Healing the Ruthless Alpha novel Chapter 49

Chapter 49

*CAHIR*

There was every possibility that Aristo was right and that my mate did not see what I was doing. I should tell her but there was no reason to burden her with things outside of her control. As her Alpha, it was my duty to deal with every threat to her life instead of worrying her unnecessarily. “Did you find out the things I asked?” I entered Aristo’s office to see him canoodling with the new girl from Silver Moon pack – Felicia was it?

“Do you never knock?” Aristo exclaimed as the girl jumped from his lap to straighten her skirt. Her skin flushed but she held up her chin and gave me a snide look.

“Alpha,” she barred her neck.

“I am not your Alpha,” I asked Aristo to keep close eyes on this girl so I didn’t expect him to still frolic with her but I should have known my Beta was too much of a man whore to stay away from a woman who gave him an obvious green light.

“Yes, Alpha.” The girl insisted and barred her neck again before leaving the office.

“If you’d just waited ten minutes, bro.” Aristo shook his head. “What’s up?” He fixed his shirt and whipped a smear of lipstick from the side of his lips. “It’s been three days since I asked you to find out about Beta Morris and his firm,” I reminded him. “Rather than chasing skirts, you should focus on being my Beta.”

“You can’t blame me, man, I am twenty-five and mateless. It gets lonely.” That was a new excuse, one I didn’t buy.

“If your loneliness is going to affect your duties to me and my pack, then step aside. There are thousands of people willing to fill your position.” “Chill, jeez!” He flipped open his computer. “Yes, there are thousands of people eager to take over as your Beta but none of them is your best friend and none of them work as well as I do.” He raised his head with a wink.

“Yes, I looked into Beta Morris and his company. They have started trade with the Crescent Moon pack,” Aristo said.

“I didn’t give them the permission to,” I muttered but there was no need for me to voice it out. Beta Morris was affiliated with at least three packs which did not hide their hatred for me.

“Yes. What’s more, he is in talks to start trading with Dark River pack.”

“Interesting.”

Indeed, it was interesting because I already asked my gamma to look into the Dark River pack. Their spy had become a lot more obvious these days, hanging around my mate, most definitely fishing for information about her.

“Aren’t you worried?” Aristo asked, putting his hands behind his head as he leaned back into his seat. “I can smell the betrayal from right here.” He wrinkled his nose.

“I am ready for him.”

When I told Aristo I would be announcing my Luna to the world using her Luna Ceremony, it was for men like these to know the woman I mated with had my protection. It was for them to see I valued her which would make them come after her. They were a predicament and I wanted to get their annihilating over and done with as soon as possible. They wouldn’t be fun to play with so I’d crush them fast and hard. Alpha Kade on the other hand was smart so I would enjoy crushing him.

“Have you told her about Maribeth? She has to be careful about the spy,” Aristo commented.

It was annoying to observe, but my mate didn’t have an eye for people. She misjudged people which was the reason she still hadn’t seen through an obvious spy. Maribeth was from the Dark River pack, a pack that bordered ours. They pretended to support me but unlike my mate, I had a good eye for people. I could tell they were plotting something with two other packs that also pretended to be on friendly terms with Alpha Blood.

“If I tell her anything now, all she will do is worry.” I sighed, annoyed that my mate had to go through all these with people she didn’t even know. Mating with me was dangerous and now that she had done it, the least I could do for her was to protect her from all those trying to use her to get to

me.

“That’s dangerous. It’s better for her to be on guard and worried than for her to be lax when she’s surrounded by danger.”