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.”

Carter’s face grows a little

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 him to his room and place him in his crib. He should be out for a while, just make sure to keep the baby monitor

doesn’t sound so bad.” His

him. “I will link Lila and tell her to get her *home, but if she doesn’t let me

Carter rushes out, “I mean, don’t worry about her, I can link

know you

He waves me away.

that this specific border

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I get to the area where the body was found, 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 Quinn’s property. As I get

a brief moment my heart stops as it takes in the color

it can’t be her! I move quickly 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, her skin is perfect, so

in. For the first time ever, my stomach turns and wants to empty itself over a dead body. I don’t have my phone on me so I can’t call her yet, but I do send a few warriors over to Dark Moon’s pack house to see what they

me 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 there

to one, and he’s does good work in finding out cause of deaths. We burn our dead, sending their spirits back up to the Goddess Selene, so it’s not like he needs to do any embalming or preparations to the body. My main concern is finding

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 only half past six in the morning. I also notice that

sure who has it, but they are doing a terrible job at monitoring him because he’s fussing as he lays in his bed. I pick him up and notice right away that he’s soaked through both his diaper

for me to feed him, I stomp to her room and without knocking, I throw the door open, causing it to crash against the wall. The she-wolf jerks

do you want, Alpha? It’s too

baby monitor beside her bed, and I growl, “Did

“I have the monitor…”

that the scent hits me, “Were you out

to you, if

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

would have strangled his

night, Alpha? Don’t be putting all the blame on me when you’re the one who usually takes care of him during the night.”

grab her by the neck. Duke comes forward at this point, and I take a backseat, “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 monitor, our pup would have been taken care of!” Duke’s fangs are out and are dripping with

Duke, we can’t kill her over

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

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,