Touch

Leah Haner
Zacky Baker

Zacky sat at the kitchen table at Brian's, drinking a beer and watching the baseball game. He could hear Matt outside doing his usual nightly duties, which was just becoming comical. He was never going to get anywhere with Aubree if he kept going after her like a horny dog every night. Zacky sighed, taking a sip of his beer as he listened for Leah. No one knew it, but ever since Leah turned 15 and she started blossoming into a woman, Zacky started seeing her as more than just his little niece that he watched grow up. She was more than just the little girl he would babysit and give piggyback rides to. It was odd, but it just didn't seem weird anymore. He saw her so much differently. Zacky wanted to be with her. He loved her so much, since the day she was born, and it was slowly started to change into something else. Since Leah was seventeen now she was in heat. You could smell her estrogen levels from miles away. Her body was in search of a mate for her full transformation into a werewolf at eighteen. Zacky wanted to be that mate. So far he was doing a pretty good job at chasing away all of the stupid adolescent teenage boys who were coming to her window at night trying to get her attention. Zacky sighed heavily and shook his head, downing the rest of his beer. It wouldn't matter anyways, Brian would never approve of their relationship even if Leah decided she wanted it. Zacky was pretty scared of Brian, he pissed himself whenever he got raged at him. Unlike Matt, Zacky didn't have the pleasure of being mated at birth with one of the twins, so Zacky didn't have Brian's secret blessing. Which was all bull shit. Zacky grunted and got up, going into the kitchen to get another beer, shoving Johnny out of the way who was searching for food.

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Aubree had fallen asleep reading when she heard commotion outside her bedroom window. She already knew who it was so she honestly didn't even want to get up, especially when she heard his deep raspy voice. She hated super werewolf hearing sometimes. She'll never understand having to wait until she was 18 to fully be able to transform and change into a werewolf when she already got most of the perks of one before hand anyways, even if it did come in chunks. She'll also never understand the whole mating thing. She had to choose someone by her birthday and for some ungodly reason, Matt wanted her to choose him. Someone she considers her uncle. What really sucked was that she practically had no say because her father was all for it as soon as it was suggested one morning at breakfast by beef head. It was probably the weirdest and most uncomfortable thing she'd ever had to deal with. This was a man who changed her diapers, who helped her with her homework and scared away the monsters under her bed. Now all she did with him was fight and piss each other off because they couldn't be nice to one another due to the fact that he for some reason was good to be her mate and she just wanted to make her own decisions for once in her life. Aubree frowned when she heard another rock, groaning and hopping up. She flung the window open, glaring down intensely At Matt. "What do you want, asshole. Shouldn't you be out marking territory or some shit?" She spat, not in the mood for his little head games tonight

Leah stood in her doorway, listening to see if she could hear where her father and his friends were. She could hear the TV going, but she knew they were still in the kitchen, they always were. She just wanted a snack, but she didn't like going into the kitchen when there were people in there. It wasn't that she didn't like her father or her uncles, there were just times when she preferred not to interact with anyone. While she was binge watching Criminal Minds on Netflix was one of those times. She thought about going to bother Aubree to see if she might have food stashed in her room, but she could already hear Matt trapsing around outside Aubree's door and she didn't feel like messing with that. It was a little weird that their father was okay with Matt trying to be Aubree's mate when he was so much older than they were. And he was practically their uncle. But at least Aubree had someone who seemed interested in being her mate. Leah had been in heat for a year and a half now, and here soon she would be undergoing her full transformation into a werewolf. She didn't understand why hardly a single guy had come to her, trying to convince her to mate with him. It wasn't fair. They might be fraternal twins, but Leah felt that she was just as pretty as Aubree. Surely at least one boy was interested in being her mate.

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Matt stepped outside the door, ducking out of the light of Brian's front porch so that he could transform into a werewolf. Ever since Aubree had gone into heat, Matt had taken it upon herself to prowl around outside of her window, chasing away any stupid teenage boy who might try to seduce her. He was going to be Aubree's mate, it had been decided as soon as she was born. And Brian, her father, was perfectly okay with it, so these was nothing stopping Matt from pursuing her. Except for Aubree herself, of course. Matt could that the idea of being his mate made her uncomfortable, but the decision really wasn't hers. And he would have her whether she liked it or not. After patrolling the woods to make sure that no stupid boy would approach her window, Matt slipped close to the house, going up to Aubree's window. "Aubree," he called out softly, knowing she might be asleep. "Wake up sweetheart, come talk to me." Soon enough the window opened and Matt looked up to see Aubree glaring down at him. At her scathing comment, he made a face. "You are my territory," Matt hissed back. "Or perhaps you've forgotten that? It was decided as soon as you were born. When you're eighteen you're going to be my mate whether you like it or not. Even your dad is okay with it. So stop being so rude to me. I changed your diapers, I think I deserve a little civility."

