Chapter 165 – Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel

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“No, this gift you have to open yourself with no one else around.” I tilted my head in confusion, looking at him with a new found curiosity.

“Alright, I’m intrigued. What is it?”

“You need to open it.” He said pointing at a medium sized square box, maybe a little over a foot in length. The box was wrapped in black paper with a gaudy red bow.

I stepped closer to the SUV’s cargo bay and looked at the box with suspicion and anticipation at the same time. I reached my hands out slowly and grabbed the lid before looking back at Brye one last time. He had a bright, excited smile on his face. I didn’t think he was out to trick me or betray me, but I didn’t understand his look at all.

With slow movements, I finally lifted the lid off of the gift. Once the lid was no longer sitting atop the box, all four sides fell down as if they were flaps. The sides dropping revealed what was inside the box, but before I even saw what it was, the sharp scent of blood hit my nose with such intensity that it nearly made me sick.

The bottom of the box was lined in plastic with a cloth sitting in the middle so soaked in blood it was black. And resting atop that cloth was a head. Not just any head though, it was Stanley, the leader of the Black Moon pack’s head.

“Bryce?” I spoke in a questioning tone.

“I promised you that I would tell you if I came across him before you, didn’t I?” Bryce was grinning proudly. “Well, I figured you were busy with the wedding, and the case that you’ve been tracking down, and now an upcoming baby too I guess. I thought I would work extra hard to track him down. We found him two days ago and I took the liberty of preparing this gift and arranging this visit. Your beta was helpful in helping me to surprise you, though he thought I just wanted to surprise Riviana with a visit from Emmalee.” The old man was positively beaming as he spoke.

“Sorry I took the joy of killing him, but he did cause a lot of trouble on my lands.” Bryce was looking a little upset now, like he thought I was mad.  I was a little surprised when I first saw the man’s head sitting before me, but when I realized who he was all I could do was grin.

“He finally got what he deserved.” I told the older man.

“That he did, asshole probably deserved worse though, really.”

“You’re not kidding. He was always trying to poach my lands.” I laughed with him good naturedly.

“Speaking of lands, what should we do with his? Didn’t he have some sort of treaty with you?”

“No, he wouldn’t sign with anyone, or rather no one was willing to sign with him.”

“Do you have someone in mind that would make a good alpha?”

“I have a man or two in mind.” I told him. “What about you?”

“There might be a couple that would do a decent job, but I have been grooming my son to be my successor and he would be the most qualified. I can’t send my son to run a different pack.”

“We can discuss this a little more later, once we’re inside. I can hear a car approaching.”

“Yeah, I hear it too boy.”

“One more thing, Bryce, where are you staying for tonight? We can prepare rooms for you if you’d like.”

“That’d be great.” He smiled at me before the car that carried Noah and Carter got back.

When the men parked and got out, the four of us went back inside the house. Stanley’s head was closed back up inside the box, and when the ladies were not around we would dispose of it. We were walking toward the living room, Bryce and me in the lead, Noah and Carter bringing up the rear, when I heard a shout from up ahead.

“Oh Goddess! He’s here.” Emmalee shouted.

I saw her bolt to her feet and start running toward us as soon as we all entered the room. I thought she might have been running to her father, but she just ran past him, past all of us except Carter. She ran straight at him and literally tackled him to the floor.

“You’re not getting away this time.” She was pinning him to the ground by laying across him.

“EMMALEE!” Bryce and Bree both screamed.

“Carter are you alright?” Riviana asked.

“What the?” Noah gasped. I just stared in fascination. I think I finally figured out why Carter has been so down lately.

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Riviana

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I was standing there in total shock. The minute Joaquin came into the room with Bryce and my cousins, Emmalee bolted to her feet and tackled Carter to the ground. I easily guessed why though. It was obvious that Carter was the mate she mentioned back in January. And Emmalee was the daughter of the Alpha and mate that Carter mentioned to me in December. They had never met face to face, only smelled each other’s scents.

Carter was on a scouting mission and left the minute he smelled Emmalee in that pack, knowing she would seek him out and blow his cover. Emmalee, having smelled Carter, searched for him frantically, only to break down into tears when she couldn’t find him. They never thought that they would ever find each other again.

“Emmalee, what are you doing?” Bryce demanded.

“Emmalee?” Carter said in a soft voice filled with awe. He and Emmalee were staring at each other’s eyes intently.

“It’s alright Bryce, I think we should just watch for now.” Joaquin smiled knowingly and Bryce stared on in confusion.

“Why did you run away from me?” Emmalee seemed to be on the verge of tears.

“I had no choice. I couldn’t be found out.”

“What’s he talking about?” Bryce asked Joaquin.

“When the Warlocks were after Riviana, I knew that other packs were part of it, so I sent scouts.” I expected Bryce to be mad, but he just smiled.

“Exactly what I would have done. Smart boy.”

“I don’t care that you could have been found out. I thought my mate didn’t want me. I thought you looked at me and ran away.”

“I never even got the chance to speak to you. But I saw you, and I wanted you.” Carter turned his head to look away from her in embarrassment. “I have been wondering if I’d ever get the chance to make it right. I knew that if I went back to the pack and talked to everyone then they would know that I was a spy. I thought you would hate me too, for being a spy.”

“You were following orders, and we had nothing to hide. I don’t know why you were investigating us, but I know our packs are allies now.” Emmalee was smiling, but Carter was still looking upset.

“I just thought I blew it before I had a chance to meet you as myself.”

“Who are you? Why are you here? What’s your name?” Emmalee bombarded him with questions.

“My name is Carter, and I am Riviana’s cousin.”

“So you mean Riviana and I are going to be related now?” She exclaimed excitedly.

“Does that mean you forgive me for running?” Carter asked her nervously.

“Not yet, but eventually.” She joked with him as she smiled radiantly.

“Emmalee, get off the boy and let him breathe for crying out loud.” Emmalee finally stood up and let him stand. When he was back on his feet she grabbed his hand and pulled him along with her. “Mom, Dad, this is the mate I was telling you about before.”

“So, Joaquin, it looks like our packs were already bound together before you came to me for help.” Bryce laughed. “It’s good to meet you Carter.” He smiled and shook hands with the man his daughter had just tackled to the floor.

“Thank you sir, it’s good to meet you as well.” Carter nervously shook the older man’s hand as I watched on, smiling happily knowing that he could finally be happy.

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