Chapter 20


    Nathan POV


    His phone was ringing, he was aware that Jay was about toe face to face with his parents and


    his brother, he was hoping it went well, that there was no trouble, that Jay could handle it, knowing


    that this was not about her but Micheal and Rae-Rae and be able to differentiate between him sending


    people to corner her and the reason for the dinner. She being affiliated with Rae-Rae hade as a


    Rae-Rae had talked about her like a sister to Micheal, this dinner could go one of 2 ways, Jay would


    remain calm and let them work on their Bond, or she could turn it into a nightmare causing trouble for


    his brother and his mate. He was praying for the first, not just for her sake but for his brother and Rae-


    Rae too.


    The time of the call was barely midnight so only 9ish over there. Father shed on thephone’s screen,


    this was not going to be good, he thought, taking a deep breath before answering the call.


    “Yes” he stated, leaving all pleasantries aside.


    “Get on your ne and get over here no” his father stated, in that no-nonsense tone, meaning there


    was to be no arguing period.


    Then he simply hung up.


    Nathan was sitting in his office, patiently waiting a call on the oue of the dinner. Clearly, it had not


    gone as nned. He called the family pilot and organised the ne be ready for take off within the next


    hour. Making sure they had a direct flight to a private air strip, he could not be detained by the human


    police for leaving his state and breaching the current human world court order.


    Not if it truly was bad, it would only make things more difficult. He wondered just how bad it had gotten,


    Havoc was worried too, prowling around in his mind like he was stalking his favourite pray, his ears t


    against his head and his tail swishing furiously, though he was quiet on the thought front, never good,


    the calm before the storm.


    It was a 5 hour flight, there was a car waiting at the air-strip, it was just after 0130 in the morning when


    he arrived. He’d already had a bunch of messages, she was missing, no one seemed to know where


    she was, she had run from the restaurant and no one knew where to. His father had simply said it was


    bad.” and he had been able to hear his mother sobbing in the background.


    Ethan was with him, he’d left Abbey in-charge of the Pack, for the first time ever. Wow, her head had


    nearly exploded with the power. Bloody she-wolf loved running things. She was a bossy b!tch at the


    best of times, hot-blooded and loved giving out orders, a typical alpha.


    Ethan drove them straight to the hotel suite Jackson and Stephen were using to run things from. He


    was surprised to see them both sitting calmly on the couch, a drink in hand, apparently waiting for his


    arrival. They bloody well should be out there looking for her, He was about to let Havoc loose on them,


    the snarl that came from him as a warning shot them both to their feet.


    Jackson quickly spoke “she’s at home.” He reigned in Havoc, and his beast went willingly knowing his


    Mate was safe. “what the hell happened?” he snapped.


    “Your guess is as good as ours.” Stephen sighed, shaking his head. Apparently, they were also in the


    dark. Was it really that bad?


    Mate needs us, we go now’ Havoc growled at him. He was determined to get to her and being this


    close was keeping him on the surface. The not knowing of what had gone down was keeping their


    adrenaline high, his wolf was feeding off of it, it seemed.


    “So father hasn’t informed anyone of what happened then?”


    They both shook their heads, sitting back down again. He watched Stephen drain his ss and


    frowned. The man liked to sip his bourbon, liked to savour the taste, unlike him to drain a ss like


    that, he didn’t like it, that meant he was stressed which likely meant so was his Mate.


    ‘Mate needs us’ Havoc reiterated.


    Nathan pushed him away for now. He needed more information, ignoring his beast was not a good


    idea. But if he let him loose in a city, it would only be bad for everyone, humans and wolves alike.


    Not to mention he would probably scare the living hell out of their pups and her too.


    He called his father, he did not care what time it was.


    Alpha ine picked up right away. “We’ll talkter, we have another problem to deal with”. “What the


    hell could be more important than my mate?” he practically roared down the line. His anger at his father


    ignited.


    “Micheal’s human Mate’s fanmily yanked Rae-Rae from the restaurant the minute Jay ran and no


    calls are being picked up.


    Not even Rae-Rae is taking Micheal’s calls. Micheal is at a loss. I’m sorry, son but you may have to


    handle Jay on your own for the moment”.


    Nathan sighed. He couldn’t me them. human Mate’s were hard to deal with, especially one as


    prominent as Rae-Rae, she was an heiress to the Hill Foundation and just couldn’t disappear without a


    trace. It would be noticed by a lot of people especially her family.


    On the bright side, when Micheal did manage to bring her in, she would have Jay forfort in her


    new environment and to help with the transition to being a ware-wolf.


