The Alpha Wants Everything Book 1 The King's Queen

Kane woke the next morning, clinging tightly to his chest was his beautiful mate, his wife. Her familiar weight washing peace over his body. The night before was spent in each other’s arms, either in the throws of passion or basking in the aftermath of it. And he had every intention of repeating that today. Today was just about them.

“Turn the lights off” She grumbled into his chest trying to hide from the light that was filtering in through the curtains.

“Good morning Mrs. McKenna” He will never grow tired of saying that, ever.

“Good morning Mr. McKenna” She replied, a smile spreading across her face. She will never grow tired of hearing that, ever. “What are we doing today?”

“Doing today?” He asked, this was an interesting development.

“I’m not going to the warehouse today. I just got married and I want to enjoy a full day as a married couple.” She said,

“I have a few ideas of what we can do” She giggled when he released a playful growl and squeezed her bottom.

“Then in that case I’d like to start our day in the shower, please” She looked up at him. Written all over her face was how much she detested showering without him yesterday.

“Yes, ma’am!” He scooped her up and headed for the bathroom immediately kicking the door shut behind them.

Showered, dressed and heading down for breakfast they walked hand in hand through the pack house. Whistles and cheers still rang out when they were spotted. Pack members bowed in their presence, and the same energy that was in the air the night before hung in the air today.

“Figured we wouldn’t be seeing you two at all today.” Johnny remarked as he walked into the office with Tamara, his eyes widened when he saw the mark sitting on Kane’s neck. Kane could only smile. Damon and Lydia entered right behind them.

“We needed to refuel,” Dax replied, sitting in his lap behind his desk.

“Nope! Just nope!” Damon said, shaking his head. “You are my sister and I don’t want to hear anything about your sex life” He now knew how Kane felt when it was Johnny and Lacey. Seeing the mark on Kane’s neck was enough for him. Johnny cracked up laughing followed by Kane.

“She has a doctor’s appointment today, then you won’t see us for the rest of the day.” Kane replied when he stopped laughing.

“Except to refuel” Dax added, causing Kane to laugh again.

“Not another word out of you” Damon warned her, Lydia was giggling beside him.

The rest had joined them in the office as well. Jackie had a beaming smile on her face when she saw Dax sitting there. She shared a look with Seraphine, they just had to know about the dress.

“How did….” She was starting to ask

“That didn’t make it” Dax shook her head,

“But the….”

“He was a good boy” She replied, again not letting her finish.

“I don’t want to know,” Damon grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest. The office erupted into laughter.

“Come on Damon, before Lydia you talked about sex like it was a sport” Johnny spouted, earning him a glare.

“That was my sex life, that is my sister, she doesn’t have one” Damon fired back.

“Tell that to the mark on his neck” Kenneth interjected,

“Don’t you dare say anything you little Italian asshole” Damon snapped at Marco who was about to open his mouth.

“Non essere imbarazzato Damon. Il piccolo tesoro finalmente ha i canini, tutti abbiamo segnato i nostri compagni. (Don’t be embarrassed Damon. The little darling finally has canines, we all have marked our companions.)” Marco said, as he touched his own mark. Damon grumbled something under his breath, shook his head and just walked out of the office. Dax looked up at Kane and he let her go, her brother was upset about something and Kane would catch up with her before the doctors.

“Tomorrows the Blue Moon” Was all Lydia said, before she too left the office. That was a sobering thought, as a heavy silence fell over the office. Tomorrow was the Blue Moon, the last chance they had to prevent whatever tragedy that was going to happen.

“Damon! Damon, wait up” Dax called to him as she ran across the pack lawn trying to catch him.

“Don’t!” Was all he said to her and kept walking.

“Don’t don’t me” She huffed and stood in front of him, preventing him from going further. “You’re my brother, if it affects you, it affects me” He shook his head again and went to brush past her when her hand shot out and grabbed him.

“You can die tomorrow! It’s the Blue Moon, and if we don’t….then that’s it, gone! You’re gone! He’s gone! Two members of my family fucking gone! And yesterday was for what? Today was for what?” Damon yelled. He didn’t mean to yell. He saw her flinch at his voice and he regretted it immediately but it just came out.

“I’m sorry” Was all she could say as she wrapped her arm around him. “I’m so sorry Damon”

“I just found you, I don’t want to lose you” His shoulders shook as she felt his tears dampen her shirt. Dax held him tighter. She didn’t want to lose him either, she didn’t want to lose any of them.

“We fight together, remember Damon.” She whispered, he nodded his head, unable to form words. “I have an idea, but I need your help.” He nodded again.

“NO! Absolutely fucking NO!” Damon said after she explained her idea.

“Damon!”

