Chapter 45

ALPHA MARCELLUS STORM

This is so lame.

How is this lame? Marcellus asked his wolf as he opened up his email, looking for the calendar invite he had been sent not even an hour ago. Just before his mate came marching into his office with a tray of food and demanding an answer to the question that he didn’t quite know himself.

Why do you guys even have a group chat?

Because it’s the twenty-first century and makes keeping in touch much easier than having to call up everyone separately.

His wolf snorted at that but it appeared that this time, he didn’t have anything to say.

Cat got your tongue?

More like our mate had our tongue in her mouth, though she has claws as sharp as a cat.

Marcellus couldn’t help but chuckle at the thought as he leaned back in his seat, his lips curling devilishly up at the reminder. His wolf couldn’t be more right about their mate.

Well, you’re not wrong about that. We’re going to have to be careful around her otherwise she’s going to do a lot more than just scratch us. He hummed quietly with a dazed look in his eyes, his lipping tipping higher the longer he thought about or more specifically, the look on her face the moment after they had separated from the kiss, her lips still pouting and her head angled up, almost as if needing a few moments to recover from making out with him.

Remind me why we’re not still kissing her right now. His wolf murmured quietly, equally as dazed as his human counterpart with the memory of her juicy, plump lips against his own, moving and rubbing against his with just as much desperation and desire.

We have a zoom call with the other Alpha’s in a bit. Plus, she was the one that walked away from me. Not the other way around.

You could have gone after her. His wolf suggested with a light growl, still thinking of the feeling of his mate between his arms. Or even better, you could have not let her go.

Marcellus snorted at that before quickly following the sound up with a light laugh.

It’s funny you think that, that woman would listen to a word I say, let alone take heed to it.

You’ve got a point there. His wolf chuckled wolfishly. We’re going to have our hands full with that one.

I hope so, but only if we’re able to get her to stay after spilling the truth.

Right.That one’s on you. His wolf informed him as he loved to remind him. I’m still waiting for you to spill the beans to her on that one. So, any day now. And yes, I intend for you to feel the pressure.

We’ve been through this already. Marcellus sighed as he reached up to brush a hand through his air, tugging gently on the ends in frustration. I’m just waiting for the right moment.

Thankfully, his wolf didn’t get a moment to respond as they had finally run out of time.

When the notification on his laptop sounded, indicating that it was now time for the meeting, Marcellus sat up straighter in his chair and clicked on it, joining the meeting with the rest of the other Alpha’s from the neighbouring packs.

“Alpha Marcellus, it’s nice of you to join us.” Alpha Ryan of the Silver Claw pack – one which directly neighboured his and they shared the North high school with – snorted the moment he got the audio connected through his ear pods.

Before Marcellus could hump to his own defence Alpha Ryan’s Beta made sure to add in his two scents.

Marcellus wasn’t quite sure why the Beta of the Silver Claw pack was part of the call as no one else had extended the invitation to their Beta however, he knew that he would aggravate the situation more by pointing out that fact. Not that Marcellus cared about keeping the peace, but he desired to be finished with this conversation as soon as possible.

The sooner he was done with the meeting, the sooner he could get away from all these grouchy Alphas who thought they were better than him simply because they had started to sprout grey hair.

“Let’s cut him some slack, gentlemen.” Alpha Romano didn’t even bother trying to hide the roll of his eyes as he leaned back in his chair and sipped leisurely from a beer bottle. “Just because he didn’t join the meeting ten minutes early like the rest of you, doesn’t make him any less of an Alpha than the rest of us.”

A few growls sounded from the Alpha and Beta duo, yet Alpha Romano simply winked, and Marcellus chuckled as he knew it was intended for him, as well as to further spite the others.

He chuckled openly, glad to have someone on his side for a change.

“How about we get started on the agenda for today’s meeting?” Marcellus asked, making a point to tap on his wrist even though he wasn’t wearing a watch. “I’m sure all of you are very busy, so I suggest we get started now.”

“Thank you, Alpha Marcellus.” Romano nodded at him in thanks before introducing the catalyst for this meeting, one that had been organised only late last night. “I wanted to make everyone aware of the kidnapping situation that has been going on lately. Alpha Marcellus is already aware of the first incident when one of the she-wolves in the pack had disappeared for a few hours and then was found outside the border of the pack, unconscious and without anything seemingly wrong with her.”

Marcellus nodded and hummed. “Were you able to learn anything after Melissa woke up?” He asked, remembering the she-wolves name as he had thought it to be a very peculiar situation, one which didn’t make any sense to him despite how hard and how much thought he put into it.

Alpha Romano shook her head. “She doesn’t remember a thing. Has absolutely no idea of even waking up that morning.”