    “It’s fine, sort out Micheal’s Mate. ‘ll sort out my mess…what’s wrong with mum?” he finally asked.


    “She is distressed about everything, we’ll discuss it in the morning son” the line disconnected.


    Nathan turned to Jackson and Stephen “How was she when she got home?” Not only did he want to


    know, he knew Havoc did to, his need to be with his Mate was boarding on obsessive. At some point


    there would be no stopping him and anyone who got in his way was going to be ripped to shreds in all


    likelihood. He sat himself down across from them, knew Havoc was watching assessing their every


    move, would be listening for every inflection in their tone of voice, he knew they knew Havoc was right


    there on the surface.


    There was a slight roughness to his voice that implied they were both speaking at the same time, their


    thoughts alignedpletely.


    “Quiet” Stephen said.


    Nathan raised an eyebrow. That meant absolutely nothing to him “normally quite chatty. Narky chatty…


    but nothing, she didn’t even look at us really, just a nced at us, tossed our phones out the door and


    closed and lockedit. From what I heard, checked on the children, Nate was either still awake or woken.


    She had a quiet word with him, reassured him everything was fine, then went to bed.”


    Jackson informed him calmly.


    “Didn’t even wake the nanny to go home.” Stephen piped in.


    Everyone was staring at Stephen now. Why mention that?


    Nathan thought he didn’t care about the human nanny. None of them would, she was non essential.


    He’d vetted her nothing out of the ordinary, 24 had been a nanny since she was 20, normal human


    family.


    Jackson, however turned, looked at Stephen with a sly smile Is that where you’ve been sneaking off to,


    to bang the nanny?”


    “No” Stephen shot back, “just monitoring her to make sure she’s not being paid by another pack to spy


    on Jay and the pups is all.” he sounded quite defensive actually, like he didn’t like having to justify


    his actions where the human was concerned.


    All of a sudden, Ethan jumped on him, knocking him off the couch and onto the ground, holding him


    down “you lie.” he was grinning at his friend liar liar: “Not lying” Stephen stated, trying to fight him off.


    “You’re so doing the nanny.” Jackson burst out, leaned down and started shaking him “spill it” he was


    when they heard one.


    Nathan watched on, his mood lifted a little, he knew his mate was safely tucked up in her apartment


    with their pups for the moment, and to be honest, he needed a break from all the stress, even Havoc


    chortled in his mind ‘he’s so mating the nanny.’


    Nathan got up and jumped into the harassment of his friend, and suddenly Stephen was being rolled


    around and pummelled by all of them, his efforts to get away were futile. He spilled it, Suzzy was his


    human Mate and he was sneaking off to watch her. He’d scented her that first day they’d gone to Jay-


    over in his mind.


    So, yes, he’d been sneaking off to watch her each night. No actual contact yet, Stephen told Rafe she


    would have to wait. Jay their Luna would have to take priority. Rafe was annoyed but understood, it


    was his duty as much as Stephen’s to protect Jay.


    So when Jay was safely tucked up for the night they’d sneak off to watch their mate for a few hours,


    it cated them both.


    Jackson hadughed the most and punched him “No wonder you were instant on us baby sitting the,


    baby sitter while Jay was out for dinner. I did think it odd”


    Stephen just smirked “What can I say,”


    “Nothing” Ethan shoved him about “lucky bastard, when are you gonna mate and mark her. I bet you’re


    itching to.”


    “Don’t know yet:” he shrugged ignoring the rest of thement.


    “Bring her back to the pack with Jay” Nathan offered up “‘ll give her a job. Heck, if she wants she can


    stay their nanny, that would be fine with Jay l imagine, and being the Gamma’s mate, it’s fine with


    me”, Thanks boss.’ Stephen nodded “l’d also be fine with her being their nanny too, but…”


    They allughed at him, knowing he was thinking about not just mating her but impregnating her as


    quickly as he could, and another round of pummelling started on him. They were all rough housing,


    teasing him, poor bastard was going to be tormented no end for trying to keep it a secret.


    His father arrived at 7am. They were up, only managed a few hours’ sleep. Surprisingly, Nathan had


    gotten 3 and half hours sleep himself. The most he’d had in a row in weeks. He could asionally nap


    on and off but actual decent sleep was nowa mystery to him. It was like he just didn’t know how


    anymore, he knew it was because he was worried about his Mate Bond and how to fix it, that she and


    his pups were out there in the human world in danger of being snatched, or harmed every second of


    the day and night.


    That she was right, he’d turned the spotlight onto them. It was his fault, they were in danger and his


    guilt, havoc’s guilt would eat at them when they tried to sleep. Only actual exhaustion of his body and


    mind allowed them to get a few hours sleep each night. The rest was just tossing and turning because


    their minds wouldn’t shut off.


