She grabs my hand and walks back to the table to continue working. I? took some files with me to do some of my tasks and soon the room is quiet, except for our breathing and the occasional turning of papers.
I am going through the kitchen budget, Pearl mentioned a small discrepancy in last month’s invoices and it is my job to check it. Darius does all the Beta tasks that involve meetings and everything connected to that, while I take care of the financial aspects.
Going through the file, I find last month’s receipts and invoices from deliveries. I compare them to every input in our bookkeeping program, moving them to the right when they match up and to the left if something looks out of place.
Once I have checked every receipt and every invoice, I am left with six receipts that don’t add up. It totals to a hundred and fifty bucks that are missing from the books, not much money but enough to take a better look at the books.
“Something wrong, Old man?” Dallas asks with a smile and I pull her onto my lap while Cyran growls softly at her teasing.
I point at the file in front of me and it only takes her seconds to see what I found.
“Maybe Alpha Preston needs to update his systems, maybe he should limit the amount of Pack-members that have access to the books.” Dallas says and I know that she is right, there are too many people that can get into the books and alter the numbers.”None of them can alter the numbers enough to make us go bankrupt”
I state.
“They don’t have to, if they can do this often enough and for long enough it will have the same end result.” Dallas replies and I growl at the prospect of checking all our books.
Dallas leans her head against my shoulder, her hand running up and down my arm. I like how this makes me feel and once again l am grateful that I never gave up hope on finding my connection.
“You called, Captain.” I hear as the door opens.
“Daxton needs help with checking the Pack’s finances, more specifically the kitchen budget.” Dallas says and I look at her with confusion written all over my face.
Dallas’ p.o.v.
“If this is a repeating pattern, you have to go back for months or years even and doing that on your own will take a lot of time. Time we could have spent together to let our bond form, so I called in some help.” She states and I don’t think twice as I kiss her.
I asked Daxton to link Preston to get him and Pearl to the library, they need to know that there might be a bigger problem than Pearl thought and Preston needs to give the Squad members permission to dive into our finances.
Alpha Preston and Luna Pearl walk into the library and Daxton quickly explains what he found, before he tells them about my thoughts on the issue.
– “Alpha Preston, each of them are Beta children and know how Pack finances work. It will make it easier to use the resources we have than having to teach someone else what they need to look for.” I say.
“Dallas, drop the title.” Pearl growls and I smile at her as I nod my head in acknowledgment.
Pearl and Preston take my Squad members with them to the ground floor, they will be using the Beta office to investigate the books.
“Why did I get kicked out of my office?” Darius asks once the door of the library has closed behind him.
Again Daxton explains what he found and Darius grabs the file to check Daxton’s observations. I smile at Daxton who has a pissed off look on his face, “Don’t believe me, Brother.” I hear Daxton growl.
Darius looks up with a shocked look on his face, realizing his mistake.
“No, that’s not it. I was hoping to see who altered the numbers, Rayden had noticed something similar in the training budget.” Darius explains.
“It wasn’t a big amount, just like this discrepancy.”
I tell Darius the same thing I told Daxton and his growl is a lot louder than that of Daxton. I finally explain why he had to give up his office and I see a smile appear on his face.
Charna is purring in my head with Daxton and Darius on either side of me, we both like being close to them and I know that our bond is forming just fine.
It will take a few more days before we can feel the sparks of the Mate-bond or for the bond to be fully formed. Once that is done we can mark one another, binding us together until death breaks it or a formal rejection.
I have read about the former way of finding your fated Mate and it had always struck me as a bit odd.
It would only happen during a Full Moon and fighting the bond was nearly impossible. There were those that would reject their fated Mate immediately, but that was mostly because of their rank.
I always wondered what it would be like if you disliked or hated your fated Mate for whatever reason, because most would be unable to fight the bond. Most were marked and mated within hours of meeting one another and that is not enough time to get to know someone in my book.
I think it depends on who you ask; which way they would prefer the old way or the new way. Both might have their charm for all of us, but I prefer the new way, probably because it is the only way I know.
“Are you okay, Little One?” Darius asks.
I tell him what ran through my mind and he starts laughing at the scowl Daxton gives me.”Our family has been the Beta to Silver Crest Pack from its founding days and there are journals on every family member that held the Beta position over the years. One out of three journals mentions a rejection or unhappy Mate-bond, because one of the two was not pleased with the bond the Goddess gave them.
None of them could fight the Mate-bond and by the time they found out that their Mate was a jerk it was too late. Those that got rejected had to wait a long time to find a second chance and some never did.” Daxton says.
I can feel his anger on the issue and it takes me a few minutes to get him to relax again. At least now I understand that Daxton will always choose the new way of finding your true Mate-bond.
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