πππππππ πππ πππππππ'π πππππ, Sam's mental processing almost shut down, he'd never felt an alpha's command before, but if he had he felt it would feel like this.
It was this underlining need to do anything Catherine wanted to put a smile on her face, he just wanted to tell her anything she wanted to hear.
He couldn't let her be sad.
"If you were younger, a child it would adapt as you grow older," He started to explain as best he could before he paused realizing just explaining it was hard. "but the bond is more geared to something deeper than that it's-"
In the beginning, he had been so deeply affected by the imprint bond, especially after being told he couldn't continue to see Leah and knowing that he could have hunted her.
"It's more in tuned with the connection between people," He continued in the best way he knew how pausing as he gauged the reaction of everyone around him. "all I have is analogies, but it's like no two people run on the same level, the same frequency."
Sam paused once again to look around the room making sure everyone was following his explanation, which they were as everyone partially nodded, mumbled, or did something to show their acknowledgment.
"But sometimes people's frequency is similar, so similar that they mesh and can become one, as in..." He trailed off waiting on everyone to come to his unspoken conclusion, which someone quickly did.
"Fall in Love." Catherine clarified verbally just wanting to make sure she was current, earning her a nod of the head from Sam.
"But the bond is meant to enhance that mesh, broadens the frequency, but now it's-" Sam explained before he was cut off by Jared who had grasped a hold of his explanation, quickly realizing what his Alpha was trying to say.
"Connected multiple frequencies," Jared finished off his Alpha's words softly, it all did make sense in the end. "I mean we are all shifters, different species though."
"Where I came from most shifters mate strictly with other shifters, sometimes multiple like us," Catherine spoke up after a few seconds of silence, although imprinting wasn't normal multiple lovers were in her world. "plus you guys are a pack, and packs are meant to be closer than normal."
At Catherine's words everyone kind of sat back to let everything sink in, this silence not being awkward as everyone just stilled for a few seconds.
"Okay, just so I'm not lost in translation," Paul spoke up as he fully tried to comprehend everything that was being told to him, everything shocking him slowly. "being a pack put us on the same one but being shifters and similar people connected your frequency with ours?"
"Basically." Sam nodded his head as Paul just about summed up everything he'd previously said, although his agreeance once again sent Paul into silence.
The man's face remained with his eyebrows high, before they quickly dropped as his face went blank and he stood from his seat.
"I'm gonna need some alcohol." He told the rest of them as he began to head into the kitchen, everything was just happening so quickly he was going to need liquor to keep himself calm.
"You can't get drunk." Jared on the other hand quickly called out as he watched Paul walk towards the kitchen, with them being shifters they didn't get a drink as easily.
"I can if I drink enough to kill a small man." Paul announced as he walked into the kitchen, it was true that if they drank enough they could get drunk for a few hours.
But it took an entire bottle just to get a singular shifter tipsy, which was quickly proven as Paul reached under the kitchen counter to grab a large bottle of tequila.
"That's bad for your liver." Jared spoke again from his seat in the front room, the kitchen being close enough for them to talk and hear with getting loud.
Not even mention their supernatural hearing.
"I'll heal." Paul spoke blandly as he walked back into the living room, the large bottle in his hand along with a small glass.
The man quick to sit in his spot, pop open the top of the bottle, pouring him nearly half a cup full of alcohol before downing it like it was a shot.
"So again I ask, what do we do now?" Paul asked as he finished taking down his alcohol, luckily for him the burn only lasted a few seconds unlike if he was human.
"What else is there to do?" Jacob asked looking around the room once again, out of all the information they'd been given they hadn't been given a solution.
"It's all up to Catherin-" Jared once again pushed on the option of Catherine choosing one of them to be with, his words almost immediately upsetting a drinking Paul.
"You can't put all the pressure on her-" Paul remarked slightly angrily as he rubbed the bridge of his nose, although he was only interrupted by Jared this time.
"Ultimately after everything it's about who's going to be dating her," Jared continued, it didn't matter what any of them wanted it was all about what Catherine wanted. "it's her choice."
Jared had only imprinted early tonight, so as of right now he didn't hold feelings that were too deep for the girl, he was so incredibly attracted to her.
But he didn't want to put her in any distress, if she only wanted Jacob then who was he to try and stop her?
"It's the only option." Jared continued simply, his words only causing Paul to grow more and more frustrated as he began to pour himself more alcohol.
"She won't be able to pick right," Paul stuttered as he grew even more frustrated, he didn't want Catherine to choose, because he honestly believed she'd only choose Jacob. "she-she can't choose when she'd already been with Jacob."
"Paul-" Sam tried to calm down the young shifter, however, he was only interrupted by Paul and his loud mouth.
"He knows her more, he'll always be her choice!" Paul almost immediately shouted as he glared over at Jared, he was the one who suggested it in the first place.
