Easton was now back from dropping off his mate and the first thing he wanted to do was take a shower. He took his clothes and entered the bathroom which was still lingered with the scent of coffee beans. His body reacted to it with shivers and goosebumps making Aziel whine. He already missed his mate.

"Shower, Easton. Shower" Easton put all the other thoughts beside and head inside the showerhead. After cleaning himself and putting the clothes he borrowed from his personal office in the washing basket. He had to put this pair back in the office when it's all washed.

He got out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist and changed into presentable clothes. The bed was left in hurry and was still ragged and wet. He made a mindlink call to his beta as he removed the duvet from the mattress. Putting it aside, he spoke to the beta removing the mattress bed.

"Duncan?"

"Yes, alpha?"

"Call everyone in the pack for a meeting in ten minutes"

"Got it, alpha" he placed the mattress and the duvet on the balcony for some sunlight.

He climbed downstairs and looked at the messy kitchen. He groaned out loud and took a mental note to scold Blake once he's back. Walking to the kitchen island he found two pieces of toasted bread with peanut butter. He visibly shivered thinking about the sweet taste of the peanut butter. He dropped the toast into the bin and cleaned the countertop with a wet cloth and then with the dry one.

*Clink*

"All clean" he smiled proudly and grabbed an apple from the fridge and started munching on it after washing it under the tap. He walked out of the suite biting onto the fruit. The members of the packhouse were all gone either to the schools or the works, they did as a human out of curiosity including being an owner of a café with lots of baking, an ice cream parlor, carpenter, etc... They didn't require to do it but it paid off their human expenses to be short. But, now as the meeting was announced, everyone except the students gone to the school will be there regardless of a break.

Alpha rules.

Easton walked into his main office to collect some files. He found them right away without any issue and walked out for the meeting. He took a lift to the basement of the packhouse which was also an auditorium, cell, and safe house.

The auditorium was fully loaded with the members who kept murmuring like bees. As the alpha stood at the entrance of the hall, the murmurs slow downed and eventually halted. Easton took long strides as the pack stood in response to his arrival.

He walked onto the stage and held his hand up gesturing that they can sit. After being seated in their chairs, every one of them was curious about the purpose of the meeting. Easton didn't make them wait anymore as he started the agenda.

"How many of you are aware that Jonathan and Liam are missing?" The alpha questioned, which resulted in a series of gasps. "That gives my answer. They were guarding the North gate while they were abducted. Duncan found the blood pattern up to a certain distance but then it was gone" Easton nods again looking at the silent audience. "Who do you think is behind all this?" He questions which one of the pack warriors answers.

"The rouges, alpha" he answers proudly with his chest out.

"No, Ian. It wasn't the rouges" Easton corrects him while he waits for other answers.

"We don't think of anyone but rouges, alpha" it was another female warrior.

"Alpha Blake explained to me in the morning that it has to be either a vampire, elf, or a witch" another roar surrounded the crowd. It came as a surprise that alpha Easton got explained to, by someone. That too someone younger to him.

This revealing made the pack members ponder upon the capabilities of the new alpha which was the actual intention of Easton. He wanted the people to know the abilities of the young alpha, of his mate.

"Why them, alpha?"

"Well, as explained to me, the abductor must've been teleported after a certain distance which isn't common for a rouge. Even if it's a rouge, a witch must have controlled his/her mind. So do you get the point?"

"Yes, alpha"

"Great. So now that you know the news, keep the children in the packhouse with pregnant women. The beta and omega warriors training would intensify. And as we know, tomorrow is Ezra's eighteenth birthday which means there will be a celebration from the Knight household so, I give this responsibility to Derek and the team to tighten up the security at the borders"

"Yes, alpha"

"Good. Now, you all may leave but make sure to take care of yourself and behave tomorrow as the Black Woods are invited. Disperse" the last words created a grumble among the people as they started leaving the hall talking about the other pack's visit.

Easton got off the stage and walked to Duncan who looked sucked up since morning. "Let's have lunch in the office?" Easton asked

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"Aw, man. I'm tired" Blake flexes his muscles as he, with Zander walks out of the classroom.

