The Alpha Wants Everything Book 1 The King's Queen

The town meeting this morning seemed to drag on, going over the minutes from the last town meeting, going over all the proceeds the Summer Carnival brought in so far. Being the founder Kane already knew this information, it went by him first. Right now they were in the process of discussing a possible Art Festival, instead of holding it in the park, like usual they were thinking of a smaller venue like the town hall. He wasn’t really paying attention. His mind is too busy with thoughts. Thoughts of his future, thoughts of his mate, thoughts of his own children. Lost in a world of these thoughts, until someone mentioned Dax, and all eyes turned to him. His look must have said deer caught in the headlights, because Johnny fought to control himself.

“What?” He looked back at everybody at the table, he could hear both Johnny and Kenneth snickering beside him “What?” He repeated a little more forcefully.

“I think they want you to get Dax to run it this year” Johnny said,

“Are they crazy?” He looked back at the table.

“She might like the idea” Kenneth offered,

“Are you fucking crazy?” Kane looked at him.

“We are not saying for Dax to run it, just maybe be a part of it. She is an artist after all, and she is seeing a member of the town council. It would paint her in a brighter light.” Johnny lost his inner battle erupting into laughter.

“I think Bob’s trying to get you killed” He choked out,

“So you want me to use the fact that she’s an artist and is dating me as an argument to get her to be part of this Art Festival. An Art Festival that barely breaks even every year if it doesn’t lose money might I add. An Art Festival that I am pretty sure we voted to get rid of last meeting” Kane asked, looking at the other members of the council.

“My wife heads the planning committee for the Art Festival every year” Kent Morganson interjected, though he sounded a little bitter about it.

“We know Kent, and to be honest, the Art Festival is boring, some of the other council members and I were talking and we aren’t convinced to put it to bed just yet at least not until we have had a real artist try their hand at it.” Bob was saying. Kane had to admit, if Dax took the reins of this Festival she would show them what art really was, she had the talent and the vision to pull it off. He just wasn’t sure how he would convince her of that, especially if she had to work with Mrs. Morganson.

“Can she form her own planning committee?” It was Kenneth that asked the question to the council. There were resounding head nods and yes’s around the table. To their surprise even Mr. Morganson said yes.

“I will ask, I make no promises or guarantees, that is the best I can do” he said. If this gets something thrown at his head, he’ll be big time mad.

“Don’t forget to add it’ll paint her in a brighter light” Johnny said. He and Kenneth started howling all over again.

“Great, that is all we are asking. If there is nothing new to add, we will adjourn this meeting till next week.” Bob said, He heard Johnny hold his breath, this was where Kent was to abdicate his seat.

“Actually Bob” Kent started and Johnny released his breath “I would like to abdicate my seat. I want to retire.”

“Who would you relinquish your seat to?” Bob asked, taking note, though they all knew the answer.

“If there are no other nominations” He paused waiting for something “My….son….Donny” Kane didn’t miss the note of disdain in his voice when he said son.

“Actually I have a nomination,″ Kane spoke up, Kent looked almost too relieved by this. “He has been a member of this town for the better part of 10 years and has been quite the contributor to many town functions” Johnny gave Kane the file and he passed it around the table.

“Thomas Kincaid, I know him, he’s a good man” Bob said, pleased that he might join the council.

“I second the nomination” Kent Morganson, again surprised them.

“We’ll put it to a vote, all in favour of Thomas Kincaid raise your hand” the hands went up and Bob counted. “All against”

“It has passed, next week we will welcome our newest council member and say goodbye to our friend. Meetings adjourned”

“What just happened?” Kenneth leaned over and asked Johnny.

“Thomas is now on the council” he answered, a little surprised that it happened that quickly.

They stepped out of the meeting hall, it felt good to stretch after sitting there for so long. They had a meeting with Kent Morganson in an hour, but for the third time this morning Mr. Morganson surprised them, when he approached them on the steps of the town hall.

“Mr. McKenna, we have a meeting in an hour but I have some free time now before I have to head to the store for the remainder of the day,” he said, extending his hand.

