Onyx was growling to himself as he stalked through the Bordoa house.

He passed the Bordoa twins and they did a double take at his unhappy face.

"What crawled up your ass?" Knox stopped him from walking any further.

"Where's Demi?" he met his gaze while grumbling.

He didn't want to admit that he was just pissy he woke up with Demi gone.

Ezra hooked an arm around the Wolfs shoulder. "You already whipped?"

Onyx didn't hesitate to nod.

Ezra smirked, "Good."

Knox pat his arm, "We thought we were going to have to kick your ass for a second!"

Onyx gave them a weird look and shook them off, continuing to follow his mates sent.

Onyx skipped a couple steps as Demi's smell lead outside.

He felt like tearing his hair out when he searched the entire compound. Her scent was trailing all over the place.

His black eyes trailed over to a small pup waddling determinedly from behind a cottage.

Behind the toddler, trailed Demi while making grabby hands. She cooed and made loud sounds to signal to the pup she was getting close.

The child squealed in glee, Demi finally scooping her up. Onyx made a b-line for his mate.

He almost stumbled when she turned towards him, bouncing the pup on her hips.

His heart thudded and his palms began to sweat, he's never wanted kids a day in his life. What was she doing to him?

He managed to make it to her, Demi smiling up at him. Her hair was in a loose braid, the small Lycan pup tugging on stray strands.

The girl was blonde, with light brown skin and dark brown eyes. Her face was chubby and she had small beauty marks littering her features.

"This is Hailey, Hailey say hi to Onyx." Demi instructed softly. Hailey waved clumsily to the large man.

She reached to be held by him.

Onyx immediately looked panicked, meeting Demi's gaze.

"Do you want to?" Demi asked with a tilt of her head. Her mate shook his head quickly.

"Baby, Onyx thinks your just too cool for him to hold," Demi dipped the girl down. She lifted her back of quickly, nothing giggling loudly.

Onyx felt himself melt.

"Oh! Mister Ollie is saying hello again!" Demi cheered. The little girl of course couldn't see the flying mini dragon- but she squealed anyways.

The two spun around until Onyx caught the dizzy Demi. He kissed her temple as he stood her upright.

Demi laughed quietly, using the Alpha as a crutch to gain her footing.

"How're you're feet?" he asked as he began following Demi. She set Hailey down to run in the open grass.

"Almost all heeled!" She raised her bare foot to him. She still wasn't wearing shoes but the past two days she noticed the skin was closed. It wasn't raw and open anymore so she could at least go without the bandages.

Her nerves in her feet were a different story, her and Onyx both knew the chances of a full recovery in her touch was slim.

Demi sighed, her feet were no longer ticklish. She snickered at her thoughts.

Onyx nudged her a little to gain her attention back.

"Who's kid?" he nodded to the girl about to eat dirt.

Demi gasped and ran to stop her. She squated down and waved her finger, "You can't eat dirt until your at least six silly!"

Onyx squinted as he processed what she said.

"You can eat grass, not dirt."

"Demi," Onyx frowned.

"I'm kidding!"

She walked back to him once Hailey was distracted with a butterfly and held her hands up.

"You haven't kissed me yet!"

Onyx smirked, leaning down so she could cup his cheeks and kissed her swiftly.

"Couldn't kiss you cause you weren't there when I woke up."

"Oh, was someone grumpy," she pouted mockingly.

He tilted his chin up, not looking at her. If he did, she'd know she was right.

Hailey began running between their legs, squealing.

"She's a warriors pup, she lost her mate a little after she was born." Onyx held her tighter at the thought, "I help out with most of the pups in town."

Onyx reached and steadied the girl from tumbling.

"Do you want them?"

Demi glanced up in surprised. Onyx turned bright pink.

"I mean- uh... Do you..."

Demi put him out of his misery, "Want kids?"

He nodded dumbly.

She glanced around as she thought, she doesn't think Onyx wanted kids... she didn't want to pressure him with her answer.

"Do you?" She blurted.

He narrowed his eyes, "I asked first."

