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Title: Were: The Obsession
Author: xDarkDesires
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Werewolf fic, explicit M/M sex, knotting, violence, very light non-con (no rape or sexual harassment), Chad as always gets his own warning, angst, mpreg, strong language.
Summary: Some omegas are special. They enter a heat that cannot be controlled by their alpha. Jensen is one of these unlucky omegas and when he hits his heat it will take all of his strength to not lose himself. Times are hard with all the extra hormones and if he wants to keep Jared then he’s going to have to fight… But things don’t always go the way you planned and soon everything begins to crumble. Friendships will be tested, lives will be changed and hearts will be broken. The Padalecki pack will never be the same.


Note: If you haven’t read the first three stories in the ‘Were’ series then this won’t make much sense.

** Some people were worried about Jensen taking another mate but you don’t have to worry. He will only mate with Jared.

Gale’s eyes widened and he leapt out of the way as two huge bodies tumbled towards him. The giant wolves were fighting viciously in a power battle of sharp claws and teeth. Some members of the pack were watching with obvious interest but others must have gave up caring after a while because this wasn’t the first time the two wolves attacked each other so brutally.

“Fuck sake!” Gale growled as the grey wolf was practically thrown above his head. “This is the third time this fucking week!”

“Care to make a bet?” Chad asked with a grin.

“They rip the shit out of each other almost every day now. Why the fuck would I want to piss them off by betting on them?” Gale didn’t fancy spending his days having to watch his back.

“We should really talk to them and make them sort this out.”

“No thanks.”

The snarls were deadly and Gale would be concerned if it wasn’t the millionth time it had happened. He didn’t know what the hell was going on with them but he didn’t want to get in the middle of it. He’d asked Jensen why it was happening and had almost gotten his eyes slashed out for his trouble.

“Come on man.” Chad whined. “I’m sick of picking up broken furniture when they don’t make it outside before fighting. It’s getting fucking ridiculous. I’m sure Sophia wants to kick my ass sometimes but look at them!” He held his hand out towards where the two wolves were circling.

Both wolves were bleeding heavily as they leapt at each other again and Gale winced when he heard the definite snap of bone. Normally they’d give up when the injuries got too bad but neither of them was backing down. Even with a broken bone and severe blood loss they continued their battle.

“Fine!” Gale held his hands up in defeat. “Alec!” He yelled for the other wolf but found him standing all of a foot away from him and giving him a strange look.

“I’m standing right here dude.” Alec smirked.

“Shut up.” Gale grumbled. “You and Chad get hold of Jared and I’ll grab Jensen.”

They nodded and shifted into their wolf forms. Gale leapt at the same time as Jensen, intercepting him before he hit Jared and sending them both falling to the ground. Sharp teeth punctured his shoulder for his move but he didn’t care. He was an alpha and he wasn’t going put up with such violence from the omega.

He took a quick look to the right and saw that Chad and Alec had successfully dragged Jared away from the fight and were pinning him to the ground until he shifted. Jared groaned as he clasped his broken arm, his gaze was deadly when it focused on Jensen and Gale almost received another bite from his distraction.

A low growl ripped from his throat and he flashed his teeth at the omega, clamping them tightly against his throat and forcing him to calm the fuck down. They really looked like they were going to kill each other this time and it was the first time anyone had stopped the fighting. Things were getting unbelievably out of hand.

“Shift!” Gale demanded but Jensen refused to move and let out a growl of his own.

“Get the fuck off me!” Jensen snarled and tried to buck him off but the teeth around his neck didn’t allow him much room to move.

“He said shift!” Jared’s voice was firm and a strict order, Jensen had to obey.

“Fuck you. You don’t fucking own me!” Jensen replied, not screening it to Jared and allowing the whole pack to hear him instead.

“I’m your alpha. I think you’ll find that I’m the only one who fucking owns you! Now shift!” Chad and Alec had to hold Jared back when his eyes sparked amber in fury. “All of you. Shift!”

