~ Cameron/Constantine ~We enjoyed a passionate night. I knew it was only a calm before the storm because tomorrow, the Elders would surely question me about Lisa and our alliance with the Hurricane Dawn Pack. But I tried not to think of it much as it was Anna’s first night with me again. She was asleep already. I caressed her back and kissed her neck. How I wished I could mark her as mine soon. Then I touched her stomach. The belly was rounder now, no longer as flat as it used to be. But it changed nothing, as Anna was still the prettiest she-wolf I’d ever met. Her swollen lips attracted my eyes to stare. My fingers moved themselves and touched her lips. She moaned in her sleep. I bent forward to taste her sweet lips. Anna sighed and mumbled my name. Even in her sleep, she thought of me. How marvelous my mate was! I sucked her neck and left a mark there. It was too bad I couldn’t bite her yet. I traced her long and slender neck with my fingers. Marking her would be a dream come tr
The next morning, I woke up early. Anna was still asleep. I let her rest more because it was my battle to face the Elders, not hers. Nate contacted me through the mind link. ‘Cam, what’s your plan with the Elders?’‘I will have a meeting and invite them. No need to wait for them to throw a meeting first. I’ll face them.’‘I’ll come with you. No matter what, I’ll defend you.’ He let out a heavy sigh. ‘I’m sorry Lisa tried to harm Anna, but she was under drug influence. I hope you can forgive her.’‘I know, Nate. Don’t worry. I won’t blame her fully for what happened, but I also don’t want to blame our father for this.’ I rubbed my chin, too weary to think, even though it was still early in the morning. ‘So, what will you do?’ Nate asked. ‘Will you blame the peace treaty?’I laughed a little. ‘Nah, I can’t do that. If I did it, I indirectly blamed our father.’‘But if you won’t blame Lisa or our father, what will you say to our Elders?’ Then Nate gasped. ‘I know it! You will shift the
The Great Assembly room had been prepared for our urgent meeting. My father was already there. When he saw Nate, Lisa, Melanie and I entered the room, his brows lifted a bit. They rose to respect my present. I gestured to all Elders to take a seat while four of us also sat. I glanced around, ensuring everyone was ready to hear me. “Dear Elders, I don’t know if you have already received any complaints from the Hurricane Dawn Pack. But let us tell you first what happened yesterday. Nate?”Nate patted Lisa’s shoulder and then stood to face all Elders. “My respectable Elders, Omega Melanie Wood and I were the witnesses of what happened yesterday in the Hurricane Dawn Pack.” He glanced at Lisa. When Lisa nodded, Nate continued his words. “We infiltrated our ally because of the urgent situation.”“What situation?” one elder shouted. “It is unacceptable to jeopardize the peace treaty, considering it is something we have strived hard to achieve.”“Let Nate finish his report, Elder.” Then I n
Nate grabbed Lisa’s hand, but she shook her head and snatched her hand away from Nate’s. “I must do this. I won’t run away from my responsibility.” Her stare was calm but sad. “I admit everything. I brought Anna from the Wild Wolves Pack to the Hurricane Dawn Pack. Then I threatened to harm her because I hated her.” Lisa shut her eyes for a few seconds. “But in my defense, I did it outside of my conscience. I just discovered yesterday, it was my father who drugged me so I couldn’t differentiate between Nate,” she said, glancing at Nate, “the father of my pup, and Cameron. My memory was messed up badly until I thought Cameron was my pup’s father. That’s why I hated Anna ….”Nate stood and held Lisa’s hand. “Please, Elders, don’t punish Lisa for this. Yes, what she did is a hideous crime because she is our Luna. She must protect her pack member. However, she wasn’t herself when she was under the drug influence.”“Nate, Lisa, please sit down,” I commanded them. When Nate glanced at me, I
The Elder glanced at his friend, and they might discuss through the mind link. Then one of them said, “Alpha Cameron, the peace treaty is important. Will you sacrifice our pack for one person?” They challenged me with their questions. It was outrageous! How could the Elders who supposedly protected our people defended and supported outsiders? Yes, the Hurricane Dawn Pack was our ally, but their Alpha broke the peace treaty by his action. I growled and glared at the two Elders. I already prepared for the worst. But then, the Great Assembly room’s door opened, and Anna walked into the room. She bowed her head to my father and Elder Tom, but also to other Elders. I immediately glanced at the youngest werewolf in the room. The youngster understood, and he took a chair and placed it next to me. “Thank you,” I said. “Anna, please sit here.”Anna rushed to cross the room and took a seat next to me. When she looked at Lisa, her eyes widened, but then she glanced elsewhere. Lisa coughed an
Some Elders didn’t budge to hear what Elder Tom said. Instead, they glanced at each other. Finally, one of them shook his head. “If we don’t send Anna Warren back to the Hurricane Dawn Pack, Alpha Bill may think we want to end the alliance. It will start a war!”I stood and glanced at each of those Elders in the eye. “Mark my words. The day when I must send our pack member to be ravished by others will be my last day as an Alpha of the Wild Wolves Pack.”“Son ….” My father warned me. But it had been too far. The Elder should support our people instead of outsiders. With all the facts they had listened to, they didn’t change their mind and kept suggesting to send Anna to the Hurricane Dawn Pack. It made no sense.I took a deep breath. “I will ask one more time. Do Elders agree with the decision to send Anna to the Hurricane Dawn Pack?”My father, Elder Tom, and some others instantly said, “Nay!”But those evil Elders said, “Aye!”“As Elders are separated into two poles, let me say my
The two wolves growled and ran toward me. I waited for them to start their first attack. A wolf jumped, aiming to bite my nape while the second wolf targeted my neck. What evil Elders they were! How could they attack the deathly points?I kicked the second wolf in the face and stomped on his body to attack the first wolf. As the first jumped in the air, he couldn’t defend himself against my attack. When both wolves lay on the ground, I kicked both heads and growled. Those weaklings fell on the ground and moved no more.Some guards showed up immediately in the Great Assembly room. They gasped to see us fight each other. An Elder approached the guards and told them what happened. Then I shape-shifted back to human form and put on my clothes. “Guards, put them in the dungeon!” I yelled, then pointed at the rest of the three Elders. “Also, these three. They will be executed after a fortnight.”An Elder yelped and kneeled. “Alpha, please forgive me. I didn’t mean to take sides against you
Lisa bent her head and gazed at the floor afterward. I was sorry for breaking the bond with her because it would be odd to be here after we had no relationship anymore.Nate stepped forward and held Lisa’s hand. “Are you okay?”Lisa nodded. She still bent her head. “I’m okay, but I don’t know where I must go now.”“You can still stay here. You are my mate,” Nate said, caressing Lisa’s back. “Yes, Lisa. You are the former Luna of the Wild Wolves Pack. The pack is your home too. If you want to stay here, our door will remain open for you,” I offered her. Lisa glanced at Anna who still sat far from us and then me. She sighed and shook her head. “I think it will be the best to return to my pack. I feel guilty for Anna for what I’ve done. It’s not good if I stay here.”“Lisa, I know Anna well. She is merciful. Before our meeting today, she told me she understood your situation and didn’t blame you.” I put my hand on Nate’s shoulder. “You are my brother’s mate, the mother of his pup too.