A Secret Alpha Mate

(Jackson)

I try to slip out of bed before Isla gets up, one last round of sparring to clear my mind and then spent the day relaxing, ar giving my body a proper rest before the challenge tomorrow. It would give my wolf enough time to heal any minor injurie and I could wake up feeling my best.

“No, come back.” Isla mumbles as I slip out of the sheets. I turn around to kiss her forehead.

“I'll be back in an hour, just sparring with Lucas and Cam one last time, then I'm yours for the day, love.” She sits up and wipes her eyes, and blinks a few times trying to wake up. It was adorable.

“Can I come watch?” She asks.

“Of course you can. You sure you don't want to get more sleep? I know you probably wont sleep well tonight” To be hone I wouldn't sleep that well either. She shakes her head.

“I should get up anyways, there are a few things that I need to do today” She jumps out of bed.

“We need to pack too.” She looks at me, an eyebrow raised, “For Silver Moon." She still looks confused, “I told you this las night?”

“When?”

“In bed, you were laying on me’

“Oh, I think I might have fallen asleep.” She laughs.

“Next time I'll make sure I get a response from you,” I laugh too, “Well I wanted us to stay at Silver Moon for a few days to assess the situation there. We would be gone for no more than a week."

She looks a bit taken aback, “If you're not comfortable yet, you don't have to come.” I walk over to her and take her hand: in mine, “I would love you by my side, but I understand completely. Becoming Luna of Silver Moon while you're still learning the ropes of Moonstone, it's a lot”

“No, I need to be there. I'll come. Just because 'm a bit nervous doesn't mean that I don’t want to do it. If I avoided everything that I was nervous about I wouldn't get anything done.” She looks up at me and smiles, “Besides I would love see all my old friends again, and help as much as I can”

I take her hand and lead her to the bathroom, “Lets get ready then, I'm meeting them in 15, is that too soon?”

“Nope,” She heads to her sink and turns on the water, “Wait, what is going to happen to Julianna and Hailey and Seth?” “We're not sure, I'll give them the option to stay pack members if they want, but they might run after the challenge. What do you think we should do?” I ask her.

“I think offering them a place is nice, they can have a house in the pack village, and do some work for once in their life. I bet they're going to try to pull some crap, so we're going to need to keep an eye on them.”

“1 agree, they wont go down without a fight, even when Benjamin is gone” She turns off the water and leans on the counter, “Are you sure, like one hundred percent confident, that he can't pull any other st Its just going to be you vert him?”

“I can never be fully sure, but I'm pretty certain.” She thinks this over.

“Okay, I know you can do this, I just don't want you to get hurt.” She looks down, “At all”

“Don’t worry, baby. I say, “You'll see how quickly I can heal after sparring”

She nods, “Let me get dressed and I'm ready to go.”

(1sla)

I followed Jackson to the basement, where their indoor sparring area was. I realized that there was still so much of this pack that I didn't know about, and I would become Luna of another pack tomorrow, that I knew about, but only the packhouse.

You got this, we got this.

I know, you're right, I just feel like we cant catch a break. A day or two to breathe would be nice.

Thats boring, keep up, sweet cheeks.

ugh

Also, let me mate with Flint.

Oops - I felt guilty

Yeah

Tonight, I told Elder John I would show him us, well you.

Ill be there.

“Ayyy, our Luna is here. Finally ready to get training?” Lucas says as I enter the arena. The ceilings seemed high for a basement and bright lights surrounded a small arena.

“Wow.” I breathed, this looked like a professional sporting arena I saw on one of Jackson's shows. I don't know what I expected, but nothing like this. The word basement seemed dark and dingy. I've only been to the basement at Silver Moo once, some of the omegas lived down there and it made me felt lucky having a small window in my room. It was dark and damp and ours contained storage and bedrooms, That was it.

“Pretty nice right?” Lucas opens his arms.

“I would love to get you training one of these days” Cameron comes up behind him.