Zacky could hear Leah at the top of the stairs, knowing she wanted to come down for something in the kitchen. That's usually the only thing she tip toed and waited for the longest time at the top of the stairs for. For some reason she hated it when all of the guys and her father were gathered downstairs. She always seemed uncomfortable and that made Zacky sad. He really wished she wouldn't be. He sighed, grabbing her favorite snack and a drink before leaving the kitchen and heading up the stairs. "It really doesn't make any sense why you don't want to be around us anymore, Leah. Especially me, your uncle Zee. I miss you, kiddo," he said with a pout, holding out the snack and drink he'd brought her as some sort of peace offering. Though he wasn't sure what sort of peace offering he was trying to make. Maybe he just wanted her to forgive him for whatever he may have done that caused her to not want to be around him anymore. Though the reason for that could be nothing a snack could fix. "You know I'm always here for you, right? If anything is upsetting you, you can always tell me. Nothing's changed," he said, frowning. Zacky rolled his eyes when he heard Aubree start screaming at Matt, groaning. "Except for that. That's changed."

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Aubree rolled her eyes, shaking her head. "I am not your territory, Matthew! Piss on me, sniff my ass, fucking markme for all I care, but I will never be yours, or your bitch," she yelled, getting fed up with this. She knew this was a pretty dangerous line she was playing on, since Matt did have a pretty short temper, but she didn't care. "You and dad can both suck it, honestly. You're just making up this mate at birth crap just so I'll take you. Leah didn't get one, how come? How come she didn't? Little sketchy don't you think?" She said, almost fully out of the window. She wanted to punch him in his beautiful face that's how irritated she was with him. "I was sleeping so good, Matthew. So fucking good, and then you had to go and ruin it. Jesus," she snapped, stepping back and slamming her window shut. That was enough rambling and nonsense for one night. She plopped down onto her bed, screaming into her pillow. Matt was just so fucking frustrating. Aubree didn't think she was ever going to be able to get over the fact that he used to change he diapers. She grew up seeing him as a father figure. Now they expected her to suddenly developed a whole new definition of feelings for this? It was just completely insane. She was never going to be able to wrap her head around the idea if fucking her uncle.

Leah was just about to turn around and go back to her room when she heard footsteps coming up the stairs. She looked down to see Zacky, carrying a bag of chips and a soda in his hands. She blushed slightly when he started to speak. She should've known that her aloofness would come off the wrong way. "It's not that I don't want to be around you guys anymore," Leah started, mumbling. She took the snack and drink from him. "It's just that I'm watching Netflix and you guys always want me to stay and talk and you know, I've got to get back and see who shot Garcia." Leah laughed awkwardly at her explanation, knowing it probably wasn't a very good one. She smiled at Zacky when he spoke again. "I know, uncle Zee," she said, using the old nickname she and Aubree had used for him when they were little, before they could say Zacky. Leah snickered when Aubree started screaming at Matt. It seemed like Matt would never get the hint that Aubree didn't want him as her mate. "Anyway, thanks for the snacks," Leah said. "You saved me from having to dig through my purse for some gum to tide me over."

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Matt's face drew up in a snarl as he stared at the once again closed window. If she thought he was just going to let things end there after she pissed him off, she was sadly mistaken. He stalked around to the front door, quickly transforming back to his human form. He bypassed the guys in the kitchen, stomping up the stairs to Aubree's bedroom. "If you think you're going to talk like to me like that and nothing's going to happen, you're way fucking wrong, little girl," he hissed as he stepped into her room. Matt closed the door and walked over to Aubree's bed, towering over her. "If you want to know why Leah didn't get a mate at birth, why don't you go ask the council? Because I'm sure she wants to know the same damn thing. And I'm sure your dad would be thrilled to hear you say he can 'suck it' for abiding by the council's decision about your mate. It's me, bottom line. Period, end of story. You can try and mate with someone else as much as you'd like, but it won't work. Your only choice is to take me as your mate. So I'll say it again, you are my territory."

Zacky sighed heavily, watching her every move. He smirked when he saw the blush creep up onto her cheeks, biting down on his bottom lip. He loved the way she looked when she blushed. "You have to take a break from your show marathons eventually. You do it for Aubree, you have to do it for your most favorite uncle too," he said, taking a step towards her. Zacky had been slowly making his advances towards her for a few weeks now. Especially since it was getting close to her birthday. Her and Aubree had two completely different smells when they were turned on, and Zacky could smell Leah quite often. He always had to refrain himself from running up to her room and pouncing on her. Zacky leaned against the wall, frowning when she was trying to run away already. "Well hold on there, tiger. I was thinking we could do a bit of quality time together." Zacky followed her to her room, shutting the door behind him so they could have a bit of privacey. He loved how timid and shy she was around him. Zacky knew that right now Leah was confused about everything coming up with her birthday and a mate, especially since no boys were openly coming after her. Little did she know Zacky was chasing them all off. He had do, or else she'd never consider him.

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Aubree growled when she heard Matt's heavy footsteps and angry mutteres coming up the stairs, sighing heavily when he came into her room. She stared up at him, a lazy, bored expression on her face. "I'm sure dad would love to hear what I said. I'm not a little girl, Matthew. I have a women's tits, a women's vagina, a women's ass, and believe it or not, uncle Matt, I've fooled around with a guy. I've sucked dick!" She screamed at him as she stood on her bed, getting up in his face. The whole sucking dick part was a total lie, she's only had one boyfriend and she was terrified to even make out with him. But you know what, he didn't know that. She just wanted to piss him off and get him out of her hair. "Aubree Marie Haner, what did I tell you about screaming in this fucking house? I've told you a million times over to be nice to Matt, you two need to stop," Her father said as he barged into her room. Aubree seethed, plopping down on her bed and crossing her arms over her chest. She was livid. She didn't know why Matt pissed her off so ducking much. Maybe because this was so awkward? Or maybe because with each passing day she noticed more things about him that a niece shouldn't? Who knows.

