PETER’S P. O. V.
I can tell that Victor is irritated with Benson, but there isn’t anything we can do about his incompetence except to train his wolves. I can also tell that Victor would rather be with Olivia than here. Hell I would too. Olivia is much better company than these idiots who don’t see a fight right in front of their face. I can’t believe how inadequate Benson’s wolves are. There is no way they would be prepared for an attack. I will also have to double check these abilities that he says his warriors have. I have no doubt that he is trying to over sell them.
Victor is already ushering us back to the hospital. I have been working on my list of all of my wolves. I think Victor has been too. I will continue to work on it at the hospital with Benjamin. “Hey Victor, are you going to call in your Beta to help you with this work?”
“Yeah, I have to call in Aaron. Without one of our gamma’s we are going to need to pull together to close the gap. I know Aaron knows the level of the wolves better than me. I mean I sit in on training, but Aaron has a pretty good memory as to who has what skills. We can still work at the hospital too.”
Victor doesn’t want to leave Olivia alone. I can tell he will do anything that he can there at the hospital. “I will leave you to watch Olivia while Benjamin and I go and meet with our Gammas. We will be back as soon as we can. I know Olivia can help you with your list too. You know that she is very observant and pays attention to those around her.”
“Yeah, she will be very helpful in the absence of that psycho. Actually I think she would still be better even if he was still around. He wasn’t very good at his job. I don’t know why we kept him. Maybe it was his father.”
“Is his father still around? Maybe you could use his expertise?”
“No, he passed about the time the rumors about Olivia started. Probably what sent him over the edge. Or maybe his father is the one who reigned him in.”
“Whatever it was, we may never know. So, you have the hospital covered though right?”
“Yeah, with Aaron around I will be able to focus on more around me. Aaron is pretty observant. I might be lost if it wasn’t for him, really he sees it all. He’s a really quiet guy though. I think he’s a lot like Benjamin. Only I think Benjamin talks more.”
“Now, that is saying something. Benjamin hardly ever talks unless it’s to Olivia. He talks to her. I mean he’s my best friend but I swear he talks more to Olivia than he ever has with me. She is magic.”
“In more ways than one.” He smirks at me.
“Why did you pull away from her?” Something I have wanted to ask for a while now. He obviously has loved her for quite some time, it makes no sense for him to pull away from her.
“Stupidity. I listened to my father say that she wasn’t allowed to be my Luna and I believed him when he said it would be better if she wasn’t my friend. So major stupidity. I should have just done what I wanted to do with her since we were kids. Make her mine. If I would have kissed her instead of pushing her away we would be looking at something totally different.” He looks like he is silently berating himself.
“Well at least you’ve seen it before it’s too late. I just hope you don’t pull away again when your father finds out about her.” I know this is rude, but I have to think about Olivia and not Victor right now.
“I told my father to shove it and that I want her to be my Luna. Granted he hasn’t said a word to me since, maybe I should have said it sooner.” He half laughs but I can tell that his feelings are still a bit hurt.
“How exactly is that going to work with her being my Luna and yours. I don’t think that is possible?”
“I am not so sure. Maybe some sort of other alliance. I don’t know but I know one thing: I am not giving her up for anything.” He almost sounded like he was challenging me, but for her I guess we both are. I won’t let it bother me.
“Well, I’m not either. We will have to figure that out next I guess. After the war. For now she is Luna of both.”
“I agree. Although sharing her is not sitting well with my possessiveness, I am learning to deal. For her anyway.”
“Alpha blood. Gotta love it. It makes you crazy sometimes.”
“Although I don’t think that Benjamin is having any better time sharing her. I think he is going just as crazy as we are. I am not so sure that Olivia is going to like this much longer either. She might wind up choosing someone.”
“Yeah, like I said we will cross that bridge after the war. For now I just want to be around her. I will take what I can get. I won’t push for an answer yet.”
“I won’t either. I know this is going to be hard for her. She needs to have some time to figure it all out.”
“Maybe for now we can work on some sort of schedule so that we each get time with her and she still has some space. I don’t know, it just seems crazy for all of us to take up all her time.”
“We could each pick a day and then give her one day to herself and that day we will just take turns making sure she’s safe but allowed space. I mean we could work that for now.” Victor suggested.
“Yeah, let’s work it out with Benjamin at the hospital before we split. While she is in the hospital we are just going to trade off while we are needed. Because there is a lot going on but we need to make sure that she is safe first and foremost.”
“Agreed. Are we almost there? I swear it feels like this is taking forever.”
