Fated To The Alpha by Jessica Hall Chapter 163 Andrei POV I sat in my office bored as I looked over the business portfolioâs. I really needed to get into the City and check on things. Some of our pack businesses had taken a major hit recently, there was no explanation for it that I could find, yet the numbers were dropping. Sitting back I toss the file down on my desk when Zane walks in.
âWhatâs up, have you seen Sage?â I ask him, wondering what she was getting up to today, she was always so busy now making me suspicious of her activities and a lot of the time, I struggled to find her. Or when I did she was always in the fields helping our men with harvesting and gardening. Or sewing, she spent a lot of time sewing now. Not that it bothered me but it did make me wonder if she was trying to provide the entire pack with quilts with the amount she had made so far.
âThink she is off with Vince and Casen in the fieldsâ Zane says, not meeting my eye and I lean forward bracing my arms on my desk watching him.
âThat didnât sound like a very sure answer, Zaneâ He sighs running a hand through his hair.
âShe was there last I checked, I have been busy dealing with the Southern borderâ
âAnother attempt?â I ask him and he shrugs, I knew they werenât telling me how bad the rogue situation was getting on that border. Yet I trusted they would tell me if I needed to intervene.
â So why are you here?â I ask, turning back to the many documents causing my headaches.
âI was checking the business reports earlierâ I held them up, also trying to figure out where the money was going and why we were slipping under into the red on a few of them.
âYou think it is odd too?â
âYep, any idea on whatâs going on?â I ask him.
âI was talking with Derrick before he left, I think we need to change accountantsâ
âThat is also what I am thinking too, the reports from the managers donât match the accountantsâ
âWant me to handle it?â Zane asks. âYou want to deal with it?â I ask him.
âI can take Malik, or wait for your father to return and take him, he is better with this stuff then meâ Zane admits and he was right, having my father here was a blessing and a torment, though now he has been gone a few days I have noticed his absence and how much he was helping out.
âYeah wait for Derrick to come back and let him handle it with youâ Zane sighs, taking a seat and I realize it is nearly 4PM. The day slipped by quickly.
Everyday seemed to blur past me these days, I felt like I was on autopilot most of the time.
Getting up I grab my coffee mug and head to the kitchen and dump it in the sink. Zane follows me upstairs to the surveillance room.
â I can check them, why donât you go shower and then find Sageâ He offers. I donât know what is going on with him the last few days since my father left, but he has been up my ass constantly like a bad wedgie.
âItâs fine Zane, you go find Sage and tell her to come home for meâ I tell him and he looks at the surveillance cameras nervously and I cock my head to the side observing him, he seemed worried about something.
âDefinitely, why doesnât he want us checking the cameras?â Donnie says, also thinking he had been acting odd the last couple of days.
I walk in, kicking the cameras on not noticing anything suspicious at first and I could feel Zane lingering behind me and I look over my shoulder at him to realize he was mindlinking someone.
Turning back to game cameras, I spot movement. I watch the figures freeze and turn around noticing Sage somewhere she shouldnât be. Vince and Casen with her. They look back toward the packhouse and Zane takes in a sharp breath behind me.
My blood instantly starts boiling in my veins, there was no reason for Sage to be out that far and why so close to where she was captured by me. She knew that was out of bounds. I had already stripped shreds of both boys last time I caught her out of bounds.
Barging past Zane he tries to grab my arm. âLet me explain, they mean no harm Alphaâ he says in a rush.
âNow why would you need to explain unless you were aware of this?â I growl at him before shoving him off. I rush out of the packhouse walking around the back of it and running through the trees in their direction. They had to pass me to get back to the fields and Donnie urged me faster, forcing partial control. A growl tears out of me when I hear them running from me, I quickly catch their scents before spotting them. I pick up my pace tackling Vince in his wolf form. He whimpers and we both slam into a tree making Sage and Casen stop in their tracks. A menacing growl escapes me as I get up.