Leah was tense as she walked back to her room, hearing Zacky follow her. She just wanted to lay down in her bed and watch Criminal Minds until she couldn't keep her eyes open any longer, not be trapped in her bedroom with Zacky. The way he kept looking at her made her a little uncomfortable. It almost seemed like he was attracted to her. But he couldn't be. He was her uncle, she was his niece, it was so weird. But then again, their uncle Matt was slated to be Aubree's mate, so apparently it wasn't such a crazy idea. Leah sat down on her bed, jumping slightly when Zacky shut the door. She took note of which episode she was on before she shut her laptop and sat it aside, resting her hands on her knees as she stared at the floor. Leah had no idea what sort of quality time Zacky had in mind, since it wasn't exactly like they could play restaurant with her play-doh anymore. And more to that, she was sure her father wouldn't be happy to find them alone in her room, although with the shouting going on in Aubree's room, Leah was sure their father was too busy at the moment to worry about his other daughter.

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Matt's eyes betrayed his surprise for a second when Aubree screamed at him about sucking someone's dick, but he already knew that was a lie. She had a smell about her when she was turned on, one that Matt could smell from miles away. And never once did he smell it when she was off somewhere with the one boyfriend she'd ever had. In fact, Matt was pretty sure both Aubree and Leah were still virgins, which was fine with him. Matt wanted to be the one to take Aubree's innocence when he finally took her as his mate. Matt smirked when Brian barged into the room and started scolding Aubree for screaming. He always took Matt's side in these little altercations, because as HR leader of the pack, it was Brian's job to make sure they all followed the rules sent down by the council, and that included taking only the mate that was chosen for you. "Yes Aubree, you should be nice to your uncle Matt," Matt put in, smirking smugly at the girl sitting on the bed. "After all, I'll be your mate here someday very soon. So you should get used to me. And be nice."

Zacky watched Leah's every movement, leaning against the wall. He wasn't really sure what to say to her. He wanted to mention the whole mating thing, but how would he approach it? Would she handle if just as Aubree was handling it with Matt? Though that was sort of an entirely different situation, considering she was being forced into it. Zacky didn't want to exactly... force Leah. He wanted to strongly suggest that she be his mate, his bitch. "You know, Leah, you've grown up to be such a beautiful young woman, you know that? I'm so proud of you. Your birthday is coming up soon, you know. Have any boys caught your eye yet?" He asked, this territorial twinkle in his eye and this slight possessive tone in his voice that clearly said that he didn't like talking about her mating with stupid little boys. She needed a man. She needed him. Before Zacky could even get an answer though, Aubree ran into the room, rambling on about some nonsense before hiding behind Leah under the covers. Zacky smelled it a few seconds later and his eyes widened, instantly covering his nose. "Jesus Christ. Right, we'll finish our talk later, Leah. I mean it," he said as he walked out of her room, shaking his head. That was the last thing he wanted to smell was an aroused Aubree. That still kind of made him feel awkward and nauseous.

Aubree stared at both of the men in front of her like they had lost their absolutely ever loving minds. She watched her dad leave and she stood up, crossing her arms over her chest. "Is that what I'm supposed to moan in bed when you bend me over, hold me down by my neck, stick my ass up in the air and fuck me doggy style?" She asked as innocently as she could. "Oh, uncle Matt! Uncle Matt! Fuck, yes, Matthew!" She moaned as she felt back into her bed dramatically, giggling like crazy. She knew that teasing him like that would eventually end badly for her. But she liked seeing that little vein on his forehead bulge out from how furious and frustrated he got. Aubree heard a low growl and intense sniffing, and only then did she realize what happened. She ended up actually turning herself on by fake moaning his name. "Oh god," she mumbled, sitting up quickly and wishing like hell there was a way to make it go away. "Uh, shit," she cursed, running out of her room and barging into Leah's. "You gotta help me, hide me, anything," she said in a rush, giving Zacky an odd look as she hid herself under Leah's covers. "What the hell are you doing in here, it's girl time now, Uncle Zack. Go play with the boys," she said as she shooed him off, putting her bead back under the blanket.

When Zacky started to speak, Leah looked up from the floor. His words were only making her more uncomfortable. Why would he say something like that about her? He was her uncle. When he asked her if there were any boys that had caught her eye, Leah didn't miss the almost possessive tone in his voice and the strange twinkle in his green eyes. Now she was just confused. Why did he seem so upset with the idea of her finding a mate? Isn't that what she was supposed to do? Before Leah could answer, Aubree burst into the room, burrowing under the covers of Leah's bed. She didn't know what was going on, but judging by the awkward look on Zacky's face, Leah would wager a guess that she'd somehow gotten herself turned on. Luckily this seemed to be enough of a reason for Zacky to leave, and Leah was glad. The creeping suspicion that Zacky might want to mate with her was just weird, even if he was kind of attractive and...no. Leah couldn't think like that. "So what's going on now?" Leah asked, looking down at Aubree. "Why do I need you to hide you?" She was sure it had something to do with Matt, since she could still hear him grumbling down the hall. She could also hear him sniffing, which meant that Aubree had definitely somehow accidentally turned herself on and Matt was smelling it. Leah just hoped that he didn't try and come in here.

