"The wedding is off."

Titus could have have sworn that he had told his mother that his father had died or their pet cat, Lola, had once again contracted cancer.

Elena dropped the bags in her hands on the ground before trying to push past her son who was blocking the doorway.

"No mom."

Titus crossed his arms across his broad shoulders and shook his head at his mother's pleas.

"Why Titus? The guests, the venue-"

"I told Tyson to tell you. I know you sent him here last night mother, and I specifically told him to inform you of my decision."

His twin brother had shown up the previous night with a couple of their friends. The plan had been to have a bachelor party but the alpha was not in the mood to party or pretend to want to be in anyone else's presence beside that of his submissive.

"I assumed that you had said that in a fit of rage or fatigue. You cannot do this Titus Agrabath! What will people say-"

"Dańte needs me and I refuse to leave him-"

"Your omega this, your omega that-"

Elena was cut off by the sight of Bear pushing past his husband. The omega albeit weak stood in front of his mother-in-law with an erect posture. He meant business.

"Now mother," the term of endearment was filled with so much venom it made the woman's stomach churn, " I am sick and tired of you always sticking your nose in my marriage. Ever since I met you, you have complained about one thing or another regarding my actions. I am not Tanner, I am not your favourite omega who got pregnant out of wedlock, something which I might add,is frowned upon by the same society whose norms you hold dear to your heart. But of course you don't notice that!"

Elena took a step back as the man got up in her personal space. She looked shocked and a bit terrified.

"I'm so fucking sick of you and your 'all holier than thou' act! You're not perfect. You're a judgemental unhappy middle aged beta who has nothing else to do but force her views on others. Now my husband said that the wedding is off, and it will not happen today. But when we do have a wedding, it will be how I want it to be, it will be my ideas, and not yours. So if you're sad about the wedding then go get married again for all I care, or better yet go cry to your favourite omega! Now I am in heat and I need my husband to make love to me. And unless you want to watch, I would suggest you leave."

Bear turned around and without another word walked back into the house,and went upstairs.

Elena blinked before looking at her amused son.

"Are you going to let him speak to me-"

"Let him? Mother it's 2020. Not 1956, and you need to stop that. I do not appreciate the way that you speak to him. It's disrespectful not only to him, but to me and our marriage as well. So until you learn from your mistakes and apologise, you aren't welcome here. And be glad he's not feeling to good, normal Dańte would have torn your head off. And I love the fact that he can stand up for himself, because people with mentalities like yours need to be put in their place. Omegas aren't decorations, and it's quite sad that as a female beta you don't seem to understand this. But I have better things to do than stand here and talk to you about your behaviour. My husband, my lover, my omega,"

The alpha emphasized his last word.

"Is waiting for me. So have fun calling all the guests and goodbye."

Said Titus before waving goodbye at his confused,and shocked mother. He then shut the door and went upstairs.

•°•°

Elena apologised for the umpteenth time to an upset guest before hanging up and rubbing her temple.

"Mike was I wrong?"

Her husband took off his blazer before sitting down on the edge of the desk. He turned his wife to face him and cupped her face.

"Baby you made a mistake, the way you treated Bear was... well it was wrong. And maybe you haven't noticed it but you tend to look down on those who don't fit the norm. You loved Tanner because he fits the norm, he is, as the younger generation would say, twink sized. He has good manners and well you know the rest. He's what you would call perfect."

"But the norm does not normalize out of marriage pregnancies, yet you did not judge Tanner. You did not judge him for falling pregnant, as a matter of fact your love for him grew. But Bear, Bear is respectful, beautiful, well mannered, educated. He has traveled around the world and has a good paying job. Bear is independent and he is one hell of a good cook. Bear is also perfect but the only thing is that he is not the size of the normal submissive. And you let that stupid little difference cloud your judgement. You failed to see that our Titus has found a good man, a man that will make him happy for the rest of his life. Titus got married to the love of his life someone who will never hesitate to make him smile,someone who will be there for him long after we have left this world.You failed to see the joy that Bear has brought into our family. Everyone loves him, even my mother. And you know how she is."

Grandma Agrabath was judgmental, Elena had struggled when she had gotten married. The woman had wanted the perfect omega for her son,but instead he had married a beta.

Elena gasped as she realised what she had done.

"I behaved like your mother! Oh Mike what have I done?"

The burst into tears, she regretted all her actions and felt disgusted with herself.

Mike helped her stand up and led her to their bedroom where they laid in bed, her head on his chest and their feet tangled. She cried as he gently rubbed her back and placed kisses on her face.

"It's okay love. You'll make it up to him. After all everyone deserves a second chance."

•°•°•

"Hey, shouldn't you be at a wedding?"

Aran smiled and walked into the hotel room.

"The wedding was cancelled."

"Did-"

"The couple is okay,Bear was sick so..."

Aran trailed off as he finally looked at Mason who was nodding in understanding.

The man looked beautiful, he was in pajamas and his hair was messy but Aran swore that he still made his heart skip a beat.

