Chapter 62
“Keep talking to me Cole. It will distract you from the shots. I’m going to take the first one slow but the rest will go fast, in a straight line down your arm. Just stay still for me.”
I place his arm in a relaxed position so that I can easily access the muscle.
“Tell me more about what's going on with this luna. You said you don’t like her. Why? Did she do something to you? Before she started accusing you of rape?”
He sighs heavily but surprisingly decides to talk.
“Alpha Andre is the next in line for the pack leader. Dad has spent a ton of money going to every pack in the lower forty-eight that has an unmated luna in an effort to find his fated mate. They succeeded in finding her but she was the only child of Alpha Oliver in California. Alpha Oliver was very selective about who would take over his pack and found out about my father’s reputation. As a result, he refused to simply accept Alpha Andre as his daughter’s mate. Instead he created a series of tasks to test his character. When he failed all the tests she rejected him.”
He stops a moment as I slowly inject the first shot into his shoulder.
“Deep breaths.” I remind him calmly.
He ducks his face down into Madilyn’s hair as I finish the first.
“Hopefully the rest won’t be quite as nasty.”
I rub his arm gently, helping to break up the sting from the shot.
“What happened after his fated mate rejected him?”
“Initially he refused to accept the rejection but then dad fed him a line about he can’t find his second chance mate if he doesn’t accept.”
“That’s actually a true statement, Cole. You can’t find the second without accepting the rejection of the first.”
I state as I inject the first of the supplements.
“Dad had already spent thousands of dollars and three years of researching packs to find Luna Sara, he wasn’t going to do it a second time.”
“Oh, I see. He made it sound like he would help search for his second chance mate in order to get him to accept and return home.”
“Alpha Andre was pissed for a long time. Once he realized that dad was done he took it out on the pack, he was twenty-four at the time.”
“How old were you?”
“Eighteen.”
“Sorry to interrupt as you’re doing better than I expected in telling me this story but I need to know what you’re feeling. This is the last of your shots.”
I lay my hand on his forearm keeping him still as I pierce his skin with the last needle.
“Pressure. Like someone’s poking me with their finger.”
He winces slightly as I inject the last one.
“You’ve done extremely well Cole. Stay still so I can get these bandages on you then you’re done for a while.”
“Thank you Alpha.”
“Would you like to sit up until Jamie gets back? Angie just told me they’re checking some other things before pulling him out of the scanner.”
“Yes, sitting up would be nice, sir. Can I have some water please?”
“Absolutely. Something to eat, maybe?”
He shakes his head.
“I don’t think I can stomach anything right now. I may have finally gotten out of the panic attack but I’m still not feeling good. I’m sorry Alpha.”
“Don’t be.”
I slip my hands under Madilyn and pull her gently towards the edge of the bed. She whimpers slightly as I pick her up but she settles nicely again once she’s in the arms of her mother.
I help him get onto his back before raising the head of the bed. I hand him a bottle of water once the bed is at a comfortable incline.
I take a seat on the edge of the bed as he takes a long drink of the water before leaning his head back and closing his eyes. He’s still struggling with the effects of the twilight sleep we gave him several hours ago. I’m pleasantly surprised when he starts telling us about his brother’s luna again.
“Dad waited two years for him to calm down before he started meeting with him again to discuss getting his luna. As council law states the next in line for the pack can not assume responsibility until he has his mate unless the ruling alpha passes away. The council prefers that fated mates take charge but if you don’t have your mate by twenty-five then you can choose your own.”
“I’m well aware of the clause. Though I’m curious as to how you know it so well. Either way, most alphas now would use this type of situation as a way to gain an alliance over the traditional way of allowing the top female warrior to assume the position.”
He nods his head and opens his eyes, briefly looking into mine.
“I’m not supposed to know what I’m telling you.”
“Do you think your knowledge of the situation is why you’re being punished so harshly?”
He sighs as he shakes his head, closing his eyes again.
“My understanding is that dad wanted him to choose one of the three women that he had pups with as the future luna. Unfortunately, none of them could pass the council’s test for taking a warrior as the luna. I think he fought with the council, disclosing the fact that he had twins with his last fling but the council told him that she wasn’t proper for the job.”
“Your brother has four pups already?”
I’m shocked at such carelessness. Cole simply shrugs his shoulders as he takes another mouthful of water.
“The rules of my pack allows he-wolves to be womanizers if they wish to be. Andre and Kristoph are quite the playboys. Although I think Kristoph has learned from his mistakes better than Andre.”
“You don’t strike me as the playboy type.”
He opens his eyes and looks at me silently for a moment. Closing his eyes he starts again.
“The Red Fang territory is basically a box surrounded on four sides by other packs. White Fang is to the east, White Moon is to the north, Red Moon is to the west and Crescent Moon to our south. We’re already allied with White Fang and White Moon packs. They are the ones in charge of our warrior training. Red Moon hates us and actually sold off some of their land to create a buffer between us and them but that didn’t keep dad from trying to get a betrothal out of them. It took nearly a year before dad gave up trying to ally with those who hate us and started talking to the Alpha of the Crescent Moon pack. They have a huge territory, an impressive warrior program and numbers that are equal to our own.
Alpha Robert has two sons and a daughter. His oldest son, Alpha Conner had found his luna and ended up taking over her pack since she was the only child to survive a rogue attack on the alpha’s family. The second son, Alpha Allen, also has his Luna and is undergoing the necessary training for him to take over the pack in three to four years. His daughter, and middle child, Luna Sasha, who was twenty-four at the time their talks started, was of the proper age to be betrothed to Andre. It took two years, between testing the girlfriends that had pups with him, pursuing Red Moon and settling the details of the deal with Alpha Robert, but Andre got his luna.
She moved into the pack house about a year ago. I didn’t like her from the first time I met her. She was rude and surly from the moment she walked in. She acted as if she was luna and everyone needed to bow down to her every whim. She became physically and verbally abusive towards the omega housekeepers within days of her arrival. She got so bad that by the end of the first month I saw dad take his belt off, lay her over the dining table, lift her dress exposing her thong and laid into her backside. Andre was pissed but knew better than to challenge him.
Alpha Robert had a reputation for being strict towards his children but I don’t think she had ever been laid into like that. She learned quickly where the line was and somehow managed to keep from crossing it.
During her second month there I came across her making out in the kitchen. I managed to get into the fridge, grab what I was after and get out without really looking. I assumed that it was Andre and didn’t care for the trouble he tended to bring me. Problem was, I ran into him coming in the front door as I left the kitchen. He asked me where Luna Sasha was but I was so dumbfounded that I couldn’t speak right. He got several good hits in before I managed to run off to my room. It didn’t take long for me to see the same thing happening at least once a week with different wolves. Even she-wolves got in on the action. Right out in the open for anyone to see but no one said a thing. Somehow Andre never saw her. It went on like that for months. About three weeks before the union ceremony I ran into Andre in the training room. I usually try to time my training there for when no one else is around but I guess he got delayed. I can’t stand cheaters and I tried to warn him about Sasha.”
“It didn’t go over very well, did it?”
I could tell by his sudden change in posture that the story is getting harder for him to talk about. I shift my position so that I’m closer to him. It’s the emotional toll or the lack of, that tells me when a wolf is truthful or full of shit.
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