Life Used To Be So Simple.... <3

She nodded. "Yes, I will."
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Alexander bowed his head and he shut the door when he left, before he looked at the girl who suddenly hugged him.

Jean-Claude nodded before focusing back on Lloyd.

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Adam went back to join Michael, resting his hand on the back of Michael's neck again. "It'll be okay. You have Fraser tomorrow."

Michael flinched gently and Adam tightened his hand. "Its fine."

Alexander gently kissed her lips. "Come, let's go for a walk."
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Lloyd had literally devoured the plate of bred and his food.

Adam moved away to serve another person as Michael rest his elbows on the counter, pressing his face to his hands and combing his fingers through his hair. He was incredibly tense, and his shoulder blades and bumps of his spine were visible through his shirt, suggesting he was on the skinny side.

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"Are you ready to try baking Lloyd?" Jean-Claude called quietly.

"Don't I at least get a hello after 5 years?" Alexander asked him.
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Lloyd nodded and took his dishes to the sink.

((gotta go))

Michael tensed up suddenly and violently, losing his balance on the counter as his elbow slipped off the edge. Adam was immediately there, gripping the back of his neck tightly, dragging Michael back so he didn't hit his head off of the counter. With his grip, he forced Michael to meet his eyes and Michael cowered, gaze flickering to the side in a frightened fashion as Adam said something to him in an angry tone of voice, eyes light in colour again.

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Jean-Claude watched him with a soft smile. "Good boy."

((Byee))

"Sorry." Alexander told him, as he and the girl left.
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Lloyd smiled at him.

Michael jerked his head up, as if trying to see Alexander from where he was, eyes wide and pupils incredibly large. Adam tightened his grip on Michael's neck, but he was still trying to catch sight of Alexander.

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"Come on. Lets have mommy teach us how to bake, hmm?"

Coraline smiled slightly watching them and she showed them how to bake a cake.
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Alexander and the girl walked around town for a bit.

Jean-Claude watched from a distance, so Lloyd could see better.

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When he was sure Michael wasn't calming down, Adam pulled him towards the back door and pushed him towards the stable, almost choking him with the grip on his neck.

Alexander and the girl were by the stables with the horses from their carriage and Alexander was watching the girl who was stroing one of the horses.
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Once the cake was baking she walked to Jean-Claude.

Adam pushed Michael into an empty stable onto his knees, closing the door behind him before he twisted to face him. Michael was cowering, barely breathing through fear. Adam crouched to his level, shushing him gently, before he backhanded him across the face and gripped his chin. "You are Omega. You watch and you listen. You don't even look at someone without my permission, let along look for someone. Do you understand?"

Michael nodded jerkily and Adam ruffled his hair gently, kissing his forehead. "Eliza trusted me to look after you. You have to let me do my job or I can't be a good Alpha, okay?" He moved his hand to cup Michael's face. "I don't want to have to hurt you." He pressed his thumb against the bruise that was forming on Michael's cheek.

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"How long is going to take to bake?" Jean-Claude slipped an arm around her waist.

"Not too long."
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The girl looked at Alexander. "Alexander, I would like to meet this Michael who you have talked so much about." She smiled at him.

Alexander looked at her. "I don't think that would be possible, he has a pack now Anita."

Jean-Claude nodded quietly.

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Adam sat beside him, tugging him against his side. "I thought you understood he didn't want you, Michael. And now, because of him, Eliza had to lock your human up, didn't she? You can't even find another mate because of him, because of your mistake. Shh, shh..." Michael had started whimpering pathetically, and Adam started rubbing his side gently.

"But it would have been nice to meet him." She sighed.

"Why? To see if you will like him better than me?"

"Come on. Lets go back inside." Adam pulled Michael to his feet and tugged him out of the stable, freezing almost immediately at seeing Alexander and his girl, promptly pushing Michael's face into his shoulder to stifle him, so he couldn't see or scent Alexander.

"Of course not." She told him. "I love you and only you."

"And you know that I love you to." He looked over at Michael and Adam. "He knows I'm here Adam. Let me talk to him for a few minutes."

Adam just bared his teeth, herding Michael away. His eyes were almost white with how close his wolf was to the surface, hand fisted in Michael's hair as he almost suffocated him against his shoulder.

The girl stayed close as she heard the noises, obviously a new vampre.

Adam shifted his arm around Michael's head to cover his ears as well as keeping him pressed to his shoulder. "You all but broke him and you think he wants to see you again? He's just wolf now because he was so in love with you he couldn't function when he came back and Eliza had to lock him up. You think he wants to see you when you come here with a new mistress? There're kinder ways to kill him." Adam bared his teeth in a fiercer snarl, free hand flexing at his side.

"I didn't want to leave him, but I couldn't trust him." Alexander told him.

"He trusted you implicitly with his life. He didn't want you hurt, he didn't want you worried and the only reason why he stayed quiet was because when wolves show weakness, Omega's especially, they're is the deep inset fear they'll be violently attacked." Adam snorted. "I'm glad you chose to hate him. You didn't deserve an Omega. If I were you, I'd leave. I'll tell Eliza you've left and even pay your fee, so go. He doesn't need you. We don't want to pick up your mess any more."

"You can't exactly make us leave." Alexander told him.

"Leave him alone." The girl told Adam.

"If I have to make you leave I will. I doubt you can hold your own against an entire pack." Michael was starting to struggle to breathe against his shoulder but Adam simply tightened his grip.

"I can end the entire town if I wanted to, so I will be able to take down a little pack."