Chapter 2

Two

GRANT

I thought this would be a normal night of being on patrol and stopping random people on the road. But this traffic stop was turning out to be way more abnormal than I thought. This was no ordinary girl.

As she stood in front of me trembling, my nostrils flared at her delicious strawberry scent.

She was clearly an omega. And I wondered why the fuck she was here and not in Howl's Edge. I wasn't aware of omegas starting their own colony elsewhere without alphas unless she was the lost omega.

The one I was looking for.

"That's not good," I drawled, seeing if she knew what I was. But she stood there in her little dress, perfuming profusely, unaware of her effect on me. My breathing quickened, and all the blood rushed down. I had to control myself, or else she'd wonder what the fuck was wrong with me.

Did she think she was human? Where the hell was her family? Why was she out here? I had so many questions. Questions I couldn't ask her.

"Are you going to arrest me?" she asked in a small voice, eyelashes fluttering as she gazed up at me. Her face was pink, and she crossed her arms as if to stop her scent from filling the air. This omega was nervous as hell. I could sense her tension and nervousness as she stood there.

"What's your name?" I asked, pulling out a pen and paper as if this was official duty. This had suddenly turned personal to me.

"Tiana," she said. "I swear I won't do this again. I've never been to jail before."

"I'm Officer Grant, and since this is your first offense, this will be a misdemeanor," I said. "The car will be towed, though."

"Okay," she said, nodding her head shakily. "I guess we'll take a taxi then."

"Something that you should have thought to do from the beginning," I said roughly. She could have hurt herself. "I will give you both a ride home."

"Oh, that's very nice of you," she said. "But it's okay, we're good."

"I insist," I said, and she noticed the change in my tone. I realized I needed to lessen the alpha bark in my voice immediately, or else she'd know I wasn't an ordinary human guy.

Once they were both in the car, I drove to her friend's address that Tiana provided. This omega had bad choices in friends. I couldn't stand her talking and loudness as she blabbed on about her car being towed. She was pissed.

"Even though you're annoying as hell, you're hot," her friend said to me.

"Thanks," I said gruffly as Tiana laughed softly. The omega thought this was funny. I thought the friend was a nuisance that needed to be dropped off at home as soon as possible.

"Tiana, maybe he could be your boyfriend," she said. "Does he fit your requirements?"

"Lori, please," sighed Tiana, and I smiled while driving. It was her turn to feel uncomfortable by her friend's random remarks. I wanted to know all about this omega. Did she even have a boyfriend? Did she live in isolation?

After we dropped off her friend at her apartment, I started driving to where Tiana lived. She hesitated to give me her address but realized she didn't have a choice. Did her parents coach her into not telling anyone where she lived? If so, that was why I couldn't trace her.

"Do you live with family?" I asked in a conversational tone. If I could get her to trust me, she would open up.

"Yes, with my parents," she said slowly. "And I have a boyfriend too."

"So he lives with you too?" I asked, knowing full well she wasn't mated to anyone. It was impossible that she was mated. Especially the way she was perfuming in my car right now.

"I…uhh," she stumbled, realizing none of it made sense. "Yes, yes, he does."

"Tell me about him."

"He's umm, big and plays football," she said, her voice trailing off. As I stared at her in the rearview mirror, I admired how her cheeks turned pink and how she refused to look me in the eye. Maybe some part of her warned her that there was an alpha nearby.

I was the predator. And she was my prey.

When we reached her apartment, I parked the car in front of the building.

"I'd like to walk you inside. Is that alright?" I said to her as we both got out of the car.

She bit her lip.

"I don't need you to walk me inside," she protested. But I needed to see her living situation. I needed to know everything about her.

Before I took her.

"Just want to make sure you're safe," I said, and she nodded without a word. I followed her to the apartment building, watching her hands tremble as she unlocked the main glass door. We walked down a long narrow hallway that smelled of cigarettes and cats. Then she stopped in front of her door and tried to quietly unlock it, but the door flew open before she could stick the key in.

