Defiance: The Hybrid's Tale

Nathan Underhill.

After the fallout in the gym, Riley had been isolating him from the rest of the family. Not even my father or sister could punch through his thick skull and make him see that he was being an ass for no reason. There had to be more to his attitude than just me crashing into the family tree. There was a sense of loss, but also jealousy boiling behind his raging eyes.

For now, I couldn’t let his shitty attitude toward me bother me. I had other more pressing matters to worry about. The joining drew nearer with each passing day. It made my nerves bundle up into knots. Fenrus, however, was having a field day, making fun of my reluctance to join the pack. Ever since I agreed to date Adam, Fenrus pulled an one-eighty on me. Instead of bitching with me about losing our Grayback status and fearing that my grandfather would hurt our loved ones, he left me in the dirt and jumped onto the pack’s wagon. Sellout!

“Why so glum? It’s not so terrible living here in the pack.” Fenrus told me, yawning as he stretched out. You see, a sellout. ”Am not.”

“Are too!” I told him.

“Not!”

“Come on, bitch. You’re practically an ambassador for the pack. Over the last week, you’ve been trying to convert me.” I clambered off my comfortable bed and made my way into the bathroom. Time to take a piss.

After doing the deed and taking a shower, I waltzed out of the shower with my toothbrush in my mouth while drying my hair at the same time. And they said only women could multitask. A wolf whistle split the air, causing me to choke on my toothbrush. After removing the choking hazard from my mouth, I yanked the drying towel off my head. Adam’s smirk came into view. He was lying on my bed in all of his muscled glory.

“Damn, he’s hot!” Fenrus howled out, wagging his tail like a bitch in heat.

My eyes eagerly scanned over his happy trail that peaked out from underneath his red t-shirt. The sinful sight grabbed the attention of my little soldier, who threatened to march onward. I gulped and raced into the walk-in closet. I couldn’t let that happen, since I had nothing on but a towel. As I was pulling off a t-shirt to wear from the railing, a warm hand snaked around my waist, followed by a pair of warm lips on the nape of my neck. Adam, you asshole! Why did you have to make it so hard for me? I had to bite down on a moan that threatened to escape my mouth when Adam closed the distance and my back pressed up against his tight body. I silently prayed that the thing poking me in the ass was his keys and not something else. Biting down on my lips, I tried to fight against the dirty images that flooded my head.

“Come on, Nathan. Just enjoy it,” Fenrus panted.

I shook my head. ”No! It’s not going to happen, not yet.”

I turned around. Huge mistake! The friction caused by me turning around made the towel slip from my waist and onto the ground. Adam’s eyes followed the towel, staring at my raging boner. Fuck! A heart-pounding growl escaped his lips. Before I could react, Adam pushed me up against the wall of the closet and snatched my lips. Fenrus howled out in happiness while I fought against losing all of my restraints. How could I not? The kiss was bind-blowing. All I wanted to do, was to throw my legs around his waist and beg him to take me.

“Do it!” Fenrus encouraged me, jumping up and down in my head.

At the last desperate second, I pulled out of the lip-searing kiss and teleported out of Adam’s embrace. I landed naked on my bed, panting for air. I quickly wrapped my bedding around my naked body before I erected a barrier between me and Adam, who stumbled out of the closet with swollen lips and a sex-crazed haze coating his golden brown eyes.

“Someone’s out to greet us!” Fenrus shouted. True to his word, Adam’s snake poked out its head to greet us, straining against his jeans. I gulped down the urge to fondle his impressive piece of meat.

To make matters worse, my bedroom’s door slid open, revealing my sister. She walked in, oblivious to the fuck session that nearly broke out. However, that only lasted until she hit the barrier I created. Her eyes fell onto me and then jumped over to Adam before she fell to the ground, laughing herself into a coma.

“This isn’t funny, Maisie,” I cried out, throwing the bedding over my head to hide from my shame.

Maisie sat up, pointing to the snake in the room. “Adam! Put that away before you scare my brother out of his skin. You don’t want to advertise the behemoth equipment you’re going to employ to make him shout your name out in ecstasy.”

Adam jumped out of his haze and blushed until his skin challenged the color of his shirt. He bolted for the safety of the bathroom, rambling out apologies as he ran. After a short cool off period, the bathroom’s door creaked open, revealing a shamefaced Adam.

“I’m really sorry, Nate,” Adam mumbled, scratching his head. “I don’t know what came over me.”

“Lust, most definitely,” Maisie chimed in, holding back a snort.

I grabbed one of my pillows and threw her with it. “Maisie! Shut. Up.”

She caught the pillow. Her laughter soared up into a high-pitched cackle. “Ok, I’m sorry. But you have to admit it was funny.”

“What’s so funny about not getting laid?” Fenrus dead-panned.