    His father looked tired, not something that you would normally see. He was strong and dependable,


    rational and currently soid back nothing phased him. He must be utterly emotionally exhausted and


    worn out, Nathan knew it wasn’t because his mother had bedded him all night long, that gave his father


    a happy tired nature, a constantzy smile on his face. This was something different.


    He sank down onto the couch and epted the cup of espresso “Jay and Kora…” he sighed “are


    not in a good state son… made your mother’s maternal instincts c***k to breaking point. Your Mate’s


    emotional state around you is dreadful to be honest.”


    Nathan frowned “What do you mean exactly?” Havoc was up and intently listening ‘go to mate now’ just


    wait a bit hear father out’


    “She actually believes you mean harm to her or that you are going to separate her from her pups. She


    and Kora’s distress levels during a conversation with your mother flowed out of her so much it


    physically affected your mother… brought her actual pain which in turn I felt, and got me out of my


    chair, damn fast. I thought she was injured that Jay had physically harmed her.


    “Is mum alright?” Nathan now had something else to worry about, the worries were just piling up more


    and more.


    To be honest.. No…she sobbed herself to sleep, I have never seen her do that in all the years I’ve


    known her:” he drained his espresso “sobbed something about Luna ability in overdrive. Jay can’t


    control it, so her distress flowed like the Luna Calm, but Luna Distress, it actually overpowered your


    mother altogether. She was hit with everything that girl feels, her anxiety, fear, distress, it’s all very


    nreal and deeply embedded into them.”


    Nathan was leaning forward now. “How is it possible that Jay has Luna abilities, she doesn’t even


    knowl am her mate.”


    “And in reverse, flowing distress” Stephen frowned.


    “I don’t know.’ his father shook his head, “l’d suggest asking your mother, but I doubt you’d get a


    coherent answer out of her at the moment” he ran his hands through his hair, pulling on it as he did


    when frustrated “What I do know son, is why she is fighting so hard against you. So hard not toe


    home, why she is so very defiant.to protect her pups from your Luna”


    “What?” Nathan’s frown deepened “Sophia has been gone along time.”


    Yes son, you and I know that, but she didn’t know that. I informed herst night, I did it in the hope that


    it would calm her down and bring her stress levels under control a bit.”


    “Did it work?”


    “Not at all” he shook his head and sighed heavily “you want the kicker?”


    “Probably not.but go ahead” both he and Havoc knew they were not going to like what was about to


    “Kora… sized me up… I have not heard such a viscous threatening sound like that, she was ready to


    try and take me on, to be honest even Storm my wolf wasn’t sure he could take her, she sounded all


    primal and her demeanour. he shook his head I couldn’t understand it, we always got along, never had


    any issues no animosity between us, it was very concerning to say the least!


    Nathan’s eyes were wide now. “In public?” he asked.


    “Yes, Kora didn’t care at all, was definitely going to attack me. I think your mother understood, all l and


    Storm got was a s**t load of pure aggression radiating off of her and then my instincts kicked in, I was


    ready to shift in less than a second all my Alpha blood boiling and pumping through us ready to fight


    her.”


    “She was challenging you?”


    “I don’t know if it was a challenge, so to speak, but a fight it was going to be. I can only imagine a very


    bloody one and the oue either you or your mother, would have been mate-less by the end of it.”


    “Fuck” fear was creeping into him and Havoc.


    “Indeed.”


    “I’ll go talk to her.” Stephen was on his feet instantly.


    “I’ll go with you.” Jackson piped up.


    You two can’t even stand to be in the same room together at the moment” Stephen shot at him.


    “I’m fine, trust me, she just knows how to push my buttons, I’ll be fine”.


    Nathan let them go, but as they got to the door “wait, maybe she just needs some space…watch her


    but don’t get close, back all the wolves off to a safer distance, close enough to help if trouble arises but


    far enough away to give her breathing room.” he needed her to calm down.


    ‘Mate strong’


    ‘Appears so!


    ‘Good, I want a strong Mate.!


    Nathan, however, was worried. If she truly wanted away from him at all cost, nothing was going to stop


    her, if Kora was willing to take on his father, would she do the same to them?


    ‘No, Mate will want us!


    ‘Mate appears terrified of us Havoc’


    ‘Mark and Mate’


    You think that is the answer to everything’ Nathan frowned.


    Havoc snorted ‘Mark and Mate.’ he repeated firmly.


    It was impossible to Sway his wolf, Havoc wanted his Mate and would have her whether she liked it or


    not.


