Back In Alpha's Arms

The pack was in absolute turmoil as evident by that bunch of forms, spreadsheets, and bank statements on my desk. I initially thought that pack members wanted a swift and seamless transitioning when they’d called and begged me to return after my father’s death. I didn't know they were in desperate need for a new alpha that could bring them out from the huge debt they're drowning in because my old man has somehow gotten the pack into a massive amount of debt. There was barely enough money left to keep things going smoothly. Numerous accounts were in the negative and the investments and stocks my father had bought over the years had been cashed out.None of this made any sense since I came back home three months ago, and I was still no closer to figuring out what he’d done with the money now than I was when I had just arrived. There were no suspicious purchases or investments. I had thought about this for months and may be it's now time to ask for the input of those who had worked with

The door of the office opened, and Nora walked in. “Hey, sis,” I said. “What’s up?” “Hey,” she said curtly. I sagged back in my chair as she paced the room, looking nothing like her usual self. I can tell she's nervous about telling me something.“Are you okay?” I asked. “Huh?” Her head snapped around to look at me. “Yeah. I’m fine. Did you figure anything out about the financial issues?” she asked, obviously changing the subject. “Nothing new that I've not already told you.” I frowned at her in confusion.“Hey, did you know Dad banished the betas and the enforcer?” She stopped pacing and froze in place. “What?” Her nervous demeanor disappeared and she became more like her old self. “Dad said they got pissed at him for not giving them more power over the pack, so they left on their own”. “And you believed that? Nora, you’ve known Arnold and the others for as long as I have. Does that make sense at all to you?” Sighing, she flopped into the seat opposite me. “I didn’t question it becau

Once we settled in, Lena hesitated a bit but it was obvious she couldn't wait to hear how my interaction with Nora went. “So you saw Nora?” she asked. “How’d that go? Give me more details.”“She acted like I was some sort of criminal for coming back. She looked really freaked out about it. God, you should have seen her face when she saw Leo. She looked like she’d seen a ghost.” “That crazy bitch,” Lena hissed, keeping her voice low so Leo didn’t hear. “I never liked her for even a second back then. My dislike for her webt up a notch after seeing the way she treated you back then. Acting like you were some promiscuous woman sleeping with every guy in town and couldn't pinpoint who’d knocked you up. The fucking nerve of her. I was happy when she left town after you did.”Frowning, I looked at her and asked “Nora left? I thought it was only Jaxon?” Lena shook her head. “Didn’t I tell you? I thought I told you that she left a few months after you did. No clue why she’s back in town, thoug

“Leo, get back in the car, this instant” I used my no nonsense mom’s which made him know better than argue with me at the moment before I turned back to Jaxon. “Jaxon, are you really asking me who this is because you don't know or you're just joking?” I asked. I didn't wait for him to reply before I said “you must be joking of course, but there's nothing funny going on here”.Jaxon’s face fell, and there was real, heartrending regret there, but I had no patience for that, I can't even find it in myself to empathize with him. He wasn’t the one who was raising a son, a shifter by the way all by himself for all these years. Jaxon wasn’t the one navigating life and a career, all while figuring out daycare, doctors’ appointments, sports practices, without help from anyone.I clenched my eyes shut, willing the tears away. I looked at his face in its entirety and the look there didn't seem like the face of a man seeing his son for the first time after knowing about him for years. It was the f

Taking a few steps back, I breathed in deeply to calm the hot fury that swelled like acid in my chest. I know my anger shouldn't be directed at Jaxon but I can't just help myself. My anger is also directed at the people who were supposed to be his family,my son's family. His father and Nora had let him live a lie for fourteen years. It didn’t surprise me that his father had been involved. He hadn’t liked her and he made it obvious by telling her numerous times that he doesn't think I'm the right one for his son. I could see him being bitter enough to keep the information to himself.But Nora? His twin sister? How could she have done this? Why would she have done this? Clenching my fists, I suppressed a shudder of rage. “I hope you aren’t about to chew me out over this,” I said, eyeing him as he struggled with his emotions. “Because if you are, I’m going to tell you to get the fuck out right now.” He looked like he's trying to contain his anger, he shrugged, and replied “No, it’s not yo