Desert Heat (Complete)
Desert Storm Chapter 16

{Deacon’s P.O.V.}

I watched as Allie and Amber confronted Heather about her bikini. It was honestly the most inappropriate thing I had ever seen. Apollo took it upon himself to go talk some sense into her, but she of course didn’t listen. She disrespected my brother and even her own Beta. What was worse is when she started to disrespect Allie again,

“I don’t need your f*****g help, Allie. What I need is for you to stay away from my mate! I don’t even know why the f**k you’re still here anyway. You delivered my mate to me, so your job is done,” Did she just say, ‘delivered’, who the f**k did this b***h think she was. I got out of the pool and started to walk over to them, “Now get the f**k out of my packhouse!” Heather screamed at Allie.

“HEATHER!!!” I roared. She jumped but when she saw me, but then she smiled right away.

“Hi,”

“What the f**k did you just say?” I asked her.

“I don’t know what you mean,” she said innocently.

“Don’t play stupid with me! Did you just say that Allie ‘delivered’ me to you? Do I look like some kind of object or materialistic item, you can just claim?”

“That’s not what I meant, I…”

“Then what the f**k did you mean!?” I shout grabbing her arm.

“You’re hurting me, Deacon,” she said trying to pry my hand open.

“D, let her go,” Allie said putting her hand on my arm.

“DON’T TOUCH HIM!” Heather shouted and shoved Allie making her trip on the chair behind her and landing hard on the ground.

“Heather, what the f**k is your problem!?” I shouted in her face.

“Me!? She’s touching my mate! She needs to stay the f**k away from you!”

“I will not tell you again! Respect Allie, or I am done! I want nothing to do with an immature, self-centered, disrespectful brat like you as a mate! Get your s**t together and grow the f**k up, or I will reject you!” Before she could even respond to my threat, Allie tackled her to the ground and started to punch her in the face.

“ALLIE!!” Dorian ran over and picked her up off of Heather.

“I f*****g WARNED YOU HEATHER! I TOLD YOU I WOULD f*****g BEAT THE s**t OUT OF YOU IF YOU EVER TOUCHED ME AGAIN!!”

“Allie that is enough!” Dorian threw her over his shoulder and walked to the end of the backyard to cool her down. I kneeled and helped Heather to her feet. Allie broke her nose, busted her l*p, and gave her a bruised eye socket. She would need a full 24 hours to heal, maybe longer.

“f*****g hell Heather!” Amber said and rushed over. “You had to push her, didn’t you!? You deserved that beating! Now go to the pack doctor!”

“What the hell is…Heather, what happened to you?!” Alpha Hamilton asked in shock seeing Heather all beat up.

“She assaulted Allie again, so Allie made good on her warning,” Amber answered.

“Heather, you assaulted Allie again!? I told you not even an hour ago to control your anger!”

“She put her slutty hands on my mate! What was I supposed to do? Let her keeping touching what’s mine!?” Heather whined and started to cry.

“Call Allie a slut one more time, and I will finish what she started Heather!” Amber threatened. “You will learn to respect ranked members of another pack! I don’t care what your personal feelings are! You shame our pack with your ridiculous attitude and immature antics! NOW GO GET CLEANED UP!” Amber roared. Heather ran away crying and I just let her go. I looked back at Allie and she and Dorian were starting to argue.

“Alpha Hamilton, I will say this once and only once. Heather is already on strike three with me, and by right I should reject her right now, but I won’t for the sake that she is currently injured. Once she is healed, she will have 48 hours to get her act together, or I will reject her and leave,”

“Alpha Brown, please do not be so hasty, she is young and…”

“She is 21! She is not a child! It is because of your coddling that she acts the way she does. Treat her like a woman and discipline her like one,”

“Alpha Brown, Heather is not used to rules and she is just excited to finally have her mate,”

“That does not excuse her poor attitude and lack of respect to a Luna of another pack. As a fellow Alpha, how would you feel if someone treated your wife that way!?” I seemed to have hit a nerve when I mentioned his wife. Given that she has a disability, it hit closer to home for him.

“I see your point, Alpha Brown, I will speak to Heather again,” he left grunting and muttering under his breath.

“Amber, my brothers and I are going to the hotel, please tell Allie that I’m sorry for Heather and her actions,”

“Please Deacon, it’s not your fault. As I said, Heather deserved that beating. She had it coming to her,”

“Tell Allie and Dorian that I will see them tomorrow,”

“Stay for dinner, Deacon,”

“It’s okay, my brothers and I will go out somewhere to eat. I’m not in the mood to be in this house any longer,” she gave me a sympathetic look and nodded her head. “Apollo! Lucian! We’re leaving!” they ran over with their towels and we left.

{Heather’s P.O.V.}

“GET OUT! EVERYONE GET THE f**k OUT!” I screamed at the doctor and nurses who were trying to patch me up after Allie used my face as a punching bag. I sat in the pack-clinic and just cried. Allie was ruining everything. Deacon threatened to reject me, and it was all Allie’s fault. “AHHHHH!!!” I screamed at the top of my lungs in pure anger.

