The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 98
Jack POV
He was walking back with everyone to the packhouse when Gloria mind-linked to him ‘Beta?’
He could hear the concern in her voice ‘Are you alright Gloria?’ he asked right back.
.’ She answered te
ence for a long moment and he could hear the emotion in he
uldn’t go running off to confront Melissa. He’d likely just lose his memories all over again.
that to happen, please go to my office, we’ll meet you there.’ He murmured.
d he closed out the link.
he and Rafe, West and Terence, Brad and Cooper, Allen and Ian even. They were looking at the angry expression on Rafe’s
tly.
elf.” He snarled.
n’t mean for Gloria to get hurt.”
What is going on?” Bradley asked
a pack member,” Jack sighed.
d.
to be able to keep it a secret for long. All of them were here inside the pack, and not one of them had yet to see Melissa or Maria. It was an odd thing to happen. The pack Luna would normally stand and greet the arriving packs Alpha’s on the arm of her Mate.
nd closed doors, would be best.” He muttered.
time. Out of all of them here standing around, West had been the surly one, not so much anymore. But not much actually ticked Rafe off. Outside of their pack he kept his calm demeanour when visiting others. So, his sudden all aggressive snarl and anger on the surface woul
d go off and play that game of his with them, keeping them in fear of his reaction to that spell and those petals.
ention of hunting them down to play that all aggressive need to not just mate Maria now, but Melissa as well.
was she. The house fire alone proved she’d ripped his memories away from him.
surely end up forgetting all over again and he couldn’t have that, also knew that Rafe didn’t want that either.
he reddened mark on her face, likely had actually been bruised and her wolf had been healing her all this time.
wolf, and she had been their head omega up on the Alpha floor for as long as both he and Jack had known her, since they were children. Rafe was clearly not happy about this. Both he and Jack treated their omega’s as respected and valued pack members.
l the chores, so to speak, and if not for them, no pack would run smoothly and be clean or well fed. Their omegas were treated with respect and paid good wages, lived in nice homes.
nied to them here in their pack.
ked at the local university had PHD’s in physics and chemistry, one was out there, a model, in the human world and two were songwriters.
he did know that more than half of them were just happy working here inside the pack, to make it what it was, a pack to be proud of.
d it bruise?” he heard Rafe a
nodded “Mini is working on it.”
ere else?” he asked.
ed the room.”
d not forgotten his words.
Gloria, you may go. Take tomorrow off. In fact, no on
lightly and left the room.
asked now.
All packs had their own secrets, even from their allies, until it needed to come out, that was.
ieve, are not actually our Mates at all.” He told those in the
as doing. He saw a look go between West and Terence and then heard Terence mutter a string of curse words.
n here than just Victor,”
ed to think about it for a long time before speaking again “under the influence, I guess. Of those two upstairs.”
he did no lon
” Terence asked.
is that keeps us under their control.” Rafe stated.
o that house, where Luci, the twins and Addison had been staying until just a few hours earlier.” He sighed heavily “Then…” he looked at Rafe who just nodded his head “He lost all his memories of it, this was just last night, lost all his memories of Luci and the boys as well.”
his morning. That helped me a lot.”
strides. “Witchcraft. You say? Your own witches?” he asked.
ok his head, “But they will n
’s.” Rafe finished for him.
“Never in a good way, from my understanding.”
ur witc
eir loyalty to you. Tell them to get involved.”
ot that simple.” He heard Rafe sigh.
id, and they both saw West frown himself. They’d all see it, those witch’s pledge to serve his own Mate and Luna. Call her your highness.
st stared at each other for a long moment and let it go.
issing.” It was Bradley once more and when Jack looked at him, he and his Beta Cooper, he noticed were both watching the way he and Rafe were looking at West and Terence. He was not dumb, understood, they knew
m.
could make that decision. It was several minutes before West and Terence came back to the room and looked at everyone. It was West that spoke.
n any way.
ed to your Luna.” Rafe comment
nodded.
ighness,” Jack stated.
een with Addison.
ven, I imagine.”
nds that. She is only 31 and they are older.”
then?” Bradley asked now.
he only came into her powers 3 years ago.” Tere
who she was,” West stated, “It’s complicated to say the least.”
wasn’t here, and he couldn’t keep track of her not being a pack mem