Mated in the shadow of my sister by lady gwen

Chapter 0238

(Brady POV)

It has now been three full days since Charlotte, Lily, James, and I returned to Black Moon. A lot has happened during that short period of time.

For example, there have been several planning meetings with our allies to discuss the takeover of West Mountain Pack, the takeover of the werewolf council, and the various trials that will need to be held. As the Goddess-chosen leader of the werewolf council, Lily technically does not need input from us or our allies on most of these decisions. However, Lily has been adamant from the beginning that she wants as much buy-in from the broader werewolf community as she can get. She says that getting the buy-in will help rebuild the council’s reputation, will help ensure that future problems are brought to the council’s

attention, and will help foster future peace.

In addition to the planning meetings, my father has been working with Lily and James several hours a day to help them understand, develop, and practice their new powers. (Or at least the powers that they cant

practice. Obviously, Lily is not going to “practice” freeing someone’s wolf.)

Lily originally struggled with the alpha command, which meant that she needed extra time to practice it. They figured out that she was unconsciously holding back out of fear of hurting someone with it and out of fear of the power itself. To help her move past that issue, they decided to use yours truly as the “test dummy.” The thinking was that -being young and an alpha- no matter how much force she used, Lily could not hurt me unless she really, really, really wanted to.

You can imagine how much appreciated having to sit for hours on end while James and Lily practiced. ordering me to do goddess-whatever occurred to them. (Hint: not at all.) Even then, it might have been okay, but Charlotte quickly decided to take advantage of the situation by suggesting that Lily and James

to order me to do ridiculous and embarrassing things like meowing like a cat and doing the chicken

dance.

Charlotte said that her suggestions were simply about making Sammy laugh. (Sammy and my mother

returned to Black Moon fairly late on the night that we confronted Evelyn and Andrew.) I am sure that

making Sammie laugh was part of it, and it is the only reason that I did not murder James despite how

much fun he seemed to be having at my expense. At the same time, I also know that an equally

important part of Charlotte’s suggestions was teaching me a lesson.

And what was that lesson? That Charlotte will not put up

with my

bullsh&t.

You already know the events that led up to Charlotte slapping me. What you do not know is that I made.

things worse later that night. How? Well, I sort-of insisted that James and Lily stay in separate bedrooms while at Black Moon because they are not yet married. Everyone was shocked by my demand, including

To be fair, I had not really expected them to stay in separate rooms; I was just still feeling a little bitter

and I wanted to be an a&&hole.

Unfortunately, being an a&&hole cost me. Not only did my father overrule me on the separate bedrooms. thing, but also Charlotte reacted by insisting that the separate bedrooms rule apply to us as well.

I tried to apologize to Charlotte and explain that I was just trying to take a dig at James, but she could not be convinced to change her mind. If anything -thanks to Charlotte being fiercely protective of Lily-my

explanation only made things worse.

So much worse, in fact, that Charlotte actually said this to me in front of my father. “I have realized that you are right, Brady. It is important to honor the conservative values of your pack. From now on, out of respect for Black Moon’s family values, I will remain celibate until I either leave Black Moon or I am

married.”

That single comment had my father ready to start planning my wedding… not because he wanted me to

get laid, but because that was how much he loved the way that Charlotte handled me. Unfortunately,

Kalen was not so amused; I think he seriously would have killed me if he could have.

Indeed, Kalen was (and is) just as stubborn as Charlotte. He absolutely refused to shut up and let me

sleep unless he was close to her. As a result, for the next three nights, I ended up having to sleep on the

floor outside Charlotte’s room. Thankfully, my mother-despite being just as amused by the situation as

my father- brought me a pillow and blanket the first night, and I have remembered to grab those myself

the last couple of nights.

Speaking of my mother, she also adores Charlotte. It seriously took all of fifteen minutes for her to fall in

love with her. Charlotte’s ability to keep me on my toes certainly helped, but it was Charlotte’s reaction to

meeting Sammy that really pulled on my mother’s heart strings… and mine too, if I am being completely

honest.

Backing up, I had been worried about how to explain everything to Sammy about his mom and Andrew. I

was also unsure how I should explain who Charlotte was. But, when Sammy and my mom returned from

Red River, the problem solved itself. Sammy by passed me and ran immediately to Charlotte and gave her a huge hug. Charlotte embraced Sammy immediately; it was almost as though he was already her son.

Sammy’s move shocked all of us until he explained. Apparently, the Moon Goddess came to him shortly

before he was kidnapped. She told him that bad wolves were about to come for him, but she did not

want him to be scared because he would be quickly rescued. She also told him that she had given his daddy (in other words, me) a very special gift. She wanted Sammy to know that the gift was not just for me, but also for him too, because his mommy and Andrew might not be around as much as they used to be due to some very bad mistakes that they made.

Sammy knew right away that Charlotte was the gift that the Moon Goddess was referring to, and his story confirmed what I think all of us had already figured out: Charlotte and I were second chance mates. The

only problem was that Charlotte’s wolf had not woken up yet.

“She will wake up when you are ready for her,” Kalen told me. “I can feel her wolf on the surface, but you

are not ready for her yet.”

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