The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 82

Rafe POV

Rafe was absolutely furious; not had they only been tricked into believing that they had Mates for six and a half years. They had been, from what he had heard from Titan’s tale, it appeared, been the ones funding it as well. This whole time, all that money they had sent over to the Wolf Valley Pack, was being given to the one keeping whatever it was used upon them alive and well, to keep those two she-wolves here in place as their Mates.

If, as Titan stated, there were no upgrades to that pack at all, and Maria’s statement of ‘that’s what we pay you for.’ Not only had they been tricked by them, they were actively paying that old woman themselves, to keep themselves in the dark and blinded to the truth of the matter.

He didn’t know whose idea or plan it was to do this to them, or when it had been decided upon, or even how it had been achieved, but it was going to bloody stop. He was going to prove it all. Now to have Melissa set fire to that cottage, he was more than furious about it.

Stalked around inside his office, waiting on Allen to bring his so-called Mate into this very room, where she couldn’t do whatever it was to him that she would do to contain him.

‘She won’t come, Rafe.’ Allen mind-linked to him ‘Won’t step one foot outside of your suite. Told me to tell you. If you want to see her, you can go to her. In her suite. Hannah said, I can’t go in there.’

Her suite? He thought bitterly nothing here should belong to that woman up their posing as his Goddess Gifted Mate. He watched Jack walk into his office ‘Bring Maria to me then. If I can’t punish one, I’ll punish the other. And you bloody tell her that.” He snarled down the mind-link.

He was more than furious, she expected him to go up there to where he now knew she could control him, had come home and tried to lay her hands on him. Maria had gone on about a new perfume, likely this was what they used to confuse them, blind them to the actual goings on inside their own packhouse.

“Don’t fall for it, Rafe. She wants you to go up there, into that suite. She can likely make you feel like you love her up there, trick you once more into believing she’s you’re Goddess Gifted.”

“I’m well aware Jack.” He snarled at the man, wasn’t angry with him but was furious at the situation itself. “She is refusing to come here to me.”

Jack nodded. “Of course she is, they’ve already seen tonight that they have no control over us, in this room. Won’t come in here to confront you or me.”

‘Alpha Maria, won’t come either. I’m not allowed in that room ever, according to Hannah.’ Allen, mind-linked to him, sounded very confused ‘What is going on, Rafe?’ he asked.

Rafe thought about that for a moment and looked at Jack. They were going to need help at some point. He or both of them were going to be cornered or contained by those two and likely to forget everything all over again.

‘Allen go to Luci’s room,’ he told the man. There would be no mistaking his meaning. It’s what they all called her old suite, even Allen and Ian still called it Luci’s room. ‘take Ian with you, Jack and I might need your assistance…if we forget.’

‘Forget what?’ he asked curiously.

‘Just do as I tell you, the room will explain it to you.’ he muttered.

‘You’re being as cryptic as my Mates Alpha.’ He heard Allen huff before the link was cut, he knew the man would go and take Ian with him.

He left his office with Jack in tow, and made his way up to the fifth floor, the Alpha floor of his packhouse, to his suite. “Don’t go in there Rafe.” Jack half warned and half implored him “They have way more trouble with me than you Rafe.”

“Not anymore.” He snarled and pushed the door to his suite open, but did not step into the room itself.

Melissa, he could see, was standing there with her arms folded, glaring right at him. “If you want to argue, we’ll do it here in private, away from the pack.” She stated flatly.

Yes, he thought where no one can hear my accusations about you being a treasonous b***h “Argue? I’m not here to argue, I’m here as the Alpha of this pack. To punish you.” he snarled.

“I’m the Luna, you wouldn’t dare.” She shot right back.

“Oh, wouldn’t I? You just willingly and maliciously burnt down a part of the pack. Your scent is all over the trail that leads away from where the fire started…What the hell is wrong with you?” he roared.

Saw her turn and stalk away from him without so much as a single word, right into their bedroom and bang the door shut behind her. He knew she was trying to make him follow her in there. Turned his eyes to Jack, “Make me go into Luci’s room,” he grated out and took a deep breath in before stalking into his own suite, banging right into the bedroom. Found himself showered with dried flower petals, as he stepped in through the door. Melissa had thrown a handful of them at him, and he could actually feel his anger at her starting to abate.

A part of him knew what she was doing as she stood there before him, his eyes moved to her hands. She still had another fist full of them. She was also watching him closely now. He felt Solar snarl inside of him as they watched her get ready to throw more at them.

They dodged it when it happened, and he latched right onto her wrist so he could drag her from the suite. Only to have her latch right onto him and launch herself up to press her lips to his, tried to push her away only to have her cling onto him, then he was kissing her back as her hands moved through his hair and then he was pulling her into his arms sighed softly “I have missed you.” he murmured.