“Just cause you are in a hurry to get back to her.”
“Yeah maybe you’re right.”
BENJAMIN’S P. O. V.
I don’t know what the hell I am doing anymore. All I think about is her. I want to touch her as often as I can. I don’t know how this bond can be so strong and still have to share it with those two. Don’t get me wrong I love Peter like a brother, but I would ditch him in a heartbeat for Olivia. She listens in a way that no one ever did. To think of all the things that she has had to endure because of fucking Hector it makes my skin crawl. I want to rip him apart. Too bad I already did that.
I am watching Olivia sleep now. I just want to be curled up in her arms. I can’t believe how mean I was to her that first day. I could kick myself in the ass. I could have really hurt her. I was so pissed, I broke my hand. Now I look back and I deserved it. I should never have touched her in that way. She is amazing and deserves to be taken care of and not abused. Unfortunately every man in her life has abused her at some point. Even Peter and I, although it was short lived.
How could someone so perfect be dealt the shittiest hand? I mean what did she do to the world for them to turn their back on her? Nothing that is what. She should be classified as a saint for having to put up with all this bullshit. I promise I will make it all up to her, if it is the last thing I do.
Peter mind-links me. “Hey, meet me in the waiting room. We need to discuss something with you.”
I grumble to myself. I would rather stay here with her. I guess it is best to let her sleep.
I head to the waiting room making sure not to make a noise when I leave so that Olivia can stay asleep. I see them there waiting by a table with papers in hand. “What do we need to talk about?”
Peter answers. “First off you and I are going to be leaving to set up the teams that we need for training. Second, Victor and I thought that we should make a schedule on who is with Olivia while she is in the hospital and separate days when she is out. She needs her space too, so a day alone. We are going to make a schedule before we leave.”
“We are going to schedule days with her? Seems crazy. How is this going to work? I mean she isn’t a toy.” I can barely hold my temper. It can’t be that I wouldn’t get to see her for two whole days while these two get their turns. I would go nuts. Not that isn’t it. It’s for Olivia’s sake.
Victor sighs. “I know she isn’t a toy but it is the only thing that we could think of where we are not at each other’s necks all the time. We are all too possessive. She is going to need space and with there being three of us that leaves her one day a week where she will be alone. We can take turns protecting her, but she needs time. If we don’t give her that, she may very well reject us all.”
I can see that. She seems overwhelmed with all of this. She might reject us all if we don’t make this work. “Fine, I call Friday and Tuesday.”
Peter looks at me shocked that I would call the first days. “OK, I guess. I call Monday and Thursday.”
“That leaves me with Saturday and Wednesday. She will have Sunday to herself.” Victor seems pleased. Then I realized why. Saturday Olivia doesn’t have classes. He gets the whole day with her. Shit why didn’t I think of that. It’s too late now.
“Alright we better get this schedule set up for training. War first then we can deal with this mate business. I still want to come back and tell Olivia goodnight before we turn in. I hope she is awake by then.” I head out with Peter in tow. I wish I could just stay here. I don’t know why we have to leave and Victor gets to stay behind with her. He doesn’t deserve her. I will remind him of that as often as I can.
“You seem grumpier than usual, what’s up?” Peter punches my shoulder.
“I realized that I should have chosen Saturday then at least I would have a chance to see her almost everyday. She doesn’t have classes on Saturday so he gets the whole day with her.”
“Shit your right. No wonder he had a cocky smile. Why did you choose Friday and Tuesday?”
“I chose Friday, because it is usually a date night and I wanted that to be with me.”
“Makes sense, I have absolutely no reason why I chose my days. I just did it at random. Now I realize I should have thought about it a little bit harder.” Peter grumbles at himself. “Well, at least we have classes with her so we get to see her everyday, no matter whose day it is. Victor doesn’t get that I don’t think.”
“Yeah, that was my thought too. At least when school is back in. Then there is the next semester. We have got to get a better situation going on.”
“Benjamin, I know this sucks. We have to do what we can right now. The Elder made it clear that there really aren’t a whole lot of options. Unless we make her pick, then there are two of us who will lose. That means either you are me. I don’t think Victor would be in the running then.” Peter kind of laughs. I however don’t think this is so funny.
“Except that they know each other better than anyone. They have been friends since they were kids. I am sure he knows her pretty well and would have no intention to let any of that go. Victor regrets what he did I am sure. I just don’t know how that would factor into Olivia and her decision. I just don’t know if I would be able to see her with someone else, even if it was you.”
“I feel the same way.”