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Sometimes Aubree just didn't know when to shut up. And the more she talked, the angrier Matt became. The fake moaning was far past the line, and far braver than Matt would think Aubree would be with her father in the room, and Matt was ready to open his mouth and just let her have it, when a smell suddenly hit his nose. It was one of the most delicious smells he'd ever encountered, the smell that came from Aubree when she was turned on. Matt let out a low growl, wishing that Brian weren't actually here so he could just pounce on Aubree right here and right now. But suddenly she was gone, bolting out the room and presumably going to Leah's, since that's where she always went. "What the fuck is she doing, Brian?" Matt growled, pacing her room. "She seems to think that you and I are lying to her about me being her mate. Their birthday is in three months, and it doesn't seem like she's going to let me take her anytime soon." Without waiting for Brian to answer, Matt stormed down the hall to Leah's room, shoving open the door. "I know she's in here," he hissed. "Aubree, get the fuck out of that bed. We need to talk."

Zacky had been halfway down the hallway when he heard Matt storm out of Aubree's room and info Leah's, which instantly made him turn around and go back. He leaned against the door frame, crossing his arms over his chest as he watched the scene before him. Zacky knew Matt wouldn't dare do anything to Leah, which was why Aubree always went in there to hide. Zacky scrunched his nose up at the smell that just wouldn't fucking go away, putting his shirt over his nose. "Why don't you just mark her. Thats only if you can get close enough to her to even do that," he said with a snicker, earning a death glare from Brian. "Aubree, I'm really starting to lose my patience with you. You can't come running in here with your sister every time you go to far. This time you've definitely gone to far. You're grounded until further notice. No talking to Leah, no uncles, no friends, no electronics, Stone Age for you," Brian said, his tone ice cold. Zacky raised a brow, thinking that was a bit much. Zacky tilted his head to the side to get a better look at his little Leah, sighing softly. He hated how she was always caught in the middle of this. Aubree always had to run to her sister like she was going to save her. Zacky hated it really.

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Aubree sighed heavily. "I was trying to get him all riled up and piss him and dad off by fake moaning and being dramatic, but in the end I just ended up making matters worse and turning myself on full blast. This shit is so awkward and confusing, Leah. He's our uncle. I feel disgusting that sometimes i actually do look at him in a not so uncle way," she said softly, wincing when she heard Matt's booming voice in the room. She didn't want to come up from the covers. She didn't want to see his face, or the very obvious bulge in his pants that was probably there from her scent. She slowly peeled the covers back, sitting up. She looked him over slowly, wanting to laugh at how angry he was. He was pretty adorable when he was angry. Aubree gasped when Zacky said something about Marking her, shooting him the harshest glare ever. She didn't want Matt to have that power over her. It's bad enough that she was supposed to be his mate, but then marking her? Just him touching that mark would make her want to fuck in an instant and that's what he wants. No fucking way. "You're crazy. You're all crazy," she grumbled, looking down at her hands. She wished Leah could share her disgusting awkwardness with her. They've shared everything together but this and Aubree hated it. She gasped when her father said she was grounded, shaking her head. "You can't ground me from my sister! That's just nuts!" She said, on the verge of tears.

Leah frowned as she listened to Aubree. She was obviously uncomfortable with the idea of being mated to Matt. She didn't understand why the council had chosen someone who was practically their uncle to be her sister's mate, almost as often as she wondered why they hadn't chosen one for her at all. "Well I mean, he's not actually our uncle," Leah mumbled, hoping that might make Aubree feel better about having those sorts of thoughts about Matt. Before she could say anything else, Matt came into the room, demanding that Aubree speak to him, and then their dad was there, yelling at Aubree and telling her that she couldn't talk to Leah. "Yeah, you can't tell Aubree she can't talk to me just because she won't fuck Matt, that's not fair!" Leah shouted. Who was she supposed to hang out with if she couldn't talk to Aubree? She knew their dad was only doing that because Leah wasn't exactly the biggest fan of Marriage trying to mate with her sister and he was tired of it. A few minutes later, everyone was gone, with Aubree being banished to her own room, and Leah decided that she might as well return to her Netflix binge. She would have to talk to their dad tomorrow and see if she could convince him to at least lift the ban on the two girls talking.

