Those that had been in the hallway of Audrey’s dorm had told others what they’d heard, and it spread pretty quickly. He was apparently not the wolf they’d all thought he was, some even stated he’d used Audrey to get his rocks off, and dumped her the minute he’d gotten her pregnant.
There were some pretty rude and crude things being said about him, but he’d ignored them. There was nothing he could do about it. He knew it wasn’t actually true, but it did show him just how one’s friends or acquaintances could turn on you so very quickly. In the space of just an afternoon.
Though the afternoon after everything happened, he was called to Alpha Gretta’s office along with Audrey herself. The Alphas that ran the college had now heard what the rumour was and wanted answers to it themselves. They had a responsibility to keep their charges safe.
Apparently, Audrey was a sullen, sulking she-wolf who’d refused to even attend classes that day, and had holed up in her room. He’d been called to Alpha Gretta’s office mid-class and had simply closed up his books, and gotten up and walked there without issue, he knew he’d done nothing wrong.
He was also already in Alpha Gretta’s office when Audrey had been brought into the room. She was wearing one of his dress shirts and smelled like him a little bit, her eyes were glassy as though she had been crying, and the minute she saw him in the room she burst into tears and tried to leave the office.
He’d said nothing, and she’d been made to stay in the room. He knew that everything would come out in this room. Gretta had looked at him as he’d walked into her office, and he’d stated simply as he’d sat himself down, “She’s not pregnant, I heard nothing, and she doesn’t smell different to me.”
Though he wondered just how many other wolves came into this office; which he was becoming a regular of. If there were others going through things he knew nothing about. Seems the Alpha Council had to deal with many a problem while they were in charge of unruly 18-year-old Alpha-blooded wolves.
Gretta herself had said nothing to him, though watching Audrey try to leave this room and not be allowed to, he understood why, and did believe she had been trying to coerce him into believing he was her Goddess Gifted Mate. To get him to Mark and Mate her prior to the full moon; now just two days away, and she was about to be found out and be punished for it as well.
He didn’t really like knowing she’d done this, but it was likely going to be the truth of the matter. Her plan was falling apart by the minute, and she was, he thought, wearing his shirt to try and make herself smell like him, to convince everyone she was carrying his child. Likely didn’t actually understand it was not his scent that would be on her.
“Now, I hear Audrey, you have said your pregnant, and it’s Slade’s pup.” Alpha Gretta put to the room.
“Yes, he denies it.” She burst into tears “I was in so much pain, that I lost the pup last night.” She sobbed, “Miscarried my own pup out of sheer heartache.”
He watched as all four council members’ eyes glazed over for a private chat, and it was Alpha Hailey that walked over to her with a heavy sigh and touched the girl’s face. “So distressed, you miscarried? Why didn’t you call for help? It must have been very painful, there is a pack doctor here. You know this, Bella would not have let you suffer.”
“It was.” She sobbed “I’ve never felt so much pain in all my life, it was agony.”
“Agony,” Hailey nodded, she took Audrey’s hands in hers and lifted them, looked at the moonstone band and then turned it over, before holding it up for the rest of the council to see.
“I see nothing that indicates distress or agony,” Alpha Patrick stated.
“W…What?” Audrey stuttered, seemed confused to Slade. She didn’t know they changed colour for distress. It wasn’t something they told the students, he knew.
Alpha Tyler walked across the room and showed Audrey another band. It was black and mottled grey and white in places “This, is Slade’s band. It had to be replaced after he nearly broke it in his own distress yesterday afternoon. It’s still magically recovering, takes anywhere up to a week depending on the emotional distress or trauma it registers. Pain and distress are not only registered on the band, Audrey, it sends out an all alert to the four of us that one of our students’ needs help.”
She was just staring at the man now. “It’s not just a mating bond band. It is in fact a warning system in disguise to protect those here. Any serious trauma or distress to a student, and a miscarriage and agony, as you claim, is registered by the bands. We’ve seen it all before. That band would react to it turning black like this one.” Tyler informed her.
“And we would all be on the hunt within minutes to find you, to save you and see what was going on.” Gretta stated simply.
“I… I took it off.”
Slade heard the entire room snort, sounded full amused now, and he watched Gretta actually get up and walk around her desk to stand before the girl. “Did you now? Show me how you got it off. It’s not designed to release you unless one of us four does that ourselves.”
Slade was curious as to how she was going to talk herself out of it. He saw anger flicker on her face as she realised, she wasn’t going to be able to talk her way out of this.
“Why claim being pregnant?” Alpha Tyler asked her directly, “You had to know that we would dig to get to the truth. Hailey here is pure-blooded with the strongest of senses.”
“I am, she’s been in class all week long until today. I smelt nothing with this one. Though there are two in the college currently with pup, I believe.”
Slade blinked at that, though Gretta snorted, “Always bloody happens.” She mused aloud. “Do they know yet?”
“No.” Hailey smiled, “but when they do, that band will catch one’s panic and the others joy.”
“So, Audrey, what is going on?” Gretta turned the subject back to him and her.
“Nothing.” She muttered.
“Slade, care to tell us?” Tyler commented.
His eyes moved to Audrey, and she stiffened. “She states I’m her Mate, can feel the sparks on her skin, tried to Mark and Mate me the night before last, and yesterday claimed she was pregnant and told me to claim what was mine.”
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