Jensen growled at him before reluctantly allowing himself to return to his human form. He had a split lip, probably broken ribs and was covered in blood. Gale really had no idea if they’d even be alive if it wasn’t for their enhanced healing.

Once he was sure Jensen wasn’t going to try anything he shifted too but made sure to still keep Jensen on the ground. He straddled his hips and kept one hand on his chest and another on his throat. He’d expected Jensen to kick him off or at least put up some kind of fight but he didn’t.

Jensen smirked and turned his attention towards Jared. “How does this look Jay?” He asked cruelly. “How does it feel to see me all naked and submissive under Gale? You’ve always been jealous of our friendship and I guess now you’ve really got something to feel jealous about huh? Feels so good down here.” He tilted his neck to the side and submitted to Gale.

Gale felt all the blood drain out of him at Jensen’s complete submission and Jared saw red. He threw Chad and Alec in opposite directions and charged towards them, shifting flawlessly and landing on his newly healed arm. Gale’s life kind of depended on that broken arm.

A gun shot sounded out and Jared went down just before he reached them. Jensen screamed bloody murder under him and threw Gale off him, running straight for Jared’s side. Apparently it was fine for Jensen to inflict pain but nobody else was allowed.

Gale turned towards where the shot had sounded from and Sophia was standing on the porch holding a gun out in front of her. Jensen turned his attention to her and snarled before dropping down too when Sophia let out another shot.

“Help me sedate them.” She handed the gun to Grace and rushed over to the injured wolves.

“Was that silver?” Chad glared at his mate as he held Jared still.

“There are terrified children inside that house. I let you try it your way but it didn’t work seeing as they’re both hell bent on tearing the shit out of each other physically and emotionally. They wouldn’t have gone down without a fight.” She took out a syringe and pushed it into Jared’s shoulder, forcing him to shift into his human form and fall into unconsciousness.

It took all three alphas to hold Jensen still enough for Sophia to do the same to him. His immunity to silver made him difficult to handle but he eventually went down too.

“Bring them into my healing room and then go get me Lauren.” Sophia instructed.

Chad lifted Jared while Gale lifted Jensen and followed the beta into the house. He didn’t know why she needed Lauren but he could only guess that it was something important.

Jared woke up with a splitting headache. He blinked open his eyes and groaned at the harsh lighting of the healing room. It took a few moments to remember how he got there but once he did he was livid. He tried to climb out of bed but he couldn’t. He frowned and looked down at his wrists to see that they were bound to the bed.

“Glad to see you’re awake, Alpha.” Sophia smiled sadly at him. “We had to secure you to make sure you sat still long enough for us to tell you what’s going on.”

“What do you mean?” He frowned at the statement and pulled himself into a comfortable position.

Lauren stood at the bed next to him and injected something into Jensen’s body. Jared growled in warning at her for touching his mate but Lauren shot him a glare in response. She explained that they needed to keep Jensen sedated while they told Jared what he needed to know because it would be Jared’s job to tell Jensen.

“So come on then.” Jared sighed in resignation. “Fill me in on your speculations as to why Jensen has turned into an intolerable asshole.”

“He’s in heat.” Lauren explained as she took the seat next to Jared.

“I’m pretty sure if he was in heat then we’d be fucking instead of fighting.” Jared rolled his eyes at the stupid diagnosis.

“Not that kind of heat.” Lauren sighed. “He’s quite a special omega and he’s in the early stages of a heat that will pretty soon affect any alpha in a fifty mile radius.”

That got Jared’s attention.

“He’s capable of taking multiple mates if he wants to but he’s also capable of staying faithful to his current mate. He loves you so much that I don’t think you should have to worry about anything other than his hormonal mood swings.”

“Mood swings? More like split personality.” Jared grumbled. “Seriously though… what the hell are you talking about?”

“He’s a rare omega. Your father signed the omegas death sentence when he found out about these types of omegas. He saw them as unfaithful whores who were shameful and an embarrassment to true mates but really it’s just something biological that omegas have no control over. One of these omegas will only take another mate if they want to and if their alpha is ok with it.”