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Matt raised an eyebrow at Zacky's comment. Mark her. Mark Aubree. Of course! Why hadn't he thought of that before? If he could manage to mark her, he would have all the control over her that he could ever want. And just a single touch to the mark would make Aubree want to mate with him without a single argument. Matt could tell by the look on Aubree's face that she absolutely detested the idea of being marked by Matt. He wanted to make her his, to make her his bitch like she was supposed to be. Matt smirked as he listened to Brian scold Aubree. If she wasn't allowed to talk to Leah, that would eliminate the little voice constantly in Aubree's ear, telling her that Matt trying to mate with her was weird. Eventually Brian forced Aubree to return to her own room and Matt followed her, shutting the door behind him. He knew Brian wouldn't care, since he was advocating for Matt to take Aubree as his mate, anyway. "It wouldn't be that hard for me to mark you, you know," Matt said, crossing his arms over his chest as he watched Aubree. "I'm so much bigger than you, and no one would stop me. Your dad is completely on board with everything, and none of the other guys are stupid enough to challenge him. So you might as well face the music, sweetheart. You will be my mate."

Zacky went downstairs to get another beer, wanting everything to clear out and most importantly air out before he went to finish his little talk with Leah. She was probably already trying to get back into her show and he didn't want her to get to far into it before he interrupted her. Zacky popped the top of his beer, taking a long swig of if before making his way back up to her room. He didn't even knock as he walked in, shutting the door behind him and sitting in the chair in the corner of her room. "So, lets finish our talk," he said, a small, tight lipped grin on his face. He had one hand on his knee while the other held his beer on his thigh. Zacky wanted to know about any boys that were trying to work their way into her life that shouldn't be. He's probably bribed and threaded more than half that were around here. Even though around a bitch's eighteenth birthday, showing territorial behavior and whatnot usually was something that drawled them in and turned them on. Zacky wasn't sure if that was going to work on Leah, but he'd try anyways. He wasn't her real uncle by blood, just another man that thought she was incredible and wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of his days with her and make her have his pups.

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Aubree laid on her stomach on her bed, burying her face in her pillow. He just wouldn't give up. "Our birthday isn't for another month. You can't even fuck me until then you stupid dick, you'll tear me apart," she said with a small sniffle as she began to cry. "Do you know how weird it is finding someone you've looked at as another father figure growing up attractive as all hell? Or waking up in the middle of the night with soaking wet panties because for some reason I had to have the most fucked up dream of you fucking me like the fucking fucked up animal you are," she said huffing. "Just mark me and get it over with, Sanders. It has to be done sooner or later anyways," she said after her little confession, turning her head in the other direction so that she didn't have to see him. Aubree couldn't help but want him. Deep down the wolf inside of her new that he was the one that was going to be her mate. She knew she was his, but for some reason Aubree didn't think he was hers. She needed to come to terms with it and slowly she was, he just pissed her off so much. Now thanks to him she couldn't even see her sister for god only knows how long and she was right next door. "How is this going to feel? Am I going to scream? I really don't want to embarsss myself in this house again."

It didn't take Leah all that much time to get back into her show, and when her bedroom door opened it nearly scared the crap out of her due to what was happening in the show she was watching. When she saw that it her uncle Zacky back again, Leah had to work hard to hide her discomfort. Why was he so insistent about talking to her? "Um, what was it you wanted to talk about again?" Leah asked, shutting her computer again with a sigh. But she knew what he wanted to talk about. He wanted to know if there were any boys trying to weasel their way into her life, since her eighteenth birthday was in only a month. But so far that hadn't been any, not in the year and a half since she'd gone into heat to prepare herself to take a mate. Until very lately, that is. Lately there had been a boy from her advanced biology class that had been trying to get close to her. But Leah didn't want to tell Zacky, because this was the first inkling of attention that she'd had since she'd turned sixteen and she didn't want to risk losing it. Her time was quickly running out to find a mate.

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Matt was only slightly surprised as he listened to Aubree's confessions. It was normal for a girl to have dreams about her mate, if one had been chosen for her, and the closer it got to her eighteenth birthday, the more explicit they usually became. It was mostly to get her used to the idea of mating with that particular man. "I'm not going to mark you now," Matt said after Aubree had fallen silent. "Because it's going to hurt. A lot. So yes, you'll probably scream. And I'm not sure how much you actually know about marking, but it's a very...sexual thing. And if I mark you, I'm going to want to mate with you. And you're right when you say I can't yet, not until your birthday. So it'll just have to wait. We'll have to be alone for a long time, because it does take awhile for the process to finish. But after that you'll be mine, just like you were supposed to be since the day you were born." Matt gave a smug smile before leaning down to press a kiss to the top of Aubree's head. Figuring that he'd done enough damage for one night, Matt headed back downstairs to the kitchen. As he passed by Leah's room, he could hear Zacky's voice inside and he almost wondered what the hell Zacky was doing in there, but then he realized that he didn't particularly care.

Zacky furrowed his brow as he just stared at her, wondering how she could have forgotten what they had talked about just a little under an hour ago. "Boys? None of them paying attention to you? Come on, Leah. This is important," he said, getting little snippy. He wanted answers. He wanted to know if any boys at school or around town were going after her that he didn't know about. He had to send them a little warning if they were. But if she wasn't going to tell him then he was just going to have to find out himself. One way or another he would, even if he had to prowl around her school in his wolf form and watch her himself. Not like he wasn't allowed to, he was just under Matt and Brian in the rankings in command. He could do what he wanted. Honestly following her around at school sounded like a brilliant idea. "If you won't tell me, Leah, I'll just have to follow you around everywhere. I don't think you'd want that, would you?" He asked, a sly smirk making its way onto his face. He couldn't help but act this way towards her. His wolf wanted her and he wanted her bad. Ever since she hit sixteen he sniffed her out and wanted to claim her as his. Zacky had even broken up with his long time girlfriend just for that reason. Now that it was getting closer to Leah's birthday, it was getting harder for him to control himself. He needed to figure out a way to make her his.

