Desert Heat (Complete)

{Dorian’s P.O.V.}

Watching Allie work in the kitchen is like watching an angel. Allie always finds time to cook for me at the packhouse and the other ranked members, and even kicks Mrs. Johnson out and takes over completely. She is always coming up with new menu items and teaches the Omegas how to prep and cook them. Mrs. Johnson welcomes to the new ideas that Allie comes up with.

Sometimes I think about moving us out of the packhouse and into one of the townhomes so it could be just us, but then I remember that we’re the Alpha and Luna, and we can’t do that. Given that Allie was busy prepping for dinner, I figured I would call my parents to check in on the twins,

“Hi, sweetheart!”

“Hi, mom,”

“Are you two enjoying your time with your sister?”

“Yeah, we are,”

“Your tone suggests otherwise Dorian,”

“There has been some drama, but nothing we can’t handle. I just wanted to check in on the twins,”

“They’re sleeping right now, but here,” she turns the phone and shows me my perfect pups sleeping away in their cribs at their house.

“Perfect,”

“They are perfect,”

“Just like all of our other grandchildren,”

“Hey, Dad,”

“Hey, son. Where’s Allison?”

“She’s preparing to make a huge dinner for us and the Yellow Moon brothers,”

“Deacon is in St. Petersburg?”

“Oh no dad, Allie, Amber, Ronnie, and I are in Miami right now. Deacon had called and told us he was going to be here for a business meeting and invited us to hang out for a few days. So, Ronnie got permission from his Alpha. We’re actually going to extend our trip a couple of extra days to make it up to them,”

“I see. Why do I feel that you’re not telling us everything,”

“Damn, you and mom are ridiculous,”

“We are your parents’ sweetheart, we know when you and your sister are hiding something,”

“Deacon was able to get us in on his meeting, and Allie’s big brain got us a big business deal,”

“That’s good news son,”

“Yeah, I’m going to talk to Amber and get the Florida office to take over since it will all be done in Miami,”

“That’s great you’re going to include your sister,”

“Are you going to tell us about the drama sweetheart?” my mother asked.

“When we get back,”

“Alright, well don’t work too hard,”

“I won’t mom. K**s the twins for us,”

“Love you, sweetheart,”

“Love you guys, too,”

“Dorian! Can you help me with this please!?” I heard Allie shout from the kitchen.

“What’s up baby,”

“Crack open these damn crab legs for me,” I just laughed at her and helped her out. I watched as she put all of the cooked seafood into one bowl and the shrimp into another. After she cleaned up her station, she chopped garlic, shallots, and fresh parsley. “Babe, will you take that tub of butter and put in the microwave for ten seconds?”

“Sure,” Once I do that, I give it her to her and empties the butter into another bowl and adds garlic and parsley to it and mixes it. “What are you doing?”

“Making homemade garlic butter spread for the croissants and for the pasta,” I nod and just keep watching her.

“Do you need me for anything else?”

“No, that’s it, thank you, baby,” I k**s her on the cheek and go back to the living room. I decided to answer some work emails and check-in with Brandon and Andre. Everything at home is good and the firm is doing just fine. While I was doing my own thing, Allie’s phone started to ring. “Dorian, will you get that for me please?!” I get up and get Allie’s phone from the kitchen counter and see it’s a video call from Brittany,

“Hi, Brittany,”

“Oh, Dorian. Where’s Allie?”

“Busy in the kitchen, what’s up?”

“I just wanted to have some girl talk,”

“Sorry, babe! Can’t talk right now!” Allie shouted.

“No, worries. How’s the vacation?”

“Good, we actually met up with Deacon in Miami,”

“Oh wow! Tell them C.J. and I say hi,”

“We will give C.J. my regards,”

“K**s Arlene for me!” Allie shouts

“Hahaha, I will, bye you guys,”

After I hung up with Brittany, I went to the small office area in our hotel room and worked on my laptop. Allie would take a couple of hours, and she didn’t like me helping unless she asked for it. After about an hour, I could smell the food and I was starting to get hungry,

“Damn, that smells good,”

“It’s the cheesy potatoes, those will take the longest to cook. Everything else I can start about 45 minutes before everyone gets here,” she said and came and sat down.

“You know, watching you in the kitchen makes me wonder what things would be like if we weren’t werewolves,”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, would we have met if we were both human?”

“Who knows? Selene said we were fated, but you were born a wolf, I was born human,”

“But Lucas said it’s our souls that are drawn to each other. Would that still be the case if I wasn’t a wolf, or even if the roles were reversed?”

“I don’t know baby, but I would like to think so,” she answered. I bent down and picked her up and just hugged her. “Now who’s being clingy?”

“Apart of me wishes we weren’t the Alpha and Luna, then we could move out of the packhouse and live our lives. You, me, and our kids,”

“That would be nice,” she pulled her head away and kissed me. I sat down on the couch with her straddling me and we just kissed until it was time for her to get back in the kitchen.

Once everything was prepared, Allie and I got changed into something a little more casual and came back down. Amber sent me a mind link saying they were on their way and they ran into the Yellow Moon brothers coming out of the elevator, so I went down to the first floor and opened the door for them.

