The Secrets

*** Gabriel's POV

"It's not possible for a she wolf to be Alpha." Dimitri looks from me to an omega I've learned is named Nira.

Nira shrugs. "She always been more. She's one of our strongest fighters. I guess the betas respect that and followed."

"Respect isn't the only thing you need to be Alpha." Dimitri argues with the omega.

"No, you have to be born an alpha. Which Amira was. No one expected it. Her mother's pregnancy wasn't different in any way. Not a soul knew until she was born. She had alpha eyes and Alpha Moon could smell her."

"Cobra should have made her submit." I look at Dimitri. "How was she part of your pack without submitting?"

Nira shrugs. "She was born to our pack. She's always been Blue Moon pack."

"Why hide her?" Dimitri asks.

Nira looks at me nervously. "He knew the price that would be on her if anyone knew."

"The largest pack keeping a secret like that for thirty years?" Dimitri looks at me. "Surely they had traitors."

"Did you?" I ask Nira.

She nods. "For someone to leave the pack, they had to fight Amira or Tavin, her trainer. No one wanted that. The ones who attempted to leave without permission were dealt with." She fidgets with her fingers nervously. She might have been close to the former alpha but she doesn't do well with me.

"Who is the closest to the she wolf?" I ask.

"Tavin Brooks or Iyla Banks." She says quickly.

"You can go." I wave a hand dismissing the omega. She has helped all she can for now. "Bring me the girl. She will be more willing to talk than he will." I tell Dimitri as he shuts the door.

"Do you really want to go through the hassle for one she wolf?"

I cut my eyes up at him. I could tell him the truth. The damned she wolf is my mate. I'm not sure she even knows. She didn't seem to. But I felt it when I touched her in the woods. Instead, I lie. "She is the first alpha she wolf ever, Dimitri. We need to find out how and why."

Dimitri sighs but leaves without a word. He doesn't care for Blue Moon Pack. If he had his way all of them would be dead by now.

I sigh, finally opening the folder in front of me. It contains the birth records of everyone born into Blue Moon Pack during the ten year span Amira was born. The same year her father killed my family. I flip through searching for Amira's name. By the third time of looking though, I knew she wasn't in there. Either Cobra didn't record her birth or she wasn't born when Nira said.

My office door opens as I skim through a fourth time to be sure. A she wolf enters followed by Dimitri. "Iyla Banks." He says, shutting the door.

"Iyla,sit." I say, dropping the folder on my desk and straightening.

The girl listens but her green eyes dart from me to Dimitri and back. She's nervously shaking her leg.

"Tell me about Amira."

"No." She says, looking me in the eye.

Dimitri looks at her. The last person to tell me no lost their head. I take a deep breath. "Are you challenging me, Iyla?"

"No, sir." Her eyes fall to my desk. "But I won't betray my best friend. No matter what you do to me."

I chuckle. "Can you tell me how old Amira actually is?"

She looks at me confused. "She's thirty."

"There's no record of her birth."

Her brows furrow. "There has to be. Everyone has a birth record."

I pick up the folder, holding it out to her. "Look for yourself. "

She flips through it silently. I ignore the way Dimitri looks at me. I admit, my behavior must be strange to him but this girl will only be open and honest with me if I am with her. "This doesn't make sense. She went to school. She trained. There has to be records." She looks up at me, confusion clouding her eyes. "If anyone knows, it will be Tavin." She pauses, sighing. "He won't tell. He was loyal to Cobra."

"Will he be loyal to her?" I ask.

She shrugs. "He would give his life for her but I doubt he will tell you or her Cobra's secrets."

"Thank you, Iyla." Dimitri looks at me strangely as I stand from my chair. Iyla's eyes follow me. "Would you like to see your friend?"

She jumps to her feet. "Yes, sir. Is she okay?"

I nod. "She is alive and pissed off."