Chapter Fourteen

Iliam’s POV

This can’t be happening. I smelt the scent as soon as I watched them arrive. Greenwood Pack just got here answering our call for aid. Good thing Ethar and Zi were too distracted at the moment to feel all the emotions swirling inside as I watched her approach the pack house.

When she got closer I could feel the bond growing stronger. Her Long blonde hair caught in the breeze , I almost put my hand to my mouth covering it to keep from inhaling the scent. This can’t be happening.

‘Mate’ I hear Raziel growl in my head.

‘We already have a Mate Raziel’ I tell him, but what he said was true I could feel it. She had Jean shorts on with a white tank top , her breast pushed up almost to her chin, her eyes bright blue, and her lips, her soft pouted lips.

Keep it together man! I yell to myself in my mind. The Moon Goddess was fucking with me. This is the last thing I needed right now.

She stopped at the bottom step and looked up at me.

“Hello Mate, “ she said aloud glaring at me.

“ Nope , nope absolutely not , I’m not doing this.” I said turning around and taking off into the mansion.

“ Hey don’t turn your back on me, we aren’t done here.” She calls out , but I kept walking , and yet she just followed.

“Look I’m sure you heard the announcement I already have a mate a chosen mate our union was blessed by the goddess yadda yadda.” I tell her walking faster , but when I sped up she sped up. Running away was useless. I stopped in my tracks and felt her crash into my back. I turn around steadying her, I jerked my hands from her shoulders like I had touched something gross. As I felt the sparks ignite through me.

“Why are you running from me!” She was livid. But what could I do in this situation except run.

“ Because I rather not get into this right now I already hav..”I say but she cuts me off

“You Alpha men are the worst to say the least, you all think every girl is looking to throw themselves at you huh?.” She says and I stared at her with confusion, what did she want with me other then to claim her mate?

“Now listen up ‘Alpha’” she says with the most annoying emphases on the last A, if she wasn’t so cute and determined I would have felt a disrespected.

“We are indeed mates, however you already have a mate, as for me I don’t really swing your way so can you just formally reject me so I can be on my marry way with the love of my life.” She says her arms crossed underneath her chest lifting her enormous rack up higher. Looking at her in the pose she was in turned me on but I immediately shook it off.

“ Ew don’t do that I can feel it , and it’s disgusting.” She says feeling my arousal through the bond.

“Fine ,I Iliam Aghram Alpha of.. wait what do you mean you don’t swing my way?” I ask her I knew I had to do what she asked but I was curious.

She rolled her eyes with annoyance before answering “ I have a lover already , her name is Cassandra.” She responds .

“Oh? Oooh!” I say as my eyes grew wide with realization.
“Yea so continue, if you don’t , I’ll mark her anyway but I will enjoy the pain as I know it is hurting you too.” She says glaring at me.

“Right okay , I Iliam Aghram Alpha of Blood Moon Pack… wait what’s your name?” I ask her.

She sighs at the constant interruptions , I could tell she was bracing her self from the pain of the rejection every time I stopped and started.

“I’m Head Gamma Agatha Cornelius Bloodsaw.” She tells me and I chuckle

“You have a boys middle name.” I tell her and she grabbed me by the collar and stood on her tippy toes to meet my eye level.

“And you are a childish wanna be Alpha now get it over with already!” She yells, I couldn’t even be mad at her. Even if she wasn’t going to be my mate I could appreciate her spit fire attitude, it was just like mine.

“ Okay , Okay. I Iliam Aghram Alpha of Blood Moon pack , reject you Head Gamma Agatha Cornelius Bloodsaw of Greenwood Pack as my mate.” I say sternly , and I immediately felt like shit for putting her through this, but it was what she wanted. She clinched her fingers around her chest as she felt the pain of the bond withering and breaking. Beads of sweat formed on her brow and upper lip as she hunched over wincing in pain.

She looks up at me with a devilish grin on he lips before she spoke. “ Your turn. “ she says chuckling.

Shit!

“I Agatha Cornelius Bloodsaw Gamma of Greenwood Pack reject you Iliam Aghram Alpha of Blood Moon pack as my mate.” She says quickly, I was embarrassed because the pain I felt almost brought me to my knees , as I felt my heart rip in two. I felt the bond finish breaking and then disappear.

She bends down to pat my back and help me stand upright. As stood up I could see Zion and Ethar making their way down the hall worry in their eyes surely feeling the pain of me and Agatha’s bond breaking . They stood in front us with questionable faces. Zion had two fresh marks on her neck and I smiled as I noticed them.

“Luna Zion and Alpha Ethar , it’s a pleasure to meet you both." Agatha says before bowing.


“Are you two alright? What happened?” Zion says shaking Agatha’s hand. I was going to lie but Agatha beat me to the answer.

“Oh we just rejected each other.” Agatha says a proud look on her face , and Zi and Ethar’s heads snapped in my direction with horror written in them.

