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Jared had always liked Evaline's take on pack life because she had a very succinct outside point-of-view to give. All Omega mates felt that crunch once the pack hierarchy had been established. Evaline had been on Cloud 9, herself, innocent in her mind that she would always be prime in her Alpha's bed, unless he took other mates--when he would take younger mates of the same pack status to "replace" the Omega role when she couldn't perform her duties. At first, Evaline had been jealous, but now it was more of an understanding. Those Omegas below her had no true role in the pack to overtake her, only in bed and in the number of litters they could produce for their Alpha. But, Alphas would age as do younger Omegas, so at some point, either side would cave in and the Alpha wouldn't take in more mates, only reverting back to his first and second spouses--his Beta and Omega. From there, it would be up to the spouses to please their Alpha. Evaline had always known how restless Vivien had been, and this had developed over the last few years, made more profound with the new Omega mates and their new pups.
Evaline kept a steady eye on Jared, a tiny smirk on the end of her mouth. "You take to pups as an Omega should." She furrows her brow a bit, shaking her head. "I recall you telling me you'd never find your peace with that side of yourself."
Jared doesn't look up as he catches the pup's eye; the tiny hands and arms extend to be taken into a warm cuddle. "Do you have a bottle of formula, or do you just feed him mother's milk?" He can already detect his little brother's about to pitch a fit if he doesn't get his way, focused attention and affections pouring forth toward him.
Evaline points to the nursing bag she had brought in that was stuffed to the gills with everything needed to tend to and care for when on-the-go with a pup. "Check the center zipper. I should have one or two bottles still in there. He fed before we left to come pick you up."
With both hands, Jared heaves his baby brother out of the high-chair and straight into his arms. The pup instantly winds chubby arms about the thicker neck, wayward fingers catching in lengthy locks, giving a gentle tug. As he held the pup to him with one arm, Jared's other hand explores the innards of the bag to produce a mini-bottle of mother's milk--room temperature, which was what most pups were used to. Almost immediately upon seeing the telltale bottle, the little pup wiggles in excitement to lay down, cradled in an arm, or both arms, as he latches on to the latex nipple, his waiting lips eager to suckle.
Evaline watches as Jared deftly brings out a nursing blanket to cover his own shoulder, possibly shielding the pup's face from ceiling lights. The bulky arm holds the pup expertly to the muscular chest, close to the left breast, knowing how keen pup's could be to the beat of a heart. "You have the skills already to be a good parent to your own one day." She lifts a dark eyebrow, eyeing his face for a response. She expects the usual fire and passion of denial, the refusal to bow down and accept what he was, no denying his role in the family--in the pack. But a strange inner peace comes over him--and an actual smile forms, just staring down at the pup suckling and growing weary, sleepy, probably getting a good night's rest after hours of fitful sleeping.
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Evaline sighs heavy, bringing her own plate of food to her body as she recaps the pup's food jars to store away before they leave. "You know how I always hate being the Messenger of Truth for you, but this time I don't want you walking in, only to be blindsided."
"I appreciate that." Jared clears his throat as he lowers his tone to speak quietly around the slumbering pup. "I have had this nagging suspicion, since it was Jeffrey asking for my return, that it has a bigger meaning than just plain ole - 'We Miss You, Jared'..."
Evaline smiles ruefully. "We did. Well, I did. Especially once you and I had spent time together before you left. But, I have been seeing your mother and sister - in fits of tension and anger, blatantly giving away truer feelings they've been attempting to hide. I'm sure they feel the ache of you missing. I wait for their blow-up rages, a bit of howling late at night to show their baser natures as your true blood, but...they are women cut of the same cloth. Your mother of her own old pack and Jarrett of this one, run by your father, who simply tries to ignore and erase painful memories. I know he is most pained, troubled by these nightly belly-aches and cramping." She notices Jared's eyes flash to her, then look away as he works tension out of his jawline. "I don't know what the other mates do for him, but I am aware of who he comes to when his stomach upsets him."
"He's okay, though, isn't he?"
