Filed To Story: The Guardian Wolf and her Alpha Mate
“WHAT?!” I exclaim as I stare at the phone in surprise.
Hearing his dark chuckle, I turn to look at Jax who is frozen where he is stood. “Your mother?” I ask.
“No, my father” Axton replies bluntly. “Gave in to heat of Bruno’s mother when he had just found my mother. They found out they were pregnant with me soon after and as a result of being tricked into being with Helen, that’s Bruno’s mother, my father ripped up all treaties with them.”
“You never knew” Jax sighs as he collapsed in the chair beside me, grasping my hand.
Never” Axton growls. “My father paid them off, both he and his wolf refused to accept or acknowledge Bruno as their own, to him Bruno wasn’t his pup.”
“Oh my…” I whisper as Axtons news sinks in.
“Helen was the Alphas daughter of the Deep Forest Pack, I’ve looked at the pack histories and her mate ended up being a chosen mate. Her fated never returned after leaving her. Helens chosen was the son of another alpha and they mated to form an alliance but never had any pups of their own” Luca explains quietly.
“So Bruno s father wasn’t the rightful Alpha of the Deep Forest Pack” Jax comments.
“He wasn’t” Luca agrees.
“Interesting” Jax mutters as he leans forward deep in thought. “But he’s supported him as if he was his own. I wonder if he knew about Bruno’s biological father from the start.”
“That we cant confirm, but we intend to find out” Axton growls menacingly.
“While we are on the phone, I thought l’d mention about Zak. I’ve looked at his phone, bank statements etc, that sort of thing. I can explain Bruno’s comment of “amazing what money buys you”. He transferred Zak a large sum of money, over?30,000. Zak immediately transferred it to his family and since looking into it I can confirm it was spent on his sister and her three pups, to aid them after their father died last year” Luca tells us.
“So it was him that betrayed you” I whisper.
“He should have come to me, I would have helped. I’d offered to help him in the past” Axton growls in frustration as we hear him pacing through the phone.
“He should have” Luca agrees quietly.
“I know that’s hard to hear, but at least that’s one question answered” Jax says, his deep voice resonating calm.
“On the subject of gammas.” Luca starts before Axton clears his throat.
“This is difficult for me to ask, but I have to. We have Mason who will be replacing Luca as my Beta once he has become the leader of what is still known as the Rogue Pack. For our Gamma, we have Alejandro who is the next in position for it, he is the son of the Gamma before Zak, but Luca and I both agree he isn’t ready for the position and we aren’t sure he ever will be. His sister however. Axton says.
“Melissa!” I say proudly.
“Melissa” Axton confirms. “She is 18 soon and we believe once it has been her birthday, despite being young, she is ready to take on the position of Gamma.
“She definitely is” I agree voicing my opinion as I remember the little spitfire as I used to call her.
“Until then, we are lacking in ranked members as you’re most likely aware. Luca has to accompany me tomorrow which leaves the pack relatively lacking the security it needs. Sophie is going to stay and help alongside their future pack, I know members of each will respect her, she has also informed us elder Johnathon will be joining her also. But…” Axton quietens for a minute before continuing.
“Can we ask for one of your Gammas to please accompany Sophie for the duration of time we are away at the council building?”
Jax POV:
Definitly” I reply immediately. “I will also send 25 warriors along with Florence to provide added rassurance to your pack members. It’s the least we could do.”
“Thank you” Axton replies in relief. A wave of sympathy flows though me as I realise how tough that must have been asking for help, but after signing an alliance with him and him being a worthy mate of my sister I would never have refused him.
“As Alice is pregnant I suspect Theo would prefer to be close to her after she had to go away during the fight, that’s why I’ve chosen Florence to travel to your pack, her mate Andrew is a warrior and will accompany her also” I explain as I hear both Axton and Luca thank me once again as they say they understand. “They wont be able to travel till after this evenings burnings though. It is time to honour our fallen warriors.”
“Of course” Axton agrees immediately.
“Sophie and the others can travel beforehand though” I tell them. “I’m sure Luca is eager to see his mate.”
‘You have no idea” Luca growls as I see Nova chuckle quietly before palming at her face.
“Great” I chuckle.
“Well that settles it then. We will see you tomorrow”
“Thank you Alpha Jax” they both say before bidding Nova a good night and ending our call.
“Life is so eventful” Nova mutters as I wordlessly guide her to straddle me and she buries her face in my neck, breathing in my scent as I do hers.
“Understatement” I mutter making her laugh quietly against my chest. Staying there for a few moments, I enjoy the peace with my mate held close to me for as long as I can allow us before seeing its time for us to go. “Come on love, its time for the burning.”
“Lets go” she says quietly as she slowly stands and then links her arm with mine. “I havent got nearly as much done today as I wanted” she stresses. “I wanted to speak to the witches and my mother.”
“You can see Lizzie tomorrow before we go love, and the witches will be here when we are back” I reassure her as she leans on me.
“You’re right” she replies with a small smile. “I never feel like I do enough.”
Hearing that I let out a short bark of laughter as she looks up at me in amusement. Trust me love, you do far more than anyone else I know. Don’t under estimate yourself.
Remember there is only so much time in a day.”
“Wise words Alpha” she smirks at me as we stepp outside of the pack house. Seeing the wooden plynths in front of us, 9 in total, each with the families of the fallen laying their send off tokens on top to be burned, our faces drop as we walk quietly down to meet the pack.
“Nova!” I hear Sophie exclaim as my mate turns to launch herself at her sister. “I haven’t got long.”
“I know” Nova says with a sad smile as she pulls away from her. “One day soon we will spend more time together, but for now at least I can be happy knowing you are going to be with Luca.”
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