Alpha Brothers - The Beta (book 2)

Chapter 24

Chapter 24
Archie
"What on earth are you tryin' to achieve here?" Callum asked as he looked upon the chaos that was my room.
I had a box full of roses that I ordered two hours ago breaking at the corners, a picnic rug that was crumbled on the floor and the bathroom was worse. I had candles everywhere in there.
"Amy said that she wouldn't sleep with until I took her on a date so –."
"So you're goin' to try and fast track that process by turnin' your room into a five star hotel. Archie, you're not goin' to help anyone by forcin' it."
"Don't tell me that," I said, panicking, "tell me, it's goin' to be fine Archie, we'll get this sorted in no time."
"I could tell you that, but I rather not lie."
I scoffed and rolled my eyes. Sometimes Callum's goodness could just be plain annoying.
But after this morning, I had made my decision. I could not go another day without marking Amy. It was just not physically possible.
"Look, I'm not tryin' to force anythin'. I just want us to be settled. I mean, you only knew Liv a couple of days before you marked her."
"That's different, Liv was in the same place. How do you know that Amy is?"
I shrugged, "I'm goin' on a hunch. What if I start with, I'm not expectin' anythin', I just want to have a good night."
"Is it true?" he asked, knowing the answer.
"Come on, Callum. Stop readin' between the lines."
He chuckled, "Look, Liv's told me a lot about Amy. She scares easily and –."
"I know my own mate Callum," I said, not meaning to snap.
"Okay, okay," he sighed, "Where do you want us to start?"
"Okay," I said, finally happy, "you sort out the bathroom, I'll do in here."
"Okay."
We broke apart, with Callum going into the bathroom and me in the bedroom. I started on the roses, I took each rose and pulled off the petals before throwing them on the bed.
"So how's it goin' with you two?" Callum asked from in the bathroom.
"How do you think? I plan to mark her tonight," I told him.
"Okay fair enough."
We fell into silence. My mind started to wonder how Callum and Liv were doing. Last time I really spoke to them was when Liv was a blubbering mess.
"How's you and Little Liv?" I asked, "The other day she seemed a little on edge."
He sighed, coming out of the bathroom.
"She's been havin' nightmares about Nathair Macangus. We've talked about her seein' a therapist but they've gone away now. I stupidly told her about Adin Hudges and she just freaked out."
I nodded, understanding, "She said somethin' about kids."
He nodded, "We're not tryin' or anythin', but aye, we've talked about it."
Without any control, a grin formed on my lips. I was really happy for them.
"Well, I would really love a nephew," I told him making him laugh, "I mean it. And I want it named after me."
"Archie, I am not namin' my kid Archibald."
I frowned, "My name isn't – oh my God."
Callum fell into laughter as my life came crashing down in front of me. My name was Archibald. I had lived through wars, battles and Adin but this was the one thing I couldn't live with.
"It's not funny, Callum!" I yelled at him, enjoying my misery.
"I can't believe you never knew," he said through his chuckles.
I shrugged, "I mean, I've heard people call out that name but I never realized that it was to me."
"Oh Archie, stop," he begged me, laughing his head off.
"Yeah, yeah, very funny, ha ha," I said sarcastically, "just get back to work."

Amy
Just before dinner I decided to go looking for Archie. Already I was starting to feel that pull and the need to always be around him. And to think that I thought Liv's and Callum's need for each other was unhealthy. I knew that it wouldn't be long till I gave in to him. What surprised me was that I wasn't scared. I was freaking out, but I wasn't scared.
When I opened the door, I froze to my spot. My jaw dropped and if it wasn't for Archie sitting on a rug on the floor I would have thought am I in the right room. But I wasn't. I was exactly where I needed to be. I took another step into the room, still shocked at what I saw. Rose petals all over the bed, candles on the chest of draws and selves, a rug on the floor, complete with a picnic basket and Archie.
"Don't just stand there," Archie said, breaking my thoughts, "come sit down."
I did as he told me, still not being able to speak.
