The Alpha’s Fight for His Omega by Jess K

Chapter 85

Chpater 85

***Chastity***

I woke up early the following morning, but to my surprise Rowen wasn’t curled around me like he usually was. My eyes popped open, and I looked around the room. I spotted him coming out the bathroom, hair wet from a shower, and I breathed a quiet sigh of relief. He sat down on the bed beside me, and ran his fingers through my hair.

“Good morning sweet girl.” Rowen whispered to me as he smiled.

“Good morning. Why are you up so early?” I asked.

“I have to go help dad set up for Greg’s service, and burning.”

“Oh. Is that a lot of work?”

“It can be. We have to collect up birch wood for the fire, and get the area cleared out. Dad also has the area blessed.”

“Oh. Do you want some help?”

“No. I think Braxton needs you more today.”

“True. Has he been here yet?”

“No. Dimi said he was still sleeping, but I’m sure he’ll be down for breakfast.”

“Ok. I wish I had gotten here earlier last night. I could have made croissants for him.”

“You can make them tomorrow morning.”

“True.”

“Well I better go. Dad is waiting for me.”

“OK.”

Rowen leaned over, and kissed me quickly before leaving the room. I sighed, and sat up. Once I felt I was awake enough I went to shower, and dress. For now I was just in jeans, and a t-shirt. I would dress nicely for the service later. After that I made my way down to the dining room. The atmosphere was fairly quiet. Only Gina, Dimitri, and Braxton were at the table. I took a seat next to Braxton, and placed my hand on his shoulder.

“How are you this morning Braxton?” I asked quietly.

“Mad.” Braxton grumbled, and I trembled a bit, “After I eat dad is going to take me down the gym to work out.”

“Oh. Well that’s good right?”

“Yeah. The exercise helps.”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

“You can come work out with us if you want to.”

“Oh. I….um……I didn’t bring any work out clothes with me.”

“I have some you can borrow Chastity” Gina offered.

I was a bit nervous about this, but I nodded any way.

“I know you’re probably uncomfortable being around me when I’m mad, but…well…you have kind of a calming effect on me. At least you did last night.” Braxton explained quietly.

“Oh ok. Well I’ll be there.” I said smiling slightly.

We ate breakfast in silence then I followed Gina to her dad’s apartment to change. Once I was dressed I made my way over to the gym. Dimitri, and Braxton were already warming up. I dropped my water on a bench, and sat down to start stretching with them.

“How are you liking self defense class, Chas?” Braxton asked.

“My instructor makes me uncomfortable, but I like that I feel stronger. I also feel like my movements are more fluid, and less forced.” I responded.

“That’s one of the benefits of training your body properly. It helps your everyday movements along with strengthening your body. I’m glad it’s going so well for you.” Dimitri said.

“Thank you for signing me up for the class.” I smiled at him.

“You’re welcome. Jax told me about the issues you had with your instructor yesterday, and that he will no longer be teaching the class.”

“Yeah. I hadn’t expected that.”

“What happened?” Braxton asked.

I told him what had happened the previous day. I could see Braxton getting angry. It scared me, but I tried my best to remain calm.

“He’s a jerk. I’m glad Rowen, and Jax were there though.” Braxton growled.

“Me too.” I whispered.

“Alright Braxton I want you lifting to start today.” Dimitri instructed as he stood up.

Braxton nodded, and walked over to the weight bench. Once he was all set, he started lifting the bar that looked really heavy. I went over to the weight rack, and found some leg weights. After strapping them on I started jogging around the gym.

“That’s good Braxton. Do five more than we’ll move on.” I heard Dimitri say, and Braxton grunted.

He had just finished when I was done with my laps. I watched him as he moved to another machine. I took the one next to him. After I adjusted the weights, we continued. None of us really said much, but it was nice to work out with them for awhile. I was starting to get worn out when Dimitri took Braxton over to the punching bags.

“Come on Chas. I want to see what you’ve learned.” Braxton called to me as he followed Dimitri.

With a sign I followed them. This was my least favorite part. I didn’t want to hit people, and I hated the sounds of the punching bag being struck. Dimitri taped up my hands, then stepped behind the bag to hold it in place. After a few deep breaths, and a silent pep talk, I swung at the bag. I could feel Braxton watching me, but I kept swinging.

“Hang on a second Chastity.” Braxtoh said as he walked over to me.

I got a little nervous, but stood my ground Braxton explained a few things to me that Matt never did, and he had me follow his motions. They looked the same as Matt’s, but the difference was Braxton explained every move as he made them, and made them slowly so I could watch. When I mimicked him I could feel the difference. I tried a few more times, and it felt more natural.

“Huh? I wonder why Matt never explained all of that. He just showed us, and we copied.” I said after a few hits.

“He’s a shit teacher. I guess.” Braxton responded then took my spot in front of the bag.

I watched as Braxton attacked the bag. Dimitri held the bag still, and encouraged Braxton the whole time. He would give pointers on adjustments as needed, but not much else. One thing I noticed about Braxton was the more he attacked the bag the more the tension I had seen riding him, drift away, until he looked completely relaxed again. Eventually he was covered in sweat, and breathing heavily. He leaned forward, and waved off Dimitri when asked if he wanted to keep going.

“Thanks dad. I needed that.” Braxton said between heavy breaths.

“You did good son. Do your cool down then go shower. Chastity, back on the bag. We’ve got some more work to do.” Dimitri stated as I raised in eyebrow at him.

