Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
Oliver runs his hand up my arm.
“How are the people we collected from Robbie? Did we capture or keep any of the people that fought us that day?” I try to move on quickly. My wolf is thrumming with the idea that Mike might still be able to take us from the guys and I don’t want an audience for that conversation, because if she gets angry enough we may shift.
“The ones Robbie brought us are still at the school. Many of them have started helping with meal prep and organizing supplies for the warriors. They have been checked over thoroughly by both the healers and Gentry and Elena. They don’t leave the school, but we have allowed them to use the playground and outdoor eating area to give them a small bit of freedom. Only time will tell where their loyalties lie.”
Kyle says from near the window. “All of the fighters are being contained in the small fighting arena. We have temporary shelters set up for them, but we are still working through them with the healers. Many had injuries and all of them had the tracker implanted. They all seem very dazed and confused as they come out of whatever chemical control they had. We just don’t know if there is any other magic going on.”
“Anyone who died in the fight we did a mass burn. I hope that released them back to the Goddess. We did keep your pack members separate from the fighters that came with Mike so they could be celebrated. You only lost three warriors.”
Wyatt knew I needed our number. I always had a count. I don’t know why it matters, but it does. I just nod my head, my wolf is getting agitated.
“Wyatt, can you help Daniel relocate Mike? Brett and Ava can work through organizing the warriors. Nathaniel will you need anything else since we will be moving warriors away from the borders?”
He shakes his head. “I don’t think so, but let’s put a pin in it until I can reassess.”
“Kyle, keep working with the captured fighters. If they are anything like the people Robbie brought us, we might be able to offer them a home here after all this is over with. It seems like these people are unwilling participants. I don’t think we have seen
Pet of their fighters.”
He now he worst at me. “I have a couple more questions for Gentry and Elena, and then the rest of us can start to work on this fire situation.”
“Wyatt, Nathaniel and Lil, will you three stick around for a second and then you can go to your assignments. Sam, Mateo, Jena and Sierra, we will meet you out back to discuss this fire thing in a few minutes.”
Cam finishes assigning tasks.
Once everyone but my team has cleared out, I stand up from Cam’s lap. This feels like such a big deal. Cam looks to Oliver, who starts talking, walking around the edge of the desk.
“We know how close you all are to
Skylar and our situation is beyond unusual. Now that I am one of the Alphas, being her mate.”
He rolls his eyes at his own comment. “Not gonna lie, that sounds so his face. He doesn’t like talki.net pretentious.”
He rubs his hand over about his own accomplishments, unless it’s to compete with me. “Our Gamma position is open. Lil, we have discussed it and would like you to fill that position, if you want it. You would round out our female leaders.”
Her eyes go wide and look at me. “Are you serious?” She breathes out.
“Of course we are. I know your contract is up at the end of the summer and I want you here with me.”
I look at her hoping she says yes.
“OH HELL YES!!” She shouts and pushes past Oliver to jump on me. “I have been trying to figure out how to talk you into letting me stay.”
She laughs, squeezing my neck and jumping.
“I’m so glad you were such a hard sell.”
Dakota laughs. “And Nathaniel and Wyatt, you both obviously have a place here too. Sky’s whole team means the world to her and you guys have proven time and time again why. Our warrior team would be lucky to have you.”
I walk over and give them both hugs too. They are happy, but not trying to strangle me like Lil is. They each shake hands with my mates. “Alright, Alpha Midge, we’ll see you outside.”
Wyatt follows Nathaniel, dragging Lil.
We all turn to Elena and Gentry. “So tell us more about mating with Skylar.”
“I thought that might be a sticking point with you four. You marked each other because of Dakota, to help him heal. No one was thinking about the fact that you are Alpha’s, or I guess at the time two Alphas, a Beta and a Gamma. We weren’t concerned with rights and rituals that you would normally take into consideration when marking and then mating. We were concerned with your mate living past the fight. We originally put the wind spell as a barrier to the fighters that were still attacking and sent more waves to try and recover Mike.”
“How many more people were harmed in this fight?” I interrupt, hating the idea that anyone was hurt while we were working through personal sh*t. “I know Wyatt said we only lost three, but that means they lost so many more.”
I sat in the chair Cam vacated. I know they were trying to kill us, but I also know that most of them are not fighting of their own accord. They are possessed, under the influence of some kind of drug or being manipulated.
“You were in the vortex for twenty-one days. The full moon happened just days after the fight. We would have been able to have your Alpha ceremony and you could have completed the mating ritual as it was designed with no problems. I think the idea was to get to Skylar in plenty of time to disrupt a ceremony for the next full moon as well. The longer you hold off the more opportunities Mike, Adrielle and the Rogue King have to claim you for their own. You are all exceptionally strong now, but having the four of you in tune with magic collectively and the powers you all will unlock when you complete the mating ritual makes each and every one of you prime targets. But, as with all things related to Skylar, we don’t know if any of the general rules apply. Those powers show up following the full moon after the eighteenth birthday. Will she have to wait? Who knows. Will you guys gain powers even if she doesn’t because you are all eighteen now? Who knows. What I do know is that the full moon will rise on Skylar’s birthday, we have been watching it closely. That is when we should be prepared. Too many things are lining up to be exceptionally amazing or absolutely life threatening.”
“Thanks for letting us down easy.”
Dakota mumbles. “So what can we do? What should we do? I feel like we just keep flying by the seat of our pants because no one has answers.”
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