Page 64 of Psycho Shifters

Back then, the fae queen hadn’t been invading as frequently, and I had worked a multitude of jobs for the military. I’d mapped unexplored forests, fought against the monsters from the northern lands, and had relationships with men and women.

Over time, fewer alphas turned, the war effort picked up, and more and more ABOs disappeared or died out.

An alpha couldn’t die unless all their blood was drained from their body, and I had seen it happen more and more throughout the years. There were also many alphas who’d just disappeared.

Over the years, I’d grown introspective and disillusioned by the realm. I lost interest in fighting and relationships.

My melancholy had worsened as my sweet mother aged and I stayed the same.

Nineteen years ago, she’d adopted my oldest sister Jess and, suddenly, I had a reason to live again. Something to fight for.

Those emotions only grew stronger when she adopted four more girls.

Then, six years ago, I’d been assigned to portal three at the same time Cobra was.

We’d bonded immediately and were successful together. He was the icy bite to my calm leadership.

It was a bonus that Cobra liked men and found my large frame attractive.

I would have to be blind and dumb to not be into him. He was physically the most beautiful man I had ever seen.

When we’d discovered Cobra couldn’t wrestle control back from his beast unless he was sexually aroused, our fate had been sealed.

There was nothing that could keep us apart from each other. We’d become a two-man unit, in every sense of the words.

Our fates were intertwined.

Currently, Cobra did pull-up rep after pull-up rep and glared down at Sadie, who sat panting on the bench, drinking water. She glared back.

Cobra’s dark past made him distrustful of women. He had never told me the full story, but I had gathered snippets here and there over the years. What I could gauge about his past was horrifying.

I shuddered thinking about it.

As a result, I needed to figure out what the little alpha was hiding, and soon.

The longer she kept secrets, the longer Cobra was in danger. Even if I felt protective of her, that didn’t change the fact Cobra was my priority.

I had secured portal three by listening to my instincts and trusting my gut. My gut was telling me that everything was not as it seemed about Sadie.

I did another punishing rep and sighed heavily.

The secretive way Sadie hid her body, her ability to flip her emotions off, and her brutal fighting skills were all characteristics of a trained professional. Even her broken, raspy voice was a mystery.

The oligarchy and Sadie claimed she had no battle or combat experience, but everything about her said differently. They were lying to us, which meant she was working with them, and they were up to something.

Cobra gave the little alpha a death glare, and amusement sparked in my chest at his hostility.

Sometimes, I was convinced I was put on this earth to be the warmth to Cobra’s frosty cold. The problem was, I could tell Cobra was obsessed with Sadie.

He usually ignored women completely.

Even though Cobra hated women, he still could appreciate them sexually.

We had shared betas and null shifter girls before and taken them at the same time. It was the only way I could fuck them without feeling like I was cheating on Cobra, and it was the only way he could stand to touch them without being repulsed.

I couldn’t help but picture Sadie between us.

“I’m done.” She looked over at me haughtily.