“Mr. Morganson, you surprised me earlier by seconding my nomination. I thought for sure you would want your son to have that seat” Kane accepted his hand.

“I’m going to be frank with you Mr. McKenna, I love my wife, but her son is a fucking idiot and does not belong on the town council. And please it’s Kent” Kane looked at Johnny, this might be easier than they thought.

“Well then, Kent this is my business partner Johnny, you spoke to him on the phone when he set the meeting up, and this is our colleague Kenneth. Unfortunately I have some business to finish up with Kenneth, but Johnny will be more than happy to discuss our proposition” Kent shook hands with both Johnny and Kenneth and nodded towards Johnny to proceed as they walked away talking heading towards Glenda’s.

“Sir, what business do we have to discuss?” Kenneth was confused, he wasn’t aware of any they may have.

“Walk with me Kenneth, stop me if I missed something or over step my line of thinking. You came down from New York, with information that could have easily been given over the phone. Including information about the package. You have seemed a little intrigued by the dealings of the town. Including involving yourself in a few things that you won’t be here to participate in. Is it safe to assume New York no longer holds its appeal?” Kane asked, looking at him. Kenneth sighed, rubbing his jaw.

“I would never walk away from my post, but for the last little while I have been feeling out of place in New York, something is….missing. So to answer your question, no New York no longer holds its appeal for me. Sure it’s big, but with nowhere to run.” Kenneth replied honestly.

“The interest in Hillcrest?” Kane inquired,

“Though Charles is good at his position, I wonder if he wouldn’t be better situated somewhere that was already both established and trained. That is I am assuming Hillcrest would need to be trained” Kane just nodded,

“So you want me to send Charles to New York, so you can come here and run Hillcrest?” Kane asked,

“He would be further away from you, instead of across the town where you would still run into him on a daily basis.” Kenneth had a point, and he did an exceptional job at establishing New York after Kane took control of it.

“What does Marco say?” Kane asked,

“Said he would follow me here, where I go, he goes. He feels something is missing as well.” Kenneth replied,

“Hillcrest already has a second” Kane countered,

“Send him to New York to” this caused Kane to laugh, that was an idea.

“I’ll give it some consideration, we’ll see what happens Saturday” Kenneth nodded,

“Should we go help Johnny?” He asked, Kane laughed again

“Johnny can sweet talk the panties off a nun, by the time we get there they’ll have signed the contract” Kane replied,

“That is very descriptive sir!” Kenneth replied with his own laugh, they headed in the direction of the diner anyway, Kane was starving.

“You grew up with Marco, yes?” Kane asked,

“Sì, sir!” Kenneth replied,

“But he can barely speak English?” Kane asked, he was always curious about that. Kenneth and Marco were both born in New York, but Marco’s English was….fucking terrible! Kane was thinking something else, but he had to admit, it was. He can’t even put together a sentence!

“Marco is….complicated….there are reasons for the way he is.” Kenneth replied, not really certain how to explain it, but if they were to be living here Kenneth will have to figure out how to explain those reasons. What reasons are those? I don’t know! Kane thought about that for a minute, Marco was loyal to him and has done nothing to make him question that loyalty. He wouldn’t push it for now, Kenneth seemed a little defensive over the man.

“I was just curious. He swears a lot” Kane said as they continued to Glenda’s.

“Sì, he does!” Kenneth nodded, agreeing. If his Alpha knew half the things Marco said they would be having a different conversation.

They arrived at the diner and sure enough Johnny was finalizing the purchase of the store with Kent. Kane and Kenneth waited at the counter for them to finish, where Glenda poured them coffee.

“The town’s a buzz with some interesting news, thought you might like a heads up” Glenda said to him,

“And what would that be?” Kane asked her over his cup of coffee.

