Alpha for Valentines (Alpha Meets Omega Book 1)

by Sky Winters

  Lucy looked at the envelope uncertainly, finally reaching out and taking it from him. He stood and smiled at her again.

  “Your mother was an incredible woman. She’s helped more people during her brief time on this earth than most people do in a lifetime. She would have loved to see you have grown up to be happy and so beautiful. Take care, Lucy.”

  “Thank you, Max.”

  “That was weird,” Ryan said after he had left.

  “Very,” Lucy agreed.

  She lay the envelope on the table and opened it. It was old. He’d had this for a long time it seemed. Inside were stock certificates with her name on them. In the center of them was a letter addressed to her.

  My dearest Lucy,

  I guess I’m gone or you wouldn’t be getting this letter. I can only hope you’ve had a good life and grown up strong and proud. You always were full of a pride that few Omegas possess. Your father thinks it is a bad thing, a thing that should be squashed, but I disagree and I hope you’ve managed to persist in becoming a strong, independent woman.

  I’ve set aside these bonds for you. They aren’t a fortune, but hopefully they will help you with your life in some small way or at least afford you a nice day at a spa, depending on how well my friend Max chose for me. Just know that I love you and I always will.

  Mom

  Lucy had tears in her eyes as the read the letter and lay it aside, looking over at Ryan, who was looking at the stock certificates.

  “Are you okay?” he asked her.

  “Yes. I just didn’t expect this.”

  “Do you want me to put these in the safe?”

  “No. I don’t think they are worth very much from the sound of it, but she meant well,” Lucy smiled.

  “Okay. Shall we go work on that naughty nap then?”

  The sound of a baby crying, soon joined by another interrupted their conversation and she shrugged at him.

  “Sounds like that isn’t an option, after all.”

  “Fine, but I’m putting in for a raincheck at bedtime.”

  “Consider it renewable.”

  The two of them went upstairs, collecting all four of the boys while Rebecca continued to get her beauty rest it seemed. They changed each of the boys and brought them downstairs to play on their toy mat. Today they were wearing the new sweatshirts his mother had brought them, each with a name embroidered onto the shoulder, but with the same words printed across the chest.

  Charlie, Thomas, Jackson, and Blaze were all dressed in yellow t-shirts just like their father had lost that day in the woods and, more importantly, his mother had replaced the one that had been lost with a new one for him.

  Lucy laughed as she glanced across all her boys in their “Woodstock” shirts, a happy yellow bird flying about just beneath the letters. It was the one shirt that Rebecca had in common with her brothers and Lucy had a feeling they’d be replaced on a regular basis until both she and Ryan were old and gray, first by his mother and then by him.

  Fortunately, it was a silly little tradition they could afford. A bit of research on the stocks Max had brought to them revealed that several were not worth more than the cost of a happy meal, but several more were worth enough that they’d likely never need worry about money again. They could build a new home, send all the children to college and Lucy could start her own business on a whole new level.

  Her father might not have been a very good man, but her mother had endured him for the sake of her children, even squirreling away what she could to make sure he didn’t leave their daughter with nothing just because he thought an Omega should know her place. She had been right about him, but she had been wrong about Alphas in general. There were good ones out there. Ryan was living proof of that.

  There was only one thing left for them to do, something they hadn’t had a chance to do with so many kids and limited funds. Once the money was sorted from the bonds, they used a bit of it to throw the biggest belated retirement party for Tate that had ever been seen.

  Afterall, he was the children’s godfather.

  Other Books by Sky Winters

  Read The Omega Hunter on Amazon Kindle Unlimited!

  To be alpha, he must find an omega of his own.

  But what if the one he is hunting for is not a wolf?

  Malcolm

  I’m on the hunt for an omega wolf.

  I will secure my position as alpha.

  And my omega will deliver the largest litter.

  But now I am responsible for this injured bear.

  I should leave her behind,

  except, I can’t ignore my desire to protect her.

  Autumn

  I’m an omega she-bear,

  and I've been promised to a scoundrel.

  I will not marry him no matter what my packs says.

  Malcolm has saved me. He protects me.

  I just wish I was the wolf he was hunting for.

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  Four of the hottest M/F Omega romances for the price of one!

  Book 1: The Omega Hybrid

  I’m a half-breed. Lower than dirt.

  All my life, the Hearteaters MC have treated me like a dog.

  Now they expect me to mate their Alpha.

  And they call that an honor?!

  Carry his cubs? Be his Omega?

  The wolf in me, will never submit to his bear.

  Never!

  No one in their right mind would help a Hearteater MC runaway.

  Except, maybe, three rogue wolf shifters.

  Sexy. Protective. And utterly devoted to ME.

  Book 2: The Human Omega

  I was raised by wolves. I never imagined I would be forced to marry one.

  All my life i've been an outsider. A human raised by a pack of wolf shifters. And now that that I have returned to the pack for the alpha contest, the unimaginable has happened. I am to be the next alpha's omega. I am to give birth to werewolves.

  What scares me most is who will be the next alpha. Will it be Axe, my protector, my greatest friend since childhood? Or will it be Hawk, who only wants to control and dominate me? Which wolf will win the alpha contest and claim me for life?

  Book 3: Omega’s Wolves

  Omega females are valued only for their ability to breed.

  The Hell’s Wolves MC are bad, dangerously bad.

  They are on the outskirts of the shifter world,

  and are known for being wild, reckless, and untrustworthy.

  That’s why I know they are the only ones I can hire to protect me from him....

  The only ones, that might save me from a life of breeding.

  But can I find light in their darkness? Will they betray me?

  Book 4: Omega’s Claim

  Juniper:

  Bryce may be my Alpha, but he’s abusive—dangerous.

  And now that I’m pregnant, he’s hunting for me.

  I’ll do anything to protect my unborn cubs from him, but how?

  And who will protect me?

  Garret:

  As Alpha of the Smoke Wolf Pack I have three rules:

  1.Don’t consort with Bears.

  2.Take No Bull Sh*t!

  3.Never let a woman get in the way of pack business.

  But now that this sexy little omega she-bear has shown up in my territory,

  I’m in a world of TROUBLE. She arouses my every protective instinct.

  And despite the danger, I cannot refuse her...anything.

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  About The Author

  Sky Winters is drawn to writing paranormal fairy tales with bad-ass shapeshifters. She likes her heroes and heroines to be the unexpected ones, and their passion to be steamy! She writes these sizzl'n and surreal tales for you, late at night, when the wolves are howling from her Northwestern home.

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