She hummed, "Yeah I do. But we have our whole future to think about it." Her words were rushed as she peaked at him.

Onyx examined her, aware of exactly what she was thinking. Hearing the words fall from her lips made thousands of images fly through his head.

He licked his lips, "If you want pups, I'll give you pups. One way or another."

She didn't dwell on the 'one way or another' and smiling up at him. She reached to kiss his nose.

Demi reached behind her to grasp his hand, it was about time to drop Hailey off.

Once she was safe at home they walked to the house.

"Everyone wants to review what you guys found," Demi tucked herself into her mates side.

Onyx tensed as Demi continued, "We don't have to go if you don't want to."

"We're going, it's fine. I'll be fine, I didn't get to see what my guys found anyway," he pressed his hand to her hip.

She nodded while looking at him carefully. He glanced down at her before double taking when she was already looking.

"What?"

"I just think you're handsome," her smile was wide.

Onyx blushed and pushed her face away. She stumbled to the side with a loud laugh, swatting at him.

She shot up as if remembering something, gripping his arm and wrestling herself back to his side.

"Before we're around everyone I should probably mention that I think my heat is coming soon."

Onyx visibly paled- even more if that was possible.

"W-What?"

A woman or males heat was designed to consummate mateships, and promote breeding for offsprings. Whoever was going through the heat would feel unbearably hot, uncomfortable, and sweaty. And horny. This would trigger the same effects to their mate, typically. And they'd mark and mate each other.

He suspects their unusual circumstances allowed for a delayed heat. If they were both Wolves, they would've gone into heat within the second week of meeting.

"Gosh, don't look so excited," Demi scoffed.

Onyx spluttered, trying to tell her that it wasn't her. And that he'd just been caught off guard, but the words were jumbled.

She cracked a smile and pecked him quickly.

"It's just a hunch, don't pass out on me." He sighed through his nose as he decompressed.

"I just- Don't want anything forcing you to mate with me," he rubbed the back of his neck.

Demi laughed outright, "Onyx, baby, you don't give yourself enough credit. I'm looking forward to it."

His eyes widened and simultaneously began darkening as the black bled into the whites of his eyes.

"You are?" He husked quietly, like he couldn't believe it.

"Yes," she kissed the center of his chest. "I want you to mark me, and make me yours officially."

His hands trailed down, sliding under her skirt sneakily. "Who am I to deny you?"

She grinned as he ducked to kiss down her throat.

"Parents incoming," Lacey announced as she passed by them with Keko.

Onyx groaned in annoyance.

"We need to not stay on your families land soon," he grumbled. Demi huffed in agreement before they both joined the meeting that'd be starting soon.

~

Onyx drummed his fingers on the table in mild irritation.

Questions were shooting his way about how the mission for information went. He crooked his jaw as he tightened his grip on Demi's thigh.

He heard her wince and immediately let her go, rubbing his hand over the spot.

"Found a kid, he mentioned they used collars when they took the people. His mother said they'd been hangin' around for a couple months," Onyx sighed. He coughed however when Demi rest her hand high up on his thigh. He side eyed her and she rolled her eyes at him.

Just because her hand was there didn't mean she going to give him a hand job.

He broke his gaze to Demetri's, placing a hand over his mates. He put her hand back in her lap.

"They'd talk to people about doing business with them, next thing everyone knows they're gone."

Demi placed her hand back on his thigh stubbornly.

"You said that kid actually saw them take people? Think we could talk to him, maybe ask more questions?" Elora leaned forward. His pack all inhaled sharply, Onyx shook his head slowly.

"Nah, don't think he'd be interested." Elora nodded in understanding.

"The collars part is interesting. Word on the street is there's some time of machine cancelling out magic. It'd explain how they're getting the jump on magic users."

Everyone nodded at Elora's theory.

"I found some files, I've been going over the information since we got back. We left in a rush..." Bear trailed off.

"We've got coordinates, something about harvesting more useable magic. Uh.. we've got some headshots of you guys."

"Us?" Kekoa looked up in surprise.

Bear slid the photos around table. Onyx snatching the photo that had his blood boiling.