“THAT IS ENOUGH HEATHER!” My father yelled as he came into the room.

“Where’s Deacon!?”

“He left!”

“What do you mean he left?!”

“He went to his hotel with his brothers. They didn’t even want to stay for dinner because of you!”

“This is all Allie’s fault! She needs to f*****g leave!”

“STOP BLAMING OTHERS FOR YOUR MISTAKES HEATHER!” he screamed at me in his Alpha tone. My father has never yelled at me that way. “I have supported you your entire life Heather, you and your sister. I have let you get away with a lot of things without repercussions, but what you are doing right now is absurd! Stalking, making false accusations, and assaulting the Luna of another pack, not once but twice within an hour!”

“It’s not my fault! She touched my mate!”

“IT IS YOUR FAULT! GROW UP HEATHER! Alpha Brown is not your mate yet! You might feel the mate bond, and he may even feel it too, but that bond does not forge together until both sides accept it! And he has not yet,”

“Why though!? Why won’t he just accept me!?”

“Because of how you are acting!! Why don’t you understand that!?”

“Any woman in my position would do the same thing! Wolves are jealous by nature!”

“Jealous yes, psychotic no! Heather, Deacon will give you 48 hours after you heal to get your act together. One more misstep on your part and he will reject you and leave,”

“HE CAN’T DO THAT!!”

“He already did,”

“You’re an Alpha too, daddy! Can’t you stop him!?” I was starting to cry. I barely had any time to spend with Deacon and he was threatening to leave me already all because of f*****g Allie.

“I am not allowed to interfere with the mate bond, even though you are my daughter. Get your act together Heather and stop attacking Allie. She has done nothing wrong. If you get rejected, it will be your own fault,” he said to me and left.

“AHHHH!!! WHY!? AHHHH!!!!” I screamed at the top of my lungs and trashed the clinic room.

Delilah! What do we do!?

We fight for our mate! We have done nothing wrong.

But Deacon threatened to reject us.

He can’t if we mark him.

Mark him?

Yes, if we mark him, he will be tied to us forever. He will not be able to reject us.

{Allie’s P.O.V.}

“Allie, I cannot believe you!” Dorian was still scolding me for beating the s**t out of Heather. “Do you realize what you did?! You attacked an Alpha’s daughter!”

“She pushed me first! And I warned her! I told Bernie if Heather touched me again I would beat her into submission!”

“Allie, you are a Luna! You can’t be starting fights like that!”

“I didn’t start s**t! I ended it!”

“Allie, you are going to have to explain yourself to Bernie and Corinne and tell them why their daughter’s face is all f****d up!”

“No, she doesn’t,” we look and see Amber and Ronnie at the door of our guestroom.

“I thought you locked the door, Dorian!” I shouted.

“He did, I have a key to every room in this house,” Amber said, and she and Ronnie came in closing the door behind them. “Are you okay little sister?” she asked me.

“I’m fine!” I shouted and sat down crossing my arms.

“Dorian, don’t be so hard on her. Heather deserved it,” Amber said. At least someone was on my side.

“Plus, Bernie is aware that Heather assaulted Allie again, so he knows why Heather got her a*s kicked,” Ronnie said.

“Where’s D?” I asked.

“He and the others went to their hotel. Deacon didn’t want to be around Heather anymore, so they left. They said they would see you guys tomorrow,” I uncrossed my arms and frowned. “Are you guys hungry?” I looked at her and nodded.

“Yeah, I am too,” Dorian said.

“Get dressed then, let’s all go out as a family to a buffet, kids and all,” Amber said.

“Okay, we’ll meet you downstairs in fifteen minutes,” Dorian replied.

“Perfect,” Amber said, and they left.

“Allie,”

“What?”

“Come here, baby,” Dorian held out his arms and I got up and hugged him. “I’m sorry for yelling at you,”

“You better be,” I said giving him a light punch to the gut. He lifted my chin and gave me a k**s.

“Get changed and let’s go eat,” I nodded my head and changed into a tank with some leggings and my new chucks.

Dorian and I took our rental because there was no room in Amber and Ronnie’s car with six kids. They took us to this Chinese buffet that I had to admit was pretty good. It had low ratings, but it wasn’t bad. It was decent enough to satisfy my hunger. Watching baby Cody eat was the highlight of my night. It made me miss the twins so much.

I try not to call because I don’t want to bother Eleanor and Ben, but after going through so much drama the last few days, I had to call them. So, I stepped out of the restaurant to video call Eleanor,

“Allison, sweetheart how is everything?”

“Good, I just really miss the twins. Are they awake?”

“Sure are, hold on a moment,” I saw her walking around and I could hear the twins in the background. “Look, who is this?” she says putting the phone to Daisy’s face.

“Hi, baby girl. Oh, my princess, I miss you so much! I love you! I love you, Daisy. She hasn’t walked yet has she?”

