The Alpha Wants Everything Book 1 The King's Queen
Chapter 51: Things to….discuss!

Dax could still hear them laughing about her having to come out and ask for something to stand on because she couldn’t reach the sink fully. Both Kane and Damon had to turn away to stop her from seeing them laugh. Johnny and Edward both lost it when they saw Martina’s face when she realized they didn’t have anything she could use and they had to improvise. Now standing on a stack of books in the kitchen trying to clean up after dessert Dax wasn’t having much luck. Martina had given her a pair of rubber gloves to do the dishes, but even with the extra grip she kept dropping the dishes back in the sink. She was mumbling about the stupid cast and with all the advancements in medicine you’d think they would come up with a cast that could get wet. Losing her grip on the same plate for the third time she silently let loose a string of curses in her head. She cursed the plate, she cursed the cast, she cursed the cloth, the sink, she cursed everything. She could feel her cheeks heating up at how mad this was making her. Lost in her head she didn’t feel eyes watching her.

“Do you need some help?” Lacey said from behind, scaring her.

“Holy fuck! You scared the shit out of me” Startled she jumped grabbing a hold of the sink to stop herself from falling off the books, she dropped the plate and the cloth in the sink. Lacey dropped the smirk from her face and replaced it with a look of concern when Dax turned around to face her.

“Sorry!” She called before Martina could call her on her language.

“You learned quickly,” Lacey said, trying to make a joke.

“Rules and consequences was something I learned from a young age.” Dax turned back to the sink and once again grabbed the same plate to wash it.

“Oh uh Martina doesn’t have consequences like that” Lacey said, narrowing her eyes at Dax’s back, she got a small crash course of Dax’s past from Johnny when she spoke to him and apologized for her behaviour. She didn’t really care and still didn’t understand why all of them were so overprotective and brotherly of her. It was a long time ago, she should just get over it. They all needed to get over it.

“I never said she did, but somethings stay with you” Dax replied politely with her back to her. She got the dish washed and rinsed and put next to the others. She reached for another dish only to have it slip from her fingers and fall back into the sink. FUCK!

Dax liked that Martina didn’t baby her, both Kane and Damon offered to do the dishes when Martina asked Dax, but she turned them down and said Dax was more than capable of doing them, though she could feel them watching from a distance just waiting to step in should the need arise. Lacey moved closer to her and started drying the dishes Dax was washing.

“I was trying to figure out who was going to be easier to talk to between you and my brother.” Lacey said.

“I’m glad I could make it easier for you,” Dax said, but she never looked at her. Lacey deserved to be mad at her, she made a bad comment and embarrassed her in front of everyone.

“Actually Kane was easier to talk to.” Lacey stated, not that he actually talked to her. He sat there, grumbled a few things and that was it.

“Kane?” Dax looked at her, shocked.

“Do you have any idea how intimidating it is to talk to someone who has a crazy hellhound protecting them? Ky has been watching my every move since you and Kane came in from the backyard.” Lacey explained “How are you not afraid of him?” Lacey looked over her shoulder to see the azure blue eyes of Ky watching her, fighting off the shiver that threatened to rip through her and she turned back to Dax.

“Why would I be? He’s never given me a reason to be scared of him. Ky would never hurt me, he loves me, he told me so and I believe him” Dax asked looking confused at her.

“You’ve spoken to him?” Lacey’s eyes were wide.

Stupid little imp! How was she going to get her out of the picture now? If Ky spoke to her he was going to be more possessive and protective than normal. Another twinge of jealousy coursed through her. Diego never wanted to talk to her. Lacey was pretty sure Diego didn’t care that she and Camilla were his mate.

“Yes, is that against the rules? I….I….I don’t know all the rules, is there a book or something I can read? Are you not allowed to talk to them?” Dax grew concerned that maybe she broke a rule by talking to Ky.

“No, no, no. It’s not against the rules. I just remember hearing some pack elders once say that Ky would be the reason my brother would never replace his mate. No one in their right mind would want to be mated to a hellhound, and if he ever did replace his mate they would be forever terrified of him.” Lacey replied.

“I’m not afraid of him, but I’m not exactly what someone would describe as right minded and they sound stupid.” Dax stated very matter of factly and turned back to the dishes.

They worked quietly for a bit, Lacey inaudibly sighing or huffing as she had to wait on the dishes Dax was trying to wash that would fall from her fingers and land back in the sink. Her face would flush with anger but she’d try again.