"It's ulcers, sweetie." Evaline reaches across to lightly touch Jared's bulking forearm. "Even an Alpha as strong and stubborn as your father cannot keep that level of stress building inside. When I finally deduced what was the issue, and what he actually spoke of while clutching his gut, I made damn sure to find herbal remedies to combat his stupidity. He refused to see his doctor, so I took it upon myself to administer at-home cures that alleviate him of these certain pains." She gives a small shrug of nonchalance as if it was no skin off her back to be so unselfish and giving, almost attentive and loving to her Alpha. "I figured out the core issue too late, but by then Sean was into his new Omegas and watching his new litters being brought into this world. Little by little, the cracks in his heart have been patched."
Jared dips his head in mild shame, some guilt creeping out for putting such agony onto his father without realizing. "I wasn't aware he even had one."
Evaline isn't offended in the least; she understands too well. She nods her head, giving out a sweet smile and laugh. "Oh, he has one, trust me. He's simply never allowed himself to show it to certain pack members." She bows her head, her face giving away the fact that she has become nearly indispensable for her Alpha--often times being able to see sides of Sean she never thought possible.
"Meaning my mother?"
"She feels Sean is at fault for much that has gone wrong in their life--in her life. I don't know." Evaline goes quiet for a few seconds, unsure if she should bring Jared so intimately into his parent's life together. She knows more than any of the mates as Sean has confided in her as he's never been capable of doing with any others, not even another male Alpha. "She could be right. She's never bothered to venture to my side of the house. Never invited me out to her luncheons or even just a 'girl's night' with the mates. Vivien really only sees your sister and Jeffrey on a daily basis, then all her outside contacts as she meanders through her routines as Alpha's first spouse. She will go with Sean to events and functions, but it's more of a role she's become accustomed to. I'm not sure if they've resumed mating once again."
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Evaline sits back and picks at the tortilla chips that aren't covered in cheesy, spicey gook. "She has been hounding Jarrett these two years. Took it upon herself to make certain your sister had a love mating with her true lifemate." They both catch one another's gaze, smiling a little wickedly since they both had some doubts about the nature of true anything as struggling Omegas. "It's only been recently, in the last few months, that I discovered Vivien actually had gotten Sean to agree to leave Jerrett's choice of Alpha mate out of his business deals..."
"But--?" Jared furrows his brow in confusion. This was a first he had heard of this, never knowing that had even been an "option", but he doubted it would pertain to him as the only marriageable Omega offspring. Unless his father had completely written him off the docket, thinking that he wouldn't have to finagle any arrangement for quite a few years--maybe when Jared had come to his senses and returned home as an ordained Brother of the Order. But, by then, Jared would belong to God and his solitary existence. Monks who were Were had been granted leave to return home, at leisure, but most often didn't because their packs banished them from ever coming back into the family--into the pack.
"Sean's next offspring--one of my cubs is only 12, under legal marriage age. And, uhm..." Evaline scratches at the side of her nose. "---had I been approached maybe a special arrangement could've been decided."
Jared looks in astonishment over at Evaline. "You would give over your cub at THAT young of an age to an older Alpha?"
"No, no..." Evaline chuckles lightly with the shake of her head. "Gosh, no! I would've asked for a bit of a waiting period. Let them have gone through two heats to know that they were capable of being an Alpha's mate. I had my first and second heats almost together--I was 13 and 14. But my own pack had second heats from 16-18 years old. Hell, I'd settle for 17, when the mind is a bit clearer and a personality has begun to flourish." She folds her arms, leaning forward on the table to push her plate away. "But, I wanted it to be more of a 'promise' of marriage. For the cub to be able to venture out and see the other Alphas available, but to always have that protective fall-back should no other mate be found elsewhere."
"Whoa...that would've asked for patience I know my father doesn't have."
Evaline shakes her head in rapid disagreement. "You don't know the influence I have with Sean. At times, I feel much like a first spouse, as he never discusses pack issues with Vivien. Not their faults as they have simply become like two ships passing in the night." And she had used those moments they disconnected to connect even deeper with her Alpha, much to both of their likings.
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"Yes, yes...that is exactly what it is like between them. Although now it seems much worse as they feet guilt, and yet fault the other for allowing you to leave the pack."
"Had I stayed--do you believe it would've improved anything?" Jared lifts his head to stare across at Evaline, wanting her to answer him truthfully. "Even with the way I had become?"