â Someone care to explain what the f*ck you three are doing this far out?â They all looked at me yet I noticed the baskets they were carrying were now gone. I looked at Sage who looked at Casen petrified. Casen steps forward to say something and I step toward him when Sage yanks him back, stepping in front of him.
âWe werenât doing anything wrongâ She says and I feel my anger building, she knows she shouldnât be out this far. Vince shifts beside me and I look down at his naked form and he ducks his head and I reach down to grab him.
âItâs not their fault, Andrei. Let them goâ Sage speaks, making me look at her but they knew where she was allowed to be and it wasnât here.
â I am going to give you 5 seconds to answer my question or- â I was cut off by movement behind me and I turned to see Zane and Malik behind me. I growl forcing my Alpha aura out and making the drop to the ground. Turning back around I find everyone on their hands and knees fighting the urge to submit. Walking over to Sage, I grip her arm, yanking her to her feet. Casen goes to protest but I glare at him and he bares his neck to me.
I start stomping through the forest dragging her with me, Donnie growling and pacing in my head wanting to punish them for risking her life by taking her so close to the borders.
âSpeak Sage before I f*cking explodeâ I tell her as she stumbles trying to keep up with me. I keep a tight grip on her so she doesnât fall but I was much too angry to stop. I didnât trust myself not to hurt one of them.
âI was taking food to the roguesâ She blurts out and I freeze looking down at her.
âYou were what?â I scream at her and she flinches at my anger and I force myself to take a deep breath, trying to calm myself before I do something I couldnât come back from like hurt her. I grit my teeth and I could feel my entire body trembling with rage.
âThey just need help, I wanted to help themâ She says and I keep walking through the forest toward the packhouse, I was aware of them trailing at a distance behind us, knew they were waiting for me to lose it. I had no doubt they would attack me for her but I wouldnât hurt her no matter how much she angers me.
âAndrei please, let-â
âDonât Sageâ I warn her as the packhouse comes into view. I push her ahead letting her walk on her own and she stops making me run into her.
âKeep walking, donât f*cking tempt me right now, sageâ I wanted to lock her in my basement where I knew she would be safe, where she couldnât run off and if she defies me she might just find herself down there. She lets out a breath but continues to walk.
She stops at the door pressing her hand to the panel. The door unlocks and I shove her inside before slamming the door and removing her palm print so she canât get out. She bangs on the door as I lock her in.
âAndrei, no. Please donât lock me in. Let me explainâ I ignore her walking away and back to the treeline. Zane was standing there waiting for me with his hands out like he was trying to cage a wild animal.
âWhere are they?â I ask him.
âI sent them home, but Andrei you donât need to do this. She only wanted to help themâ
âShow me, â I tell him. Zane shakes his head.
âNoâ
âExcuse me? You will f*cking show me where she goes. Now I know why I can never find her, how long Zane. How long has she been sneaking around behind my back, and how many of you knew?â I ask him. I felt betrayed, they were lying to me, my own f*cking mate has been lying to me.
âThe last 2 months, they havenât been coming in search of food since she started doing it Andreiâ
âShe f*cking kept it from meâ I scream at him.
âBecause she knew you would be like this, we all kept it from youâ He tells me.
âHow many knew, f*cking tell me Zaneâ
âEveryone but you,â He says, shocking me. I take a step back.
âEveryone as in the entire fcking pack knew and not one of you said anything, I am your fcking Alphaâ I scream at him, taking a step toward him my fists clenching by my sides with the urge to punch him.
âAnd she is our Luna, â Zane says.
âNot yet she isnât, now f*cking take me to themâ âWe donât see them, we drop the baskets and thatâs it, the next day they are emptyâ Zane says.
âI wonât ask again, f*cking tell meâ I warn him. He scrubs a hand down his face.
âYou hurt them, she wont forgive you this time, the f*cking waterfall but I wonât be helping oyuhunt down rogues, I am done with this shit Andreiâ He says before stomping off toward the packhouse.