“I owe you an apology Dax. A big one! I was a total….bitch and you didn’t deserve that. Especially after everything you did for me, and everything you went through to do it. I mean you made a night just for me.” Lacey spoke, breaking the silence.

“Language”

“Sorry mama!” Lacey called back,

“How di-“ Dax was about to ask,

“Damon and Kane both laid into me pretty hard today. It was horrible, they were both so mean and cruel. But Kane deserves to be happy and you….make him happy. I can’t remember the last time I have seen him laughing like that.” Lacey looked down at the counter, she could play nice, truthfully she wasn’t sorry at all for her behaviour. The little imp embarrassed her and deserved the way Lacey treated her, no one should be disrespecting the Alpha’s sister. Especially not some pathetic impy human girl. And this little impy girl insisted they were friends, well friends don’t do that to each other. But Kane wanted her to apologize, so she would give the best performance of her life.

“I might have been a little bit jealous. My brother has been spending so much time with you.” Lacey looked at her, she could see Dax was struggling with what she was saying to her. Watching her wrestle with the emotions she was feeling brought a bit of giddiness to Lacey, so she laid it on.

“I’m so, so, very sorry Dax! I had no right to treat you the way I did, we’re friends and it was wrong of me to do that. You did nothing wrong, it was just a comment, and I guess it was pretty funny, but this pregnancy has made me crazy.” Lacey said,

“But I embarrassed you, and I didn’t me-“ Dax started, her guilt over the comment was still eating at her. She didn’t mean to say it.

“I know you didn’t mean to embarrass me, it was an innocent comment and I guess I deserved to be embarrassed a little.” Dax shook her head no, she didn’t trust her voice to say anything.

“You’re the sweetest little thing, but yes I did.” Lacey said back to her “I’m so so sorry Dax”

“It’s ok” Dax smiled at her and Lacey pulled her into a hug, a tight hug. Maybe if she squeezed a little tighter, she could take care of this little imp right now. They were after all making amends, but accidents can happen. Lacey squeezed just a bit tighter, she was trying to hide the look of disdain on her face, but when she heard Dax gasping for air a small smile played on her lips. Camilla was laughing in her head when her embrace tightened even more.

“Lacey….La-c….I....cant....br-eath!” Dax choked out,

“Oh shit! Sorry!” Lacey said eventually letting go. She hated apologizing, especially when she didn’t do anything wrong.

“Language”

“Sorry!” Lacey called back.

They fell into a silence again and continued with the dishes. After the final dish was done, Dax took off the rubber gloves and hung them on the side of the sink to dry. Lacey put the dishes away and they stood in the kitchen.

“Pregnancy has you crazy huh?” Dax asked,

“Oh Goddess, yes. Johnny’s pretty much camped out on the couch. He’s scared I might hit him in his sleep, I think I’ve tried a couple times” Lacey shook her head. Dax laughed, then a thought occurred to her.

“Uh...Lacey, when was the last time you and Johnny….uh….discussed things?” She wasn’t sure how to ask her question, usually she is pretty direct, but this might be a sensitive topic for Lacey. They had just made amends and she didn’t want Lacey to be mad at her again.

“What? We discuss things all the time. No actually I yell at him and he just goes ok” Lacey said looking at her.

“No, no. Um….” She looked around to make sure they were alone, but she wasn’t sure how private their conversation would be in a house full of werewolves. Dax took Lacey into the backyard, she didn’t want to embarrass her friend again.

“Ok, what are we doing out here?” Lacey looked at her confused and slightly annoyed.

“I didn’t want anyone else to hear” Dax explained as they moved further away from the house.

“Hear what?” Lacey asked “What are you talking about Dax?”

“Sex Lacey, I’m talking about sex.” Dax looked at her.

“Oh! OH!” Lacey looked at her, both their faces went red, now Lacey understood why she didn’t want anyone else to hear. She moved them even farther away from the house.

“Yeah! When was the last time….” Dax stopped there, this was crouching on to much information

“With Johnny?”Lacey asked, her panic flared up a bit at what the little imp knew.

“Yes with Johnny” That’s an odd question. Who else would she be having sex with? Her subconscious asked.

“It’s been a while, the day I met you for lunch, Johnny and I were clea-” Lacey answered calmly when she realized she didn’t know anything. Dax went wide eyed and she shook her head.

