Alpha’s Regret-My Luna Has A Son

Valen POV

Tatum and I went and dropped the vial off last night. Doc split it into samples before sending it off to the labs, and this morning I was taking Everly to the accountant, deciding after last night I didn’t want her on her own anywhere.

Everly had been nervous all morning about something, and I could tell she wanted to ask me something. She was weird when I got home last night, making me wonder if she argued with her father or something.

Glancing at her, I decided to ask her because her weird mood was freaking me out. “What’s wrong?” I asked as we pulled up at a set of traffic lights.

“I am worried about the accountant,” she answers.

“Why?”

“Because I wasn’t expecting you to come with me,” my brows pinch together wondering what she meant.

“It‘s that bad?”

“No. But I did something when I inherited everything, and I was hoping it remained hidden, but now you will find out,” she says.

“What did you do?”

“I got even. And also I was angry at you, so just don’t be mad. But it was a lot of money, I had this stupid idea, but it may piss you off.” She shakes her head.

“You won’t tell me?” she shakes her head. “And you told no one? And how much money did my mother leave you?”

“Zoe and Macey know. We had a good laugh about it, but I wasn’t expecting you or anyone to find out.” I was going to ask her what it was when she spoke again.

“I also wanted to ask you about the hotel. Macey said something to me last night, but I worry it may upset you also,” she says.

“Why would it upset me? It’s your hotel,” I tell her.

“Well, legally, yes. But it was your mother‘s,”

“You don’t want to continue the rebuild or sell it?” I ask, wondering what she is getting at.

My mother left it to Everly. I would never interfere with the hotel. Mum wanted her to have it.

Therefore Everly was free to do as she pleased with it. Though I hoped she wouldn’t sell it off. “No. Not sell it, sell it, I will still own it, but…” my brows furrow, and I accelerate as the light turns green.

“Just say it, Everly,” I tell her, and she sighs.

“I was planning on doing it anyway before you came back into the picture. But now you are, I thought I should ask,” she says.

“It‘s your Hotel. That doesn‘t change, so tell me what you want to do,”

“I am running out of funds for the rebuild. The insurance didn‘t cover everything, and the savings set aside for emergencies are running out. Everything else is locked down in term deposits and trust funds which I don‘t want to touch unless necessary. I know you offered to help, but..”

“But you refuse to take money from me,” I growl. We have a kid and live together, yet she never lets me pay for everything, she is always contributing even though I don‘t want or need her money. But hearing all this made me wonder how much she did have?

“I don‘t want a handout, and I don’t want to owe anyone,” she says.

“I‘m your mate,” I tell her.

“I have never needed help, and I don‘t want it, but Macey and Zoe have been pooling their money to invest,”

“You want to split the place three ways? Change ownership into three titles?” I ask, and she nods, glancing at me before she starts nervously defending herself.

“I know it was your mother‘s, and I will still own it. But Macey was telling me last night, she and Zoe were looking into buying something investment–wise to leave to their kids, and I was already going…”

cut her off, and she turns in her seat

do?” she actually seemed

mothers, but you three girls built that place. But I have one condition if you go ahead,”

losing ownership, just partnering up..” she starts

tell her, and she gapes at

missing the point, Valen. I kind of can’t afford to unless I touch Valarian’s money which I don’t want to do. And I don’t know how much they have, but

you give it to them and let me cover the rest of the cost.”

They would think they owe you,” What is with these girls

get contracts drawn up so they know I can’t interfere with the hotel. I will

Valarian comes of age, I can transfer any title

first,” she says, and I nod. I would rather she take the money, but she is too headstrong. Maybe I could speak to the girls and get them to

think it, but I owed them for being there when I wasn’t. So if this helps them and clears my guilty conscience, it is a win-win. Pulling up at the accountants, my father was there waiting already, and Everly climbed out of the car and waved to him. I grab the box of files

she closed the door, my father hugged her, and I could tell he was tickled

with a huge oval mahogany desk, and I took a seat next to

paperwork while my father has a silly smirk on his face as he stares at her. Turning slightly in my

asks,

done" he chuckles, and the room

swings open, and Everly shrinks down in her seat as her

narrow at my father and Joseph smiles and sits next to Everly. He squeezes her hand. I had

Everly says, and

you. Your mother was a wonderful

“You knew my mother?”

after she passed,” he says, and I swallow, trying to figure out what

the best approach to deal with Alpha John’s pack, which was now technically mine and Everly’s. But

still want me to run the

Hotel and Luna stuff. You know the pack; I may be their Alpha now,

catch?” John

finances. Joseph will. And you answer to Valen now,”

and you can hear a pin drop. It was so quiet. Everyone looks at John, waiting to see what he says. Our packs have been rivals for decades,

asking every day, and Everly won‘t bring him to see us unless you say so,”

but I knew she secretly wanted her parents in her life. Despite having their differences, she still loved them. Everly was just no longer a child and had

ask her, and

Dad mind-links. I sigh and

a relationship with my son or our babies,” I tell

pale. We were trying to keep that on the down-low

triplets,” Everly admits. John gapes at her before regathering himself like he was doing the math

More grandbabies,

to your terms,” John says, and I raise an eyebrow at his enthusiasm when my father mind-links me again. He probably saw the look on my face; I was about to demand the reason for his sudden change of heart toward

leave it,”

pick and choose whose kid’s lives he will be in? Where was the bastard when Valarian was born?” I tell my

get it.”

snapped through the link. Everly looks over at me, probably

I am doing with you and Everly. That is what I get, Valen. You don‘t have to trust him straight off, but let him. Everly is a smart girl. She isn‘t someone that will let someone hurt her twice,” Dad says when I feel Everly squeeze my hand under the table. I nod to my father, and he turns his

debts, those he thought would be suitable investments. A heap was going to be put up for sale, but Everly made it clear they were not to be pack bought and would sell to pack members or even sold to any of the rogues. Yet that still left the debt to Nixon and also a backlog of debt from pack loans. Some I would sort out, but John really buried the pack deep and was stupid enough to take out loans from human banks that were out of state,

the land off without touching the

land? She owns the hotel and its land. She was a Rogue. She couldn‘t

packs took over. So my mother wouldn‘t have been able to purchase once

is Valarian’s. Half the money your mother gave her is in that trust, Everly set it aside for him. Everything else went on the land she brought and into the hotel,” Joseph says, and now everyone

you…!” she said, looking at her father. Okay, now

have you done?” I ask her,

is actually pretty funny. Checkmate,” dad