    “perhaps after all this time on her own, she can’t handle all the wolf attention she is suddenly getting”


    “Or perhaps she has lived in fear, for all these years, that it’s all she knows now.” his father replied,


    sadness etched into his words.


    We did this to her. His chest ached with pain. He sighed he had really fucked things up “i need to get


    her on to pack territory where I can contain her.”


    “Hmm could possibly help..though if I were you son, I’d be bring out the big guns.”


    “What exactly are, the big guns father?” he was confused, “there isn’t anything more powerful than you


    or I?”


    His fatherughed at him, “still learning, I see. Oh yes there is son.” he let it hang in the aira full minute


    before realising Nathan had no idea what he was talking about and continued “aren’t you always


    aiming to please your mother on all ounts.”


    “Mum’s already tried, got broken from my understanding” he frowned at his father.


    “Not you’re mother son. Her mother…Children, no matter how old always want their mummy. Even


    you…”


    Nathan snorted in disbelief.


    “Come on son, I’ve seen that fear when she stalks into a room and you know your about to get it,” his


    father smirked at him “Even the mighty Alpha before me, backs down to his mummy.”


    Ethan barked withughter, but stopped dead when Nathan shot him a death re. Unfortunately, they


    had all seen him raise his hands defensively and submit to his mother on asion, not often but


    certainly where Jay was concerned.


    “So you want me to bring Vera out here?”


    “Couldn’t hurt son.”


    “I’ll think on it.” he nodded, Vera and her Mate Jody and their son Bradley had not talked to him since


    he’d banished her. Jody had even stopped training the Alpha team. Stated point nkly to his face


    “Respect will be given when it is earned” and he had simply walked away from the unit, a unit he had


    been training all their lives.


    The loss of his daughter had hurt him and he now only trained the junior wolves, and would not be


    swayed. Not even his father had been able to convince him. Nathan hadn’t been privy to the


    conversation between the two of them and his father had not ryed it ever.


    Her brother Bradley, an excellent warrior, trained and in line to take over his father’s position had also


    walked away from the position when it was offered to him. Now he assisted his father with the juniors.


    Though that had worked out quite well for the pack as all the youngsters were well trained, hand to


    hand before they even got their wolves, made them better and more efficient fighters, his pack was


    actually stronger now than it had been 6 years ago.


    Vera was still running the pack Creche but avoided him, even when his mother had asked him to pick


    up his baby sister Halley from the creche, Vera would see himing and turn and walk away leaving


    one of the other she-wolves to get her. When usually the drop off and delivery was done by Vera


    herself as the lead wolf running the Creche, but not where he was concerned.


    He was actually totally surprised they hadn’t defected back to her original pack. That thought brought


    his mind to his conversation with Jackson about Alpha Austin’s offer to join the Winter Moon Pack.


    “Father, do you know of Alpha Austin?”


    “From Winter Moon Pack?”


    “Yes”


    “Yes, why?”


    “He’s personally offered Jay a ce in his pack, and she is actually entertaining the idea, I believe”


    That grabbed his father’s attention, a frown appeared on his face and he looked directly at his son


    ‘Hmm..why him?”


    “Apparently her grandmother is from there” he borated,


    “Oh..” he seemed to think about it for a long time, several minutes went by without a word “I wouldn’t


    allow it. Not that he


    would harm her or your pups. Quite the opposite, I think. A good pack for her to go to, if you weren’t her


    Mate, that is.”


    “then why not allow it?” He was very curious. If this pack could make her feel safe, then he should let


    her, perhaps good for them to calm down and feel safe. He could always call Alpha Austin and exin


    she was his Mate and get permission to visit, much better circumstances then now and it wasn’t that far


    from his pack just a 2 hour drive. She didn’t have to be told he wasing, just let her smell him and


    hunt out her Mate, that might actually solve the issue at hand. Havoc huffed. He was unhappy but it


    could work.


    “The man is un-mated son. For nearly a century, he has women falling all over himself to be the future


    Luna of his pack. He’s considered one of the best looking wolves there is. He’s on the Alpha Council, is


    well respected and liked by most, not many enemies to be honest, and his pack is exceptionally strong.


    Everyone trains even the Omega’s rank up to warrior status if they so desire. He is fair and honest.


    Treat’s his pack with respect and they give it back in spades.”


    “So?” Why should this bother him? If he was fair and honest, that meant hearing she was his Mate just


    meant that the man would allow hinm toe for her.


