Clayton Alexander

Part werewolf? Part puppy dog? All male. :D

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Turning around, Rowan watched Clayton go into the kitchen and close the door. “Hey-” But it didn’t matter. There was no way Nadia would let her go into the kitchen. Maybe she wasn’t supposed to. Jumping back at the sound of the howel and the pain. Tears pressed against her brown eyes and her stomach churned. The idea of Clayton in that much pain, or any pain, made her sick to her stomach. 

Slowly she walked into the kitchen to find Clayton on the ground. There were fresh bruises that she noticed right away. “Clayton,” she always enjoyed the way his voice sounded when he woke up. She moved to sit on the floor and gently played with his hair. Moving his head into her lap. “Oh baby,"  she let a tear roll down her cheek. "Do…Do you need anything?”

“Hey...hey none of that now..” He murmured, reaching up to brush a tear off her cheek. His movements were a bit shaky, his body ached far more than he wanted it to. “No...I’ll be alright.” He murmured. “But, do you understand now? Why I can’t bring you with me? This was a voluntary change. The others i go through, are not like this...a-and I can’t always predict what the outcome will be.” 

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The harsh words of I love you caught her off guard. It stung. More than she wanted it to. More than she expected it to. “Clayton,” She whispered. This wasn’t where she thought this would go. Not at all. Her gaze turned to Nadia as she thought the behavior was odd. Usually it wasn’t something saw and how calm Nadi seemed to be. She watched and held her breath.

The change in eye color made Rowan scream. Not loud or enough to attract stranger attention but enough to catch her off guard. More of a yelp really. A hand over her mouth as she watched the scene in front of her. This wasn’t real. Werewolves didn’t exist. They couldn’t. Her back pressed against the wall. Pinching her thigh with her free hand, she half expected to wake up in bed.

She didn’t. Hearing and seeing Clayton hurt her. “You’re not going to hurt me,” she spoke. Not sure who she was trying to convince. Doing her best Rowan took a step towards Clayton. “You’re hurting…” She didn’t know what to do. Whether to stay or to run out the door.

Shifts on a non cycle were always painful. And he couldn't stop mid shift either. Her scream was louder in his now sensitive ears. His back split as fur emerged. Now I’m an almost blink of an eye, a wolf stood were a human once did. The shredded remains of his clothes littered the floor and the now animal stared at the woman pressed against her door.

Looking over at Nadia, a silent command was given and the large pup moved to sit beside Rowan. There to give her comfort if she needed it. Walking in a circle, Clayton whimpered a bit as he lay down on the floor. This wasn’t how he wanted this to go. He’d thought about telling her, but could never find the right way to do it. 

This wasn’t what he wanted. He was certainly going to feel this for a few days. Sure he had accelerated healing, but even doing this was going to take a toll on him. 

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“Rowan…” Clayton breathed watching as she stepped back from him. This secret. This damn part of his life he was trying to keep her from, it was ruining everything. “Rowan, i’m not seeing anyone else. You are the only woman in my life.” He repeated. She had to know that, he wouldn’t cheat. He didn’t have the heart to do that to someone. 

When she started toward the door, Roman had to do something. He had to do something. Pressing the heels of his hands into his eyes he let out a groan. “Rowan please wait!” He yelled going to run after her. Grabbing at her elbow, he tried to spin her towards him. “Where are you going, we can talk about this can’t we?” 

Deep down, Rowan knew Clayton well enough to know that he wouldn’t ever hurt her by cheating on her. It wasn’t like him, but she was hurt and confused at the moment. Him leaving was always fear because he could do so much better than her, or she always thought. Someone better put together, someone who could actually cook.  Always thought he deserved better and she tried to be better for him. 

Stopping for a moment, Rowan turned around to look at Clayton. Tears running down her face. “Talk?” She scoffed, pulling away from him. “Why? So you can tell me more lies about how I can’t come? So we can stand here and you tell me how you can’t share that with me?” Her gaze flickered to the door. “Please don’t give me a reason to leave, Clayton.” She wanted to stay. Needed to. “But I can’t worry all the time about your safety, it hurts…I don’t want to worry about how I wasn’t enough for you…I love you…I need you…but this…you hiding things breaks my heart." 

