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Liam’s p.o.v.
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I keep listening as Eryx talks about what he hopes will be in those safes, but I can tell that Ammon and Asha are having a discussion through their mind–link. Suddenly, Ammon’s face pales. It looks like Asha had been paying attention, and from the looks of it, she warned Ammon. I’m curious how he’s going to address this. I watch them from the corner of my eyes as I listen to Eryx and Sila debating what he could be hiding in those safes.
Asha’s face becomes angrier the longer their discussion lasts, and I’m afraid Ammon is going to find out that you should never piss off your Mate.
“Liam, I need a guard to escort me to the Beta floor. I will be spending the night there, and hopefully, by morning, my Mate will realize he’s an ass,” Asha says as she gets up and walks out of the living room. I call in a guard I know will keep Ammon away from Asha for the night, but I also make sure he knows not to openly disobey his Prince.
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A few minutes later, Asha walks into the living room with a bag in her hands, and Ammon sits on the couch with his arms folded across his chest. The others look from Asha to Ammon and back to me, waiting to see what’s going on. I just shrug my shoulders because I’m not going to enlighten them. Ammon and Asha can take care of themselves, and I know they’ll make up in the morning.
“Asha, why are you leaving?” Sila asks, and Asha gives her a murderous look.
“Why don’t all of you go over every word that was said before Deimos walked out and see if you can figure out for yourselves why I might be pissed off?” She answers Sila with a question of her own, and I have to stifle a smile at how she dodged that question.
Asha remembers what Axelle had said seven years ago. The guard walks out the door with Asha. The moment the door closes behind them, Ammon starts pacing the floor, and out loud, he goes over everything that was said.
“Liam said that what was said here couldn’t be repeated. That’s what protocol states when we’re conducting an investigation. No one outside the Royal family gets informed about what we uncover, and we all know why that’s part of the protocol. Benjamin needed to know that this couldn’t be repeated to anyone, and it was his choice to walk away. No one made him leave. Deimos didn’t want to keep secrets from his Mate, so he left for that reason.
No one told Deimos that he had to leave. Dad just pointed out that no one outside the Royal Family gets to hear this, and then he gets upset, even though he knows protocol by heart.” Ammon recounts what was
said in broad strokes.
“It was the first thing Eryx told me when we met, just before we heard… Oh, fuck, that’s why he got pissed. Don’t you remember what happened when we met?” Sila asks as she looks from Eryx to Ammon.
They all stare at Alwin at the same time, but it seems like he’s unaware of what he did.
“I did the same thing, didn’t I?” Sila asks through the mind–link, and I tell her that I’m not sure if he would hold it against her.
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“You weren’t there when Axelle had to listen to a raging Deimos for Alvin breaking protocol. All you were told was that the exception would count for Deimos and Leander in the future. Aloin, on the other hand, knows how close they came to losing their own Royal Gamma and their future Gamma,” I explain.
Ammon tells us that his Father is on his own. “Mom can deal with this mess, but if it’s costing me my Royal Gamma, they can wait a long time before they can retire. I know I covered for Dad more than I should have, but that ends today,” Ammon tells us through the mind–link before asking me if I can link his Mate to tell her that he’s sorry for not listening to him. At first, Asha doesn’t open the link for me. I have to try two more times before I can tell her what happened here.
She tells me that she’ll link Ammon later herself, but that she’s glad they figured it out and that it doesn’t surprise her that Alwin is still oblivious to what he might have done.
“Tell Deimos I won’t hold it against him if he walks. He has my full support, no matter what he decides to do,” Asha says before breaking the mind–link. I tell Ammon through the mind–link not to worry about his Mate before excusing myself to turn in for the night.
I walk into the room that belongs to Benjamin with my bag because I know Alwin won’t look for me here -not that I expect him to come looking for me–and go through my evening routine before getting into
bed.
I link Deimos to find him still awake. I tell him what happened from the moment he left until I went to bed, and as expected, he chuckles when he hears Asha’s words.
“I sometimes wonder if outsiders would mistake Asha for Axelle’s Pup instead of Ammon,” I say.
Deimos and I talk for a few more minutes, and after I promise him I’ll oversee the cataloging of the Alpha floor, we say goodnight.
It was an exhausting day, and I’m glad I’m already in bed, because I doubt I would have made it if I hadn’t.
Zalia
I wake in the morning to feather–light kisses being placed on my skin, but when I open my eyes, I am confused because I am not in my own room on the Gamma floor. Then I remember what happened last night.
“Did you talk to your Dad?” I ask Deimos the moment we lock eyes, and he has a rather unsettling look in his eyes. I wait for him to start talking, but a menacing roar has us jumping out of bed.
“That would be the Queen. She’s probably pissed off at Alwin, and he is undoubtedly still unaware of any wrongdoings on his end,” Deimos says as we get dressed.
