Sous and Tany sat at one of the many reception tables at the royal wedding. Princess Petun and Aticus had said their vows and were now sharing the floor having their first dance.
Afterwards when everyone was dancing, eating, and drinking, they had come up to Sous and Tany. The Princess had a vein pop upon her head when Sous referred to her as little poop.
"Sous, as you can see, I am no longer a rat," the Princess said.
Sous hugged the woman with hearts floating around their shoulders. "No, but you'll always be my little poop, my fattie fat fat rat.
The Princess attempted to push Sous off of her from the hug, but the Alpha held on tight smiling while Tany and Aticus giggled at the two upon witnessing their shenanigans.
Later in the evening, Aticus and Sous walked the royal garden, weaving in and out of its maze. There was a bench they found themselves able to sit on even though it was cold with snow about.
Sous wiped the bench off from snow and sat down next to the newly wed woman.
"How long have you and Tania been together?" She asked.
Sous shrugged, thinking of just how long. "Hmm," she said. "About four months."
"Four months? I'm surprised, the way Kara spoke about you, I thought you and her were going to end up together."
Sous rubbed the back of her head, unsure of how to explain herself. "I like Kara and Tany but Tany is with me in Hacate while Kara is in Faelock."
"You didn't want to wait for her...?" The human woman asked.
Sous shook her head. "I want to have fun and focus on the now. This year is turning out to be a blast."
They were quiet for a bit until Aticus spoke up. "Kara was sad when you hadn't wished her a Happy Birthday but if you've been more immersed in school life then I can see why."
That was right. Kara had turned fourteen. Normally, Sous would wish Kara a good birthday and get her a gift, but with everything that had happened at the start of the school year: rut, sex, becoming even more popular, getting involved with Wolves Unite...Sous just...forgot.
For Derrick, time went by fast. It was almost Navititas break and Jacob would be coming down to visit him.
The sixteen year old Omega slowly took the steps to the living room where Doureena and Monica were watching television for the evening. Abel was gone, attending the local community college in Red Woods for cyber security. His plan was to then attend a four year school and come back to work as a security expert for Apex. Both parents were extremely proud of him and Doureena looked forward to working along side her son.
By this time though, Derrick was four months pregnant. He wasn't showing just yet but the signs were there.
He walked to his parents and sat on the end of the wrap around sofa. "I need to tell you guys something."
His parents turned to him, both of which already knew he was pregnant due to his pheromones but allowed the teen to tell them at his own time.
"I'm pregnant," Derrick exhaled.
The parents exchanged looks with Doureena leaning forward on the couch. "Who's the father or the sire?" She asked.
"Jacob," the Omega answered truthfully. He looked at his sire. "He's coming to visit during Navititas break to get your blessing." He gulped watching for her reaction.
Doureena looked at Monica and turned back to her son. "I guess...we look forward to speaking with him then."
Derrick's face lighted up and he almost about ran to his room to tell Jacob the good news but wasn't in much of a condition to run.
"I wish he had waited until he was a little older," Monica said, both of them getting off the sofa to stretch.
"Yeah, well, the kids are having sex younger and younger these days..." Doureen said, disappointed her son was pregnant by a betrayer.
Kara ran into her dorm room with the mail she had picked up from the postal office. She sat at her desk and proceeded to go through it. Hoping to find a letter from Sous. There was no letter from Sous but there was one from Aticus.
Upon reading it, she was smiling and happy for the woman who went through so much turmoil, but by the end of the letter, her mouth had transformed into a frown and she felt herself about to cry.
Her hands were shaking and she had to put the letter down to stop them, hold them in her lap. Sous was dating and mating with Tany.
Kara was so confused. She was so certain that her and Sous were going to be together and they would have mated together, had children...
That was what this was all leading up to. That's why Kara was here in Faelock to begin with so she could get strong and not be weak standing next to Sous!
Maybe it was all a mistake and Aticus misheard. Maybe Sous and Tany just did it one time because Alphas...Alphas could be like that. Sometimes their urges were so strong that they could be hard to ignore. Maybe that's what happened.
Sous wouldn't risk Tany getting pregnant...that's what would happen if they kept having it.
Her eyes became blurry...
Plep, plep.
The tears landed on the paper. She wiped her eyes. How could Sous do this to her? She looked at the picture on her wall: her and Sous together when they had the first tour of Faelock campus.
"Are you okay?"
Kara glanced to Rhymes who was at her desk studing. Kara wiped her eyes again and said she was. She reached for a tissue to blow her nose.
She folded the letter and placed it to the side. She would write to Aticus later. As for Sous, she wouldn't write to Sous at all. Sous made her decision and her not having the gall to write to Kara to tell her said it all.
Sous was different. Since joining Wolves Unite, her persona had changed. She was...an asshole and all her friends could see it, but for Tany who was completely submissive to Sous once they started dating.
Sous began to hang around more and more with the Wolves Unite members. She would joke around with them, do pranks, but what really made her an asshole was her hurting people. When she did the jokes, the pranks, she would laugh and point, she would make fun of them with her new "friends".
If anyone tried to tell her different, she would call them names, tell them to 'fuck off' or 'suck her off'. Grotesque things like that.
It came to a head one day when Sous was in the library playing around with members from the club when Makala sat down next to a table near them. She waved to Sous who playfully made a disgusted face, saying Makala had a disease and it was taking over her body, referencing the burn mark.
They laughed at Makala, making her pack up her things and leave only for Faye to come sometime later.
Faye grabbed Sous by the shoulder. "What's your problem, Sous? Saying that shit to Makala?"
Sous smirked with a smug on. "It was a joke, tell her to relax-"
PUNCH!
Sous was knocked out of her chair. She was by far one of the strongest on campus, no one dared to step to her but Faye was just as strong. Sous wasn't going to allow it to be shown that a priestess out did her.
Sous got into her fighting stance. Faye never thought she'd be going toe to toe with her best friend-if Sous was even that anymore, but here she was.
Faye clapped once and took out her needles and soared to Sous. Sous twisted a flip over Faye, only for Faye to drag the thread underneath Sous, causing the Alpha to fall. Faye pulled the thread to her and landed a Super Man punch to Sous' face. Sous blocked the punch and performed a flying kick that Faye was able to block with her needles.
Sous wasn't going to lose in front of the club. She dabbed at one of her seals, her arms turning into blades. She charged at the priestess, stabbing her in the shoulder blade against the wall, but Faye was also just as fast. Her needle was stabbed into Sous' shoulder blade on the opposing side.
They glared into one another eyes, their teeth clinched.
The librarian ran toward the commotion and stopped in her tracks. "GIRLS!"