“Well that’s never happening.” Jared growled a warning at Lauren and she held her hands up to show him she meant no harm.

“He needs you now more than ever. You can’t go through your days fighting because it’s going to taint your bond. He’s your mate and he’s precious. You have no right to hurt him.” Lauren scolded him but Jared couldn’t help but scoff.

“He’s making me feel like shit on a daily basis.” Jared argued. “I’m sorry if my wolf isn’t fucking happy being treated like utter crap by my own fucking mate.”

“Well if you weren’t so fucking insufferable.” Jensen’s voice intervened and Jared tugged sharply at his restraints.

“What the fuck do you mean?!”

“You’re smothering me Jared! I need some fucking space!” Jensen tried to move but he was also tied to the bed. “What the fuck is this shit!?” He yanked hardly on them, ignoring the obvious pain.

“You’ll break your wrists before you break them.” Jared pointed out as Jensen continued to struggle. “They’re wolf proof.”

“This is ridiculous! Why are we tied to beds?” Jensen glared at Sophia and Lauren.

“Because you two can’t go five minutes without snapping at each other so we’re giving you some time out and explaining what’s wrong with you.” Lauren fixed a look at Jensen.

“What’s wrong with me!” Jensen let out a threatening growl at the words. “Nothing is wrong with me!”

“You used to think the world revolved around Jared and would happily spend forever attached to his hip and now you’re fighting all the time and complaining that you’re smothered. We know what’s wrong with you Jensen and we’re going to help you through it.”

“Why am I the one with a problem? What’s Jared’s problem?” Jensen demanded.

“Jared doesn’t have a problem. At the moment his only problem is you.” Sophia admitted. “You’re special and we were telling Jared so that he could tell you but apparently your body doesn’t really react to sedatives.”

“You drugged me!?”

“You were both determined to kill each other so we stopped you.” Sophia corrected. “Now listen to me. You’re not a regular omega.”

“What am I then?” Jensen asked curiously.

“There isn’t a name for omegas like you but you’re rare. You’re about to go through a heat that will be so intense it can force you to take on multiple mates.” Lauren started to explain to Jensen.

“Multiple mates?” Jensen looked at Lauren like she’d grown a second head. “I’m going crazy with the one I’ve got! There’s no way in hell I’m taking another one.”

“Well if you hate me so bad then why don’t you sever our bond and be done with me.” Jared snapped.

“Because I love you with everything I am you stupid asshole!”

“Then fucking prove it!”

“Shut up.” Jensen dismissed the conversation and turned back to Lauren. “So what’s wrong with me?”

“You’re about to start a heat and there’s no limit on how long it could last. It may get to the point where Jared has to take you away to stop the alphas in this house coming after you because you’ll now gain the attention of even mated alphas. You should be able to stop it though. You’ll only go through this once in your life so you will only have to suffer through it once. Sophia can give you some medication that can take the edge off and you’re going to need really strong birth control.”

“So this is why everything has been annoying me lately?” Jensen’s voice was much calmer now that he had an explanation.

“Yeah. Your hormones are sky rocketing so you’re taking out everything on the one person you know can take it. Sadly for Jared he happens to be that person. He’s your rock so your body is literally throwing itself at him to try and get out all your frustration but it’s not going to work because you’re not actually frustrated.”

“Then I guess I’m sorry.” Jensen gave Jared an apologetic little smile which he couldn’t help returning. “When will this heat start?”

“It’s hard to tell but it’s pretty close.”

“Is there a special name for my suffering?”

“Yeah… it’s called an Obsession.”

They had sat through an entire speech about omegas and Jensen was glad to finally be let go and able to retreat to the peace of his own bedroom. Realistically he knew that the alpha hadn’t actually done anything wrong and it was Jensen who was being a class A asshole but he couldn’t help it. He was actually relieved that Sophia and Lauren gave him a cause for his anger because it meant he wasn’t drifting away from his mate.

