A Secret Alpha Mate

(Jackson)

“What do you think we should do?" 1 ask Cam.

“I still can't tell if she is bad or not.”

“She's a dark witch.” Lucas cuts in.

“But that doesn't always mean evil”

“I intend to find out, either way. We can start easy but I need to know the extent of her dealings with Alpha Benjamin. It's clear she knows him and thinks she has his protection.’

“Agreed, if she won't give us answers we're going to have to get them. We don't have time to wait around.” Cam says. Lucas shrugs, “I guess I'm with you guys.’

“How much longer?” I ask.

“It's only been fifteen minutes.” Cam checks his watch.

“Is it just me or is time going slower?"

“I feel like all we've been doing is waiting these past few months." Lucas says," Waiting for the paternity test”

“Waiting for the second paternity test.” Cam adds,

“Waiting for the Luna ceremony, waiting for the trial”

“Oh, and the challenge now” I roll my eyes.

“I get it, I get it. But you can't say you're bored can you?” We all laugh .

“Sometimes I wish that Isla and I were just regular pack members, we could settle down and live a conflict-free life." I admit.

“I get that, man. But you were destined to be Alpha and she sure as hell was destined to be Luna." I smile with pride. She sure as hell was.

“Now how long has it been?” Lucas asks, Cam rolls his eyes.

“Three minutes since Jackson asked, idiot”

We stand in silence for a few moments before Lucas breaks it.

“So, what movie should we watch tonight?"

“Are you incapable of enjoying comfortable silence?” Cam asks him.

“Apparently, yes” Lucas flashes him a smile.

“It's my turn to choose.” Cam says, “No more Disney.” Lucas looks offended.

“How dare you interrupt Isla’s movie education.” He puts his hand over his heart.

“She needs a full education, not just Disney.”

“Some are Pixar.’ Lucas argues, “Besides she hasn't seen any movies before. I'm starting her off with what we watched as kids and then we can get into your stuff, hm, maybe in fifteen years?”

cam looks like he's going to slap Lucas. I cross my arms and smile watching them.

“We can watch one of yours, after we watch two of mine’ Lucas says

“Everyone will be asleep by then, if they don't fall asleep because of how bored they are watching your kid shit." “Children please” I cut in, “You can each choose a movie, now how about we grab some sandwiches before our long afternoon of interrogation.”

“Yes, Dad.” Lucas jokes,

“My movie first?” Cam asks me, I laugh and nod.

“Sure, why not? Just try to choose something Isla might like too.” His face falls.

“Fine!” He pouts

“Now is it time?” Lucas asks Cam after his third sandwich.

cam looks at his watch, “Actually yes, and I'm nothing if not punctual” He gets up and puts his plate in the sink, Lucas mocks him behind his back.

“Ym nothing if not punctual” He repeats, “What a boring trait to be proud of Cam rolls his eyes at Lucas.

“Remind me again how you outrank me?”

“ Bloodline, baby, it was written in the stars.” Lucas smiles and grabs his and my plate.

The witch, I really should have remembered her name, was still facing away from us when we came back.

“Ready to talk, or should we try to make you?” Cam smiles and looks at her but she doesn't see.

“You can try” She laughs, “But won't give you anything."

“Oh, 50 you do have something to hide?” Lucas chimes in, “This will be fun’

“You lay a hand on me and just see what Alpha Benjamin does to you three.” She turns around and smiles wickedly, I car wait until it's my turn to play with you, and I guarantee it will be slower and more painful than anything that you can thin of doing to me.” She c***s her head to the side, “So much life left, so much potential.”

“Stop speaking in riddles, witch’ Cam says.

“The name is Valoria." Valoria, got it.

“Well, Valoria, I think you need to tell us what you were doing for Alpha Benjamin.” I cross my arms and walk closer to the cell, “One question to make it simple. What are you doing for Alpha Benjamin?” She sits up with a little effort and walks across the small cell to face me.

“Oh you are pretty, this will be fun." She reaches a pale arm through the bars and I instinctively take a step back, “Don’t b afraid,” She retracts her hand, “Yet.” She smiles.

I nod to Cam who pulls out some rope and a knife.

“Unlock the door.” He says to Lucas who obliges, Valoria takes a step back.

“Turn around.” Cam says, she walks up to him and runs a finger down his chest, “Or I'll make you."

“Oh, please, make me” She whispers, “And don't make me beg, you're the dog you need to be the one to beg." She licks h lips. Cam expertly turns her around and ties her hands together, she screams and struggles but is no match for him.

He puts her head on the bed and ties her feet together. She's facing away from him on the floor. then takes his knife out and runs is along the bottom of her foot, not drawing blood but letting her feel the sharp blade.

“/ll let you choose.” His voice dark, “Which one of your toes can you part with?’ Lucas gives me a look, I guess he didn't realize this was Cam's version of easing her into it.

“No, n-no. I can't have such lovely feet She whimpers.

