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During the first day of Achilles being sick I decided to let his mother take care of him for the day. They needed to bond and this was probably the only way, if he refused to then she's staying with him until he does. However, I knew he would probably bond with her. He already forgave her and is talking to her a little, but I want him to actually start acting like a son.

Melissa is reluctant to tell Achilles who her second chance mate is, so I suggested we wait a week or until these Hybrids leave us alone. Speaking of which, Blake should be moving the pack here in an hour. Melissa sent over Reese, his brother, and the Gamma. His Gamma is a quiet guy, but once you get him talking he's the funniest man I've ever met.

His mate, Sierra, is a bitch though. She keeps acting like a jealous girlfriend whenever he's talking to me, which is mainly about pack business. Reese was in the middle of explaining the quadruplets to me when his sister asked him to help her find the baby bottles. Reese's sister is a nanny for the baby whenever his mate is showering or napping, she's very weak from giving birth since she's half human. Anyways, so Achilles' Gamma stepped in to finish explaining it.

Then walked in Sierra who didn't care that I was the Luna, she just told me Achilles and I aren't fully mate so I wasn't the Luna. I just laughed in her face and told her we are fully mated in fact, it ended with Melissa slapping her across the face.

Melissa explained to me that Sierra and the Gamma, Jay, are choice mates. Sierra's two mates rejected her, one was a warrior from Alpha Xander's pack and the second was a rogue. Jay's first mate was a hunter and tried killing him, so he killed her to protect himself. The second was a vampire who was already married to one of the vampire princes. Plus, she was cruel and ordered her guards to kill Jay right then and there. Their mate-bond is very strong, Sierra is terrified of being rejected a third time. She knew she wouldn't be able to handle it and that very thought scared her.

Even so, Melissa agreed with me that Sierra has no right to act like a selfish asshole. The rest of the time Jay explained the quadruplets Sierra glared at me. When Jay finished I smiled, thanked him, and walked away. I smiled when I heard Jay cuss at Sierra, telling her to show me some respect.

"Iris!"

I smiled when I saw Sadie running over to me, her eyes bright as she threw herself at me. I looked up to see Reese's sister walking in with the first group from my pack. Jennifer grinned and sighed, looking at the thirty pack members. They all looked at me, waiting for me to explain why they were in Achilles' packhouse.

"Listen, Jennifer here will assign you your rooms. She has a list of who has a mate or not, just tell her your name and she will find you on the list. Once you're settled in I need you to meet me out back." I explained.

"Yes, Alpha." they all replied before shifting their gaze to Jennifer.

I sighed, I hated it when they responded to me like robots. I shrugged it off though, waiting for Henry to arrive with the second group. Jennifer finished assigning the last person's room when Sadie started sniffing the air, her eyes growing wide.

"What is that amazing smell?" she asked, practically drooling.

I furrowed my eyebrows, not being able to smell anything good. Well, except for Achilles' faint minty scent. I then smiled as it dawned on me, Sadie found her mate. I then frowned, if her mate is one of my pack members then how come she didn't know until now? She has met every single male in our pack!

"You idiot, Henry is leading the group in. Think about it." my wolf sighed.

I felt my face heat up, "Right, whoops."

Sadie then locked eyes with Henry, both of them freezing. After a whole minute Henry walked over and introduced himself, a sudden burst of confidence surrounding him. I smiled at them and asked Jennifer if she could assign this group their rooms. She was about to ask me, but I pointed over to where my sister and her brother were talking.

"Mates." I whispered.

Her eyes lit up, "Finally!" she beamed.

When the second group was finished Reese, Blake, and Ryan walked in with the third. Mona was pressed to Ryan's side, both of them holding onto each other for dear life. I chuckled, they're always possessive over each other, it's kind of cute. However, it's scary when Mona goes all feral on any girl that flirts with my Gamma.

Jennifer suddenly tensed up, scanning the crowd as she smelled the air. I gaped at her, damn, is everyone finding their mates in my pack? Blake suddenly froze, his eyes connecting with Jennifer's as they just stared at each other. Ryan grinned before pulling Mona over, both of them chuckling as Blake started to stumble over his words when they finally snapped out of it. Reese rolled his eyes at his blushing sister before explaining everything to remaining people.

"How come Blake is just realizing Jennifer is his mate now? Didn't Reese bring her the day Achilles, Sadie, and I left for the beach?" I asked Ryan as he stood beside me.

Mona looked at me, "Nope, some warrior guy came instead. Jennifer was in heat, so she was locked in a room with two she-wolf nurses." she chirped.

I smiled, "Well, I'm glad he finally found his mate. How have you been? I haven't seen you in a while!" I sounded, pulling Mona into a hug.