“Uh,” 1 never thought about training, “That actually sounds good.” I decided. I wanted to be as strong physically and mentally that I could be for this pack, “When we get back from Silver Moon? Can we start then?”

cameron nods and grins enthusiastically, “You're on, Luna." Jackson smiles down at me and squeezes me to him.

“Alright, let's get started. Just an hour today, and then all three of us spend the day relaxing and recuperating. That's an order” Jackson says.

“Yes, Alpha.” Lucas and Cameron say at the same time, smiling at him.

“Alright, who's first?” Jackson walks into the ring.

“I'm ready.” Cameron says and Lucas leaves the ring and takes a seat on a bench motioning for me to sit next to him. “Alright, let's see what you got." Jackson says to Cameron.

They circle around each other for a few moments, assessing each others moves. They seemed to know what the other wa thinking, I'm sure they've been sparring together since they were children.

it started off like a dance. Cameron made the first move to throw a punch and Jackson swayed out of the way. Jackson we for a low kick, Cameron easily jumped over.

I wasn't sure if it was easier or harder if you knew how your partner fought as well as they did. I guess I would find out when I started training.

A few more minutes of this dance until Jackson made the first contact, a high kick that sent Cameron reeling back almost off the mat. I sat up and grabbed the edge of the metal seat in my hands.

jackson leaped, but Cameron was able to roll away, catching Jackson momentarily off guard. Cameron maneuvered to lea on his back and pull him to the ground. I didn't realize that I gasped when Jackson was pulled back until 1 heard Lucas chuckle.

“This is nothing.” He said.

jackson struggled for a second before breaking free from Cameron's grasp, getting back to his feet. They started the danc again, only for a few seconds this time before Cameron punched Jackson so hard in the face I heard a crack. I shot to my feet, eyes wide as blood pooled from my mate's nose.

jackson brushed it off, and seemed not to notice the blood that was now dripping on the mat and landed three back to back punches to Cameron followed by a sweeping kick, so fast I almost missed it.

Cameron was on his back now and Jackson pounced on him and held him in a position I didn't think he could get out of, mouth open, teeth glimmering, almost touching Cameron's neck.

“Alright, Jackson one point.” Lucas stands up, “Again.” He mutters. Lucas takes off his shirt and gets in the ring.

“Wait! Jackson are you okay?” Jackson looks at me.

“Of course, my nose will heal within a few hours, as long as Lucas doesn't take advantage of my broken nose.” Jackson giv Lucas a look.

“Hey, hey, I'll take any advantages I can get. Let's go, Alpha. Time to ruin that pretty face of yours."

jackson smiles and they start circling each other.

(Jackson)

Sparring went well, it was nice having Isla there to watch. I felt like I performed better than I had in ages knowing she wa: watching. I took Cam down in a little over five minutes, usually it takes at least ten.

I knew having her at the challenge tomorrow, and having a real enemy, and someone to fight for would make me even better.

Isla insisted we all see the doctor after, and we reluctantly did. He confirmed what we knew, that our injuries would heal a few hours. still, Isla looked relieved for us all.

I was enjoying a hot bath to help loosen up my sore muscles, while Isla was with my parents and Elder John for a late lunch, discussing possibilities of her past.

My dad wasn't able to remember the previous Alpha either, he must have worked closely with him, but he couldn't remember doing business with anyone but Benjamin.

Maybe Benjamin was older than we thought he was, maybe that's what Valoria was doing, extending his life and he was really over a hundred years old. I laughed in my head, but I wouldn't rule anything out at this point. Everything surroundi his pack got more and more strange, the more we found out.

jackson — Cam's voice clouds my head

It had better be important

I think we found Jennifer's accomplice

Where are you?

Jennifer's parents’ house

Give me five

(Cameron)

Gamma - one of my warriors links me

Yes

The omega you told us to look out for, we think he’s here

Which one?

The one that visited Jennifer in a stolen car

same plates?

No, same type of car. Facial recognition is a 78% match of the photo you provided.

