The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 135

Jack POV

He wanted to tell her everything, could see she didn’t really understand what had been said. He’d watched her look at the clock and realised Luci actually needed to be elsewhere, or on the move to walk from here to the packs school, which took a good 25 minutes from here.

She needed to leave and, shortly, to go and pick up the boys from their first day of school. “Can we sit down properly when Addison comes home? We would like to explain everything to you.” he told her, “All of it, once we know the whole truth.”

nt to only be able to give you half answers.”

t’s your life, I have no say in what you do.”

you were affected by this as much

” Rafe commented. “We want that, not just for us, but for you as well.”

hed her eyes move to the clock again, had other pressing matters than them, it seemed, or them trying to explain to her why they wanted to talk about it. Did

subject. He could see she really wasn’t interested in talking about what had happened.

that morning, she was not doing that right this minute. She was sitting there openly talking with them and he was glad to see it. She was being more like her old self, he thought.

her like this was also helping him to stay calm and in

t this point, knew she could look impassive when she wanted to. He’d seen it a lot with Orien when she’d been 18, hid her emotions well when wanting to that was.

and then moved her eyes back to Rafe, saw her just sigh and then nod, stood up, “It’s fine…you can understand my anger though, yes?”

afe stated together “W

h stood open at this hour of the day.

only walk with her but touch her as well. Hadn’t yet been able to, not even so much as hug the woman or touch her face, or her hair even. Not even hold her hand, put a hand on the small of her back, all things he’d once been able to do with her.

ta, but always on either side of her as her equal. They’d loved having her between them, even just walking around, or sitting around for a meal.

nd Rafe’s Suites, so she could come and go as she pleased at all times, choose where she wanted to sleep.

d.” Luci murmured after returning her attention to where she was walking.

elp but say.

pack members watching them all walking together. Smiled at them even, they smiled at him as well. Knew it was what they would have seen with the three of them the last time she’d lived there

do it.’ Rafe’s voice came down the mind-link to him and his hand was suddenly on Jack’s wrist. He’d not eve

ven known he’d been about to put a hand to the small of her back as they were walking,

orry.’ Was his only reply to Rafe.

ing at the three of them all walking together, like they’d once used to and he’d been trying to display his claim on her, show them who she belonged to. It was typical Mate behaviour.

packhouse front steps heading for the school. When he heard a female voice yell out, “Is that your w***e, Rafe?” he knew it was Melissa. That she-wolf just didn’t know when to quit, couldn’t accept that they had lost.

ikely caused her painful memories of her own past history with Orien, when she still believed that he’d been her father.

ed to those two on the shaming post, “Ignore it Luci, it is not what you are. Never were.” Rafe told her softly, almost gently.

er eyes move right to his neck for a

post?”

there and watched Luci, remain calm in the face of the two women who had ruined all their lives.

t, a full slap to her face. He heard Melissa cry out in pain, before she turned her

h, 1. You don’t talk to anybody in the pack while on the shaming post.”

the ground where they belong. Are lower than the lowest of omegas when on a shaming post. Though by the stench that comes off you. I’ll rephrase that, I don’t mean to offend the omegas here. You are just a disgusting rogue with no status at all within this pack. Eye contact is also worth extra punishment.”

ng to her rib cage from the hit Addison had landed.

The future Luna to this pack, not to mention himself.

in fact like being hit by an Alpha himself.

er turn and look right at Rafe, “Do you have a cat to lash your pack members with Rafe?”

full familiarity.

ld you like me to have it brought to you.” Rafe asked her, and Jack could hear the smile in Rafe’s voice,

g, “Really! You’d break rule number 1. So quickly.” Luci stated, “Yes, please do, Rafe, bring it.” He watched her stand up and looked down at Melissa. “I’ve not had the pleasure of using my Alpha strength in years. Mother always enjoyed a good lashing and taught me well on how to handle a cat of three tails. How to make it rip through the skin an

just wanted to hug her so badly right this minute. Because before him was Luci.

e a f**k.’ Something she’d mastered due to the way Orien had treated her growing up.

him, ‘Soon.’

lly thought about those words and he realised it was true. Recalled it was true, was flooded with the memory of mating themselves to her, in a weak moment during that one time she’d gone into heat, he and Flare had Mated themselves to her, they had barely been able to contain themselves in order not to Mark he

he murmured down the mind-link ‘I know…I understand, it’s why you react to her, as you did this morni

she’ll see it. Know something is off with you.’