The Wolf In Me

Luka's POV

Turning my eyes at alpha Dale, I observed his tense expression.

"The thing is Marcus that you have not considered asking how this happened and decided to blame someone else's pack. You know we must all observe the rules and if they are broken, consequences follow."

Looking at the watch I thought I should give him another few hours to think about it before I make my decision.

"Getting out or staying here is your decision alpha. You will not be of good use from here to the pack. Without their leader, the pack will be lost forever and their survival in the wild would be limited," I reminded, motioning for Mason and alpha Dale to follow me back outside the dungeon.

"No, wait, wait!" He screamed as we were about to head out.

Forming a grin, I turned back around and returned to his cell.

"We can come into an agreement. Look, the pack will not survive without me and I cannot live without a pack. I am ready to find out how this has all started and we go from there. If my pack was the culprit of the situation, I will take action. If it was from your side Alpha Dale, you have to give me those responsible for the killing. How about that? Huh?"

Looking at each other, I waited for alpha Dale to give him his prefered answer. I knew his heart and I trusted he will make the right decision. Choosing wrongly will affect both my and his child's relationship and mating bond, so there was only one answer.

"Alpha Marcus, I agree with your terms as long as we will all sit in one room and listen to what everyone has to say. A court would do I believe, right alpha king?" Dale said, turning in my direction.

With a nod, I asked the guard to open the lock of alpha Marcus's cell and so we made our way out altogether.

"One thing before you make your way back. Should you decide not to cooperate I can still come for you and bring you back in there," I said firmly, gazing into his eyes.

"Yes, Alpha King. I will bow to you and your decision. This is a fair way to correct the mistake done by our packs," he said before making his way into one of my guard's car to take him back to his packhouse.

One week later.

has erupted between the two after a small group from each side attacked each other, resulting in a couple of lives being lost. It seems like the majority of them were teenagers and so their

a moment the elderly judge observed our facial expressions, twitching his eyes from one

omega from the yellow stone pack and Asther the omega from the river bed pack can give us the full

cheating with other wolves both from her pack and ours. Some were free-willed participants and knew exactly the circumstance, but some were innocently falling for her. Noah used to come to me to pour out his feelings until last week I found him dead in his bedroom. When I got closer to him I noticed bruises around his beck and so it seems like he was choked till death. The first thing I did was to let the rest of my friends know and that day we decided to go find Elaine, Noah's mate. Some guys were already protecting her from us

is not how the story goes,"

turn in this court," the judge quickly interrupted, "so, Noah. You are stating your

"Yes, your honour."

quiet as the judge scribbled on the papers in front of

my one true mate. Noah was trying to take her from me by claiming that she was his. I swear to our goddess that she was always with me until he attempted to steal her away from our pack. I have gathered some of my close friends to go save her, resulting in some deaths after Noah took the first step to kill one of us. This is the whole truth, your honour,"

not here as a witness?" The judge asked looking

your honour," Asther whimpered out, trying

When one of the pair is dead, the couple's bonded mark which normally sits on the edge of the neck turns from light purple into a deep red and that was evidence enough for the judge

Asther. This is tragic! A fight like this hasn't happened in ages! You have to be a savage rouge to be taking another man's woman. We all know very well how the rules go. With the evidence

grabbing his paperwork as he harshly shook his head feeling upset.

the other pack's fault. Because of your fast assumption, your beta had to suffer

he also stood up, rushing outside for some fresh air. Looking at Mason I smiled and patted his shoulder knowing that he was the

waited on her favourite

She asked, observing our expressions trying to get a hint of what

genius son, the fight is over peacefully and we

in to hug us as she laughed

to gather around us in the realisation that we were on the winner's side as they cheered, content that

surprised Mason and me with a party, inviting alpha Dale