She laughed, "I've been great! How are you? Miss mate of Achilles." she teased.

"I'm doing perfect."

We all walked outside together, I took a deep breath and scanned my pack. I made sure everyone was here, including pups. I sighed in relief, we didn't lose anyone. I then began to explain everything to them, in which they hung onto my every word. After I was done they went to their rooms quietly, looking at the warriors that walked by them.

I tried explaining to them that Achilles' pack isn't aggressive, they won't murder them since they're part of their Luna's old pack. Even so, they continued to act alert and frightened around them. Except my warriors of course, they would only nod at them and even chat with them. I sighed in relief, at least they aren't arguing and threatening to yank each other's head off. Yes, my warriors have done that with a pack before.

"Ah, your warriors actually like the pack this time." Reese commented. "It's nice to not hear any threats of beheading each other."

Correction, it was this pack that they argued with. Great. Hopefully this goes by smoothly, but I knew it wasn't. I swallowed and walked back inside, needing to check on my mate.

Oh, Moon Goddess, please let this go over nicely.

I finished drinking my glass of water and placed it in the sink, I turned to see them both glaring at me still. I rolled my eyes and literally pushed them out of my way, smirking when they both groaned from smacking the wall.

"What was that for!?" Mona snapped.

I turned and narrowed my eyes, "You've been acting like a bitch this whole day so far, and you two decide to just glare at me for no reason. What the hell is your issue?"

"You are our issue! Goddess, you're always taking Ryan away from me and you're doing the same to Sierra! Do you have a thing for Gammas?" Mona barked.

I glowered at her, "No, I have a thing for my mate. Achilles. You know, the Alpha of this pack? I was talking to Jay because he was explaining something to me and Ryan is the one who searches me out to report back any problems. Since Achilles and I are fully mated I'm technically your Luna, Sierra, and I think you don't want to piss me off or get on my bad side. As for you, Mona, I've been your Alpha for a while now and I still am. My sister will become Luna of the pack and Henry will become Alpha once this is all over. However, I'm still your Alpha and I expect you to not treat me with such disrespect anymore. Your rudeness disgusts me, makes me ashamed to call you a packmember." I spat before walking away.

I walked upstairs to check on Achilles, being near him should calm me down. If not, then Mona and Sierra's mates better pray that my wolf doesn't decide to rip those she-wolves apart. I closed the door and sat beside Achilles' sleeping form, Melissa looked up and smiled softly.

"Are you okay?" she asked, getting up and checking me.

I sighed, "I hate Mona and Sierra, they're so...bitter."

"Tell me about it, if I could, I would kick Sierra out of the pack."

"I would, but then you have Jay who hasn't done anything wrong. Funny, I was telling myself a few minutes ago that I could careless if they have mates, I was going to make those two rogue. Now, I just feel guilty for even thinking that."

Melissa gave me a sympathetic look before sitting down, "I know how you feel. It'll eventually get better, once Achilles hears about Sierra's disrespect towards you she'll be punished for sure."

"Oh, hell yes, she will be." Achilles growled from under the blankets.

Both of us jumped, looking at him with wide eyes. He poked his head out from under the quilt before fully sitting up. He had gained a little color back, but he still looked sick.

"I'm going to have a word with that dog, she likes it or not." Achilles stated, anger evident in his tone.

I smiled softly and kissed him, "I know you will, but don't kill her. We don't need Jay going against us."

He chuckled, kissing me back. "I won't, but I do have some news for you."

Melissa suddenly grinned, her eyes bright. Before Achilles could even open his mouth she was already blurting it out. "My second chance mate is coming! Achilles agreed to meet him, since he never really did anything horrible to him."

I grinned and hugged them both, "Look at you, Achilles! You're finally gaining some consideration for other peoples' feelings!"

He scowled at me, "You're going to pay for that one."

"I have a few ideas on how I could..."

"Okay, no dirty talk while I'm here!" Melissa shrieked, looking at us with horror.

We both laughed, "Mom, could I have some alone time with my mate?"

"Of course! I'm going to take care of...um...someone."

"You're going to slap Sierra, aren't you?" Achilles questioned.

Melissa pursed her lips, "Maybe."

When she closed the door I laughed, "I like your mother."

"Good, she likes you too. Looks like she won't be that evil mother-in-law...more like the crazy one who will spoil her grandchildren."

I kissed him on the lips, gently grinding on him as I straddled his waist. "Now, only if you weren't sick I could allow you your revenge for that comment I made." I whispered.

I could feel his excitement as he looked at me with dark lust in his eyes. "Sweetheart, in case you haven't noticed, I'm a werewolf. I can handle this."

I grinned, "Prove it."