She would win either way, because if she left and Christy got to have him all to herself, how was she going to explain that she wasn’t suddenly going into heat every year around the same time Mischa would have?
Something she’d have Paul comment on even after she was gone, he was a good Gamma and would likely support her leaving and make sure to bring it up. Ask Christy, in front of Anthony, why she wasn’t in heat. Was there something wrong?
She’d probably looked confused as to why he was asking, and he’d simply stated Mischa would normally be in heat as of yesterday and, therefore, she would be expected to go into heat today. Making everyone stare at her, she also knew Anthony would look to her as well. Regardless of him and her not being together, it would itch his brain until he got up and went and check his own pack file or hers or Christy’s everi,
That was likely when he would see what Christy had done, then fights would be had over it because Christy would have to explain her suddenly having less heats than when Mischa was there. Karma was going to bite them both in the ass.
Mischa sat in the war room of the packhouse, where the Elders of the pack had decided that this investigation would happen. They’d been informed of it on the day she’d asked it to start; by Kendrick himself. As was pack protocol, seeing as Anthony had opted to wait on telling them until after seeing the footage she’d requested, and then he’d decided it could be managed in-house, apparently.
Kendrick had brought this to her attention, and she’d snorted, “Inform the Elders, feel free, Beta to just follow full pack protocol because I don’t want it to be managed in-house.”
In-house inside any pack just meant behind closed doors between the offended parties and presided over by the Alpha. But she couldn’t trust Anthony to be fair in his judgment on this matter, considering it was him and Christy versus herself. Or in his eyes, likely to be Christy versus Mischa. She knew where his loyalty lay; it wasn’t with her. He couldn’t be unbiased.
The six elders that were to preside over this investigation were three former Alphas and three former Lunas, seeing as it was a matter of the Alpha versus the Luna. A fair panel to listen, read statements, watch reactions and those being questioned and could, if necessary, order the truth from any of them at will. Something she’d willingly allow, something she was also willing to bet Christy wouldn’t, and Anthony would arc up at when it was Christy’s turn.
She watched those elders all walk into the war room, and nod to her, she was the only one in here right now out of the three parties that were supposed to be in here. Because Christy was apparently upset that she was being accused of claiming Mischa was the reason behind her unusual heat.
She didn’t want to come to this investigation, even though she was now well enough to. She’d gotten the all clear from the pack doctor just this morning. This meeting had been called two hours post her discharge approval as Mischa had requested it to be.
That it be attended after Luna Christy was considered by the pack doctor well enough to come and sit here and listen and put forth her own statement. None of the Elders had argued with it, thought it was considerate of her, considering the accusations flying around and Christy had been in that hospital ward for three days now.
She’d done it on purpose though, set it up so that Christy couldn’t claim she wasn’t well enough to attend it. Anthony had already come to her in her office, to argue that it didn’t need to be an official investigation.
She’d stated, “I am a Luna to this pack, and I want my name cleared and to have proof to put before you, who accused me, to know that I did not do this to your second Luna.” She’d not even stopped attending to Luna Duties over the past three days.
Just worked as she always did, like nothing was wrong within the pack, though the whole pack had now heard about it. It was considered the Alpha and his second Luna were ganging up on the first Luna to the pack. He didn’t like that at all, the way it felt to the pack, but what he didn’t realize was that was how the pack also saw it.
Him. always with Christy and Mischa, now on her own 80% of the time, her door had been open for the past three days, and yes the pack did know he spent way more time with Christy. Some of them even voiced quietly that they thought he was biding his time to push Mischa out of the position of Luna.
Others thought it was disgraceful because Mischa had been here with him for so very long and had been the one to help him save this very pack, and bring it into the standing it was now. How could he just shove her aside for a new younger Mate; that didn’t even attend Luna duties.
He was very unhappy about the pack chatter but couldn’t chastise them for what they saw or thought, but it also told him everything she’d said up in that room of hers, that she wasn’t the only one to see it.
He’d tried to play the loving Mate card over the past two days, coming into her office smiling at her, asking her if she was free to have lunch or dinner, did she want to go on a walk with him or let their wolves out. All in ear shot of the pack members.
She’d leaned back in her chair and stated, “We’re not allowed to interact while under formal investigation. I suggest you go and spend it how you normally would, with Christy.” He’d also not like that.
It was actually the rule. In case one tried to harm the other, the Elders had laid it out when accepting the investigation. “It’s just lunch,” he’d stated, “In the pack dining hall. What harm can it do?”
“None, but that breaks the rules. I’ll follow pack protocol, you should to,” she’d told him and waved him off.
He’d stood there and stared at her more than annoyed.
“If you’re going to try and intimidate me into backing out of the investigation happening, Anthony, I’ll have to report that to the Elders. I believe that’s 20 lashes and 10 of them at my hands. In front of the entire pack,” she’d stated the pack’s law right to his face.
He’d stalked from the room and the teen that had been in her office at the time and looked at the door slamming shut and murmured ‘Zing, round one to Luna Mischa.’ And chuckled, Mischa had chuckled softly herself, and they’d gone back to discussing the university degree the girl wanted.
He came back and tried again. When she’d been in her office on her own, he had closed the office door to the pack but had to have his Beta leaning on the door between his and her office, because of pack protocols and her previous threat. It could be seen as he was trying to intimidate her info backing down and calling off the investigation.
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