Let him in

I dropped my towel that I had around my waist after my shower and threw on the closest clothes I could grab. I raced doy stairs, not bothering to take the elevator knowing it would slow me down, I bump into Lucas coming up the stairs, still in his training clothes eating a sandwich.

“Come on.” I shout to him

“Uh-w-what?” He replies, but I hear his footsteps behind me.

When we reached the ground floor I stop running and let him catch up, “They think they found the omega that might hav helped Jennifer’

“Yes! I thought today would be boring” He inhales the rest of his sandwich and licks his fingers, “Where is he heading?” “We're assuming Jennifer's house.”

I link a few of my warriors to meet me there in ten but to stay back, I want to asses the situation first.

“Have you told Jackson?” Lucas asks, matching my pace.

“Not yet, I don't want to bother him if it's not him.” Lucas nods.

As Jennifer's parents’ house comes into my line of sight, I put my arm out to signal Lucas to stop.

sure enough, the black SUV was parked outside, he wasn't being discreet at all.

A tall brown-haired man was knocking on the back door. It didn't seem like anyone was home.

I take a few more steps forward and Lucas follows me, watching him peer into the windows, before turning around to survey the packhouse behind us.

Should we go? -Lucas mindlinks me, now that we are in hearing range

One second

My warriors link me that they are in view but staying hidden.

Let's do it - 1 link Lucas.

We stroll up to the house, looking as casual as possible.

“Hello, good sir. Can we help you with something?” Lucas starts, I fight the urge to roll my eyes.

He looks like a deer caught in the headlights, “Oh, hi. No, I was just visiting family, and it seems that they're not home yet I nod, raising an eyebrow while crossing my arms, “And were they expecting you?”

“Of course, I just can't remember where they said they put the key."

“Are you sure you're at the right house?” Lucas asks taking a step closer to him, even though this man was tall, Lucas still had a few inches over him.

“Yes, this is where Jennifer, uh, my cousin, lives. Or lived. I heard she was having the Alpha's baby so she might have move to the packhouse.” I nod but don't say anything.

“Ah, yes. Luna Jennifer” Lucas says, no emotion in his voice.

“She's Luna?” He says with a mix of shock and relief, “So she’s in the packhouse? Shes okay?"

“I mean, she’s been better” I say, cryptically, “But she is residing in part of the packhouse at the moment.”

Confusion flashed across his face, “Is she okay? Is the baby." He trails off. Why would he care so much about the baby? Unless..

Do you think this dope is the father? — Lucas links what I was thinking

That's something to consider

“You want to see her?” Lucas says, and he nods slowly, “That can be arranged. Do you think so, Cam?”

I chuckle, “Yes I think it can.”

You can come out now, no need to rush, just walk up behind him, don't let him get away. 1 link my warriors

“Okay, shall we take you to her then?”

“You can have her meet me here, no need for all the formalities.” He gulps, sensing something isn't right.

“That wouldn't be as fun. You said she’s your cousin right?” I say, raising an eyebrow. He catches sight of one of my men and tries to run for his car, not before I grab the back of his shirt.

“Get the f**k off of me!” He yells, “What is your problem? I'm not allowed to visit now?" He tries to get away, ripping his shirt. Lucas grabs one of his arms, and 1 let go of his shirt to grab the other.

“You wouldn't happen to also have slept with said cousin would you have?” His eyes go wide.

“Is this because she told the Alpha she slept with me? How is that fair? I'm sure he's been with a million women, and he won't let Jenn sleep with her, with someone.” He kicks, struggling against us.

He still doesn't get it, he thinks Jennifer is Luna - I link Lucas

i***t. I can’t wait to see his face

I can’t wait to see her face

Me either — Lucas smiles widely at me

“Let's see what the Alpha has to say about that.” Lucas says darkly. I smile but this guy can’t see.

“Take me to the Luna, you said I could talk to her” His voice cracks,

“Fine, fine, as you wish."

jackson

It better be important

I think we found Jennifer's accomplice