Fated To The Alpha by Jessica Hall Chapter 179 When we got home it was nearly dinner time. Derrick and Jonah picked dinner up on the way home but Andrei didnât even acknowledge them, instead racing to his office and shutting the door. Jonah was trying to show him something, but Andrei was too distracted to notice. Luckily Jonah quickly forgot as Derrick distracted him and pulled him into the living room and put a kids movie on. I watched for a bit while eating dinner but after an hour curiosity got to me. I could hear crashing coming from the office. I heard him on the phone multiple times, and heard him talking to Kat, Ezra.
Some man from the city, the one who gave us the news, the one who said we couldnât keep Jonah safe here with us. Andrei was raging but most of all what he felt was fear, the same as me. Fear for what would happen to our Jonah.
It was killing me wondering what would happen to him, he was such a bubbly boy despite all he lived through, despite what he lost, he always smiled.
Now I wondered if his new home would be warm, would it be safe, would he have enough to eat, would he be happy, would he thrive but most of all would he be loved because I loved him, the pack loved him, Andrei loved him. Jonah has no idea the handprints he has left on everyoneâs heart here.
He was the light after so much darkness, this pack suffered but Jonah kept them on their toes, made them laugh. Jonah filled us with hope. He was the hope I had that we could be a family. He was the hope that made us all want to keep fighting. It was because of him, the pack came alive again.
âIs Mr Andrei ok?â Jonah whispers from where he was sitting on my lap. He yawns tiredly and I nod. Malik tried to calm Andrei down, His father did, but they were just as devastated. Malik ran from the place with tears trailing down his face.
Getting up, I tuck the blanket around Jonah. He watches me leave and Derrick moves sitting by his feet while I wander down the hall to the office. I push the door open and Andrei was arguing with someone on the phone over temporary custody, or asking to at least be able to check the living conditions. His words make me more nervous.
What had set him off so completely.
He has been on the phone since we got home, has not left the office and for the most part I was too afraid to know. I wait for him to get off the phone and he tosses it on the desk falling into his chair heavily.
â I donât know what to do, we never should have told anyone we found himâ He says staring off.
He swallows his eyes red and puffy like he had been crying and I move closer not knowing whether I should touch him or not but when I step closer he pulls me on his lap, pressing his face into my shoulder blades. I stare at the printed pieces of paper on his desk.
My heart sinks when I see a photo of a man. But not just any photo, it was a mugshot. His crimes ranged from petty theft, to assault. Domestic violence and he even had one for fraud. Clive Steed. There was also some information on his family.
Sister Melissa Marie Steed. Going over the documents I found the domestic violence report, there were multiple and most were against his own mother and his younger sister. Car theft, the list never ending and I was shocked to see he actually spent time in a human prisons too, that was the first time I had ever heard of a werewolf spend time in a human correctional facility but said he did three years for kidnap and shooting his sister in the leg and breaking her arm.
âHe canât go with this manâ I whisper, picking up the picture with his mugshot again. He had greasy dark hair and resembled a thug, with his beard and tattoos on his face. What I found most disturbing though was the way he smiled in his mugshot like it was some joke, that he was better than not only pack laws but human ones too..
âThe motherâs brother?â I ask and Andrei nods against my shoulder.
âHe has no money, in fact he owes nearly a hundred look to some pretty fucked up people. But despite all that, he is blood I am not. We canât do anything. Kat and Ezra have spent nearly all night, trying to find away for us to keep himâ
âCanât kat overrule him?â I ask, she is Queen after all.
âKatâs livid, even she said what use is being Queen if she couldnât overrule. But she would have to change Pack law and that takes time. After everything with Dominic, no one will vote in her corner until she proves herself, Laws are written in bloody treatyâs and expected to be upheld until changed or revised. She goes against it, we could start wars with every pack for abusing her authorityâ
âBut she can command them, â I tell him.
âItâs more than that Sage, itâs Pack politics, you canât just do what you want without reason because you are stronger, not without severe repercussionsâ
âBut he is a bad personâ
âSome would say I am too, Sage. It doesnât matter what he did, by law he has paid for those crimes and is free now, he is blood to Jonah and the only living relative and hasnât broken any of his orders since being released 2 years ago. Besides his debt they have nothing on himâ
âSo we just let him go, let this man take him. The same man that beat his own mother and sister.
Whatâs saying he wonât do those things to Jonah?â I ask appalled. I felt sick, this couldnât be happening.
âNo, he canât go with himâ I tell him, getting up. We could run with him, hide him, anything has to be better than letting him go with this horrid man.
