The Alpha's Virgin Witch (2 page)

While Guy ordered for them, Caleb watched Lucy as she
tucked some hair behind her ear. It was the last weeks of summer, and she wore
a pale pink summer dress. The thin straps didn’t hide the large scar on her
back that she’d gotten when she had fallen out of a tree at ten years old. He’d
been there and had watched her climbing the large tree near the park where kids
hung out. He’d been thirteen, and had been terrified for her, but she’d been
determined to climb.

One of the branches had been infected and weak, so
when she put her whole weight on it the branch snapped, cutting her back on the
way down. She ended up breaking her leg and arm, not to mention cutting open
her back. Her parents and his father had been so damn worried. Throughout the
whole episode, she hadn’t screamed at all. It was the first sign that she was a
real witch.

Some witches were able to mask their pain so that they
couldn’t feel anything. He’d never seen it done, but Lucy had screamed during
the fall and knocked herself out. Then when she woke up, she showed no signs of
having any pain at all. From what he’d been told, she had thought they had
filled her with morphine. To start the procedure, the doctor had given her some
morphine, but the effects would have worn off. She hadn’t known that he’d been
in the room, watching her. Lucy didn’t have a clue that he’d spent most of his
life watching her at some point or another.

Even when they’d gone down to the creek that fateful
day, he’d been curious. When he saw her finally use her powers, he’d been
fucking aroused. She looked so beautiful, and when everyone had been afraid
when
her
 
while
her
eyes had darkened as the magic started to take over, he hadn’t been. He’d been
aroused.

“You’re
staring
again.”

Once again he averted his gaze, and found a coffee in
front of him.

“Have you heard that Lucy is planning on leaving the
pack?” Guy asked, continuing to talk.

“What?”

“I’ve heard her parents talking. They’re worried she’s
going to head out, to look for her coven.”

They stopped talking as the waitress put down their
breakfast.

Wolves had a faster metabolism, so they had much
larger appetites. Caleb loved good food. Relished it, and he enjoyed his
mother’s cooking. He’d also tasted Lucy’s cooking, and she really was a superb
cook. Every year in the summer they had a potluck weekend in celebration of the
full moon. Lucy always cooked for the potluck.

“That’s dangerous.” Lucy couldn’t leave the protection
of the pack, not without properly harnessing her powers.

“You know some of the pack want her gone. They believe
having a witch within the pack is dangerous,” Guy said.

“Witches are the most powerful.”

“Exactly, and that in itself poses the threat.” Guy
shrugged. “Most of the pack have treated her as an outsider for as long as I
could remember.”

“She’ll take Bianca with her.”

Guy glanced behind him, and they both turned in time
to watch Lucy and Bianca get to their feet.

“Do you want to follow them?” Guy asked.

“Yeah.” Getting to his feet, he threw down some money,
and made his way out of the café. He didn’t know why he wanted to follow Lucy,
but it was an instinct to go and protect her. “Bianca’s your mate.”

Guy sighed. “I can’t let her go with Lucy.”

“You’ve not even claimed her.”

“She’s a sub.”

“And you’ve screwed a lot of the pack females who
would fight her for a chance to call you their own.” Caleb was careful with the
women he screwed, and he always made sure that the women knew he wasn’t going
to take them as a mate.

He’d never found his mate, and the only female to hold
his interest was the one woman he’d never actually spoken to, Lucy. He was
three years older than she was, and had seen her from afar, yet they’d never
actually talked.

She probably thought he hated her, which wasn’t true.

Caleb wasn’t even afraid of her witchcraft.

Guy climbed into the car, and together they made their
way out of the Wolf Valley toward the next town. Lucy was driving as Bianca had
never been able to pass her test. She truly was a submissive little wolf.

Some of the women Guy had fucked would tear Bianca
apart, and in that moment Caleb understood why he hadn’t initiated the claiming
with her.

“What will you do if Lucy leaves?” Guy asked.

