Chapter 117


    Chapter 117: Something Special


    Edrick


    As I held the tooth in my hand, I instantly knew that there was something special about it. It was


    certainly an Alpha tooth, but it was so much more than that at the same time. I couldn’t exin it, nor


    could I quite put my finger on what was so special about it, but I somehow knew that there was


    something different about this tooth.


    Maybe it was just wishful thinking, but the more I thought about all of Moana’s strange abilities, the


    significant dy in her wolf emerging, and now the tooth, I couldn’t help but wonder…


    Was Moana the Golden Wolf?


    I couldn’t be sure. All I knew was that there was something special about Moana — something that she


    didn’t even know yet herself. I was determined to find out, so that day, I decided that I would have to do


    some research on it. I would have to do it secretly, too, because Moana could be in danger if she was


    the Golden Wolf.


    There was one thing I knew for certain, though: Moana was, without a doubt, my fated mate. I knew


    that now that I had fully experienced her scent. Even though I was ecstatic about this discovery, I


    couldn’t tell Moana. Not only was her own wolf still too weak to realize that my wolf was her fated mate,


    but I wasn’t nning on marking my fated mate and making her my wife. My parents are fated mates,


    but my father cheated again and again, and even brought Ethan home one day. My mother was


    mentally affected by their mate bond and had to ept everything. How could I trust a bond like this? I


    was unsure as to whether I could bring myself to potentially break Moana’s heart if that infidelity ran in


    my blood.


    I couldn’t tell anyone about that yet, either. Being an Alpha mate as a human also could attract too


    much attention right away, and if Moana was indeed the Golden Wolf, then unwanted attention could


    be dangerous. A lot of people — people who hated the idea of a new age during which humans and


    werewolves could live in harmony — believed that the Golden Wolf should have been hunted and


    executed. Even though I was on the fence about my feelings toward humans up until I met Moana, I


    never particrly sided with those who believed that humans should be ves, or worse, victims of


    g******e. In a way, I was excited at the idea of the Golden Wolf being alive; I wouldn’t particrly mind


    seeing more harmony between the two races.


    But either way, I still couldn’t be sure about any of this. I would have to do some research of my own


    before I jumped to any conclusions, which was why I simply told Moana that the tooth belonged to an


    Alpha. That seemed to satisfy her for the time being, and now I could just let myself be happy that I had


    found my fated mate.


    By the end of that day, however, it seemed that my happiness always needed to have some sort of


    caveat; and that caveat was that somehow, the paparazzi managed to get pictures of Moana and I


    entering the hospital the day before, covered in dirt and mud — with no masks on, of course.


    I saw the photos initially start to pop up on social media with all sorts of spective captions and


    comments. People wondered if Moana was my secret wife, whether she was a human surrogate and


    that I secretly had a different werewolf wife, and why we were covered in mud. By then, it was already


    toote; the damage was done, and I would just have to live with it. There was no one to pay off for the


    pictures, and now that it was the second time that photos were revealed of Moana and I, there was


    nothing I could do at this point.


    And of course, lo and behold, my phone rang that night.


    It was Kelly.


    “I hope you’re calling to beg for forgiveness,” I said when I answered, feeling my blood already begin to


    boil just thinking about how Kelly nearly got the mother of my child killed for a “prank”.


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    “Listen, I really am sorry,” Kelly replied, although she didn’t sound all that sorry at all. “But I saw the


    pictures from yesterday, and your father is really angry now.”


    “Yeah?” I growled. “And?”


    Kelly paused. I could practically hear her licking her lips on the other side of the phone.


    “And,” she continued, “I really think you should reconsider my offer toe out as your Alpha fiancee


    and E’s biological mother. We could easily y off the Moana situation by saying that she’s a family


    member that you’ve been caring for. Besides, no one would question you again if you have a fiancee.


    In fact, I could even be your real fiancee, if you’d want—”


    “Oh my god, Kelly!” I shouted, not caring that I was raising my voice as I realized exactly what she had


    done now. “You just can’t stop, can you? You can’t even give it two days after you nearly got the mother


    of my child killed before you’re onto the next scheme. What, did you pay the paparazzi to take those


    photos? I know you did.”


    “No, Edrick, I—”


    “I don’t want to hear excuses anymore, Kelly,” I growled. “You’re lucky I’m not suing you for what you


    did to Moana. In fact, you could be in prison right now. I’m sure you’d get along really well in there with


    all of the other psychopaths.”


    Before Kelly could answer, I abruptly hung up the phone. I sank down into my office chair and buried


    my head in my hands, sulking. I knew I should have sent Kelly to the police… But honestly, she might


    have just paid them off, anyway. I would have to figure out another way to punish her for the way she


    acted, but for now, I had bigger fish to fry.


    I wasn’t sure how long I sat there, fuming with my head in my hands. All I knew was that my phone


    began to ring sometimeter.


    I cursed under my breath and looked at my phone, expecting it to be Kelly — but it wasn’t. It was my


    father.


    “Of course,” I whispered under my breath as I stared at the phone screen. They were certainly working


    together. My father had been harassing me about marrying Kelly for years, and now they both felt the


    need to torture me on the same night. In fact, I wouldn’t have even been surprised at this point to find


    out that he conspired with Kelly to have Moana nearly killed by Rogues. It didn’t even seem like a prank


    at this point; it seemed like a failed murder attempt.


    “What do you want?” I growled as I picked up the phone.


    Of course, my father wasted no time. Of course he didn’t care that Moana nearly died. I could have


    died too if there had been more Rogues in that alleyway, but he probably wouldn’t have cared then,


    either.


    “It’s time for you to make a decision, Edrick,” Michael said, his voice stony and indifferent. “Kelly is a


    good woman from a wealthy Alpha family. She’ll provide far more for you than that human girl ever will.”


    “Kelly won’t provide me with anything except headaches,” I responded. “You only care about what she


    can provide for WereCorp.”


    My father paused and sucked his teeth. “That is true,” he finally replied. “I don’t want to see our family


    business go down the drain because of your stupid mistakes. Our stocks are already in decline


    because you can’t seem to screw your head on straight.”


    I didn’t know what to say. Of course I couldn’t correct my father and tell him yet that Moana was not


    only a werewolf, but possibly also the Golden Wolf; my father was one of the people who would have


    wanted the Golden Wolf killed. I bit the inside of my cheek, thinking, before I finally answered.


    “I’ll handle it, dad,” I said, trying my best to control my temper.


    “Handle it by the end of the week,” he responded coldly. “If you don’t…”


    “I will,” I growled. Without another word, I hung up the phone.


    I hated to be ordered to do anything, especially by my father, but I would have to find a solution as soon


    as I could.