Sharkbait Down Under

Nicholas and I hurried up to our room, where my Mom and Amy joined us for the conference call. I saw Alpha Steven and Luna Carolyn on one camera, Adrienne was on the second, and the third had Unky Leo and Ian Corcoran. “Hi everyone,” I said. “Did the Council call?”

“I got a call from Chairman Carver about two minutes after I got the message from Leo,” Alpha Steven said. “He said he was disappointed that he had to learn about the mating of a Mantled Alpha Heir from wolves watching social media instead of from her Alpha.”

“How did you handle that?” Bosses hated looking bad when they didn’t have information.

“I told them that you had requested privacy due to your unique situation. After all, you are halfway around the world in a high-profile job among humans. You barely had time to complete the mating before rushing off to your next commitment. I may have promised a party to celebrate at a later time once you return to the United States." That seemed fair. "After that, he was questioning whether you would continue in my Pack or return to Miesville. I told him you only changed because you were living with Amy and Kai’s younger sisters; if you moved out on your own with your new mate, you’d likely go back to Miesville. That seemed to satisfy him for now,”

“I can live with that. Thank you, Alpha. I’m glad I left the political stuff to you.” The last thing I wanted was a bunch of Werewolf Council poking around in my business. It was far too early to expose Nicholas’ family to the other Packs.

“It’s not going to be that easy,” Leo said with a sigh. “I got a call from the Chairman next. He knows Nicholas isn’t on any Pack roster with the American or European Councils. No Corcorans are active in any Pack, including in Ireland. He’s not on the list of known rogues, and he wants me to find out why.”

“How long can you hold him off,” Adrienne said.

Leo shrugged. “A few days?”

“You may not have that long,” she replied. “One phone call and I was able to find Philip Corcoran in the European Pack Archives. Someone is going to say that if he’s not in the archives, maybe his father or grandfather was. It’s all electronic, and if they ask the same archivist? They’ll find out that I found out the answers first, and didn’t say anything.”

“If they start pulling strings, we are screwed,” Ian said. “They don’t even have to come here. They can use public records in Australia to trace our families and identify every Corcoran back to Colonial times.”

“We can’t allow the Council to take over down here,” I said with panic in my voice. “You know what they think about humans who know our secret! They’ll want them killed, or forced to complete the change!”

“The Council can have investigators and enforcers down there in a day,” Adrienne said. “Hell, they might already be on the way. By the time they arrive, they’ll have names and addresses of every relative to Nicholas Corcoran they can find. A rental car and a few days, and they’ll know two things. One, there are a lot of humans among them, and two, most of them are in the Miesville Pack. That fact places both groups under the authority of the North American Council.”

Ian looked confused. “Our ancestor hailed from Ireland, so shouldn’t it be the European Pack that has authority?”

Adrienne shook her head, no. “They would like to claim credit, and if they had found the Corcorans before Sharkbait did, that would have been the case. The problem is that there was no Alpha in Australia, and the Corcorans never formed a Pack structure. Legally, the Wicklow Pack ceased to exist centuries ago.”

I thought about it for a minute, but it was Nicholas who came up with the answer first. “The only reason the North American council has jurisdiction is that the Miesville Pack is part of that Council?”

Unka Leo nodded. “And since I claimed the Corcorans as my Pack, I also claim the territory and the problems.”

“Seems pretty simple, then,” Nicholas said. “Vicki and I become Alphas of our new Pack, and you are only here along with her family and friends to help us get established.”

“That’s genius,” Adrienne said with a grin. “Technically, Vicki is going to her mate’s Pack, which is not under the jurisdiction of either Council. Nothing forces Vicki to join the North American Council; with her history with them, it’s understandable why she would refuse. The Europeans could offer to restore the Corcoran Pack, but it’s not like you’re planning to return to Ireland.” She looked at Nicholas. “Right? I mean, is there any thought about moving away from Australia?”

“Nobody here is saying anything about doing more than visiting,” Ian said. “Our family has been here since Sydney was a foothold on the continent. We have homes, relatives, and jobs. We love it here.”

“I agree,” Nicholas said. “I’d move anywhere to be with Vicki if it was just us, but it won’t be.”

“And the needs of the Pack come first,” I said. It was a lesson Leo and Adrienne had taught me early and often. “Does the Council know that Leo is Alpha right now?”

“No, but it will be obvious once they get here,” Leo said.

I hated to miss a dive day, especially in Australia. Tomorrow we were filming a dive with big Great Whites, and I had to pass. “Amy and the girls will film without me tomorrow. Nicholas and I will drive back first thing tomorrow morning, and we can do the handover of the Pack. That way, you aren’t Alpha the next time the Council calls.”

“Are you ready for this, Vicki?” Mom was hugging me from the side. Becoming an Alpha was a big fucking deal! Taking over this Pack meant I wouldn’t be heir to the Miesville Pack or the Stillwater Pack anymore. We’d make our home here in South Australia, a thirty-hour flight from home. Every plan for my life was no good anymore; everything from my foundation to my yacht to our new research vessel was on the other side of the world. Add to that our responsibility for the lives of about eighty people.