“What will you do if Bianca leaves with her?”

“I can’t let her go.”

“You can’t force her to stay here when she’s not
happy. Lucy and Bianca are the best of friends, and that is not going to
change, not by a long shot.” The two had been inseparable from a young age.
 

“Look, let’s just handle one thing at a time. Right
now, all we have to do is deal with Lucy and Bianca going shopping,” Guy said.
“We’ll deal everything else after.”

Caleb couldn’t argue, not really. He didn’t know what
he was going to do if Lucy left. The very thought had his gut twisting, and he
wanted to throw up. What the hell was that all about? Lucy wasn’t part of the
pack, and he’d never even talked to her before, yet she was stirring emotions
that no one ever had before. Taking a deep breath, he watched her car while Guy
followed behind them.

Chapter Two

Lucy wasn’t getting anywhere with convincing Bianca to
leave Wolf Valley with her, and it sucked. She didn’t want to go out on her own
and risk leaving her friend behind. Bianca was like a sister to her.

Looking through the dresses, she felt uninspired.
Nothing appealed to her, and she hated that. Bianca was just trying on a pink
dress, and Lucy kept her eye on the dressing room for when her friend would
appear.

The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end, and
when she turned around to look for whoever was causing them, she couldn’t find
anyone. Letting out a breath, she moved onto the other rail, and as she turned
to look back at Bianca, she crashed into a very hard, very male chest.

“I’m so sorry,” she said, glancing up, and then
feeling incredibly small as she looked into Caleb’s face. “What are you doing
here?”

“Hello, Lucy.”

He knew her name.

Lucy paused. “What are you doing here?”

Caleb held her arm, and she was aware of how warm he
actually was. Wolves were always a lot warmer than humans, or witches. She was
a witch. Great, she was going insane.

“That’s not a very nice way to greet a friend.”

“You’re not a friend. We’ve never even spoken to each
other.” She glanced down at where he still held her, and she was surprised by
how nice it felt to be held by him. It was more than nice—she felt safe. No one
had ever inspired that kind of feeling inside her. She never felt safe with
anyone, not even her own family.

They’re not your real parents.

Even as she thought it, she was overcome by guilt.
They had saved her from the possibility of being eaten by wild animals.

“That’s not very nice. We could be friends.”

She pulled her hand away from him. Running fingers
through her hair, she tried to distract herself from the confusion that was
bombarding her.

“Friends would imply that we actually know each other.
I don’t know you.”

“You know I’m the Alpha’s son.”

“You don’t know me.”

“I know you’re a witch.” He leaned against the
clothing rail, and she didn’t like his sudden interest. Spinning on her heel,
she looked toward the changing room, and there was Guy talking with Bianca. Her
friend kept looking toward her, her eyes pleading for help.

Without giving Caleb another second of her time, she
walked over to Bianca. The pink dress looked beautiful on her, and once Lucy got
her home and did her hair, they were so going to hit the creek later that
afternoon to soak up some sun.

“Leave her alone,” Lucy said, coming to stand beside
Bianca.

Guy held his hands up. “You’re not going to shoot me
with your laser beams, are you?”

Rubbing her temples, Lucy looked between Bianca and
Guy, and she frowned. There was a kind of aura between the two. She couldn’t
describe it, but something bound Bianca and Guy together.

“You’re mates!” She slapped her hand over her mouth,
eyes wide.

Bianca shook her head. “No.”

Guy didn’t say anything.

“I, erm, I’m going to go and get changed.” Bianca
turned and fled toward the changing room.

“You’re her mate?” Lucy asked.

“That’s none of your business,” Guy said.

“What’s going on?” Caleb asked.

“Guy’s mates with Bianca, and he’s not even claimed
her. Why haven’t you claimed her? I thought mates were supposed to be unable to
control their needs to be with their other half.”

“How do you even know that?” Guy asked. “No one knows
about mates.”

“Your aura. I saw the connection between you and
Bianca. She’s clueless about it, but you’re not. You’re aware of who Bianca is
to you, aren’t you?”

