The Forbidden Alpha

We got to the hall safely and the kids shuffled over the threshold and inside. There were a few people inside the hall and relief washed over me when crying children were united with their parents.

“Are you okay?” Gabe asks.

I nod.

“I am. That was… I wasn’t expecting to kill anyone today or ever.” I say nervously.

He wraps me in a hug. 

“You did good Ady. You protected yourself and this little one. You’re going to be a great Luna,” Gabe says and I blush a little at the compliment.

“I’m going to check how many people are here and see if there are any injured,” Gabe tells me before heading off towards the crowd of people.

The child in my arms trembled and my eyes met green eyes. The little one in my arms had blonde hair and sun-kissed skin.

“Do you see your mom here?” I asked him trying to get him to look around.

“I don’t have a mama,” his quiet voice murmured.

He reached up and touched my face, “I have an Oh-dee.”

“Oh-dy?” I repeated.

He nodded enthusiastically. A small smile spread across his face. “Oh-dee takes care of me,” he looked around.

I don’t know what I’m looking for but I scan the room with him.

“What’s your name?” I ask him.

“I’m Paul.”

The doors open, and Beta Odis walks in looking around. He’s disheveled and I don’t think I’ve ever seen him look so not put together.

“Beta!” I run to him.

He doesn’t look at me, he keeps looking around the room.

“Has the situation been taken care of? Is Ethan okay? This attack doesn’t seem like a random rogue attack, there were a lot of rogues out there today. Rogues don’t attack in numbers, this had to be planned.”

After Odis scans the room he looks at me and starts to answer when his eyes drop to Paul.

“Oh-dee! Oh-dee!” Paul cries and his little hands reach out to Odis.

Odis leans in and sweeps Paul up into his arms. Hugging him he looks at me, “Thank you, Luna,” his voice choking.

“I don’t know how to repay you, thank you for keeping him safe.”

“Oh, it’s nothing Odis. I had to do something…” I trail off and I think about the rogue I killed.

Noticing the blood on Paul’s clothes he searches him and then sees blood on my hands.

“Forgive me for a second Luna,” he steps towards me and grips my hand. Flipping my hand around he searches my arm. When he’s satisfied he lets go and his gaze searches my arms.

“Are you hurt Luna?” He asks.

“No, there was a rogue, he tried to attack Paul and I… I killed him.”

He nods before looking back down at Paul, who’s cradled in his arms.

“There were a few rogues left when Ethan dismissed me when we realized that Paul wasn’t at the school. I had to come and make sure he was okay. The-” he stops and his eyes cloud over and I know he’s mind linking someone.

When his eyes clear he looks at me, “Ethan has the situation under control. Thankfully, he didn’t kill all of them. He’s taking a couple of the captured rogues to be questioned.”

Gabe runs up to me, “So, luckily the injured weren’t injured deeply. Most of the injuries are scratches and bite wounds.”

“Thank goodness, it could have been so much worse,” I say thinking about the way the rogue had slowly made his way to Paul.

I shiver and the door opens and a small crowd walks through. The remainder of the kids rush up to their parents and I feel relieved.

“You did well,” Kor compliments me.

I can’t help but smile. “I did alright,” I tell her and let out a small chuckle.

“I wonder what their story is,” Kor says, her focus on Odis and Paul.

“It’s not our place to ask,” I tell her.

“We are NOT asking him who Paul is to him,” I tell her.

We watch them for a few minutes. Paul is curled into Odis’ chest and my heart tingles as I think about what he said about his mom.

“We could ask our mate,” Kor purrs and I roll my eyes internally.

The doors bang open and we all look to see Alpha Ethan walk through the doors. His eyes are fervent as he scans the crowd until he finds me.

He strides over and pulls me into his arms. His touch tingles and his chest presses up against my face.

“What were you doing there?” He growls at me.

“I-” He cuts me off.

“I told you to stay in the room Adea! I needed you to be safe.” He says in frustration.

“I know what you said but I needed to be there,” I try to reason.

“I told you to STAY in the room,” he says as his eyes flicker between and his wolf.

“Aren’t I the future Luna? I needed to make sure they were safe and… I needed to make sure you were okay Ethan.” I was scared. I was scared of losing him.

He’s silent as he looks down at me. I brace myself and when I look up I’m surprised when I see a smile curve at one side of his lips.

“What?” I ask confused as to why he’s smiling when he just growled at me.

“That’s the first time you called yourself Luna,” he says nonchalantly.

“I-I that’s what you’re focused on right now?” I say with a laugh.

“You are my Luna, and this is as much your pack as it’s mine but I need you to listen to me. Do you know how I felt when I smelled you out there?” He closes his eyes and stills.

“You haven’t gone through training here with the warriors and… you just got here. I was afraid of losing you.”

Ethan turns to the crowd I’d forgotten was there. “The threat has been eliminated. Somehow, rogues made it onto our territory and got far enough to attack the school. I swear I’ll get to the bottom of this. In the meanwhile, please return to your homes and spend the day with your families.”

He turns to Odis and Gabe, “Meet me in my office for a meeting.”