An Obsession is apparently a special kind of heat that would allow him to take another mate if he wanted to but there was no way in hell Jensen was letting that happen. It was a weird name but apparently the omegas hadn’t been too keen to give it a name that could be easily discovered. The omegas who had suffered with it before hadn’t wanted anybody knowing about these heats. The Padalecki’s proved why they were so scared.

Strong arms wrapped around him from behind and he sighed contentedly as he leant back into Jared and allowed his husband to hold him up. Their routine lately had been the same thing almost every day. They’d wake up, have sex, argue, fight, then Jensen would burst out crying and Jared would forgive him. Rinse and repeat.

“At least we know why we’re like this now.” Jared said softly.

“No. We know why I’m a jackass.” Jensen corrected.

“You’re not.” Jared argued, pressing a kiss behind his ear.

This is why Jensen always ended up arguing. He was being completely unreasonable. He pushed things as far as submitting for another alpha in front of his mate and Jared simply forgave him. There were no questions asked and no doubts. It didn’t matter what Jensen did because Jared was always there when his anger disappeared and that just made him angrier. He didn’t deserve Jared to forgive him.

“I’m sorry. I should never have even considered doing what I did with Gale.” Jensen tilted his head to look in Jared’s eyes and he saw the love reflected in them. He wanted to get mad at that but he didn’t have the energy. He just wanted his mate.

“I’m not going to say it’s ok because it’s not.” Jared sighed and nudged his nose against Jensen’s. “I’m so mad that you could do that to me. It fucking hurts that you could do that to me.” Jared’s eyes were damp as he spoke. “But I know you’re sorry and I still love you so we’ll be ok.”

“I hate this.”

“Me too. I know everything is probably suffocating you right now but don’t fight me any more Jen. I should be the one person you don’t want to fight with.” Jared said. His thumb was tracing soft patterns on Jensen’s abdomen and it almost distracted him from replying.

“I don’t want to fight with you. I never do but I’m sure you of all people know what it’s like to fight with the animal inside. I either take it out on you or it drives me crazy.” Jensen felt like a stranger in his own skin and it was beginning to take its toll on their relationship. He needed to fix it.

“Well take it out on me in a different way.” Jared suggested. “Talk to me until your vocal chords give up, fuck me till you’re too tired to breathe or yell at me until I’m deaf. Just don’t hurt me anymore.”

Jensen turned to face him properly and kissed away a tear that escaped. He held Jared as close as he could and refused to let go. He made a silent vow to stop taking things out on Jared. His mate didn’t deserve that. Hell, nobody deserved it. He was now on medication that should help his hormones stable themselves so things would be easier but he was going to make sure that he did fine without it.

“I’m so sorry. I love you so much. Never wanted to hurt you.” Jensen’s own eyes welled up at the pain on Jared’s face and the distraught feeling through the bond. He deserved to be out on his ass with the way he submitted to another but here Jared was, in his arms. It was tragic.

“I’m your alpha. The only one you’ll ever submit yourself to. If there is another incident like today then I’m not going to react as well.” Jared’s authoritative tone left no room for argument and Jensen was just grateful that he had a second chance.

“Yours.” Jensen repeated. “I’m only yours.”

Jared growled possessively as he held Jensen even tighter, pressing their bodies as close as physically possible. His nails dug into his back and Jensen hissed at the burn but tilted his head back and exposed his throat. He needed Jared to see that he was the only alpha Jensen had any intention of fully submitting to. The only alpha who got to have him like this.

“Claim me.” Jensen let out shuddered breaths from the emotions running through him.

“What?” Jared raised an eyebrow in question.

“I’m yours. So claim me. Knot me, bite me, claim me.”

Jared didn’t need a further invitation.

Jensen stood in front of the bathroom mirror and traced his fingers over the blooded mess that was his throat. Several bite marks scattered his skin and he felt a lot more grounded to be wearing his alpha’s mark. He had his permanent mating scar but Jared rarely claimed him anymore because he didn’t like hurting him.

