Chapter fifteen: Axels pov "I know you want to rip my head off right now, but we have your son. If you ever want to see him again you let me walk out of your office right now. I will be back soon enough with our demands," Mofran said while looking at me like he had already won. I picked him up and shoved him again the wall, almost choking him. "Why would I believe a word you say?!" I growled. How did he even know I had a son, I didn’t even know until yesterday. At that moment my phone started ringing. "I’d pick up if I were you..." Mofran teased. With one hand I held on to Mofrans throat, with the other I grabbed my phone. The phone call confirmed what Mofran had said, Elias was taken. What Mofran didn’t realize was that Amber had gone after them already. I wasn’t going to make her chances of finding Elias any smaller by mentioning this. I slowly put Mofran down. He said,"you’ll be hearing from us." Before he walked out the door. It had already been a few hours since he was ta
Ambers pov: "Thank the Goddess your daughter was stupid enough to come to you. Let’s get the boy to safety before Axel can find him,"I heard one of the men say. I look at my parents, my mother just looks away. My father said, "I always thought you were a disappointment, a mistake. Especially when we found out you were pregnant, it only proved what we already knew. But when Alpha Axel came by looking for you, he seemed way too invested in some classmate of him. We knew he had to be the father. We honestly thought you had died. Imagine our surprise you were still alive and had a son who was the spitting image of Alpha Axel. Finally you were good for something." I got so angry I spit in his face. My wolf almost took over, I tried to calm her by thinking of Elias who was standing next to me holding my hand. The guy in the suit came between me and my father. He looked at me and said, "you’d better behave, we only need your son. You wouldn’t want him to see you get hurt right?" I would
Ambers pov "Is Brian not your mate? Why aren’t you marked?" Off all the things that have happened, this is what Axels worried about right now? I wanted to tell him before, but our first conversation together had been weird and ended very abruptly. He told me in his note left inside my locker that I could never be his Luna and he was right then and right now. "No he’s not," Ripley said, "you are special. You would make a great Luna. Don’t be so hard on yourself." "I am sorry. You assumed Brian was my mate and Elias was his and I didn’t want to say otherwise, because I didn’t want to force anything on you. If you had found out about Elias and knew I had no mate you’d might feel obligated to uhm.. I mean you would try to do the honorable thing perhaps." Ugh I wasn’t explaining this right. Ridley wasn’t helping at all, trying to tell me I could be Luna and messing with my head. "What I’m trying to say is, no we are not mates. Brian lost his mate a few months before we left the pack.
Ambers pov: We left early in the morning, to avoid anyone seeing us. Axel gave Elias a hug, Brian a handshake and then turned to me. He looked sad, but I went in for a hug anyway. I needed to feel his touch, even if it might be the last time. Five years ago we didn’t have a proper goodbye and last week he went away so quickly to deal with the attack. I hugged him and secretly sniffed his scent. He had been so distant the last few days, except for the time he asked about my mark. I had hoped founding out I wasn’t in a relationship with Brian would rekindle some of the old love we shared. But I was wrong. He was merely the father of Elias now and my ex boyfriend, nothing more. "But he is taking his time with this hug," Ripley said. I pulled back from the hug. "Thank you for everything, I will see you next month. I hope you’ll find Mofran and his men soon," I said to Axel, ignoring Ripley's words. He had felt so good, his tall muscular body against mine. Hugging him felt like I was
Ambers pov The next morning people started coming by our house to bring condolences and food. Casandra came over to help me greet everyone and take care of Elias. The pain of losing Brian was so much, I couldn’t even imagine how bad it would hurt to lose your mate. No wonder Brian was so depressed. But Elias needed me and I needed to keep busy so I wouldn’t crumble. Brian had not been my boyfriend, but he had been a friend and a partner in raising Elias. I often complained to Casandra, that I felt like a single mother, when Brian would be gone drinking, but actually being without him was awful. Everyone kept reminding me we would be okay, that time heals and that Brian was in a better place. It honestly sounded like something you found on a condolence card. Ripley said, "they are trying. Just take it one day at a day. It hurts like bitch now, but it really does get less with time. And Elias is young, they’re really resilient at this age. Just make sure he has a safe space to cry
Axel’s pov I never really liked Brian, I respected him for being there for Amber and Elias. But I felt jealous of him and I thought Elias deserved more for a father. But hearing him say those words to me at our last dinner, changed something for me. He was really trying and he cared so much for Elias. I had heard the news of his death from one of my men who was driving Amber home. He had also shared the details of the fight between Amber and Mofran’s men. If you could call it a fight, it sounded more like a massacre. I didn’t realize Amber was that strong or could do those things with moonlight. I was amazed by her and so proud she had protected Elias so well. And I would thank the Goddess every day for Brian being there to stop Mofran. But all my feelings right now didn’t matter. Amber had asked me to come to the funeral for Elias. I hoped they both will be okay, they’re strong but this will take some time. Tomorrow I will head out there, Mofran’s capture will likely mean the end
Axel’s pov I had a meeting with Alpha Drake the next morning, to discuss everything that had happened in the last few weeks and what we would do with Mofran. I woke up hopeful, knowing that Elias and Amber would join me. When my mother left, I didn’t have any family close by anymore and it would be nice to have them near. I quickly ate breakfast and headed over to Alpha Drake’s house, the dungeon was located underneath his Mansion. When I came in we moved towards his office to talk. Alpha Drake started with an apology, "I am sorry to have been a part of covering up Elias’ identity. As you know your father and I didn’t see eye to eye on many things and I did not know how he would react to Elias’ birth. I didn’t want to risk my pack or any of my packmembers, because he couldn’t accept his son’s choices. I did however not know of Amber’s wolf before last week. I will have a talk about this with her when she is ready." I thanked Alpha Drake, "no apology needed. I understand and thank y
Amber’s pov I was thankful Axel kept talking to me during the drive over. I had been so busy with packing and saying goodbye to everyone that I didn’t have time to think. But at night when I was by myself I felt the pain of Brian’s passing and the fear of moving back to my old pack. Axel said his pack had changed and Ripley kept reminding me that I had changed as well. I wasn’t that girl that nobody noticed anymore, the mistake my parents couldn’t get rid of quick enough. Speaking of my parents, as much pain I felt for Brian, the thought of them dead or in prison barely hurt me. Did that make me a bad person? I had a sliver of hope when I came to their house for help, but I saw them for who they really were soon enough. They didn’t care about me, so why should I spent a second of my time thinking about them? I hated saying goodbye to Casandra and Thomas, they were the real grandparents of Elias, even if it wasn't by blood. They were there for me and him from the start. They told me