The Mahani Wolves

Chapter 10 - Sam

The new day has dawned, and I stretch beside my beautiful mate, Lily. Her wolf lets out a small bark at me for waking her. Too cute.

She is an Omega - intelligent and strong. Everyone believes my calming power is from being a Blood Alpha, which is strong, but I pull her power when I need it. She is amazing. While I could spend the whole day staring at her, I need to check on Nicolas and make sure the safety precautions are set up for his Mate Meet.

There is always potential for something to go wrong, so over the thousands of years we have done this, we learned from our mistakes.

In this case, both of the mates have trauma. This usually means it will go surprisingly quickly or get bad quick. There is a minimal grey area to focus on. My hope is it goes easy.

As I dress, my love hands me a cup of coffee, nectar from the Goddess. I check in with the girls to see how the children are. They all spent the night at Grace's. This reminds me to check with Gamma Two to ensure she keeps an ear on the Elementals. She had seen Grace late afternoon yesterday.

Grace remains stable, as I had expected, but she has not been cleared for work. What happened to Nicolas took an extra toll on her, but helping with the children was soothing her soul. She usually spends a great deal of time at the daycare after a mission, anyway.

I kiss my lovely mate goodbye and head off to the medical ward, as my work never stops.

The male Omega tasked with tending to Nicolas is in a snit, and I'm sure I know why.

"Nicolas," I say sternly, "stop tormenting the people helping you."

He turns from the nurse to look at me, and I see his wolf's glowing eyes.

"I understand you don't want people touching you right now, but it must be done so you can get better," I said. "Don't you want to go home?" I asked, trying a different approach.

Nicolas's eyes returned to normal, and he sighed before returning to the Omega.

"I'm sorry, Micky. He's very stressed out."

"Completely understandable. Can I please get this medication in you? It's to make sure all the drugs are gone."

The doctor gave the shot to Nicolas's left upper thigh after he agreed. His wolf didn't want anyone touching him close to that area. I could understand why.

"Did you sleep at all?" I asked.

"Some, but not as much as I needed. The stress of the Mate Meet is mixing with what happened, and my nightmares are creative, to say the least."

"If it helps, she is just as concerned as you are. I think she didn't believe me that you will not reject her."

Nicolas stared at me, dumbfounded.

"This medication takes an hour to clear your system. All of your other test results are negative, so you can go home once that hour is over." The Omega said before nodding to me and leaving the room.

"Will you let me see the children before the Mate Meet?"

He knew the answer, so I wondered why he asked the question. Instead of answering, I asked my own.

"Why are you so worried about them? Or is it something else?"

"I just want something concrete to hold on to." His words were low and soft.

"You can see them after. Right now, they smell of two Alpha females." I chuckled before adding, "And Doc taught them a new trick."

Nicolas rubbed his hands down his face and rolled his eyes.

"How about you spend the next hour getting cleaned up and dressed? I'll have a Beta bring over some clothes for you."

After assigning a male Beta to help Nicolas choose an outfit, I headed over to the location of the Mate Meet via Alpha ring, which is a clearing on the edge of the Sinclair Pack lands.

Blood Alpha Sinclair was there, with several Beta females. I'm so glad he listened to my instructions. Nicolas will meet her Blood Alpha and father first to get their scent before meeting his mate. Any male scent on Kayla could cause a problem. This lowers that chance.

"Good day to you, Alex."

"Good day to you, Sam. Could you explain this?"

"My people are setting up a sealed room made of plastic to keep out any lingering scents in the area. The outfits they are wearing will prevent them from leaving a scent behind. I know this may seem overboard, but we've learned how a scent can trigger a dangerous situation the hard way. While this was once mandatory when an Alpha was involved, we do this now for all meets, as it's happened with all the ranks. Safety is our biggest priority, Alex. Has Kayla had a good bath and only associated with females today?"

"She has." He walked closer and motioned me to take his hand, so the rest of our conversation was through mindlink.

"Her brothers asked permission to go through the old library after you left. They wanted more information about the Mahani. Even though you told her so, and her brother also informed her you told the truth, she still fears that he will reject her. Is this a possibility?"

I thought about what he said and my conversation with Nicolas a few moments ago.

"Does she want children? I'm unsure if Nicolas will give them up for his mate."

"She does. Her wolf is over the moon about having pups."

"We have no worries then. He won't reject her." I said. "But I have to ask, once she realizes this, what are the chances she will reject him?"

Alex seemed to think hard about that. I didn't look into his mind to see his thought process, as he would know what I was doing and most likely take that anger out on Nicolas. But I wanted to.

"Kayla's parents are Alpha and Omega. She has never treated mixed-rank couples with distaste and has defended them to others. She knows of his shift but stated she did not want to become a Mahani; however, I felt she was still thinking about it. She would take down any wolf that goes after her mate or children. She is very protective, as that trait runs in their family. And lastly, they both have the emotional baggage you spoke of. So my instincts are saying no, she would accept him, but - she asked me years ago not to look inside her mind, and I agreed and have not done so."

I removed my hand from Blood Alpha Sinclair and placed it on his shoulder.

"So we wait and hope for the best."

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While I want a happy ending, this book seems to write itself. We shall see...
-April

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In this chapter:
M.B.A. Sam Cooper
Nicolas
B.A. Alex Sinclair

Introduced:
Mahani Luna Lily Cooper (Sam's mate/Omega)

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