Evelyn POV
“Sit down!” He unleashes his full aura on to me, as tingles wrap around my hand, the hand his was clasping onto. I was no longer his wife that was chosen to abide by his rules, I was an alpha in my own right and I was his equal. To me the contract was void.
I unleash my own aura onto him, making it very clear I would not be ordered around. These were my children, my children! Not his!
“Don’t push me Reuben.” I seethe out, pushing my aura further on to him. He feels it for certain, I can tell in his eyes by the flicker of his wolf coming forward.
“The way I see it, if I hadn’t of followed you, you would be dead. So sit the fuck down and be grateful.”
“Be grateful to you? All this mess is because of you. If you hadn’t of trespassed…if you hadn’t of…. we were fine until you came back into my life.” My anger rising to the point I was struggling to get my words out.
Why did he affect me so much, any other alpha and I was the stronger match. My aura grew every time a pack joined my alliance:
I take a deep breath in, trying to calm my inner anger. I wouldn’t let it show how much he angered
- me.
His now stormy dark blue eyes remained pinned on me, repeatedly dipping from my eyes to my mouth.
“You stole my children from me Evelyn, I could have you strung up and treated like the bitch you are.” His immense power bearing down on me like the monster that he is. Is this is, is this how he snaps? How he switches.
Past images flash back into my mind, they died, they died by his hands. I can’t trust him, he’ll kill me and take the children the first chance he got.
A growl emits from my chest, my wolf also warning his to back off. His scoffs before we are interrupted by a new scent.
“I get it, it’s a love hate relationship right?” An incredibly handsome male chuckles as he leans against the doorframe.
“Evelyn this is Alpha Pierce, he escorted us to his hospital.” Reuben closes his eyes with a sigh, rubbing his hands through his blonde hair.
“Came to your rescue more like…”
“I had everything under control!” Reuben scowls, he didn’t like to show weakness.
“Hardly, you were cradling this beautiful female in your arms, I think I even saw tears of panic.” He smirks as he catches my eyes.
I like him, he seems to have a way to rattle Reuben and wasn’t scared of him.
“Rather dramatic Pierce!” He growls as he fails to keep my eye contact. Was,he worried about me
then?
“I was more annoyed I couldn’t kill the bastard.” Reuben clears his throat as he puffs out his chest. This Pierce raises an eyebrow to Reuben, a teasing smirk on his face.
“You must be Alpha Evelyn. A pleasure to meet you!” His short black hair with a slight long quiff on the top suited his dark green eyes and deep skin tone. His pearly white teeth provided a smile that I’m certain many a female has lost their senses to.
“Thank you for your assistance Alpha Pierce. It’s nice to know there are still some gentlemen out there!” I turn on my charm slightly, letting him take my hand and kiss the back of it.
Was I trying to wind Reuben up more, yes absolutely.
“Do you mind telling me why you trespassed onto my lands, and then your estranged husband felt the need to follow you in the early hours?”
“Yes, I didn’t realise it was pack grounds until I entered. I apologise, but I hoped to be quick and leave before being noticed. I didn’t imagine for a moment I would need to invade on your hospitality.” I place my hand on my heart showing the intensity of my apology.
He was lapping it up, Reuben on the other hand was watching me with a permanent scowl it would now seem.
“Not at all, I am happy to help. I trust you will join me for dinner?”
“Oh that is very kind but I have some important business to attend to, that can’t wait. Perhaps another time when I have more time to afford you.
“The pleasure would be mine.” He winks, flashing his pearly white teeth at me.
“You aren’t driving by yourself.” He seethes at me, refusing to give me back my car keys. Alpha Pierce had ordered some of his men to recover my car and bring it back to his pack lands.
Now that I had my own keys, Reuben was refusing to actually hand them over to me and let me drive…my own car. The level of frustration he creates in me was at an all time level.
“Evelyn, you had a nasty bump to the head…”
“And I’ve healed. Now give me back my keys…” I growl, finding his complete new need to annoy me in anyway possible irritating beyond belief.
He looks at me for a moment before changing his mind.
“Fine, but you drive slow and I’m behind you all the way.” He thrusts the keys into my open hand, stepping forward to try and tower over me. But I won’t be intimidated by him.
“Oh, what a caring husband you are!” I spit out before pushing past him, my shoulder hitting his
upper arm.
What was it about him…one minute he could come across as compassionate, the next he was back
to his cold ruthless alpha attitude.
After bidding goodbye to Alpha Pierce and thanking him again, I entered my pack car and sped off.
Not waiting for Reuben, not caring if he was behind me or not. In fact I think I heard him cuss
under his breath as I left, he hadn’t even entered his car yet.
I needed as much distance from him as possible at the moment. I didn’t ask him to follow me!
He scared off the man from the warehouse. If he hadn’t of come, I would now know where Rex was and have him back in my arms.
Noah POV
My wolf was all over the place. We had always been there for Evelyn, for every step of the way but she left in the night, leaving me with our daughter.