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When she pulled away from him, Clayton felt his heart shatter and the walls she’d knocked down months ago start to build back up again. He hadn’t meant for any of this to happen. He wanted to keep her safe. This was why he never dated with his....condition. “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you what’s really going on Rowan.” He huffed. Fingers locking into his own dark curls he was trying to keep his emotions at bay. Even though he’d been a wolf for as long as he could remember, he still had his faults.

Rolling his shoulders he shook his head. “You know I love you.” He spat, the wolf in him making words seem harsher than he intended. Nadia had come to watch the small fight, the pup sitting patiently and calmly in the doorway of the kitchen. As if she knew her owner was about to shift. Clayton’s head hung down, eyes fixed on the floor as they shifted from their warm brown to a brilliant yellow.

“You don’t want me to hide. Fine. You want to know the truth.” Head flicking up, wolf eyes meeting her wet brown ones, he huffed. “Fine.” A change like this was never quick. It wasn’t a full moon, so things weren’t as seamless. Dropping to the floor as his bones cracked and shifted, Clayton let out a few yelps of pain. If this was what it took to keep her in his life, then so be it. Perhaps it was a good thing. Perhaps changing like this would prove something to him. That this woman was everything he needed. If she could handle this. He hoped she could handle anything.

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It seemed the bluntness hadn’t gone away. Normally Mia enjoyed how blunt Hunter could be, but not today. Not right with the question he was always. Mia swallowed and crossed her arms. “He’s not in the picture.” Not a complete lie. Of course, Hunter didn’t know about the child either. Sure it wasn’t the answer he had been looking for. “Is this really what you want to talk about?” She asked. 

“Well, sort of yes.” Hunter murmured folding his arms across his chest. “I’m not really in the mood to get beat up by a jealous baby daddy for talking to you is all.” He lied. He wasn’t worried about some other guy, if in fact she was with someone else. “I haven’t seen you in years. Haven’t had a real conversation in awhile, just trying to just get..back into the swing of things I guess.” 

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The quickness of the question made Rowan freeze. Her stomach churned, and she could feel her heartbeat in her ears. Taking a large step back from him, she looked down. The tears pressed to her eyes and threatened to spill out. “No one else,” she muttered. “How…How could you? I…do'not understand….I thought we were….I thought I….” She swallowed. Everything seemed to be going to well between them. 

“I guess that’s the thing with love. You trust someone with it, and they can shatter your heart.” Her heart was in a million pieces. “I guess I will never be good enough for you.” She picked up her things.  “Call me when you’re ready to be honest because I can’t do this right now. I’m sorry I wasn’t enough for you.” She headed for the door. Tears streaming down her face. 

“Rowan...” Clayton breathed watching as she stepped back from him. This secret. This damn part of his life he was trying to keep her from, it was ruining everything. “Rowan, i’m not seeing anyone else. You are the only woman in my life.” He repeated. She had to know that, he wouldn’t cheat. He didn’t have the heart to do that to someone. 

When she started toward the door, Roman had to do something. He had to do something. Pressing the heels of his hands into his eyes he let out a groan. “Rowan please wait!” He yelled going to run after her. Grabbing at her elbow, he tried to spin her towards him. “Where are you going, we can talk about this can’t we?” 

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This job is one of the most important Rowan Collins ever took on. She had been briefed, and the more she learned about the man she was in charge of protecting, made her wonder. Dressed in a black pants suit, an earpiece in her ear, brown hair pulled tightly up in a bun. Knowing the chances of being allowed in by knocking were slim, Rowan let herself into the room. Plus, she didn’t have time to stand outside while the man inside lets her in. She hoped she would find the man asleep or getting ready.  

Raising a brow, Rowan looked down at the man clearly upset she was there. Probably hungover, if she had to guess, but didn’t know that. “I didn’t think you would actually let me in if knocked, Mr. Alexander.” She said keeping her voice soft. Figuring she at least owed him that. “It is time to get up. Your father isn’t pleased you’re still in bed."  Standing near the bed, making it known that she wasn’t going anywhere.