He did this for me. I knew his motives but he still did all of this just so he could sleep with me. That's the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me.
"A-Archie," I stuttered, my voice croaky for not using it for a while, "this is amazing."
He just shrugged, "yeah, I did it myself."
"It's beautiful," I said just as he finished.
His grin grew wider than I've ever seen it.
"And I know what your thinkin'. That I'm doin' this just to sleep with you but this -."
"Archie, I've slept with guys for a lot less than this," I admitted, not proud of it but it made my point. And with my heart going crazy I finally realised something.
"Archie, I love you," I said making disappointment go across his face, which made me frown, "what?"
"I wanted to tell you that first," he said making me giggle.
To make him feel better, I leaned over and took his chin before kissing his lips.
"Say it now," I whispered.
He chuckled, "I love you."
Our lips met again, his hand now cupping my nape and kept me in my place.
When we pulled apart, Archie filled me in on his plan, "okay, so we're not goin' to dinner. Instead, we're goin' to have chocolate coated strawberries and we've got chocolate slice and sandwiches."
I raised my eyes brows, impressed, "wow, you've thought of everything."
He shrugged, "well not everythin', I lied before. Callum help."
I laughed at him, "so is this your secret wolf business?"
He paused before nodding, "aye, this is it. I've been workin' on it all day."
"Archie," I groaned, as if annoyed, "why didn't you tell me that?"
He shrugged, "I wanted it to be a surprise. Now be quiet so I can feed you this strawberry."
I laughed suddenly excited and slightly shuffled over to him.
"Okay, now you can't chew till the chocolate is all gone," he told me, raising the strawberry to my lips.
I nodded before taking the strawberry in my mouth. Now, I've had big, hard things in my mouth before and I've tried really hard not to chew, but this was difficult.
"Don't chew," Archie reminded me making me roll my eyes.
I started to work on the chocolate, feeling my tongue get sore after a minute or two. Archie watched me with evil in his eyes, almost rubbing it in as he ate his slice.
"I-wan-to-ew," I muffled with a mouth of chocolate making him laugh.
I jumped when I felt his lips on mine and his tongue in my mouth. There was too many things in there that I couldn't even move my own tongue to meet his. When he pulled back, something was missing, well two things were missing. And it wasn't until I saw him chewing with a cheeky grin on his face that I realized what it was. The bastard was chewing my strawberry.
"How come, you get to chew?" I asked.
He shrugged, "I make up the rules."
"So was this a test? To see if I can have big things in my mouth and not chew them," I asked, leaning forward.
He shrugged again, "I just wanted you to get all you can out of the chocolate. You see, you can't get the real thing until you've licked it all away."
"And this thing is the strawberry."
He nodded, putting another strawberry in his mouth.
Just as he went to chew, I stopped him, "don't chew."
He froze for moment before trying to melt the chocolate.
"It-hard-er-tha-it-ooks," he muffled, struggling to eat the strawberry.
When I saw his jaw start move, I yelled, "You're not supposed to chew!"
"The chocolate was all gone," he told me making my eyes narrow to try and tell if he was lying.
He snickered at me, enjoying this way too much.
Once all the food was eaten, I didn't think there would be any more surprises. Boy, was I wrong. Archie took my hand and stood me to my feet.
"What now?" I asked, groaning.
I was full of chocolate and I didn't feel like doing anything.
"I have another surprise for you," he told me, leaning over and opening up the bathroom door. I couldn't see in until he took my hand and walked me into the bathroom. I was just as stunned at I was before. Candles lit up the room, around the shower and the bath. The bath was already bubbling and two towels now hung on the towel rack. I bit on my lip, trying not to show how happy and excited I was. Old habits die hard. My head shot down when I felt his hands take my arms and felt his breath on the back of my neck making the tiny hairs stand on end.
"Do you want to get in?" he asked making my hands start to shake.
"I don't have any swimmers," I mumbled, my vocab failing me.
"You don't need any."
