The Forgotten Princess & her Beta Mates novel Chapter 53

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Dallas‘ p.o.v.

Preston called Alpha Aaron of Iron Moon Pack. I want to read the file on Dyala and her Mate, and Alpha Aaron is the only one who can give me permission to do so.

I could ask the Elders, but that would involve informing them about why I want to read that file.

My suspicions are not confirmed yet and I might have everything backward. Dyala’s file might give me the answers or they could prove me wrong.

The five of us drive over to Iron Moon Pack and Alpha Aaron is waiting for us at the front door of the Pack–house.

“Preston, it’s good to see you again. I have everything you requested in my office; please follow me.” Alpha Aaron says after Preston introduces us all.

We follow him into his office and I am surprised to see that his Beta and Gamma are absent.

“They won’t be joining us. Only my family and the family of Dyala’s fated Mate know that the story is true; other Pack–members believe it is a made–up bedtime story. The family members of both families have to be eighteen before they hear the truth.” Alpha Aaron explains.

Dyala met her Mate at the age of nineteen; they were together for five years before she collapsed one day and was rushed to the infirmary, but it was too late. Dyala had died of a heart defect, something she was probably born with or maybe the result of the necklace.

The Pack–doctor at that time had examined her from the top of her head to her toes; he couldn’t be a hundred percent sure if Dyala was born with the defect or if suppressing her Lycan had resulted in the defect.

Dyala’s Mate found his second connection about six years after her death. They had a Son and a Daughter. Their Son also had a Son and a Daughter, but there was no additional information on their Daughter.

I read further into their family tree, where I found a small clue. Prince Darron is the Great–Grandson of Dyala’s Mate and I assume he knows that the story of the necklace is true.

“Alpha Aaron, can you tell me when Darron left your Pack? I ask. I have a feeling that I already know the answer, but some confirmation would be nice.

“Darron left seventeen years ago in the middle of the night no one knew why until we got the news that he was the fated Mate of Princess Dezra.” Alpha Aaron answers. Something in how he speaks tells me that he doesn’t buy the story completely.

Everyone looks at Alpha Aaron to continue, but none of us feels he has told us everything he knows.

“I doubt the story for one simple reason: he was in the middle of building a bond with my baby Sister: He broke their connection before he left, the one good thing he did when it came to my baby Sister.” Alpha Aaron practically growls.

“Alpha Aaron, I understand if you are going to deny my request. Is there any way that we can prove that he was building a bond with your baby Sister?” I ask him.

If I were in her shoes, I am unsure if I would want the whole Kingdom to know, but I had to ask.

“There is a way to prove it. All our Pack–members sign an agreement when they find their connection. It is to ensure that everyone knows that they found their connection and that they take care of the cottage they move into.” Alpha Aaron says.

A moment later, I am holding the agreement that Darron signed; it even has a copy of his ID. If this isn’t solid

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enough to prove that Darron and Dezra lied, I don’t know what would.

I read the agreement because I am curious to see what this agreement is actually about. I have never heard of a Pack that has its Pack–members sign an agreement after finding their connection.

Basically, the agreement states that the individuals who have signed it have felt a connection to one another. They will stay in the assigned cottage for a period of eight days to spend as much time together as their jobs allow and to build their true Mate–bond.

At the end of the agreement, there is some room for the individuals to write down how and where they found their connection. Darren had written down that when he turned eighteen two years prior, he had felt very drawn to Natalie, but he had kept quiet until her eighteenth birthday

“Alpha Aaron, I see that Natalie started to write something at the end of the agreement. Why didn’t she finish writing it?” Daxton asks, who has been reading the document over my shoulder.