Chapter 67


    Chapter 67


    1 Broken Alpha’s Second Chance Book 2


    Seventeen Years Later


    Eli POV


    As we sit at the table having dinner, I start to feel really hot. I can’t even stop myself before I pull the


    shirt over my head. “Eli, what the hell are you doing” my father asks. My mother has a look of concern


    and my sister just keeps eating. “I don’t know dad but I just got really hot all of the sudden.” I have a


    week before I turn eighteen, so it can’t be my wolf. “Eli, let’s go outside” he says. “Do you think it could


    be my first shift?” “It absolutely could. Let’s go down to the pack yard just in case.” My mother, father,


    and sister all follow me outside. The pack yard is empty right now, which I’m grateful for. I really don’t


    want to shift for the first time in front of the pack. I feel prickles all over my skin. This is really


    happening, I’m getting my wolf. The pain overtakes me and I fall to the ground on all fours. My father


    gets down so we are face to face. “Don’t fight it Eli. I’m so proud of you and you can do this.” The next


    voice I hear is inside me. “Eli, your father’s right don’t fight the change. It will hurt but it won’tst.” I try


    my hardest not to fight against what’s happening to my body.


    The pain starts moving through me like a wave. My face feels like it’s on fire as the bones extend into a


    snout and my back arches as my spine rearranges. The movement of every bone in my body nearly


    takes me under, but I manage to stay on my feet. Well, not feet now. I look down and my hands are


    now paws. Huge silver paws that I dig into the earth. I look up and my father is smiling with pride


    written all over his face. I turn my head and my sister gives me a thumbs up. I chuckle to myself. I look


    at my mother next and I can’t tell what she is thinking. I can see tears in her eyes but also shock. My


    father walks over and wraps her in a hug. “Let’s run, Eli” my wolf says. I will see my mother as soon as


    wee back from the run. I need to spend some time with my wolf right now. We take off and the


    feeling of running with my wolf is indescribable. “Eli, my name is Ss. I can’t tell you how happy I am


    to be your wolf.” “I am happy you’re with me Ss.”


    We maneuver our way through the trees and run for a while before we reach the clearing. Ssys


    down and rolls in the grass. Once he finishes, I can feel he is anxious but I have no idea why. “Eli, I


    need to tell you why your mother looked so shocked when she saw me.” I stay quiet and wait for Ss


    to go on. “I know you are Lincoln’s son in every way, but I also know that you know about As.” I hate


    that name. “I know how he hurt my mother. As donated a cell that doesn’t make him anything to me


    but a sperm donor. My father’s name is Lincoln Thomas.” “How do you know about As,” I ask him. “I


    was once As’s wolf.” My mother told me the story of As’s wolf leaving him for all he did. “So you


    and my mother” I start to say and he stops me. “I have none of those memories. I know she is


    important to me, but now it is for a different reason. The goddess has given me another chance with a


    human that has a good heart. A human who will love his mate the way I wish As had done.” I smile


    because in a small way, Ss is the good part of the sperm donor and now he is my wolf. “I’m d the


    goddess gave you this chance and you are my wolf.” I feel him rx. He must have been worried to tell


    me, but he doesn’t need to be. I trust the goddess’s choicespletely.


    After a while, we head back toward the pack yard. I hope my mother isn’t upset that Ss is my wolf.


    We shift and I grab shorts from behind the tree. I head inside and up to our floor. My parents are sitting


    on the couch. I’m sure they are waiting for me to return. As soon as my mother sees me she jumps up


    and rushes over, wrapping me in my hug. “I’m so proud of you.” “Thank you mom. Mom” I start to say


    and she stops me. “Ss is your wolf, isn’t he?” She pulls back so she can look into my eyes. “Yes but


    he has none of the memories of being your mate.” She smiles “I’m d he has the chance at


    happiness. He deserves this chance to be with a man that will respect his wishes and his mate.” My


    mother is truly amazing. She hugs me again and I can feel Ss’s peace from her words.


    One Year Later


    As we drive back from the Alpha meeting I can tell that something is bothering my father. “Dad, what’s


    up with you?” “That a**hole Mateo was there today. He was smart enough to stay away from me but I


    could hear him talking to the other Alpha’s about his first mate.” “Is he the Alpha that rejected Abigale


    because she was an omega?” “He is one in the same. I should have beat his a** the day he came to


    the pack.” Iugh because my father is the kindest Alpha on the. I have hardly ever seen him


    raise his voice, let alone beat up a jerk like Alpha Mateo. It makes me angry and I wasn’t even there to


    see it happen. No wolf should ever deny the mate the goddess gives them. The guard opens the gate


    after he bares his neck to my father and then me. I’m not Alpha yet but I’m hoping to find my mate


    soon. I discussed with my parents about waiting till I find my mate to officially be the Alpha of the


    Nightfire pack. Once we park, we head toward the pack house. I can tell my father needs to see my


    mother. “I will see you at dinner, Eli” he says, as he heads for the stairs leading to our floor.