“I don’t want to know the details” she said her face beat red, Lacey just nodded her own face slightly blushing, she didn’t want to tell the details of her and Johnny’s sex life. No one needed to know that she only had sex with Johnny to stop him from being curious about her other activities. Although the last few times he put in very little effort, the sparks weren’t what they used to be.

“How often did you….before you were pregnant?” Dax was trying not to be intrusive, but this might be why they went crazy.

“1-2 times!” Lacey replied, nodding her head.

“A week?” She asked,

“A day” Dax’s eyes went wide,

“Oh wow! Um! Ok! So 1-2 times a day to not at all….not even….” She ran her fingers over her scar as she asked the question.

“No, nothing!” Lacey said “Why?”

“Well you go from that much to none at all, and that’s a lot of pent up energy and frustration and it’s coming out negative and….” Lacey had confusion written all over her face. What does having sex with Johnny have to do with anything? Dax took a deep breath. Time to be direct!

“Lacey don’t take this the wrong way, but you’re bat crap crazy cause you’re horny as fuck!” Lacey’s eyes went wide. Ok that might have been a little too direct! Can’t take it back now!

“I don’t know if it’s a werewolf thing, why you don’t have sex? But humans do it all the time. They have done studies that show some women are more horny when they are pregnant because of the increase in hormones, they even have positions they can do that won’t hurt the baby….what?” Dax was trying to explain her directness when she stopped short from Lacey’s wide eyed staring.

“What the hell are you reading?” Lacey asked,

“You’d be surprised by the things you can read at the library” Dax nodded her head. Lacey just broke out laughing. She most certainly was not horny. Stupid little imp, how fucking naive can she be?

“I’m horny!” Lacey said when she got control of herself.

“Yup, not saying go bang like bunnies, but you need to get laid before you kill somebody” Dax agreed. Lacey thought about that for a minute, then she turned and started running towards the house. She had things to discuss, she knew who she wanted to discuss things with, but that wasn’t going to happen….yet.

“Where are you going?” Dax called after her.

“There are some things to….discuss.” She called over her shoulder. Dax just nodded her head.

Getting back to the house just in time to see Lacey pulling a protesting Johnny out the door. He carried a displeased look on his face about being forced out the door.

“Don’t know where they are off to in a hurry, but I’m not sure Johnny wants to go” Kane said as he pulled her into his arms.

“Oh….um….they have some things to….discuss” She replied back to him. Damon looked at her, he’s heard her say that before, when she referred to him and Lydia and…..a shocked look crossed his face then it was replaced with a grimace and he started shaking his head.

“Nope, nope, just nope!” He closed his eyes trying really hard to get the image out of his head. Dax just started laughing, while Kane looked at them both confused.

“We should get going as well, you have to get ready for tonight” now it was her turn to look confused.

“What’s going on tonight?” She asked, Kane and Damon shared a look.

“Can’t tell you, but I promise it’ll be fun,” Kane said.

They said their goodbyes to Edward and Martina and were standing on the porch. Kane was holding the bag with her clothes and accessories in it when they heard noises coming from the woods beyond the house. Both Damon and Dax dropped their jaws.

“I don’t think they made it to the house,” Dax said,

“Nope!” Damon agreed, when it registered what they were talking about to Kane, he just went wide eyed.

“Is that what you two were talking about?” He asked,

“Yup!” Damon said,

“I don’t want to hear them getting horizontal,” he said, covering his ears. Hope he sanitizes afterwards! Ky grimaced as well. He never understood how Johnny could touch that mongrel, mate or not.

“I don’t think they’re horizontal,” Dax said, trying not to laugh.

“Nope!” Damon agreed, trying to bite back his laughter.

“Maybe we should give them 20 minutes” Dax suggested and she moved them back inside. Edward looked up at them as they walked back into the house.

“I thought you were leaving?” He asked, confused.

“Um….Johnny….” Dax started, looking at Kane he scratched the back of his head trying to figure out what to say.

“.....and Lacey are…..” he added looking at Damon.

“.....Discussing things” Damon finished as he looked at Dax and she just nodded her head.

“Oh….” Was all Edward said. They just stood there nodding their heads not sure of what else to say.

They were finally able to leave Edward’s and Martina’s 30 minutes later.

“I’ll give Johnny one thing, the boy’s got stamina,” Damon said. Kane just shook his head, he was not discussing what just happened in the woods. If the topic of Lacey’s sex life never came up again he would be ok with that.

“Is everything set for tonight?” Kane asked Damon, quickly changing the subject.