That was it. I was over the edge. I was buried down deep, deep, deep in over my head. I was so far gone that I was now barbecuing with people in Australia.
"Mark me," I said when I felt my jeans button pop open and my zipper come down. His hand didn't move from its position with his thumb in the waistband of my underwear.
"Not yet."
I frowned, turning around in his grip. My heart ached finally admitting that I wanted this and now he wouldn't give it to me.
"What?" I asked, not trying to hide how heartbroken I was.
He gave me a sad smile, tucking a lock of hair behind my ear.
"Believe me Princess, by the end of tonight you will be mine. But for now, I just want to be with you."
I was too shocked by his declaration that I couldn't even react to his lips. Feminism seemed like a hopeless cause when someone tells you that all he wants to do is be with you. I was too taken in by this side of him that only appeared at my weakest moments that I couldn't even bite back when he said the word mine. If I was thinking straight, I would have killed him. But for some reason, I thought it was romantic and charming.
When we broke, I took a few steps back giving him room to take of his shirt. I sighed, yearning for him. He had really, really, really good body. He then unbutton his jeans and gestured for me to continue to undress myself. I did as he asked, trying not to focused on his eyes that were glued on my body. Just pretend that he's not there I told myself, trying to calm my nerves, your just going to have a bath. Yeah right. I'm going to have sex in a spa.
Before I could even get into the tub, I felt Archie's hands on my hips, pressing me to his body. God, he was already hard.
"You're beautiful," he growled against my shoulder and neck, nuzzling at my earlobe.
"You've seen me naked before," I groaned, feeling hot from the steam from the tub and from Archie's hot body against mine.
"No, I haven't. I've seen parts of you, not all of you."
At that, I turned around in his grip, feeling his smooth hands graze across my back and belly.
"And what do you think?" I asked watching him turn into something completely different to the confident ass that I met a few days ago. He swallowed, looking down at me.
"I want you so much right now," he admitted, his crooked grin showing for a second before disappearing, turning the mood to serious again.
He leaned in to kiss me but was stopped by my finger. He opened his eyes and frowned.
"Get into the tub," I told him watching his grin return.
It was like I was in one big vibrator and it felt amazing. I allowed the hot water to consume me, making everything inside me go numb. I opened my mouth and allowed ahh to come out, laughing at the shaky sound.
"You're so cute," Archie said with a chuckle making my eyes open to look at him.
Like mine, only his head popped out above the water as he sat at the other end of the bath. He was grinning from ear to ear making me realize just how happy he was to have me here with him. I never thought about what it was like for him. From the day he was born, he must have been looking for his mate. Even if he didn't know it. And then I turn up, bam, his childhood dream of finding his mate is restored. However, he mate turned out to have commitment issues and wouldn't go near him with a ten foot pole once she found out what he was. But here I was. In his spa bath, knowing full well where this was going to lead to in the next hour or five minutes.
Feeling that thought start to freak me out, I asked, "So how many girls have you shown your spa bath to?"
I wasn't trying to catch him out on anything. He had a right to show anyone his spa bath before me. It was after that was the problem.
"You are actually the first one. I don't do sex in tubs."
I frowned, "then what are we doing here?"
"Enjoyin' each other's company," he said so literatural that I had to snort.
"So why no sex in tubs?" I asked.
"Have you ever done it? It's seriously impossible."
"Liv's done it," I said remembering that phone call.
She was so cute sometimes. When it came to boys, I was the big sister.
"Really? With who?"
I frowned at him, not realizing that he probably thought that Liv was like me. But she was a nun compared to me.
When I didn't say anything, he figured it out and groaned.
"Princess, I really didn't need to know that," he groaned.
"Why?" I giggled at his reaction, "Liv tells me all about her and Callum. Their positions, their -."
"Stop," he told me making my giggles turn into laughs, "I never thought talking about sex could turn me off sex."
"Will this make you feel better?" I asked sitting up and gliding my way over to him.
