Chapter 13
I pace back and forth, nervously, on the porch of Dark Moon’s pack house as I wait for Den to arrive.
Not only am I getting sworn in, but I’ll be meeting my pack for the first time in three years. I’m not sure if
I will remember any of them or if they will remember me. I know three years isn’t a long time, but I was
more of a flighty girl in my high school days, never being in one ce for too long and always hanging
with friends instead of worrying about pack stuff. Will the pack even ept me as their Alpha? Spencer
had told me how some of them had tried talking him into stepping up as Alpha since, technically, he
was next in line, but he told me that it never felt right to him. I would have understood if he had, it was
his right.
Someone chuckles behind me, and I jump as I spin around. I p the arm of my new Beta, “What the *,
Spence!?”
“Sorry, Alpha,” heughs,” I figured you would have sensed me.”
I furrow my brow because he’s right, “I apologize, you’re right, I should have sensed you behind me. I
was in deep thought I guess.” I need to be more careful in the future; it’s dangerous for a person in my
position to be oblivious to their surroundings.
“You’re going to walk a hole in the porch if you continue pacing. Why are you so nervous?” Spencer
tilts his head as he asks.
“Oh, I don’t know, Spence, maybe it’s because I’m about to be an Alpha to a pack that I don’t
even know!” I throw my hands up frantically
“Calm down, Alpha…”
“Please don’t call me that.”
“Call you what… Alpha?” Spencer asks confused.
“Yes! We are old friends, practically family; I want you to call me what you have always called me.”
“Sorry, but it would be very disrespectful to call you Pain in My *.” He grins.
I scoff and p him again, “You did not call me that!”
Heughs, “Oh, yes, I did. You just never heard me!”
I give him the evil eye and ce my hands on my hips, “I was young and impressionable back then! I
thought you had hung the moon and just wanted to be around you.”
My Beta grins shamelessly. “I’m pretty sure all the girls did.”
“Oh…” i take a step toward the *Beta, but then I stop and turn when I hear a throat clearing.
Standing at the bottom of the porch steps is my best friend looking confused, a scowling Alpha behind
her and to the left, and a smirking Alpha heir behind her and to the right. I curse myself for being
caught unaware once again.
“Are we interrupting something?” Gavin asks amusingly as he broadens his grin.
“Nothing of importance.”
“I wouldn’t say that Alpha,” Spencer muses, and turns to the three neers, “Alpha Quinn, here,
wants me to call her by what I’ve always called her growing up.”
“Well, what’s wrong with that, if she’s asking you to?” Cici asks.
“What’s wrong with it, little wolf, is that it would be highly inappropriate if I went around calling our
Alpha, Pain in My *.” Spencer states as he tries hard not tough, only to fail when the other three start
to chuckle.
I roll my eyes and then stomp into the house, leaving them to follow me in once they get over their little
chuckling session.
“Quinn!” Spencer calls out as he jogs after me to catch up. “I’m sorry, but I couldn’t resist. It’s been way
too long since I’ve been able to give you *,” he pauses and then, putting all joking aside, he solemnly
continues, “I didn’t think I’d ever get to pick on you again.”
I look at him with a sorrowful expression, knowing exactly what he means, and I step up and hug him.
He hugs me back withforting arms. When the others join us, we all slip into my office to talk about
the ceremony.
“Now.” I spin around and lean against the desk, looking at the four other upants, “I know why they
are here,” I point to Spence, Cici, and Den, “But why, may I ask, are you here?” | point to Gavin with
a smile.
“Well, I stopped at the Storm River pack to visit with you, only to hear that you are no longer living
there.” Gavin exins.
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“And Den offered to bring you over here?” I smirk towards the Alpha, knowing fully well that he
would not have done such a thing.
“Actually, your bestie, here,” Den points his thumb over his shoulder at Cici, “talks way too much and
let your location slip. He then called shotgun.”
I can tell the Alpha is extremely annoyed and I can’t help but chuckle, “Oh, I see. Well, I’m d you can
be here to watch me get sworn in, Gavin. I can use all the support that I can get right now.”
“Quinn, everybody in this pack supports you. They are thrilled to know that you made it out alive and
are happy that you are finally of age to take over.” Spencer enlightenments me.
“Really? They don’t remember the high and flighty, spirited girl who couldn’t care less about pack
business?” I ask in concern.
“Of course not! Your father was a great leader and Dn would have been amazing as well. You are
their blood, and you will lead this pack just the way it’s been ran since your father took over.” My Beta
gives me the drop-dead-gorgeous Neely grin. His dad had the same one and women would swoon
over it all the time, as I remember.
I smile back, starting to feel much better about taking over, *Thank you for telling me this. You don’t
know how much I’ve been worried about not being epted.”
“Uh, Quinn,” Gavin cuts in, “sorry but I do have a question. Is it safe for you to be taking over? Won’t
Alpha Luther find out that you are still alive?”
I have actually thought about it, but I can’t let this *win. If me taking my rightful ce as Alpha draws
him out, then I will get my revenge. I know I’m not quite ready yet, and I’m hoping that he doesn’t find
out for a little bit. At least not until I am confident that I can take him out.
I shrug, “It’s a chance that I’m willing to take. My pack needs their leader; they have suffered enough.”
“Yes, but let theme to my pack until we can make sure there is no danger to you,” Den speaks
up, “I hate to agree with him, but Gavin is right; Luther wille for you.”
“Send my people to your pack and what about me?” I ask not to be a *, but seriously. He knows I can’t
remain in his pack, especially once he takes L as his Luna.
*You know that my pack is your pack too, Quinn.” Den sighs.