“No!” Damon said again, she was not going to be used as bait.

“But….”

“No!” He repeated,

“You’re supposed to help me!” She argued

“Yeah….not get you killed!” Damon countered

“Damon!”

“No!”

“Damon!”

“No!”

“Can you say something else besides no”

“Not going to fucking happen. Veto! VE fucking TO! Guess what that rhymes with….FUCK NO!”

“Damon, it’s the only way. That psychotic wackadoo kidnapped and probably killed the only other player in the game. We have to bring him into play” Dax was saying,

“Bring who into play?” Kane asked when he approached. He stood back a while watching them. When the argument they were having started to get heated he moved towards them.

“Go ahead tell him your idea. $20 says he says fuck no too!” Damon glared at her.

“Bring who into play?” Kane asked again,

“You!” Dax replied, glaring back at Damon

“Me?” He looked back and forth between them,

“You’re the tall one! You’re a player in this fucked up game. If Donny was watching Magnus then he’s watching you as well. So far the only thing you’ve been doing is playing defence, protecting me. He’s winning, he hasn’t made any mistakes so we need to knock him off his game.” Dax started explaining,

“How do we do that?” Kane asked,

“By sending a message to Donny telling him you got the girl. And attach our wedding photo to it” Dax replied. “Not just any message, one that really rattles his cage. One that puts you directly in his line of fire” He had to admit that was a pretty good idea. He didn’t like that it put her in the line of fire though. But if Edward was right in order to complete the third trial she had to be present. There had to be a way to have her there and not in harm’s way.

“See stupid and assinine” Damon growled.

“I’ll think about it” Kane replied,

“Mother fucker!” Damon yelled, his head snapping to Kane.

“You owe me $20” Dax grinned at him smugly, holding her hand out waiting for him to pay up.

“You can’t seriously consider her idea?” Damon asked as he placed the money in her hand.

“It’s not a bad idea, it’s not a great one either, but it’s an idea. Something we can work with at least. If Edward is right, she has to be present for the trial to be complete. There has to be a way to have her there but out of the way. Talk to Johnny and the others and run the idea by them. If you all can’t come up with something then the idea is stupid and its a fuck no!” Kane replied.

“Ha!” Damon said to her and took his money back.

“Hey!” Dax tried to grab it but Damon held it over her head where she couldn’t reach it.

“Come on baby, you have a doctor’s appointment” Kane grabbed her before she could kick Damon to get back her money. Throwing her over his shoulder he headed in the direction of the medical ward listening to Damon howl with laughter behind him as she struggled to get out of his hold.

“Hello Alpha, Luna. How are you today?” The doctor asked as he walked into the room.

“Good!” She replied, though she would be better if Kane hadn’t stopped her from kicking Damon.

“Ok, let’s have a quick look and see how things are going. Then I want to take an x-ray of your arm, maybe the cast can come off today.” The doctor said, Dax nodded and she turned so he could have a look at her back. She would have a scar but her injury was healing nicely. He examined her face and her hand and then he set about removing the cast. The first thing she did was flex her fingers.

“How’s the tenderness?” The doctor asked as he watched her move her arm.

“Not as bad this time around” Dax replied, moving her arm. She wasn’t sure if she was supposed to do that but it felt good and the doctor wasn’t stopping her.

“Good, let’s get that x-ray” Walking towards the door Kane and Dax followed him.

Back in their room, they were enjoying a bubble bath.

“How does it feel?” Kane asked as he ran his fingers up and down her arms. She looked at her cast free arm, she wiggled her fingers, and gently rotated her wrist.

“Good!” She stretched out her arm for the first time in a long time and it felt oh so good. The doctor said much like everything else she would have to be careful and don’t over work her arm. He gave her exercises to help strengthen it again, but if it was starting to feel tender or sore she was to put it in a sling. If the pain lasted longer than a few hours she was to come right back to the clinic and he wanted to see her tomorrow. Though they both agreed to that, she wasn’t sure she wanted to waste any time on what could possibly be her last day sitting in a cold room on a hard metal table.

“When did you come up with that idea?” Kane asked her. She sat quietly for a minute, letting his touch, his scent and the bubbles surround her.

“Since we read the email that mentioned you. Nyx and I went back and forth over it the night of family dinner” She replied.

“I thought you seemed a little distracted,” Kane said, holding her closer to him.

“I could have started a fight in the backyard” She looked over her shoulder at him.

“I didn’t start that fight, Johnny and Damon did.” Kane countered.

“Naughty Awpah!” She giggled and shook her head only to laugh louder when he started tickling her.