"Then that's her choice!" Jared quickly yelled back as he glared over at Paul, the two butted heads a lot thanks to his anger issues.
"It's not fair," Paul growled as his shoulders slowly began convulsing, he should have started drinking earlier cause now the alcohol was only being burned from his system. "I love her too!"
"But she doesn't know you," Jared shouted as he suddenly stood from his seat, his eyes filled with rage as he started projecting both his anger and sadness. "she doesn't know any of us!"
Almost immediately as he heard it, Paul's eyes went wide as they turned blacker than Sam or Jared had ever seen them, Paul launching from his seat.
"Don't you fucking say that!" Paul growled as he launched himself at Jared, the two quickly locking arms as they tried to overpower each other.
However with the thought that Catherine in the back of their minds, neither of their wolves allowed them to shift with such proximity to their imprint.
But they still growled, convulsed, grumbled, and shouted at each other as they physically started to fight and hold against each other.
"Paul," Sam almost immediately shouted as he watched the two lock arms, the man quick to rush behind Jared wanting to break them apart "Not in the house!"
Seeing Sam not being able to handle the situation, Jacob quickly stood up from the couch giving Catherine a small kiss on the side of her head before he rushed over.
"Calm Down!" Jacob shouted as he grabbed a hold of Paul from the back, the young man trying to break his fellow shifter away from their friend.
Although the two were so angry they just wouldn't let each other go.
"It's Her Choice!" Jared shouted as grabbed a hold of Paul's head, the beta holding his underling in a headlock as he growled and huffed.
"It Isn't Right!" Paul's muttered shout came out as he laid heavy punches against Jared's stomach and back, the man slamming down hits against his superior.
His wolf was so angry at the thought of someone taking his imprint away, that he didn't care how hard he was hitting his pack brother, as long as he hadn't been pushed too far.
Paul wouldn't release his claws and deal more deadly blows.
"Yes- It- Is!" Jared shouted back his words breaking as he was hit again and again in the ribs, even as he forcefully began yanking Paul's head every which way.
The Beta tried his best to get Paul into a submissive position, the moment Jared had him where he wanted he could establish his dominance as the Beta.
"Let Him Go," Sam tried to break them apart without using his Alpha commence, he didn't like having control over other people's wills and movements. "we can discuss this, Paul!"
Seeing Sam still not being able to control the situation, Jacob himself was growing more and more angry at everything, after glancing over at his Catherine, Jacob was on his final straw.
Catherine was curled up on the couch her eyes wide at all the fighting as a Bunny-Shifter, they didn't partake in violence very much unless they felt threatened.
Although she tended to stomp her foot when she was mad, even hitting people, most Bunny-shifters especially women were more about taking care of children.
However, if they needed to, a female bunny-shifter could kill anyone weaker than them, or that they could outsmart.
"ENOUGH!!" Jacob let out a loud bellow gaining the attention of everyone, all eyes shifting over towards him as no one more, for the first time he'd used the Alpha Command.
Nonetheless, Jacob quickly came to regret his shout, although he did make Paul and Jared stop fighting as the two broke away from each other.
It was Catherine who had been sitting on the couch filled with worry, fear, guilt, and sadness let out a pathetic and sad whimper as she curled into herself.
The girl's head forcefully turned to the left showing her neck to Jacob having been affected by his Alpha command, it being stronger than Sam's as he was the true leader of their pack.
And hearing Catherine's whimper a frown quickly developed on Jacob's face.
"bunny," He spoke lowly as he slowly started to walk towards the trembling girl, causing her to let out another whimper as she couldn't even look up at him."bunny, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to okay?"
"I don't like all the-the yelling." Catherine gasped through bated breath, the girl sounding on the verge of a panic attack as she slowly came to look at the ground in front of her.
The girl was finally able to not hold out her neck in submission, she hadn't expected Jacob to suddenly let out an Alpha's Command, she didn't even know he could.
She should have known from the way he wanted to mate her earlier.
"we won't yell anymore," Jared quickly spoke lowly as he shook his head, watching as Jacob slowly sat directly beside their imprint. "I'm sorry, Honey-Bun."
A soft look on his face as he purred deep in his chest, allowing Catherine to lay her head on him as he lightly grazed her side, he didn't want her to be upset with him.
Just the thought of her being sad or scared of him brought a sudden rush of depression to hit him, not even sadness he immediately began to feel depressed.
"yeah, yeah we're sorry Doe," Paul apologized to her right after his Beta, his voice low as he sat down back in his chair, not taking his eyes off of Catherine.
Hearing both of their apologies Catherine glanced between both of them, her eyes hesitant as she partially buried herself into Jacob's chest.
A pout was obvious on her face.
"Apologize to each other," Catherine insisted as she used her head to motion between both of them, causing the boys to glance at each other. "you weren't yelling at me so apologize to each other."