I think that was as much as my father could take of Trevor trying to ruin my reputation. Before anyone could do anything, my father was holding Trevor by the throat with his feet off the ground. At first, Trevor still looked arrogant as he tried to power his way out of my father’s hold. He should have known that my father’s strength is legendary. My father is the deadliest warrior in the kingdom. The king has called on my father to handle difficult rogues. You can’t get out of my father’s hold unless he lets you go. My mother, me, and alpha Conner try to calm my daddy down. I plead with my father to let Trevor go. My father is not listening to any of us.
“I have had enough of you, pup.” My daddy says to Trevor.
“I have stayed quiet for this long because my daughter asked me to let her handle it, but you have gone too far now. It’s bad enough that you rejected her on your birthday,”Oh, no, now everyone knows T
Alpha Connor asked me to walk up to the stage. I walked over and stood in front of him. I am standing proudly in front of Alpha Connor and Trevor. By this time, I have removed my hair from my shoulder so my mark is on full display. Alpha Connor points out my mark to Trevor and asks him if he knows what my mark means. Trevor looks at my mark like he is bored. Everyone can tell that he really does not know what it symbolizes, which is truly sad. He is supposed to be the next alpha, and he has no clue that the goddess’ chosen one is standing in front of him. He makes some kind of underhanded comment and my dad almost grabs him again. I can tell he remembers what happened earlier and does not want my dad to grab him again.Alpha Connor is also losing patience with Trevor. The alpha slowly explains the mark to Trevor as if he was talking to a small pup. Sadly, the alpha had to give Trevor a full history lesson of my bloodline. After all of that, all Trevor could do was
We all leave the ball room slowly. I take Shana and walk out to my car. She has been quiet since everything began. I know many people were looking at her and blaming her for me rejecting Seleste. I will let the pack know I planned and made every decision on my own. I chose Shana. She did not target me. She is really a nice person and does not deserve the hate of the pack. They are really upset that they lot their true luna. I finally understand what everyone was trying to tell me. Truthfully, I’m at a lost right now. I don’t know what to do moving forward. I do know that I can’t hold Shana to our agreement. She deserves to find her mate and not all the drama that will come my way over the next few years. As we pull in front of her home, I realize that neither one of us has said anything the whole drive here. I guess we were both deep in thought. I need to apologize to Shana. She trusted me to do the right thing, and I screwed everything up. “Shana, look, I’m sorry ab
After the party, I went home with my parents. I was emotionally done. I’m glad my parents did not try to talk to me. My parents are good that way. I know when to give me space to process. My parents and I went to our rooms as soon as we got back to the house. I wanted to go to sleep, but my mind kept going. I couldn’t stop thinking about what happened at the party and the future of the pack.I have that things happened the way that they did. I am worried about the pack. If the Elite warriors leave, the pack will be vulnerable. The protection around the pack is strong, but we have pack members that live away from the pack and they could become targets because they know the pack would not be able to respond right away. I need to talk to the warriors in the morning. I do not want them to leave the pack for me. We have worked much too hard to let this pack fall apart like that. I love they will stand for me the way they did, but the pack needs them more than I do.
We all get to the pack meeting and take our seats. The warriors are all sitting behind me. My parents and the Beta couple take their places on the stage with the Alpha family. Trevor is sitting next to his mother instead of being on the left of Alpha Connor. That’s interesting. I think Alpha Connor is sending a message to the pack. I almost feel sorry for Trevor. He really looks like last night took a toll on him. I sincerely hope he learned his lesson. Alpha Connor walks up to the microphone to address the pack. Everyone is quiet, waiting to hear what our alpha has to say. “Thank everyone for coming this morning. We have quite a bit of information to give you today. For those of you who were not present last night, I know you heard all the rumors about my son and his mate, so let me clear everything up.” Alpha Connors says taking a deep breath. “Yes, my son was mated to Seleste and yes he rejected her and presented a chosen mate to the pack.” Those who were
Shortly after the pack meeting, Alpha Connor called me, my parents, Drew, Sam and Talia to his office to meet with the council. I guess my role as protector has officially begun. It is a little bittersweet. Every protector before me started this journey with their mates. The mate bound strengthens us and enhances our powers. We can also share our strength and gain strength from our fated mates. That’s one reason the moon goddess grants the protectors a second chance mate, if they are rejected. All the years that I heard about being the protector and how important mates were, I never thought I would be the one being rejected and have to start this journey alone. Well, not really alone. I will have my team and cousins with me. I know it’s not the same, but it is a start.I’m brought out of my thoughts by the members of the council. They are some of the oldest and strongest members of the supernatural community. There are representatives from all species on the
“Sam, Drew and Talia, you all will also leave in two days on the jet with Seleste and her warriors, but you will go to meet up with Alpha Blake of the Crescent Moon pack. There has been a little unrest in South America and the Caribbean Islands. Alpha Blake has some contacts in both areas. We need to know who the leader of this unrest is and what they are trying to accomplish. The intel we have so far is that there is a mixed group of shifter who think that they have years before the protector is back on the in action. Everyone felt the shift of power from Seleste on her birthday, but they are assuming the protector was just born since they did not feel the shift when Former Gamma True passed away. You all will also work with Councilman Pruitt. Councilman, do you have anything to add.?”“No Bari, I think you have covered everything. You all need to be to our private airfield before 6am Tuesday morning. If we have any new information, we will provide it for y
Ben linked me and told me that our friend wants to get together tonight at the dinner. This will be the last time all of us will be together for a while. They want to meet tonight at 8:30. Ben made sure to tell me that Seleste will be there and told me to be on my best behavior. I’m a little offended that he felt the need to warn me about my behavior. I know I did some dumb stuff over the last year, but Ben is my best friend. He of all people should know that I am sincere about wanting to be better and that I am taking all of this seriously. On the other hand, I have to admit that he has the right to be concerned. They all tried to warn me in the past and I didn’t listen. I was stubborn in my determination to do the wrong thing. I guess it will take time for them to believe in me again.I’m feeling the strain and consequence of my actions emotionally. Right now, I just feel drained. I heard from Convel that he had been taking most of the pain from the reject
*I lie here for a while longer. Since I am already dressed, I don’t need to go home. I stay in the meadow until the very last minute. I walk back to the packhouse and get my car. I can say that for the first time in over a year, I’m looking forward to all of us being together. I know that Seleste and I are not friends again, but I’m glad we are not enemies.I make it to the dinner. All of my friends are already there. I come in and find a seat at the table. I can tell there is still a little tension in the air. Our friends don’t know how to act with Seleste and me both in the room. I need to clear the air with our friends so that we can have a good night together. So many mistakes were made by me and I don’t know how to fix it, but I will start by taking ownership of my behavior.After a few minutes of awkward silence, I addressed all of my friends and put my heart on the table.“Guys, I know I made a lot of bone