“Will these heal fast?” Jensen asked when he sensed Jared emerge at the door behind him.

“No.” Jared replied, moving forward to kiss away the pain. “Claiming bites will always take a long time to heal.”

“Good.” Jensen needed to feel his alpha on him for as long as possible. He was more than happy to display the claim for all to see.

“Sorry.” Jared bit his lip as he took in the bites littering his mate’s neck and shoulders. They were pretty savage.

“I’m not.” Jensen smiled as he turned to his mate and pressed a kiss to his lips. “Where are the kids?”

“I think they’re in town with Genevieve and Misha.” Jared replied. “Or that’s where they were when we got out of the healing room anyway.”

“Damn. I could use a cuddle.” Jensen pouted and Jared pulled his mate into a hug. “I meant a hug with my two favourite little girls but you’ll do.”

Jared nipped his ear and Jensen laughed. Things were rough but they didn’t let it ruin them having fun and enjoying each other. They tended to turn to arguments rather than snuggles lately but it didn’t stop the intense love that bonded them together. They were two halves of a whole and while they struggled to cope their instinct had them fused together.

“You smell good.” Jared noted when he pressed his nose behind Jensen’s ear and breathed deep.

“I don’t think so tiger.” Jensen laughed and pulled himself from his mate’s arms. “I’m hungry.”

Jared pouted but Jensen ignored him and headed towards the bedroom door, pulling on some of Jared’s clothes as he went. He was hungry and Misha had made cookies this morning so he didn’t have time for such stupid things as finding his own clothes.

“Damn you look good with my baggy clothes on you.” Jared noted as he caught up with his mate.

“I look even better with them off.” Jensen teased and run towards the kitchen before Jared could drag him back to bed.

Chad and Sophia were in the kitchen making some pasta dish and Jensen hovered around the stove until Sophia gave up and handed him a meatball. He placed a loud smacking kiss on her cheek and she giggled. Chad turned to glare at Jensen but his eyes widened when he caught sight of his neck.

“Holy shit!” He gasped and cut Jared a shocked look. “That claim looks fucking brutal.”

Jensen bought a hand up to his neck defensively and glared at the other man. “I happen to like it.”

“Kinky.” Chad noted and Sophia rewarded him by slapping him with a spatula.

“Mine.” Jared growled at Chad and pulled Jensen towards him.

“Trust me Jay.” Chad eyed the bites again. “I can see that.”

The heat hit him hard and fast. One minute Jensen was playing Guitar Hero with Alec and the next he felt his entire stomach cramp up and he could scent every single alpha in the room, even his own fucking children. It terrified him and he run out of the room before anyone could question it.

Jared wasn’t home and Jensen crippled over when his abdominal muscles contracted painfully. He needed his alpha but he wasn’t there. Things had been going great since they’d learnt that there was a reason for Jensen’s behaviour and they’d been closer than ever but all that work was suddenly spiralling.

He groaned and held onto the nearest surface to keep himself vertical. He could actually smell the pheromones he was letting out and it made him feel even worse. He just needed his alpha.

“Jen?” Gale rushed over to him to help him stand. “Are you ok?”

Jensen knew the exact moment Gale scented him because the alpha looked painfully animalistic. A growl rumbled from Gale’s chest and before Jensen had a chance to respond he found himself face first against a wall with a heavy alpha at his back.

It was exactly what he wanted. He needed an alpha to help him through it and his body was writhing deliciously against the other body but his head was telling him to fight. He had to get rid of the powerful alpha but teeth clamped around the back of his neck before he had chance to do anything. A whimper escaped him when his most vulnerable part was held in those sharp teeth and he was left completely powerless.

He wouldn’t submit. He’d fight with everything he had and he would never submit to this alpha. Not again.

“Why do you smell so good?” Gale ground out.

His body was pressed tightly against Jensen’s and the obvious arousal was making him nervous and desperate to get some attention from the pack so that the alpha would get off him. Stupid soundproof walls. Jared had invested in them when he decided he wanted to have sex all over the house and he’d loved that decision, right up until that moment.

