Chapter 158
Chapter 158
Quirin
I was intending to have lunch with Kennedy, but instead I walked into the Arlo and Slater shitshow. If Arlo had made a move on Kier or anyone else, I would have killed him. As it is, it took everything in me to not kill Slater. I’m going to give myself time before going down to the cells because I’m ready to kill him. I heard what he said before Kier knocked him out and I was seeing red. He’s truly lucky that my mate was there to help calm me or I might have killed the entire group. I don’t fucking care if I have a pack of three as long as those three are people who care about my mate.
“Christopher!” I bark. I’ve been sitting in my office trying to control my emotions and my fury so I didn’t start killing everyone. Holding on to Kennedy as we walked out of the pack hospital had served two goals for me. It has helped to calm the fury inside me and it had ensured that she was safe and away from those who apparently don’t realize that they will respect her as their Luna or they can leave.
Christopher walks in and looks at me. I can see the line of warriors behind him.
“Close the door.”
When he does, he turns back to me.
“Come here.”
He walks over to my desk and I stand. He immediately shows me and Raif his neck.
“You want to tell me what the fuck happened today?”
“Alpha, there was an altercation between Slater and Lane.”
“Uh huh, and which side were you on?” I ask him, my eyes narrowing, daring him to lie to me.
“Alpha, I was not on a side. I was to the left of Slater working on the tiles when the altercation began.”
I begin pacing in front of him, my hands behind my back. I’m clasping them so I don’t punch him like Kier punched Slater.
“I don’t remember seeing you at the Luna ceremony this weekend.”
“No, Alpha. I went to Apha Henry’s pack.”
“Did you now?” I ask.
“Yes, Alpha.”
“And why is that?” I ask, stopping right in front of him. I’m pretty sure I hear his neck creak with his effort to raise it even higher.
“Alpha, we were given the option to leave and so I did.”
I lean forward, putting my face in his. “Why?” I snarl..
Sweat breaks out on this forehead while his eyes look anywhere but at me.
“I … I didn’t have any respect for Luna Kennedy.”
“Didn’t or don’t?” I snarl.
“Didn’t. But I heard about what she’s done and… I see that the others have gained respect for her.”
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Chapter 158
“Are you following Arlo’s lead, Christopher?”
“His lead, Alpha?” he asks, as if I don’t know who the ringleader is of this group.
I let Raif push out his aura, and watch Christopher try hard to stay on his feet as his wolf yelps in pain and panic.
“I’m sorry, Alpha. It won’t happen again. I swear it!” he says.
“Let me explain to you what will happen if I ever find out that you disrespected your Luna again. I will put you on your knees in front of this pack and I will remove your head from your shoulders. If you do not think that you can live with her as your Luna, get the fuck out of my pack! 1 will not allow ANYONE to disrespect her. Do you understand me?” I snarl as he drops to his knees.
“Yes, Alpha.”
I let him go and spend the rest of the afternoon having basically the same conversation with the warriors who were siding with Arlo against Lane and the others who did remain in the pack.
I save Arlo for last. I have Kier bring him in and the two of us face him together.
“Do you like living here, Arlo?” I ask him.
“Yes, Alpha.”
“Are you sure? Because lately I’m questioning whether or not you really do.”
“Yes, Alpha. This is my home.”
“Why’d you leave during your Luna’s Luna Ceremony, Arlo?” Kier asks him.
“Alpha gave us the choice and we were told that nothing was going to impede Luna’s day. I have a problem with her father. He killed my father when he attacked Alpha Brady’s pack. Out of respect for our Alpha, I left so there would be no problem with me and Alpha Warren.”
“Out of respect for your Alpha. But what about the respect for your Luna? Alpha Jasper and Alpha Brogan both attacked while you were gone. You weren’t here to help, but Alpha Warren was. Alpha Connor was. The younger Alpha Yorick and Luna’s younger sister, Alpha Wendy, all helped to fight and protect this pack. But not you, you weren’t here, were you.”
“I would have helped if I had been. Like I said, this is my home,” he says.
“The posse that you were trying to create, whether it was to overthrow me or to try something against your Luna, is done. I’ve warned them all and I’ve already warned you that if anyone disrespects Kennedy in any way ever again, there will be no option to leave. I will remove your head from your body in front of the rest of the pack and make an example of you. You and your brother are VERY lucky that I didn’t do that earlier today. If you ever challenge your Beta again, you better be ready to lose your head. In front of you and him, I’m telling you now that he has full authority to kill you if you ever pull that shit again. I’ll be telling Slater the same thing. If you like your head where it is, get your shit together. There will not be another chance. Are we clear, Arlo?”
“Yes, Alpha.”
“Get out of my office. You have patrols to run.”
He turns and walks to the door. “Can I see Slater?”
“Not until I’ve spoken to him and not without a guard present.”
He nods and walks out.
“What do you think?” I ask Kier.
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“I think he’s had too many chances”
“That was the last one. If he goes again you, me, Kennedy, or anyone else in this pack, kill him. If you get any whitt that he’s trying to turn the pack against us, kill him.”
“Yes, Alpha. When are you going to speak to Slater?” Kier asks
“Is he awake?”
“I’m not sure. I was pissed and I hit him pretty hard”
“He can sit overnight. I’ll talk to him tomorrow.”
“Yes, Alpha,” Kier says, walking out.
If I had known then what I know now, I would have killed Arlo and Slater then and there.
Arlo POV
“What are you going to do?” Slater asks me quietly through the bars of his cell. We’re careful to make sure that the guards
can’t hear us.
“I’m going to let Jasper know how he can get that bitch. If Alpha Quirin hadn’t let himself get weak, I never would have gone to that Alpha, but ever since he brought that bitch into our pack, he’s changed. If Jasper kills him, fine. If not, he’ll still deal with her. And he’s agreed to cut us in on the profity of this pack. You know how wealthy Alpha Quirin is. Before, I didn’t care because we were strong, and he could relate to us. But now, he’s gone soft, and I won’t allow anyone like that to lead me. He doesn’t deserve the title of Alpha.”
“I’ve still got several days in here. If you do anything before I’m out, you’ll have to break me out,” he says.
“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you’re out. The others are afraid Alpha will kill them, but I know they despise her as much as we do, so they’ll turn when the time comes”
“When I’m out, you know I’ve got your back.”
“I know you do, brother. And when this is done, we’ll be rich.”
I grip his shoulder as Terrance walks over. “Time to go, Arlo.”
“I’ll come back and see you tomorrow,” I say to Slater.
He nods and I climb the stairs out of the cells. I glare at the hospital. That fucking place. We’ve been working nearly fifteen- hour days to get that done and still run our patrols daily. But today, we finally got it finished, just like Alpha requested.
As I watch, I see her heading to the hospital. It looks like she’s got food in her hands. I smile, walking towards the hospital. When I step in, the lights are dim. Kennedy hasn’t been here alone since the day they put Slater in the cells.
“Luna? Luna, are you here? I brought you some dinner.”
I quietly make my way to the place where we’ve been retiling the showers. I stand in the shadows as I watch her. Talk about a peach. She’s been ripe for the picking for a while now.
When she turns, she doesn’t immediately see me. She takes two steps and must catch my scent. She stops and the scent of fear spikes in the space.
“Hello, Christy,” I say.
The plate of food in her hands clatters to the floor, smashing and sending food everywhere.
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