Was tugging at her clothes a moment later “Goddess you smell so good.” He g*****d as she shoved him down on the bed, let her, wanted her right this minute. Was undoing his pants a second later as she climbed right on top of him, smiled down at him and then took him and rode him all hard and fast, until she was done. Touched his mark spot, slid her fingers right over it, “It’s good to have you back with me.” She stated and then just climbed off him and headed for the bathroom.

His eyes followed her as she closed the door to their ensuite behind her, frowned; he didn’t understand exactly what was going on, knew he’d been angry coming into this room, but couldn’t recall why now. Sighed and sat himself up, his clothes weren’t even all the way off, he barely had his pants down, scrubbed a hand over his face and pulled them back on. Nothing had changed in this bedroom, it seemed.

s*x, her way as always, had got herself there but not him. He didn’t even feel satisfied right this minute, he was very confused. Looked around the room and there were dried flower petals all over the place. All over the bed around him as well. Didn’t recall putting them there. Sat on the bed and waited for her to come out of the bathroom.

Watched her come out of the bathroom and look right at him “What’s wrong?” she asked him.

“Nothing.” He replied “Where’d all the petals come from?”

“Oh, that was my surprise for you, a little romance for us. It’s been awhile since we had a romantic moment.”

He nodded. That was true, though his frown remained. The s*x had not been romantic in the slightest. “Come back to bed.” He held his handout to her. “I can be more romantic than that. If you want a night of real pleasure, I’ll give it to you.”

“I’m good, all sated.” She smiled right at him “I’m going to check on my sister.”

“Just mind-link to her, come back to bed.” He stood and walked over to her “you were gone over a week.” He murmured softly “I’ve missed you a lot.”

“I’m tired Rafe, it was a long trip and then I had to unpack. We just had s*x, we don’t need to do it again.”

He stared right at her, as she brushed his hand from her arm and headed out the door. Stood and watched her just leave, ‘don’t need to do it again’. It shouldn’t be a need, it should be a want, a part of you always wanted to be naked with your Mate, sometimes you had to contain yourself to get your daily duties done. “Why do I even bother.” He muttered into his now empty bedroom and got snarled at by his own wolf. It was the same every time she came home, s*x just once and then she was off to be with her sister once more.

‘a long trip.’ He thought more than annoyed, it was barely two hours’ drive and her unpacking, it was likely she had the omega’s do that for her, he’d never, not once, seen her unpack. How could she be tired? Not even the s*x had lasted that long.

He was annoyed a lot right this minute, she’d just spent an entire week with her bloody sister and couldn’t spare him more than a quick five-minute f**k, that only she took pleasure in. He’d not gotten off, scrubbed a hand over his face, not in a long time with her. “What is wrong with us?” he sighed heavily, had wanted her like crazy just a few minutes ago but now was just getting annoyed with every second that passed.

Looked at the time, it was getting late, headed for the shower himself, might as well get some shut eye, had a big day tomorrow. Frowned to himself as he showered, he knew he had a big day. Pushed at that thought had Alpha’s coming, but couldn’t recall why, shook it off was likely just preoccupied right this minute. It would come to him.

He stepped out of the bathroom and was walking across the room drying himself when he saw black smoke roll past the balcony doors, pushed out onto it to see what was going on and stared wide-eyed at the sight of a house ablaze down there.

A whole bloody house was on fire. Why the hell hadn’t anyone told him, hurriedly yanked on pants as he mind-linked to his entire unit to find out what the hell was going on.

‘Alpha, you know there is a fire.’ Allen shot right back at him.

‘Melissa set it.’ Jack told him.

‘Why the hell would Melissa set fire to a house inside our pack, Jack? That is completely ridiculous.’

‘It’s not. Luci was staying there until this afternoon.’ Came Jacks reply.

That stopped him in his tracks as he was headed out of the suite. “Jack, Luci is dead. How many times…’

‘She’s not.’ Jack snarled right at him ‘Come to Luci’s room right now.’

‘Don’t you snarl at me.’ He shot right back and stalked out of his suite and across the hall to Luci’s room, stared at Allen, Ian and Jack, as Jack opened the door to him “What the hell is going on?” he snapped and was yanked into Luci’s room by Jack, felt his anger start to leave him “Why Jack would Melissa?”

Jack turned him around and faced him to a wall. “Read it.” Jack pointed to it and Rafe looked at the wall. It was covered in handwriting. He didn’t really understand what was going on, read all of it and recognised not only Jack’s own hand but his as well. Though he did not recall being in here to write that.

“Jack?” he questioned, more than confused.

“Luci is found. Has been here in the pack for 3 days. We have sons, twin boys. Our Mates are not our Mates. They did something to us. Whatever it is, Melissa just dosed you all over again.” Heard and saw his own Beta, sighing heavily. “We suspected we’d forget.” Jack walked over and pointed to the wall, where it stated they didn’t want to forget, to set an alarm to come here to Luci’s room in case they did forget.

“You have forgotten everything. It seems we were right.”

“What?”