The Alpha Who Saved Me

CHAPTER 41

Declan

I had just laid my son in the small makeshift bed that I have in my office, so I could tackle a few of the more important things while he sleeps. I’m not even five minutes into my work when one of my warriors that is on border patrol mind links me.

“I think you had better come to the eastern border, Alpha. We just found another body.”

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I curse under my breath, “Do you recognize who it is and what pack they are from?” I ask as I pick Holden back up and head downstairs.

“Uh, that isn’t possible. Whoever did this did a *good job in hiding this she-wolf’s identity. She’s unrecognizable, Alpha.”

“*it! Okay, I will be there as soon as I can. I’ll send some more warriors out to you in the meantime. Do not touch anything while you wait.” I order my warrior.

“Copy that, Alpha.”

I close our mind link only to open another one to both Carter and Keenan. I inform them of what is going on and tell Keenan to send a group of warriors over to the location to begin their search for any kind of evidence. I’m assuming that whoever did this is long gone by now. Carter is to come and meet me out front before I leave myself. After leaving them their instructions, I’m once again searching for Lila.

‘Why is that woman always gone when I need her?’ I growl to myself, but then Duke answers.

“You don’t need her, Declan. There are plenty of others around to help out with our pup. Maybe it’s time you start taking note of her comings and goings. Eventually, she will *up, and maybe we can boot her *out.’

What Duke says makes sense, but I don’t know exactly how all of that works. Maybe it’s time that I visit the Elders and find out what it takes to be able to denounce a forced Luna, but in the meantime, I need to find someone to take my son.

I run into one of the omegas that likes to help my mother out in the kitchen and ask her if she’s seen the former Luna. I am told that she has gone to a neighboring pack to visit a friend of hers. So, I switch directions and head out to meet with Carter.

My Beta is already waiting for me when I come out the front door, “I need you to stay and hold down the fort for me. This is something that I need to take care of myself.”

“No problem, Declan,” he glances at the bundle in my arms, “Does that include Uncle duty as well?” There is a bit of nervousness to his voice, and I grin.

“Why yes, yes it does.” I carefully pass Holden over to him as to not wake the little tyke, “Lila has disappeared once again, and my mother is visiting a friend.”

nothing about babies, right?” Carter’s face grows a little pale, “Can’t you just mind link

don’t like doing it, because once I open the link up she thinks she has free reign to talk my *ear off. Besides, don’t have time to wait for her. You are here now. Take

doesn’t sound so bad.” His

get her *home, but if she doesn’t let me close it right after, you will be on

her, I can link her myself. You’ve got too much to do,

know

waves

tree line to grab a pair of shorts in my teeth, I take off toward the eastern border. It doesn’t slip my mind that this specific border also borders

Newwa

I see that we are only about three meters from Dark Moon’s border. I’m fairly sure that my assumption is correct, and this body was meant to be on

steps. For a brief moment my heart stops as it

until I’m kneeling beside the *form. All I can smell is death, the woman’s natural scent is long gone. My warrior was right, she is unrecognizable, with her face beaten to a *pulp and *all over her body. Quinn has no identifying marks on her,

quite the same color as Quinn’s, but that could be the rigor mortis setting in. For the first time ever, my stomach turns and wants to empty itself over a dead body. I

that Alpha Quinn isn’t home and that they do not have her permission to tell us where she is at. What the *, Quinn? She knows

to one, and he’s does good work in finding out cause of deaths.

I immediately text Quinn, but I get nothing back. I proceed to call her and get nothing but her voicemail. I’m on edge all night as I call and text her continuously. At some point, exhaustion takes over and I fall asleep sitting at my desk, with my phone in my hand. Waking up with a jerk, I look around my office and then stretch my sore back out. Taking care of the kink in my neck, I check the time on my phone and see that it’s

him up and notice right away that he’s soaked through both his diaper and his pajamas. I automatically feel responsible for the state that my son is in. If he’s soaked

I stomp to her room and without knocking, I throw the door open, causing it to crash against the wall. The she-wolf jerks to a sitting position, wiping the sleep from her eyes. When she finally

you want, Alpha?

monitor beside her bed, and I growl, “Did you not check on

“I have the monitor…”

the scent hits me, “Were you out drinking

you, if I was?” She

the bed, and throw her covers back, “Are you *serious right now? You’re asking me that? My son is my business and when he has to depend on you for his food, and you think it’s okay to drink and do Goddess knows what, then yeah, it is my business!” i grab her by the arm and pull her out of the bed, “I found Holden soaked through, and I now know that he is probably hungry as well. Since we can’t use his mother’s milk to feed

probably would have strangled his mother. The gall of her to go out and get drunk when she knows

Alpha? Don’t be putting all the blame on me when you’re the one who usually takes care

“You dare try and cast blame on your Alpha when he is the only one that takes care of the pup, while you run around doing Goddess knows what?! Your Alpha has a lot going on, but he still takes care of his pup. Had you not been so drunk and brought him the

Duke, we can’t kill her

much as I would love to, I know it’s not a big enough offense to off her just yet.’

Luna, but I will never call you by that title again. Until you can prove yourself to us that you can be a good Luna and a good mother, you will be treated as a regular she-wolf.”