He sat up to greet me, cupping his hands on my hips and pulling me the rest of the way. My lips found their way to his, welcoming their wet feeling. With one hand on my nape and the other on my lower back, there was no way Archie was letting me go. I felt the water start to dry to my skin as I realized that it was only my legs in the water and the rest were being lift out by Archie as he sink to the bottom. My arms hooked under his, pulling him out of the water and allowing me to sink back in. I opened my mouth wider for him, groaning when I felt his tongue against mine.
I wanted him so much. I wanted everything he had to offer. I was finally ready to accept him, his life, his family as my own. His house, his home, his pack. I wanted it all.
I pulled back and by the look on his face, he head read my mind. Or I had opened it up to him.
"Are you really ready?" He asked, tucking a look of hair behind my ear.
I nodded, "Yep. A whole new definition to welcome to my world."
He chuckled, "there's no doubt about you."
I smiled, bowing my head, finding myself blushing.
"You so cute when you blush," Archie told me before taking my lips in his again.
I felt the water disappear and my body felt heavy again. Tiny drops fell off my body as Archie picked me up holding me so close to him that he was my own source of heat. I had no idea where I was till I felt the soft mattress underneath me. Archie latched on and off my lips, the only thing touching me. I took this as an opportunity to learn his body. His abs were flexed for me and his muscles and arms stood out as he supported himself off me. My fingertips brushed up and down his torso watching the effect I had on him. His tattoos moved as he moved as if on show for me.
Soon his kisses became harder and his body began to dip to touch mine. His hands moved from beside my head to my breasts as his body lowered on top of mine. Using just his thumbs, he draw circles over my already hard nipples. I groaned against his lips and started to work my body against his. He growled into my mouth, turning my whole body so hot that I could probably evaporate the water off me. His lips move from my lips to my neck as his hands cupped my inner thighs and spread my legs apart. My skin started to go tender and when I thought I felt teeth at my skin, I panicked and flipped us.
Archie groaned, showing off his fangs and gold eyes. I wasn't going crazy before. His eyes really did turn gold.
I was only on top for a second before he sat and pulled me till our bodies became one. His grip on my thighs tightened so much that when I had a chance, I looked down and found that his nails were replaced with claws.
"A-Archie, you need to calm down," I told him a little scared.
When he leaned in to kiss me, ignoring me, I leaned back.
"Archie, stop. Just stop," I told him.
He growled, hating the order but he didn't touch me. He stayed where he was, his hands clutching the doona on both sides of me.
"Don't move," I told him before cupping one side of his neck with my hand and kissed the other side of his neck.
He growled again, but didn't move. When I found the courage again, I allowed myself to be lowered to the mattress again. His lips kissed his way down my breastbone and down to my belly before nipping at my inner thighs. My mind was all confused. I was confusing pain with pleasure and all I felt now was pleasure. Cries came from my lips as his tongues licked between my folds, long and slowly. The pressure was growing every minute and yet he hadn't set one inch inside of me.
"Come on, come on," I groaned in a hurry, finally ready for this.
He growled, spreading my legs wider than before.
I clamped my teeth together, realizing just how big he was.
"Go slowly," I told him, receiving yet another growl.
But he did as I asked.
He worked slowly, moving inch by inch till his whole length was inside of me. My back arched to make it easier for him as he thrashed harder. I clawed at my pillowed and my cries grew louder signally how close I was.
But it was his teeth that sent me over the edge.
I couldn't feel anything at first. It was just like two needle digging into my neck.
And then it hit me.
Wave after wave of pleasure and pain hit me as memories filled my head that I don't remember.
Wolves ran beside me in the forest that I recognised as my home and the wolves as members of my pack. They communicated with me and each other but my head was too crazed to focus. I found my younger siblings and we quickly found our oldest brother at the front of the pack. Throwing his head back, our alpha sent his warning to submit. Instantly, we joined him creating our choir before a message was sent back to us. If we didn't submit, there will be bloodshed. Knowing my brother, I sent him a message.
