Chapter 6

I stormed past Kai knocking my shoulder into his as I passed. I found Kassius in his car, the car was running and he was staring straight at me as if he had been waiting for me to follow. I got in the car on the passenger side and he put the car into gear without another word. He pulled into my driveway and placed the car in park. He turned to face me taking my hand in his. His dark eyes softened when they locked on mine.

‘I know what Kai said to you on your way out today. He has said it to me several times as well. I want you to know I will not let him take you away from me. We belong together. Beta or not you will always come first for me. I hope you realize that.” Kassius told me. My heart was ready to burst at the sincerity in his voice. We had not been dating for very long but what we had was intense and real. I was sure this was the man I would end up mated to. 

“He thinks I am a distraction and a danger to the pack. I told him he has no right to demand that we stop seeing each other. I refuse to let him keep me from you. I do have to admit though. I am concerned that our relationship may end up causing you to get hurt and I don't want that. You have to promise me that if there is ever danger you will do what you have to do to take care of yourself and not worry about me. If you are too preoccupied with me it could be dangerous for you.” I stared into his eyes, willing him to understand how serious I was.

“Kitten, the only way to take care of me is to make sure you are safe. I could never let anything happen to you. Losing you will literally kill me. If I can't be with you I don't want to live any more. I know it sounds crazy but you are my world” Kassius leaned in planted small kisses down my neck before moving up and taking my bottom lip between his teeth. A moan escaped my lips and I heard a low growl in his chest. I pulled away knowing I had very little time to run inside and change for work before I would end up late. 

The house seemed quiet, I assumed uncle Laurence was at the bar already. I ran to my room to change as quickly as I could. Once I had my uniform on I tied my hair up in a simple bun. I walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth. I stepped in the bathroom and heard the unmistakable sound of water on the floor. I flicked on the light to see water about an inch high covering the bathroom floor. It was then that I noticed the shower was still running. I assumed uncle Laurence had left it running in a drunken stupor. It wouldn't be the first time. I grabbed all the towels I could find to soak up the water. I made my way to the shower and pulled the curtain back to turn the knob off. 

As soon as I pulled the curtain back I blood curdling scream left my throat. Uncle Laurence was laying in the tub, his skin was blue and cold to the touch. There was no doubting that he was dead and had been most of the day. Kassius came running in the house hearing me scream. He found me in the bathroom and noticed immediately the body laying in the tub. He wrapped his strong arms around me and I buried my face in his chest, inhaling the ocean breeze scent that was the only thing keeping me calm at the moment. I allowed Kassius to pull me from the house  and onto the front porch. I sat on the bench on the porch still processing what this meant for me, as Kassius made the appropriate calls. He called the pack hospital for an ambulance. Then he called Kai, it was customary to call the Alpha when a member of the pack had passed away. 

Kai arrived within minutes as did the ambulance. I did not move from the bench as people were coming in and out of the house. The motion became a blur. People were asking me questions but their voices were muffled and sounded like they were miles away. I couldn't focus enough to pick out any specific words. My entire body felt numb. I wasn't sure if I was sad or happy, mad or relieved. 

I noticed Kassius standing a few feet ahead of me acting as a buffer between myself and the endless horde of EMT’s and pack officials. I was thankful to have him here to shield me from the onslaught of questions about what had happened. 

The door opened and a stretcher rolled out. I could make out the form of uncle Laurence underneath the white sheet that had been placed over his body. The EMT loaded the stretcher into the ambulance and drove away. The pack officials were next to leave. I let out a deep breath as the hordes of people had cleared out. 

Kassius sat next to me on the bench and I leaned into him resting my head on his shoulder as he wrapped an arm around me pulling me close. I heard footsteps on the wooden porch and lifted my eyes to see Kai standing in front of me. 

“I am truly sorry for your loss, Fallon. Please know anything you need, you have my full resources at your disposal. Obviously you are excused from work for as long as you need. I will send movers tomorrow to assist in packing your things and moving them to the pack house.” Kai nodded his head and turned to leave. 

“You can't be serious,” Kassius called after him. “She will not be moving into the pack house. If she needs somewhere to go she will come to live with me, afterall in another year once we are mated, she will be coming to live with me anyway.” Kassius insisted.

“Well you are not mated yet, and she is still underage. As such she is the responsibility of the Alpha. My mother has moved away. You can have the entire east wind of the pack house to yourself.” Kai focused on me.

“Sorry to tell you but you can't just throw your money around and impress her like you can the other whores in this town. Fallon will be moving in with me.” Kassius was becoming angry, his dark eyes looking to be solid black.

“This is not up for discussion. Once she is mated she can live with whoever she chooses. Until then she is my responsibility and will be living in the pack house.” Kai boomed. “Movers will arrive tomorrow. I will be sure to have your room ready.”

Kai turned and left. Kassius wrapped his arms around me holding me tight. While he was restraining himself for my sake I knew this discussion was far from oer for him. Kassius pressed a final kiss to my forehead and went to his car. 

I spent the night with Santana and Xander. Santana did a great job of getting my mind off of everything that had happened in the last few days. I woke up early to head home and begin packing everything. The overs arrived at noon exactly. I had already boxed up all of my belongings as there wasn’t much to begin with. Kai met me at the door to welcome me to my new home. 

“Now that you will be leaving here, there are a few things we need to talk about.” Kai began.  “You are an official member of the Alpha family which means you will no longer work for the family. Anything you need will be paid for by the family. Here is your credit card. I want you to feel at home here. Feel free to treat this as your own home in every way. The only rule I have is that while you are living in my home you are not to see Kassius unless it concerns his role as future beta.”