9

After a shower, I was ready for bed, but instead it was one more meeting with all of the "Betas" Felix was bringing in and his trusted inner circle. Including his enforcers and advisors, some born wolves with a lot of years. He had brought in about a quarter of the pack, and now it was time to bring in more but only those he trusted.

But I wanted to talk with the major players first so they could hear a lot directly from my mouth.

I had already made several calls to jump on this idea of the trade school and get numbers on who was interested. I knew there were twenty in Milwaukee because I had bounced it off of Hestia. She thought there could be more now that it was automotive too, but she didn't think they could all go at once.

That we should limit how many were gone from a pack each year.

I couldn't agree more. If we were too open with it, people wouldn't appreciate the opportunity and gift I was offering by agreeing to pay for it all. Some of the minor certifications to start were a few grand, but the longer associate's degrees were twenty thousand.

So no joke at all.

"There needs to be a serious attitude adjustment in that room or I will start ripping out throats and killing assholes," Carter warned me before we walked into the house we were meeting at.

I simply blinked at him, having been looking over work on my tablet.

"I will handle it, I promise," Felix said firmly. "I will make it clear—I will handle it and where she stands."

Huh?

Carter adjusted his neck and leaned in. "You let him finish on you, they smell his bite on you. They are having certain impressions of how things played out and their stud Alpha."

I sighed and rolled my eyes. Of course, men would be petty and I'd be the slut. "Handle it however but without death."

"Yes, Mistress," he said, several of the ancients echoing him.

Oh great, this was about to be a vamp versus wolf shit show.

" I begged her ," Felix announced after we all were inside with his people. He nodded as he glanced around. "I jumped her. I begged her . I was a cad who used my deceased mate even and that I have not had sex since she died and the fact that Alpha Sera is the first woman I have been hard for since to tug at her kind heart. I begged her to give me what—"

I snapped out of my shock and moved over to him, covering his mouth. "Okay, enough with the oversharing. I can flex my power and let my people tear off heads if anyone's disrespectful, but I can't take this. We fucked. Everyone here is an adult. Get over it and let's handle the important shit or get the fuck out and go back to Greece and having no home. Got it?"

"They seem to understand, several amused you cut through the bluster without demanding to bite assholes," Carter muttered.

I rolled my eyes. "I'm not petty. We're too busy and we're going to ask them for help to juice you up." I felt the confusion then and glanced around. "I'm a siren. You all know that. You saw sirens feed in Greece."

"You want to kiss us all, Alpha?" one asked, sounding like his night was looking up.

I nodded, pointing to Carter. "He is the head of security in Chicago and all of the packs. He's my right hand and the one I'm making the head of my coven of ancients. To do that with the council, he needs to be the strongest. We've been working on that." I gestured to the twenty-plus wolves gathered. "You rely on that strength and shield. You're going to help while I'm here."

"Show them with me," Felix said.

I nodded, letting him kiss me and drinking deeply for several gulps. I shrugged when we were done and I didn't immediately turn to Carter. "You're not used to it. I can take more before transferring to Carter." I glanced over at Carter. "You want me to demonstrate so they still get it? Feel our power first and then the whole thing?"

He and the ancients nodded, clearly sensing more than I did. We didn't want problems, and these were going to be our people now, so it was time they got the secrets.

Some of them.

I let out my power and cranked it up and up. Then Carter did.

After which he thanked me for the blessing I was going to give him and pulled me in his arms. I fed him the power he could handle and swallow down.

"I could sense that," Felix whispered. "Amazing."

"I will do the same for you when I visit, but we're on a bit of a time crunch to get this done," I told him. "It's how we've helped our infected wolves and bringing pregnancies to term easier for our mothers."

"I ask you sit with me while you feed so they do not lose their heads and will behave," he suggested.

And he was being possessive if I was going to kiss his friends.

"Fine, but no one better get any ideas that I'm your good little bitch or something," I drawled as I followed him over to a chair and sat on his lap. I realized what I was dressed in and glanced at Carter. "Really?"

Emilio burst out laughing. "I told you that she didn't even register that she was in a cute sundress."

"I'm too busy and just throw on what's in front of me." I held up my hand to them. "We have too much to do, and Carter can't process it all at once, so we have to break this up."

I fed from four while Felix massaged my hips and then gave their power to Carter… Who then dropped to his knees and moved his head under my skirt. I moaned as he ate me out right there for all of them to watch.

And I fucking loved it.

"You were dripping," he defended when he was done. "Transferring power gets you keyed up, and as the man you gave it to and your lover, I should absolutely take care of you, darling."

Plus, make it clear to the men there that I was his and he would end them if they disrespected me. Fine, fine.

I let him get away with it, loving the attention and intense looks. Hell, I moved his hand to my ass while we were working on everything.

Basically, we were going over the original houses I'd bought to fix up and the progress. Who was already in them with contracts, or a few had to be completely gutted.

Then it was who wanted the same deal and the houses we had now. People would get a choice —of course, they would—but we weren't going to give a single person first crack at a house over a family. There was coordinating to do and who could afford what. Some of them I needed to give them a few months before they could start paying.

"I'm ready for more," Carter told me.

I studied him. "Not yet. You're pushing too hard because you're horny. Chill out."

"Yes, Mistress."

We went over the businesses the pack had, and honestly they'd had like nothing. I'd bought a failing turkey farm, and with the help of the elves we'd brought in that needed protecting, now it was thriving. I gave permission to expand since we got our organic certification and blah, blah, and blah.

