All Chapters of Elding: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Two weeks later, Levi told Thalia that he and Malachi were traveling to Montana to spend the weekend at the Council’s retreat near Bitterroot Lake. I started thinking when Thalia told me that because I didn’t really want to go to Alaska to see Malachi. What I had in mind wasn’t something you did over the phone.I drove the five hours to Bitterroot Lake and I stood in the woods and watched Levi as he locked the front door and drove off in the car. Malachi was alone in the house, not that you should call it a house, it was more like five houses in one. I had switched everything ‘wolf’ off earlier and I kept them off as I made my way to the back of the house.I opened the sliding door on the verandah and walked into the large living room. I could smell him and I heard him as he spoke on the phone, it was faint and I wasn’t sure where exactly in the house he was. I put the envelope down on the table next to the windows and poured a drink for myself.I went to stand by the large windows an

We sat at the table on the verandah and ate dinner after Regen was put down for the night. There was a light breeze and the moon was full as we all dished up and began eating. We laughed and talked and Levi looked at me with that blank stare of his.“Malachi asked for your number,” he said to me.“Took longer than I thought,” I said and Jo looked at me.“If this is going to turn into a conversation…” she said and I laughed.“It wasn’t that bad,” I said and Levi smiled.“Excuse me? I came home to find blood outside and Levi’s bloodied shirt in the trash,” Thalia said.“That was my favourite shirt,” Levi said and I laughed again.“Levi, it was a plain white t-shirt,” I said to him.“It was my favourite plain white t-shirt,” he said and laughed.“So who won that fight?” Thalia asked and Levi and I looked at each other.“I did,” we both said in unison as Thalia and Jo laughed at us.“So Regen said his first word today,” Jo said and I looked at her.“Ah Daddy right,” I said to her and she

“Good evening, gentlemen,” I said as I opened the meeting. I had taken Scott’s barn idea and had built my own den not far from the house.“Tonight I want to share something with you and then put it to a vote. You all know about Jo’s safehouse and what she’s doing there to help these women escape from their circumstances. So I want to arrange a fight night, every now and then, or more like target practice on the men that drove these women to the safehouse,” I said to them.“I like it,” Russel said as he looked at me. I didn’t have a Beta and Russel was the highest-ranking Zeta in our pack.“I second this,” Dennis said.“Do we leave them alive?” Adam asked and we laughed.“Yes, they leave here alive,” I said to him. “There’s no point in random men going missing and the link being established to Jo’s safehouse.”“What if they report us to the sheriff, I know he’s one of us but at some point he will have to act if there are too many complaints against the pack,” Austin said.“That’s where

It was nearing Christmas and Jo was planning a special Christmas party for the occupants of the safehouse. She had booked a catering team that would cook Christmas lunch for the women and Scott had agreed to dress as Santa Claus and hand out presents to the children.Thalia wasn’t sure if Levi would be back in time to spend Christmas with us because he wasn’t sure how long their trip to Switzerland would be. She had finally given in to me and resigned from the hospital and she helped Jo at the safehouse on a permanent basis now.I woke up at 1 AM to find the bed empty and I got up. Jo had been sleeping badly the past couple of nights but every morning she’d smile when I asked her if she was okay. ‘Time to put that baby to bed,’ I thought as I went downstairs.“Midnight snack?” I asked her from the kitchen doorway.“Do you want some?” she asked me and I looked at her.“Uh, no thanks,” I said as she smeared peanut butter on a pickle.“Coffee?” I asked her as I put the kettle on.“Tea,”

“When are you leaving for Seward?” Jo asked.“Tomorrow, the sooner I go see him, the sooner I can come home and start planning the Switzerland trip,” I said to her and she sat down next to me.“And when Thalia or Levi ask me where you’ve gone, what do I tell them?” she asked me.“Tell them I’m meeting with possible contributors in New York, expanding the safehouse’s network,” I said to her.“I trust you, Alex. If you think this is the right thing to do, then do it,” she said.“If your dad was murdered, wouldn’t you want to know the truth?” I asked her.“Yes, I would. I get it,” she said.“I’ll be careful, I promise,” I said and she smiled almost sadly at me.“Do you feel up to some heavy lifting tonight?” she asked me and I chuckled.“Always,” I said as I shifted on the bed and pulled her toward me.She straddled my lap and the large T-shirt she wore rode up her thighs. Her stomach was already showing and to me she was the most beautiful woman on earth. I kissed her gently at first as