"Mason I... You're leaving tomorrow."

Mason nodded and sat down on the bed. His guest took a drop breath before kneeling in front of the alpha.

"Ar-"

Mason was confused by the man's actions. Aran looked so serious and the look itself shook the alpha to his core. Alan was sweet, caring and funny. The man could go from being a child one moment to being an adult. Heck half of the time Mason forgot that he was a Priest.

"I like you. I like you a lot and well, I've prayed about this and I've thought about it. And I've asked for a sign from the Goddess... And well today I got the sign. I opened my fridge and there it was, a dirty plate."

Mason raised a brow. What did a dirty plate have to do with his attraction towards him.

"You know I don't like messy things and that placing a dirty plate in the fridge irks me. But I asked the Goddess for a sign, and that plate.. that plate told me what I had to do. All my life I've followed rules,yes I make jokes and I like to live life, but I have always followed a set of rules. And well the dirty plate was me not following that rule. I broke a rule that I set for myself, I told myself to always keep a neat and tidy kitchen and to never had dirty dishes laying about and I, I Aran put a dirty plate in the fridge-"

"Aran get to the point."

Aran blushed when he realised he had been rambling. He was excited and could not help himself.

"Sorry, what I meant to say was that you are my rule breaker. You make me want to break the rules, want to do things out of the norm. You give me purpose-"

"Aran I don't think-"

Mason was terrified. He did not want the man to centre his life around him, Aran was perfect the way that he was and he needed to know that sometimes not breaking the rules was a good thing. Mason did not want to taint the gorgeous and sweet man with his sins.

"Let me finish."

Aran took Mason's hands and intertwined their fingers.

"I want to be with you and you only. So tomorrow when you leave you need to know that you have someone who really likes you in this small town. You have someone who would love to pursue a relationship with you. You have someone who-"

Mason leaned in and joined their lips in a sweet and short kiss. When he pulled away he smiled at the blushing beta.

"You talk too much."

Aran glared before an evil smirk overtook his lips.

"Aran what- Ah!"

Mason screamed as he was pushed onto the bed and his body was attacked. Laughter tore past his lips as the beta tickled him ruthlessly.

Maybe extending his leave wouldn't be a bad idea.

•°•°•

"I need my husband to make love to me?"

Titus laughed as his omega flipped him the bird at his teasing.

"Aw baby-"

Bear threw a pillow at the male who caught it before jumping on the bed and hugging his mate.

"Are you mad?" Asked a worried Bear.

"Why would I be mad?"

"I went off at your mother, that's disres-"

"You stood up for yourself and for this marriage, and that only caused me to fall deeper in love with you. Heck at this rate I might drown in your love."

Titus smiled at the sight of his husband looking away from him. Bear was blushing, Dańte might have been blessed with a complexion that resembled that of the alpha's favourite milk chocolate bar, but it was always easy to spot when he was blushing.

It was in the way his lips stretched slightly, and in the way his dimples became a little bit visible. It was in the way his shyness reflected in his eyes and in the way he played with his fingers.

Titus noticed all the little things about Dańte Agrabath, things that any one else might not see or deem important. But to Titus it was more than important, it was all those little things that had him falling deeper and deeper in love with the man that was trapped inside his arms.

It was those little things that made him notice this man, that made him choose this man, that made him thank the Goddess every single day for this man.

It was all those little things that made Dańte Bear Agrabath special, and most importantly, his.

"Bear."

"Alpha?"

Bears voice was barely audible as he tilted his head to give his dominant more room to shower his neck with kisses.

"I want to make love to you."

Dańte's mouth felt dry and he swallowed a moan as teeth latched onto the sensitive spot that the younger man had found in their earlier session of intimate touches.

This was it. Bear could feel the heat growing within his core, his pants were soaked and his body yearned for his alpha.

"Bear, may I?"

Titus looked at his mate for permission to take off the shirt that separated his lips from his upper body that was waiting to be loved and cherished.

Bear turned around and looked into the man's eyes as he lifted his arms up.

Titus helped him take off his shirt and next were his pants and soon his underwear. Bear looked at the floor and blushed. He felt like a virgin bride and wanted to smack himself for acting so shy.

Titus took pride in seeing his mate so bare before him. He too, with the help of his omega, got undressed.

Bear had seen the man naked before but this was different. This time his mate, husband, lover was going to make love to him.

He was going to show him the pleasure of love and intimacy. He was going to take him to a place where the only two people that existed were the two of them.

Bear inhaled sharply as large hands were placed on his hips and lips met his.

Soon moans, grunts and screams of pure earth shattering pleasure bounced off the walls of their bedroom as both men got lost in their own world, or even better their own universe.

"I love you." Whispered Bear when his eyes met his alpha's.

Titus grinned before kissing the man back with so much passion it left Bear shaken to the core.

"I love you too baby. I love you so fucking much."

Bear smiled as a few tears of nothing but pure happiness ran down his face.

He was truly and utterly happy. Oh and in love.

He was so fucking in love.