His Dominant Omega by Jarrett, J. (best books for 20 year olds .TXT) 📗

“I’ve haven’t got the faintest clue as to what’s going on out here, but someone better start explaining and fast.” Devon’s booming voice echoed in the backyard.

“We’re sorry for coming unannounced, Alpha,” Jake spoke up and dipped his head down to rest his chin against his chest. It was a show of respect without baring their throat to another alpha. Cole remembered his father teaching them that when they were just kids.

“Okay.” Devon looked at him, and Cole shook his head, indicating he didn’t know why they were there. “Why don’t we take this inside?”

Josef grabbed Cole’s hand and led him up the steps to the back door. Jake and Josh followed behind him. Devon held the door open, and when Josh went to pass by, Devon let out a hard curse.

“What the fuck is Jensen doing here?” Devon shouted.

“My truck wouldn’t start, and he gave me a ride home. He was coming in to say hi to everyone when the twin wonders over here shifted right in front of his eyes.”

“Hey,” Jake snapped. “You can’t blame us for that. We had to come here. We need our brother’s help.”

With all the commotion Cole pushed aside his brother’s words about his father being missing. Now it was time to face the music and see what needed to be done to find the old man.

Cole led Josh to a nearby couch to lay Jensen down on. Viktor ran upstairs to grab Josh and Jake some pants. Cole could tell Viktor and Devon didn’t like that their mates were getting an eyeful of his naked brothers. Viktor came running back down the stairs and tossed them some shorts, and his brothers quickly pulled them on.

Josef sat down on the opposite couch then tugged on Cole’s hand to sit next to him. Everyone else took a seat, and he looked over to Josh when he saw his brother sit down on the floor in front of Jensen. He found his brother’s reaction to Jensen curious, but now wasn’t the time to decipher the connection between the two.

“You said Father was missing. What happened to him?” Cole got the conversation rolling. Josh looked at him then darted his eyes in Devon’s direction. “Josh, you guys can speak in front of Devon. This is my new pack. They all are like family to me.”

Josh gave a stiff nod. “All right then.” Josh rubbed his hands together. “Jake and I went for a run. Father was going off on one of his tirades again, and we needed some space from the man before we lost our fucking minds. We were heading back when we saw the smoke. Jake and I pushed paw to ground and ran faster than we knew was even possible. The closer we got the smoke rolled in black waves all around us. Our house was engulfed in flames. It didn’t even resemble a house anymore. It looked like a dancing demon blowing in the wind.”

“Oh God no,” Cole mumbled as he moved forward to sit on the edge of the couch cushion. His childhood home was gone. What memories of his mother he had were all surrounded by that house. A tear streaked down his cheek at the thought of never seeing it again.

“Was it an accident?” Josef asked when Cole couldn’t speak.

“It was no accident.” Josh punched his fist into his other palm. “Remember that other alpha we told you about?” he asked Cole, and he gave a short nod. “It was him along with some of our pack members. They were carrying Father off. He was unconscious.”

“Why didn’t you attack?” Viktor asked.

“Because by the time we reached the house they had already piled into their cars and driving off. The smoke was so thick we could barely breathe.” Cole saw the defeated look in his brother’s eyes.

The room grew quiet. Cole didn’t know about everybody else, but he couldn’t wrap his brain around his larger-than-life father being taken by surprise or that any of the loyal pack members he’d grown up with would turn on their alpha.

* * * *

Devon sat back and thought about what Josh and Jake had just told him. He didn’t know a lot about Cole’s home life before he came to live with them, but from what Josef said Cole’s father was domineering and demanding of his sons and pack members. But to have his own pack members turn on him, the man must have been a real piece of work.

“Do you know the name of the man, this alpha responsible for this?”

“His name is Drake and don’t bother asking for a last name. We never got one,” Josh answered none too kindly.

The man had a chip on his shoulder as big as a boulder. Josh’s attitude was grating on Devon’s last nerve. He understood the man must be overwhelmed with worry for his dad, but all Devon wanted to do was help.

“I suggest if you’re going to want our help, you lose the attitude and cooperate.” He kept his voice calm.

“We never asked for your help.” Josh jumped to his feet.

“Maybe not but you two can’t do this on your own.”

“Two?” Josh let out a bitter chuckle. “There’re three of us.”

“That’s where you are wrong.” Devon glanced over to where Cole sat. His head was down, and he looked a little pale. “Cole is a part of my pack now, and I won’t allow him to go off on a suicide mission.”

“I second that,” Josef said. “I know it’s your father, but I can’t just let Cole go off like that. It’s too dangerous.”

“You think we would put our own brother in danger? We love