Rejection

Chapter 52 - A break

Neither of us were able to get out of bed in the morning. My back and ass were protesting vividly against every motion I made and I was pretty sure Drake was just exhausted after last night's stint. After all, he did keep his promise.

Not only did we not sleep at all until the break of dawn, but I'm pretty certain we were very close to breaking the bed at one point.

I think he broke my back anyways...

Rolling over with some difficulty, I cast one disgusted glare at the alarm before flopping on Drake's chest. The man sleepily gathered me closer with a mumbled "Five more minutes... I swear..."

If I had the energy, I would've laughed but instead just nuzzled closer and sighed. Mentally searching through the pack links before finding the fairly new bond with the Council's assistants.

"Skylar, we're taking a day off." I murmured tiredly, knowing I wouldn't be getting any protests from her or the pack members. In fact, they had all been encouraging for us to relax and take some time off, considering the huge amounts of work constantly heaped on our plates.

Pushing us to take some time to ourselves so that we wouldn't become overworked, overstressed and burnt out. They had all banded together, claiming that we could put our trust in them and know that the pack would still be standing if we took a few days off.

Plus it helped greatly that our Betas were extremely talented and capable of dealing with most pack matters. I was quite certain that the Council assistants would be more than capable of aiding where needed.

Even without the council here, our own Betas would reassure us time and time again they got things handled. The pack was working in unison and didn't require their Alphas to constantly handle every single thing.

It only took a moment before Skylar replied with a sweet "Naturally. Take as much time as you need, we've got it covered honey. We'll brief you guys if anything important happens but until then, enjoy."

I hummed pleasantly, stretching against Drake and feeling him pull me closer even in his sleep. Inhaling his scent deeply and sighing as my own wolf purred contently. Sunlight creeping slowly into the room, warming my bare back and Drake's chest in a pleasant way as I could hear the pack slowly rousing.

Nightshift stumbling to their rooms, their voices groggy compared to the chipper early birds who greeted them pleasantly. All around was the sounds of life, of comfort and family. I even detected a faint hint of cheering from the betas, making me smirk. A soft breeze wafted through the opened window, ruffling bedcovers and hair alike until I took another deep breath and sighed.

It felt good to be able to relax. Amazing to lay there, knowing there was no rush to wake up, no office filled with papers waiting for our arrival. The betas would do todays work and then some, judging from their eagerness to have us take leave.

There was a buzz of excitement coming from them, making me smile at their eagerness to prove themselves. In their minds, if they succeeded now without any issues left in their wake, we'd be much more easily inclined to take a break now and then.

And they were right. Even though we had never voiced any complaints or showed hesitation, there was always that innate reluctance to hand of work. Not wanting to bother or burden the people we had sworn to protect with work that was technically ours to claim.

So for the Betas to now get free reign, to learn that we were taking a break? I grinned as I heard the chatter on the link, could feel their elation and drive.

I couldn't even recall when the last time was that we took a break from being Alphas. Not like we fled the pack territory and abandoned everyone to their own grievances, but when was the last time we gave reigns to the Betas and relaxed for a few days?