Alpha's Obsession

Chapter 9

Alex's POV

Ella. The first time I saw her she looked like an angel banished to Earth to make something within me to find a way to live. When I saw her dragging the door back with all her strength and locking it before sliding down the door in relief as she made it, I felt like the world had suddenly made sense to me.

She was panting heavily then, her heart racing. It took everything within me not to take her and make her mine right then and there. She looked so innocent. But a human amongst werewolves rang a bell to me. She must be someone else's mate, and that someone else was my brother.

My brother, he wasn't forceful or pushy. Yes, he unintentionally pushes you emotionally but he quickly recovers and stops it before he goes any further. He didn't turn her. His pack members whose mates were human were turned within a few days. But by my judge, she had only been there a few weeks.

And now we are in bed. Me and my brother on either side of her while she slept. Something happened to her out there and I don't know what, but her eyes, looked the mixture of both Vampire and Werewolf. I had only seen two of these cases before.

My mother and Aiden's mother. Father, who was a warlock, had a werewolf bride and a vampire bride. He felt like both should experience what it would be like to be each other. So, he made my mother, turn Aiden's mother, and Aiden's mother turn my mother. They both became hybrids. Half Vampire, half Lycan.

There had been myths about it before. But I didn't understand them really. The one thing that I did understand is that becoming a hybrid like that is going to kill you. It killed our mothers. So for us to see our darling Ella like that, hurt us both and to think that she could die at any moment.

Which is strange really. Ella. Human being. Never been turned by werewolf or vampire. Has suddenly gained this trait. So, after feeding her my blood, my brother fed her some of his. So now she had vampire and werewolf blood to keep her stable.

I looked down on her. When I saw him carrying her towards us, she was extremely pale, she looked like death itself. But now when I see her, I see life has awakened inside her. Colour toning her. She looked healthy.

I looked at Aiden who looked up at me the same time. We were both drinking in her appearance. He smiled at me, I returned his smile. I can't believe that me, the player, who doesn't care for women's feelings, just sleeps around, is laying beside a girl who makes me feel alive and I haven't even claimed her.

This is new Alex. This is her. This is your mate. But, she is also Aiden's mate. If, and hopefully she will, agrees to being both of ours, then this.... this could last forever. This happiness, this joy, it's overwhelming.

"OK, I swear you two are in a relationship behind my back. You're just sitting there smiling at each other like you two just had sex," she said, sitting up rubbing her eyes. "Please tell me you guys didn't have sex!" She stretched her arms and looked at both of us questioningly. I couldn't help but laugh at her expression. Earning me a comforting smile from her.

"No, we didn't," Aiden said. Rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. "We need to tell you something though Ella." His eyes looking deep in to hers. She shrugged and looked down at her hands. Almost as if she knew what we were about to tell her.

"Ella," I began. "Me and Aiden. We're bro-"

"Brothers. I know" She cut me off. Still looking at her hands. "I saw it that day I met you. I thought it was just a coincidence at first, but you both look similar yet so different. Like you were half brothers or something." She shrugged.

"Actually, you hit bulls eye there," Aiden laughed. Earning a gleeful smile from her.

"You see, there's also another thing. You know that werewolves have mates... Well. So do vampires in a way. And, I thought I was just imagining it but I'm not... You see Ella, I-I-"

"You're his mate too," Aiden finished from me. I gave him a thankful nod.

Ella looked dumbstruck. She certainly didn't expect that. So she definitely wasn't listening to us talk about it last night when we were giving her our blood.

"So, how does that work? How is this going to work? I just... But you two... But I'm just.... How would this work?" She asked, whipping her head to look at both of us. I looked away, not wanting to meet her questioning eyes.

"Me and Alex came up with an idea, it is completely your choice. We become yours. Both of us. You sharing us. I don't mind-" Aiden began but I cut him off.

"And I don't mind either." I found the courage and looked up at her. She looked cool and relaxed. Still curious but, calm. "If you don't want either of us then that's OK with us. We will still look over you day and night, protecting you." Aiden nodded at me and looked at her. Both of us waiting for her reaction.

Her eyes glowed gold, and part of her eyes flooded red around the iris. "Both of you? Want to be... mine?" She mumbled. We nodded our heads in return. Aiden's eyes glowed gold where mine glowed red and hers had remained a glorious mixture of the two.

We sat there in a few minutes of welcome silence as she thought things through. She sighed a couple times, but didn't say a word. What felt like hours was actually five minutes before she finally broke the silence. "So, werewolves have a marking and mating thing... Do vampires, you know, have something similar or-"

"Yes. We actually do the same as werewolves in fact." I cut her off. Trying to avoid the awkwardness of where this conversation was going.

We all nodded as the silence fell upon us again. She sprawled herself out on the bed beneath her, pulling us with her. She closed her eyes and smiled sweetly. We wrapped our arms around her as we snuggled in to her neck. I on her right, Aiden on her left. Drinking in her scent.

"So I guess you need to mark me then Alex," she said, breaking the silence while looking at me contentedly as I lifted my head to look at her. I opened my mouth to speak, but I was too shocked and surprised to hear those words leave her mouth that I couldn't say anything. So I closed my mouth again and nodded. She giggled and I snuggled my nose back in to her neck.

I never thought that this innocent girl would be so accepting of the both of us. She let out a breath of pure happiness as we lay there for a while.

"I should leave you two to get on with it. I mean, I had my privacy with marking her, it's only fair on you," Aiden said, getting out of the bed as me and Ella looked up at him. I nodded my head and looked at Ella. A look of understanding on her face before she shot me a smile.

Aiden left the room. Leaving me and Ella in a state of silence. Staring at each other. This is a little awkward.

She gave me and encouraging smile. I gave her a weak one in response. She frowned. Almost unsure of what to do with herself. She looked down at her hands. I cocked my head on one side. Looking at her unsure body position.

"Just stay calm. You don't need to worry or anything," I breathed as I moved closer to her, holding the back of her neck with my left hand, as my right went down to hold her waist.

I pushed her down on the bed, her head lay gracefully on the pillow as her hair sprawled out beneath her. Carefully and gently, I  moved her head so I had a clear path to her neck. Her eyes fluttered closed as I planted butterfly kisses along her jaw and down on to her neck.

I bit in to her neck. A little whimper of pleasure escaping her mouth causing me to smile. I licked over where my fangs had entered her. Two holes in her neck. Marked. She is mine as well now.