I understood, she wanted to know Elspeth would be safe with me and I would defend her with my life. But not being with Evelyn was giving me large bouts of anxiety. The way Reuben left to go after her terrified me, I didn’t know if we could trust him, not after what he did.
Cassandra’s sweet lemon scent wasn’t helping matters. My wolf wanted to go to her, to touch her. But the constant glare on her face when she looked at me and Elspeth was putting me on edge.
She thinks I have betrayed her, that I have fathered a child with another female, a female that isn’t her. Elspeth and Rex are as good as my children. I was there at their birth, when they didn’t feed in the nights, whenever Elspeth had a nightmare and when Rex learnt to walk. He walked weeks before Elspeth, keen to show off his strong little legs to me. I would always be in their life, I knew this and I needed my mate to know this too. But we weren’t ready to tell people the children’s true identity. If anything it would put them in more danger.
It seemed Reuben was trying, trying to support Evelyn. But I was worried he would find Rex only to take him away from us. Rex was the rightful heir to the Alpha King bloodline. He wouldn’t split up siblings would he? Not twins surely….even kill Evelyn in her sleep?
Even more surprising than his wanting to help Evelyn, was that he hadn’t marked Vicky. Evelyn was certain they were mates. Now I’m not so sure. Without Reuben here I thought she would have complete command of the pack, but that seems to have fallen onto the beta, Nate. Who seems to have struck up a quick friendly bond with Donnie. She wasn’t even the Luna yet, what was
Reuben waiting for.
She didn’t even sleep in his rooms. Once Elspeth had woken up at the kitchen table I took her upstairs to freshen her up and found Vicky exiting the rooms she was originally assigned just before Evelyn and I left the pack four years ago.
I was certain she would have worked her way into his bedroom by now.
“Daddy, Daddy… Mummy’s back!” Elspeth shouts from the living room where she was being watch. by Miss Smith and some warriors. I was sitting in Reuben’s office with Nate and Donnie, as we tried to find any information that might be a sign of Rex’s whereabouts.
-We found some unusual movement reported by an alpha who had lands near a quarry in the west.
I wanted to discuss this with Reuben as the alpha was under his alliance, not Evelyn’s.
“Thank the goddess!” I sighed in relief, she had been gone longer than I had expected. Plus her distance was too far for our mind-link to work.
Nate and Donnie follow me out of the office and towards the front door, where their return was
already causing a commotion.
“You drove like an idiot!” I hear her shout at Reuben as she slams the door on exiting the car.
What the hell had happened?
“I commanded you to drive slowly but you didn’t listen did you. Speeding off as soon as you got the keys back!” He shouts back at her, their argument gaining some attention from the Red Stone pack members that happened to be walking near the courtyard and alpha house.
“Guess what Alpha Reuben? I don’t follow your commands….I’m an alpha, I set my own commands.” She shrieks out, turning on the spot and poking him in the chest.
I wasn’t the only one watching now, Vicky’s eyes were also trained on the pair of them from the side of the house.
She always went off somewhere in the back gardens, but then miraculously appeared as soon as something interesting was going on.
“Mummy…” Elspeth’s hand snaps out of mine as she runs to Evelyn. She is picked up safely into her mother’s arms who kisses her daughter’s cute face….slightly overbearing.
“Mum…” Elspeth starts to moan as she pushes away from her mother’s face that was squishing her.
“Sorry darling, Mummy just missed you so much.”
“Did you find Rex?”
“Not yet baby but it won’t be long.” Her eyes flash to me, she was lying and something was wrong. She had been injured, she seemed unnerved. I take a step forward to engage with her but Vicky moves quickly, before I could gain any more distance.
“Reuben, thank the goddess, I was so worried.” Vicky runs into the courtyard, wrapping her arms. around Reuben’s shoulders.
“What happened? I woke up and you had disappeared…” She coos.
He unravels her arms from around his neck, not taking his eyes off Evelyn. In fact he hasn’t even
acknowledged Vicky at all.
“Ask the female alpha…” He growls, his eyes narrowing at Evelyn.
Her eyes haven’t left him or Vicky’s hands that were around his neck. A sinister growl emits from Evelyn’s chest and it frightens Elspeth slightly, who Evelyn was always conscious to keep away from her dominant alpha side.
“Next time…don’t follow me!”
“You would be dead if I didn’t follow you. Next time use your fucking brains and don’t flirt with enemy alphas.” He storms towards the alpha house, up the front steps and past me into the front -door.
Was he jealous or angry…or both?
Gobsmacked I turn back to Evelyn who had witnessed his outburst with an open mouth. Elspeth very cutely, closes her own mother’s mouth before starting to whisper about cupcakes. Children. sure knew how to break awkward silences.
My eyes flash to Vicky who seems to be glaring intently at Evelyn. A sneer of the face is replaced with a feigned somewhat pleasant smile as she walks past Evelyn, following Reuben.
“Perhaps communications could now be done on email.” She quirks an eyebrow at Evelyn. Pretending to be as powerful as the Silver Moon alpha…she failed miserably.
“Yes perhaps they should!” Evelyn lifts her chin up, holding tightly onto Elspeth.