Turning over onto his back, he let his gaze linger on the figure at the end of the bed. “Mr Alexander is my father. My name is Clayton.” Stretching his arms toward the ceiling, then replacing them behind his head, the man made no moves to get out of bed. “Really? Is he now?” Clayton huffed, not really in the mood to make his daddy happy. 

“And what is it father wants me to do today? Hm? Does it involve kissing babies? Cutting ribbons at some useless ceremony he can’t attend himself?” 

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Clayton grumbled as he turned over on his bed. He wasn’t quite sure what time it was, but he was sure it was late enough that his father was going to be pissed. Which honestly, was what he lived for. Being the son of a politician came with its ups and downs. At least as of late, his downs usually came from Clayton’s outbursts. Though, they were starting to come few and far between. Mostly it would consist of Clayton going out till all hours of the night. Partaking in whatever was handed to him. This past night. A mix of drugs and drinking. Though one seemed to come more than the other. 

Hearing the door of his room open, he grunted and tossed the pillow over his head. “You know, people in polite society knock first.” Lifting his head, sending his mass of dark curls everywhere, he looked to see who it was. 

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Going back to her office, Mia grabbed some goldfish for Jensen. She handed them to the little boy and sat him on the floor. She couldn’t help but start to pace. Did Tristan notice how much Jensen looked like him? Would he ask? What was she supposed to say? Her heart beating so fast, Mia swore it would come out of her chest. 

Keeping a careful eye on the clock, Mia watched and waited. Keeping Jensen entertained and even letting him play a game on her phone. Knowing he would be getting cranky without her nap. She sighed and opened up the door to see if Hunter was coming and swallowed seeing he was. What was she going to say? 

“You’re right on time,” Mia joked. Hoping to lighten the mood. “You wanted to talk?” She asked, and motioned him into the office. With Jensen sitting on the floor, he looked like a mini Hunter there. It made her smile and her stomach drop at the same exact time. 

Honestly, it was probably the first time he was actually exactly on time for anything. Running his fingers through his hair, he sighed looking around the office as he slowly walked inside. His attention was immediately taken by the child that sat on the floor. “Where’s his father?” He questioned, not really wanting to beat around the bush. Hunter was blunt. He’d always been one to quickly get to the point. 

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Relief washed over her as Clayton stopped her. Afraid that he would just allow her to leave. She swallowed and stopped. “I’m not asking for your every moment, but am I asking for honesty, Clayton.” Her heart dropped when he said there were things he couldn’t share with her. She gently took a step back. “Is there someone else? I…I thought we could tell each other everything….” The sinking feeling in her stomach afraid of his answer. The need for a drink growing more and more.

“And we can tell each other everything.” He said with a sigh. “No! God of course there isn’t someone else Rowan.” Clayton said quickly. Well it wasn’t completely a lie. There were other wolves that he went to the hike with. Other people who lived close by that had started a pack. Some of them had even met Rowan before. Most of which were still concerned with the fact he was dating and hiding his true nature from a human. “I am honest with you Rowan, with everything else in my life.” 

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Alexander should’ve known better. He deserved the remark, but it stung. More than he thought it would. Swallowing, Alexander shifted. “We both know I’m not one to think things through.” He forced a chuckle. The joke not good, but he couldn’t get those girls eyes out of his head. “My parole officer did say to stay out of trouble.” He rubbed the back of his neck. Not sure what to say. 

“You’ve got yourself a family,” He said. Part of him always wishing it could’ve been with her. His eyes searching for a wedding ring or some type of husband. Not wanting to cause trouble with another guy. The last thing he wanted was to get into a fight. “Your daughter right?”

“Yes, that is a sad fact of life.” Oddly though, it was something that she actually, could she say admired? Chewing at her lip, Felix chuckled a bit. “Well, we know how hard that is going to be for you.” Peering up at him through her lashes she sighed. “You always did manage to find trouble rather quickly. 

When the word family was mentioned, the color started to slowly drain from her features. “Yes, Mabel is mine.” And she’s yours too. Not that it’s going to matter. Did he really need to know all the details? No. Did she want to stand there and tell him everything? Yes. “It’s just Mae and I. No one else.” 