“It’s my heat.” Jensen gasped as strong hands trailed up his body. “It’s rare and appeals to any alpha. This isn’t what you want Gale. Please let me go.”

“I’ve heard of these heats.” Gale nuzzled against his neck and nipped lightly at his pulse point. “You don’t know what I want Jensen. I wanted to mate with you on the day I saw you. I settled for your best friend but I’d give anything to be your mate. This heat lets you take on another mate. I want that.”

“No.” Jensen shook his head in denial. “You don’t.”

“Believe me Jensen. I do.” Gale didn’t give him time to react as he simply threw Jensen over his shoulder and took him to his bedroom, throwing him around like he weighed nothing.

A mating was rough but Jensen was sure that this one would be brutal.

“Gale. Please.” Jensen resorted to begging as the alpha pinned him to the bed.

“I can’t stop Jen.” He whispered. “It’s too strong.”

“You can fight it.” Jensen told him firmly. “What about Grace?”

“Jen, if you didn’t want this then it wouldn’t be happening. I know these heats. You submitted to me and that would have never happened if you didn’t want me.” Gale nuzzled at his throat but Jensen refused to expose himself to the alpha.

Gale began to suck and kiss across all available skin, working up to press a kiss against Jensen’s lips. Jensen bit at Gale’s face but it didn’t work and a hand clamped around his neck, cutting off his airway as he was kissed again. It was how it happened with Weres but they both always wanted it. This wasn’t an equal choice. Jensen didn’t want this.

He was trapped in his own bedroom without anybody to help him. “Gale. Please don’t.”

“I have to. It’s happening Jensen whether you want it or not.” Gale growled and clamped his teeth around Jensen’s throat, forcing the omega to submit.

This was it. Jensen’s submission was the green light for the alpha even though it wasn’t voluntary. He was powerless to stop it so instead he zoned out. He retreated so far into himself that his body went lax. It wasn’t submission. It was resignation.

“Jensen?” He felt a light slap against his cheek but he didn’t really respond. His body was working off its own agenda and slaps in the face weren’t part of it. “Jen I need you to wake the fuck up!”

Jensen was awake. He could feel things, could see the outline of the guy above him and could hear his name being called a ridiculous amount of times. It was pretty annoying actually and eventually he gave up and tried to zone in on the sound, to tell them to shut the fuck up if anything.

Jared’s stupid floppy hair was the first thing that came into focus. Jensen was ninety percent sure that Jared wasn’t home when he zoned out so he wondered just how long he’d been out for.

“Jay?” Jensen’s voice broke and Jared let out a huge sigh of relief, pulling Jensen into his arms without hesitation.

“Fuck baby you had me so scared!” Jared squeezed him as tight as he could and Jensen held on for dear life.

“W-what happened?” There were tears in his eyes and a sob escaped him when he realised he was shirtless. “Where’s Gale?”

“He grabbed all the alphas and left.” Jared rubbed soothing hands up his back and pressed a kiss to his temple. “You completely closed in on yourself and it scared the part of him that was human, bought his rational thought to the surface long enough for him to realise you’d gone into your heat. He called me and then took all the alphas for a Vegas trip. Chad was thrilled that he was finally allowed to go and actually arranged for Misha to bake you a cake to say thank you.”

“Chad wants to thank me for going into heat with cake?” Jensen perked up.

“Out of all that you chose to focus on Chad’s cake.” Jared laughed. “Your obsession with Misha’s cooking is a little unhealthy.”

Jensen laughed too and snuggled down in Jared’s embrace, turning serious once more as Jared’s fingers carded through his hair. “So Gale stopped before it got bad?”

“Yeah.” Jared confirmed. “You smell like me and Gale’s still breathing so everything is going to be ok.”

“Well he is on his way across the country right now so he may be breathing but he’s totally on the run.” Jensen was so thankful that Gale had fought against his wolf, things would be so much different if he hadn’t.

