Chapter 38 – Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel

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“I’m going to be gone tonight and most of tomorrow, Mom, so I won’t be back to talk to you until late tomorrow night, after I’m done working.” His voice was gentler than I had ever heard it. “I have to go visit the other packs, it’s that time of year again. But I need to start early this time. I need to introduce my mate to them. Have I told you about her yet?” His voice held none of the anger and frustration I was used to hearing from him. It was odd, but I couldn’t stop listening.

“She’s younger than me, just over six years, I think. Pretty, in a different way than the rest of the pack. And she’s smart, according to her cousin at least. But she doesn’t have a wolf. I’m worried that she will not be strong enough to protect herself if she needs to. That she can’t protect the pack. I don’t know what the Goddess was thinking pairing us together.” Some of his words made me happy, others infuriated me.

“I just don’t want to see anyone in the pack get hurt, Mom, including her. It’s my responsibility to protect everyone. And now, I have to find a way to protect someone who can’t even help protect them self. What am I going to do?”

What’s with this man? I can so protect myself. Doesn’t he know that I have been training to fight since I was a little girl? I first learned to use a sword when I was four. Dude’s gonna have to learn a lesson. I said sarcastically to myself.

I didn’t want him to know that I had heard him talking, so I tried to sneak back down to his room. When I got there, I knocked on his door loudly and called out to him.

“Joaquin, I need to talk to you.” I heard him stand up down the hall and turned toward him as he opened the door.

“What?” He snapped at me as soon as he was in the hall.

“Oh, I didn’t know you were down there.” I lied, trying to look shocked. You were nicer a minute ago, talking to your mom. I thought to myself. Are you a momma’s boy? But that wasn’t fair, his mother was in a bad state for a long time. I know she was a sore spot for him.

“What do you need, Little Bunny?” He asked me, I swear he uses that name just to make me mad.

“Well, I have a bit of bad news.” I told him. He raised an eyebrow in curiosity then looked at the floor sighing.

“Fine, come in.” He opened his door and went into his room. I stood there, nervously for a moment, not sure if I wanted to go into his room. “Are you coming or not?” He growled from inside. I took a breath to steady myself and followed him in.

His room was set up a lot like mine. The color scheme was done in dark green and dark wood. The number and type of furniture were the same, but the style was different. My room had looked a little more feminine from the get-go, but his definitely looked masculine. There were fewer intricate carvings in the wood, the dark wood stain just brought out the natural pattern in the wood itself instead.

The rooms were about the same size, and aside from the color scheme and design style they looked like the exact same room. At least I was being treated fairly in that aspect. He went to sit on the sofa in the sitting area, lounging into the corner.

He sat with his right arm flung across the back of the sofa, right leg bent with his knee pressed up against the back of the cushions. He was turned with his back to the corner so he could face me.

“Sit.” He ordered.

“Where?” I asked, looking for a chair or another piece of furniture.

“Are you too good for the couch?” He asked me.

“You need to get over this aversion, we are going to be in other packs, they must think that we are mated.”

“And whose fault is it that I have an aversion to you?” I snapped at him with a hint of a growl in my voice. He just glared at me.

“I’m fully aware. Be that as it may, we need to learn to put up with each other.” He said, surprisingly not getting angry at my outburst.

“I know.” I told him, letting my anger deflate as I sat apprehensively onto the sofa.

“So, what is the problem?” He asked, getting straight to the point.

“Heather is on her way to the pack hospital. They think she may be having the baby early. She isn’t due for almost a month.” I told him.

“Do they know what’s happening?” He asked, I could hear the concern in his voice.

“Vincent didn’t have that information yet.” I told him.

“Where is Vincent now?”

“I told him to go. He needs to be with his mate at a time like this.” I saw the surprise on his face.

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Joaquin

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I was surprised when Little Bunny called out to me when I was talking to mom, but she never willingly came to me, so I knew it had to be important.

“Joaquin, I need to talk to you.” Her voice sounded nervous but still strong.

“What?” I snapped when I went out to the hall. I was worried she had heard my earlier conversation.

“Oh, I didn’t know you were down there.” She looked tense.

“What do you need, Little Bunny?”

“Well, I have a bit of bad news.” She clearly didn’t want to tell me what was going on. I raised an eyebrow in suspicion before looking at the floor sighing.

“Fine, come in.” I opened my door and invited her in. She seemed nervous, like she wasn’t going to come in at first. She really was scared of me, good. “Are you coming or not?” I growled from inside. She took a breath and followed me in.

I flopped into the corner of the couch and watched her flounder, looking around the room for somewhere to sit. Was it that bad sitting next to me?

“Sit.” I told her, that got her to talk at least.

“Where?” She asked.

“Are you too good for the couch?”

“No, I just didn’t think you wanted me to sit with you.” She seemed embarrassed.

“You need to get over this aversion, we are going to be in other packs, they must think that we are mated.” They would never buy it if she couldn’t even sit next to me.

“And whose fault is it that I have an aversion to you?” She snapped at me with a hint of a growl in her voice. I just glared at her in defeat.

“I’m fully aware. Be that as it may, we need to learn to put up with each other.” I tried to be calm with her tonight, usually I just yelled and growled at her, and the desire and habit to do so was warring with me still.

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