them after our little sweetheart growing inside of me makes his or her presence known.

As his role as Beta to Griffin requires us to remain on the Ranch land, Liam agreed, but only on the proviso that Griffin redesigns the current house to have a separate living space for us all.

Ava was the first to agree, stating that she and Griffin would need their own space. Griffin and Ava also told everyone that they would prefer Siobhan, Patrick, and their Betas' to remain where they are on the Ranch. This way, they can work with Griffin to create a new era for the clan.

So, while the dinner was a success. Liam, throughout the evening, was biding his time and plotting his revenge, pouncing on me when everyone finally left. But I do love a good Fido punishment.

Since I'd returned to Black Mountain in my mate's arms, the man and the wolf constantly at war with each other are no longer separate. He and Fido are now one.

When Liam explained the events of the night, he came to get me. He told me the moment he decided to submit to Griffin as Alpha, something within him changed, and he and Fido fully merged, becoming the True Alpha he was born to be.

I'd always wondered why Shay and Griffin were both True Alphas and he wasn't. However, according to Patrick, a True Alpha can only be properly formed when both halves are united.