Chapter 6 : Shock

Brian Bennet’s POV

               I looked at Jack wanting to apologize for the trouble I had gotten him into. He just nodded at me and patted my shoulder. No words were necessary. Jeremy shook his head and pursed his looks when he looked at the both of us. His face exuded his disapproval. I cast my eyes downwards waiting for my parents to arrive. The girl who was the source of all this trouble was still unconscious, unaware of all the trouble she was going to cause at my pack. It was forbidden to bring a human to the pack ground. It was generally preferred that werewolves fraternize with our own kind. One was to hide the existence of werewolves from humankind and another because humans were weaker and their senses were dull. They had absolutely no sense of direction. They could not smell something unless the scent was extremely strong and their eyesight was a joke. Even if a werewolf took a human as a mate then the resulting progeny would not be as strong as a purebred werewolf.

               As every pack wanted to have strong wolves in their packs they preferred that the wolves in their pack chose another werewolf as their mate. But love was love and when the wolf felt strongly then there was no way to dissuade the wolf. Many packs had made peace with the fact that there were going to be half-bloods in the pack due to wolves mating with humans. Some packs preferred to have large packs with half-bloods believing that there was strength in numbers but some packs preferred to have only pure breeds. Our pack was one such pack that preferred pure breeds over half breeds. My father had a penchant for preferring purebreds over half-bloods.

               I felt my father arrive before I could see him. The air was fraught with tension, I could sense everybody shifting with discomfort. When the Alpha raged, we are covered no matter how higher up we were in the rank. Jeremy threw me a dirty glance and braced for the oncoming tidal wave of Alpha’s fury. Then I saw them coming towards us. My father an elegant figure at 6 feet 3 inches, build like a warrior, even at the age of forty-five he looked he was still thirty years old. My mother was right beside him. A picture of serenity. She had white hair and was dressed in white clothes. She wore charms made of beads around her neck and her arms. Her white hair flowed in the wind. She showed no emotion on her face. My father on the other hand was livid. His lips were pursed, his body almost shaking from the anger that he was trying to contain.

               “I can see signs of dark magic on them Alpha Bennet and they seem to have brought a human with them” Jeremy reports to my father in our presence even though I assume the same has been relayed to them via the mind link.

               “Brian, do you care to explain yourself?” my mother asked me.

               “You know very well that you are not allowed to bring a human to the territory. What is this human girl doing here?” my father thundered.

               “Alpha Bennet, I am sorry but we had no choice. If I had not saved her then she would have been dead by now” I always called him Alpha when we were in the presence of the pack and especially when I was to be treated like a pack member rather than his son.

               “Why did you venture so far into the forest? why didn’t you stay within the territory? Did the pisach enter our territory in the forest?” my mother questioned.

               I sighed and explained everything. How we were the reason that the girl got hurt and how her blood drew the pisach and how we fought the pisach and saved her life.

               “I see. Well, the most important thing is to rid you of the signs of dark magic first. It is not good to keep them on your body for long. Let me prepare the holy water for Jack and your bath” my mother instructed.

               “Kierra, are we just going to forget what they have done?” my father was not ready to let us go.

               “No, my love. We will deal with the consequences appropriately but first, they need to be cleansed. The girl can be put up in the guest bedroom until then and we decide what has to be done”

               My father seemed to calm down a bit and he nodded “Fine. Let them get cleansed and we shall deal with the consequences of your actions at the packhouse after breakfast. Mikon, please take the girl to the infirmary and ask the doctor to treat her for any injuries. Once she is fine, we can think about her accommodation”

               Mikon was a pack warrior too. He bowed at my father and took the human girl who had been made to sit on a chair, he carried her effortlessly as if she were a mere doll and headed to the infirmary. I was glad that my mother somehow managed the situation without my father biting my head off.

                                            

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               We are at the packhouse after being cleansed. We were able to sleep for a while when my sister Tara woke me up asking me to head down for breakfast. I was feeling too sleepy and requested her to wake me up when everyone had finished breakfast. I knew I had to face a firm interrogation at the packhouse and I was not ready for a mini interrogation at the breakfast table before that. I would face my father at the packhouse. Once breakfast was done and I heard my father leave I woke up, freshened up, and decided to head to the packhouse. My stomach was in knots and I had no desire to put anything inside it.

               Jack and I were the accused so we waited on the accused benches. The packhouse was bustling with activity. Warriors were having a meeting of the weak points around the perimeter and the security threats. They were discussing what were the important items which needed the Alpha’s attention. The omegas were setting the table with water and refreshments. The admin staff which was mostly run by second-generation Beta and Theta who didn’t make it to the Theta position were overlooking matters of inventory and managing the accounts of the pack. My father had told me that when I assume my position as Alpha, I would have to be well aware of every aspect of the packhouse and its administration.

               “What did Irene say?” I asked Jack. Irene was his wife and mate.

               “That I was not supposed to leave the pack territory until our kid was two years old”

               “Sorry mate,” I mumbled.

               “It’s alright. She will come around. Right now she is angry with me, I am sure she will calm down in a few days or at least once the baby comes”

               Alpha Bennet enters the packhouse with his Beta and Theta by his side. I don’t see my mother with him. I was hoping that my mother would be there with him so that we would be protected somewhat. Even though she was the Luna of the pack and she stood by the Alpha her maternal instinct would protect us from grave consequences. I had decided to take all the blame on myself and ensure that I was the only one being punished as it was entirely my fault alone. Jack had too much at stake to be in the line of fire. The worst thing would be banishment from the pack and I could not let Jack get himself banished when he was about to have a baby.

               “Brian, do you care to explain why you decided to turn a human into a werewolf?” Alpha Bennet asked me without wasting any time.