It was Demi who was holding tightly onto his own arm, from when they visited Endorphin.

Onyx's grip tightened in the picture in rage, tossing it away. Others were no better than him, Demetri tore through a picture of taken of Elora. He shook as he saw all of these pictures taken of his children. He slammed his hand down onto the table.

"I'm fucking sick of this!"

Bear scrambled to grab a map. Sylvester handing one to him.

He quickly marked down what the coordinations were, circling the area and pinning it to the wall. Everyone looked at it.

Onyx's shoulders fell in shock.

"This is where one of the journal described a place they got the magic from. We can assume they're holding people here," Demi sat up straighter at the mention.

"Does anyone know the area well?" Lacey crossed her arms.

Onyx rubbed his hand over his face, feeling a tremble to his fingers. Demi looked over in concern, pressing a hand to his chest.

She felt his heart beating quick.

"I do," he muttered reluctantly.

Everyone glanced at him, Georgie was the only one who seemed to know what he was referencing.

"It's - uh... my old pack. Well, the pack territory is right besides it. From what I can remember, if the coordinates are right the pack should have a cliff that overlooks where they're set up."

His current packs eyes widened.

Demetri could see the discomfort on the Alpha's face, he frowned in concern.

Onyx could sense what he was reluctant to ask.

"I can go there, see if they know anything about it," he found himself offering.

"Alpha-"

Onyx cut off his friends concerns with a wave of his hand.

"We can go there."

He looked down at Demi sharply, "No it'd be best if I go alone."

"You go with me or you don't go at all, Onyx."

He opened his mouth but snapped it shut at her glare, he glanced at her parents for help. They only sighed.

"I think we'd all feel comfortable if you had someone with you, Onyx," Elora worried. "I know you'll protect Demi, and Demi will protect you."

Demetrius nodded slowly, "Just stay off of the humans land. I know we're all eager to get this over with, but don't engage if not absolutely necessary. You come back to us with what you've found. Maybe the pack will align themselves with us, we make a move from there. We don't even know who's running this shit show."

Onyx was glowering as they all agreed. Before everyone left, Kekoa stood up.

"I'd like to remind everyone that we're having a party at our place. You're attendance is mandatory, except you mom and dad. Sorry, but not really. Especially you two if you'll be traveling soon."

Kekoa gave a sharp look to the new mates. She winced at the irritated Onyx and Demi who was staring daggers at him.

"You have to stop with the same argument every time we have something to do," Demi rest her hands on her hips when they got back to their room.

"It's a valid argument," he seethed. "I don't want you hurt. I especially don't want you wrapped up in this pack."

She gripped his hands tightly, forcing him to look at her.

"I will be fine. And I know the pack is a sore subject but I'm not letting you go alone. It makes no sense, and I won't ask about your past. I know it's sensitive and stuff but I refuse to let you go back to the place you obviously hate- alone!"

She stomped her foot stubbornly.

Demi had been cornering him back against her door while he was busy glaring.

"I don't know."

She rest a delicate hand on his chest, trailing it down slowly. "It doesn't matter if you know or not. I'm coming."

He sucked in a breath as she cupped him through his jeans.

"You're heat is definitely coming," he choked out. She palmed him lazily as she stared up at him. "Fuck, I thought you were touchy before."

"You haven't seen the half of it, babe," she sung. Demi felt him begin to harden, she tilted her head.

"So what'll it be?"

"Apparently it doesn't matter what I think," he growled as he grit his teeth.

Demi smiled as if she isn't rubbing his dick teasingly. She pat his cheek, "Good boy."

A moan got caught in the back of his throat at the compliment. She let him go and evaded his hands that reached for her.

"Wait until you see my costume for the party!"

She hopped over to the closet. Onyx rubbed his face slowly, trying to gather himself.

She'd be the death of him.

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soon we will be getting a peak into Onyx's past👀👀 but before that we have a dance party lolol

demi is also changing Onyx's life plans slowly but surely lolol he's getting baby fever

i might post another chapter tn then another tomorrow!! i'll keep up guys updated!