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.

pack and the river bed pack. An argument 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 families and their packs need to

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

stone pack and Asther the omega

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

your honour, that is not how the story goes," Asther shouted,

not yet asked for you to speak Asther. You must wait for your turn in this court," the judge quickly interrupted, "so, Noah. You

"Yes, your honour."

the judge scribbled on the papers in front of him. He started to turn a few pages

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.

is she not here as a witness?" The

of the deceased your honour,"

be released from, even after their partner's death. 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

rules go. With the

the table, grabbing his paperwork as he harshly

fault. Because of your fast assumption, your beta had to suffer for your fast decisions,"

for some fresh air. Looking at Mason I smiled and patted his shoulder knowing that he was the one to have managed to solve the problem without a fight

she waited

She asked, observing our expressions trying to get

is over

she leaned in to hug us

started to gather around us in the realisation that we were

with a