UNSPOKEN DESIRES
Tri-Omega Mates 5
Stormy Glenn
MENAGE AMOUR
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UNSPOKEN DESIRES
Tri-Omega Mates 5
STORMY GLENN
Copyright © 2010
Prologue
Wolfrik Ranch
“Think of it as a reunion of sorts, Leyland,” Daniel said to the smallest member of his wolf pack. “Everyone will be there, all of your friends and the other tri-omegas. It’s a Wolf Council meeting. Members from every known wolf pack have to attend.”
“So, you’re saying we have to go to this wolf clan meeting thingy?” Leyland asked.
“It won’t be that bad, Leyland. Vadim has offered to host it at Vourdala Island this year,” Jake McAlester, the Wolfrik Pack Alpha, insisted. “While the alphas are all meeting together, you, Sasha, Ryland, and all the other omegas can hang out together and make trouble.”
Daniel hid his grin behind his hand when Leyland Summers glared at his mate, Jake. Leyland seemed to care less about Jake’s status as alpha of their pack. If he had something to say, he said it, consequences be damned. Daniel loved that about the little spitfire.
“I resent that!” Leyland exclaimed.
Jake smirked even as his arms snaked around Leyland’s waist and pulled the smaller man down to sit in his lap. “Resent away, baby, but you know I’m telling the truth. You, Sasha, and Ryland in the same place is bad enough. Add in Cary and Micah from Hunter Pack, and I have no doubt that all hell will break out.”
Leyland harrumphed. He crossed his arms over his chest as he continued to glare at Jake. Jake chuckled. “Since when have Sasha, Ryland, or I ever caused trouble?” Leyland asked.
Not even Daniel, who seriously preferred to keep out of the arguments between Leyland and his two mates, Jake and Lucas, could stay out of this one. “You can’t be serious, Leyland. The last time we visited Vourdala Island, the three of you got grounded to your rooms on three separate occasions for causing trouble.”
“It’s not my fault if some people don’t know how to have a little fun.” Leyland cast a look at Jake and Lucas before rolling his eyes.
“Leyland, there’s fun and then there’s fun.”
“We didn’t cause any damage, and no one was hurt,” Leyland insisted.
Lucas laughed. “Yeah but you were lucky.”
Daniel felt bad when Leyland ducked his head and buried it in Jake’s neck. He knew Leyland meant well. He always did. It just seemed that sometimes he didn’t think before he did things. It had gotten his cute little ass in trouble more than once.
Daniel didn’t envy his pack mates, Jake and Lucas, in their endeavors to control their wild mate. It took a lot of work to keep up with Leyland. Besides Leyland being a tri-omega, Daniel suspected Leyland’s shenanigans were part of the reason he had two mates. It took two of them just to keep him out of trouble.
If Sasha and Ryland were added into the mix, the fireworks were sure to go off and had on a couple of different occasions. The three of them together were becoming nearly legendary. Daniel couldn’t even imagine the mischief they could get into if Cary and Micah joined them.
Having just recently met Cary and Micah, tri-omegas from the Hunter Pack, Daniel knew that they had the same wild streak that Leyland did. He was beginning to wonder if it were a trait common in tri-omegas.
“Leyland,” Daniel began, wanting to make the man feel a little better, “we all know you mean well. You’re just trying to make us happy. It’s just that sometimes, the way you go about it is a little…odd.”
Leyland glanced up at him. His brow drew together in a frown. “Odd?”
Daniel chuckled. “Okay, maybe odd isn’t quite the word to use. But you do have to admit some of your more outlandish ideas have been pretty far out there. Remember the time you tried to plan an outdoor picnic and swim for everyone?”
“Yeah,” Leyland replied. He still looked confused.
“Wouldn’t it have been easier to just get some food and blankets together and invite everyone down to the lake? You didn’t have to get a backhoe and try to dig a canal to bring the lake up to the house. It took Vadim a week to fix the yard alone.”
Leyland’s face flushed. He shrugged his shoulder. “It was hot out.”
“Leyland! Neither you nor Sasha knew anything about driving a backhoe,” Jake snapped out. “You both could have been seriously injured.”
“It seemed
like a good idea when we thought of it.”
Daniel laughed. “I’m sure it did, Leyland, but next time, check with someone before you do something like that. It’s not so much that you wanted to make things better for us but how you went about it. None of us wants to see any of you hurt.”