Evaline looks thoughtfully at Jared, seeing so much of Sean in that older face. He exudes the same Alpha-like prowess as his father, yet carries his aura like an Omega. It made for a breathless combination, something she knew would attract most Alphas. "No. For I see this personal journey of yours has given you something none of us have ever been able to find on our own."
"What?"
"A 'sense' of self. I am sure you are now more aware than ever who and what you are. Not just as an Omega son to Lead Alpha, but as Jared--as Jared to Sean. You found an identity away from pack, yet..." Evaline narrows her eyes on Jared's face as he turns away to look down at the pup in his arms. "---you still seem confused about something."
"Confounded is more like it." Jared mutters as he adjusts the bottle into the tiny mouth.
Evaline snorts out a high laugh. "You sound like me--what had been inside my head--as the real dawning of my pack status under Lead Alpha settled down around me. I had been eager and hopeful, in deep love and constant lust as a just-wedded Omega should be." She shakes her head as she smiles sweetly. "You an' Rett were so sweet and beautiful to me, kind and gentle---nothing like Vivien."
Jared remembers how overly excited they had both been to be around Evaline. "Mother wanted us to dislike you on-sight, but, both Rett and I agreed that she could have her own opinions that were never going to be ours."
Evaline reaches out again to touch Jared, letting him know how thankful she was for what he and his sister had done for her--those welcome arms of cubs had been a calming balm to a chaos she wasn't prepared for. "I was grateful for the reprieve, and willing to shoulder the care and keeping of you two as I began to share your father's bed, giving him more pups, to help the pack grow. I admit to being a bit naive and rather sentimental about family and being the heart of Sean's own pack, but..." She could never ignore how she had been brought up and taught in her own pack.
"Father dived more into the family business, making more money so he had some kind of a legacy to leave his heirs." Jared knows it's a pittance of an excuse to give when Evaline had been this young Omega thrust into an already collapsing Alpha/Beta mating with first spouse, then told to take care of two cubs and then her own pups on the way. Somehow, through all the mischief and mayhem, Evaline had come out the victor when many thought she'd fall flat on her face. In fact, she had one of those rare coveted seatings as an Omega, where her Alpha kept her equal to and sometimes surpassing his Beta.
"I had some idea it would be different, but when that fantasy died, I went and built a happiness for myself that I still love to this day. I just did it inside of pack life, which was much harder because many thought that my searching for a kind of 'self-preservation' was a sign I was unhappy, wishing to leave my Alpha, our pups and the pack."
Jared smirks over at Evaline, because everything she was saying was the reason why he continued to turn to her for his guidance about Omega life. "It's why I respect, and admire, you so much. Probably what spurned me on to leave."
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"I was." Jared clears his throat, then bows his head. He had known that he would have to confess how much he had bungled his time at the monastery, wasting a precious amount of time in fruitless pursuits. Life hadn't changed once he had entered those doors; he'd only brought his pain and agony with him. "The Brotherhood keeps a close eye on progress. I had a passion for that life once I had arrived, but, once I could see what I would have to give over, give up and give in." He feels the chills run down his spine, thinking back on what some Weres had done to become ordained as a Brother. "The self-sacrifices would be too grave. No turning back, you know." He looks down at the pup and wiggles the nipple tenderly past the wet, puffy lips. The pup was a heavier weight now as he slept on peacefully. "I took a part-time job in the orphanage on the sacred ground. It served as a free clinic to the villagers in the valley. A team of trained nurses ran the orphanage, the sickly pups and cubs getting free immediate care." He runs his index finger over a soft rosey cheek, beginning to sway his arm and torso. "Once involved, I didn't want to leave." He leaks out a small grin. "I took over their tending full-time and even learned how to medically care for the runts..." Jared's eyes begin to glisten with moisture at the memories. "---no matter how much time they had left on this Earth."
"Oh, Jared..." Evaline puts a hand to her face. "The horrors you must have seen. It had to be humbling."