“Regarding the five pregnancy tests she purchased” she replied, Kane choked on his coffee “Don’t worry too much about it, this town has nothing better to do. But I thought it would be better if you heard it from someone that knows the difference between truth and rumour.” Um….she said Lacey used four! Ky perked his head. No longer feeling hungry, Kane bolted from the diner, heading towards the warehouse. Johnny looked confused at Kenneth who just shrugged, not understanding the sudden departure either. Johnny finished up with Mr. Morganson

“It was a pleasure doing business with you, Kent,” Johnny said, shaking his hand.

“Just knowing the store is in capable hands and will not be out of business in two years is enough to allow me to retire a happy man” He replied laughing.

“Hope your wife shares your sentiments” Johnny joked, causing him to laugh.

“She should, truthfully Donny never wanted the store, he told his mother that but she is set in her ways” Kent explained. They shook hands again and parted ways. Johnny was pretty proud of himself, they took the store, they took his seat and if Kane could pull it off they would take the Art Festival, leaving that woman with nothing. Don’t fuck with my Luna! Johnny thought as he approached the counter

“What bit his ass?” He asked, referring to Kane running from the diner

“I’m not sure, something about rumours and five pregnancy tests” Kenneth replied, with a slight shrug.

“Five….Lacey said she only used….Holy Fuck!” Johnny’s eyes went wide and he threw money on the counter and ran out the door as well with Kenneth right behind him

“What? Lacey used what?” Kenneth asked,

“Four, she only used four tests,” Johnny answered,

“Oh merda!” They moved faster to the warehouse.

Dax was in the back of the warehouse, working on a paint pour. She had redone the paint 4 times, she couldn’t concentrate on the task she was doing, with that test sitting in her bag. She hasn’t had a chance to use it, someone has been around and it might draw questions if she pulled it from her bag, word would get back to Kane. On top of that she didn’t want to over shadow Lacey, this was her day. Something told her that a pregnant Luna would be a top priority over a pregnant Beta’s mate, and she wanted Lacey to be important. She would wait and take the test later, if she ever got a second to be alone. Taking a deep breath she began to redo the paint for a fifth time, her customer had a very specific colour pattern request.

Kane burst into the office scaring Lacey,

“Where is she?” He started moving towards the warehouse floor before Lacey could even answer him.

“Geezus fuck Kane! You scared the shit out of me. You can’t do that, I’m pregnant. She’s on the floor somewhere” Lacey gasped clutching her chest. He moved fast through the door looking for her, Carter saw him first and was immediately at the ready, a sense of worry washing over him, he had just done rounds a few minutes ago and didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary.

“Alpha, is there a problem?” He asked, maybe he missed something.

“No, where is she?” Kane’s eyes snapped to him.

“Angolo posteriore! (Back corner!)” Marco said pointing to the far corner, Kane ran to the back corner and when he saw her, before he could even think what to say.

“Are you?” He blurted out, scaring her she spilled the cup of paint all over the canvas herself and her work station. Pain spasmed up her back and a string of curses left her mouth. Her eyes snapped to him as she fought to control it all.

“What the fuck? Do you know how many times it took me to get it right?” She asked, angry as she breathed deep waiting for the pain to subside.

“I don’t care, are you?” He snapped back.

“Am I what?” She hissed at the pain in her back, it hadn’t settled yet. She was also tired and beyond frustrated.

“You bought five and Lacey used four” he moved closer to her.

“Five what? What are you talking about? Lacey used four of what?” She looked at him confused,

“Pregnancy tests” the words left his mouth and realization washed over her. How did he find out?

“Who told you?” She asked,

“This town loves rumours, so are you?” He asked again, a little more calmly.

“I….I don’t know. I haven’t taken it. I’ve been busy and I am waiting for a moment alone, but I haven’t got one yet” she responded, she knew she wouldn’t be able to keep a secret in a town that has a bunch of big mouths, she just hoped she would have more time before word got around.

“GET OUT!” He ordered through the mind link.

“There now you have a moment” he said, taking her hand and pulling her towards the front of the warehouse.

“You just can’t kick people out with your magic head thing” she was getting madder.

“It’s a mind link and yes I can, I am the Alpha, now take the test” he was getting madder as well.

“You can’t force me to pee on a stick” she snapped at him.

