Chapter 7 : Verdict

Brian Bennet’s POV

               Turned her into a werewolf? What was dad saying? Would she just turn into a werewolf if I give her my blood? Holy shit I had no idea about it.

               “Dad…I mean Alpha. I didn’t turn her into a werewolf. I was just trying to save her life” I blabbered.

               “Don’t you know that an Alpha’s blood or saliva can’t be just given to anybody? You don’t have to bite someone to turn them. You were not supposed to mess with human lives. You are supposed to stay away from them Brian or have you forgotten whatever you have been taught” I flinched as his Alpha aura hit me with all his might.

               Jack had warned me about this, maybe he knew too. But wasn’t I supposed to bite her to turn her?

               “Is she awake?” I asked. Even surprising myself.

               My mother entered the room at the moment and answered for me “Yes she is awake and she is doing very well. As might be assumed she is confused as to what she is doing and why she is here. She was tested by Ellen Braxton and she has confirmed that her blood is showing all signs of being a werewolf”

               I gulped hard. I had broken an important rule of the pack. Never mess with humans and do not turn them without their permission. Now I was sure that I was going to be banished from the pack and I wondered what would happen to the poor girl.

               “Alpha Bennet and Luna Bennet, I am extremely sorry that I have broken the pack rules. It was never my intention to turn her. I was only trying to help her. If she died it would be my fault, as she was startled seeing us. Please you have to understand that I did not know she would turn” I tried to explain.

               Alpha Bennet seemed to be pondering something.

               “Brian is there something you are not telling us?” my mother asked me.

               I think she also sensed my unexplainable attraction to the human girl. The answer was surely going to disappoint my father, who only preferred to have pureblood in the pack. Was the Alpha going to accept a human as the mate of his son? Of the future Alpha? But I had no choice but to tell them the truth about how I felt about her. That was the only way to ensure that Jack would not be blamed for any of my actions, It was solely my decision to head far into the forest in search of her scent.

               “You are right, mother. There is something that I need to confess. I think that the human girl could be my mate. It was her scent that drove me deeper into the forest. I could not ignore it, it was stronger than anything I had felt my whole life. I had to take a chance and the more I saw her, the more I was sure that she was my mate. I could not just leave her there. I can’t explain it. I feel connected to her somehow. I want her near me and her scent seems like the oxygen that I need to breathe”

               I looked at the shocked expression on my father’s face. He looked like I had slapped him across the face. He was trying hard to hide his humiliation. I cursed my fate. Why did it have to be this way? Why did I have to be such a huge disappointment to my father? I knew how much my father hoped that I would follow in his footsteps and become the Alpha of the pack but this changed everything. My father would never accept someone who was not a pureblood as the Luna of the pack. As I was the only son he had it meant that he would be the last Alpha in our family and I had to give up my right to be the future Alpha.

               “Do you know what this means Brian? You will no longer be considered the future Alpha of Silver Cresent pack? Only purebloods have the right to be called the Alpha and Luna of the Silver Cresent pack as per our tradition. Are you ready to give it all up for a human whom you don’t even know?” The Alpha questioned.

               “I think I do Alpha. I am very sorry about how things have turned out but I believe she is my mate and I would like to take her as my wife” I said.

               Jack stiffened next to me. He placed his hand on my shoulder and whispered in my ears “Are you sure Brian? Are you dead sure that she is your mate? Don’t give up everything for her. We don’t even know if she would be willing to give up her life and stay here with us. Take some time. Think this through”

               “That’s right Brian. You haven’t even spoken to the girl yet and she has no clue what it means to be a werewolf. You need to make her understand our world first and then only tell her that she is your mate. You can’t just decide that you are going to give up everything for her” My mother Kiara Bennet agreed with Jack.

               Beta Gregory seemed increasingly angry with the ongoing conversation. I know he had high hopes that his daughter Natasha would be chosen as my mate and he hoped that she would be the future Luna. I know he and his wife were leaving no stone unturned to ensure that. But this new revelation that I had chosen a different girl as my mate was bound to upset him. My father also echoed the same vibes as Beta Gregory. They had been best pals since they were little kids and were inseparable. It was natural that they hoped their kids would be too.

               “I have reached a decision” announced Alpha Bennet.

               Please, father, don’t order me to reject my mate. I won’t be able to obey you if your order me so.

I communicated to him via mindlink. He didn’t respond via mind link and continued.

               “What has been done cannot be reversed but the consequences have to be dealt with by the person who has done the deed. I command Brian Bennet to take on the responsibility of the human girl and make her understand our world. If she wishes to stay on he will have to dedicate his time and effort in training her but he is not to reveal under any circumstance that he is her mate or that he has chosen her as his mate. No one else is to reveal the same to her either.

               If and only if she agrees to stay on in our world and chooses Brian as her mate without any external coercion then Brian may finally take her as his mate and marry her. If she chooses to leave the pack after knowing the truth about our world then we let her go and Brian has to get married to the girl decided by the Alpha and Luna of the pack”

               “So be it” Beta Gregory Shore joined in and so did he Theta Alan Braxton. Sealing my fate.