Chapter 34
Dominic was busy looking through papers of the planned extension to Predtech, since the government gave into the Preter rights protests Predtech had become more of a medical research company again, obviously Dominic kept the non-lethal weapons department running, in his mind, the more non-lethal weapons available, means the less likely that a Preter were to be shot by a racist cop.
“Hey Dom, you got a minute?” Stacy asked as she stood in his office doorway.
Dominic looked up and smiled, “For my beta? I have three.” He chuckled to himself.
Stacy moved and sat on the leather sofa that was against the back wall of his office, Dominic stood from his desk and followed her over taking a seat beside the young Hellhound.
“While I was investigating Marie’s death I picked up a scent I couldn’t place, it was, well, the only word I can find to explain it is, Exotic.”
Dominic cupped his chin with his hand while he thought, Stacy’s eyes followed his fingers movements and she realized that Dominic hadn’t shaved today, he had a starting of a five o clock shadow forming.
“You couldn’t place the creature?” Dominic finally asked.
Stacy shook her head, “Nothing I have ever met before, and I have met pretty much every Preter over the past few years, even a few of the mutated ones, nothing matches, it was almost oriental, like Okimi, but it was harsh at the same time.” Stacy tried hard to separate the scent in her head but she just couldn’t place the second half.
“I understand, look, not everything can be solved in a day, take tonight, relax, go to a bar, come back tomorrow with fresh eyes, you’ve got this.” Dominic was yet again showing confidence in Stacy, a confidence she didn’t share.
Like a good beta Stacy nodded and stood, leaving the room she looked back at her Alpha in a knowing way, she may not have been able to place the scent, but she had been able to deduce that Dominic and Valaria were fighting, he hadn’t shaved, he was wearing the same shirt as yesterday and there was a rolled up blanket in the corner, it smelled like her Alpha, he was in the doghouse, but she wouldn’t dare pry, he would come to her when he was ready, either that or Amber would spill the beans after talking to Valaria.
Dominic knew what the look meant, but like a true stubborn Alpha, he said nothing.
Stacy started walking back to her room in the west wing when she bumped into Grace, as usual Grace was in a world of her own, ever since she joined the Pack she fixed her mind solely on work, not that having a good work ethic was a bad thing, but a Succubus that doesn’t feed can be a dangerous thing.
“Hey Grace, you fancy hitting the bars tonight? I could really do with some down time.”
The Succubus turned to the Hellhound, “Um, sure, where were you thinking?”
“There’s a new place in L.A, it’s only an hour drive, completely Preter friendly and I’ve heard that there is a Succubus following there.”
“Sounds great, it’s been a while since I fed on human, willingly that is, so leave here around 8?”
Stacy nodded, “I’ll get one of the enforcers to drive us up, remember to dress to impress.”
“And what might the sexiest Hellhound in town be wearing?”
Stacy giggled, “I know you are trying to build my confidence but, I’m the only Hellhound, period, but I was thinking a pair of Daisy Dukes and maybe that skimpy top Val gave me.”
“By skimpy top, do you mean the cup less bra?”
Stacy smiled deviously, “Yep that’s the one, over a sheer shirt of course.”
“Hunnie, I’ve seen your nipples, sheer shirt or not, those puppies are going to be showing.”
“I know, I figured one last romp with who knows what would be good before I mate with Kyle.”
Grace dropped her jaw, “Kyle? You are going to Mate with that gorgeous Wolf boy?”
“I am, he is mine, but we haven’t gotten around to sealing the deal yet, so if a mass Preter orgie breaks out then so be it, if not I’ll settle for a good seeing to from a demon or two, maybe even a Vamp, who knows.”
“When I first met you I never would have thought that you were such a…”
“Slut? Yeah, I know, what can I say, I like sex, regardless who with, providing they get me off.” Stacy leant her back against the cool wood paneling of the wall and placed the sole of her boot against the trim.
“Stace, don’t you think that sleeping around is the wrong thing to do? Look I know you lost Mal, and before that you lost your Mate before you were even old enough to bond but, in the past year you have had nearly every male and half of the female in this town.”
“Don’t exaggerate, there’s like 4000 guys in this town, I had like 100, maybe, and some of them didn’t even get it up, so it doesn’t count.”
“Stace, you are beautiful, you are the first of your kind and you have been heartbroken more times than anyone deserves, it seems like Kyle may very well be your Soul Mate reincarnated, why go against that?” Grace placed her palm on Stacy’s shoulder.
The Hellhound glanced at her friends hand before replying, “My Demon, she is searching for her Mate too.”
Grace removed her hand in shock, “I didn’t think female Demons Mated.”
“Well apparently they do, with no species in particular so, looks like I’m about to become polyamorous.”
Grace smiled, “Its typical that the one person in this world who needs more than one Mate, is the sweetest person I know, Ok, club tonight, and let your Demon dress you, I get the feeling she has style.” Grace ruffled the perfectly colored and styled hair on Stacy’s head before she continued about her day.
“Don’t touch the hair, it takes forever to get it to look right.” Stacy shouted with a giggle in her voice as she made her way up the solid Oak staircase to the fourth floor, down the hall with the red velvet carpet and into her fortress, this was her space, it was an apartment sized room, formally King Williams office, she made some modifications of course, a stud wall to divide the bedroom from the living area, and she built herself a bathroom with a claw foot tub and a double shower with a multijet system, and at this moment the room smelled like her Wolf Mate, Kyle was sat on the sofa, Stacy decided now was the best time to tell him that she required more than one Mate, she explained that her Wolf and her Demon were two separate entities, and whilst they both had feelings for him and his Wolf, only her Wolf would truly be satisfied.
Kyle took the news well, he asked all of the right questions and never once implied that Stacy would be cheating on him, it helped that Bernie had a bit of a harem, he was middle-eastern as were all of his wives, Kyle grew up with it as normality, so he had no issue with Stacy’s needs, the only thing he asked for was equal time, Stacy hadn’t even thought about that but she and her Demon agreed that the two Mates would receive equal alone time, Stacy then pointed out that she expected both Mates to sleep with her in bed, every night. Kyle accepted this with a curt nod and a sly smile, Stacy knew that he just wanted her to be happy, as most mates do, he was a dominant Wolf but to him Stacy came above everything, he would break the earth in two if it made her happy, so sleeping in the same bed as her second Mate, which was yet to be found and could take years, was a little decision in the long run.