The Forbidden Alpha

Adea

Ethan’s eyes clouded over and I watched as he linked someone.

“When do you think he’s going to initiate us into the pack?” I asked Kor.

“Are you worried?”

“No… I’ve just… been here for a while and I’m marked now.” I tell her.

“I’m pretty sure he’s going to initiate you during your Luna ceremony. Which, by the way, you need to talk to him about.”

“Yeah, I don’t know how to bring it up. Like, hey, I’ve been wondering why you haven’t initiated me into the pack yet?”

Kor laughs. “Yes, like that but without all the obvious uncertainty.”

“Mm-hmm,” I laugh. “I mean future Luna and all… I should be a part of the pack I’m going to be in charge of,” I laughed.

Ethan’s angry voice cut off our conversation. I was pulled back to the present to an upset Ethan and a worried Odis.

“I don’t understand why you didn’t ask her what happened yesterday,” Ethan said, talking to Odis.

“She had just returned. She needed to rest and get some sleep,” Odis replied. He shifted and loosened his tie giving away his nervousness. “I-”

“You let your emotions cloud your judgment!” Ethan said, shaking his head. “We have rules to follow. Olivia doesn’t get a free pass because she’s Gamma, she was presumed kidnapped and missing! You broke protocol Beta,” he seethed.

“I know… I know. I wasn’t thinking,” Odis said bowing his head. “But I was going to bring her in for questioning today.”

Ethan shakes his head, disappointment etched on his face. “If she was gone for a couple of days, I would understand trusting her but you’d still have to question her and confirm where she’s been, who had her, and get tests done.”

“I had Doctor James run tests on her last night. We should get the results for most of them back today.”

“But she was gone for a week! Was a medical examination for **** done? ” Ethan growled. “You don’t know where she’s been, who she’s been with, what they’ve done to her. What did she look like? Did you do a physical? How is her body? Does she have any bruises? Has she lost weight? Was she tortured? You can’t just ask. Does she have the signs? How is she mentally? Did she seem off?”

Odis lowered his head and I reached over and grabbed his hand under the table.

“I left you in charge of Desert Moon while I was gone. I left my Luna in your hands and the safety of our pack. You let your feelings deter you from making the right calls. We don’t know how her mental state is, for all you know she could have been brainwashed and could be planted as a spy.”

“Alpha, you can’t honestly believe that Liv would ever work for anyone else,” he asked, his voice laced with pain.

Ethan sighs. “I love Olivia. You guys are the closest thing I have to family but this pack is our family too and we have to protect it. No one is exempt from our pack laws. Can I still trust you to make the right decisions with this investigation or do I have to get someone else to cover this?”

Odis looked Ethan in the eyes. “No, you don’t need to get anyone else. I can do this. I made a mistake but I won’t make another.”

Ethan stared at Odis, the silence in the room deafening. When he nods, relief flashed across his face.

“Go get her, we’re going to question her now. I’ll have James meet us in the interrogation room.”

Odis shoots him a glance.

“I’ll have the kitchen help bring her a plate,” Ethan says.

Odis gives a quick bow before jumping up. When he’s gone Ethan sighs and his shoulders relax. His eyes cloud over and I’m assuming he’s linking the pack doctor. When he’s done he brings my hand to his lips.

“It’s going to be a long day,” he says and squeezes my hand.

Ethan turns to me and looks me in the eyes. “We have protocol and no one is free from it. I may seem harsh today and you may question why I do the things that I do or say but I need to know you’re going to have my back.”

I nod. “Of course.”

“You can think of today as Luna training,” he says with a slight smile.

“Sounds good. Did you link the pack doctor?”

“Yes, I told him to meet us in the interrogation room with the test results that he has. I also requested a medical examination for ****. It’s supposed to be done in the first 24 hours for the best results.”

He shakes his head. “Are you ready?”

I lean forward and peck him on the lips. “Yes.”

Ethan leans me out of the kitchen and down the hall that leads to the meeting hall. I’ve never been into the other doors but we stop at a door. When he opens it there’s a wide stairway in a brightly lit hallway leading down instead of up.

Ethan holds my hand and we walk down the stairs together. 

“We’re just asking her questions, right?” I ask, my nerves making an appearance as the stairway leads us lower and lower.

“If all goes well, yes,” Ethan says.

I gulp.

“This is part of being Luna, Adea. We need to ensure the safety of our pack,” Korra says.

“As her friend, I want to ensure that she’s okay too,” I tell Kor.

“That’s understandable but being the future Luna, comes with responsibility. I’m sure Ethan wants her to be okay too but the pack comes first.”

“I know,” I whisper.

“We should brace ourselves. We both noticed something was off with her. So we shouldn’t go into this being hopeful.”

I bite the inside of my cheek. “You’re right.. If something is off, we need to get to the bottom of it,” I say.