We will follow you to the grave. Don't submit
The ghostly figures of wolves appeared as images of young wolf cubs in the enemy pack filled my head as well as the message not to hurt them.
My brother was next to me. His large proud body signally his importance and rank in the pack. We were all trying to communicate with him. Trying to ask for directions, for orders. But he ignored us.
What do we do alpha? I asked him but he ignored me, alpha, give the command!
We were still standing when the gap between us and them was shortening by the minute. They were almost to us when he finally through his head back and howled giving us the signal.
Just as the wolves went to fight, the memory changed.
I was now in the library. Something was wrong. I could sense it in the air. For some reason I was thinking about Malcolm and a girl named Bonnie. They had been gone all day. I didn't seem upset that they were though. For some reason I didn't care for Bonnie that much but I had no idea why.
When Callum burst through the door with dread written all over his face, my worries were confirmed.
"Archie, somethin's happened," he said almost on the break of tears.
For some reason, I didn't question why he was calling me Archie and stood and walked over to him.
"What? What is it?" I asked, frowning at the sound of my voice. Was I in a different body?
I hadn't seen him like this since our parents died. Our?
"It's Malcolm," he chocked.
My hearted started to race at the thought of my favourite brother.
"What? What is it?" I asked more forcibly, frustrated that he was stalling.
"I-I don't know what happened but - oh God Archie he lost control," he said running his hands through his hair, "Bonnie, Bonnie, she's, she's -."
"What?" I yelled.
"She's dead!"
My blood went cold.
My whole body went numb.
My mouth dropped.
My heart stopped.
And nothing seemed to wake me up.
"W-where is he?" I asked feeling my heart break, feeling his pain more fully now.
Down sides of packs and families. When one family member hurts, so does the rest of us.
"He's out cold now. Doctor Glen had to give him a few shots to calm him down."
"Wait," I stopped him, "Doctor Glen knows. You told Doctor Glen before me!"
"Archie, I didn't know what else to do!" He yelled back.
"You could have told me first!"
I could feel my wolf start to raise inside of me. I could feel the anger boil up inside of me.
"Just stop!" He asked before I got fully enrage, "I don't know what to do. Malcolm killed someone in our pack. By law, I have to disown him."
"What?" I said, shocked that he was even suggesting that, "you can't do that!"
"I'm not goin' to. But, the pack is not goin' to accept, he's my brother and I'm not goin' to disown him. I'll be biased."
"Tell them to suck it up! It wasn't his fault!" I yelled, ignoring the crack in my voice, "he can't control his wolf. He can't control his -."
"I know," he jumped in knowing that I couldn't go on any more.
My poor brother. My poor poor Brother.
Before any more memories came into my head, the door slammed shut. I returned to my own body and to Archie's room. He was no longer on top of me but instead out of breath next to me.
I sat up frowning when I felt something running from my shoulder down between my breasts. Finding the last bit of energy I had, I stumbled onto my shaky legs and made my way to the bathroom.
I turned on the light, my eyes fuzzy and doey. The bath was still going as well as the candles but I was in such a daze that I didn't care. My eyes widen when I looked at myself in the mirror. Blood ran down from my neck down between my breasts in three trails. With shaky hands, I took one of the towels from the towel rack and turned on the tap. Just as I went to wet it, hands stopped me.
"Go sit down," he told me.
I did as I was told, stumbling over to the toilet. I didn't know what made my head spin more. The orgasm, the loss of blood or the fact that I had another person's memories in my head.
I dropped my heavy head in my hands, not being able to hold it up anymore. I didn't even have the strength to open my eyes when I felt the cool wet towel against my neck.
"How do you feel?" Archie asked me, wiping away the blood.
"Sick," I groaned like a little child.
"That's new. Do me a favour and don't spread that around? I have a rep to protect."
I didn't even have the energy to laugh, smile, or even hit him.
Something sticky was taped to my neck making me frowned and touch it. A bandage?
The toilet disappeared from beneath and was replaced with the mattress. Archie curled me up against his body and before I knew it, black consumed me and that was that.