âWhere are you going?â
âTo check on my Lunaâ He snaps at me and I growl at him. I turn heading into the forest.
I found the spot yet the baskets were gone and I am pretty sure they never got a chance to drop them here. I squat by a tree out of view of the river. I could feel them mindlinking me and I shove Zane and Malik out. Clay also tries but gives up but after a couple of hours I mindlink Zane.
âHow is Sage?â I ask Zane.
âHow do you think she is, just come home to your mate and let it go Andreiâ Zane says but I ignore him blocking him back out.
The light turned to darkness and I remained in my spot waiting to spot the rogues that they have been hiding from me. I waited hours, the night turning colder as it went on. Glancing down at my watch I press the button and it lights up telling me it was 7:30 PM. I was about to give up and turn back around when I heard movement on the other side of the river before a teenage boy stepped out with four others, a girl who looked around Sages age, and two others around 6 and lo years old. I watch as they walk along the river.
âThere children Andreiâ Donnie whispers in my head. I watched them look around for a bit before turning around in disappointment and my stomach sank.
âWe were like them onceâ Donnie says and I growl at his words not wanting the reminder and they all freeze looking around for the threat. The older girl shifts and so does the teenage boy, both of them taking protective stances in front of the two children that werenât old enough to shift. I step out of the shadows and the girl and boy step forward growling, backing toward the mountain base beside the waterfall.
The two children dart off toward the cave behind it when the younger one, a boy, is shoved under the water by the force. The she -wolf howled and the teenage wolf rushed over before freezing when my eyes darted to the boy that was trapped to see the waterfall spit him out. He starts coughing washing down stream and before I realise what I am doing I had stepped into the water and gripped his arm pulling him above the water. I wasnât sure if I grabbed him or Donnie forced control.
I felt like a bystander in my own body as I pulled him to my side of the river. The she-wolf with matted brown fur growls jumping into the water and the boy shifts back reaching his arms into the waterfall and I knew the pressure must be killing his arms. I watch as he helps the girl out of the cave, his eyes not leaving mine. The she-wolf shakes herself out of the water with her teeth bared, her eyes on the boy I had a hold of. I look down at the petrified child.
âCome with meâ I tell no one in particular before turning around, pulling the child with me into the trees.
The she-wolf lunges at me, her teeth tearing into my leg and I growl before kicking my leg out on instinct, her body goes hurdling into a nearby tree.
âDonât test me girl, now tell them to follow so you can come back to my Luna, the one who has been leaving the basketsâ I tell her. She gets to her feet looking at the boy in my grip. I let him go and he instantly runs to the she-wolf who steps in front of him protectively.
Fated To The Alpha ï¤Chapter 162 Alpha's Regret-My Luna Has A Son ï¤Chapter 149: Epilogue âCome, donât. I donât care but food and shelter is that wayâ I tell them pointing toward the direction of my pack house. I start walking heading back home.
âWhat are you doing?â Donnie asks me.
â I have no ideaâ I tell him as I trudge back home before hearing them following after a few minutes. Walking home, I walk a slightly different route and come across the baskets stuffed behind a tree. I stop bending down and picking one up.
The footsteps behind me stop and I rummage through it to see whatâs inside. I find a quilt on the bottom folded neatly and recognise it as something Sage was working on last week with Malik. I swallow and look over my shoulder to find the boy that fell in the river staring at me, his clothes drenched. The she -wolf behind him and the other two a little further back.
I hold up an apple to the boy, he hesitantly reaches his hand out before snatching it and darting back to the she-wolf. I look past her to the girl before tossing one to her and she catches it with both hands.
âGrab the other basketâ I tell her before getting up and walking again. I walk for a few minutes before hearing the she-wolf growl loudly making me stop to stare back at her when a hand grabs mine. I looked down at the boy blinking at him in shock before staring at my hand he was holding. His brown eyes peered back up at me before he looked ahead, biting back into the apple I gave him. I close my hand around his small one and continue walking back home.