"It's only the second class, Blake" Zander shakes his head to the sides. The alpha who runs his laps faster than Usain Bolt gets easily tired after one period of studying.

"So? This and that are different" Blake states.

"Oh?" Zander steps back with an "oh" face, his hand in a fist covering his mouth. "you've been doing the deed already? My bad, alpha" Zander snickers with a straight face, his hands back into his jean pockets.

"What deed?"

"Umm... you know the nasty"

"What nasty?"

"I don't even know why are you an American. It's basic English, bro"

"I know the meaning of "nasty", you shit. But, what that have to do with me being tired?" Blake was obliviously slow. He glared at his beta for saying strange things and walked fast to his next class.

"Let's just get it over with. I'm hungry"

Zander and Blake part ways in front of Blake's math class while Zander had French. Blake walked into the class full of chaos without a teacher. He walked straight to his allocated place which was the last chair in the room. Dropping his bag on the desk, he got comfortable on the chair.

He removed his earplugs from the pocket of his bag and connected them to iPod.

"Rock you Like a Hurricane" by "Scorpions", came blasting making him at ease again. He closed his eyes and bent back on the chair putting his legs, crossed on the desk. Like the other class earlier, here too, no one approached the mighty Blake Jensen. It was the most unusual thing, 'cause he was always surrounded day or night.

The songs changed one after the other and Blake was feeling more relaxed, but there was Kai, who kept asking to go back and be with their mate. And after the kiss in the car, this morning it was almost impossible not to think of him.

As the music went blur in Blake's mind, it rewinds the kiss earlier. The way Easton's hand was looped along his neck, the way his other hand clutched his waist. It made shivers run through his body thinking about the way his tongue was dominated by the other alpha's.

"I see, someone's excited today" the earplugs were removed from his ears as a young woman sat on the desk, right next to his legs. Blake opened his eyes and snatched away the plugs from her hand.

"None of your business" he put them back in his bag.

"Oh, hon, please. I can see it right through" she gestured to the tight pants Blake was wearing.

"Unfortunately, won't let you suck it. So..." he uncrossed his legs making them occupy the desk on the whole and making her slip away and almost fall on her knees.

"What the hell, Blake?" she scoffed as she barely managed to stand on her four-inch heels.

"You tell me, what?" he raised his brows. His hands folded to the chest and a glare sat in his eyes. The girl stomped on her heels and walked out of the class with snickers and chuckles surrounding her.

Blake made a bored face closing his eyes again. "You should stop playing with girls" he opened his eyes right away knowing the voice.

"Ezra!" he sat right up as the young alpha sat next to him in the seat. "You are sitting here with me?" Blake was excited to make a new friend or win brownie points from his mate by getting along with his family. Maybe the will result in Easton making him the pancakes he dreamed of today.

"No. I'm not sitting here 'cause I want to. I'm sitting here 'cause there's no seat left to sit" he takes out his math textbook with notes and starts doing some problems.

"Did we have homework?" Blake asked pulling his seat closer to Ezra.

"No"

"Then what are you doing?"

"Today's classwork"

"Did I sleep through the class? Mrs. Brian isn't here yet, is she?" Blake got up from the seat to look around for the teacher and she wasn't here yet.

"She isn't"

"Then what are you doing?"

"Oh my Goddess, Blake. You talk so much" Ezra put his pencil down. "How is brother tolerating you?"

"Tolerating? Me? I bear him, for god's sake. He wakes me up at five in the morning by throwing chilled water on me for a run. For a run. Can you believe it?" Blake complains huffing and shivering to the taste of the chilled water.

"Easton did that?"

"Yeah!! You see, five in the morning!!"

"Easton messed up the whole mattress to wake you up. Damn it will stink if not put out in the sun" Ezra says pulling out his phone and texting Easton right away for laying the mattress out in the sun.

"You worried about the mattress?"

"I am! It's an expensive one" Ezra says still typing in the message.

"I can't believe this" he throws his hands in the air.

