“Don’t you even care?” Yuri burst out.
“I care” she nodded, and she did. It now seemed they were both being screwed over by their own parents. “But really boys, what can I do about it? What can any of you do about it? It’s not up to us…”
They were both frowning at her, “honestly, are either of you going to go down there and argue with your Alpha? Your own fathers? It’s also not our decision. It is for Slade himself to fight about, they can’t make him take a Luna, he and his wolf have to agree to it.” She told them.
“Do you think he will?”
“I don’t know, I guess that depends on many things, and what we don’t know goes on behind closed doors, within the Alpha suite itself.”
“Do we tell him?” Palmer asked.
“It’s likely he already knows if Audrey is on that list, he may well have put her on it as his own option.” She sighed, who the hell knew. “Go to bed boys, try not to think about it, that’s all I can tell you to do.”
Slade
He was once again sitting in his room staring at his father on a video call, did not like at all what he’d heard, was hearing even now. That they’d compiled a list of she-wolves for him to come home and look at.
For him to pick his Luna from, a list of four they’d narrowed it down to, from apparently a list of 12. Had been working on it for four days now, and when he came home, he had to pick one. So that his father could get the mating alliance paperwork started.
Talk to the future Luna’s father about what securities he wanted for his daughter, when she came to be his mate and moved into his Alpha Suite.
“Have you gone insane over the past three and half weeks?” He grated out. He didn’t want a bloody chosen mate and certainly not one handpicked by his own father. Goddess only knows what kind of she-wolf he would pick.
An Alpha-blooded? That just told him his father was out to make his heir a pure-blooded Alpha was all. He was trying to make the pack stronger, he didn’t actually care what Slade wanted at all, it seemed.
“No son, your mother and I are very happy with each other. We were from a mating alliance to bring two packs together. You know this, we love each other.”
“That does not mean that is what I want. I have a Mate out there, I’m sure of it. Could likely be that Audrey is my Mate, for all we know.”
“I’m aware of the relationship you formed with her. She’s on the list even. Actually, her father approached me, she’s taken quite the shine to you, and you, her, from what we hear.”
Slade sighed now, “Then just wait for the full moon and see.” He muttered.
“You’ll be here for that son, your sister’s first shift, remember.”
“Yes, Audrey knows this as well. So, we’ll find out on the full moon after that. What’s the rush? We’re both barely 18!”
“I want to see you happily mated off is all.”
“To someone of your choice though, not mine.”
“Now son.”
“Don’t you son me, when you’re trying to railroad me into being mated off at 18 to someone I barely even know.” He shot at the man and had clicked the line closed. Not something he would normally do; hang up on his father. But he was actually too mad right that minute to talk to the man.
Audrey was on the list, he thought, as he sat back in his chair, he did really like the girl. She smiled nonstop at him and was in his bed every day begging to have him, always wanted to be with him, she was bright and intelligent from all he’d seen.
The way she was all over him and touching him, he’d caught her sometimes just smiling at the hand she touched him with, she would giggle a little even, and he’d seen her hug her hand to her chest once, and sigh softly a little, sounded content to his ear even.
It was completely possible with all that he saw, that she already knew he was her mate, but couldn’t tell him. The laws dictated it wasn’t allowed, considered coercion of another, especially if they wanted to mark and mate prior to a full moon.
Her father had gone to his already on the matter, maybe she’d scented him that first day and that’s why she latched on to him the day she arrived. Anything was possible, just because he didn’t smell her, didn’t mean she couldn’t scent him.
He saw his father’s phone number blip on the screen 10 minutes later, and snarled at it. He didn’t want nor need a mating alliance. He glared at it, hit the answer button after like a minute and did actually glare at his father “calm down son,” He stated “I understand you’re unhappy, your mother just suggested we let you put a name on the list yourself. So, who would be appropriate to you, to go on that list? Mind you, I want a strong female, no pretty princess type, someone that will do the job of the Luna properly, and produce a good strong heir as well.”
“You say all that, but are you going to wait until the full moon after next for Audrey and I to see each other on the full moon…”
His father sighed now, “if that’s what you want, son, I can wait and delay one full moon. That’s all you get.”
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