Nothing in my life would ever be the same.

I’d be a mated Alpha before completing my first college class.

“I’ve always known it was a possibility, but I didn’t expect it to happen this way,” I said.

“Luna puts us where she needs us to be, not always where we expect to be,” Steven said. “She chose Nicholas as your mate, and she kept these wolves hidden from the world until you found them. I have every confidence in your ability to lead them.”

“I wouldn’t turn a Pack over to someone I didn’t trust,” Leo said. “We both knew this had to happen sooner or later.”

I nodded at that. Adrienne was next. “You’re the only one who CAN stand up to the councils, Vicki. You have good reason to be wary of the North American Council, and you’ve stood up to them before. You can stop their investigations in their tracks, legally, by declaring your territory and banning wolves from entry without permission.”

“Eight AM Melbourne time is six PM Eastern time, three PM Pacific,” I said. “Adrienne, can you set up a conference call with the Council and interested North American Alphas for that time? Hell, invite the European Council, even though it will be around midnight for them,” I asked.

“What is the subject?”

“Tell them I will be taking my place as a Pack Alpha,” I said. “That should get some interest.”

She smiled at that; I’m sure the rumors of their retirement from the Miesville Pack would be flying around. In any case, my fame and wealth meant there would be great interest in the announcement. “I’ll do that,” my Aunt said. “This is going to be fun to watch.”

I had no doubt that would be the case. “Show up with your popcorn and snacks,” I teased. It was time to get serious. “I want to know what is happening to Warrior Fiona before I take over the Pack,” I said. “She is my friend, and I don’t want to sit in judgment of her.”

“I’ll speak to Steven about that after we finish here,” Leo said. “She is still a member of the Three Sisters Pack.”

“I do need to know your intentions with her,” Steven said. “Her mate will be in your Pack, and she works for you.”

“I want her back,” I said. “She lost control of her wolf for a few moments, and she needs consequences for that, but I don’t want her life ruined over this. I know Margaret doesn’t want that, either.”

“We will figure it out,” Leo said. “You look tired. Get some sleep and get up here early; the Pack needs to be yours before the call starts.” We ended the call, and Mom and Amy got up.

“Great, another early morning,” I said as I walked with them to our door.

“Quit bitching! You were getting up early anyway to go shark diving,” Amy teased.

“Getting up to catch the helicopter ride out to the Great Australian Bight is a lot easier to wake up for,” I said with a frown. “Have fun without me.”

“I will, Alpha Vicki,” she said, escaping out the door before I could catch her.

“Goodnight, baby,” Mom said. “I’ll ride out with you.”

“We’ll see you at breakfast at six,” I replied. “I love you, Mom.” She gave both of us a hug, then the door closed, and it was just the two of us left. “I’ll give you ten seconds to strip or else,” I said as I put my hands on Nicholas’ chest.

“Or else what?”

“Eight. Seven.”

He had his clothes off by two, and I had mine off by zero. Pushing him onto his back, I told him to keep his hands above his head, or I’d stop. He moved his hands up, and I leaned over and grabbed his rapidly hardening shaft in my hand. I’d been thinking of this all day.

I started licking it from the base to the tip on the underside, then each side. My right hand was caressing those heavy balls, and I felt them jump as my left hand moved the spongy head into my mouth. “Fuck,” he said, fighting the urge to move his hands down to me. I swirled my tongue around him as I sucked gently, then started taking him deeper. I pushed him to the back of my mouth, then swallowed around him to take him into my throat. I kept going, taking his whole length before backing off. It didn’t take long until he was warning me he was about to cum.

“Not yet,” I said as I gripped the base of his cock and squeezed. I waited until the contractions passed, then slowly started to lick again. “Condom?”

“On the table,” he said. I got up and pulled one out of the wrapper.

Climbing over him, I straddled his head and lowered myself so his tongue could prepare me for more. “Oh, yeah,” I said as his tongue went to work. I moved his hands up until they were on my breasts, closing my eyes and moaning as he squeezed them and pinched my nipples. It didn’t take long before I went off, just the first one of many I planned on tonight.

I moved down his body as I rolled the condom on. Holding him in place, I let myself ease down on him until I bottomed out. “Oh, yeah,” I said as he filled me again.

“That’s the sexiest sight I’ve ever seen,” he said. I grabbed onto his knees and started to move up, feeling every ridge and vein as it slid by. I dropped down faster the next time, moaning in pleasure. I wanted to make it last, but it felt too damn good. I came a second time, but I knew a bigger one was coming. Faster and faster I went until I screamed in pleasure, my body locking up as my pussy gripped him tightly.

“YES,” he yelled as he held my hips, pumping up into me as his orgasm hit like a freight train. He caught me as I leaned back onto his chest while we caught our breath. “Wow,” he said.

“Yeah. We better shower and get some sleep.”

Mated life was great.