Mrs. Brian enters the room making the class look her way and stop staring at the odd alpha duo, they have never witnessed before. "Now, class. Let's start"

Groans and pleas fill the room as Blake rolls his eyes. He takes out the notes as the lesson start.

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"Shh"

*ignored*

"Shh"

*ignored*

"Ezraaaaaa"

"What the hell you want, Blake?" Ezra whispered back glaring at the alpha.

"What is the answer to the 15th question?" Blake asks holding his pen at the options to encircle one.

"Why should I tell you?" Ezra knotted his brows and glared at him

"'Cause I'm your alpha" a proud cheeky grin appeared on Blake's lips.

"Oh, Goddess" Ezra rolled his eyes but turned his page to the front to search for the answer. He slapped his palm to his head when he saw the question. "This is the most basic topic we have in this class, Blake"

"Your point?" Blake asked with knotted brows. It got nothing to do with this being the basic and it appearing on the question paper now, does it?

"It's option C, 15" Ezra helped back with an irritated look. He never cheated before, this was the first time and this idiot makes him do with "alpha" blackmail.

"Mr. Jensen, mind coming to the first row for the rest of your exam?" Mrs. Brian offers which made the alpha look at her with a defeated look.

"I'm very much comfortable in this seat, Mrs. Brian. So no thank you" he politely declined the offer as if it was even asked.

"The first row, now"

Blake groaned loudly before glaring at Ezra who was laughing lowly. He dragged his feet to the first row and sat right in front of the desk.

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"Thanks to you, I'm failing this test," Blake says as soon as they walked out of the class.

"No one told you not to study, Blake"

"Well, I didn't know she would keep a surprise test"

"It was meant to be not known, Blake. "Surprise", you see" Ezra was still finding it funny how the alpha struggled to answer any of the questions with the teacher watching over him like a hawk.

"Whatever" he didn't comment anymore as they walked to the next class. Surprisingly they both had four classes together. Math, English, Spanish, and History.

It was a surprise on Blake's part and unfortunate on Ezra's.

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After the third period, History. Which Blake made through pleasantly, covering up the sleep he missed this morning, he rushed to the cafeteria for some food. "Food, food, food" Ezra knew he would have a hard time catching up to the beast so he least tried and walked casually. "Aren't you hungry? I am very hungry. Your brother didn't let me have any breakfast in the morning" Blake was almost yelling in the line he stood for the lunch.

Ezra put on the hoodie cap and tied a knot so that no one could see who Blake was talking to. "Keep your voice low, idiot" he whispered and tried to avoid the gasps and stares the alpha was getting from the people. "You are giving too much information"

"Too much information?" Blake did lower his voice now and whispered the question.

"I don't want to hear what my brother did for you to not eat any breakfast so shut up" he whispered back bending a big to get closer to Ezra.

"But-"

"Shh"

"Okay" Blake replied nodding his head while others nodded as well.

*no voice only two bulls nodding*

I mean, wolves.

"What are you both doing?"

"Ahhhhhhhh" Ezra and Blake both stumbled back. With Blake hitting someone in front of him which resulted in everyone falling one by one until the plate the first person dropped right on the server.

"What the hell?"

On the other side, Zander caught Ezra by his waist making the crowd go, "hooooo". Everyone in the school now knew that Zander had not found a mate yet and knew that he goes for both genders, so the scene in the front of them made them only cheer.

The only person in the crowd that wasn't cheering was Jaxon. He unconsciously got up from his seat and walked to the pair who was trying to balance themselves. Jaxon walked straight to the duo and pulled them apart in one stroke. He glared at Ezra who was confused for such hate. He then turned his head to Zander who looked bored and unbothered. He took a hold of Zander's collar and pulls him out of the cafeteria while everyone else stared with their mouth wide open.

"What did just happen?" Ezra questioned as Jaxon walked them out furiously.

"A lot" Blake replies glancing at the fallen students and very angry server. "Hehe," he grins.

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Blake walked out of the school with Ezra and Zander to his side. He had his shoulders dropped while his eyes looked empty. "I need food"

"Didn't you have lunch?" Zander asked stuffing his books into the backpack.

