“Emma…” Blake warned her to hush.
“What?” Emma shrugged. “Miss Phoebe is the only one who cares about us. She takes care of us but the Alpha made us live in a closet.”
“Emm…” Blake admonished nervously glancing at the warriors.
Luke shared looks with Chaz, confused but it made sense to Jason who recalled the bedroom in the cottage that was made for a pair of pups. He had no trouble believing
Phoebe would take the pups in but the bigger question was why she seemingly had been prevented from adopting the pups outright. It wasn’t uncommon for pack members to adopt orphaned pups if they didn’t have any close family relations.
“Is Miss Phoebe going to be okay?” Emma asked. “Is she going to die?”
“What? No Emma, no,” Bridget assured her. “She’s going to be fine.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. There is nothing to worry about.”
“But she got hurt because of us,” Emma said. “She was protecting us from the rogues. Are we going to be punished?”
“No. Of course not,” Bridget hugged the worried pup.
“Alpha Jason!” a crazed shout echoed through the hospital causing the pups to yelp and set the warriors on edge.
Graham stormed into the already cramped room trailed by his Beta, the doctor and a whining Luna. Jason stifled a growl as he glared at them. Luke and the others immediately tensed not liking the hostile atmosphere near their injured Luna. Noah took a defensive stance protecting Bridget as Chaz did the same for the pups.
“This is my territory! You can’t walk around like you own it!”
Graham said. “Get out!”
Jason growled raising his aura to match Grahams. No one commanded him especially not this pathetic excuse for an alpha. In a calm voice he said, “My warriors raised the alarm. They were also the first to reach the invading rogues. They were injured defending your territory! So a little thanks should be in order.”
Graham shuddered as Jason’s aura overpowered his own.
“And where was the doctor when we warned you there were injured wolves?”
“..t…It wasn’t safe,” the doctor stuttered as the competing auras cascaded around him.
“My warriors called the all clear,” Jason’s eyes flashed amber. “What good is a doctor who doesn’t do his job!”
“It’s all right,” Kristie stepped forward. “Let’s all calm down.”
She reached for Jason as if she could settle his mood with a touch.
“Don’t touch me!” Jason snapped.
Kristie stumbled back as Jason’s aura enveloped them all and forced them to submit. The pups whimpered
“Jason!” Luke called warning but it was too late.
***
‘Phoebe, you have to wake up, Máni pleaded quietly. ‘Mate needs you… Phoebe, wake up…just a little…”
Phoebe stirred at her wolf’s prodding. Máni was weakened by the silver but still aware of their surroundings.
Everything was heavy and indistinct and she reached for the one thing that seemed real, “
‘..Jason…”
Jason’s amber eyes immediately darkened and he retracted his aura as he spun around and grasped her hand,”
Phoebe? Angel?”
“What’s wolfless Phoebe doing here?” Kristie asked earning a chorus of growls from the Blue Moon warriors.
“Watch your tone,” Jason barely spared her a glance kissing Phoebe’s hand.
“What are you doing?” Graham demanded. “Let go of her.”
“You will not tell me what to do with my mate!” Jason snapped bristling again though he maintained control.
“Your…mate” Graham repeated. “That’s impossible. She’s mine.”
The tense atmosphere stilled as if they were in the eye of a storm. The words slowly clicked and Jason quietly said,”
So you are the one who rejected her.”
It all made sense. The reason Phoebe avoided the packhouse..the reason she had lost her appetite… why she was so good with pups..why she assumed Jason, another alpha, would reject her…why Graham denied her adoption of the pups…
“What?” Kristie looked from one alpha to the other. “What’s going on? Are you saying you’re both mated to little, wolfless Phoebe?”
“I warned you once, mind your tone,” Jason growled. “It seems your Alpha rejected his fated mate. But the Goddess always grants rejected wolves a second chance mate. And here I am.”
Jason stepped closer to his rival dropping his voice low as he glared at him, “You were dumb enough to let her go.
Now she’s mine. And it’ll be my name she screams when I fill her up.”
“NO!” Graham moved to attack but his Beta gripped his arm. “Let me go!”
“Graham! Would you look at the room!” Michael demanded.
“This is neither the time nor the place. He’s her mate now.”
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