The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 29

Jack POV

He cleared the area around the packhouse to be free of all wolves, didn’t need Luci feeling any more uncomfortable than she already was. Flare was pacing inside his mind, worried that all the wolves around her and the twins, might agitate her or Alari and he wanted nothing of the sort. Even his wolf wanted her to be calm and feel safe here in the pack.

They were the mother to his pup, and he wanted her comfortable, to be able to once again be happy, neither he nor Jack had liked seeing pain in her at just the sight of them. They had never seen that with her before, not with them anyway. It had hurt more than a bit, to know she had so much pain where they were concerned.

ad hurt her, and she’d not only run away, but had their child, raised and protected him as well. Not turned their boy against them and she likely could have, he knew from reading

each other. Likely why the boys had suddenly refused to have anything to do with them. They could feel their mother’s pain, stayed with her, to try and comfort her, had attached themselves to Addison quite quickly as well. She was their grandmother and love had poured off of her at seeing her daughter, also at seeing the boys.

ad a lot of questions as did he, but he was not going to bombard her with them. That could wait until she was a bit more comfortable, with being back inside the pack and when she could look at him, he would not push her at all.

his own son’s wolf off, but Alari as well.

d she had to her children. Little Jack’s eyes had changed colour, his wolf, Spark on the surface, had watched everything and looked right at Jack himself. He’d smiled at his boy, it was not their fight.

Damned near burst out laughing when little Jack poked his tongue out at him.

e three of them do their own thing, not something an Alpha was going to want to do.

or at all.

packhouse. If not? The question was where would she feel comfortable? Likely a house on her own, there were a few available, he might have to show her some and let her choose.

Alari, nor did the pack members, and although he was certain she would help to protect the pack.

n hushed tones, or openly, about the fact that Luci had run off pregnant with their twins and never told them.

, only Alari, Kali and Luci would at this point.

and Rafe and that Petra was strolling along at a distance behind them. What she thought he was yet to find out, k

hould not be raised out in the human world with bare minimum. He intended to go back to that dwelling later on to have a good look at it. Bring back all their belongings as well. They likely

pretty certain she had seen them before, likely the day they’d walked them into the packhouse, Luci wouldn’t have been far away, would have been coming to them.

d it officially for an hour, so she’d already been leaving them by then, had to have left within minutes of them arriving inside the packhouse.

claim Luci, he should have pushed Rafe much harder, none of this would have happened if they had claimed her as he’d wanted to. He knew she would have said yes, was always happy and taunti

face and felt Rafe’s hand on his shoulder. ‘We’ll fix it.’ Rafe’s voice came through the mind-link. He always knew or seemed to understand what Jack was thinking, especially if he was agitated or upset about something.

l in his wolfen Mate, but now he was up and interested in Kali, even wanted to come face to face with Alari.

He didn’t know.

p.’ Rafe told him.

l these years later. With nothing of Luci’s left in it. Was jealous of just the room itself.

ing a child with Luci.

g a pup. He was still waiting for Titan’s report on that as well, had his suspicions, and he was hoping right now to confirm his suspicion. Whereas a week ago he was hoping he was wrong, right this minute a part of him was actually hoping he was right.

it was worth it. He also had to consider Flare’s reaction to Luci, and he knew his wolf wanted to be with Kali and Luci, Alari even.

ed or his needs either, denied him his true nature at every turn. As for Flare, he’d never been interested in his own Mate and she not him. But he was very interested in the mother of his pup.

.

they decide to come back, that is.’

ey had both left the pack. ‘Has she called you at all?’

a?’

this time.’

‘Why?’

Mate did not miss him, and he knew it. Something was very wrong.

d his expression denoted anger.

ck in a rush, known something was going on and with Addison off pack territory, where he would have likely felt her moving away from him at a great speed when she’d learned of Luci.

rom what he could tell. If Orien wasn’t careful, he was not going to be met with a happy Mate, not with how he’d treated her, denied her rights and cuffed his own mate with silver. He was lucky she was still bonded to him at

e when he sees the twins.’

flatly, ‘He has no rights over Luci. Gave her to us, tried to de-rank her to a concubine. She also still

, he was not actually the girl’s father, and had tossed her aside and wiped his hands clean of her. Only Addison’s opinion mattered to him and Addison was happy to see her daughter, happy to see the twins as well, more than happy, loved them instantly.

but they ran it like they did everything else, together. If they had claimed Luci, he’d be considered an Alpha by right of Marking the Luna.

hair, slimmer, but she still looked as beautiful as ever.

.’ Rafe warned Jack.

ready to rip out of him.