“No, she hasn’t. Believe me, Benjamin has his phone at the ready every time she stands just in case,”

“Ugh, I would hate to miss it,”

“Oh, here comes Demarco,” she says and gives the phone to Ben who is holding Demarco,

“Hi, handsome! Who’s mommy’s handsome boy? I love you Demarco! I miss you so much! Mommy can’t wait to see you and your sister,” I say and k**s the phone.

“His walking is getting better every day. He goes further little by little,” Ben said.

“Ugh, I hate missing it! I’m about to cut this trip short to go home and see my babies!” I whine.

“Don’t you dare, Allie. You and Dorian haven’t had a decent vacation in over a year,”

“I wouldn’t call this a vacation,”

“Everything alright dear? Does this have to do with the drama Dorian was mentioning?”

“Yes, that and I just miss the twins so much,”

“They miss you too darling. Don’t worry, they’re in good hands and in perfect health,”

“I know,”

“Alright, say bye-bye to mommy kiddies,”

“Bye my perfect babies, Mommy will see you in three days, I love you both so, so, much,”

“We love you, darling,”

“Love you guys too,”

I was about to go back inside when I got a video call from Deacon,

“Hi, D,”

“Hey, baby girl, you good?”

“Yeah,”

“Look, I’m sorry for bailing like that, I just had to get out of there,”

“No worries, I don’t blame you. I honestly want to cut this trip short and go home. I miss my kids and I’m sick of Heather and her bullshit,”

“Believe me, I feel the same way. I’m honestly regretting coming here. Had I known she was that crazy, I would have just gone straight back to Cali,”

“I’m sorry, D,”

“Stop, you have nothing to be sorry for, Shorty. Look, I’m going to be straight with you, if Heather has one more misstep, towards you, my brothers, or anyone, I’m done. I will reject her and move on. I don’t care if I don’t get a second chance mate, I’m done dealing with the crazies,”

“Why are you telling me this, D?”

“Because, if I do reject her, I don’t want there to be any blowback on you. I would hate to see you caught in the middle of all of this,”

“If you can’t tell, I kind of already am,”

“Hahaha, true, but I meant even more. Shorty, listen, I care about you, and I don’t want you getting hurt because of my actions okay,”

“I’ll be fine, thanks for your concern,”

“Tell the big man goodnight and we will see you tomorrow,” I nodded and hung up.

I took a deep breath, shook off all the stress, and we back inside to finish eating.

Over the next couple of days, we didn’t see much of Heather in the packhouse. I assumed that she didn’t want to show her face all bruised up. Bernie and Corinne have apologized multiple times to Deacon and me for Heather, but she has yet to apologize. Deacon is getting irritated with her lack of responsibility, and unwillingness to show herself to him when he is at the packhouse.

She’s already showing herself to be a bad Luna because she can’t confront her issues head-on, at least that’s what Deacon said to Bernie. Bernie agreed and tried to get Heather to come to the packhouse for dinner, but she said that as long as I was at the packhouse, she refused to come. She did try to get Deacon to go to her condo, but he refused.

Lacie however did finally decide to come by, and she was torn into by Bernie for hiding the fact that she knew Heather had followed us to Miami and kept it a secret. Lacie apologized to all of us saying she realized her mistakes. She was definitely more mature than Heather, and it actually made Deacon smile to see that not all Alpha daughters were spoiled like Heather.

On our last night there, we were all sitting at the dinner table, and Heather actually decided to come by. I ignored her and just played with baby Cody. I needed some baby love in my life because I was missing the twins more and more. I honestly couldn’t wait to get back home and hug my pups.

“Deacon, can I speak to you privately please?” I heard Heather ask him. I paid no attention and continued to play with Cody. Having a six-month-old in my arms really made me want another pup, but I could never tell Dorian that. He would be relentless is trying to impregnate me again.

I saw in the corner of my eye as Deacon walked out back with Heather. I guess since he hadn’t seen her in a few days, and she asked him nicely, he decided to humor her. Dorian came and sat with me in the sitting area in the dining room and we both played with Cody,

“Damn, he really does look like you,” I said.

“He does, he’s a handsome kid,”

“People might mistake him for your son rather than your nephew babe,”

“He’s the opposite version of Demarco,”

“I know right,” we both laughed and continued to play with him. Cody was bouncing on my legs and drooling everywhere. It was seriously the cutest thing. It made my ovaries hurt with want.

“Damn, I want another pup,” Dorian said.

“Oh no, not until I graduate,” I tell him

“You and I both know with the amount of s*x we have you’re bound to get pregnant sooner rather than later,” he says to me.

“Hey, no talk of doing the dirty in front of the minor,” I say and cover Cody’s ears. Dorian chuckled and was about to say something when we heard a massive roar from outside that shook the house.

“What the…” Dorian said and stood up.

“That sounded like Deacon,” Apollo said. I gave Cody back to Amber, and Dorian, Apollo, Lucian, Ronnie, and I ran outside to see what happened. We turned the corner of the house and saw Deacon was fuming and Heather was on the ground scooting away from him,

“Deacon, what the f**k happened?” Lucian asked.

“SHE f*****g MARKED ME!”