âWe have no choice, Sage. He isnât oursâ
âHe is, you found him. His uncle didnât even know he was missing, please. We can run with himâ Andrei shakes his head.
âWe have a pack Sage, itâs not that simple â Andrei says, placing his head in hands.
âWe will get him back, we just have to wait. It will just take timeâ He breathes rubbing his temples.
âHow much time?â
âI donât know,â He says, running his fingers through his hair. I was shaking in anger, in fear for him. Andrei gets up walking out of the room. I follow after him and he stops before walking into the living room. Despite how tired Jonah was, he instantly sat up, a big smile on his face when Andrei sat beside him.
âJonah, do you know how to use a phone?â Andrei asks him. I lean on the doorframe watching. Derrick jumps off the couch walking away. He returns with his phone, it was an older button model which would be simple for a kid to use, no passwords.
âNoâ Jonah tells him.
âGive him mineâ Derrick says, going through it and erasing everything on it.
âHe still needs to know the number in case he loses thisâ Derrick tells Andrei who nods.
âJonah I need you to listen okay, we are going to show you how to use the phone, so you can ring usâ
âWhy do I need to ring you, you are next to me?â Jonah laughs and I look at the ceiling trying to swallow my emotion.
âBecause tomorrow you are going to a new home, so you need to know how to use a phone okâ
âA new home? but I want to stay hereâ Jonah says, looking over the couch at me and I couldnât handle his tear filled eyes.
âItâs only for a short time, then you come back here, but you use the phone, get me a pen and paperâ Andrei says looking behind him and Derrick rushes off before returning. Andrei writes his mobile number on it. I had doubts about how a child of his age was going to remember a 10 digit number when some adults couldnât.
â I donât want to ring you, I want to stay. I want to stay hereâ Jonah says, crying and tossing the phone. Andrei grips his face.
âStop, I need you to do this. I canât be with you when you goâ
âGo where?â Jonah asks.
âWith your Uncle Cliveâ
âClive, Clive â he whispers, his eyes going wide like he suddenly remembered the face that went with the name. Jonah shakes his head, crying harder and Andrei tries to calm him down.
âHe made mum cry, he took our house, I want to stay here, please let me stay, I will be goodâ Jonah says.
âHe is coming to get you tomorrowâ Jonah starts shaking his head smacking Andreiâs hands.
âListen Jonah, stop and listen to me, I will get you back, I promise but I need you to show me you can use this phone. That you can ring us, if you need usâ
âYou promise, I can come back home?â Jonah says, tears spilling on Andreiâs hands. He holds his shaking pinky up and Andrei looks at his tiny pinkie in the air before wrapping his around Jonahâs.
âI swear to you, I will bring you home. I wonât let him keep you, you are ours but you need to go and behave, until I can get you back, but I will get you backâ Andrei tells him and Jonahâs sobs turn to hiccups and he nods.
Jonah sniffles, tears staining his face as Andrei tries showing him how to use the phone before telling Jonah to do it. Once he had successfully used the phone by himself and rang Andreiâs number 10 times, Andrei tried to get him to memorize the number. It was impossible, Andrei tried for hours and it was nearly midnight. Jonah yawning and his eyes fluttering only for Andrei to wake him.
âAndrei, no moreâ I tell him.
âHe needs to remember the numberâ Andrei snaps at me, becoming frustrated. I know it was out of fear but Jonah was falling asleep.
âSage is right, he is exhausted, let him sleep. Try in the morningâ Derrick tells him. Andrei nods letting Jonah lay back down. He tucks the blanket back around him but remains by his side. Derrick pats my shoulder pulling out the sofa bed when I hear a soft knock on the door. My eyes were raw from so much crying and I sucked in a breath walking over to the door and opening it.
Malik, Casen, Vince, Nora. Zane about 20 people were at the door with pillows and blankets. My heart clenched at the sight of their broken faces. I push the door open wider letting them in and they all file into the living room surrounding the couch making themselves comfortable on the floor.
Derrick chucks more logs on the fire and as I go to close the door my throat restricts when I see the entire pack laying on the ground out front. They couldnât fit in the packhouse they knew that, but they wanted to guard their boy. Their Jonah. The little boy they all spent hours hunting for, chasing Fated To The Alpha ï¤Chapter 178 Alpha's Regret-My Luna Has A Son ï¤Chapter 149: Epilogue after, the little boy that took a broken pack and put them back together reminding them how to smile and laugh. I leave the door open before going back to the couch. Andrei moves over and I climb in behind Jonah tucking his body against mine.
âWe will bring you home, we wonât give up, you have a huge family here fighting for you Jonah, you are pack, you are oursâ I whisper to him before pressing my lips to his forehead and closing my eyes.