Daniel watched Leyland frown again. “Think of it this way, Leyland, how do you think Jake and Lucas would have felt if something happened to you? They can’t survive without you anymore than you can survive without them. They would have been devastated.”
Daniel could see that his words were getting through to Leyland when the man’s face paled and quickly reached for both of his mates. Leyland had no doubt that for as much trouble as he caused, Jake and Lucas were his world, and he would do anything for them.
The look of adoration on Leyland’s face as he looked at Jake and Lucas and the mirrored look on their faces sent a small sliver of pain through Daniel’s chest. He wanted someone to look at him like that, and he knew it would never happen.
His chance to have a mate had come and gone. Or maybe it was that it came and left. Daniel could never figure out which. He just knew that he was destined to be alone for the rest of his life, going from one meaningless one-night stand to another.
Daniel buried his depressing thoughts behind his usual mask of indifference and focused on Leyland once again. There was no sense in wishing for things that could never be. He needed to concentrate on things he had control over because God knows he didn’t have control over his love life.
“Leyland, not one of us believes that you mean anything bad by the things you do. I know for a fact that both Jake and Lucas love that you try to care for them the way that you do. You’re always thinking of them.”
“He’s right, baby,” Jake said. “We’re always thinking of you, too.”
“We just want you to think a little bit before you do things. If you have an idea, fine. But is it an idea that’s going to get your little butt in trouble?” Daniel asked. He chuckled and held up his hand in a submissive gesture when Jake growled at him. “No offense, Jake.”
“Then stop talking about my baby’s butt.”
“I’m just saying—”
“Well, don’t. No one gets to talk about Leyland’s butt except Lucas or me.”
Daniel grinned, shaking his head. “Fair enough,” he said.
Leyland smacked Jake on the arm. “Be nice. Daniel is just trying to help.”
“It’s okay, Leyland. Jake is trying to protect his mate. I am without a mate, and you are pretty darn cute. He’s just protecting what is his.”
Leyland laughed. “Well, maybe you’ll find your mate when we visit Vourdala Island for this stupid meeting and then he won’t have to worry about it anymore.”
Daniel shook his head. “I don’t think that’s in the cards for me, Leyland.”
Leyland giggled. “It could happen.”
Or not, thought Daniel. “We’ll see.”
Chapter 1
Vourdala Island, 3 weeks later…
“Vadim, we can’t thank you enough for hosting the Wolf Council meeting here on Vourdala Island,” Jake McAlister stated as he stepped off the ferry and shook Vadim Miroslav’s hand. “Leyland has been looking forward to spending some time with Sasha and Ryland.”
Vadim chuckled. “Which is the main reason that I’m hosting this council meeting. I love my mate, but he’s been driving me crazy. I don’t think Sasha has stopped talking about it since my father brought the idea up, damn him.”
“I understand you already have quite the turnout?”
“Oh yes, Caleb Hunter and several from his pack arrived last night. I thought Sasha was going to lose his mind when he met Cary and Micah. They’ve been as thick as thieves since they laid eyes on each other.” Vadim shook his head. “I don’t know how the Hunter Pack does it. Can you imagine having two tri-omegas like Cary and Micah in the same pack? Sasha is a regular pack omega. Ryland is the only tri-omega I have to deal with in my pack. Even still, the two of them are more than enough for me to handle.”
Jake nodded. “I had a chance to meet Caleb when we discovered that Cary is actually Lucas’s brother. And, of course, you know that Thomas used to be a member of my pack before he mated with Caleb and Micah.”
“No, I didn’t realize that,” Vadim replied. “With Gregory also being one of your old pack members, this should be like a family reunion for you.”
Jake chuckled. “Yeah, something like that.” He turned to look for his mates, Leyland and Lucas, smirking when he found them. Leyland, Sasha, and Ryland were talking a mile a minute, all under the watchful eyes of Lucas.
Another man stood off to the side talking with Gregory and Viktor. Gregory used to be a member of Jake’s pack until he mated Ryland and came to Vourdala Island where they met their third mate, Viktor. Viktor Stylianos was Vadim’s beta.
“Who’s the man talking with Gregory and Viktor?” he asked.
Vadim turned to look. “Oh, that’s Brom McGregor. He’s the son and beta of Alpha Angus McGregor.”
Jake’s brows drew together in a frown. “Angus McGregor? Where have I heard that name before and why don’t I like it?”
“The man is an ass, Jake. Just in the three days that he’s been here I’ve had to break up three different fights, smooth over the ruffled feathers of two restaurant owners after he refused to pay his tab, and keep two fathers from demanding justice for their daughters. He’s bad news.”