Guy looked toward Caleb, and she started to stare
between the two.

“You may as well tell her.”

“Tell me what?” Lucy asked.

“Bianca is my mate,” Guy said, releasing a sigh.

“Then why haven’t you claimed her?” How could she take
Bianca away from Wolf Valley if her mate was part of the pack? Lucy would be
tearing soul mates apart, and that she couldn’t stand.

She’d be alone.

The thought of being alone scared her.

“Guy’s not ready to claim Bianca just yet.”

“Why not? Are you ashamed of her?” She would hurt Guy
if he even said anything bad about her friend. “She’s a good woman, Guy.”

“She’s a submissive wolf. There’s no way I can claim
her and not risk her life.”

“What?”

Guy stared at the floor, and she saw the shame in his
eyes before he averted them.

“He’s not lived like a monk, Lucy. There are women
within the pack who would fight for the role to be his main female. Bianca, as
a sub, wouldn’t win,” Caleb said, taking over the explanation.

“I hate men. You’re both pigs. Is that why you’re
here? You’re spying on your mate?”

She would skin them both alive, if she knew how to.

“This is none of your business.”

“I’m the one that has been caring for Bianca. When
members of the pack, your own little group, started to bully Bianca,
I
was the one who protected her. Not
you. You stood by and let it happen.”

“I didn’t know she was my mate,” Guy said.

She snorted. “You think that’s a good enough excuse?
You’re crazy and insane. You’ve got to no right to claim her, and Bianca would
be better off without you.” If Guy wasn’t going to claim her, then she had no
problem about taking her away from the pack. Bianca had a right to be happy,
just like she did. “I’m taking her with me.”

“You’re not taking her anywhere,” Guy said.

Heat filled every part of her, and she stepped up
close to Guy. He looked nervous, but he didn’t back down.

“I’m ready to go now, Lucy,” Bianca said, cutting
through the rage, and grounding her.

Closing her eyes, she shook her head, trying to clear
her thoughts. Once everything had focused, she turned to Bianca. “You’re so
buying that dress. I won’t even take no for an answer.” Linking her arm with
Bianca, together they walked away from Guy and Caleb.

He’s not going to mate with her.

Should she say something?

“Why were they here?” Bianca asked.

“I don’t know.”

They purchased Bianca’s dress and made their way out
onto the street.

“You were going all witchy in there against Guy.”

“I know. I know. I couldn’t control it.” She was so
angry at Guy for not claiming her friend when he clearly needed to. Lucy hadn’t
heard any tales of what happened to males if they didn’t claim their mates.
What would happen to Guy if she took Bianca away?

“You’re going to have to do better. It wouldn’t
exactly be good if you appeared on the evening news.”

Lucy nodded. Her parents had always told her to be
careful about her powers. Most of the time, she chanted or meditated in order
to stay calm, but whenever it came to Bianca, she was very protective of her.

“I know. I’m sorry. It was completely my fault.”

“What did you mean about Guy and me being mates?”
Bianca asked.

Pausing on the street, Lucy stared at her friend.
“It’s nothing, forget about it.”

“It would be completely crazy if we were mates,”
Bianca said.

They entered a shop specializing in lingerie.

“Why?” Lucy asked.

“It just wouldn’t happen. Guy and I, we’re polar
opposites. I mean, he’s cute and all, but that’s about it.” Bianca sighed.
“He’s always got most of the female pack women around him. Caleb is no better.
Together they’re both horn dogs.”

“So, what do you think about,
er
,
coming on that little adventure with me?”

“Have you talked with your parents about that? Maybe
they know something about your real parents?” Bianca asked.

Her parents had actually told her before she hit
puberty that
she
 
wasn’t
a pack female.

“You’d think if they were going to tell me something,
they would have done so already.”

“Not if they didn’t think you were ready. Your parents
love and care about you, Lucy.”

“I know.”