“I wanted to hate him for putting you through so much emotional stress but he fought against his instincts so damn hard because he cares about you. He got Sophia and Lauren to stay with you until I got home and got all of the alphas out before they caught your scent. I can’t be mad at him for that.”

“So you’re not going to kill him?”

“Do you want me to?” Jared would do anything Jensen asked him to.

“No.” Jensen answered truthfully. “It wasn’t his fault. He was as much a victim of my heat as I was.”

“I do think he loves you though.” Jared admitted. “His feelings for you are very real but I know he wouldn’t hurt Grace. He would never hurt you if he had a choice. His actions when he realised how bad it was proved that.” Jared was about to continue when a small knock sounded at the door.

He climbed out of the bed and opened it, finding their youngest daughters on the other side. Two sets of bright green eyes blinked up at him and the seven year olds raced forward to jump up onto the bed and cuddle up to their daddy.

“We heard that daddy was sad.” Ava said as she nestled herself in Jensen’s arms.

“So we thought we’d come and give daddy a hug.” Jessica added, joining in the family snuggle.

“Because daddy loves our hugs.”

“He says hugs make everything better.” Jessica said matter of factly.

“Oh he did huh?” Jared smiled proudly at his daughters as he climbed back onto the bed. “Well then I guess we should all have one big cuddle.”

Jared wrapped his arms around his family and held them together. Jensen was purring in contentment as his girls nuzzled at him, their chubby little arms holding on to their daddy as tight as they could. The quiet answering purrs made Jared’s heart swell.

The twins had been born in their wolf form but it didn’t take them long to find out that they both had cougar forms too. Everything would set off their shifts to the point where Ava had sneezed herself into a cougar on more than one occasion before they managed to get their human forms.

Looking after two kids who couldn’t decide if they wanted to be puppies or cubs was hard but James was always available to keep Ava safe. Jensen was disturbed at the thought of James being destined to mate with Ava someday but he was more than happy that the alpha no longer wanted to mate with him, especially since he came of age a few years ago.

Jared’s cell started vibrating on the nightstand and he rolled over to pick it up. The call was from Chad and Jared had already prepared himself for the no doubt douchebag response on the other end. He couldn’t remember the last time Chad called him without insulting him first.

“Hello Jerk off.” Jared answered and received a slap on the arm from Jensen for his language in front of the kids.

“Hey baby. Guess what I got in my hand?” Chad’s’ lame sexy voice was almost cringe worthy.

“Well baby if it only fits in one hand then you can fucking keep it.” Jared laughed at the yelling on the other line and the kids slapped him alongside Jensen for swearing.

“Fuck you ass munch.”

“Mm. Sounds like breakfast.” Jared grinned.

“Ok Jay, you’re disgusting.” Chad groaned. “Just thought I’d let you know that we booked the hotel for a week so you got that long to get Jensen’s ass to stop leaking and driving us insane.”

Jensen obviously heard that remark and he grabbed the phone out of Jared’s hand before he had a chance to respond. “Your nose will be leaking when I introduce it to my fist.” He growled and Jared took the phone off him before he started breaking the no swearing rule.

“I think you need to not call back for a very long time.” Jared laughed and hung up without waiting for Chad to reply.

Their bedroom door opened and Grace, Dakota and Lucy stepped inside.

“What are you doing here?” Jensen asked, pulling himself into a sitting position to get more comfortable.

“Well we heard there was a family hug going on.” Grace sat herself down on the huge bed between Jared and Jensen. “So we thought we’d join you.”

Dakota and Lucy also piled on and almost ruined any chance of further children when an elbow accidentally connected with Jared’s crotch. Dakota was twenty one and she was beautiful and unmated. It was common knowledge that she wanted to go find her mate but Jared had gone to the point where he actually locked her in her bedroom for a full week until she promised not to leave.

“Where’s my omega son?” Jensen asked, his head popping up from the puppy pile of their children.

“Well Cole is the only one underage who went to Vegas so he dragged Jamie along to play poker in the hotel room with him. Apparently seventeen is a cruel age to be taken to Vegas.” Lucy answered.