“Take the test” he huffed at her.

“You want to take the test so badly, then you pee on it” she reached into her bag and put it in his hands.

“It doesn’t work like that, and you know it” he gave the test back to her and released a low growl.

“Oh sure, when has growling at me ever worked for you?” She crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him.

“Take the test or-“ she cut him off

“Or what? You’ll huff and puff at me some more” she turned her back on him.

“Don’t you turn your back on me.” He snapped, another growl erupted from him, she turned to face him, her eyes wide then her eyes narrowed as she glared at him.

“Oh the big bad Alpha didn’t approve of that, then you’ll like this even less” she half walked half ran heading towards the stairs that led to her loft.

“Dax!” He growled following after her.

“Fuck you!” She was fighting the pain in her back, it was protesting every move she made, but she continued right through it. She just had to make it to her loft.

“DAX!” He made it to the bottom of the stairs, but her next words stopped him in his tracks.

“I’m staying here, send everyone home and you can leave with them” she called over her shoulder when she reached the top slamming the door shut behind her. She could feel the tears stinging but she refused to cry over their fight, she might cry over the pain in her back though. She pushed the button lock and slid down the door, throwing the test across the room she buried her face in her hands, tracing the scar on her ear. The next growl that she heard shook the building, covering her ears, she made him mad. You made him hella mad! Her subconscious stated the obvious. Well fuck that, I’m mad to. Who does he think he is, to demand I pee on a stick? But you know you should! Traitor! But you need to know! I don’t want to! But you need to! No. I. Don’t! Yes. You. Do! You can’t make me anymore than he can! It’s your sanity crazy pants! Shut up!

She moved to her bedroom, but a folded piece of paper on her coffee table caught her eye, picking it up, she opened it. I’ll see you soon, you little bitch! She dropped the note and went to run back to the loft door but someone wearing dark clothes and a mask stood in her way.

“Carl says hello!” They said in a gravelly voice then something struck her hard across the face and all went dark.

Kane paced the warehouse floor running his hands through his hair before he heard Ky. Um….were you trying to piss her off, because mission fucking accomplished! Fuck you hairball! Maybe you shouldn’t have demanded she pee on the stick! She needs to! You know that, don’t think for one second she doesn’t! She’s being stubborn! No, she’s scared, surprised you couldn’t smell it! DAMN IT! She’s not though, you know that right! How do you know? Not even fate is that cruel! FUCK! Three and a half weeks till the Blue Moon, even if you complete the second trial there is still the third, if that’s not complete all of us die, you, me, her….and the child! He looked towards the closed loft door, sadness flooded through him and his heart felt on the verge of shattering as he sank to the stairs. Don’t leave her for too long! Ky warned him. He took a deep breath, he felt her heart hurting, now he could only feel her fear. One more look to the door, they had to know for sure. Another deep breath he climbed the steps and tried the door, she locked it.

“Baby!” He called out to her, but he heard no movement on the other side of the door. Maybe she’s in the bedroom! Swallowing hard he tried again “Dax, baby!” still nothing. Maybe she’s peeing on the stick! He could just kick it open, but that would start another round of yelling at each other and she would pull away from him if she hadn’t already. She was right when she said he couldn’t make her do anything. Not even an Alpha command worked on her, he tried and she dug her heels in and yelled back at him. He couldn’t make her do anything, only encourage her to do the things she wanted to do. He just wasn’t sure she wanted to open the door for him.

“Baby! Can you open the door please?” Still nothing, no sound, no movement.

“Please baby! Please open the door” his grip tightened on the door knob, something wasn’t right. “Dax!” She should have said something, she should have told him to fuck off by now. A faint smell was coming from the other side of the door, copper, metallic.

“DAX!”

“KANE” Johnny came running in with Lacey, he kept her behind him in a protective stance and he looked angry. “Carter, Kenneth and Marco just ran off into the woods, someone was just here” Kane looked at the warehouse entrance then back at the loft door. No, no, no, no! One swift kick the door crashed off its hinges as the frame splintered. The scent of copper reached him full force and his face paled, he ran further into the loft and there she was lying on the floor as her blood was pooling around her from a long slash running across her back starting at her right shoulder and moving towards her left hip.