“Hey, we brought some wine and whiskey,” Amber said.

“Thanks, sis,”

“Oh f**k, it smells good in here!” Lucian exclaimed. Everyone went upstairs to the dining room and kitchen area where Allie was putting everything together,

“Wow, Allie, everything looks so good,”

“Thanks, Amber. You guys are right on time, everything is ready to eat, just need to plate everything. Everyone take a seat and I will bring you your plates,” We all sat down at the dining room table, unfortunately, there weren’t enough chairs, so Allie sat on my lap so that Deacon could sit with us and his brothers sat in the living room.

“Allie, is that the crop top you bought the other day?” Amber asked

“Yup,”

“Cute,”

“How’s the food everybody?” Allie asked everyone

“f*****g BOMB SHORTY!” Lucian said with his mouth full

“Please tell me there’s enough for seconds?” Apollo asked.

“Of course, help yourself to seconds,” Allie replied with a smile. “Dorian, you have something on your cheek,” She says and wipes it away with her thumb and gives me a k**s. I look over and see Deacon frown and so does Allie. Honestly, his reaction to our PDA is always sad. It’s never jealousy.

“Okay, you know what, I can’t with this,” Amber said and puts her fork down. We all look at her. “I’m going to address the elephant in the room right now because I can’t take it anymore,”

“Amber,” I call her out, but she puts her hand up to cut me off.

“Deacon, I’m sorry, but you need to get over your feelings for Allie and move the f**k on,” she says to him.

“Amber!” Allie shouts

“Stop! You two may be okay with this, but I’m not. Deacon, Allie is married to my brother! She is the mother to his kids, you need to let go,”

“Amber that’s enough,” I tell her

“It’s okay,” Deacon responds and takes a deep breath. “You’re right Amber, I do need to let go of my feelings for Allie, I shouldn’t have fallen in love with her in the first place…”

“Deacon, did you just say you’re in love with Shorty?” Lucian asked.

“Yeah, I am,” Deacon responded.

“What the f**k bro, that’s not cool!” Apollo replied.

“I know it’s not, which is why as soon it happened, I told Dorian, face to face,” They both looked at me. “Look, I’m not proud of it, and I’ve been trying, but it’s hard,”

“Deacon, I get it. Allie is an amazing young woman, and you’re not the first person to fall in love with her that isn’t my brother. But I cannot let you get away with having feelings for her, especially with Heather being around now. We are all going to my packhouse tomorrow, and Heather will be there. If she even suspects that you remotely have feelings for Allie, there’s no telling what she will do,”

“That b***h isn’t stupid enough to go after a Luna is she?” Lucian asks

“Heather is unstable right now. She has been in a state of depression because she hasn’t found her mate. So, when she found out that Allie knew who her mate was, she lost all sense of reality,”

“I believe it. Didn’t she accuse of Shorty of keeping Deacon away from her?” Apollo asked.

“She did?” Ronnie asked

“Yeah, when she eves dropped on my call with Deacon right before we left the packhouse. She said that I’m keeping Deacon from her,” Allie said with a sad voice. “I don’t want anything bad to happen to anyone. I don’t want anyone to get hurt, even Heather. She may be insane, but she’s young and is just desperate for love,”

“Be that as it may, she can’t be going around accusing you of s**t that’s not your fault and stalking people,” Lucian replied.

“D, I’m sorry, I should have been more careful about all of this. Had I been more conscious of someone potentially listening to my conversation then…”

“Stop it, Allie. None of this is your fault. You didn’t do anything wrong,” Deacon cut her off.

“He’s right, baby. You haven’t done anything wrong,” I tell her, and she starts to get teary-eyed.

“Oh my god, Allie, I didn’t mean to make you upset,” Amber said looking worries.

“You didn’t Amber, I’m just tired of all of this,” Allie leaned on my shoulder for a minute. “I’m sorry, but I’ve lost my appetite. I’m going to go lay down,” Allie got up and went to the guest room and shut the door.

“f**k Amber! You had to open your big mouth!” I shouted.

“Deacon is an Alpha of another pack! He can’t be falling in love with your Luna!”

“I told you that I’m okay with all of this, why can’t you respect that!?” Before Amber could answer, I received a mind link from Allie,

Dorian, stop yelling at her. She did nothing wrong. She has the right to be concerned.

Allie, are you okay?

No, but can you do me favor?

Anything.

Will you and Deacon come in here? I need to speak with you two privately.

“Deacon, Allie wants to talk with us privately,” I tell him. He nods and we both get up and go to Allie. I open the door and Allie is sitting on the edge of the bed.

“Baby,” I go to her and sit down next to her. Deacon sits on the other side of her.

“Shorty, you good?”

“No,”

“What’s wrong, Allie?” I ask her

“I have to come clean with both of you,”

“About?”

“Dorian, please don’t be angry,” I didn’t like the sound of that. “I don’t want Deacon to accept Heather as his mate,” Deacon and I just look at each other.

“Why?” Deacon asks.