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Aubree furrowed her brow as she listened to him, biting down on the corner of her pillow. She had heard that it kind of hurt, but not as much as Matt had been describing it. She snuffled a little more and wiped the tears away that fell, wanting to just punch him in his overly active dick. Why couldn't he just leave her alone for a few days. This was just a never ending nightly thing. Aubree shivered at the thought of the ongoing process of being marked, wondering how long it would really take and if it would be painful the whole time. She was so clueless when it came to everything that was supposed to happen between now, her birthday, and even after that. She knew nothing about marking or mating. Whenever she asked her dad he just got awkward and silent. Her and Leah both were so in the dark since they didn't have their mom to talk to about anything. Aubree felt Matt's lips on the top of her head before his heavy footsteps leave her room. She sat up, taking her pillow and throwing it against the door just as he was closing it. "Fuckface!" She yelled, sighing heavily and flopping back on her bed to stare up and the ceiling. She just wanted to go to her and Leah's special thinking spot. She wanted to grab her sister, drag her away from Criminal Minds and just run. Sit on the top of the rocks and stare at the stars before they sniffed them out and found them.

Leah shrunk back a little at Zacky's snippy tone of voice. She didn't really think it was any of Zacky's business if there were boys paying attention to her. Why did he care, anyway? Surely he wanted her to find a mate, since her birthday was so quickly approaching? Unless...he wanted to be her mate? No, he couldn't. He was practically her uncle, which was the same situation Aubree was in with Matt, but Matt had been chosen for her. Zacky hadn't been chosen for Leah, as far as she knew. But as strange as it made her feel, Leah did think that Zacky was an attractive man. Especially his eyes, which sometimes Leah thought could see down to her soul. But she didn't know how she felt about being his mate, being marked by him, having his pups. It was all too much to think about right now. Leah's eyes widened when Zacky said that he would follow her around school. She shook her head. "No, don't do that," Leah said. "There aren't any boys, there haven't ever been any boys. I'm turning eighteen in a month, and I don't think I'm going to find a mate in time." Leah didn't feel right lying to Zacky, but she just had this sneaking suspicion that if she told him about the boy from her school, that attention would disappear.

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Matt chuckled to himself when he heard Aubree's pillow hit her closed bedroom door. It made him feel so smug to know that he pissed her off so much. He hoped things would change once they were actually mated, but he doubted it. Matt headed down to the kitchen where everyone except for Zacky was congregated, grabbing a beer from the fridge and taking a seat next to Brian. He wondered if his friend knew that Zacky was upstairs in his other daughter's room, doing God knows what, but Matt decided it was best to keep his mouth shut about it. "So Aubree asked if I would mark her," Matt said softly to Brian. It wasn't actually necessary to mark a bitch when you mated with her, but most males did it anyway, as a way to mark their territory and to easily convince their bitch to want to mate and eventually have their pups. It wasn't uncommon for a bitch to have her first pup within a year of being mated, and Matt hoped that things would be no different with Aubree. He wasn't sure how she felt about having pups, but he didn't particularly care. He wanted them, and she was going to have them whether she liked it or not.

Zacky's leg began to bounce in what he assumed was frustration. He knew she was lying. He could tell in her voice and how scared she was. But he wasn't going to push it. He'd just show up to school unannounced on Monday and maybe he'd bring Matt with him as back up so she'd think he was only there because Matt was watching Aubree. Which really he wouldn't give up an opportunity for that in a heart beat, Zacky just needed to come up with a slick way to suggest going on Monday in their wolf form to watch them and Matt not expect something was really up with Zacky. "You're going to find a mate, Leah. You're an absolutely gorgeous, deliciously wonderful woman. I can only imagine how you're going to be once you become a full fledge werewolf," Zacky said in a low, silky voice. He drummed his fingers along his thigh, his eyes never leaving hers as he thought about what else he wanted to say. He knew he wasn't going to get a full honest answer out of her though, so he might as well just give up for the night. He just needed to find the boys himself and work on trying to make her his before they got the chance to. Zacky sighed heavily as he stood up, walking over to her and placing a soft kiss oh her forehead. "Good night my little sunshine. Get some sleep and don't stay up watching Criminal Minds all night," he said with a smirk as he walked towards her door, giving her a wink before he closed it. Zacky sighed heavily as he made his way down the stairs and back to the kitchen, throwing away his hot beef and getting himself a fresh, cold one. Zacky looked around before finding himself a seat. If was like no one knew how the hell to go home around here.