Running out of the bedroom, we are met by Leander and the girls. Dad tells us to get going and that he’ll follow us as soon as he’s ready. Every Pack–member that isn’t on border patrol is gathered outside the Pack–house, and the Royal Guards keep them from entering the Pack–house. However, they step aside the moment they lay eyes on Deimos and Leander. Deimos grabs my hand to pull me with him, and Leander makes sure the girls get in by following behind them.
“They’re in the Alpha office,” one of the Omegas says before disappearing into the kitchen. The look in her eyes tells me that she’s scared to death. We walk toward the office to find the door ajar, and I stop Deimos
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“I want to hear what he has to say for himself and what the others have to say,” I tell him through the mind–link.
“Dad told me last night that Alwin is the only one who doesn’t realize what he did, and they’re sorry for not realizing it sooner. Ammon even decided not to cover for his Father, and I know he meant it. He knows how much I hated it when he constantly covered for his Father,” Deimos says through the mind–link, and I relay what he told me to the girls.
We wait outside the office to eavesdrop on the conversation–or better put, the shouting match–between Axelle and her Mate. I wonder what Axelle will do if Alwin keeps acting as if he did nothing wrong last night. I step a little closer to Deimos to prevent Goliath from pushing forward.
“I followed protocol. Zalia isn’t a member of the Royal Family and doesn’t deserve to know what we’ve uncovered so far,” I hear Alwin say, and I feel anger radiating from Deimos as Goliath tries to take control.
“Calm down, Goliath. I need you to leave Deimos in control. We need to hear what Alwin has to say. Please, Goliath,” I say to him as I let my hand run circles on his back, feeling that Goliath is still very present but backing down a little bit.
“HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FUCKING MIND: DID YOU FORGET WHAT HAPPENED WHEN AMMON AND
ERYX FOUND THEIR MATES?” Axelle roars, and even though we are not in the room, we all shrink back a little.
“Fuck, how would it feel if we were in that office?” Twilight asks me, but I don’t want to think about it. I think it’s safe to say that the Queen’s aura would affect me almost as much as it affects everyone around me.
It’s quiet in the office, but I can hear Axelle breathing. She has trouble controlling her Lycan, and we can hear her growling from time to time. Her growls become louder the longer it takes for Alwin to respond, and I wonder how long it will take before she explodes again–not really something I’m looking forward to. However, Alwin deserves everything she dishes out to him, and I’m glad that, for once, Ammon has decided to take a step back.
“I know that I broke protocol back then, and that’s why I made sure to follow protocol…” A mighty roar from Axelle interrupts him, and I doubt he understands that he actually didn’t follow protocol in this case. After all, Axelle made it clear that I was allowed to hear everything because of what Alwin did seven years
ago.
“Axelle, dear, why are you so upset?” Alwin asks, and again the office goes deadly quiet.
“Seven years ago, we almost lost our Royal Gamma because you broke protocol. And how did I make sure that Liam didn’t resign?” she asks in an ice–cold voice.
“Fuck, I thought she was scary when she roared, but this is worse,” Twilight mumbles in my head, and I agree with her wholeheartedly.
“I don’t know,” Alwin replies, and this time we don’t hear anything, but Deimos and Leander move to the door as one, showing us Axelle with her hand wrapped around Alwin’s throat as Leander pushes the door open wide. No one makes a move as we all watch Axelle squeezing a bit harder, but not hard enough to make it difficult for Alwin to breathe or answer her.
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We all step into the office to see how this situation will develop, and I wonder if Axelle would sideline her Mate if he doesn’t come up with a fucking good excuse for his screw–up. I’d really like to know if she would take his powers as King away from him. I know an Alpha can determine that his Mate is not suited for her duties and powers as Luna, especially if she did something similar to what Alwin did. Then she would only be Luna in name.
“What is she doing here?” Alwin asks as he looks at me, and Axelle squeezes a little harder. He still has no fucking clue what he did wrong. Would he be able to figure it out for himself if no one spelled it out for him?
“She has every right to be here, Dad,” Ammon says as he steps next to Deimos, but Alwin tries to shake his head, and Axelle drops him to the floor.
“Guards, take my Mate back to the Palace and confine him to our Quarters. Under no circumstances is he allowed to leave, and someone will bring his meals up. Other than that, he will see no one until I return,” she growls as she looks at Alwin.
He tries to say something, but one look from Axelle shuts him up.
“You broke protocol for Asha and Sila, and the only reason Liam is still my Gamma is because I made the decision to allow Deimos and Leander to bring their Mate to meetings, even if they haven’t marked one another. You broke the word I gave to Liam. You are constantly breaking protocol, and you just crossed the line. Get him out of here,” Axelle says, and two Guards help him up from the floor before they walk out of the office.
“Zalia and Deimos, I want to talk to the two of you. The rest of you get out. I am very disappointed in most of you, and this will have consequences,” she says before looking at Ammon.
“We will have a talk later, and I suggest you start thinking about what that might be about. I thought you knew me better by now, and still, you allowed your Father to undermine me,” she growls at him before two Guards walk in. They are given orders to take Ammon to the living room and not let him out of their sight.
