Filed To Story: The Guardian Wolf and her Alpha Mate
“Has dad been taken?” Jax asks quietly.
“No” Henry says suddenly making us look to him. “He left and attacked two of my fucking guards.”
“He left?” I gasp.
With barely contained anger Henry spits out, “David is missing.”
Jax POV:
“How has this happened?” I growl to Henry slamming my fist down on the table in front of me once we reach the office.
“He came willingly, didn’t show any fight in him and when I spoke to him yesterday he was quite up to working on rectifying his wrongdoings” Henry says looking at me. “My brother is not a man I recognise anymore.”
“So he definitely left willingly?” Nova asks from where she came to stand beside me.
“Yes” Henry replies running a hand through his hair. “And attacked two of my guards.”
“We should have put him in the damn cells” I growl my eyes blazing with Zeus presence.
“It’s too late for that now” Henry says with anger. “Who do you think he left for? The rogues?”
“Why would he leave with the rogues though?” Nova asks looking confused, “he told me his discomfort around my father stemmed from rogues killing his first mate? Surely he wouldn’t change his opinion?”
“He said that?” Ma asks Nova.
“Yes, then he mentioned hunters when we all had a discussion before we left for the council. I assumed they were linked in some way like at the moment” Nova says slowly looking between us all.
“What did he tell you?” I ask.
“That rogues attacked the eve of their mating ceremony and that Minerva I think she was called? That she was killed protecting the pups” she says quietly.
Heaving a sigh I shake my head at my father’s stupidity, “there is more to it than that” I say. “She ran with the pups leading them away from the pack house where the fighting was. They couldn’t make it to the bunker because of rogues so her and a few other females ran. But they were caught by hunters and killed on the spot.”
“So she wasn’t killed by rogues?” Nova asks.
“No, but dad did blame them for her death” I confirm. “She kept the hunters distracted until Pa could get to the pups and no one else died, but she was dead by the time he got to her. We still don’t know to this day if the rogues and hunters were linked.”
“That’s awful” Nova whispers. “He didn’t explain that to me at all.”
“He doesn’t like to speak about it” Ma admits.
Nodding her head in understanding Nova looks to me, “I would have understood though..so surely he won’t be involved with rogues or the hunters?”
“I’d be extremely surprised if he was” I sigh.
“Does he have any other family?” Nova asks looking between us all.
“No” I answer shaking my head. “The rest of our family are all from mums side, she comes from a big family. I don’t know where he could have gone.”
“It doesn’t make sense” Henry growls in frustration. “I have got warriors from my pack out looking for him and tracking his path. But they said his scent disappears about 10 miles from the pack in a human town.”
“Right well we need to keep our eyes peeled, Laurence is notifying other packs that he has disappeared so if he attempts to enter any other pack lands in the area they can let us know” I say taking a seat. “Nova love we are going to have go to address the other guests about you and Kia. They will have lots of questions and it’s only right we go answer them.”
“I know” she says with a small smile. Straightening her shoulders she walks to the door, “let’s go get it over with” she says with a little laugh.
“Nova” Henry calls out as we leave, “don’t let their over bearing opinions of themselves get to you. Many will be feeling put out due to you being stronger than them and I hate to admit it but a female. They aren’t used to that as wrong as it is. Stay true to yourself. I’ll be down shortly.”
Smiling appreciatively at my Uncle I look to see Nova looking at him with a warm expression. “Thank you Alpha Henry, I’ll bear that in mind.”
“I could always tell you were something special” he says with a smile before turning back to speak to ma.
“Laurence has gathered them all in the conference room” I explain as I lead her away from the dining hall. Opening the door I hold her hand as she stands proud beside me, “good morning everyone, apologies for our absence at breakfast we had an emergency.”
“You seem to have a lot of those at the moment” Alpha Brent comments with concern.
Chuckling lightly Nova looks at the older gentleman, “you have no idea Alpha Brent just how accurate you are with that statement.”
“Is everything alright?” Alex asks stepping forward as Henry slips into the room quietly.
“Yes, we will update you after” I assure him. “For now we are sure you will have questions about Nova and we thought it would suitable we address those before you travel back to your respective packs today” I explain taking a seat at the head of the table.
“I understand many of you will have questions so perhaps we could all take a seat and work our way around the table” Nova suggests. “I know with a lot of Alphas in the room that could be difficult but could I please ask for respect and just to be patient. It’s a lot for me” she admits quietly.
Seeing them all nod, some rather hesitantly they all take their seats.
Looking to Alpha Brent who is sat beside Nova I motion for him to start. “How long have you know you are a Guardian Wolf?”
“I first shifted when I was 8, protecting my brother in a rogue attack. I knew then that something was different and at first the elders believed I was a gifted wolf as Kia didn’t announce outright what she was, Kia also have a mark that shows she is blessed by the Moon Goddess. But it became clear I was more than that” she answers clearly looking around and maintaining eye contact as they look impressed by her admission, before looking to Alpha Marcus of the Blue Lake Pack next to him.
“Why have you kept it from us?” He asks with an unreadable expression.
“To protect myself and others” she says slowly. “It was the councils idea to not explain what I was to others because growing up I could have been used by packs for their own personal gain. But also because there simply wasn’t much information on Guardian Wolves and we didn’t know how people would react.”
Seeing my uncle sit forward from next to Alpha Marcus he asks “can you explain what you do know about Guardian Wolves?”
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