“Oh yeah!” Dax looked back and forth between them, she didn’t know what was going on and they were both being vague.

“Is what set? What’s going on tonight?” She asked, they would both just smile at her and say nothing.

“And….” Kane asked,

“They are setting up right now” Damon replied,

“Who’s setting up? What’s being set up?” Dax asked again,

“Curious little mouse, you don’t need to know right now” She just huffed, causing both Damon and Kane to laugh.

When they got back to the house, she tried to go to their room, but she was told no.

“What do you mean no?” She asked “Why not?”

“20 minutes” Damon disappeared upstairs.

“20 minutes for what? How come he gets to go?” She asked,

“You’ll see,” Kane replied, taking her down the hall towards his office.

“I would like to go to bed now, I’m tired,” She said, rubbing her right eye.

“My poor little mouse, did you have a busy day?” Kane pulled her into his arms, after they entered the office and he closed the door behind him. She nodded her head enjoying the warmth of his embrace. 20 minutes was enough time for them to….discuss a few things of their own. He moved them towards his desk lifting her to the surface, he positioned himself between her legs placing his hands on either side of her he leaned forward, his lips brushing hers lightly.

“I have a problem,” he said,

“What kind of problem?” She asked, her skin heating up from where his lips were gently brushing her. He was slowly moving across her jaw, touching just enough to cause the tingles to dance across her skin.

“I have a vision in my head” he started moving his hands up her sides under the shirt. They skimmed over her skin, her breath catching in her throat at the barely there contact.

“A vision?” the shocks she could feel ripple through her body sent a shiver up her spine. He started moving his hands slowly back down her body. Letting his fingers trail over her skin. When he got to the waistband of the sweats he pulled the tie loose that secured them to her. Slipping his hand beneath the fabric, he was thrilled when there was nothing in the way of him touching her.

“Do you remember what I said to you before dinner?” He whispered in her ear. He spread her legs further apart as he pulled her closer to him.

“Yo-you wa-wan-want” she couldn’t focus on the words with him rubbing her the way he was. When she felt his finger enter her she gasped.

“I want this body, and I still do. The problem is this body was made to be ravished slowly, but we don’t have time for that. I don’t like quickies, but I want this body now.” He dropped his mouth onto hers demanding she open, when she did his tongue found hers. He unfastened his jeans and pulled them low enough to free himself, pulling her pants down he positioned himself at her entrance and thrust deep inside of her. Moving fast and hard she moaned against his mouth. Leaning her back for a deeper penetration his mouth never left hers. She threaded her fingers through his hair and tugged causing him to groan and thrust faster and harder. She could feel the pressure building higher and higher. She felt so good clenching around him as he moved inside of her, his little mate was a pure goddess. He was getting close and judging by her moans, so was she. He didn’t slow down his movements, he sped up moving faster and harder, feeling her body begin to vibrate he moved faster, pushing deeper into her. He would send her over and she would take him with her. Each thrust brought her closer and closer to ecstasy, when he sped up her back began to arch, she was almost there, almost at the peak. He pushed deeper and deeper into her and she allowed the pleasure to take control. She clenched around him and her body shivered as she gave in and let her release take her away. She felt him lose control as well as he reached his peak, he groaned against her mouth as his body shook. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes catching their breath. His lips never leaving hers, he liked the feeling of them against his. The next round he will go slow, ravish her, worship her like she deserves.

She was sitting curled in his lap at the desk, falling asleep while he was finishing off some paperwork, he was doing his best to keep her awake. It’s been a trying couple of days and all she wanted to do was sleep, but as soon as she would start to drift off he would wake her back up, saying it wasn’t time for that yet and she had to hold on a little while longer. Silently cursing him in her head she cuddled in closer and started to drift off again when his phone rang, startling her awake. She scowled at his phone on the desk and then at him. They were both fucking with her sleep and it was not going to end well for either one of them.

“Don’t look at me like that, I didn’t make the phone ring” He defended himself chuckling.

“Hello” he answered still chuckling,

“Kenneth! How are things in New York?” He asked, listening intently. She settled back into his chest, listening to the steady rhythm of his heart singing her lullaby, she closed her eyes. His deep voice drifted in and out of her consciousness, when this feeling washed over her, she tried to ignore it but it was persistent and only intensified. It swirled around her, filling her, pushing her to sit up, urging her. This is important. Dax sat up in his lap, lost in the feeling that was humming to a life force of its own inside of her. Kenneth! Picking up his pen, her hand began to move across the front of the file folder he was working on. She stared straight ahead, never taking her eyes off the chair that sat beside the couch in Kane’s office as her hand worked, almost like it had a mind of its own. She heard soft whispers but couldn’t hear what was being said. She concentrated on the voice, focusing all her attention on what it was saying. One more down and two to go! The voice whispered in her ear.