    Micah and Mason are waiting for me in the dining room. I head toward the table and take a seat. “How


    did the meeting go” Micah asks. “Were you bored out of your mind”, Mason asks. Iugh “no it was


    actually interesting.” “I still don’t understand why you aren’t taking the title now that you’re almost


    neen. We have our wolves now and we are ready to be your Betas”, Micah says. Iugh “we will


    take our ce soon enough. I want my Luna by my side first.” They both nod and I hear my sister’s


    voiceing from behind me. I turn to see her and Susan heading in our direction. Susan is Larisa’s


    best friend. She has also made it perfectly clear that she hopes I’m her mate. If she is, when she turns


    eighteen, then I will ept her, but until then I will not. “I told you, Eli, I don’t think she is”, Ss says. “I


    don’t think so either, Ss, but we will have to see after her birthday.” Larisa goes to sit next to me but


    Susan manages to push her way in.


    I move over so that there is space between us. “Hi Eli” she says. “Hello Susan” I say as I go to stand.


    “Where are you going Eli, we just got here,” she says with a pout. “Micah, Mason, and I are on guard


    patrol. See you around Susan. Larisa, I’ll see you at dinner.” I can hear her as we walk away asking my


    sister abouting to dinner. I roll my eyes as we head outside. “That girl wants to be your mate in the


    worst way.” “Well, she can want, but unless the goddess chooses her for me she is out of luck.” They? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.


    bothugh before we all shift and take off toward the pack border. We are approaching the eastern


    border when I catch the scent of rotten eggs. I link my father about the scent of rogues. “We are on our


    way, stay in the packnds.” He cuts the link and we stay on alert to make sure no rogues enter the


    territory. As Ss is scanning the trees on the other side of the border, we catch movement. He growls


    before the scent of strawberries invades our nose. “Mate” he says.


    He starts to stalk forward but Micah and Mason’s wolves jump in front of him. He growls leaving no


    room for debate, and the wolves back down. They step aside and he continues to stalk forward. As we


    pass into the trees outside the territory, the scent is getting stronger and stronger. We finally catch sight


    of the woman the goddess has sent for us. She is petrified and looking at her is doing nothing to keep


    us calm. Her clothes are ripped and she looks like she has been beaten. “Shift Ss, we are scaring


    her. I need to try to show her we are not a threat.” He does as I ask and I cover myself the best I can.


    Someone clears their throat and I turn to see Micah throwing me a pair of shorts. I’m grateful they


    followed me right now. I slide them on and turn back to the woman that is meant to be my mate and


    Luna. “Mate” I say hoping that will make her realize I am no threat to her. Her eyes get big and she


    takes in a deep breath. She must finally realize I am her mate, but she doesn’t im me.


    Ss whimpers and I hate this for him. “Mate, what is your name?” “My name is ra, Alpha. I swear I


    mean your pack no harm. I was just resting.” She called me Alpha instead of mate. “ra, you are my


    mate and the future Luna of this pack.” “Alpha, I don’t expect you to ept a rogue as your mate and


    Luna.” I step forward and bend down so we are eye to eye. “I am not Alpha to you. My name is Eli


    Thomas, mate. I ept you as my mate and Luna. I don’t care that you are a rogue. The goddess has


    chosen you for me and that is what matters.” I see tears running down her cheeks. I reach out my hand


    and I pray she will take it. After a few seconds, she reaches out her hand, cing it in mine. The tingles


    are amazing and I’m so grateful we have found her. I help her to stand. “ra, are there any other


    rogues with you?” “No, I ran from the collective after the leader tried to force himself on me.” I growl at


    the thought that a man tried to hurt my mate. Tried to take something she did not offer him. I ce my


    hand under her chin so she is looking into my eyes. “I will protect you with my life.” She smiles and I


    pull her close to my side.


    Micah and Mason remained so quiet I didn’t even realize they were still there. We walk toward them


    and they bare their necks to my mate. I love my family. “ra, these are our future Betas, Micah and


    Mason.” She smiles and we walk until we reach the pack border. The warriors break through the trees


    with my father leading them. I feel ra tighten her grip on me out of fear. “No one is going to hurt


    you.” My father shifts, pulling on shorts and walks toward us. “I see you listened to my orders about


    staying in the packnds.” I roll my eyes. He looks at ra with my arm wrapped around her. “Dad, this


    is ra, my mate.” The smile that breaks out on my father’s face is amazing. “ra, wee to the


    Nightfire Pack.” “Thank you, Alpha.” “Oh none of that. I am simply Lincoln to you.” We head back


    toward the pack house and my mother is waiting outside with Larisa. As soon as they see her, I can


    see the sadness on my mother’s face before she smiles. She walks over, taking ra from me and


    wrapping her in a hug. My sister does the same. “Let’s take you to get freshened up.”


    I hate the thought of being away from her but I know they will take good care of her. As we head inside


    and toward the stairs Susan is sitting in the living room. She stands and turns staring at ra with my


    mother before she looks at me. She starts walking toward me and I need to make this clear to her,


    because if she doesn’t ept that she is not my mate she will not remain in this pack. “Eli who is that


    girl with your mom” she asks. “Susan, that is my mate and your future Luna.” She looks at Larisa


    before she turns running out of the pack house. I look at Larisa “it had to be said. You made it perfectly


    clear many times that you would only ept your mate. Hopefully she will ept it now and wait for


    her mate.” I smile at my sister and we head upstairs to check on ra.