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Alexander sucked in a breath seeing her drop the bowel. He wasn’t sure what kind of reaction he was expecting, but that wasn’t isn’t. Even though, he was grateful that she sent the little girl upstairs. It wouldn’t work well if she was here too. Mostly because Alexander would have spent a lot of time staring at her trying to figure out some kind of logical explanation of her eyes. Sure, the idea of her being his ran through his head, but it wasn’t sinking in yet. 

“Last night,” Alexander said. Wanting to answer her question. “Look…I know I don’t have any right coming here,” the more he tried to explain himself, the more he was doubting himself. He rocked back and forth a moment. “Felix, I’m sorry…” Looking around, she seemed to have it all together, and he didn’t. Biting his bottom lip, he sighed. “I…just…” he didn’t have a good thing to say. “You’re doing well." 

Felix folded her arms across her chest. “So you thought, that your first stop after being released from prison, was to come and see me?” She questioned. Her tone was a bit harsher than she needed it, or really wanted it to be. Felix hated admitting it, but she had missed him. He’d been such a big part of her life. Even more so now since she had a daughter with him. 

Running her fingers through her hair, she shrugged. “Yes, I am I guess.” 

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Swallowing, Rowan leaned back. She didn’t want to continue to kiss Clayton’s neck if he wasn’t into it. Yet, Rowan hadn’t been expecting him to get up and move her off his lap. Lightly playing with her hands, and running a finger over the nail polish on them. “Alright,” she said, about the beach. Knowing he wasn’t going to give into her. “I…I worry about you. Is that so bad? You come home covered in mud, bruises on your body. With some story about what you’ve been doing. I worry you won’t come home one day.” She shook her head. 

“But what does it matter?” Rowan said, reaching over to grab her things. “You don’t think it’s good for me, so…. I’ll text you for plans for the beach.” It was dramatic and wasn’t fair to him. That much she knew but it hurt her too. She felt there was trust that wasn’t there. 

Clayton watched as she packed up her things and part of him almost didn’t want to stop her. But the part of him that loved her far too much caused him to turn toward her. “Rowan just hold on alright.” He said reaching out to grab at her arm. “Please, listen I’m doing this for you alright. You know I want to spend every moment with you, but there are just some things that I can’t share with you.” 

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Biting down on her lip, Mia debated the question. She did need to get Jensen home for a nap, but she did owe Hunter at least a conversation. “I…” She said, trying to make her decision. Feeling bad for Hunter seeing his agent glaring across the room. “A half an hour, Hunter.” Knowing she probably should give him more than a half an hour. He was Jensen father, but no one knew that but her. 

“Hunter,” His agent said getting impatient waiting for him. “We have another meeting that we’re going to be late for.” Motioning towards the door. 

“I’ll wait,” Mia said. Knowing she had some snacks for Jensen in her office. 

Looking back over at his agent Hunter huffed. “Alright, alright I’m coming.” Hunter said slowly walking backward toward his agent. “Half an hour.” He re-assured before heading back to the interview. He made it a point when he sat down to say, he had somewhere to be after, so he wanted to keep things rather short. 

It was about thirty, possibly thirty five minutes later when Hunter burst from the interview room. And went quickly toward her office. Throughout his whole interview, he couldn’t shake the image of the little boy she had been holding that looked too much like him. 

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Mia nodded. She would have to pick her words carefully. This wasn’t the place to tell Hunter. Hell, she wasn’t sure any place would be good for him to learn that kind of information. “Yes. It’s just me and Jensen.” She sucked in a breath. Why did she tell Hunter that? What was she expecting? He’d want to come home and play family? No, his career was in a good place now, and a child wouldn’t help that. It was the whole reason she never told him. “Alright, I get to this little guy for his n-a-p.”

“Yeah, I do,” Mia said. She thought about deleting it or throwing it out years ago. She couldn’t bring herself to do it, though? “It’s still the same, right?” Wondering if he had changed the number. Knowing it would be a possibility and he probably had a girlfriend. 

