Chapter 142: Caleb

I stood up tiredly. They were expected at dinner. They had been expected at dinner 30 minutes ago, but I had decided to tell Rhys and Sawyer every transgression I had ever made after we officially agreed on no secrets. It was a lot. Many of them were petty and stupid, but some were serious. I thought he would need to know them before he actually gave me back my title and allowed me back into the pack. He had already agreed, but I thought he should know everything. Which honestly, I was glad for because him giving back my title wasn’t going to be as easy as he had hoped. I had screwed up a lot in my past. He said he wouldn’t hold it against me now, but we would have some patching up to do... A lot
of patching up.  
“Are you going to join us for dinner tonight?” Sawyer asked hesitantly as we all started to move toward the door.  
I hesitated. Just because my brother forgave me, didn’t mean that I was welcome in every part of their life now. As much as I hated politics, I had been banished. He couldn’t just let me back in without a good reason.  
Rhys gave me a hard look before giving me a slight nod, telling me it was okay for me to join. Grace turned toward him and whispered something in his ear, but I turned away. He had what I wanted. Even if I had had it twice. I had blown it twice.  
Sawyer swung the door open, and standing across the hall was Alana, a bag in her hand, looking terrified.  
I smiled at her. This had been her idea. She had thought that talking to Rhys was the answer, and she had been right. But clearly, she had doubted herself as she held a heavy looking duffel bag in her hand.  
“Alana!” Sawyer exclaimed. “What are you doing here?”  
“I uh, I just wanted to make sure everything was okay.” She answered hesitantly.  
“We’re good, Alana,” Grace said gently with a small smile.  
Grace looked exhausted. I felt bad that I had kept her from her dinner for so long. She was strong, but it also wasn’t hard to see that she was also fragile these days. When I met her, I had known she was something special, but I had never imagined half the things she had been through before I had left.   
Alana didn’t look much better. Her face was paler than usual, and the fatigue on her face was obvious. She looked to me for confirmation that everything was okay, and I gave her a small nod. She had risked a lot to be here. She wasn’t really supposed to be on this floor unless she was cleaning. The offices were soundproof, but attempting to eavesdrop was frowned upon and a punishable offense.   
“Oh, good.” She responded nervously. She knew the rules as well as I did.  
“Are you joining us for dinner?” Rhys asked, breaking the awkward tension.  
“Oh uh, yea,” She stuttered uneasily. “Let me just...”  
“Here, let me,” I said, grabbing the bag from her. “We’ll meet you downstairs, I want to bring Sammy, if that’s okay...”  
“I think it would be good for your image.” Rhys responded with a nod, his hand finding Grace’s.   
I nodded back, and Alana and I headed up the stairs back to the Alpha floor. I couldn’t believe she had prepped for me to leave like that. She really had been listening to my fears earlier.  
“I’m sorry.” She said as soon as the others were out of earshot.  
“What for?” I asked, stopping right outside the locked door to the Alpha floor.  
“For putting you through that. I thought that they’d be understanding, and that you would feel better, but when we were kicked out, I realized that I had put a lot of faith in Alpha King Rhys to do the right thing. He is known for his fairness, but also his cruelty. I wondered if it was too much, and I had messed up, so I grabbed your pack and filled it with what I could.” She blubbered, close to tears.  
“Alana,” I said gently, reaching out and caressing her face. “You did the right thing. You were right. I told Rhys and Sawyer everything. From mistakes I made as a kid, to mistakes I made as an adult. I told them everything. And Rhys has agreed to not threaten to banish me, unless I break the law. He stated that it would not be a little mistake, it would have to be a law. So, I don’t have to live in fear... At least, not like I have been. I know I’m not perfect, and he knows that. He also knows I’m trying to change. It was probably the most real conversation that I’ve had with my brother since I was a child.”   
Alana gave me a small smile, but I could tell she still felt uneasy with everything.  
“Do you feel better?” She asked earnestly, her eyes searching my face for something.  
“I do. Thank you for dragging me there and making me talk to them. I’m sorry I scared you.” 
“I just thought it was the right thing to do.” She mumbled.  
“It was.” I assured her. I wasn’t quite sure exactly what was next for me, but I did know, if I hadn’t talked to my brother, I would have spent my time constantly worrying.  
I withdrew my hand from her face and punched in the code to the Alpha floor. I didn’t feel the need to hide the code because Alana had access to this floor for cleaning purposes. She was also Grace’s personal maid, not that Grace truly understood that.  
However, when we opened the door, we were met with utter chaos. Some kids were playing tag, which was normal around here. But in the background, I could hear two different kids crying, and then suddenly, Sammy’s small body plowed into me.  
“Sammy?”  
However, it wasn’t her, who answered as we entered further into the room.  
“Thank god your here!”  
And I looked up to see Maizie standing in the kitchen, her hands covered in blood.
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