"Yes. Made my own grievances about my 'lot' in pack life seem idiotic and weak." Jared raises his head, looking across at Evaline with a sad smile. "Reality tends to focus best when you hold a pup in your arms struggling for a final breath." He can see the shock settle on Evaline's features, then her eyes grow red and misty. "It felt good being in the head-space I was to give these little Earthly angels a bittersweet goodbye."
Evaline chokes on her breath, reaching across to meet halfway with Jared's hand, then surrounds both of hers to bring his fingers to her face to kiss and soothe over her skin. "You've had more maturing in those two years than you ever thought possible, huh?"
Jared squeezes Evaline's hands, then lets a few fingers caress her flushed cheeks. "Yes, but I am a much better soul for being there for them, despite how much it gave me heartache." He shrugs one shoulder. "I suppose that's why I showed up here, but on my own terms, at my own pace."
Evaline lowers the bend of their hands to the table, letting her teeth scrape over her bottom lip. No time like the present to let Jared in on what's about to happen. "Sean wants to merge a business partnership with Ackles...Alan Ackles, Lead Alpha of Ackles Pack just outside of Dallas. That 'relationship' will give the family business much of the contracts and clout in Dallas. Your father's been strategic in who he's been wanting to merge with. I'm pretty sure once Dallas is secure, it will be time to search another city--Austin, maybe? by then, my cubs will be well past 13, so...I see this happening over and over."
"The 'this' being--?"
"Ackles has a second Alpha son--well-past marriageable age, 25 or 26, maybe, I think. He's bringing that son back into the family fold as a viable Alpha to mate with."
"So..." Jared barely exhales on a breath. "...it's a marriage arrangement?"
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"...whoa." Jared is utterly flabbergasted because he had perceived his father as coddling Jarrett since Jared had refused to bend when demands had been put on the table to obey. Typically, his father would favor his sister; this business venture with Ackles must not only be huge contracts for the future but would put Padalecki Industries on the map, certainly bring them clients they never would see as a tiny, fledgling San Antonio business. "Things have really shifted around since I left."
"Yeah, and I don't know who is more up-in-arms--Vivien, Rett or Jeffrey...since he's never quite gotten over his 'secret crush' on your mother, and he oddly seems endeared to be more of a 'father figure' to you and your sister. Rett, more-so lately, since he's been periodically helping Vivien work at bringing Rett out-out--like for some type of 'mating season'..." She nods her head, laughing outright when Jared stares at her, eyes going round with shock.
"That--makes all of this 'come home' business a little clearer." Jared takes a swallow, then continues rocking the sleeping pup. He's always felt oddly at peace, well-centered, with a warm pup's body pressed to his chest, able to feel their heart beats join in tandem with his own. He opens his mouth to speak, but then the pup begins to turn his tiny body toward Jared's breast bone, his button-down shirt front, trying to seek a real nipple. And, as always, Jared feels his body jolt, this weird vibration that would enter his system when pups, and even cubs, sought affection and a mother's love, wildly instinctive to the naturalness of a steady heart beating. He sucks in a breath as he quietly tries to shove the bottle nipple back into the puckering lips. "---man, never fails, huh?" Jared peeks up at Evaline, whose eyebrows are high as her eyes widen. "It's such a beautiful heartbreak when the orphaned pups do this, which is why they use the staff of female nurses." He reaches out to touch his smooth breast, then works his pinky tip to play with the flattened button nose. "I can't get over how much he looks like me--well, a Padalecki. It's a curse, I know."
Evaline cannot help but stare in wild fascination, shaking her head. "No. Shows how strong your father's genes are. He has four mates and both boys and girls share the same appearances." She rubs over her own protruding belly. "The only thing us Omegas can't figure out is how the hell Vivien - a rare fertile Beta - gets pregnant once, and has twins the first time."
"Maybe it's best NOT to know the secret." Jared grows achingly silent, thinking about his sister. Not a day has gone by that she hadn't been on his mind: morning, noon and night. "I had this idea Rett and I would always be as close and inseparable, like we had been as young cubs."
