A weekend with the Alpha novel Chapter 106

Having enough of being bullied around by his brother, Ivan sprang to his feet, his eyes glowing silver instead of their natural blue. "You will shut up and listen! The only reason I know about the way out isn't because I'm his favourite, asshat, it's because I'm the wise one in this pack. But your brain has never had control over your words, so I'm not surprised. There was no guarantee what we found was the way out and until four weeks ago, Aaron had massive scepticism. He only found out after the ritual was completed."

"Why didn't he tell us afterwards? It's been four fucking weeks."

"Because I was tired of giving you all hope, only to have it dashed to the ground. I saw the look on your faces when I was in search of a mate many years ago. I saw how devastating it was for us all. After the way out proved true, I was going to do it and only reveal when it was done."

Damor stepped up toward me. "You're just saying what you think we want to hear. You know what I have to say? Fuck you!" he spat in my face.

My hand shot out and grabbed him by his neck. I slammed his back into the study wall in a blink, making the room shake. Sesi and Ivan stood at alert but none tried to step in.

"The problem with you is you never take the time for proper comprehension. You talk more than you listen and that would be your downfall, Damor Hart!" I growled.

He tried to pry my hand from his neck, but I tightened it the more. "I might still get weaker by the day, but believe me, there's enough strength to leave you numb and defenceless. I get you are furious, but that doesn't give you the right to turn into a grown brat."

I unwrapped my hand from his throat and it left a mark that faded within seconds.

Damor glared at me. "I've been in Ireland in the last three weeks, digging through the records of the ancient to find answers when all the while you had the answer."

"I am sorry for leaving you two in the dark, but if I could go back, I'd still choose to do things the way I did them before. And you might use that as a reason to turn your back on us now, but if you do that and they destroy this family, know you will never be safe! So you can help a brother you despise or you can spend the rest of your existence on the run. We all know how the rebellion pack and the new age pack can be."

"You're asking us to pick the lesser evil?"

"Yes. We both know the only thing that kept them down for years was the truth that I remained the strongest alpha in existence and they stayed silent these past six years waiting for my demise. They now know I have a son and would not leave to the life beyond as they expected, so they would do whatever they can to stop me from breaking this curse."

"You're no better than them and it gives me no pleasure to say this," he said.

"And I am sorry for making you feel this way. I'm asking you to pick your own."

"I want to know if there's anything else you're hiding from us," Sesi demanded, and my attention moved to her.

"There's nothing. I say this before the moon goddess and all beautiful things created."

I nodded, and I knew what her next question was.

"Does she know you'd be in your wolf's form for the ritual?"

She's read it a few times, but I didn't think she understood the full concept of it. Trusting me was one thing; trusting me when I was in my wolf's form was another. She had seen me a few times in my wolf form, but it wasn't a form she was used to.

I didn't know if Zera was ready, but I had to make her understand what it was all about. "I haven't disclosed that information yet."

"You will have to and let her come into the realisation and acceptance of that," Ivan said.

I sighed and rubbed my hand over my face. I knew all that, and I knew what it meant.

We concluded by choosing to wait and watch what the move of Theo and Nicole would be. We were uncertain they were working alone. For all we knew, they had rallied other packs behind them, and we had to choose our battles wisely.