* And you know why I can’t remain there, end of discussion.” I rub my forehead, irritated that he would
even say something like that.
The big Alpha steps closer and lowers his voice, “We need to talk before the ceremony, Quinn. You
can’t just run away.”
Jerking back, it was as though he had pped me in the face, “I’m not running away, Alpha. I’m simply
returning to where I belong.”
“You belong in the Storm River pack.” Den says on a sigh, but even he knows that what he says isn’t
true.
I nce over at the other three upants in the room, “Could you give us a few minutes?” They all nod
and start for the door, Spence, could you please let me know as soon as the rest of the pack is here?
“Sure thing, Quinn.” He gives both me and Den a small smile before shutting the door behind him.
Giving my full attention to Den, my breath hitches when I see the way he is staring at me. I can see
both Den and Duke as they gaze hungrily at me. I go to put space between us by walking around
the desk to sit down but my upper arm is grabbed, and I’m pulled into the Alpha’s hard chest.
Shoving my feelings aside, I re up at him, “Let. Me. Go!” I growl.
“We have unfinished business, Quinn. You will not turn away from me until we are done.” Duke is the
one in control at the moment, so Tes forward as well.
“Do you honestly think that putting your paws all over us is the way to get our attention?” She rips our
arm from his grip and takes a step back. “Let Den and Quinn talk this out, Duke, and stop being so
possessive! We do not belong to you.” She leaves the growl out, but she still sounds a bit menacing.
Duke scoffs, “You are our responsibility until you find your mate, and by the way I see it,” He nces
around, “I see no mate just yet.”
“How do you figure that we are your responsibility? We are of age now, and about to be an
Alpha.”
“You are still female and need our protection. We took responsibility of you the day we brought you
home and made you a member of our pack.” Duke replies smugly.
“Oh no he didn’t! Did he actually just say that we need them because we are female?’ T says to me.
“Please calm down, T. I don’t like what he said either, but we still need him to swear us in before you
go all she-wolf on him.’
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“Fine, you better take over then.’ T moves back, giving me the driver’s seat once again.
“Duke. please let me talk to Den.” I ask as nice as can be.
“I don’t know, he seems to give in to you way too much. Maybe it would be better if you talk with me.”
**Duke!” I say in warning, “If you don’t let Den forward then you can just forget about ever seeing us
again! I don’t need some possessive wolf thinking he can run my life, especially when he isn’t even my
mate!”
“You need us to swear you in, gorgeous.” He tries buttering me up by calling me the endearment and
caressing his fingers down my arm.
I roll my eyes, but don’t move away, because even I have to admit that his touch does something to
me, but I refuse to tell him. “ttery isn’ t going to get you anywhere this time, wolf!” i nce at his
hand and then *a brow at him, “And I don’t need you to do it, but I would like it to be you. I can just ask
Gavin, since he’s here already.”
“Ah, but he isn’t an Alpha yet…”
“Oh, but he has a phone in which he can call his father toe and do it. All I have to do is bat my
lashes and ask him sweetly.” I knew what I said would get to Duke, making him step away mumbling
before he lets Dene back.
“You don’t need to be so harsh to my wolf, he’s only wanting to look out for you, just as I am,” Den
says sadly, “But I am sorry, for the way he delivers his words. I will work on him about it.”
“I need to do this Den. I understand how dangerous it is with Alpha Luther still around, but I still have
a pack who wants their leader back, and I’m the only one who can do it.”
“That’s not true, your Beta can be sworn in as the new Alpha.” He reminds me.
“You would have me give up my birthright, just to keep me in your pack? How fair is that to me,
Den?”
He sighs, running his hand down his face, “I know, Quinn. I’m just trying everything I can before I’m
forced to face reality.” Half his mouth kicks up into a smile, “You are rightthis is your birthright, but
promise me that you will let me lend you some warriors to help protect your pack until we figure out
what to do about Luther, and I want to put up cameras around the borders to help keep an eye out. I
don’t want another sneak attack on your pack likest time.”
I think about what he says, and I have to admit that he’s right. The Desert Sand pack was able to get
through our border patrol by killing them without being seen. Had we had a warning that they had
breached our borders, we could have been more prepared.
“Okay, I will agree with those terms, but Den, I am epting because we are allies, not because you
are still responsible for me. I no longer hold you ountable for anything that may happen to me. You
have been so good to me thest three years; it’s time that you take care of yourself now,” I feel a pain
in my chest at my next words, “You may be a father, and you will need to concentrate on that pup.”
I see the hurt in his eyes when I mention his situation, but it’s not something that we can ignore. It may
not be what he wanted, but it’s what is happening, and he needs to deal with it. Looking at him in front
of me, makes me feel so many things, and I don’t understand it. Both T and I feel a pain every time I
think about him bing a father to another she-wolf’s pup, and we get excited when we see him
now, but we don’t scent him as our mate, and it confuses the hell out of us.
“Once again you’re right,” Den’s husky voice gets my attention, And it’s exactly what I will do as
soon as I find out that the pup is mine, but in the meantime…”
I raise my hand to stop him from finishing, “Look Den, what happened between us cannot happen
again. It isn’t fair to any of us.and to be honest it’s hurting us more.”
He says nothing, but I can see the storm brewing in his eyes just before he moves, “*this…”
I’m swept up into his arms as our mouths fuse together. His hands slide down to my waist, and he’s
lifting me, so I have no choice but to wrap my legs around him. He turns us and presses us up against
the nearest wall as he dominates me with his mouth.
My emotions are through the roof, fighting to do the right thing. As much as I want to resist him, I want
him to take me, and to possess me just as much