Evaline feels the similar pain and agony of a close sibling gradual separating, distancing. "Please, same deal happened with me and my big Bro, Aldane--I call him 'Dane'. He did it to me when he turned 13, and suddenly, his little sister wasn't 'cool' enough to hang around with. An Alpha lowering himself to an Omega? Even though we were blood-related? He had a life to lead. Dad took him under his wing and Dane just...vanished from my life. Mom slipped in three years later when I turned 13, and I had my first heat. Dane was curious, oddly, to how the different pack status would change me. He thought it would weaken me, so he--he teased me relentlessly. But, I stood my ground." She bows her head, a secret smile on her face though she tears up. "Losing our parents when Dane was 20, and I was 17---whew! We had to grow up fast. Dad's old pack took us in until Dane could get himself settled and have our own place. He wanted me to have the option to go to college, have a vocation of some kind to fall back on. Our parents dying taught us to rely on you and yours, never to depend on others to carry you around." Evaline can laugh and sigh at those moments now in hindsight. "Funny how I take one look at your father and I'm a different Omega."
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"Shit, Jared. It's never been easy by any means. The work and effort it takes for me to hold onto my little corner of happiness? soooooo worth it."
"Do you know anything about this Ackles Alpha?" Jared nods in silent agreement, because he can see that Evaline seems more niched in her own life inside the pack, more than anyone else. "Well, more than just that he's a second son ready for a mate?"
"A name."
"Oh?"
"Jen-sen. Jensen Ross Ackles. Like I said, I think he's around 25 or 26yrs old. Could be younger, I don't know. He had been allowed freedoms from responsibility as an Alpha, so he's been living a carefree, less controlled life. I'm assuming he's sowed his wild oats and got his, uh...'urges' out of his system."
Jared chuckles deeply. "Sounds like he had a wake-up call as well. The resounding shrill of a horn to come back home and behave." Obey, actually, but the words almost went hand-in-hand with offspring.
Evaline tilts her head, shock and awe on her face. "I'm glad to hear you understand the Alpha's side of things. Took me this long to learn that on my own."
Jared drops his gaze a bit demurely, not sure why he feels a sharp sense of "awareness" of this Jensen Ackles. The sound of the name even sends shivers up and down his spine, settling at his lower back. He'd never had a genuine instant reaction to a name before. It wasn't that he felt an uncanny draw because of their strange predicament, but just the name "Jensen" evokes something in his mind then spirals through his body, feeling his chest tighten as he cuddles the pup close.
Evaline twists her wrist to glance at her watch. "The Ackles Pack should be arriving at the house in the morning. Sean wants this side of the family to hold the festivities, although Alpha and, well, either you or Rett--will never meet face to face until the actual ceremony."
"How long are they staying?"
"Three days. Second day will be the ceremony and then second evening into third morning will be the consummation of the marriage, when the knotting will take place." Evaline lets a few minutes of silence fester, waiting for Jared to explode on her with some kind of rage. He doesn't.
Jared keeps his head averted. "Is Jensen being given a choice?"
"I'm not sure. It's confusing. Sean is fully aware that you're on your way. I mean, he sent the jet for you, which you weren't on yesterday."
"Sorry. I needed more time to think."
"Oh, please." Evaline swipes a hand in mid-air. "I wasn't expecting you to fall for their trickery. Sean's pretty adamant you won't even show. Or that you'll never accept some strange Alpha as your mate AND marry him!" She gives out a small snicker. "He's about ready to serve your sister on a plate."
Jared can't believe he was contemplating putting himself out there, and it wasn't because he wanted to protect and save Jarrett. It was because he wasn't scared anymore of who or what he was. He was only worried that his inadequacies as an Omega mate might put a damper on his life with his Alpha. He had learned to embrace himself and his pack status, just concerned that his mated Alpha would be insensitive and kind of an ass. "Maybe we should start back to the car, head on home. I'm starting to soak up my little brother's sleepiness."
"Of course. Let me signal for our waitress and pay the check."
Jared doesn't want any more time to go by before he lets Evaline know how grateful he is to her, for everything. "Thanks, Eva, for...you know...even the lying and subterfuge."
"Are you kidding me? I'm happy to have something to hold over their heads." Evaline rubs her palms together in mock treachery, making Jared shake his head with bubbling laughter. "I'm even more tickled to know I can finally put my Alpha at peace since I know he's worried about you, but holding back. I'm pretty sure Sean will have gone looking for me, if his stomach started to pain him late last night. He keeps too many emotions bottled and buried deep."