“NO!” Kane ran to the bathroom to grab a clean towel to press over her wound. Johnny and Lacey ran upstairs and Lacey let out a little scream as she saw what was written on the wall in her blood.

FIVE DAYS TO LIVE BITCH!

“No, no, no! No, baby please! Baby please! Open your eyes baby! Open your eyes please!” Kane felt for a pulse and listened to see if she was breathing. “Call the switchboard, we need immediate medical attention,” Kane barked. Johnny was on the phone immediately yelling at the switchboard. Kane could feel Ky coming to the surface, he could feel his rage.

“James is 2 mins out” Johnny said running back into the room only to stop dead in his tracks. He could hear the growling, feel the rage surrounding the room. He pulled Lacey behind him and she clutched the back of his shirt.

“KY!” Azure blue eyes snapped to him, his top lip was curled back. Johnny swallowed hard and pulled Lacey lower to the ground “Focus, she needs you, she needs your strength” Ky’s hands protectively moved over her, he grazed her cheek. He leaned forward.

“Mate!” He whimpered, he failed, someone attacked her because he failed to protect her. “No….le-lea-leave….Ky” Kenneth came running up the stairs and hit the floor as soon as he saw Johnny and Lacey down.

“Medical is here” he said, swallowing hard, never taking his eyes off the floor, whereas Johnny never took his eyes off Ky. A loud growl shook the building again, Lacey let out a scream from behind Johnny. Ky snapped his attention towards her snarling when he saw her and Johnny used more of his body to cover her. Lacey had only heard stories of Ky, she has never actually met him let alone been in the same room as him. Kane had made it that way, both he and Johnny had kept Ky away from her for a reason, now she knew. He’s fucking terrifying. Ky noticed the way both Lacey and Johnny were protecting her stomach, his attention was drawn back to his mate when he heard the slightest sound come from her.

“Baby, open your eyes baby, please open your eyes” with the sound of Kane back in control, things moved fast, James was upstairs with a medical bag, pushing the coffee table out of the way. Kane moved his hands from her back and James pulled back the towel, the scowl he saw on James’s face told him just how bad it was, he cut the rest of the back of her shirt free and moving as quickly as he could, packed the wound and placed a big piece of gauze over it. Securing it in place with tape.

“Now!” He spoke into com, and two more that closely resembled him entered the room with a back board, they essentially pushed Kane out of the way, apologizing as they did it. They placed the backboard beside her. As carefully as they could they rolled her onto her back, swelling could be seen on the left side of her face and the deep gash across her forehead. James shined a light in her eyes, while another one placed an air bag over her face.

“Stop….do you hear that” they all listened carefully, and the flurry of activity intensified, words were thrown around, shallow breathing, lips are blue, collapsed lung.

“Sorry Luna!” One of the medics said as he placed a long needle between her ribs and stabbed into her right lung, opening the valve he used a syringe to suck the air out.

“We gotta move, on three, one...two...three” they leaned her to one side and the third slid the board under her. Throwing everything back in the medical bag, the first two buckled her in.

“Call it in, we’re coming fast” the third disappeared not even taking the stairs just jumping and he was out the door. The other two lifted her up and moved out of the loft. They carried her down the stairs and placed her on a gurney that was waiting at the bottom, fastening her to it they ran to the door and loaded her into the back of the medical van, as soon as the door was shut and all were in the van was gone.

A loud guttural growl erupted, shaking the building one more time. Kane was out the door behind them, shifting to his wolf the second he hit outside and took off, heading in the direction of the pack house. No one dared to breathe a word for a long minute, they sat in silence.

“Now I see why you kept me from him,” Lacey said from behind Johnny. “He’s fucking terrifying!”