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Aubree heard more footsteps decend down the hall and down the stairs, making her wonder if her sister was finally alone now. She got up, pressing her ear against the wall and letting outa small giggle when she heard her show start back up. She was seriously going to murder someone tonight with how many times she's been getting interrupted, but hey, it was totally Aubree's job for that. Everyone else could fuck off. She walked over to the corner of her room, pushing aside a cloth wall covering and opening a small door that lead right into Leah's room. She smirked as she poked her head through, noticing that her sister was way to into the show to notice that she was coming through. Aubree crawled into the floor over to the bed, slowly rising up behind her before she pounced, laughing like a completely fucking maniac. "Boo!" She yelled, catching her latop before it fell, gently setting it into the floor. Aubree couldn't help herself as she curled up into a ball laughing at the way Leah reacted, finding totally priceless. She didn't even care how loud she had screamed or if she would get in trouble from it, that was the best. "Oh that was great, so worth it," she laughed as she began to calm down. "So, the reason why I came in here was because I was wondering if you wanted to take our secret stash of booze and go to our favorite secret spot. It's not that late at night yet. You can't keep watching Criminal Minds until you rot. You have to come have sisterly bonding fine with me and talk about how much it sucks being us," she said, giving her the best sad puppy eyes she could muster.

Leah swore that her face was going to go up in flames as Zacky spoke. The tone of his voice and the way he looked at her made her uncomfortable, but not as much as it should have. She wondered how her father would react to knowing that Zacky was trying to take his other daughter as his mate. Matt was only allowed to court Aubree because the council had chosen him as her mate. But Leah didn't even know if Zacky actually wanted to take her as his mate, or if he was just being overly friendly. Soon enough, Zacky was gone and Leah reached for her laptop again, getting so into her show that she hardly noticed Aubree sneaking in through their secret passage. "Jesus fucking Christ Aubree, you scared the shit out of me!" Leah hissed, shutting her laptop. She might as well give up on watching her show, since everyone seemed to want to interrupt her. When Aubree suggested that they take their secret stash of booze out to their secret spot, Leah nodded eagerly. It had been too long since they'd done that. "Yeah, let's go," Leah said, getting up to grab her jacket. "And just so you know, I can watch Criminal Minds until I rot, if everyone would stop fucking interrupting me." Leah went to the back of her closet where she kept her alcohol, grabbing the half empty bottle of vodka and wiggling it at Aubree. "Let's get the fuck out of here before Matt, Dad, or Zacky come back to check on us or some shit," Leah said, going over to open her window. She wondered if she should tell Aubree about what was going on with their uncle Zacky, or if her sister was already too overwhelmed with Uncle Matt.

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"Well go ahead and mark her, then," Brian grumbled, taking a sip of his beer. "Maybe then she'll stop arguing about you being her mate."

"You know I can't, not until she turns eighteen," Matt replied. "Her body isn't ready to mate yet, and if I mark her, I'll want to mate with her. But I'll definitely do it as soon as soon as she's ready. Just think Brian, this time next year you'll probably have at least one little grandpup to hold in your arms." At this, Brian gave his eyes a roll, but the slight grin on his face told Matt that his friend was actually probably looking forward to being a grandfather, even if outwardly, he didn't even look thirty. Matt was equally excited about becoming a father, especially to pups that Aubree would bear. He'd always loved her, even if at first it was as a father figure. But once she'd turned fifteen and started becoming a woman, his feelings had changed. He'd started to see her as his future mate, his bitch. And then she'd turned sixteen and gone into heat and Matt just wanted her more than anything, and the next month leading to her eighteenth birthday would surely be the longest of his life. Matt glanced up when he saw Zacky coming back down the stairs, smirking slightly when he noticed the look of frustration on the other man's face. "What crawled up your ass, Zack?" Matt joked.

Zacky hadn't even been paying attention to the conversation until he heard his name being spoken, looking up. He let out another long sigh, playing with the bottle cap on the table. "Something's up with the girls at school. I just know it. I know it's the only place that they get to go that they get privacey and all, but there's a lot of boys there to that just makes me worried," he said, spinning the bottle cap around on the table. "I just think we should do a little check in on Monday at school, prowl around in our wolf forms. What do you think, Matt?" He asked as he took a long swig of his beer. Zacky was almost positive that Matt wouldn't pass up this opportunity to be up Aubree's ass all day and see what she did at school. Plus, with Matt there, Zacky had a better chance of not getting kicked out since he was a higher rank thank Zacky was in the pack. "You two are just absolutely insane. You should leave the poor girls alone and let them live how they want to," Jimmy said from on top of the counter as he played cards with Johnny. Zacky rolled his eyes and shook his head. Not everyone could easily get a mate as easily as Jimmy got his. He got his practically handed to him like Matt, but Jimmy had absolutely no problems. That thought alone made his blood boi. "Shut up, James," Zacky snapped, adjusting himself in his seat. "Either way, Matt, If you come, you come. If you don't then you don't." Zacky was just a little worried that they were going to be a. If skeptical about his real motives here.

