The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 137
Jo-anne POV
Jo-anne was walking through the packhouse foyer when she came to a halt at seeing Alpha Bradley sitting on one of the sofas with a woman. She looked quite sad and Jo-anne sighed as she felt it. There was true sadness and pain rolling off of her.
Knew the woman had to be Luna Piper, it was in the way Bradley was touching her, he was trying to comfort her, something a Mate’s touch could do. Piper herself, she’d spoken to only over the phone, had never had the pleasure of actually meeting her in person. She was a very busy woman from Jo-anne’s understanding.
her own thoughts. Jo-anne saw Bradley look right at her and nod his head in greeting. He didn’t smile at her and she knew why. His Luna was upset and he didn’t know what to do about it, or couldn’t actually
ed down rapids.
ed the woman s attention.
pha West’s
Mate.”
er, to acknowledge her presence.
I’m not really in the right frame of mind, Luna.”
woman in order to help her. Was now just staring at her, couldn’t it seem take her eyes off of Piper.
more to her than she was
iper became uncomfortable under her intense and direct gaze.
n’t mean to make you unc
ay be able to help ease your pain, better than any Gamma or even your own Mate ca
s, in her peripheral vision.
.
” It was not something they did very often, usually only when they were severely ticked off and in an all Alpha fury of uncontrolled proportions.
nce in her she supposed.
were the moons down her back, and could see that Piper was more than a little reluctant.
ight in the face by it.
ly. “I’ve got you.” he murmured and sank them both down to the floor, as tears poured out of her, a sob escaped her. she looked right up at him, as he looked down
y, never took his eyes off of her, touched
in his lap staring up at him, trying to cope with the pain shed felt. It wasn’t even hers, but struggled with it. Took a moment for Jo-anne to realise West was telling her to breathe because she actually wasn’t breathing, had sucke
o.” He sighed softly.
” She murmured.
denly right there next to her looking down at her. “Who hit you?” He grated out.
shook her head
” West also
d must really look like odd behaviour. West helped her up,
“Your
wolf..”
dded.
t I felt.”
t herself back down once more, “Please Piper let me help you.” She could see sadness in the woman n
try.” She held out her hand once m
ne’s hand in hers and there it was, that something so very familiar to her. Felt Clova once again pull forward and unite them as one, to try and figure ou
was the pup that she was now carrying. It was a girl and already Jo-anne knew it carried the wolf’s bloodline, this was the pain that was in them right this minute,
ing that they couldn’t
omething he
Pipers hand “I n
on’t expect you to be able to do anything,” Piper said quietly, and leaned bac
t like not being able to understand it either.
l minutes that there was something else blocking her
trying to detect that charm, where it was on her. Saw nothing but normal jewellery on the woman.
d out with her witchcraft to try and have it sense it out and there it was she was
she assessed her closer,
Take it off ple
e man and wolf snarl at her, a full threat, and she knew it.
w it,
e.” She told them,
ff, the kingdoms seers are tracking the threat you are posing to me.”
not touch her,” they sna
y apologies. She even took a step
her. Shed also likely felt those seers or seen them herself. “You might want to warn Rafe and Jack that
t,” he muttered and she watch
wolf having receded
ut King Christian won’t accept it, so any threat against myself is for his seers to investigate.” She sighed
empt to remove it.”
on that.” Bradley stated flatly
Alpha now.
n or mine for that matter.” Piper muttered, then practically yanked him back down on the sofa. Jo-anne watched her pull a pendant fro
just so you know, not ever.”
, almost as old as the magic on her wolfs bloodline. “What exactly does it do?”
her head.
uss that out here in theopen.”
ted
r.
pain. That charm also felt somehow familiar to her as well. They were connected; the black magic and the white magic.
h.
ep the confidence, swear an oath to do so and retain it for my very long life. Never relinquish it.”
would you do this?”
She asked
bewitches your wolf’s bloodline.”
that man still looked very unhappy with her.
“Mother is contacting Christian to call off the seers.”
’t see a threat, just concern for Piper’s actual safety and wellbeing.”
posing a threat to you.”
ing my Luna as any Mate wou
Br
erstand how protective you are of Piper, but you threatened a royal princess, is that really wise?”
look right at her “
, I need to protect Piper, even from those allied.”
Oath at dinner.”