Page 259 of The Alpha and His Song: Volume One

I hummed our song to calm Odette down. After an hour, my mate stood up. I asked, “My Song?” Odette said, “Let’s get in the tub. I kind of want to see if the charm to keep water warm works.” I laughed, “It does.”

We walked into the bathroom together. My mate touched the water and finally smiled, “It’s still warm.” Odette grabbed her drink and said, “And this is cold. Ohhhh, ice cream!” She picked it up, “It’s still cold too. Man! I want to be a Fairy!” I snorted, “You’re perfect the way you are.”

Odette stripped then bit her lip and stared into my eyes. I growled, “Odette.” My mate smiled and jumped into the water. My Siren surfaced with bubbles in her hair. I smirked then jumped in after her. Odette squealed, “KEY! You have clothes on.”

I smirked and kissed her; my mate melted into my kiss. I slowly circled her lower lips before sliding my finger inside her, enjoying her gasp. I growled, “Mine.” Odette moaned, “God, yes.” Channing purred, “She knows what that means now.”

Well, kind of. We hadn’t exactly gotten there, but now Odette understood more than before. I nipped at her neck, causing her to melt into my body. When Odette’s breath hit my mark, I shivered. I felt her hands on my dick and growled.

My Song teased, “You like that?” I captured her lips, moving my fingers faster. She threw her head back and came while I growled my release. Odette giggled, “I guess we got messy and not clean.” I shrugged not caring in the slightest.

We got out and Odette touched my neck asking, “So, I did that?” I nodded, “Yes, you did.” Odette asked, “What does it mean?” I smiled, “It means you’re a Princess.” My mate playfully shoved me, “I know that.” I kissed her, “Let’s get dressed and we can talk about that. You’re too tempting.” She giggled and bounced away. God, I wanted to bury myself inside her.

I grabbed some shorts Aunt Haley had snapped for me then got into bed. Odette had on my t-shirt. I growled, “That doesn’t help.” My mate smirked. I closed my eyes trying to focus, “Markings. We were discussing markings.”

Odette clapped, “Yay! The books got that right.” I admitted, “Some are written by Supernatural’s. You are my mate, I knew the moment we met. It’s why I said mine. I wasn’t talking about the locker, I meant you. I thought you knew what I was talking about since you were another Supernatural.”

Odette frowned, “Does Lisa know I’m your mate?” I nodded, “Yes, she figured it out.” Odette hissed, “WHAT A BITCH!” I kissed her lips, “My ex means literally nothing to me. Anyway, you are my everything, my mate, my forever, and I’m yours. When Supernatural’s accept each other, they mark each other here.”

Odette frowned, “Except you didn’t mark me. Do you not accept me?” Channing growled down the link. I immediately denied that “You’re mine! I didn’t mark you only because you didn’t know what it meant. I didn’t want you to regret it.” My mate pointed out, “But I marked you.” Channing grumbled, “Exactly.”

I smirked, “You did. That made it hard for me not to be with you. That’s why I basically moved in.” Odette asked, “So, how do we complete this?” I pinned her beneath me, “Your family, at least the Wolves, will want us to wait until you're eighteen.” She pursed her lips.

Channing warned, “I will not do that.” I was getting that sense. I kissed my mate again. I said, “They may skin me alive, but if you want me to mark you; I’ll plan something special.” Odette teased, “You and your special things. I don’t need a big gesture, I just need you.”

I smiled, “I want to do something special for you.” My song tapped my nose, “I don’t want to wait too long. I know I’ve been practically begging you to mark me without knowing what I was asking. That had to be hard for you.”

I agreed, “It wasn’t easy by any means.” Channing told me, “I have other words. Horrible, stupid, pointless, torture, I could go on.” I rolled my eyes at my wolf then laid back down and pulled Odette into me. I whispered, “I love you, Odette.” My mate sleepily answered, “I love you, Key.” Then fell asleep.

I linked Keith, “On a scale of one to ten, how pissed off is the family?” Keith snorted, “Eleven thousand. FIFTY-SEVEN, KEATON. FIFTY-SEVEN.” Yeah, I saw that coming. I linked dad next, “Hey old man, you up?” Dad answered, “Yes.” I sighed, “I was just trying to protect everyone in a way I thought I could.”

Dad growled, “I understand that. You had no idea who the Resistance was though when you blamed that first murder on them. I understand you didn’t know it was Melanie who gave you permission, but she could’ve come for you when she figured out the first one was you.”

I sighed, “I studied the Resistance Leader before I did that. I knew that either they’d out me to allies, or not say anything. It was likely they weren’t going to say anything. There were days I toyed with mentioning I had an in with the group everyone wanted, but ultimately I didn’t.” For some reason.

Dad growled, “That was a calculated risk that could’ve cost your life.” I had a reply on the tip of my tongue, but we should discuss it in person. I told him, “I have answers, but we should talk about it in person.” Dad agreed, “Yes, we should.”

I sighed, “Odette’s asleep, and I don’t want to slip out just in case she wakes up. I don’t want her worrying that anything that came out about Luke made me think anything bad about her.” Dad conceded, “That’s understandable. Take care of your mate, son.”

I winced, “I love you, old man.” Dad replied, “I love you too, Keaton. Get some sleep and know this conversation isn’t over. I’m damn proud of you even though I am ROYALLY pissed off.” Fair enough. I managed to close my eyes even though I was worried my family might kick my ass tomorrow.

I woke up to whispering and opened my eyes, finding Odette and Melanie on the couches. I asked, “Is this going to happen a lot?” Odette giggled. Melanie stammered, “I mean… probably… well… this is uhh… different and…” That was too many words for the morning.

I snorted, “Good lord, where is Alexander?” Odette laughed, “Why?” Melanie sighed, “They all want him to be around…. to kiss me…. so I’ll stop talking.” Odette shrugged, “We usually just let Mel ramble.” Alexander popped in and kissed her.

The man boasted, “So I’ve heard, but I love being on call to kiss my beautiful mate.” I asked, “How did you know?” Channing snorted, “I told Oden.” Alexander winked at me. Melanie picked at her sleeve, “So… we actually have a meeting to get to.”

I sighed, “With my family? How pissed are they?” Melanie winced, “Uh, no… with some other people… I didn’t have time to check on your family… but I’d guess… angry. I don’t know why people get so pissy about the people we kill secretly.”

“I said you were practically…. a Resistance member by proxy. I mean we couldn’t tell you who we were…. but I knew what you were doing. I had your back… that’s a thing. I don’t know why they are so mad… other than they didn’t know…. people are so testy about not knowing things.”

“Anyway, Xander should pop us to the gym. That’s where we are meeting the others…. then he can pop us to a treehouse before anyone sees us. Because…. that’s super important to my plan… in like… every facet.”

I frowned, “What’s going on?” Odette winced. Alexander titled his head, “I have a meeting, Lovebug.” Odette squealed, “AWWWW! I didn’t think it would get more adorable, but it does! Your family called you Ladybug, so he calls you Lovebug. That’s the sweetest thing ever.”

I smirked and got up, pulling my mate into my arms. Melanie picked at her sleeve, “I kind of… blocked off your calendar… so... you’re free for this meeting.” Alexander snorted, “Phil has been bamboozled again. I’ll have to tell him.”

Melanie shrugged, “Phil’s…. upgraded software is good…. but I actually wrote the code.” I snorted, “WHAT?!” Melanie sighed, “The company most of you use… I own it.” Alexander threw his head back and laughed.