Once again Donny sat in the town square waiting to catch sight of the tall one. This was really starting to piss him off. Why was he never around when he wanted him to be? Why did he always show up when he wasn’t supposed to? His angel was going to end up hurt and it was going to be all the tall ones fault if he didn’t get on the same fucking page. He had gone by her warehouse and she wasn’t there. He did notice that there was no movement in the woods around the warehouse and the camera’s had been taken down. He didn’t get too close to the building but this was good news for him. His plan was to be set into motion tomorrow and not having to worry about being caught he could use her warehouse as the setting for the ending of this little game. Magnus would die at her warehouse, then he would take her back to her place. He wanted her to live there, but that simpleton sullied it with his presence. Now it would be a temporary living arrangement until he could build a better one. Untainted and farther away from the prying eyes of this pathetic town, with its miserable people. He and his angel would be happy there. They would start their family there, spend the rest of their lives there. He would also get rid of Erin and his idiot brother and then they would be completely free to do what they wanted. He would give the tall one one more hour to show himself, then he would head back.

Damon had found the others in the office and told them of Dax’s idea. To say the feelings were mixed about it was an understatement.

“It’s not a bad idea” Johnny said,

“It’s not a great idea either, puts them both front and center” Damon fired back,

“Then what the fuck do you suggest?” Johnny asked,

“Hunt him down and kill him” The solution was obvious to Damon, Carter stood beside him nodding. Anything that put his Luna in direct harm’s way was off the table in his eyes. “Carter’s the best tracker, he could find him” Damon added, again Carter just nodded.

“Then what’s the tragedy? Think about that? No fucking nut job, no fucking tragedy, no Kane, no Dax” Johnny fired right back at him

“FUCK!” Johnny was right, Damon knew Johnny was right, didn’t mean he had to like it.

“Then how do we pull this off and keep them both safe?” Kenneth asked,

“I don’t think we can,” Johnny replied. The office fell quiet after that, they all just looked at one another. Failure written on the faces of them all.

“What about if we kill her?” Kane stood at the door to the office. Wide eyed stares looked back at him.

“Are you fucking crazy?” Damon roared at him.

“You can’t be serious?” Johnny asked,

“It would work” Kenneth replied, they all turned to him.

“Are you fucking crazy?” Damon asked “Don’t even say it, you little Italian asshole, you are crazy!” Marco just looked at Damon

“Not….crazy!” He huffed

“I don’t think he literally means, kill her, but if Donny thinks she died by Kane’s hands he’ll come for him. But how would he know?” Kenneth asked,

“Her idea. Instead of sending our wedding photo, we send a video of us fighting in the warehouse, I kill her and he comes for me. She’s there but out of the way safely and I kill Donny.” Kane replied. They all looked at each other. That would work.

“Would have to stay at the warehouse all day, who’s to say when he’ll get it or when he’ll show up” Damon said,

“He’ll show up quick. He’s in love with her.” Johnny replied,

“Trasmettiamo in streaming dalle telecamere a lui….Live….stream.” Marco suggested.

“We’ll send him a message first with the link and wait for his reply. Make it seem like she’s in danger, then I’ll kill her right there on camera” Kane said.

“What does she say about this?” Damon asked,

“I say, tomorrow feels like a good day to die” She replied as she walked into the office.

“Where’s Carter?” Kane asked

“Issue at one of the borders” Johnny replied

Dax had been standing in the hallway listening to them. Her dying seemed to be the only way to pull this off. It had her there but she wouldn’t be in harm’s way, and when nutjob showed up Kane could take him out. Seemed simple, but then simple was never simple. Don’t say it! Say what? That they never should have met you! They….! No! Don’t no me! Don’t be stupid then! That’s a little harsh, I’m not being stupid, I’m being realistic! No, you’re being stupid. None of them would be better off. No one asked for this and no one is to blame for it. Written in the stars, remember? They met you now, they meet you later, don’t matter this is what is supposed to happen! Written in the stars! It’s ok to be scared, I’m scared, but we’re going to be fine! How do you know? Just do! Wish I did! We stand and deal! We stand and deal! We’re brave! We’re brave! We fight, they fight! Thanks Nyx! Someone has to be the voice of reason! We’re both fucked! Not nice! Coming from the wolf that had me add Johnny becoming body parts in my freezer to my wedding vows! Touche!

They had spent a few more hours in the office, then Dax and Kane left to continue with what was left of their day. They went back to the meadow where he proposed. They walked through the forest, danced under the stars, anything they could think of to be in each other’s arms they did. Now laying in their bed, her curled in a ball on his chest while he held her, they both were wide awake. Both doubting sleep would come to them tonight. Neither wanting to give up a minute of time together.

“Don’t let go” She whispered,

“Never” He whispered back and tightened his arms around her.