“As I told you, man whore. I agreed to date Adam not to get fucked by him. So hush.” I told him off.

Fenrus growled. ”You humans are so frustrating! When have you seen animals dating each other? Never! When we want to fuck, we fuck!”

“Yeah, well, it’s not just up to you. I’m in charge.” I closed off the connection and shoved Fenrus to the back of my head. He needed to cool off before he turned me into a willing participant in his sexually frustrated fantasies.

I shuffled off my bed, taking the bedding with me. Once the barrier disintegrated, I made my way back into the closet. I got dressed in a pair of skinny faded jeans, a purple pullover sweatshirt, and a pair of black vans.

As I walked out of the closet, Adam was sitting next to Maisie with a somber expression on his face. As if he lost a fight against another Alpha. Maisie, however, still wore her grin with pride, no doubt itching to relay what happened between them to her mate. If she didn’t already.

I had mixed feelings about what happened. The logical me wanted to slap the skin off my impulsive side for nearly raising my ass into the air, ready to be claimed. I liked Adam very much and wanted to explore the relationship healthily rather than reducing it to a cheap thrill between the sheets. It wasn’t the best path toward becoming mates. And a part of me craved for a mate, someone that would be there for me through thick and thin and would never leave me.

Walking up to Adam, I lifted his stubbly chin so that I could look into his gorgeous eyes. “I’m not sorry for what happened, but it wasn’t the right time, not yet anyhow.” I caressed his jaw before planting a gentle kiss on his luscious lips. “You didn’t screw up, so don’t kick yourself into the dirt. Let’s put this behind us and focus on the date. Although I’m beginning to think you’re getting cold paws about it since you haven’t given me the date yet.” I teased him.

Adam jumped up from the bed and wrapped his muscular arms around me. Goddess, it was the best feeling in the world. The warmth of his body and the scent of his skin made me feel safe for the first time in my life.

Adam chuckled, stroking the back of my neck. “Don’t worry, sugar lips. I already set the date. But first, we have to get the joining behind our backs. My father won’t let you wander off until you’re part of the pack.”

“You mean under his control?”

“You caught that?”

I snickered and pulled away. “Off course. I’m not an idiot. The moment the joining’s complete, your father will be my alpha and I’ll have to follow his orders if I like it or not.”

“You make it sound as if it’s the worst thing in the world to do,” Adam said. “I would love it to have you be part of the pack...” Adam let go of my hands and slumped out of the room. His demeanor flipped a switch, from happy to sad.

“Arg! Did I just say something wrong?”

“Yes, you did. Adam has been looking forward to this day for months.” Fenrus pushed forward. ”Bane told me that. Now it seems to him you don’t want to be.”

I rushed out of my room with Maisie close on my heels, but as I searched for Adam, he was nowhere to be seen. For an enormous lump of chiseled muscle, he moved fast. We walked to the end of the hallway and peeked over the banister to see Adam stepping off the winding staircase two levels below us.

“Run after him, Nate,” Maisie told me. “Oh, and before I forget. The Alpha has requested your presence in the dining room. He’s having breakfast with your mother and our dad.” She then padded me on the shoulder before walking back down the hallway toward her and Tyson’s room.

***

After two flights of stairs and a large living room more spacious than a house, I entered an equally impressive kitchen. Gray marble countertops snaked around the room with four stainless-steel stoves that could cook enough food to feed an army at its tail. A massive island stood in the center of the kitchen, surrounded by red kitchen chairs. Several pack members were chatting and eating at the island as I passed through, but they stopped what they were doing and stared at me until I disappeared through a door that led into a dining room. Even after two weeks of staying in the pack, its members still treated me like an outsider. It stung a bit, but I shoved it aside when my eyes landed on my family.

Lilly was busy eating muesli with cashew milk yogurt. She still didn’t give in to her animalistic need for a tender piece of steak. My mom sat next to my dad while the Alpha sat at the head of the table, looking as pissed as always. Good Goddess, did he ever smile? I wouldn’t lie and say that the gray fox wasn’t as sexy as fuck. Adam was taller than his father but only by two inches. The old man had a buff physique with bulging muscles that threatened to rip his polo shirt to pieces. His long gray hair, he tied into a man bun while he kept his beard neat and trimmed. If I had a daddy kink, this dude would have done it for me, but I was more than happy with my sexy Adam.

“Really? Perving on the old man, are we?” Fenrus said.

I rolled my eyes at his ridiculous idea. ”Not in the slightest. Just appreciating where Adam got his looks from.”

“Good to hear.”

The Alpha glanced up from his breakfast as I approached and said in a gravelly voice. “Ah! You’re awake. Come and sit.” He gestured with his left hand to the nearest seat next to him. “We have much to talk about.”