“He’s not of mating age yet.” Jensen’s brows furrowed. “Why did he have to go?”

“You’ve met Cole right?” Lucy laughed. “He’s kicked Alec off alpha top spot so of course he’s man enough to go to Vegas if his brother is. Besides we’ll be eighteen in two weeks so he’s as close as he can be.”

At the age of fifteen Cole had become the future alpha. He was stronger, faster and more focused than Alec was or even wanted to be. Alec and Oscar were glad to have the pressure off them and Cole was more than happy to train with Jared and Chad and learn everything about becoming a pack alpha. It was nice to have a problem worked out so easily.

Alec was actually going to resign his position anyway after the birth of his son, Max. Oscar had given birth to three pups a few days after Jensen but two of them didn’t make it. It was a great loss to the pack but after it took them so long to conceive they were overjoyed to be blessed with their little fighter.

Jensen didn’t think he’d want Jared to be alpha either if the roles were reversed but Jared was a strong alpha and it felt right for him to lead the pack. It felt even better when him and Alec weren’t at each other’s throats anymore because Jensen had never wanted to be a referee anyway.

Apart from the heat everything seemed to be great. This was just a speed bump and they’d get over it.

It would all be ok.

***

Jensen had been in heat for a little under three months and it was so not ok. He was in heat and he couldn’t even knot very often to ease off the heat pains. His body was having trouble accepting Jared and it was heart breaking for both of them. They’d never had problems in the bedroom before and it was as frustrating as it was upsetting.

“It hurts.” Jensen whined as he tried to pull off the knot he was tied to.

“It’ll hurt more if you pull.” Jared hissed at the pain of Jensen pulling and held him as close as possible.

“It hurts though.”

“Jensen you practically begged me to knot you so don’t you dare start pouting now.” Jared sent soothing waves over them both through the bond and it relaxed them enough to make it to the end of their knotting without any more pain.

“It’s just so hard.” Jensen punched the mattress in frustration. “I hate this!”

“Sophia said it’s starting to wear off though right?” Jared tried to reassure his mate. “Your hormone levels are returning to normal and you haven’t had to punch Chad in the face for nearly a week now for staring at you.”

Jared could have stopped Jensen punching Chad every time he scented him but it was just too brilliant to watch. His mate was no competition for any alpha when he was in his right mind and it made his inner alpha roar with delight to see the omega stand up for himself.

“She said it’s wearing off and I’ll probably be out of the heat soon but the knotting pain could hang around for a while because I didn’t take a new mate so I’ll have to get used to my own mate again or something along those lines.” Jensen sighed and headed to the bathroom to take a shower.

***

“Dad I’m sorry!” Cole had tears in his eyes and he’d gained the attention of pretty much the entire pack by the time he found Jared and Jensen.

“What did you do now?” Jared sighed and pulled him and Jensen into the soundproof office away from prying ears.

“Just please don’t yell at me because I’ve been yelling at myself for the past hour.” Cole dropped down into the chair and shot pleading eyes up at them.

“This doesn’t sound promising.” Jensen sat opposite him and took his hand in his own. “Is everything ok?”

“You remember that girl I’ve been dating for like six months?” Cole asked hesitantly.

“Yeah. I wish you’d dump her and get on with finding your mate though. You’re eighteen now and I think you should really stop seeing the poor human. What was her name again? Louise?” Jared failed at subtlety and Jensen let him know that through the bond.

Cole clearly had feelings for the girl after six months and so it obviously wouldn’t be easy for him to just dump her like Jared was expecting him to. They had also met the girl on more than one occasion and both knew her name was actually Luna. Jensen glared at his husband alongside Cole.

“So what about her?” Jensen froze. “Please tell me you haven’t turned her.”

“I haven’t.” Cole was quick to respond. “But…”

“But what?” Jared grit out, impatient of waiting.

“She’s pregnant.” Cole whispered but they’d both heard him loud and clear.

“So Jay, do you want to kill him or can I?”