    “Might be an ulterior motive in there somewhere. He is very strategic. Jay is very easy on the eye,


    her wolf is stunning and fierce. It’ll undoubtedly attract him to her and she has 3 pups already. So


    fertile. He has no heirs that l am aware of. If he takes them in, he might decide to choose her as his


    chosen mate, and if she says yes for whatever reason ‘protection most likely’;, he’ll likely bleed your


    pups into his line and BAM he has a male heir instantly and one with Alpha blood. You’ll have no im


    to them at all after that.”


    “ll call him first and make sure he knows I’m her mate.”


    “He might not care, son. if he’s offering a ce he has likely seen the battle going on and is on her


    side. It will appear to the council you harmed her and if they find out you harmed your Mate they may


    take her side…you never know with them and he’s on the council.”


    No-one takes our pups, Havoc snarled


    I know buddy’ Nathan tried to cate him ‘l agree


    “I don’t think Jay would ept a chosen Mate. She was always a big believer in Fated Mate’s. It’s


    one of the reasons when I met Sophia, she stepped back and didn’t even get mad.”


    “Mm, a good wolf she is,” his father agreed, “just something else that will attract an Alpha male in


    search of a good Mate.”


    “Could you call him them?” “Yes son, I will give him a call and alert him to the nightmare that is your


    Mating Bond. See what he says. Perhaps he’ll bring her in and you can go there to find her!”


    “That’s my thoughts exactly. If she needs time to calm down and feel safe, then I owe it to her to give it


    to her”


    ‘Mate needs us’ Havoc sighed. He saw the logic but didn’t like it.


    ‘I know but..’


    ‘Distress and fear overwhelms our Mate, Kora needs me! Havoc grumbled.


    Just wait, I promise just one week and we’ll go and get her ourselves.


    What if not there? he huffed.


    It’s likely she will go there, her grandmother is there.!’


    He could feel Havoc’s resistance to the idea, he was not patient in the least and he was doing his best


    to be at the moment, something Nathan really appreciated. Especially with them being so close to their


    Mate, maybe 35 to 40 minutes away. But from what his father had told them today, it might not go down


    so well. His mum was broken by her distress.


    If her distress poured out in front of Havoc, it could set him off into a raging uncontroble beast here in


    the human world and neither of them needed that. Nor did HavoC need for Kora or the pups to see how


    uncontroble his anger could get, might just frighten her even further, even if they recognised them as


    their Mate she might reject him on the spot.


    “I’ll go and call him..I should get back to your mother…whose in charge back home if we are all here?”


    “Abbey.”


    “Goddess help us alL” he halfughed ” Hopefully it’s still your, Pack son, when you get home.”


    “it will be, I threatened her mate if she so much as thought about trying to take over while I’m away.”


    “Did you now?”


    “Nathan waved his hand dismissively and leaned back in his chair. It’s fine.”


    He watched his father leave.


    Ethan was staring at him You did make her believe you though right? “Of course I did” Nathanughed.


    Everyone was terrified something would happen to him and she was going to take over. He rubbed a


    hand over his face, he was feeling tired again, needed a proper sleep, but doubted he would get it, just


    one more possible issue piling up on him and his Mate Bond. Would he ever be able to Sort it out.


    “We need to research anything on Luna powers that could indicate a reason why they would be in


    reverse.”


    “Yeah and how she got them in the first ce… you know she was such a happy wolf, so full of life and


    yful all the time, how did ite to this? Has she been so full of fear all these years that she can’t


    “I don’t know Ethan, I hope not” What if the pups are also affected just like that? He didn’t want to think


    about it to be honest.


    Neither did Havoc. Nathan felt him suddenly recede to the back recesses of his mind. Nota good thing,


    not when he did it willingly, he was probably nning his own agenda back there, and when he


    enacted it Nathan just knew he was not going to be able to stop him.


    “So much pain and distress it broke mum, that can’t be a good thing at all”


    “How are we going to bring her in?”


    “Carefully, perhaps let her go for now altogether.” he didn’t like it but it might be the only option.


    “What? Havoc will never agree to that.”


    “Havoc will understand, her mental state needs toe first.”


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    We know she thinks I want to punish her for that hit to Sophia.


    We know she thinks or mes me for her injuries that day.


    We know she felt all our anger and fury and couldn’t scent us because of the drugged state she was in.


    She just found outst night that Sophia and l are no longer Mates, and so maybe some of that fear will


    go away, worrying that your Luna would hurt your pups, a legitimate fear, would have always been a


    constant fear for her. That can go now. He thought to himself, perhaps things might start to get better


    now We need to wait and see what will happen over the next day or 2, give her room to breath and


    calm down”


    “lets start researching then Boss.”


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