"You want to have an authentic Austrian restaurant?" I hedged, glancing between the men.

"We know it probably won't be popular or a money maker," Felix admitted. "We want it for us. I don't have time to make our real dishes, but I don't want my children to miss that or the taste. It won't be in restaurants here like at home or every bakery to turn around."

I held my hands up in surrender. "Done. I just was missing the context. Hell, I'm a huge fan of Austrian food, so we'll buy trays to deliver with blood shipments and back and forth. I also want to open a sort of supe grocery store to sell the cheese from Milwaukee plus their iced apple and mulberry wine. We can have other items too."

"I would have thought that would be a problem, but some restaurants have approached us quietly about buying from the greenhouses," Felix admitted.

"They have in Chicago too, and now we sell to some we trust," I told him. "Everything is just too expensive and people need smaller bottom lines. They don't want to get involved, but if they're willing to be friends and not fuck with us, fine. That's your call. We can also expand it. I want to definitely expand the turkey farm and get more options. Everything is turkey this and that."

I was glad when people agreed because it would also mean a lot of jobs. Like a lot .

Fine, turkey slaughtering and processing wasn't glamours or fun, but it was a fucking stable and steady job a lot of people would pray for.

And wouldn't bug a lot of wolves.

Not this wolf, but most wolves.

"I know people have been asking about a seafood farm but no," I told them, shaking my head when people seemed unhappy. "That is privately-owned with a deal I made and I'm not undermining it. We can maybe sell some here or at least to pack when they expand again. Plus, fishing is top three of the economy of this state. We're not pissing them off—"

"That will not endear us to the locals," Felix sighed, others nodding in agreement. "Yes, smart. We didn't know that. Clearly, we need to learn our new area more before we suggest other ideas. I apologize, and we will do that in the future."

I was glad they were taking that attitude and being contrite they didn't do their homework better instead of doubling down. That made me feel better about working with them in the future.

I fed more and boosted my power along with Carter's and my other ancients since there was a lot of power to have in the room. They should help us given how much we were helping them.

It wasn't lost on me that I'd lost my bra and panties in the process though. I gave Felix and Carter dry looks as they misbehaved.

Men.

Once we were all done with the meeting, I decided to make one thing exceptionally clear. I whipped off my dress and knelt before Carter.

"I might have fucked your Felix for fun, but let me make it clear where my loyalty lies," I said bluntly as I moved my hands up and down Carter's thighs. "He is about to become mine and is my right hand. All of you need to understand that what he says is basically from my mouth. If he calls you, it's from me and fucking listen.

"I don't tolerate dissension in my ranks, and I don't care if you have issues with vampires or pettiness. Get over it. We don't have that in my packs and family. If you make problems for any of the men sirened to me, especially my coven leader, it will be your head. So always keep that in your mind because he protects me and all of us."

Carter's fangs were out and he licked his lips. "Your point has been made as they're wisely afraid and believe you." He moved in a flash so I was back on my feet with my dress on again. "But I'm not letting a bunch of strangers watch the miracle that is you doing something so amazing." He gave me a soft kiss. "That's for us privately."

"Yes, darling," I purred. "Take me to bed."

He growled and swooped me up in his arms, meeting over. We loaded back in our vehicles—Felix joining us—so we could head to the house we were staying at.

The moment we pulled away from the curb, Carter's zipper was open. "I want what you offered. And I want the Alpha to see and hear it."

Of course, he did. I knew that was why I was sitting next to him in the middle row.

I leaned down and sucked him off, not caring who was in the SUV and giving Carter my best. He was completely into it and moaned my name as he begged me for what he wanted.

Mostly to take him deeper or suck harder and stop teasing him.

But it was so much fun to.

We went back to the house and had lots of fun, mostly Carter and Felix sharing me together, but some of the other ancients joining in as well. They left though, Felix needing to get back to his kids especially, and then it was just Carter and me in the master bedroom.

And he clearly wanted more.

I went to the bathroom and cleaned up before holding my finger up to my lips and making a video call… To one of the people he least expected.

"You called me on video, Mistress," Helmer greeted, his eyes curious.

"There's no reason not to when we need to discuss topics," I told him with a smirk. Helmer was a very powerful ancient, older than Carter, and more powerful than Councilman Igwe who had made him.

And more importantly, held a lot of influence. He didn't want power or to lead, but a more peaceful life far away from the council.

"Unless you're uncomfortable?" I hedged, handing the phone over to Carter so Helmer would see I was naked and sexed up.

"No, no, not at all, Mistress," Helmer groaned. "What can I do for you?"

"Lots. I'm sure lots," I chuckled. "For now, Carter needs to update you on matters here while he makes sure no one was too rough with me." I moved over to the bed and lay down, spreading my legs wide. "Look closely. Then lick everything you inspect until I pass out or you won't fuck me for a month."

Carter seemed thrown by the change in attitude but raised an eyebrow when Helmer groaned. He went with it, trusting me as much as I did him.

After several orgasms, I took the phone from Carter so Helmer could see my face and breasts. "When I get home, we will have a conversation, yes?"

"Yes, Mistress, anything you wish," he panted. "I am at your disposal."

"That's what I like—" I cried out as I orgasmed and hung up the call.

"Be careful. He's powerful and dangerous," Carter warned me.

"I know more than you do on this," I told him. "I agree, but I know his secret." I waved him quiet and tossed the phone to the side. "Get back to work or I really won't let you fuck me for a week."

He groaned and did it. I was a very lucky woman.