“He’s going to rip Carl apart!” Kenneth stated, trying his best to hide the anger he was feeling, Johnny just nodded as he stared at the mess in the living room, the blood on the floor, the words on the wall. He could feel himself getting angry, his wolf was feeding off the rage his Alpha was emitting through the pack link. Until Kane calmed down the whole pack would feel his rage, but Kane wouldn’t calm down till whoever did this was found and Carl was dead.

“Hello?” Called a voice from the warehouse floor, Alpha Thomas was here for a walk through. Kenneth and Johnny just looked at each other, they both stood up, Johnny helped Lacey to her feet and held her close to him guiding her out of the loft. He kept her eyes averted from the chaos as best he could, she had seen enough and didn’t need to see anymore. They all solemnly walked out of the loft and headed downstairs.

Alpha Thomas could feel the tension in the air, it was thick and he became quite concerned over it.

“Where is Alpha Kane?” He asked, looking from Johnny to the man he never met before.

“There was an incident that requires Alpha Kane’s immediate attention, he sends his regards” Johnny said, briskly.

“I do hope everything is ok!” Alpha Thomas, took the hint to not push the subject.

“It will be! I am Kenneth Rossi, from the New York Faction, I’m in town on business” Kenneth extended his hand, Alpha Thomas accepted instantly.

“Alpha Thomas, this is my Beta, Jackson” he introduced the man beside him. Kenneth shook Jackson’s hand, but the Beta kept his head down.

“Is he always so….submissive?” Kenneth asked,

“Ever since Kane tried to pop his head” Johnny replied “Alpha Thomas this is my mate Lacey”

“Pleasure to meet you my dear” Alpha Thomas offered her a smile, and she returned it, but the horror of upstairs stayed in her eyes.

They showed Alpha Thomas around the warehouse and he took note of all changes that would need to be made, better locks on the doors, better lighting in the work areas, security cameras on the outside of the building especially over the entrances.

“She is quite the artist!” Alpha Thomas said as they walked passed several of her pieces.

“Yes she is, are you a collector?” Kenneth asked,

“You could say I have a deep appreciation for it.” Alpha Thomas responded. Johnny left Kenneth and Alpha Thomas to discuss art while he went to find Lacey in the office.

She was sitting in one of the chairs trying to complete the end of the day paperwork, but her hands would not stop shaking. Between meeting her brother’s beast, and finding out she was pregnant the day had taken its toll on her. She was done and just wanted to go home, she wanted the day to end, she was ready for the day to end. She felt Johnny’s arms wrap around her and she sank back into his touch.

“Who would do such a thing?” She whispered, tears streaming down her cheeks. This was supposed to be her happy day and that stupid little imp spoiled it. He turned her around in her chair and held her while she cried.

“A dead man” was all Johnny whispered back, kissing her forehead. Kane would be with Dax, but he knew he would want whoever did this to suffer, and Johnny planned on making them suffer.

“Carter”

“Yes Beta!”

“Have you found him?”

“We are closing in”

“Bring him to the dense woods”

“Yes sir!”

****

His phone had gone off and for the briefest of seconds he thought about not answering it. He didn’t care who was on the other end, he wanted to see his angel and that’s where he was heading. His day was tough and grueling and seeing her always made him feel better.

“Yeah!” he grumbled into the phone, him, his mother and his step father had gotten into an argument over the stupid sporting goods store and the town council seat. He didn’t want either, he told his step father as much, and he said he would take care of it. He had plans, big plans, when all was said and done in this town and everyone had paid for what they had done to his angel he was taking her and they were leaving. They were going to start their family, far far away from this town and everyone in it.

“WHAT!” the ground ripped out from under him, his heart shattered as he stood there on the sidewalk.

“H-how? W-why?” Why would they do this to him? Why would they take her away from him? No, no, no, no it can’t be true, he did not just hear that. He looked around, all the faces staring at him but all he could see was his angel. His face scrunched in anger as sadness rang through him. He would go see for himself, this had to be a lie, it had to be. He moved with purpose as he made his way to her warehouse. She was fine, she had to be fine. If she wasn’t fine there was hell to pay. They will all pay, he will get revenge for what they did to his angel, even if it kills him, he will take revenge on them all.