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Aubree snickered when she said that she could rot watch Criminal Minds if she wanted to, shaking her head. Not if Aubree had anything to do with it. Her eyes lit up and she smiled bright when Leah agreed to get their booze and go to their spot, going back to her room to get her bottle of stuff and her jacket, shutting off the light and locking the door before making her way back into Leah's room. "Alright, let's do this," she said, super pumped. Sneaking out was one of her favorite things to do really. Aubree watched Leah's jump down from the window first before she followed suit, not being able to help herself as she squealed a bit. "That's always just so thrilling. I'll never be able to get over the fact that we can do that," she said with a laugh. Perks of being a werewolf, you got to jump from high places without getting hurt. You could also jump to very high places. Aubree took one more look at the house before she took off running towards the woods, to their secret spot. She couldn't wait to see the view and smell the fresh, clean, crisp air. Once Aubree got there she sat down on their favorite rock, trying to catch her breath from all that running. She took a sip of her water, looking over the breath taking view. If was practically all trees beside the few lands that were cleared for houses and farms. Aubree pulled out her alcohol, opening the top and taking a nice drink of it before setting it beside her so that her and Leah could share, since they did bring two different things. "So, how come Zacky had been held up in room with your door closed twice tonight?" She asked as she raised a brow, looking over at her sister.

Leah waited for Aubree to come back before she locked her bedroom door and went back to the window, jumping down and landing silently on her feet. Man, she loved being a werewolf sometimes. Tucking her vodka underneath her arm, Leah took off at a run after Aubree, stopping when they'd reached their spot and resting her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath. She went over to sit next to Aubree, stealing her water for a second before she opened up her bottle of vodka. At the mention of Zacky, Leah raised the bottle to her lips and took a big swig. Too big, as it turned out, and she sputtered on it a little. "I think he wants to be my mate, Aubree," Leah said softly, the confession feeling weird as it slipped off her tongue. "I mean, he kept asking me if there were any boys that had caught my eye or were paying attention to me. I lied and told him no, even though I'm sure Ryan Savetti is going to ask me out. And when I told him that I didn't think I was going to find a mate in time for our birthday, he said I was an 'absolutely gorgeous, deliciously wonderful' woman and just, the tone of his voice...Aubree, I really think he wants to mate with me and it's weird. I mean, honestly you know that already. But here's the weirder part. I mean, yeah, the idea of being uncle Zacky's mate makes me a little uncomfortable. But only a little."

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Matt sat back, taking a sip of his beer, perking up at Zacky's words. He knew the girls deserved the privacy they had at school, but Zacky was right. There were too many horny little boys crawling around that school, and he'd be damned if he let one of them steal his mate away from him. "I say let's do it," Matt said. He had no idea why Zacky was so concerned with Leah, but as long as he had an excuse to be up Aubree's ass all day, he was going to take it. When Jimmy spoke up, Matt turned a harsh glare on him. "Shut the fuck up, Jim," he growled. "Some of us have to work to get our mates, unlike you. Even though I shouldn't have to work for Aubree, since she was chosen for me by the council. But she just had to be a stubborn little shit, just like her dad." Brian raised his middle finger in the air at Matt, and Matt just laughed. Brian had raised the two girls alone, so without the influence of their mother, Aubree had turned out just like him personality-wise. Stubborn as shit with a sarcastic streak a mile wide. The fake moaning she'd done earlier was proof enough of that. "Anyway, like I said, Zack, I'm in," Matt reiterated. "I saw we head to the school around seven, so we can see when the girls get there?" It wouldn't be the first time that either one of the girls had skipped school, so Matt just wanted to make sure that they were actually there before he wasted his day prowling the woods in his wolf form.

Zacky nodded, taking one last sip of his beer before he was pretty much done with it. He just wasn't in the mood anymore. "Sounds good to me. What's today? I don't even know what fucking day of the week it is," he groaned, running a hand down his face. Zacky could never keep up with time anymore. He just didn't care. All he care about was the twins' fast approaching birthday and Leah's mate, him claiming that spot. He was going to do everything he could to make that happen. She may act uncomfortable and awkward on the outside but on the inside he knew she wasn't. He knew that she secretly found him attractive. That's why he needdd to go after her and fast, because the closer he got to their birthday, the harder it was going to be for him. Zacky got up, pouring the rest of his beer out before throwing away the bottle. "I don't pay attention enough to them in the mornings to even know their routine is like. My sleep is way too important to want to even get up that early anyways," he said, almost sounding as a whine. Zacky loved his sleep. He hated mornings with a. Deep burning passion. At least it wasn't winter anymore and it was almost the end of spring, so the mornings were warmer so it was a lot easier than usual to get lit of bed.

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Aubree took a sip from the bottle, pulling her knees up to her chest. She almost slid off the rock though in surprise at was Leah told her, looking at her with wide eyes. "Zacky? Uncle Zacky? Uncle Zee? Wow. Oh my god," she said as she ran her fingers through her hair. Aubree thought she had noticed something off about him lately, especially when he was around Leah. He almost had the sam air as Matt, but copying Matt was hard to do because he was just unexplainable. "You think it's weird but you're not... that weirded out by it?" She asked, furrowing he eyebrows together. Aubree felt like Leah wouldn't mind Zacky being her mate. She smirked, taking another sip of her vodka, letting out a smal giggle. "So you're saying that if he say he wanted to pin you down, mark you, and claim you as his mate you wouldn't really mind so much?" Aubree asked, raising a brow. It kind of all made sense now. How could Leah absolutely not have any willing males lined up every five seconds wanting to mate with her? Aubree never saw them but she knew she did, Matt just scared fhem shitless and made them run away. What if Zacky was doing the same thing to all of Leah's possible Mates?