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"Yeah?"
"---I'd like for my arrival to be kept from mother, Rett and Jeffrey. I won't be staying in my old room. Actually, if possible, I'd like to bunk in the Nursery. I only need a pillow and blankets. I'll curl up on the floor."
"Jesus, Jared, we have beds in the nursery. Nothing bigger than a twin, I'm afraid. You'll have to scrunch your tall frame to fit, but..." Evaline gives out a slow grin. "---I'm sure your brothers wouldn't mind sharing with you."
Jared exhales a breath he'd been holding. "I like being around pups and cubs. I'd like to keep it that way while the Ackles Pack is here. That way, too, no one can find me on the other side of the house."
"I doubt anyone would suspect you were staying in the Nursery wing, near me."
"It'll be nice and bittersweet to connect with my siblings as I consider moving on to my own pack with an Alpha."
"You're being very mature about this whole arranged marriage thing. Funny how I figured you would've put up more of a fuss, but it's actually Rett who's being a little more 'bratty' and selfish than usual." Evaline smirks as Jared blushes at her compliment. "I keep threatening to introduce her to Dane. Thing is...Dane likes his Alpha bachelorhood too much, and your sister has become rather, uhm...high maintenance for a lax Were like him. He likes the freedom to lag from coast to coast as he lives vicariously through me. I had some idea it would be the other way around."
"A good brother sacrifices much for his sister, even when she's being, uh...difficult."
"Dane sees it as more that he took care of his pack. He saw me wedded to a decent Alpha and off to building my own little family nest."
Jared knows how much Evaline misses her brother; the unbearable sadness often leaks over her face when she talks about him. "I'd like to meet him some day. I know we were always missing him when he'd come to stay with you, and I was always in school or hiding somewhere to snub my nose at pack life. I can freely admit I was a bit of a spoiled brat, too."
"Nah...just floundering, like all Omegas do to find their footing inside pack. Some NEED that Alpha control. You? Not so much. And that will serve you well in your future mating."
"Think he'll choose me?"
"He'd be a fool if he didn't."
Jared secretly hopes that won't be the case.
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Evaline had just seen to Jared, getting him settled in the Boys Room, nestled quite snuggly with two of his younger brothers, both of them cubs of Evaline's. It had been a striking sight to behold, how all three Padalecki males bore a resemblance to one another. And, oh, how excited the boys had been to meet their older brother once again, after being away too long. It was sweet to see how they cared little about why, simply that Jared was there now. And none of them were concerned about his lower status--that hulking muscular frame such as Jared had as an Omega. He was their cool older brother, plain and simple. Jared had even put his new baby brother back into his crib, sad to be separated from him after their sudden bonding moments, but at peace to see the pup drifting off to a blissful slumber.
An hour or so later, Evaline wanders into her own suite of rooms, not paying attention to one particular side of her bed, that it had been occupied. She sits on the bench at the end of the bed frame, undressing. Her mind is in a faraway whirlwind of what the next few days, well, what the next few hours will bring once word is given of Jared's presence.
"Evie...? Wha--where've you been?"
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Sean reacts with some offense, but then manages to bend low and curl his body so he can lay his weary head on Evaline's lap, wanting to feel her hands sift through his hair, massage his scalp; he's been craving her touch since before dinner, but she's kept herself, and her mind, elsewhere. He had thought coming to her rooms would suffice, but he'd had nothing but restless sleeping. "What? Why?" He groans out as he sighs with the feel of those fingertips flittering through his bangs, around his left ear. "Tha's not why I came to you, Evie..." Well, it hadn't been his initial reason.
"Oh, then--what?" Evaline peers down at Sean's face. Already his cheeks and jaw are darkened by the five-o'clock shadow, so she scratches lightly over the rough stubble, hearing him give out a "purr" at her undivided attention. She momentarily startles when Sean suddenly rises off her thigh, lids low over his dark irises as he sniffs and leans toward her radiating heat.
