Chapter 132 – The Omega Destiny

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Shot To The Heart

My eyelids feel like they are weighed down as I try to blink them awake. I’ve never awakened feeling so exhausted in my life. Well, that is probably not true, but I remain tired, nonetheless. The familiar scent of my nest reorients me to where I am and I sit up, seeing Thane sleeping sitting upright against the wall of my nest. He remains filthy and looks like he has gone through battle. I suppose he has. We all had one way or another last night.

I crawl down toward him, yawning as I go, I place a soft kiss on his forehead, and be mumbles something to himself that I can’t understand.

“Thane….Thane wake up.” Thane shoots upright, almost head butting me in the process.

“I’m awake…I’m awake.” He looks around for a minute, before getting oriented. He looks worse than I do. I’m sure he probably just fell asleep

“I’m sorry. Maybe I should have let you sleep.” I whisper to him. My throat is dry and scratchy. I’m not surprised. I don’t get to say anything else because Thane puts his hand on the back of my head and pulls me to him quickly, smashing his lips onto mine.

This kiss isn’t soft. It is passionate. The kind of kiss you would give your mate after going days without seeing them. The amount of relief and love flowing through the bond just amplifies the hunger in it..

Thane pulls away and holds my face in his large hands. His eyes dart back and forth between my eyes, searching and full of relief themselves

“How are you feeling Little Wolf?” Thane whispers himself.

“I feel tired. How do you feel?” He grins at me, his right dimple peeking out to say hello. I have to pull my eyes away from it which causes him to smile large and give me bath dimples. Now we are both grinning from ear to ear.

“All is right in the world now.” Thane whispers and I shake my head. This alpha could cause me to swoon any day. I laugh a little and Thane drops his hands, using his left to play with my hair. We watched each other in silence for a bit. Neither of us are sure what to say about the chain of events that have transpired in the last 12+ hours.

“Ayla, we

, we need to talk.” Thane starts and I nod. “What do you remember about early this morning?” Thane asks very softly. I see worry trying to overtake the endearing look he was giving me, and I don’t like it.

I remember last night. What happened…about…Mon…about Monica. I remember it.” I take a deep breath, trying to keep myself calm. 1 let it out slowly and repeat it a few times.

“Do you remember me coming home? Thane takes my hand and intertwines his fingers with my own.

“I remember bits and pieces of it. It is all foggy. I was with Aramana a when I was sleeping, and we talked about it. I know what happened. I’m sorry Thane.” I truly am. would say I wish I could remember it, so I know what happenkl, but I don’t. Judging from my discussions with my wolf whale sleeping and how I feel. I know it was bad.

“I still don’t know how you do that. How she pulls you into her space like that.” Thane smiles and looks at me in awe as he brings my hand up to his mouth and gives my knuckles a kiss.

“Me either, but she did, I’m sorry to put you through that Thane. You shouldn’t have to deal with that.” I feel horrible that he couldn’t take care of himself when he gut home because I was such a mess.

“I don’t want to hear you apologize again Little Wolf.” Thane reaches toward me and wraps his arms around me, pulling me against him and Listing me on top of my head,

“Sorry, I forgot how dirty i and Thane squeezes me as it he’s afraid I’s going to go somewhere. I hate that for hom

“I need to meet will my team and where we are on each of their assignments, I also need to meet with the families and have a pack meeting again at some point. We can shower and go du those things, or I can postpone all of it and we can shower and lay in your nest all day. Your call, Little Will He kisses me un top of his head as I think over his word

You want mar to go with you?” I asked him a little confused. Maybe I didn’t hear him right.

“We’re a team I should have handled things better last night. I won’t apologize for sending you away from the site, but it could have been better. I shouldn’t love rut you all. The lack of communication made everything worse and I’m sorry. I just…. I thought about losing you and our pup and I started spiraling I went mone alpha im you then i should have.”

Shot To The Heart

“I don’t blame you, Thane. I understand why you did it.” I close my eyes, taking deep breaths as the memories try to replay but I push them away.

“Understanding it doesn’t make it right. New rule. We won’t ever shut the band down. Never again.” Thane pulls back and turns me, so I am more facing him.

“Also, I will keep you informed of things if you aren’t there. I should have told you what happened last night. I just didn’t want to cause you that kind of pain, Little Wolf.” Thane looks away, a small tear leaves his eye as he quickly wipes it away. I grab his chin in a Thane move and pull it hack toward me.

“That pain wasn’t your fault. You can’t shield me from everything Thane. I’m sorry the panic attack happened. I don’t want to put you in that position again. I don’t want to be your teammate and….” My voice starts to break as my bottom lip trembles. Now, it is Thane that must force me to look at him. “I don’t want to be more involved if the risk is my panic attacks…I can’t put you or the pack through those. I can’t be their Lun

“Don’t you dare finish that sentence Ayla.” Thane’s tone leaves little room for discussion.

“I can’t lead if I can’t hold myself together… can’t help with this if anything can set me off.” I try to reason with him. The memories I left him with early this morning are horrible, I’m sure. I don’t want him to keep making new ones either.

“The entire world at any moment could set you off, Ayla. That doesn’t mean that you don’t deserve or get to live your life. You are meant to be this pack’s Luna. No matter how many times you panic, we can and will get through it. You are stronger than you realize. Give yourself more Jcredit Little Wolf” He looks at me lovingly. Thane’s words go right to my heart, just where he intended.

Be Prepared.

Thane

“Where are we on the pack interviews?” 1, Little Wolf, Damon, Tyler, Cyrus and the newly added Raven set around a table in the war room to brainstorm and update each other on the progress of our investigations or lack thereof.

