He closed his eyes, “this shit show, was not supposed to go down like this. I was going to hang out with you guys tonight, and tell Ori myself tomorrow, try and explain it to her, the right way, father fucked it all up.”
“How long have you known?” Yuri sighed.
“A few days only, like three.” He muttered.
“Your dad and her father want to talk to you, said it’s very important.”
“I don’t really care to be honest.” And he didn’t right now, his eyes moved to Palmer. “It’s too late, isn’t it?”
“I’d say so.” He nodded “though…”
“Though?”
“Not many can stop a bloodlust. That’s unusual.”
“Ori is patient, calm, and has always known there was going to be a power struggle, also expecting it, why she’s been withdrawn, has been cutting herself off from all of us in preparation for this, she just…” He sighed heavily “wasn’t expecting me to give her up for her brother.”
“You told her that?” They both gasped.
“Part of the deal I struck.” He muttered “I thought it would be better coming from me, but father has royally screwed it up now.”
He sat down on his couch. It was late, 10pm already. He pulled on that tether that was Ori, to find out where in the pack she was, and she was just standing in the middle of the pack; stationary. It was odd to him, then he realised she must be fuming. “When did he announce it officially?”
“After lunch,” he was told.
Oriana
She had been determined not to ruin the happiest moment of Slade and his wolf’s life, with the news he was having an illegitimate heir, that could see his Goddess Gifted reject him over it, before they had even scented each other out officially. See his father being disappointed in him, and they be at odds when he was supposed to be all loved up, and deliriously happy.
She’d truly wanted that for him, because he was her loyal and trustworthy friend. Now she knew that was not the truth, “I don’t…” she took a shaking breath in “have anywhere to go.” She heard the catch to her own voice. She was trying not to crack and hold it together but had no idea how long she could do it.
“Stay with Beckham and I. I already told him you’d need a place for a few nights. He even made up the spare bed for you, himself.”
She just nodded, and followed Lindal back to her place. It was a nice house, with a pretty garden out the front, “Can I ask a favour,” she murmured as they walked in through the front gate. “I know it’s late but…”
“Ask.” Lindal nodded.
“Do you think you could go and get my things? Apparently, I was moved back into the actual Beta’s family suite. Hayden is already in the future Beta suite.”
“Are you freaking kidding me?” Lindal gasped.
“No, and that smug bastard enjoyed telling me, rubbing salt into the wounds.”
“How’s he still alive?” Lindal muttered. “I’ll go, take Beckham with me, I might need those muscles to get passed your dad.”
“Feel free to tell the pack Beta to go fuck himself.” She grated out.
“Hmm, unlikely to happen.” She heard Beckham state as he came out of the house.
She just shrugged and then sat herself down on the front step of the house, to wait for them. to return. Ori felt mind-links being connected to her, by many. She didn’t want to talk to any of them, cut them all off quickly before they could even get her name out, didn’t want to listen to them, any of them, regardless of rank. She no longer really cared for the leadership of this pack, selfish, chauvinistic assholes all of them.
And really what worse could they do to her, put her in the cells for cutting them all off? She knew it was one of the punishments, as was going on the shaming post for ignoring your Alpha, or cutting him off when he was trying to talk to you. Seen as disrespectful. And she’d cut that man off twice now herself.
She couldn’t cut him off the third time. It seemed he’d had enough of being ignored and was pulling on that Alpha bloodline of his to hold that mind-link open to her, ‘What you’re doing Oriana, is punishable.’ He stated when he finally held that link open and forced it upon her.
‘Go ahead, put me in the cells, or on the shaming post. Cuff me with silver.’ She snarled in a full fury at his words about punishing her, when they were the ones to hurt her. Been disrespectful to her, and just thrown full protocol out the window, she wasn’t the one that was irresponsible and lacking in her duty! ‘See what happens when I get out. I’ll fucking leave the pack altogether.’ She and China snarled at the man that would be the grandfather to their pup, for the threat to lock them up.
There was just nothing from him, he must have been completely shocked by her words. Not many females would just go rogue and leave a pack, regardless of the bloodline, it wasn’t safe out there for any of them. He cut that mind-link himself after about 20 seconds of just saying nothing at all.
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