Just me and Jensen. So she wasn’t actually, seeing anyone else. Perhaps, he wasn’t completely hung out to dry now. Looking at the kid once more, he couldn’t get it out of his head. He looked so familiar. “Do uh, do you plan on still being around here in like a half hour? I uh, I wanna talk to you.” He couldn’t wait until he got home and waited for a phone call. “But, yes my number is the same, call me alright?” He couldn’t stay much longer, mostly because his agent was glaring at him from across the room. “I really have to go, but please, can you wait?” 

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Mia nodded. She felt bad for the guy always has to have some meeting. “Well, I’m sure it will be by far the most read issue all year.” She chuckled. It would look good for paper sells, and to have Hunter back in tow too. Of course, she knew the paper would probably write a story about him all the time. Especially if they knew that Jensen was his kid too. She swallowed when he noticed him.

“Thank you,” she said. “His name is Jensen. Can you say hi to Hunter?” She asked of Jensen. Jensen gave a soft wave before giggling and hiding in the crook of Mia’s neck. She chuckled before turning to look at Hunter. “He’s a bit shy around new strangers.” 

“Is he uh...is he yours?” He questioned. Not that he really wanted to know the answer. Though, it did bother him how much the kid looked like her, looked like him. Running his fingers through his hair, he tried to shake the thought from his head. “I uh, I guess I should get going. I uh, I’ve gotta meet with this reporter.” 

Moving to step around her, Hunter stopped short. “Do uh, you still have my number right?” He questioned. Why was he bringing this up now of all times? Did he miss her? Of course he did. He thought about her more times than was probably allowed in their situation. But, clearly she had moved on. She had a kid, had a better life. 

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Rowan moved to sit comfortably in Clayton’s lap. A slight frown on her face when he suggested they do all of those things here. “We could, and we could do that thing you love so much.” She said, trailing light kisses down his neck. Trying to figure out some way to get her way with him. Of course, he usually won these things not her. Mostly because he could handle her in a way others couldn’t. “Come on, we could go to the beach. Or we could Go hiking, you could listen to me complain about the bugs. You’d have endless teasing material.” 

“Rowan.” Placing his hands on her hips he pushed her back. Not that he wanted to stop what she was doing, but he couldn’t keep this up if that was going to be the direction of conversation. “Please, can we drop this. I’ll take you to the beach later this week, but I’m not about to take you into the woods.” Pulling her off his lap, Clayton got up from the kitchen table to grab a drink. He hated this. He hated having to lie to her and having to keep this side of him away from her. 

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Prison wasn’t the place Alexander expected to find himself for such a long time. Hell, he never expected to end up there but he had. Now with just being released, Alexander found there weren’t much of friends of the family. None of his so-called friends seemed to be around. Sure, they all wanted him to pull another score or two but he couldn’t do that. At least, not while he was on probation, and risked going back. So, Alexander with just the clothes on his back decided to try an old friend. Alright, she wasn’t just an old friend, but an old girlfriend. He missed her, boy oh boy, did he miss her. A button-down blue shirt and some pants. Clothes he owned to wear for court, and his parole hearing. He let out a breath before heading to her house. Letting out a breath, his hands shook with her fear. 

Alexander rang the doorbell, rocking back and forth on his heels. He could hear talking inside. His heart felt like it was going to beat right out of his chest. When the door finally opened, it wasn’t who he was expecting. It wasn’t her, but a younger version of her. Except for one thing, the little girl had his eyes. It was like looking in a mirror for the most part. He swallowed and shook his head. It didn’t go away. She looked just like him. 

“Uh…is your mom home?” He didn’t have much experience talking to little kids  

“Mae darling, who’s at the door?” Felix called out as she popped out of the kitchen. Looking over at her daughter, then up to the figure in the door frame, she dropped the bowl she had been holding. Thankfully it was plastic and didn’t shatter everywhere. “Alexander...” She breathed quickly moving forward. Putting her hand on the door, she rested her hand on her daughters shoulder. “Honey, go to your room please.” The little girl looked between both of the adults before starting to whine. “Not now, Maebel. Go upstairs now.” Once the girl was safely out of ear shot, she looked back to the man. 

“W-When did you get out?” She questioned. Probably not the best first question to ask of your ex-boyfriend who you hadn’t seen in seven years. But, it seemed to be the only one that came out of her mouth.