When she was first told that she was adopted, or at
least taken from being preyed upon when she was a baby, Lucy had felt betrayed.
How could she trust the two people who had lied to her? Talking with Bianca had
helped her to see that she was being silly. They were her parents.

Adele and Kyle Wolf had taken her in when no one else
would. Her mother, Adele, couldn’t have children. She had heard the cause had
been down to some damage done to Adele during her first ever transition, but it
didn’t actually explain why.

Lucy never asked questions. Instead she tried to be
the best daughter that she could be, which was hard.

Whenever they went on pack runs during the full moon,
she always felt left out. She wasn’t part of the pack, and could never leave
the house during the full moon.

Once her powers started to show at fifteen, she was
always locked within her home so no wolf tried to take out the witch within the
pack. She needed to leave Wolf Valley to find her place within the world, and
maybe find some other witches or warlocks.

****

“Lucy’s trying to leave Wolf Valley, and she wants to
take Bianca with her,” Caleb said. He looked around the table at his father,
mother, Adele, Kyle, and Guy.

“We can’t let that happen,” Adele said.

“What does she know about her situation?” Emma, his
mother, asked.

“She knows we found her near a lake, and we took her
in. We’ve not given her any more details.” Adele nibbled her lip. “Do you think
we should tell her the entire truth?”

“We were asked to protect her. They came to us,”
Matthew said. “If the coven ever discovered her—”

“They can’t. They would sacrifice her to take her
powers.”

“Wait, why?” Caleb asked. He knew that they had to
protect Lucy, and by protecting her only a select few of the pack knew the
truth.

Matthew, his father, rubbed his temple. “Lucy is the
child of a witch and a warlock, powerful for their time.”

“So? I thought witches and warlocks got it on all the
time?” Caleb asked.

His mother chuckled. “Not a chance, honey. Witches and
warlocks have been enemies for as long as I can remember.”

“What about Lucy?” Guy asked this time.

“We don’t know the entire details. Adele and Kyle were
approached,” Matthew said.

“We had gone running down by a lake when the witch and
warlock stumbled upon us,” Adele said. “It was the first time I’d ever been
afraid.”

“They were covered in blood, cut up, and terrified,”
Kyle said.

“We didn’t have enough time, and they transported us
to the pack. Right here.” Adele placed her palm on the table. “In a nutshell,
they had met, fallen in love, and she had gotten pregnant with Lucy. The couple
had been on the run trying to find a place to raise their child. No matter
where they went, their covens were after them.”

“Okay, I get it, two people met, fell in love, and the
whole Romeo and Juliet shit—what does this have to do with Lucy?” Caleb asked.

“Witches tend to fuck other paranormal beings, demons,
vampires, and even wolves. They never mate with warlocks. Lucy is the most
powerful witch on the planet as her genetics are made up of both witch and warlock,”
Adele said.

“Her emotions are the key at the moment to her tapping
into her powers. It’s dangerous.” Emma blew out a breath. “We can’t let her
leave.”

“Bianca’s my mate, and she’s trying to take her with
her.” Guy finally spoke up, and everyone went silent.

“Bianca?” Matthew asked.

“Yes.”

“Does your father know?”

“Yes.”

“Why haven’t you claimed her?” Emma asked.

Caleb smirked as his friend started to blush. There
was nothing like an alpha female to make a male feel small.

“He’s worried about the other women who he’s been
with,” Caleb said, giving his friend some reprieve from his mother’s questions.

“Bianca’s a sub. I don’t want her getting hurt.”

“The moment you declare her as your mate, she won’t be
challenged,” Emma said.

“My past, erm, lovers, they’ve been pretty determined
in mating me.” Guy was a bright red.

Emma rolled her eyes. “This is why men are clueless.”

“Either way, babe, we can’t let Lucy take Bianca away.
It will drive Guy nuts, and she won’t survive out in the world with her wolf,”
Matthew said.

“She’s going out hunting for them,” Adele said.