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…”

I cut her off,

do?” she

girls built that place. But I have one condition

losing ownership, just partnering up..” she

I tell

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 anything will help with

or you give it to them and let me cover

I don’t want your money, and Macey and Zoe wouldn’t agree to that anyway. They would think they owe you,” What is with these girls and settling debts and

contracts drawn up so they

age, I can transfer any title I have to his name,” I tell

Maybe I could speak to the girls and get them to convince her. The way I see it, they helped build

accountants, my father was there waiting already, and Everly climbed out of the car and waved to him. I grab the box of files off the backseat when the back door opens, and Everly snatches a pink folder off

it,” she shakes her head, making me confused. What had she done that she didn’t want me to see? She almost looked embarrassed. When she closed the door, my father hugged her, and I could tell he was tickled pink about her pregnancy. John also met us, and we all walked into the accountant’s office, along with my accountant that arrived at the same time. Not that I didn’t

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

has a silly smirk on his face as he stares at her. Turning slightly in my chair, Everly’s

asks,

done" he chuckles, and the room falls silent as everyone

and Everly shrinks down in her seat as

acknowledgment. My eyes narrow at my father and Joseph smiles and sits next to Everly. He

Everly says, and

Your mother was a wonderful woman,” he

“You knew my mother?”

her lawyer. Everly kept me on after she passed,” he says, and I swallow, trying to figure out

pack, which was now technically mine and Everly’s. But Everly didn’t want to take control off him completely, which

want me to run the pack,”

You’re nightshade pack, I have my Hotel and Luna stuff. You know the

the catch?” John

don’t handle finances. Joseph will. And you answer to Valen now,” she says, and my eyebrows

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, and I didn’t

please see Valarian? Claire has been asking every day, and Everly won‘t bring him to see us unless you say so,” John tells me,

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 no problem cutting people out of her life now. She

this?” I ask

are her parents,” Dad mind-links. I

you won’t force a relationship with my son or our babies,” I tell him,

Babies?! As in more than one?!” John blurts, and I pale. We

am having triplets,” Everly admits. John gapes at her before regathering himself like he was doing the math in his head on the

I tell your mother? She is going to love this. More grandbabies, she will be so excited,” John says, seemingly quite happy about this

I agree 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

it,” Dad

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

I get it.”

the link. Everly looks over at me, probably feeling my

Just like 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

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

enough to cover those debts if you sell the land off without touching the trust fund,” Joseph whispers

She was a Rogue. She couldn‘t have purchased land within the city, only inherited

didn‘t own in this city once the packs took over. So my mother wouldn‘t have been able to purchase once the packs moved into the city and put

else went on the land she brought and into the hotel,” Joseph says, and now everyone in the room was looking at her. Joseph wore the same smirk my father had, and Everly

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

What have you done?” I ask her, but she presses her lips in a

is actually pretty funny. Checkmate,”