“Pack interviews are happening. There isn’t any way to speed the interviewing process up when we don’t know who to trust to bring into the fold.” Damon leans back in chis chair with his chin in his hand.

“Anything suspicious or anyone uncooperative at this point?” I question as I rub my thumb over the back of Ayla’s hand

“No,” he sighs, exhaustion evident on his face. On all our faces, actually.

“How are we combing through the transfer and discharge files?”

“Nothing yet.” Tyler speaks up as he scours through computer files.

“Pick up anything with the bomb?” I turn to Cyrus, but I already know the answer judging by how tense he is.

“Begular black powder. No hidden treasures within it. We couldn’t pick up the smell either. So not a damn thing. You sure this is an inside job?” That question has been bouncing around in my head all morning.

“Let, talk it through.” I start. “I was poisoned and almost died.” I feel Little Wolf tense at the reminder next to me and I send some love down the band to her. “Video shows a generic looking shifter. Fake name, new pack transfer. Follow??p showed that was fake as well

“Outside enemy. Could be hundreds of shifters in our line of work.” Damon answers.

“O: Rogues.” Tyler states while his fingers fly over his keyboard rapidly.

“No rogue smell noted.” Cyrus reminds them.

“Insider could have hired an outsider.” Damon interjects.

“Still could be an outsider. Cyrus volleys back.

“A bomb was found in my car, undetonated.” I give Little Wolf’s hand a squeeze.

“Nothing traceable. Not a single store remembers selling t the parts necessary fot it at one me time wway.” Damon reminds us. anyway.”

“Could have been purchased outside of the park and brought in.” Cyrus speaks up.

“The ting knows who we have and where we are.” I remind them all

“Do we operate under the assumption that it is them until we know different?” Damon asks a valid question.

“They have helicopters and compounds. I don’t think they would screw up detonating a bombs or a poisoning Tyler interjects.

“They would’ve been successful with the poisoning if it wasn’t for Ayla. They didn’t plan on that or maybe didn’t even understand why it happened. Maybe they panicked after that and threw a bomb together incorrectly, took time off to study and then tried again.” Raven speaks up and I’m glad Cyrus took the time to get her up to speed.

“Insider or outsider could have costly found out the poison was unsuccessful.” Cyrus answers her more pleasantly than he does his brothers. I’m

Under working with the ring or maybe insider reached out to the ring Tyler suggests.

“I can see the two working together, but it is a stretch for me to do that. We continued to bounce around wh what we know and theories when I gat this scratching feeling deep in my gut. An idea or more of a bunch I need to explore, but I’m not sure that I want to.

“We never found out how my sister was abducted. The room goes silent as I run through my conversation with Ayla before coming here. “She never left the pack. She was a teenager living at home. The files at the time showed no transfers or discharges for over seven months prior and that year that did transfer had solid alibus of were elderly wolves. She wouldn’t have put herself in an unsafe situation for fear of me alone.

Be Prepared

She had no hoyfriends. Her devices were clean. She disappeared.” Now it’s Little Woll’s turn to comfort me through the bond.

“Inside job,” Cyrus speaks up. The pain in his eyes is evident as well.

“Insule job with connections to the ring.” Damon finishes what we are all thinking

“I think we have our answer.” I finish, the realization of a traitor amongst us is one thing, hut a betrayal this deep, Unfathomable, “A traitor from before I was alpha. My guess is tied to the old hela as well. They nodded in agreement around the table.

“So, we are looking for one of us and we don’t know who.” Tyler stops typing, disappointment written all over his features.

“New plan. Comb through the files of the last few years of my father’s rein. Who left, who came in. Cross reference with known members of the betas circle.”

“I think you killed everyone involved, Thane.” Cyrus reminds nie.

“Evidently not.” I run my hand through my hair and look over at Ayla. She looks a thousand percent better than she did this morning.

and

“I think we are finished here. Continue the interviews anyway but stop the transfers and discharge file combing. Ayla d I are going to visit the (families of those we lost and then we are going to the clinic to talk with those who are injured. After that, we must look at the ground for the new potential heat clinic…

“You’re welcome.” Cyrus interrupts.

“Piss of Cyrus.” I stand and take Ayla’s hand leading her out of the war room.

“You sure you are ready for this?” I turn to her in the elevator, studying her features for any hint that we need to change our plans.

“I’m sure. I’m the pack Luna; I should be able to talk to them and grieve with them. They need to know we support them.” Little Wolf explains, but that wasn’t what I was referring to exactly.

“I meant Monica’s family. Are you sure we should be going there right now?”

Yes. The same applies to them as well. I can do it.” I pull her close to me and place a kiss on top of her head. Of course she can do it. She’s the strongest shifter I know.

“They know we are coming, but we can leave at any time. We also need to plan a public ceremony and get some things from each family to display. Either we come back to get those things or send someone else.” I led her to the car and helped her in it. I notice her seatbelt sitting differently now that she is starting to show and it makes me smile with pride.

“Do you want to go to her parent’s house first?” I ask as we pulled out of the parking lot.

“No” she whispers, and I nod to her that I understood.

“Maybe saving it for last would work better.” I suggest and she nods.

“Yeal, I don’t want to be a snotty, blubbering mess and then go to another family afterwards. I’m going to try to hold it together though.” Ayla watches out the window as 1 head toward the pack. The closer we get the more I find myself dreading the interactions to come.

“I don’t know what kind of interactions we will have Ayla. I want you to be prepared.”

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