Chapter 211
HANNAH
Alpha Wallace had something on his mind. I guessed that much the moment we all sat down for breakfast.
We all finished eating before him even though we had spent more time on our meal chatting as was now normal at mealtimes in the house.
"If anyone wants me, I'll be in my room," I said, drinking up the last of my fruit juice and pushing back my chair.
It had occurred to me that maybe he wanted to speak with his sons privately.
My words brought him out of his reverie. He set his fork down.
"Sit down, Hannah," Alpha Wallace said, looking up at me. "There's something you should know. It concerns you too. Once their exams are over, I'm sending my sons to a pack quite far from here. The Alpha, a long-time ally of mine has been having a series of conflicts in his pack. I can't go there myself and you know why-"
"Redcave?" Willa said.
"Yes... Redcave. My presence here is needed. Too many things to do in so little time. However, I'm sure the presence of the Wallace's in that pack will do them a lot of good." He said.
"Their Alpha can't handle his pack, huh?" Cade said, half to himself.
His father looked at him sharply. "You will find, Cade, that it is not a weakness to ask for help when you need it-"
Cade interrupted. "Rather it is strength. Yeah, I know. You've told me that many times. I wasn't complaining, Dad. I was just sayin..."
"It will be good training for all of you," the Alpha continued. "It's high time you three got first-hand experience of what it means to rule."
He looked like he wanted to say something else but I quickly voiced out what I had been dying to ask since he announced the trip.
"How long?" I asked.
"It's hard to tell," Alpha Wallace said after some thought. "But they will be there for at least one week."
"One week!" I exclaimed, unable to help myself.
I had thought it would be a couple of days. Maybe three at most and even that was too much.
The Alpha nodded.
In my mind, I saw the hours and days dragging on with agonizing slowness while I sat at the window waiting and wondering when my mates would come back.
Maybe I was being a little dramatic but hey- not one or two but all of my mates were going away.
I felt Willa's hand slip into mine From under the table. She squeezed it.
I knew I would have her around but hanging around her was completely different from being with my mates.
"And- and all three of them have to go?" I asked.
"All three," Alpha Wallace replied.
"Can I go with them? I can take care of myself. I promise I won't be in the way."
"I'm afraid that's completely out of the question," the Alpha said firmly. "It will be too dangerous for you all to go. Don't forget, Hannah, that you are still the white wolf and while Dawson is gone, it would still be unwise to flaunt your existence out there. Some people may start getting the wrong ideas, especially since the pack in question has some potentially dangerous people there."
My mates were nodding, silently agreeing with their father.
I felt like kicking myself. Why had I requested to follow them myself? I should have talked my mates into broaching that subject with their father.
Now that he had raised concerns about my safety if I tagged along, it would be so much harder to convince them to let me come. They all were too overprotective sometimes it was annoying
The Alpha started to rise and I made one last desperate effort.
"Alpha," I said. "You're sending guards along with them, right?"
He looked vaguely puzzled as he said, "Yes?"
"Then some of the guards can follow me around too if you wish. With the guards as an extra-"
"No. You stay here. In a week, at least they will come home. That is my final decision on the matter." He said.
I swallowed back further protests and nodded. Willa insisted I still sit with her at the table. She kept up a constant flow of chatter which I guessed was to take my mind off things.
After breakfast I went to sit alone at the front porch, elbows on my knees, palms on both cheeks looking straight ahead, but not really seeing anything. I tried to keep my mind blank but it was hard to.
I kept thinking 168 hours. 7 days. 1 week. Goddess.
The Estate just wouldn't be home without my mates.
Someone dropped into the chair beside me. I didn't turn to see who it was.
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