“Because she’s not good enough for you, D,” we both just look at her. “She’s crazy, egotistical, and she’s too immature. She is nowhere ready to be the Luna of your pack or any pack for that matter. I’m not the perfect Luna, but I know how to respect boundaries and others’ feelings. The fact that she followed us here is the biggest reason I have no respect for her,”

“Allie, I know you and I know you’re not telling us everything,” I tell her.

“It’s bad Dorian, and I’m afraid you’ll hate me for it,”

“Hey, I could never hate you. You’re my wife and the mother to my pups. I will always love you, no matter what it is,” I said cupping her cheeks.

“I…I’ve…I’ve been…” she pauses and closes her eyes. “I’ve had s****l fantasies about you and Deacon,” she says really fast and covers her face.

“Whoa,” Deacon says and gets up from the bed.

“Allie, I need you to expand on what you just said before I get mad,” I said to her trying to control myself.

“I…I’ve always fantasized what it would be like being taken by two men at once,” She blurts out and buries her face in between her knees. I look at Deacon and just shakes his head and raises his hands in innocence. This caught him off guard just as much as it did me. I was more shocked at Allie’s confession, that I couldn’t even get mad. I looked down at her and she started crying,

“Hey,” I put my arm around her shoulder, she immediately climbed onto my lap and straddled me and kept crying. I looked at Deacon who was concerned.

“I’m sorry Dorian, I’m so sorry. I don’t know what has gotten into me. This all started after I figured out Deacon was Heather’s mate. I don’t know why,” she was full-on bawling by that point and I just held her tight. “Please don’t hate me, Dorian, I love you so much. I never want to hurt you, but I had to tell you the truth. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry,”

“I don’t hate you, baby. I’m just caught off guard by all of this,” I tell her. I couldn’t be mad at her. This is the first time Allie has ever had a s****l fantasy. I honestly wasn’t surprised either, Allie was the reason why we had orgies every few months in the guest room on our floor.

“Deacon, I’m sorry. I’m not trying to lead you on either. I know this could never happen, but I can’t stop fantasizing about it,”

“Shorty, you have nothing to be sorry for. I know you have no ill intentions. Everyone has fantasies, even the most faithful of people have them,”

“He’s right baby,” I pull back and make her look at me. “Everyone has fantasies, there’s nothing wrong with that,”

“But I feel like I’m being unfaithful by having these fantasies and I don’t want you to think that you’re not enough for me Dorian. You’re everything I’ve ever wanted in a husband and father. You’re perfect for me,”

“And you’re perfect for me. You’re not being unfaithful, Allie. You’re being honest and upfront with me. That’s the complete opposite of being unfaithful,”

“You’re not mad?” she asked while sniffling. Damn, my wife was cute.

“No, I’m not mad, and I’m not surprised either,”

“What?” she looked at me and I just smirked.

“Allie, you’re the reason we have orgies in the guest room every few months,”

“Whoa, what?” Deacon was in shock. “Did you say orgies?”

“Yeah, Allie started it a couple of weeks after she turned. We had one in the VIP cabana at Brandon’s beach club, then one on my jet when we were going to the Bahamas and a few more on our private yacht rental. We have them every so often when the girls want to have some fun,”

“The girls?”

“It’s mostly Allie, but the last round was Leah’s idea,” I tell him, and Allie chuckles a little bit. “Do you feel better, baby?” I say rubbing her back.

“Shorty, I’m flattered, I really am. But you know as well as I do, that nothing can happen between us,” Deacon tells her, and she nods. “Dorian, may I?” Deacon has his arms open wanting to hold Allie. I smirk and nod my head. “Shorty, come here,” Allie hesitates a second, but I let her know it’s okay. She reaches over and Deacon takes her in his arms. “Damn, you are light,” she laughs and so do I.

“See, why I am able to hold her for long periods of time?” I ask him.

“What are you, like a hundred pounds?” he asks.

“Ew, I’m not anorexic D,”

“I know that I’ve seen you eat,” we all laugh.

“Allie is actually close to 120,” I tell him.

“She don’t feel like it,”

“That’s because she carries herself well, plus, it’s the fact that she’s fit,” Deacon carries her for a little while longer and then gives her back to me. Allie has finally stopped crying. The three of us sit in the room a little while longer and talk. We came to an understanding that Allie’s fantasies will remain just that. That and her personal feelings towards Heather will be put aside.

We went back out and everyone was still there waiting for us, and we resumed dinner. Amber apologized to Deacon, but his brothers tore into him for a little bit before they let everything go as well. Luckily, nothing changed between us and everything returned to normal. We ate, we drank, we had dessert, and talked the whole night.

“Deacon, be sure you call Tampa’s airport and let them know your jet specifications,” I tell him.

“I already took care of that, thanks big man,” Lucian replies.

“I’m going to warn you now Deacon, the moment Heather senses you, she will immediately get attached, so if you’re going to reject her, be gentle about it,” Amber tells him.

“I’m not sure what I’m going to do just yet, but I can’t avoid this anymore either. Not with Allie being caught in the middle,” he replies. None of us were looking forward to going back to St. Petersburg.