I moved to the punching bag, and started swinging at it. We remained silent for awhile, but when I heard Braxton leave, Dimitri spoke.

“I had him ask you to join us this morning.” Dimitri stated.

“Why?” I questioned.

“I saw the fear in your eyes when he said he was mad. I knew you needed to see for yourself how he works his anger out now. I thought it might help you trust that he wouldn’t hurt you again.”

“Oh. I guess that does make sense.”

“I thought it might. He’s doing good Chasy girl. He really did learn a lot from his mistakes, and he does all he can to do better.”

“I can see that. I’m really proud of him.”

“I am too. He has also talked to me a lot more than he ever did before about Aurora. I never realized she. did the things she did to him. I really was a fool.”

“Don’t beat yourself up about her actions. Consider what his life would have been like if he hadn’t been here. What his, Jax, and Colby’s lives would have been like if they had been with her away from here.” “That’s true.”

that Greg was a bad person, but I’m not sure he could have handled her. I think she would have taken her anger out on him, as well as the other three if you hadn’t brought her here. She

I never thought about it like

who they are because of you,

How are things

to think that

have a lot of

and beautiful. There is nothing

say about me, all of the time, but I still

talked to Dee-Dee

all of you. I wanted to be able to be around all of you, and not feel like I was less than you. To feel like it was not my job to serve, and cater to you. I felt like I was

want you to feel good about yourself too. We want you to not only hear what we say, but believe it as well. We want you

I know that, but on closer

that. Are you going to talk to Dee-Dee

about it to talk

“Good.”

doing? Did Peter get her into

did. She’s doing ok. She’s been pretty angry lately so he let her out of her chores for now. He

“Oh no. What happened?”

for the day. Do your cool down

only nodded, and moved to the mats

as Dimitri

day we weren’t available so Tina had the pup with her. She, and Naomi were cleaning the dining room when the pup got fussy. Tina stopped what she was doing to take care of her pup. Naomi got angry, and started screaming at Tina. Tina

“Oh no.”

point Lucy told Pete that had been happening a lot more than usual.

“Is she doing better?”

been keeping to herself a lot. We all

is hard. It makes you really look at the things you’ve gone through. Sometimes it can make you angry. Especially when you don’t have the answers as to why things

you ever get

“Sometimes.”

do when you

the phone or video chat. I lock myself in my room, and write in my

need to yell at

to yell. I want to stew,

had to teach her that. The first time she yelled at me for something shocked the hell out of me. She yelled for a good five minutes straight. I think

“Really?”

“Yup.”

she

floor. I had a bad habit of taking my socks off,

“Eww. That’s gross.

to start feeding them to me. Colby, and Jax’s socks too because they tended to do the

wouldn’t have though.

would do everything she could to do just that, but

off my shoes by the door, and she had a small basket by the shoe mat for us to put

why that basket was always there, filled

“Yup. She started that.”

and Aurora would get so mad when I would put all of the socks I washed

“You did?”

was a separate basket just for socks. No one every told me different. I always washed the socks from the basket separately, folded them, and put them

I guess that explains why I sometimes ended up with

“Probably.”

you to ever not voice your

“Ok. I’ll try.”

you go shower, and get dressed. The service

down here

takes about an hour to work out

feel bad

did. All we can

been to was Luna Jane’s, and I had to stay out of

“You did?”

Yeah.”

was a poison to

“Yeah.”

pretty, and colorful. Braxton

“He said that?”

boy adores you. He always says he couldn’t ask for a better big sister. He keeps saying he wants to be like you in every

“Really? But….”

also has a serious soft spot for you. I think a big part of that has to do with the way you handled him after everything that happened. Everything he did. You forgave him, and helped him, even though you were scared of him. You didn’t give up on him when the rest of us were

pup. He had the chance to turn his life around. I wanted

completely different person than he once was because one

good pup, and I

agree. Well

you for this morning. I

“You’re welcome baby girl.”

something to wear. Eventually I found a floral print dress I thought would work. It was bright, and cheerful. Yes it went down to my ankle, but I

said

colors so I thought this would work.” I stated as I sat

that’s perfect then. What

with

“How did that go?”

said that he could see I was scared when Braxton admitted he was mad at breakfast this morning. He thought it would be good for me to see how Braxton works out his anger

set up one of those movie nights you suggested to Rowen awhile ago.”

two weeks from now. We’re going to do a potluck dinner, then show a family

“Oh that’s great.”

all of the dressed up pups, and anyone else who dresses up can

“That sounds like fun.”

so too. Do you think you can get home for either

“When is Halloween?”

a

“Oh. I can’t, unfortunately.”

to take lots

bad

proud of you. You’re doing

“Am I though?”

in the time you’ve been gone. You needed this time to get away from here to heal, and get stronger. I don’t think you would be doing so well if you had stayed here. Even with you being treated as you should have been all along, I don’t

still miss home,

understand. Everyone supports you. We miss you, and look forward to when you come home, but we support you just

“Thank you.”

get down there. We don’t want

“Yeah.”

didn’t take me long to spot Braxton. He was standing between Joe, and Rowen, looking sad. Part of me wanted to go to him, but I didn’t feel it was

in this instance, you’re needed up here with us. I’m sorry if that makes

“Oh. Um…Ok.” I responded.

on the outside of the group when Rowen moved me between him, and

times of need, and emotional distress. They’re place is closest to

makes sense.”

but it’s the tradition, and as I said

“I understand.”

look beautiful by the

Thank you.”

the way, you don’t need to say anything, unless you want to. Just being

“……I can do that.”

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