Filed To Story: Their Bullied and Broken Mate by Teri Petry
Phoenix: I don’t do much on the counseling end of things anymore, but I would be willing to take on her case. I can’t promise results without her being fully open, but I will do my best. Have you contacted the Royal Council yet about his punishment?
Me: Yes, I’m just waiting for the return call. I told them it was urgent, so hopefully I will hear back by morning. Thank you for doing this, Nix. You are truly the best! I’ll talk to you in the morning. I’m going to try and sleep.
Phoenix: No need to thank me, I’m glad to help. Night bro.
After my conversation with my brother, I placed my coffee mug on the sink, and placed my book on the table. I crawled in my bed and snuggled up to my gorgeous wife, and within minutes I was fast asleep. It felt like I had just closed my eyes when I heard Willow crying. I opened my eyes to see my mate comforting her while making a bottle. I climbed out of bed, and took our daughter out of her arms, and she continued getting the bottle ready.
I sat on the recliner, and kicked the foot rest out, and took the bottle from Riley. I started to feed Willow, and closed my eyes while she ate. When I picked her up to burp her, she got kind of fussy but finally calmed down once I started to pat her back. Once she burped, she fell fast asleep. I closed my eyes and fell asleep with her.
I had no idea what time it was when the ringer on my phone went off, but when it did, it startled me awake. Thankfully, Willow had been taken from me and placed back in her bed, because I would have felt terrible if I had awoken her. “Hello? Alpha Maddix speaking.” I answered. “Alpha Maddix? This is Elder Declan, I’m returning your call.” he replied. “Yes, yes. Thank you for returning my call so quickly. I kind of briefed you a little in my message, but I need to have permission granted to carry out a sentence of death. I am sure Iris passed along the information of our fire situation. The culprit also attacked my gamma and his mate, as well as my head warrior’s mate. I also discovered that he was responsible for the rape of several female pack members, two of those resulting in pregnancy. One of those pregnancies ended in death of the mother,” I explained.
Elder Declan gasped at the other end of the phone, and asked me to please hold. He needed to explain to Iris the full situation. It wasn’t long before he returned to the call. “Alpha, by all means carry out the sentence at your convenience. I will send approval by carrier this afternoon. Please let us know once it is finished,” he said. I thanked him and disconnected the call. I messaged George and Henry, and asked them to meet me at the cell house.
I then messaged Timmy and asked him to be there as well. I needed those I trusted most with me when I carried this out, because I needed to make sure that someone stopped me once Scott was dead. Franz wanted to shred him to pieces until there was nothing left of him, but the counsel would frown upon that. Even though he was sentenced to death, we still had to allow his family to give him a proper send off.
Mystery Mate
*Alette POV*
Micah goes home today. I am kind of sad about it to be honest. I have loved having her here. It was like I was still at home. I guess I was going to have to deal with it eventually, but I promised her to go home on the weekends to visit her. She feels terribly alone and fearful right now, and it was going to be awhile before she was alright again.
I cooked a big breakfast for us all, and I hoped it was edible. I’m not the greatest cook in the world, but I still wanted to do something special. I called everyone down to eat, and of course Adelina had to be a smart ass about me cooking. “Wait. YOU cooked?” she asked. I nodded my head and she shook hers. Asteria smacked her shoulder and told her to stop being a jerk and stepped up to be the first to make a plate. She took a bite of her pancakes and eggs and gave her approval. I thanked her, and the rest made their plates as well. I sipped on the cup of coffee I had made and nibbled on some toast.
My nerves had my belly turning, so I decided to play it safe. After breakfast, my sisters and I loaded Micah’s car with things she had accumulated while she was staying with us. We said goodbye and Micah drove down the street. As I watched as she drove away, and noticed once again an all too familiar car parked half a block away. Did he live that close? Surely not.
I started to walk towards the car, and as I got closer, Joshua got out. “Caught me again, I see.” he smirked. “Why are you watching my house, Josh? It’s weird. I barely know you,” I demanded to know. Apparently, my Alpha aura seeped out, because he took a step back. However, he didn’t cower. “Whoa tiger,” he exclaimed with his hands raised in surrender. “I haven’t been out here long, I was just hoping to speak to you. I keep forgetting to ask for your number, so this is the only way I can reach you.” he explained. I kind of felt like an asshole, because he was right. I never thought of offering it to him either.
“What do you want to speak to me about?” I asked. “Well, there is a party next Saturday, and I was hoping you would go with me. As a friend, not a date. Unless you want it to be a date,” he said. I squinted my eyes at him, and he seemed to be genuine. “Fine, on one condition,” I said. He cocked his brow in curiosity, and I finished explaining. “My sisters and roommates are also invited. I don’t know you that well, and I would feel safest this way.” He agreed to those terms, and I gave him my number. As I walked back to the house, I felt guilt wash over me. Micah literally just left, and I was already breaking my promise. Hopefully, she will understand.
“Who the hell was that guy, and why did you go alone to approach him?” Adelina asked. “Yea, Lettie, Maddix would freak if he knew,” Asteria added. I shook my head and started to leave the living room. “STOP! We deserve answers, Lette,” Adelina yelled. I spun on my heel and placed my hands on my hips. “FINE! His name is Joshua. I met him at the park when we first moved here. I have met with him a couple of other times in passing, and today he wanted to ask us to a party he is throwing next Saturday,” I yelled back. “A party?” Asteria asked. I nodded my head, and she started jumping up and down. “You did tell him we were going, right?” she asked. I nodded my head again, and kept my stare at Adelina. “I don’t know, sis. If Maddix finds out, we will be made to go home and do online courses. I don’t know if I want to risk it,” she finally stated. “We are going Addie. Maddix won’t find out. Especially since Daddy said we could have freedom for a while. We don’t have much of that time left before the guards are put back on us, so let’s enjoy it. OK?” I said. She reluctantly nodded her head, and I sent a text to Josh to let him know we were in. I needed to do some studying before class tomorrow, so I went to my room to study.
A few hours later, Josh messaged me back.
Josh: Fantastic. The more, the merrier. Do I need to arrange rides for you ladies?
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.