"I did not!! But how would you know? You must be sucking the soul out of Jaxon while I struggled cleaning the cafeteria" Blake huffed walking faster than the other two.

"W-wait, you are dating Jaxon Daniel?"

Zander groaned and hit his palm to his forehead for ever trusting his secret with this tantrum child. "It's complicated" he replied to Ezra who looked at the edge of fainting.

"I thought he hated me or something. Now I know why he behaved as that" Ezra mumbled to himself.

"Easton!!" Blake shouted on top of his lungs running to the alpha who was waiting at the parking with a different car from this morning. He leaned back on the hood of the car with his legs crossed wearing a formal blue shirt, tugged out from his jeans, and had his sleeves rolled up to the elbows. Blake ran to the alpha and stopped right before him.

"Food" he cried clutching the front of Easton's shirt.

"What?"

"I need food. Now. Now." he kept stomping like a toddler.

"Okay, okay. We'll eat on our way to your pack so get in" Easton said which made Blake smile as he got inside the car.

"Easton" Ezra came to his brother who had a huge smile on his face. He ruffled his younger brother's hair as a greeting.

"You are here to pick us up?" Ezra asked.

"No. I'm not here to pick you up. I have to visit Blake's pack for some work" this made his smile drop as a frown settled. "But-" Easton gestured to the other car that was attracting attention or the man who stood in a tight t-shirt was the reason. "Duncan is here to pick you up" Ezra immediately looked at the beta and sprinted towards him without greeting his brother a bye. "Wow"

Zander walked by and bowed to the alpha who acknowledged it with a nod. Zander had huge respect for Easton Knight for whatever he heard of him. But, now that he is his best friend's mate, things got more complex.

"Zander! Come on in. We are going to the packhouse anyway. We'll drop you off" Blake yelled from the car. Zander looked at Easton as if asking for permission.

Easton nodded as he walked to the driver's seat. Zander got inside the car and the car started.

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"Stop playing with the stereo"

"But, it doesn't have any heavy metal"

"I don't like heavy metal. Why would I have them?"

"But, I like them"

"Them go listen to them in your own car"

"Fine!!"

"Fine!!"

Zander flinched and gulped at the argument before him. This has been the same since Blake had food and was back in action. They kept bickering at every small thing from Blake folding his legs on the seat to changing the songs non-stop.

"Goddess bless Easton Knight" Zander mumbled inaudibly between the fight.

Three of them reached the packhouse and the former alpha was ready to welcome them at the entrance.

"Welcome, Easton" Christopher greeted them as they got down the car. Blake just nodded towards his father and walked straight into the house. Brianna was gone back to Latin America with her husband. So, Blake got to the kitchen for some water while Easton walked inside with the older alpha.

"We are here to invite you to my younger brother birthday celebration which is tomorrow. And the invitation is for the whole pack," Easton looked at Blake who was drinking up the water. "We even got an announcement to make," he says looking back from Blake.

"We thought of merging the packs, father" Blake responded feeling Easton's eyes over him. He knew Easton wanted him to explain it to his father. "With two alphas in lead," he finally looked at his father while Easton nodded his approval. Zander had his eyes bulged out looking at Blake in his alpha mode.

"I see... It's your decision to make now. Whatever you find right should be done" Christopher smiled at both of them.

"Great! Zander would inform everyone for me, right?" Blake asks looking at his beta.

"Y-yes, alpha" two alphas in lead made thousands of questions raise in his head. What would happen to his position?

"And also two betas and double the warriors. No one is losing their place" Easton reassured looking at the concern lacing Zander's features.

"Thank you, alpha"

There were no complex feelings now, he still respected Easton Knight as much.

"I have to pick a few things from my place, I'll go get them and then go to the packhouse from there" Blake announced informing his father and ditching Easton. He walked out of the room with his bag.

"I'll take my leave too," Easton says before sprinting towards the young alpha. He lost calm again. And Blake was sulking again.

Blake walked to his car, which was parked in front of the packhouse, instead of Easton's. Easton ran towards the young alpha and closed the car door which Blake just opened to get in. "Move, Easton"

"No"

"Easton, move"

"No"