Jake whistled. “Now I remember where I heard his name. He was friends with my father before I left my pack.”
“Before you were kicked out, you mean,” Vadim added.
Jake nodded. “Semantics, Vadim. Needless to say, my father and Alpha McGregor were close friends. I don’t envy you the next few days.” He pointed his finger at Vadim. “Keep an eye on that pack, Vadim. They’re trouble.”
Vadim nodded. “I’ve kind of come to that conclusion, although Brom doesn’t seem that bad. He tries to keep his pack reined in, as far as I can tell. The only one he doesn’t have any control over is his father.”
“Too bad Brom wasn’t the alpha,” Jake replied as he watched the man. His gaze was drawn by the sight of Daniel coming off the ferry with their luggage. Daniel’s steps seemed to falter, his face draining of color. Jake couldn’t remember ever seeing such a look of horror on Daniel’s face in the five years that he had known him.
Jake followed the direction Daniel was looking. His eyebrow went up in surprise. Daniel was staring at Brom McGregor as if he had seen a ghost. “Well, that’s interesting.”
* * * *
Daniel chuckled as Lucas and Jake argued over whose lap Leyland was going to sit in. Leyland just stood to the side, rolling his eyes. That seemed to be a regular occurrence with those three. Daniel had seen it time and time again since the three men had become mated.
He saw it in the other people that sat around the small fire pit as well. Ryland was curled up with his mates, Gregory and Viktor. Cary sat between his mates, Saul and Ryce. Micah sat with his mates, Caleb and Thomas. Even Sasha was curled up with Vadim.
Daniel was the odd man out. Not even Niko, Vadim’s brother and pack beta, was around. Niko was off spending time with his father. Daniel sat all alone with no mate to cuddle with. As miserable as that was, Daniel was used to his single status, even if he didn’t like it. And that fact was pretty sad.
“You’re the last unmated member of the pack, Daniel.” Leyland giggled from where he now sat in Jake’s lap. “We’re going to have to find you a mate now. There are plenty of single men on the island to pick from.”
Daniel gave Leyland a half smile. “I’m good, Leyland, but thank you.”
Sasha scoffed at Daniel from his position on Vadim’s lap. “Daniel, how can you say that? Having a mate is, well, it’s everything we search for our entire lives. We need our mates.”
This so wasn’t a conversation Daniel wanted to have. “I’m fine, I promise you.”
“Daniel, yo
u’re not fine,” Leyland argued. “You need to find your mate. You need to have the bond that a mate brings to you.”
Daniel grimaced. “Please, Leyland, let’s just drop it.”
“Daniel—” Leyland started only to be interrupted by Jake.
“Baby, you need to drop it,” Jake said. Daniel sent him a grateful smile. “Daniel will find his mate when it’s time.”
Daniel’s gaze looked out beyond the firelight as he mused over Jake’s words. He had never explained to Jake about his life with his former pack beyond saying that he had been kicked out for being gay. Some things were just too painful to discuss.
A movement out by the lake caught his eyes. Daniel looked closer. His gaze settled on the figure of a lone man walking along the edge of the lake across the meadow from where Daniel sat.
He could just make out the man’s striking face from where he sat, but what he couldn’t see in the fading sunlight, Daniel could see in his head. He knew the man had a strong, masculine face, blond hair the color of straw, and eyes as blue as the deepest ocean.
A scar ran from the corner of the man’s left eye down to the edge of his square jaw line. The soft smattering of hair across his muscular pecs was dark brown. It matched the dark shadow that always seemed to be on his face no matter how often he shaved.
The hands he had shoved into the pocket of his jeans were thick and callused from hard work. Daniel knew that as rough as they were, they could be soft and gentle and drive a lover to distraction.
And the deep, raspy voice that could whisper sweet nothings enough to make someone swoon could deliver a killing blow, ripping the heart out of even the strongest man. Daniel knew because it had happened to him.
His eyes never wavered from the lone figure, even as he clenched the beer bottle in his hand until the brown glass shattered. He barely heard the gasps of those around him or the words of concern. He only saw the man walk away until he was out of Daniel’s sight.
“Daniel?”
Daniel looked down to see Leyland kneeling at his feet, concern written all over his face. It was only then that Daniel realized that he had a broken beer bottle in his bloody hand. He swore under his breath and shook his hand free of any loose glass.
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