Chapter Six – Lukas
If the sight of Will embracing Elena felt Lukas shaking with anger, the sounds of her moans lit something else entirely inside of him. She held nothing back from the other Alpha, wrapping her arms around his head, bringing her body as close to his as possible. The dust on her pink coveralls smeared onto Will's chest, but neither seemed to notice.
Lukas' grip on his glass of water tightened. He didn't have the same experience with women that Will did. He'd never strung along girls like the other Alpha; he'd been completely faithful to the mate he never met. But now watching the two of them, he couldn't help but wonder–could a virgin like him really please her?
He'd been ecstatic when she accidently revealed she was a virgin as well because he thought it put them on the same footing. Now, however, he couldn’t help but wonder if she wanted somebody with more experience for her first time.
Elena's head fell back, her eyes sliding half-shut with ecstasy. Will unbuttoned the first few buttons on her coveralls, kissing the delicate skin that was revealed. Lukas jumped to his feet. Enough was enough! He marched over to them and easily pulled Elena away from Will. He didn't bother with buttons, merely grabbing either side of her coveralls and tearing them apart.
"Whoa," Elena gasped, but when he buried his face in her cleavage, pushing her lacy bra out of the way, she moaned again and wrapped her arms around him.
"Let me have some," Will growled.
Elena's body was pushed against Lukas', letting him know that Will was pressing on her from behind. His hands got in Lukas' way and the Alpha glared up at him. He tried to pull Elena away, but Will wouldn't let him.
"You get to give her her first baby," Lukas growled. "It's only fair that I should get her virginity."
Elena stiffened. She shoved at his chest. "What did you just say?"
A look of alarm passed over Will's face, and Lukas felt his own heart seize with dread. So far he had been surprised with how well Elena had taken everything, but there was pure fury in Elena's voice. She pulled away from the two Alphas and clasped her coveralls shut.
"I asked you a question. What's this about my babies and virginity?"
"I… part of the deal I made with Will to join our packs was that he would give you a child first." Lukas never thought he was much of a coward. If anything, he took to fighting too quickly at times. But right now under Elena's furious gaze, he felt himself quailing.
"You think you can just auction off my babies and my virginity just like that? As if I have no say in the matter? At the moment I'm not sure I want to have children with either of you. I'm not your property, I make my own choices when it comes to who has my body and when I'm going to have children. Not you!"
Will put a hand on her shoulder. "Elena—"
"No." She held up a hand and shook her head. "I don't want to hear either of your excuses. This is unacceptable."
"I'm a virgin, too," Lukas blurted. "I only wanted—"
"I said I don't want to hear it." Elena stormed from the room, leaving the two Alphas behind.
Lukas stared after her, his stomach knotting in on itself. This wasn't what he wanted. This was so beyond what he wanted that he wasn't sure what to do now. He could go after her and beg for her to listen, but he somehow doubted that it would be at all useful.
"Why did you have to go and say that?" Will snatched a pack of cigarettes from the table. "Just when things were looking up. Don't you know women at all?"
Lukas whirled on him. "Well, I'm sorry that I'm not as good a liar as you are."
"Liar?"
"You said you were going to quit smoking just for her to like you better, but here you are, already lighting up again!"
Will glanced at the cigarette and lighter in his hands. He looked stunned, as though he hadn't realized that he was holding them, but Lukas wasn't fooled. He clenched his hands. A growl rose up his throat, and it took all of his strength not to start beating the other Alpha on the spot.
"Why do you think you own everything? I've made compromises for this partnership, but you act as though you're king of the castle and deserve it all. Well, you don't. You're nothing but a sad, arrogant, useless man who has never done anything in his life! Why do you have to have Elena, when you already have two beautiful women who are more than willing to share you? If two Alphas can share the same Alpha female, it's not like two Alpha females can't share the same Alpha. Why don't you just go back to them and continue on with your self-indulgent life?"
Will's face was expressionless by the time Lukas was finished. He snorted. "You're the one who offered her to me, remember? You're the one who was willing to sell off his mate because you were so desperate for money. I know why. Your father embezzled millions from the pack to spend on his gambling habits and his prostitutes."
Lukas lunged, howling, but even as his fist connected with Will's face, a scream broke the air. Lukas' heart stopped. Elena.
Both Alphas raced towards the sound of the scream, stumbling a little from the punch Lukas had thrown. Elena's scream cut off abruptly, replaced by another feminine cry. Lukas' heart pounded in his chest. Why had they sent the patrol back to their families so soon?
Will got through the door first, Lukas following close behind. There was nothing in sight. No sign of Elena. Only Catherine laying on the ground, clutching her arm as blood seeped through her fingers. The female trembled where she was, and when Will rushed to her side, she grasped at him and began sobbing.
"I couldn't stop him. He took her. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
"Stop who? Who took her?"
Catherine shuddered as Lukas joined them, standing over the female and other Alpha. He had to resist the urge to drop to his knees and shake her. She was still sobbing.
"Where is Elena?" he roared.
Catherine flinched.
Will gave him a black glare and put an arm around the female. "Catherine, please. Tell us what happened."
"It was a man. He just… appeared out of nowhere. He grabbed her and said that he would have his love again, and then he transformed into a giant white wolf. It was the Geisterwolf. I don't know how, but the Geisterwolf took her."