Meanwhile...

"I don't get why Marithe is so...well, full of spite with his new life as an Omega merman," Lyle said as he wrapped his arms around Thierry's waist while they stood in the spacious backyard of the main coven house. "I'm so sorry that you had to hear all of that from your ex-mate."

"It's probably the way that he now sees me as his ex," the moon wolf replied quietly. "Maybe it was a mistake allowing him to accept the offer from my Mother."

"But that would've made Lachlan sad because he was more contrite in following Marithe when they were Luciane and Matt," Lyle reminded him.

"True. Luciane did wanted to fight for the mating bond, but Marithe may have bullied him into breaking it, thus killing my unborn." Thierry steeled away the memories of his heartbreak, idly patting his flat stomach that had a permanent scar resulting of the tragedy that lingered in his mind. "The pups would've been four years old and transformed into their human selves by now."

Lyle hummed, his hellhound side growling in anger for his mate yet saddened to hear of how the moon wolf lost two pups that would never get the chance to see the world. "You'd make an excellent parent," he said. "I'm so lucky to have you as my mate, Thierry Lemieux. Marithe made the biggest mistake of his old life when he rejected you for the late Gruesome Threesome. Any Alpha or Beta would be lucky to have you. I know I am."

Thierry purred as he faced his mate, eyes glowing gold in desire. "You can prove it to me later, after we tie the knot and we're alone on our honeymoon," he said sexily.

"I'll be counting the minutes."

"Looks like the Alpha hellhound is calming my mentee's worries," came the teasing voice of Arianna as she, Taranna, and the Nguyen twins joined them. "Break it up, you two."

"Sorry," Thierry replied. "Lyle's just-"

"All understandable, given what just happened," Taranna assured him. "But we got to do something about Marithe. He's getting way too stubborn, even after we downgraded him to a more submissive Omega life."

"I don't suppose we can have him feminized and have him walk a mile in an Omega female's shoes, can we?" Chace suggested.

"Don't be silly," Thierry scoffed. "That'll be wrong on so many accounts. No, we need to do something a bit more drastic to make him see the errors of his ways."

"How?" Chance asked. "He's showing too much of his former Alpha aura to let myself, Chance, or even Lachlan tame him."

"That's it!" Taranna cheered. "Chance darling, you're a genius!!"

"How's that?" Chace asked, head cocked in confusion.

Arianna smiled widely. "Chance, any Alpha knows that to lose even a bit of his Alpha persona is like losing a limb," she explained. "Marithe is still showing signs of his old life as a future Alpha when he was Matt Rosseaux-Yanez, the former future Alpha of the Sammons Falls pack in Boston. Maybe if we finally get rid of the last of his Alpha aura and have him as the perfect submissive Omega that he's meant to be..."

"Then he'll have no choice but to be the Luna he's meant to become," Chance finished, grinning widely.

"It just might work," Thierry agreed. "But we still have to deal with Mendez because I bet that Marithe's ready to contact her and accept her offer. She might be even working with a dark witch who escaped my flames when I got rid of everyone else who wanted to use me as an experiment."

"Leave everything to our covens, Thierry," Taranna told him as her twin pulled out her phone and sent a mass text. "Miss Mendez will still be a problem, unfortunately, but she won't get her claws into Marithe after we're finished with him."

She was sure of it.

*********************

At a small cafe in downtown Covington Springs...

Ceceillia smirked mischievously at the text she received from Marithe. "I knew he wouldn't want to refuse me," she purred as she set her phone to the side before reaching for her cup of Americano. "Things might work out for the both of us after all. As for Lachlan St. Martin, it is what it is. At least Marithe will have me when that brat is out of our lives. And then...everything will be ours- well, mine for the most part- for the taking."

Ignoring the glares from a married werefox couple, she sat back and enjoyed her hot beverage as dreams of opulence and revenge flowed like a raging river. She was determined to get what she wanted.

She was sure of it.

We're getting closer and closer to the end of act two, folks! And for one Marithe Deinos and Ceceillia Mendez, their plans for dominance will meet their match in the form of one wicked potion that will change everything for the Omega.

Coming up next, wedding plans are on the menu while Marithe makes plans of his own for freedom. Also, a bit of mischief from the supernatural deities.

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