"You're late," said an older woman who looked similar to Tiana. She smiled politely when she saw me, but her face turned white, and I knew she knew what I was. An alpha werewolf at her doorstep. "Did you get yourself into trouble being out so late?"

"Lori was drunk, so I drove her car," said Tiana, sounding exhausted. She sounded like she'd rather be anywhere else but here.

"Is she in trouble, officer?" asked the mother.

"No, since she has no past offenses," I reassured her. I didn't want her to be too harsh on this soft omega. I realized I needed to stop now before feelings grew on my end. I couldn't fall for this omega. "Have a good night, folks."

"Goodnight," said Tiana as we made eye contact. It was like electricity between us when we locked eyes, and her mother ushered her inside quickly to block her. Like a stunned man, I quickly pulled my phone out, dialing my packmate's number.

"Yo, yo," greeted Antonio.

"Tony, I found her," I said.

"God damn, after all these years?!"

"She must have been hiding or taking her omega heat suppressant pills," I said, trying to think of how this elusive omega survived for years without an alpha pack to protect her.

"It looks like our mission here on the human lands is done," said Tony. "It's sad because the humans love my guitar playing."

"You've gotten attached to human life," I said dryly. "Tell Wesley the good news. We'll meet up tomorrow and go through all her files. We have her name now."

"Sounds good, cop," said Tony. "I can't wait to go back home. I almost forgot what Howl's Edge looks like."

"Let's hope Tiana agrees to go with us. Or it'll be by force."

"Is that her name? Is she hot?"

"She's not for us, Tony," I drawled. Knowing I couldn't have her for myself bothered me, and I didn't know why. I barely knew her, for fuck's sake. "We were here for one mission- to get her home."

"Shit, calm down," said Tony.

"I want to see you and Wesley tomorrow at eleven a.m. sharp at the police department."

"You got it."

I hung up, stuffing my phone back in my pocket. I went around to the back of the building and shed my clothing. Then I shifted into my wolf form. Fur shot out from every part of my body, and my body lowered to the ground.

Long, sleek, and powerful.

Making my way around the building, I followed her scent. Lifting my snout in the air, I could smell a hint of her strawberry scent.

Her scent was soft yet elusive, and I felt myself responding to it on a deeper level. I haven't been around an omega wolf for more than twenty years. I've had human girlfriends now and then, but they were never long-term. At the age of thirty-nine, I was tired of the human ladies.

I tried to block my feral thoughts. But I couldn't control my thoughts. The smell of her scent was making my inner alpha go crazy. My alpha wolf wanted her underneath my body.

To rut her senseless. My wolf cock was throbbing as I bounded around the building, looking for her window.

I had to bring back the lost omega.

All I knew was that we had to bring an omega back. No other details of the mission were given to me when I was a teen. So, I decided to become a cop along with my pack. It was the only way we'd have more information on people.

And by god, it worked.

All my years of waiting around in this godforsaken land to finally go home and finish my mission was like a dream.

The dream of going back to Howl's Edge was close now.

I sniffed the dilapidated apartment building that said Brenview Heights . The building was painted green, half the paint peeled or chipped. The front door to the building was closed, and there was no way I could enter it now. Circling the building, I peered into every window. Lots of TVs were on, which was when people generally got home from work. I looked up, sensing her presence at one of the windows.

Tiana was on the first floor and peering out of the window.

My heart stopped beating momentarily as I gazed at her beauty. Her curly black hair was loose around her shoulders as she looked out, and her neck was flushed red. Then she pulled the curtain closed, accidentally leaving a gap open. I stayed there for a while, watching her as she plopped on her bed in her pajamas.

Then suddenly, she lifted her legs and spread them wide open with her pants still on.

I gasped in surprise. This little mama had a dirty side to her.

My wolf cock instantly hardened, watching her through the window. My breathing escalated as I watched her dip one finger hesitantly between her legs underneath her pajama bottoms. Like she wasn't sure of what she was doing.

I wanted to be there.

I wanted to be the one to make her cum. To dip my face between her juicy thighs. To lick her pussy until she screamed my name over and over.

I howled as I watched her try to pleasure herself, and I didn't give a fuck who heard me.