My Secret, My Bully, My Mates.
Chapter 0558

I wake up before everyone, as usual and try to move as little as possible as I extract myself from all the limbs holding me down. Oliver wasn't wrong though. I started the night in Dakota's arms and somehow ended up on the other side of Cam, tucked under his arm, while Oliver had my hips pulled back to him with our legs tangled. It's quit the extraction, but for once none of them wake up when I try to move. I don' know if it's because we have marked each other and I have basically committed to staying in the pack so their minds are at ease or if it's because we are up in the Alpha suite and I technically don't have to leave to do anything. There's a kitchen up here that I know is fully stocked. The fireplace with the reading nook in the entryway, the full massive bathroom and closet and my guys are all up here. We could hide away for a while and pretend the sh*tshow isn't still going on outside. And for just a little bit longer that's exactly what I want.

I head to the kitchen to make coffee and as I head back through the entry landing I notice a very familiar book on one of the tables next to the reading chairs. It's the grimoire that Elena gave me, and new pages are marked.

I sit in the chair and get comfortable. I love that she doesn't hover, but knows that I need the guidance and the time to just go through things at my own pace and ask questions when I need to. I have no idea how long I have been sitting here and so engrossed in this new spell that I don't hear Cam walk into the room. I jump as he kisses me on the cheek.

"Oh damn!! You scared the sh*t out of me!"

"I'll have to remember that you can be completely distracted by a book and your reading room to the point of not being able to use your cheater enhanced abilities against us." He chuckles under his breath and sits in the other chair with a coffee in hand. Oh wow, I was so distracted that he made it by me, to the kitchen and back and I had no idea. "Don't look so shocked Tiny, this is our safe space. No one comes up here unless it's absolutely necessary, you can let your guard down."

"Unless you really don't want to be attacked by us," Another kiss on the cheek. "Then I would keep a little of your guard up." Dakota sits on the arm of my chair. "We need to get a couple more chairs in here." He looks around the space.

"We can just move to the living room..." I start.

"No, you like this space, Bitty. The living room has the TV and a bunch of other distractions. You like the simplicity of this space, so we want to be here... with you." Oliver kisses my other cheek, but stays standing.

"So what's on the list of assignments today?" Cam asks over his cup.

"The grimoire was here when I woke up. Not sure if it was here last night, but I don't think so. There were a couple new spells marked for me to learn. I wish there was some type of description of what the spell is for or what it is supposed to do, though. Especially when they look super complicated like this." I turn it

towards Oliver and he makes a face.

"I don't remember that one from before and I flipped through the whole book. Maybe I missed something?" He says it like a question, but we all know he most definitely did not miss anything. He doesn't miss anything. "Well, let's treat like information to know, but we won't do anything with it until we understand what it's for. At least Elena and Gentry are both here right now and Elena is going to be here permanently, so that will be helpful. You can train regularly on your magic and we can learn what the hell we are doing with these elements now that we all have them."

I nod. "We should go check in with everyone. I want to know how all of our warriors are and get a rundown of any other damage to the pack grounds that we might need to handle before the Rogue King comes our way, since we know he's coming, and anything we can put in place now to protect us." They nod to me.

"I also have one request." Cam looks

at me like he's going to say

something I don't like and I clench my jaw, bracing for it. "I don't want you to go down to see Mike." I inhaled sharply, that was going to be my next stop after they woke up. I want to confront him. I need to confront him. “Hear me out, Love: We didn't kill him, because we need him to lure the Rogue King and this witch Adrielle out, but I talked to Mateo and other than the ramrod from Jena, he's taken every single punishment with a smugness, that tells us he's up to something. I trust Mateo's judgment. I trust Brett and Kyle on this, something is off. It's like he's waiting, biding his time and you are the only thing he has wanted. Until we can figure out his endgame, will you promise not to go down to the cells? Not even to use the gym. Being in the house is too close for my wolf, and I am barely holding onto control of him."