Filed To Story: The Guardian Wolf and her Alpha Mate
“My grandmother?” She whispered looking at the older lady with horror.
Her father grimaces and tugs at his hair in frustration, “fuck” he growls before turning and storming outside.
“Let’s get out of here” I whisper to Nova pulling her from the room with everyone following close behind.
“That’s your grandmother?” Axton asks gently as we meet her father who is pacing in anger.
“Yes” Kingsley answers for her, “shitting hell it’s been 20 years since I’ve seen her.”
“20?” Nova asks sharply.
“Can we speak privately Nova? Alpha Jax and Beta Luca can join us” he says nervously.
Nodding the others step back and walk back towards the house to give us our privacy.
Sighing Kingsley sits down on the grass motioning for us to join him.
“I haven’t told you everything that has happened Nova” he says with a pained expression. “Before I tell you I ask you to please be understanding with why I didn’t mention it earlier.”
“Ok..” Nova say apprehensively her hand growing clammy in mine.
“I was found by your grandparents 3 years after you’d gone missing. He managed to sedate me and he kept me caged like an animal for over a year. In that time..” he ran his hand through his hair once again and growled at the memory, “in that time he drugged me with an aphrodisiac basically bringing on a heat for a male wolf. He left me in a cage with a female also in heat that he’d captured for this exact purpose..it was inevitable. I couldn’t think straight I wasn’t in my right mind and neither was she. She ended up being pregnant and we had a pup. She’s called Sophie” he says quietly at the end.
Gasping Nova covers her mouth in shock, “I have a sister?”
“Yes” he whispers, “she turned 20 three weeks ago.”
“Is her mother your mate?” She asks her hands trembling in my own.
He vehemently shakes his head at that, “no. Her mother was killed by the hunters 2 months after Sophie was born. But even before then we were two wolves going through something together, but we weren’t together. There was no love, no romantic feelings between us just a beautiful baby girl and a shared experience. For her I will always be glad I have Sophie though I will say that and because of her I was able to escape with Sophie, and I have kept her safe ever since.”
I see her take a moment to process that information before she looks at him as a tear drops down his face, “I understand why you didn’t tell me dad. But I want to make it clear I don’t blame you. You were drugged, I can see the love you had for my mother was strong and I’m glad that Sophie is safe. It would be lovely to meet her.”
Hearing that his face brightens, “you’re a true Luna darling. You are rational and understanding and I am incredibly proud to call you my daughter.”
“Does she know about Nova? I ask quietly.
“Yes. She’s known about you her entire life, she knows everything. She also misses her mother so it is something the both of you share. But I have never lied to her, she wanted to come to meet you but I couldn’t bring myself to tell you about her because I didn’t want you to think I betrayed your mothers memory” Kingsley says to Nova.
With a sigh she looks to the sky, “you didn’t betray my mothers memory. Even if you hadn’t had Sophie there is no guarantee you wouldn’t have found you second chance mate. If you had found her I would have wanted you to be happy and to consider having a family with her.”
“Thank you Nova” he says quietly.
We all sit for a moment enjoying the suns warmth before I see Luca stiffen.
“You ok Luca?” I ask.
He looks at me with an unreadable expression before straightening, “sir can I ask you a question?” He addresses Kingsley.
“I’m just Kingsley to you son” he says, “of course you can.”
“What was the purpose of the hunters ensuring you had another pup?” Luca probes.
“Honestly I have no idea” Kingsley shrugs, “I have thought about it over the years and all I can think is they wanted to hurt me and take her away from me to show me the pain they perhaps suffered by their daughter choosing me over them.”
“Hmm” Luca hums.
“What’s on your mind?” Kingsley asks curiously.
“Have you seen Novas mums body?” He asks nervously.
“No..” Kingsley replies hesitantly.
“Please don’t take this the wrong way but the person who would suffer the most from you having a child with another is Novas mum. I don’t want to put this theory forward but I feel like I have to. What if she wasn’t dead at that point? What if she was captured by the hunters and kept captive, then when they caught you and drugged you she would have suffered the mates betrayal pains even if she was a human. After being marked she would feel it. What if they did that to make her suffer for her betrayal to them?”
With that Kingsleys face drains of colour, “no no no..NO” he shouts standing up, “what have I done?”
Nova quickly stands bringing him into a hug, “shushhh dad it’s ok. It was out of your control and it is just a theory.”
After a few minutes he whispers against her head, “what if she truly was alive and I broke her?”
Stepping back she holds his face up to look her in the eye, “don’t ever think that. We need to find out answers about my mother before we go further, but either way If my mother was anything like me she will have understood.”
“I’m sorry Kingsley I never meant for you to feel bad” Luca says apologetically from beside me.
“You have nothing to apologise for, I can’t believe i didn’t consider that before. They said they would kill her Nova, I have felt nothing in our bond since the last time I saw you both. Nothing” he exclaims. “She must be dead” he mumbles to himself.
“We don’t know how long they kept her alive for Kingsley. Focus on the present, you have Nova back” I comfort him.
Kingsley looks at Luca taking him in before allowing a small smile to grace his features, “Nova is extremely lucky to have a brother such as you. I’d like to extend my apologies for how my mateship has affected your life and that of your parents. I can never express my thanks to them for how they brought Nova up but I can say it to you. So thank you Beta, you are a credit to your parents, and I apologise for what happened to them.”
Seeing Lucas face soften I can see him biting his cheek to stop emotion from showing, “you don’t always have to be strong Luca. It’s ok to feel emotion.” I murmur to him grasping his shoulder. He simply nods in response not trusting his voice.
After a few more moments I stand and hold my hand up to help Nova up. “Why don’t we go inside? It’s been a long day and I’m sure everyone is hungry.”
New Book: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Dayson was the alpha of the largest pack in North America. Powerful figures from other packs sought to offer gorgeous girls as potential mates for Dayson. He steadfastly rejected these advances, he was not a pawn to be manipulated. But eventually there came a mysterious girl he could hardly say No. Who was she?