“Carter will be meeting you and Marco at the airport in the morning, he will bring you to Garrison and we will meet you at Jasper’s diner. Another driver will be there to pick up Jackie and the kids and bring them back here where Lacey and Lydia will be waiting for them.” Kane explained,

“Lydia is Damon’s mate, he found her on Saturday, while he was out with Dax” Sit in his seat and watch the show! The voice spoke to her, the words circled around her.

“She is hanging in there” Kane was saying, he watched her curiously. Pulling the phone away from his ear.

“Baby, what are you doing?” He asked her, running his hand up her back. Damon walked into the office before he got the chance to hear her reply, but it seemed like she didn’t even hear him. Her posture was rigid and she looked lost in thought. He needs to leave no more hesitating!

“The ballet? It’s not really my thing either.” Kane looked at Damon and motioned towards Dax.

“Feisty pants?” Damon waved his hand in front of her face and when he received no reaction he shook his head and looked at Kane. Concern washing over both of their faces, Kane rubbed her back again trying to get her attention.

The Ballerina is waiting! The voice became more demanding.

“Whoa!” Damon backed up a few steps, pulling his phone, he took a photo of Dax. Kane furrowed his brows and looked at him questioningly.

“Then don’t go Kenneth, what is Jackie going to do to you? She’ll yell at Marco” Kane laughed “Maybe he’ll learn to keep it in his pants”

Send him to the ballet. He needs to go, he will listen to you….he won’t say no!

The pen fell from her hand as she reached up and took the phone from Kane.

“Kenneth?” Her voice was soft as she spoke into the phone. Kane and Damon just looked at each other.

“Good, how are you? How is Marco?” She asked.

“Tell him he has a few things to….discuss with his wife” She said.

“Yes Kenneth, that is what I am saying. She will either stop trying to kill him, or he’ll die happy” Damon’s jaw dropped, while Kane bit back a laugh.

“You should go to the ballet, it could be fun and it’s your second last night in New York,” she listened.

“Better the ballet than a strip club. Ballerina’s are dancers too” she stated. That comment got a laugh from Damon.

“Go to the ballet,” she paused.

“Because I am asking you too,” she said.

“Kenneth….try and stay in your seat,” she added.

“See you on Tuesday” when she handed the phone back to Kane, her posture relaxed and she seemed more like herself, curling back up in Kane’s lap.

“Enjoy the ballet brother. We’ll see you on Tuesday” Kane said as he disconnected the phone. Both Damon and Kane stared at her, she looked from one to the other, growing concerned at their staring.

“What?” She asked,

“Why did you send Kenneth to the ballet?” Damon asked, she blinked at him.

“I don’t know, but it’s important” she shrugged her shoulders slightly looking at Damon confused.

“Is everything ready?” Kane asked Damon, never taking his eyes off her.

“Uh….yeah, just….need feisty pants,” He replied, as he too looked at her.

“Go up to our room, I’ll see you in a bit,” Kane said, kissing her cheek. She nodded her head and got off his lap moving towards the door, finally she was gonna get to go to sleep. Kane looked down at his desk and saw the cover of his folder.

“Baby, what’s this?” He asked, holding up the folder to show her. Looking back at him she looked at the folder and shrugged her shoulders again, it was like she’s never seen it before.

“Not mine, but it looks like a ballerina….she’s pretty!” And she walked out of the office.

“Was it just me or was that fucking bizarre?” Damon asked, looking at the folder.

“That was fucking bizarre” Kane looked at the folder, then back towards the door. “She had no recollection of drawing this, you and I both saw her”

“Not to make it any weirder, but have the purple parts of her eyes ever glowed before?” Damon asked, pulling up the photo he just took of her.

“No, why?” Damon showed him the photo,

“They do now!” He said,

“What the fuck?” Kane took the phone from Damon. It was difficult to make out through the cracked screen, but the amethyst in her eyes was definitely glowing.

“Maybe it’s a bond thing?” Damon asked, shrugging his shoulders.

“We need to replace out everything we can about the fate bond.” Kane said, handing back the phone. Damon nodded and they both stared at the office door.