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Chapter 58
***Desmond’s POV***
I slammed my hand into the desk. Scott backed away a couple steps, surprised. “Damn it! She probably thinks I walked away from her!”
I fell back into my chair, pinching the bridge of my nose. No. It was just a dream. It wasn’t her. She isn’t here. She is gone. I’m just too wound up. Taking a deep breath, I leaned fulling back in my chair. I was in my office at the pack house, where nearly all of my time was now spent.
“Alpha?”
“Sorry Scott, I fell asleep at my desk. Did you need something?”
His eyes narrowed. “When’s the last time you actually had a fulls nights rest?”
“I’m fine.”
“No, you’re not. You’ve been staying here and I know you haven’t been actually eating meals.”
I glared at Scott. “Do you have the revisions for the lake houses? As well as the new patrol
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Alpha Desmond Chapter 59
Smoke rose from the clove cigarette I was holding. For the first time in over fifteen years, I needed a smoke and I got one. Janet, the head of the witch coven within the pack, had supplied me with a box she rolled herself. She was sitting in one of the meeting room chairs, a cigarette also pressed to her lips.Iggy and Derek were leaning over the table, looking at the maps I had worked on the day before. Scott was pacing the room while Eli leaned against a chair. Imogen was a fairy who had taken up the gargantuan task of wrangling the fey who were on my territory. She also had been working with the haven that was just outside my territory. I would have liked to have Victor here as well but currently I couldn’t get ahold of him. I did speak to Zeus but apparently Victor had gone off on a quest and didn’t tell anyone about it.“We need to figure out our borders first. Secure them and then we can work inwards from there.” Scott didn’t stop p
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My eyes went wide and I turned her around. Looking Olivia up and down, she definitely was thinner as well. I had been so happy she was in front of me, I hadn’t even done a true health check. Fingers brushing her shoulders, I could see the muscle but it was literally just bone, muscle and skin. Not a single ounce of fat anywhere.“You haven’t been eating?”“I have. I eat what I can. But after nine days of running…”My eyes widened. “Nine? You ran for nine days? In the forest? Alone? What the hell did you eat?”A smirk came onto her face. “Breakfast bars and I wasn’t alone. I had Nasir.”I rolled my eyes. “Goddess, Olivia. If I never see a breakfast bar again, it will be too soon. I’m going to start banning them from being sold at the grocery store.”She laughed and even through my frustration it made me smile. It had been so long since I heard it. My he
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'Alpha?' I growled. The nail in my mouth fell and I placed the hammer down, feeling for the nail. Once I managed to find it, I used one hand to brace the nail and grabbed the hammer. Two good hits and I ran my finger over the nail. The frame of the new cabinets in Olivia’s place were coming along nicely. The butcher’s block countertop finally came in that I ordered and my father had dropped it off yesterday. Today I was taking my time setting up the cabinets so I had something to get the countertop on. 'Alpha, we have visitors.'Scott mind-linked me again. Sighing, I closed my eyes. 'Today is my day off. We made a deal Scott. Take care of it. I’ll be back tomorrow.' 'I know but they are looking for you directly. It’s Alpha Claude and his Beta Harrison. There was a pause. His father is also here. They just wanted to visit apparently, see how you were doing.' 'Shit.' Scott chuckled. '
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“We have more and more coming in every day. It’s getting worse Desmond and I don’t know how we need to combat this.”Claude was sitting across from me in one of the smaller meetings rooms we had in the pack house. Harrison was sitting in the seat next to him and Chris was sitting a couple seats away, letting his son take the reigns on this talk. Considering he wasn’t Alpha anymore, it didn’t really include him. I smiled though, Chris sporting a black eye from our tussle yesterday. While I also had a bruise, it was at my ribs and I could hide it under clothing. I may have let my control slip for a moment when we were rough-housing yesterday. I needed to get Olivia a new table now too.“You’ve seen the camp next to my territory. I’ve got three territories worth of fey and I don’t know who else has joined their side that we need to be watching out for. While I don’t mind raging a war against a territory, ev
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We laid together in silence for a while. My hand traced shapes on her back as she was cuddled against my side. Every so often, I planted a kiss on her forehead. Sighing, I closed my eyes. “Chris came down with Claude and Harrison.” Her body stiffened. “You mean…” I nodded. “Claude came down and I don’t think he meant to have his father and beta tag along but they didn’t trust him with me alone, that much was apparent.” “You’re telling me this now? Why didn’t you start off with this news?” I chuckled. “I wasn’t thinking about it. A lot has been going on. If anything, I needed you more.” She smiled and placed her head back down on my chest. “What did he say?” “He actually told me that their plan may involve Yggdrasil. I don’t know if it was to gage my reaction or if he was trying to get information from me. I gave him some correct and incorrect information. Basically telling him and Claude that there wasn’t anything we can do abo
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It had been ten days since I saw Olivia. We hadn’t gone this long since the first time she left. My anxiety was at an all time high and even Aamon pacing in the back of my mind was getting to me. Scott and Eli stayed as far away from me as possible unless we had to meet up. I would snap at them without meaning to and while I would apologize after it made them more on edge as well. Iggy came over to try and help but nothing he did worked. We would end up arguing over something stupid and I finally told him in an Alpha command not to come into the pack house again. That was five days ago.Today was the potluck and I was not in the mood to put on a show for people. I wanted to go back to the original plan and just shake down every since person. Playing nice was not in my repertoire right now. Pacing in my office was the only thing holding me together at this point. I know Aamon and I swapped places multiples the past few days but there was literally nothing for him to do.
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“Eli, don’t.”He growled. “We have to see if they work.”Scott moved from behind the podium closer to us but it was too late. Eli reached out and touched Helena’s bare arm.“How are you doing?”“I would be better if you weren’t touching me.”Both Scott and I winced. Janet was shocked but she started to put two and two together since I had asked her if she was powerful enough to remove a mate bond.“Helena, I want things between us to work out. I want you to be my mate and for us to be together. We’ve been through too much over the years to just throw it away. Please, will you give me a chance?”Her face screwed up in disgust and I reached out to grab Eli but Helena answered first.“We were never going to work out. A Gamma. A rogue. You think you could ever satisfy me? I don’t think you understand how humiliating it is for me to be yo
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***Olivia’s POV*** The line went dead as the barrier rose back up over the city. I stared at the phone, my heart sinking further. It was good to hear his voice even though you could hear the agitation and desperation. The emotions through the bond seemed to settle down though the moment we spoke. Bucho put his hand on my shoulder. “He is just upset, sweetheart. Don’t take it to heart.” “I know. Either way, I have something I need to do. Something I need to finish. I don’t know why his mate is after me but I will kill her. I will kill all of them.” My voice didn’t waver as I set the phone down on the table. “We should almost be ready. Once the Spring Celebration passes we will face them head on.” I nodded at him, my heart still not recovered from Desmond’s anger. Bucho guided me out of the room and into the chaos that was the main pack tent. Everyone was setting up decorations or busy with something in regards to the celebration.
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