Alpha Sam’s POV I didn’t know where to put myself right now, so I decided that staying here, where no one would bother me, is my best option. Everyone filtered out of the conference room after the pups left, all in different stages of shock and awe. I think I would feel the same way, but the information she gave me was too much to digest. Mylo wanted to stay back with me, not wanting to leave me alone, and as the last of my unit in the room, I understood his worry. Unlike my unit, I didn’t have a mate to lean on. My pup had gone off with her friends, and I am happy for her, but now... I really am all alone. When the Goddess told me that my true mate had been feeling my betrayal all these years, all I could feel was pain. I haven't stopped aching with regret. The Goddess had tried to teach me to think using my brain, not my dick, and I failed. I failed the Goddess. I failed my true mate. How could I ever face her after all she must have been through because of me. I wonder if she kn
Alpha Sams POV I had started to realise that Spear may have said he would give me time... but he was going to spend it fucking torturing me. He prowled around in my mind all freaking night, growling and snarling. When I addressed it with him, all I got was tirade about how he would calm the fuck down when he knew his mate was safe and with us where she belongs. I barely got any sleep, and honestly, I am beginning to resent my wolf. I needed to get enough rest to get through today and all the pomp and circumstance that the council will require of me and the pack. Not to mention, Elder Gabriel would have gotten here either late last night or this morning... so that is a whole other kettle of fish. Our Elders are basically royalty to us. We have at least one from every region. A retired Alpha who had been chosen to represent their part of the world to maintain peace and safety. Gabriel represented us. He and my father planned to represent us together before he died, but I had still been
Serenity POV After my conversation with Flora, I had fallen asleep with two wolves on my bedroom floor in a pile of pillows and blankets, and Tony and I insisted on taking the bed. She insisted if I am being honest. I really didn’t mind either way. We had played silly games, laughed, watched movies, and eaten our weight in junk food, before passing out in food comas. I was shocked that Sequoia, or Flora, as everyone calls her, had just literally taken the pups and left. I had been so happy for her. When she told me that Jericho and Jessica were the pups, she had adopted it had taken everything in me not to burst into tears. I love those pups like siblings. I guess they really are like siblings to me now. Flora had always been like a mother to me, and now, she had adopted the two pups I had the strongest connection with. I had been training with Jeri for a few months. He wanted to be like his dad. A warrior. He would be too, because that boy's determination and inner strength had no
Alpha Sams POV She adopted two pups. A boy and a girl. Why does that make me and Spear so damn happy? That she hadn't met her mate but had two pups of her own. Two pups who I have met. Jericho had impressed me with his fire and spirit. He would be a firecracker as he grew up. I still had this pit in my stomach at the thought of her staying with her sister's pack. Nighthaven was a good pack, run similar to my own. Henry was a good and fair Alpha and I trust him to take care of any of my pack members. But something about her being there sets me a little on edge. What if she falls in love with the pack? What if she never comes home? What if she needs the help of her sister now, she has the pups? ‘NO. SHE WILL COME HOME.’ Spear snarls at me and I keep trying to replay that into my head as I shuffle food around my plate. Apparently, not only do I now lose sleep, but my appetite has also taken a rain check. At this point, I may as well just hand over my title to my underage pup, because I
Serenity POV I sat to my father's right; his unit all sat in order of their rank to his left. My unit followed suit. Cara, Tera, and Myra, my aunts, all sat behind their mates against the wall. I would have preferred them stay at the table, but that is not my call it's my dad's. Alpha Henry had retaken his seat directly across from us as the head of the meeting, but since the arrival of Elder Gabriel, I could tell he wanted to forfeit the right to his superior. The elder sat in the seats vacated by the two Alpha’s who got kicked out during my father's interrogation for whatever reason, and Luca sat opposite looking bored. The room was uncomfortably quiet. The kind of quiet where you can hear every creak of a chair as people shift their weight. It was not intentional; we all just understood the gravity of the situation we were now in. Yesterday was the equivalent of a civil case in the human world. My dad personally requested a formal rejection. It was based on evidence but ruled by e
Alpha Henry POV Coming to this pack hadn't been a hard choice to make. My Luna, Harriet, or Harry as I call her, is a wonderful woman and has been close to Sequoia since she has taken her place in my pack. I always thought it weird that he had someone else taking over the responsibilities of the Luna, but it wasn’t my busy to pry into. As soon as the Elders asked for someone to come here to deal with a rejection and a possible criminal case, I rushed over and demanded the presence of the other Alphas as soon as possible. Sam is a good guy, a good Alpha, and I consider him a friend. I am not sure he sees me the same way as pack politics have always been something that is present between Alphas. You cannot risk the safety of your pack because you see another Alpha as a friend. I try to remind myself of that a lot but give his pack members a lot of special treatment other packs don’t get. I know he raises good, respectful wolves here. Seeing this footage for the second time in two day
Alpha Sam POV After Henry told me I could execute that bitch I felt myself and Spear relax a little. At least this part of my life could be behind me. I could tell Gabriel was not happy with the decision and they were all having a conversation about it at the end of the table. I would have doubts too, but they had no idea how I felt. No idea that I had another mate out there I had been hurting for over twenty years thanks to my blindness and foolishness. This she-wolf hurt my pup, my fated mate and my pack members... all to satisfy her own greed and need for status and power. It makes me sick to my stomach to even think about it. How could I not see it. Ren places her hand on my shoulder, and I turn to look at her. “Are you sure daddy? If you can't, I won't be mad or judge you.” she says, and I can see the worry for me in her eyes. She worries that I can't do this, and it will change me. It probably will, but not in the way she is assuming. I place my hand on her cheek and rub my t
Alpha Sams POV I had gotten some paperwork done, showered and dressed for the occasion. We had hours to kill before the sentencing, and I was not needed with the council, so I used the time to catch up on some bits and pieces. I didn’t want Ren feeling she needed to be working when she was trying to reconnect... or I guess... connect at all with her unit. Spear had been pacing impatiently in my mind ever since. We wanted that bitch dead. We needed her off our pack lands. I could feel it bubbling under my skin every second. ‘Is it time yet?’ Spear growls in my mind for the hundredth time since leaving the meeting room. Whatever calm I had gained from managing to speak to Sequoia had fizzled away as quickly as the link had closed. Spear felt the same and became instantly agitated. ‘Yeah. Its time. Let's get the guys and go end this.’ I say with a sick smile on my face as I stare at myself in the mirror. Sequoia had brought a free-standing floor-length mirror into my suite for me to