AIDEN
I went to the door to receive the guests and indeed, Jake was not there. I kept smiling and welcoming people until Zion came and joined me. “Have you heard anything from Jake?” he shook his head in the negative. I sighed and kept smiling until everyone was there. We got inside and started the ceremony.
I kept searching the room hoping to find Jake, but he was nowhere to be seen. “Everyone, be on alert and keep your eyes peeled. We are looking for the gamma. Whoever has eyes on him must tell me.” I sent out a mind link to all the warriors. Jake is always busy with things like security in the pack. Taking care of pack business when we are busy with other businesses.
He takes care of threats concerning us. Anyone threatening us, Jake is the first to know and takes care of it. He only reports to us when the problem is too big for him to handle alone. Like with alpha Harold. He was the first to know what he was planning
AIDENI spent the whole day interrogating warriors about Jake’s death. They kept coming one after the other, but I didn’t get anything. A whole day wasted, and I got nothing. “What the hell happened to you Jake?” Nobody saw him the whole day yesterday. Those who saw him, last saw him in the morning and didn’t see him again.I was beginning to wonder if my warriors were good liars, or I was bad at interrogation. Either way. I got nothing and I was frustrated. I got up and stretched my limbs, feeling tired and hungry. Zion walked in. “How’s it going?” I sighed leaning against the wall. “I have got nothing, it’s like he was killed by a ghost. The kind that knows how to kill a werewolf.”Zion came and stood by myside. “The last words I said to him were not good. I thought we had time to fix everything. But this life is unpredictable. One minute you are here and the next you are gone.” I could only imagine what he said to him, and I am sure it was about that whoring mate of mine. Damn, she
AIDENThe damn warrior dropped a bomb I wasn’t expecting. I kept quiet for a while not sure what to say to him. “Be careful what you say next warrior, this is the pack alpha you are talking about here and he is my brother.” The warrior looked back once again. He looked uncomfortable.“I know all that beta Aiden; I knew the risks of coming to you with this and I also know that you are a fair man.” He was the first to tell me that, Jake would have said he was buttering me up, so I don’t kill him. But the question remained, why did he think Zion had something to do with Jake’s death?“Then you better tell me now why you would accuse the alpha of this pack of killing his own gamma.” He swallowed hard before looking around then back at me, speaking with a whispering voice even though no one could hear us. “Yesterday morning, I saw gamma Jake dragging your mate to the woods. I was coming from patrol and ran this way to get a change of clothes from the trees.”He paused then look around once
ZIONThe way Aiden was looking at me got me scared. This pack could not afford to have it’s beta distracted, not after it’s gamma was murdered. I needed Aiden to be on his A game. Father was not around to pick up the slack this time. We were it for this pack and I could not have him wallowing in grief and self-pity for not finding the person responsible.“Come on, Aiden. Let’s eat.” I led the way to the dining room, Brook was already sitting and waiting for us. The omegas kept bringing the food in and placing it on the table. Brook stood and went to hug Aiden when she saw him. “Am sorry for what happened to Jake. I have not known him long, but he was good to me. called me Luna way before we even knew when it was going to be made official. I wish I had more time with him. it is true that the Goddess takes the good ones.”I stood there watching them, I didn’t know when they got close to a point that she could just hug Aiden. Was I too ignorant that I didn’t see this coming? “If he ends
AIDENZion was pissing me off to no end. The man was busy ordering me around telling me what to do as if I didn’t know what my duties were. But I wondered if he remembered what his duties were. The man was hell bent on me replacing Jake. Why? Because he knew that he killed him and didn’t want me digging any further?The Zion I knew would never have asked me to put the investigation aside, but this one did. Why? Why give me so many duties that will take me away from the investigation, why even suggest I let someone else investigate. What was he hiding? “Aiden, I get that you are hurt by what happened but brother, things cannot stop moving in this pack because of this, Jake would not want that.”I chuckled mockingly. “So, now you are an expert on what Jake would have wanted? I think Jake would have wanted us to work tirelessly to find who did this, but you are saying it must take a backseat?” I shook my head standing up. “What would father say to that then, dear brother?” he looked like
AIDENI was stunned to silence by what she said. I looked back as if someone could hear my conversation with her. I moved further away from the dining room. “Repeat what you said.” I was doubting my hearing now. I didn’t know if I heard her right or I was hearing things. “Yesterday, she changed in a hurry, and it got me to wonder why. So, I went and checked the shirt she wore. And I found blood on the hem and on the sleeve of her shirt.”She paused but I still didn’t know what to think. What did her having blood on her shirt mean? I hated her but I was not unfair as to accuse her of something. “Then this morning we heard about gamma Jake’s death. She didn’t look shocked when I told her like she already knew.” I felt like someone punched me on the gut.I cut the call with her then walked outside. I needed air, I needed to breathe Getting outside I stumbled like a drunk person until I got behind the packhouse. I bent holding my knees and just focused on breathing. I didn’t know what got
TINAMy mother was worse than I thought, she has really lost her mind. The omega who is taking care of her kept telling me that it was not bad, but it was. She was not the woman I knew anymore. She made no sense when she spoke but sometimes, she would say something that made her look like her old self. Then like it never happened she will go back to saying things that made no sense.What Aiden did to her mentally damaged her. I hated him for that. He could have just killed her instead of turning her into whatever it is she was now. My heart broke when I saw her yesterday, she didn’t even recognise me. Aiden has managed to kill both my parent just like father did to him. but he wanted me to feel more pain by keeping my mother like this.I sighed as I kept feeding her. “Mom, open up. Just a few more spoons and you will be done.” She pouted like a child, and I didn’t know if I should laugh or cry. We were having dinner, and
ZIONI stood when she told me she wanted to reject Aiden and that we should come clean to them. What was she thinking? I went and stood by the window. My brother was coming towards the packhouse and as if he knew we were talking about him. he looked up and saw me. “Tina, I don’t think telling them the truth is a good idea.”Seriously, what was she thinking? “So, that means you want to keep me as your dirty little secret forever while you enjoy life with your mate and have pups.” She was angry, I could tell. “That is not the case, and you know it. Tina the day Aiden finds out about us, is the day you die. He said as much himself.”I would rather keep our relationship a secret than tell Aiden the truth. He would kill her, and he would have my wolf on his side. That was a bad combination. “So, just because he said that you want to continue hiding what we have? Aiden hates me Zion, what business of his
ZIONMy heart thundered in my chest not knowing what the hell Tina sent me or how I was going to explain it to Brook. I cleared my throat. “What did she send?” inside I was praying it was nothing incriminating. “Reservation detail, where are you two going?” I quickly got up and took my phone from here.“You just ruined the surprise now; you shouldn’t have looked. Jeez, a man can’t even surprise his mate in peace.” I turned giving her my back. I told Tina we would have to cancel the reservation I made for us. When I checked what she sent me, I saw she made new reservations and for this weekend.I didn’t know why she was being pushy. “I didn’t know you were planning something, but it’s good I saw it, did you forget that I am going to the Luna seminar this weekend?” I turned to look at her now pretending to be disappointed. “Oh, come on, how can I forget that? Well, I will have to make it for some other time then.”She pouted and I sighed. That was close, if she didn’t have the Luna semi