The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 33

Jack POV

Jack was watching Luci, who sat quietly at the table to eat, had once been so very lively and animated, would once have sat there with them and chatted to nearly everyone, had fitted into this pack like she was born here. The pack had liked her as well, she’d had so many friends when she’d lived here. She was not herself anyone.

The twins were very curious about the goings on around them and had, from what he could see, her actual personality, openly looked about and at other pack members, that moved about the room.

r. She was still a member of the pack. Yet she’d not once initiated any sort of conversation with either him or Rafe that he knew of. Alari had, but that was because she’d been agitated about being pumped full of adrenaline. Hadn’t liked it.

mind-linking to his own son. He was likely going to need to find a way to connect with Alari herself to re-establish a good healthy bond with Luci and Kali.

still had when having to interact with he and Rafe now.

hed from the pack, detached from both him and Rafe, therefore

ould go down so well. Likely to set off all her defences and bring Alari right to the surface, he might get his a*s kicked clear across the room. Didn’t want that, also thought it might set both the boys off as well, go into protection mode. Like they had with Orien and Addison. He didn’t want to be suddenly on bad terms with his son.

going to have to try and soon. He couldn’t let this silence go on forever, it would only widen the distance that was already between them, something that had never been there before. Something he and Rafe had created by being stupid and car

king about that very day, he didn’t understand his own actions.

not liked hearing her state ‘she couldn’t stay here.’ She hadn’t wanted to shift in front of them, hadn’t really wanted to come inside the packhouse either. Looked very uncomfortable being in here. Likely she had been in this very packhouse when they had come home. It was the last place she had seen them in all likelihood.

art making her feel anything other than uncomfortable. Mind-linked to Rafe about what homes were available close to the packhouse, just from watching her he knew she was not going to be comfortable inside it. A place that she had once called home, had her own room upstairs. It was still there, and they still considered it her room. Wondered now if Luci being a Triune was why Hannah and her s

lean, neat and tidy.’

n the packhouse?’

tle annoyed with Rafe right that minute, for not noticing it, or if he had, still thought she would be willing to stay inside

oo far from the packhouse, would you and the boys like to look at it?”

softly spoken, she nodded her head and then returned her attention back to her children.

“This way.” He motioned for everyone to follow him and saw both Luci and Addi get up along with the boys. “I believe it’s got three bedrooms as well.” He said calmly, trying to get her to talk to him or interact in some small way. She didn’t say anything, though “I will have the kitchen fully stocked before dinner as well.” H

t all your things from your place if you’re alright with that. Jack and I will leave you and the boys to settle in. Addison will stay

hose softly spoken words.

well.

t little lounge room with a small lounge suite, seated three and had a matching armchair. There was a TV attached to the wall above the open fireplace.

room with its own ensuite.

each of the rooms. If she and the boys liked it, it was theirs for now. He’d talk to her once she was properly

n the very far edge of the packs border was likely not the safest place for them to be, especially her. He had wanted to give her that originally, but now?

y and fridge. To have someone go over and ask what she wanted food wise.

go myself. I always got on with Luci, it will be nice to see her again.’

s chef, Nadia, to handle it, he l

don’t eat much.”

uld be to do with how far they live from t

ouse?” Rafe muttered “that’s not w

ring their things here. Before Victor finds out where she lived and goes there himself looking for something to leverage, to get her out of the pack.”

look happy about that place.”

, and I’m betting our parent

n? They’ve been travelling for two yea

Do we want to deal with Ian and Allen or Lu

walk.”

k as well. Though it was going to be dark by the time they got back.

be her number one priority.

ng to bet the boys sat to eat and Luci stood. There was a simple clothing rack that hung clothes, and there weren’t all that many. Though they were all clean and looked to be in good condition.

each of them, two pairs of shoes each was all he saw, just the bare basics and that was all.

ey’d been able to handle this properly, it was likely the boys would have been raised inside the pack and wanted f

rself, found Sara’s eyes on him. “It’s not much.” She commented.

It’s not.” He acknowledged, and it wasn’t, though there was a well-maintained vegetable garden and a couple of fruit trees out here. Likely what they ate most of the time. Accounting for why she’d vetoed

ens in their natural habitats would eat fish and sea creatures, so it was possible that Alari went hunting for fish and they ate that all the time.

what they ate after she’d been to talk to them. Though he was of the opinion; from what he was seeing here, what he’d seen them eat in the packhouse, it was all going to be fresh fruit

ould only hope that she did actually eat enough to sustain her as a double shifter. Though he was certain she would put her children’s needs above her own, if there was less food, she would be the one to go without.

on a regular basis, at all, once their Mates came home.

e managed when the twins were tiny babies. Though he also knew that Sirens were not materialistic creatures, so perhaps she’d just let it all go, allowing her Siren side to dictate most things, it was possible.

ed heavily, just something else she’d had to do on her own.

nything?” he asked Sara.

down?”

y that?”

coming across it. Even with her gone.”

ad lived. If he had, he’d never have tried taking her in town. Also, would have known about the twins and would have come with more troops to contain them.

them. They were Siren-Wolves; likely didn’t need a million possessions either.

ed.

d over to him. “You alright?”

otected and defenceless to help us.”

enceless,” Jack commented.

ck…to save us.”

erstand the concern about their boys being left alone, “No one knew about them, that’s why she did it.” He tried to offer some sort of reasoning. “Don’t be mad at her.”