“Well then I guess the pinky toe is a good one to start with” He leans over her, “I told you 1 would play nice.’ He whispers in her ear.

“Wait no, I'l talk”

“Too late.” Cam grabs her foot and, without hesitating, runs the knife through her small toe, blood spurts across his shirt. Lucas flinches.

She wails loudly, a mix of a scream of pain and a cry. “N-n-no, stop it, 1 said I would talk.” She says through gritted teeth glaring back at Cam trying to scoot away from him.

“This is just insurance,” He flips her over and holds up her toe, “This can be reattached within a few hours," He rolls her to in between his thumb and pointer finger. “If you give us satisfactory answers, that is.”

He continues rolling it, looking bored and talks over his shoulder, “Lucas, would you be a doll and go to the front door? Someone is bringing a bowl of ice.”

Lucas leaves without saying anything. Cam drags the chair from the hall and lets it scratch the floor on the way in.

“Now, where were we?" He asks.

(Benjamin)

There wasn't much I had to do to prepare for the trial, it was all in Val's hands now and I trusted her to do this. She said t potion would be fool-proof and in less than a week Moonstone would be under my control.

it would all be perfect, I would have no problem mating Hailey to someone ranked in another pack, and I could put off Se taking over the pack for even longer. I kind of got lucky that he was such an outward f**k up, so no one questioned me nc giving him the title earlier. I had no intention of giving it to him anytime soon anyway, and this would prolong my excuse taking over two packs.

My phone rings and 1 absentmindedly pick it up.

“Alpha, Benjamin?”

"Yes?"

“This is Cacious, 'm instructed to follow up with you regarding the company you hired to start the new omega village. I fight the urge to hang up, the trial was literally a few days ago and they wanted me to start construction already?

“Yes, I'm still weighing my options, I want a reputable business that can complete it in a short amount of time”

“Uh huh, hmm, well I can send over a list of ones in the area, there are quite a few werewolf-owned firms near you."

“Yes, do that" 1 go to hang up,

“Great, I'll call you tomorrow and see who you have chosen.’

This was my pack and I would not be babysat by any elders on building a village. I'm hoping that they wouldn't be so serious about it going forward and they just needed to see me put in effort.

I went back over to the finance papers on my desk, we honestly couldn't afford it. I managed to sell off the construction company that this pack owned as soon as I took over, it was a large sum of cash but that didn't last forever, especially sin there wasn't a steady stream of income coming in from elsewhere. I couldn't access the other companies, and I knew they had them, but they weren't in Silver Moon's name.

Sure the pack members paid some of their dues, taxes as the humans call it, to be able to stay in the pack and benefit frc the resources. I wish I would have implemented rent as soon as I took over. It's custom for pack members to live in their pack houses for free and have the Alpha provides, but f**k that, I didn’t want to provide for them all, they weren't my children.

I should have renamed the company and just kept it going instead of selling it, I was young and stupid and wanted to coy my tracks.

it doesn't matter, I wouldn't think about it now. Moonstone has enough money to cover both packs expenses. I wondered the Black's companies were tied to Jackson or to Moonstone, would I get those too? Or just pack funds?

I was looking forward to it actually. I had to admit when Alpha Jackson first challenged me I was terrified, but that only lasted for a few minutes, he didn't know who he was dealing with and the fact that he challenged me, no one would question my motives, because they were his.

After this, I could take over another pack and expand my rule, my army would be limitless, and no one, not even the elde could stop me.

Thank you, Jackson, you just gave me all the power I needed for complete control.

(Jackson)

Lucas comes back with a bowl of ice and hands it to Cam who plops the toe in it and then scoots it away with his foot. “Now, Valoria. Let's start from the beginning, shall we?”

I stand behind Cam with my arms crossed, I was the Alpha but this was where Cam excelled, and had to admit, I was enjoying the show.

“How do you know Alpha Benjamin?”

“We met years ago, in the city, actually at a bar”

“How long ago?”

“Um, about twenty years? Almost twenty, I'm not sure” She speaks rapidly.

“Have you helped him with any dark magic in the past?”

She hesitates and then nods slightly, “Yes, a few things here and there. Nothing big” She looks to the cell walls.

“You're lying.’ Cam states, not a question.

“He wanted me to help him win a challenge.” She blurts out, now we were getting somewhere, “Does that count as big, dog?” She spits, getting her fierceness back.

“And were you going to?” She nods, “What was the plan?”

“It wasn't settled on, but some kind of poison maybe, slow down the other Alpha but not in an obvious way” Cam nods, “Why would you do this for him?”

“What do you mean?”

“What did you get out of it? Did he pay you?” She shakes her head and looks down,

“We are, um, friends.’

“Hal” Cam laughs, “I've never heard of a dark witch doing something out of the goodness of her heart.”

“Fine.” She spits, her eyes meet his in an intense gaze, “We are lovers."