Sean shrugs, his hand lifting to pull down the halter undershirt Evaline wears like extra padding under her top shirts--like a bra when she doesn't feel up to confining her swelling flesh. He lets his fingers pet over the rounded stomach. "I'm not really sure..." Now that she's here, present and near, beside him and breathing into his face, warming him in the cool heat of her room, he'd much rather be intimate than talk. But he can't help feeling that his restlessness will keep him from truly relaxing with her and Evaline will hound him until he gives up the truth, tells her how he's feeling. Ugh. "Viv...an' Rett have been a bit much." Sean shakes his head as he watches the look of his thick fingers scraping up and down the softness of pale skin, smirking when he sees the goosebumps form in his wake. "With Jeff in the mix, all of them worried and nervous over Jar--" He stops to swallow hard, his shoulder sagging heavy. "I don't believe he'll come, and I hate to break their hearts."
Evaline leans her head against Sean's jaw, inhaling his scent and savoring his close heat with the added caresses that drive her mad with desire. "---because it will breaks yours so much more." She cups Sean's face, trailing her head up to rest against his temple and forehead. "Oh, my darlin' Alpha...why do you refuse to admit you've never stopped caring about him? You never even gave him a thought for this marriage--why?"
"Because--" Sean presses lips to Evaline's skin, closing his eyes, knowing he could confide anything to her and she would keep it safe. "---I fear it will be the one thing that will completely make him hate me. Destroy any chance of repair." He watches Evaline's hands drop to peek at what he might be wearing under the covers. "Boxers--what?" One side of his mouth lifts in a quirk. "Are you horny?" He dips to wrap his arms around her to pull her over his body, drag her backward with him toward the headboard, but her palms against his chest make him simply hold her.
"No...I just wanna make sure I'm not gonna parade you around the pups and cubs in all your fine Alpha glory."
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"Mostly me, right?" Evaline knows how much the Omegas fear her and turn frightened if they feel any slight disruption to the order of things in the house, which is why she tends to helm the Nursery and runs the caring and tending to the pups and cubs, even ones that aren't her full-blood. "I was first Omega, I am second spouse AND, I've been more like the other half of you..." She caresses Sean's cheek, then under his jutting chin. The younger Omegas "see" what Evaline does, and know they could never compare, and what if? they had to take Evaline's place, would they suffice?, were they enough to please their Alpha?
Sean leans into Evaline's palm. "---this is why I come to you when I'm feeling like this..."
"Like what?"
"Adrift. Unsure." Sean clears his throat as he leans forward, lips an inch away from Evaline's and noses slip-sliding, brows meshing. "This deal with Ackles is on-edge, at best. I have an Ace-card to play with the Son, and...I just want ONE thing to go right for me, for once. For the family business--the legacy I will leave my sons and daughters." He lifts hands to cup the sides of the thin neck, thumbs playing along the throat to the clavicle. "I want you and Viv, and the other mates, to be comfortable should I--?"
Evaline shuts her eyes, shaking her head as she presses fingers over Sean's lips. "Sssshhhh...you're still young by Alpha standards, Sean. I know you feel old, but you're healthy and fit, physically." Did she have to remind him that he'd produced several pups in the last two years, including the one she was carrying?
"Not like Jeff."
Evaline hates it when Sean tries to compare himself as Lead Alpha to his best friend from childhood. They were complete and total opposites, not just with being Were and Human. "Please. Jeff is human, and--he would look just like you, if he had the burdens you carry daily as Lead Alpha." She doesn't want to call out the fallacies of Sean's long-time friend, but it pains her to know that her Alpha holds such human characteristics as low self-esteem and envy.
"I don't like being this desperate, turning one of my cubs into a sacrificial lamb." Sean has constantly made Evaline aware of his true feelings about this "arrangement"; one of the main reasons he gets so sickly at night, unable to sleep. "I thought I could bear it with Rett, but--this notion of Jared being a second option..." It's slowly killing him to think of sending Jared away once again into a world unknown.
"---or, a first, and only option." Evaline feels the rise of excitement that she can bring her Alpha peace, possibly settle him into a sense of happiness that this is a good thing he was doing.
Sean wrinkles his brow in confusion. "Wha--what do you mean?" He cups her shoulders to hold her back a few inches to look deep into her eyes. "Eva, what do you know that I, or they don't?"
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