“What she wanted to .” I explained looking toward Agatha to back me up. She just laughed.

“If you would excuse me.” Agatha says before walking off down the hall. Ethar started chuckling as I stood their stuck on stupid unsure what to say.

“Are you okay my love, I felt your pain through the bond.” Zion says as she cups my cheek. Ethar was still laughing at my expense.

“I’m fine thanks for asking at least I know someone gives a damn.” I tell her kissing her hand as I remove it from my cheek. Ethar just shrugged and we headed toward the war room to meet with the guest waiting for us.

Ethar’s POV

“I just want everyone here to know this. I know the Goddess made the announcement and demanded that the packs come to our aid if called. However everyone has a choice, this is not a fight you guys signed up for. I have no doubt in my mind that you will come if called, but I tell you here and now if you wish to not be a part of this I will respect the decision, everyone here will have the right to choose to fight with us or not.” I spoke the words to leaders around the table. The room held silence as they pondered over the decision.

“The Moon Goddess holds no power over my race. I am here with you of my own volition and I choose to stand beside you. If you call I will be here”. Count Loufy spoke first.

“My pack is bonded to you through one of our own, Luna Zion saved my life, I owe her my allegiance, we will also answer the call.” Alpha Toto pledges.

“We are a small pack but we don’t back down from a fight. And these Demon Jagter if not sanctioned by the Moon Goddess should be wiped from the face of the earth.” Alpha Johaness spoke

“We are your sister pack Cousin. We will answer the call.” Said my cousin Aya

“If the moon Goddess wills us to aid you Alpha we will not fail her.” Alpha Sebastian answers

That left Captain Tali, who although lost pack members to the attack last night, looked bored of the question

“ Mi situation is de same as dat bloodsucka der, Dat Moon lady don’t ordar mi. Dey took from Mi, I take from dem.” She replies in her Caribbean tongue, before she waves me off to continue.

I let out a sigh of relief as everyone pledged there allegiance to my pack. I finally had hope that we would get through this in one piece. Although it didn’t go as planned the mating ceremony did turn out to work to help us gain allies , I just wish it was under better circumstances.

“How did they get past your patrols?” Loufy asked. It was a valid question but I had not yet discovered the truth of it.

“I’m hoping to figure that out now, Iliam get Roy in here , we need him to shed some light on how our defenses were breached.” I tell him. I have to make a note to stop talking to him like he was my Beta especially in front of others. I am very keen on public appearances and I can’t have people undermining his authority because I failed to treat him as an Alpha.

I awaited his response and the look on his face was grief stricken. No, not him. It can’t be, and what of Seb? I realized in that moment his response would be a heart wrenching one.

“What happened?” I ask him taking my seat as Zi placed her hand on my back bracing me for his answer. I saw his mouth open then close not able to get the words out.

“We lost Head Gamma Roy in the attack.” Zi answered for him her voice shaking as she spoke. I lowered my head staring down at the sleeve of my shirt not able to take my eyes from the buttons holding the sleeve together.

“Seb?” I asked

“ We have alerted the families of our fallen. Seb is taking it as well as can be expected Alpha.” Zi spoke again, the words stung my ears as I heard them.

I stood up from my seat before addressing the group. “ We will meet again a week from today, everyone return home to grieve your loved ones and celebrate their lives, anyone wanting to stay is welcome, you can report to….” I didn’t know what to say I no longer had a Beta and I just found out my one of my dearest friends and my Head Gamma was dead.

“You can report to me if you are staying and seek accommodations.” Zi spoke again with the voice so graceful fitting her new Luna role, I sunk back it my chair as the group dispersed.

When I was sure the others were out of ear shot I let it all go. The mask I wore shielding my true feelings about everything that happened in just one day. One day is all it took to turn my world up side down. Roy and I had known each other since we were kids, if my mother could choose to have a second son it would have been him. We faced countless enemies and between him and Iliam we always prevailed. We were like brothers the three of us , band of misfits who held our pack together, us three. Iliam was my right hand and Roy was my left, and Seb , poor Seb who pledge her life to protect my mate, lost hers. Roy would want me to stand up straight and tall, and lead without a glimmer of sadness in me.

I needed this moment though, I needed to let it all go. Iliam crouched beside me , placing his arm around my shoulder. He wasn’t holding it back either I realized as I heard him sniffle. He pulled back from the embrace chuckling.

“If he could see us now, he would no doubt be calling us every profane word he could think of.” He said standing up , wiping his tears before pulling me to my feet.

“He wouldn’t want this Ethar.” He tells me his eyes meeting mine after I wipe my tears as well. He was right Roy was no doubt laughing at us from above as we cried like babies.

“ I need the names of everyone who passed Iliam , we will hold the funeral and I will meet with the families myself, each fallen soldier will have a pyre lit to honor them.” I tell him, as much as I had in me of my mother , I had of my father, and his Viking traditions seemed more fitting for that of a wolf the more life I lived.