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Chapter 135: Helping Amelia
Hunter
I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised with Sophie’s sadness about Margot leaving. My mate has the
ability to develop strong bonds and friendships with others quickly. It’s one of the reasons that I
hope that Jaime will decide to stay in our pack, so that Penny will as well. I know that Sophie
already has strong ties to her, and she’d be as sad or more so if Penny and Jaime left the pack.
“I’m going to call Amelia and set up a call for this afternoon. What are you going to do?” I ask my
mate.
“I’m going to go check on the mates that are still in the hospital and see how Leah and Brooklyn are
doing with moving out of their house.”
“Let me know what you need. And let me know if I can do anything to take that sadness away, I
don’t like my mate to be sad. Margot will be fine, and we’ll see her again.”
She merely nods and I pull her into a hug, holding her tightly. My strong, powerful mate, who is also
so sweet and gentle.
“I love you, Little Sophie Reynolds.”
She chuckles, as I hoped she would.
“And I love you, Big Hunter Reynolds,” she says, making me smile.
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I crouch down in front of her, cing my lips near her stomach. “Take care of your mother while
she’s away from me,” I say, then stand and kiss my mate before turning to go back inside.
I make the call to Amelia first.
“Alpha Hunter? Or is it Sophie again?” she asks.
“It’s me this time, Alpha,” I answer.
“Have you spoken to Alpha Dutton, Alpha Hunter?”
“First things first, Alpha Amelia. Do you feel the need to continue with our titles when we speak to
each other?” I’m asking her because she’s the newest Alpha and because she’s the only female
Alpha. Her position isn’t exactly confirmed in her pack.
“What do you call the other Alphas?”
“The ones I’m friendly with, I call by their first names.”
“Then, I’d like to be treated the same. It would strange for you to be in my pack calling Alpha
Dutton, Dutton, but me Alpha Amelia, wouldn’t you agree?”
“I would. Also, the casualness of using first names lets the pack now that there is a friendliness
between us, that our alliance is strong.”
“Thank you, Alpha. I mean, thank you, Hunter. I’m still trying to figure out the nuances of my new
position.”
“How’s it going?” I ask. If she’s willing to ept my assistance or my guidance, I’m happy to provide
it. Not only because she’s Sophie’s sister, but I think that much like Sophie, Amelia has a
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strength that she’s never tapped into before.
“You want the truth?”
“I can’t help you if you aren’t honest with me,” I tell her.
I hear rustling and then a door quietly closing before I hear more rustling.
“I’m exhausted. I feel like I’m ying pretend, acting like an Alpha rather than truly being one.
“The exhaustion I understand although I’d guess that yours is more extreme that the usual Alpha
exhaustion due to being pregnant and not having your mate around. Those two things would only
add to your fatigue. And add to that, you’re still processing your grief over the loss of your parents,
and you’ve now taken on the grief of the entire pack as their Alpha. I’m guessing you’re not sleeping
well either?”
“You’d be correct.”
“I’m not surprised. You have a lot going on, Amelia. But I will tell you that it doesn’t feel like you’re
ying pretend Alpha. It feels very much like you are taking on your role, jumping in with both feet,
and running with it. I think that taking out Alpha ric will go a long way to helping the pack find
peace.”
“Does that mean that Dutton agreed to fight with us?”
“He did, but even if he hadn’t, our packs would take out ric. It will just be easier and will go a long
way to showing your pack that you are continuing the strong alliances that your father started.”
“Regarding that, how do I go about sealing or confirming an alliance with each of the packs?”
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I lean forward and open myputer. “Give me your email address and I’ll send you the temte
for the documents that need to be signed. The paperwork isn’t as important as the bond between
the packs, but it does signify that both sides have agreed to be in an alliance. You’ll want to get one
with Dutton as well. We can sign them when wee to attack ric. And then, you can reach out
to Kayce, Robin, and Ezra too, if you’d like to create and confirm alliances with them. That’ s up to
you. You can have positive rtionships with other packs without an alliance, but it seals the bond
and gives you the right to go to war if they ever go against you. The alliance paperwork is good until
one party terminates it, or the Alpha position changes hands,” I tell her.
“I think I’ve had enough war tost me a lifetime,” she says.
“We all have, but the wars aren’t over yet.”
“I know. Is it wrong that I wish all of this was behind me?”
“Nope, you’d be right there with the rest of us.”
She sighs. “Okay, so what’s next?”
“Let’s schedule a call with Dutton this afternoon. We’ll need a strategy. Have you thought of how
you want to proceed with the attack?” I ask.
“That’s not really my strong suit,” she huffs.
“That’s okay. Why don’t you and I talk it out a little. Dutton may have other ideas, and that’s okay,
too. Taking his ideas doesn’t’
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make you weak, it makes you a good Alpha who looks at all sides of the problem andes to a
good solution.”
Sheughs softly. “I can see why Sophie is so in love with you. You’re very supportive without
needing to exert your dominance or prove your strength. It’s refreshing.”
“I’ll tell you what I told Sophie, Amelia. Both of you are stronger than you know. You may feel like
the world ising at you from all sides right now, but I guarantee that when the dust settles and all
is said and done, you’ll still be standing on your feet.”
“Thank you, Hunter. I think I needed to know that someone believes in me.”
“Make sure you believe in yourself, Amelia. The pack will feel it if you don’t.”
“That’s good advice, and once I figure out how to do that, I will. Now, about this battle. What are
your thoughts?”
We go through my ideas, which end up being pretty simr to what Amelia had already been
thinking. Knowing that her thoughts aligned with mine seemed to make her feel a bit more confident
about our next steps. We decide on a time to have a call with Dutton, and I send out the meeting
invite.
“I’ll talk to you soon, Amelia,” I say.
“Thank you again, Hunter. I really appreciate all of your help.”
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