"Zack, just tell me exactly what you heard Brandy say. Perhaps there's been a misunderstanding and all this can be settled right here at the dining table." my dad said in that ever so calm Alpha tone,as he glanced across the table at his Gamma, then back at me.
" Humm, now where should I start" I murmured, scratching my chin like I was trying to remember exactly what I heard. "Well let me see. When we were walking to the park I heard Brandy say that there is no way Andie and I could be mates because Andie is just a little girl. She also accused you and Alpha Lucius of plotting together in convincing me to take Andie as my mate to keep our Alpha bloodline pure." I paused a minute shifting my gaze towards Gamma Blake,then back to my father.
"Come to think about it ,wouldn't that actually inculcate her own father, since he's your strategist." This definitely got Gamma Blake's attention, and everyone else at the table.
Gamma Blake's eyebrows shot up to his hairline and his face went pale.His wife Mrs.Darlene gasp clamping her hand over her mouth and my mom placed her hands over her face mumbled something into her palms that I couldn't understand.
But I wasn't done just yet. So after a brief pause to let everyone absorb my last statement. I proceeded to inform them about what the other gossiping hen said.
"Now the other shewolf was on board with this theory, but she added some ideas of her own. She accused Alpha Lucius of being okay with leaving his teenage daughter with a man that's not her mate because he didn't want Andie to be married to a poor man. Now I'm not sure if Brandy understands what a negative impact telling lies like this could potentially have on the pack, but I'm sure you do."
My dad nodded and turned his attention to Brandy " Brandy what do you have to say for yourself? Did Zack misunderstand what you said or did you actually say those things?"He ask sternly, releasing a touch of his aura. Just enough to send a warning, to let Brandy know how easy it would be for him to issue an Alpha command.
Even though my dad's not Alpha of the pack anymore, he's still a Pure blooded Alpha. He can issue an Alpha command to any werewolf weaker than himself which is still 99.9% of all werewolves here in the North America.
" I...might have said something like that...Just to... I don't know." Brandy stuttered incoherently, obviously trying to think of a way out of the mess she's found herself in.
"Might have?" My dad ask, adding a bit more pressure, no more then he had ever applied to me or Julie when we were in trouble as a child. But I'm sure it carried a little bit of pain with it for a week shewolf like Brandy. Making me wonder if this was a lesson in power control for me.
A good Alpha can always get the results he needs without being brutal. An Alpha's aura is a powerful tool if used correctly and my dad's a master at using his.
" Yes, I said that." Brandy screeched,slumping forward with her head bowed low. Which didn't seem to brother my dad at all. He bobbed his head slightly and his ever so stoic Alpha face stayed firmly intact.
"Why would you say something like that? Do you carry such a low opinion of me that you actually think I would even consider asking Zack to take a wife that wasn't his fated mate?"My dad ask solemnly, pulling back on the pressure he had applied a moment ago.
" No!" Brandy wailed, her lips quivering like she was going to breakdown into a full blown balling fit.
" Then why? What made you say such a thing?" My dad calmly ask again.
" Because Zack's ignoring me." Brandy yelled,covering her face with her hands.Taking everyone at the table aback, everyone expected Skyler.
Who finally stopped stuffing his face with pancakes and covered his mouth with his hand to stifle the fucking hyena laughter from coming out of his smart ass mouth.
My dad's stoic Alpha face even crumbled as his eyebrows pinched together in confusion. And my girl spun her head around giving me a questionable look. Oh Fuck!
Andie cleared her throat and stood up at first I was afraid she was going to excuse herself from the table and leave. Then she surprised the fuck out of me when she spoke.
" Miss. Brandy I'm sure you would like to continue this conversation in private, we should go to Zack's office."Fuck! Andie has the damn Alpha face too.
Everyone at the table dropped their jaw, gaping wide eyed at my girl. Brandy nodded her head and wordlessly stood up, her shoulders slumped over ,head down looking shamefaced.
I stood and led the way out of the dining room with Andie tucked close to my side. When we stepped into the hallway Penny and another vaguely familiar looking shewolf with light brown hair was setting on a small bench just outside the door.
Both stood up and I stopped walking to speak with them for a moment " Penny, let me mind link Skyler for you."
'Stop stuffing your face and get out here, Penny's waiting for you in the hallway.'
'Thank the Moon Goddess, I'm being grilled through the mind link by my mom about you fucking Brandy. Tell Penny I'll be right there.'Skyler shot back
'I guess you didn't bother telling her you have been fucking Brandy too' I grumbled, spinning my head around towards the door to see his sneaky ass step into the hallway.
"Good morning Penny " 'Skyler charmingly greeted. As he answered me through the mind link 'Are you fucking crazy, in my mom's eyes I'm innocent, deaf, and blind.' Skyler snickered in my head while giving Penny a panty dropping smile.
I ignored Skyler and Penny, and turned my attention to the brown headed shewolf standing beside Penny. " You're Lily right?"
" Yes, Alpha" she said timidly, keeping her head bowed and her eyes cast down on the floor.
" Follow us." I ordered, turned to the direction of my office and started walking.
I could feel something coming from my girl through the bond but I couldn't quite put my finger on what it was.
It wasn't anger or fear and it damn sure wasn't joy or happiness.This was something different phlegmatic cold and emotionless.It made me fucking nervous.I reached for Andie's hand hoping the skin to skin contact would calm my nerves. To my relief she didn't pull her hand back and after a few seconds that warm fuzzy feeling was soothing my jingling nerves.
When we reached my office I unlocked it and pulled it open but held on to Andie's hand letting Brandy and the other chick walk on inside in front of us.
" Take a seat,I have a few things to discuss with you two ." I ordered,jotting my chin towards the two leather chairs in front of my desk.
Without a word Brandy and the other shewolf shuffled on over to the two chairs in front my desk and set their ass down.
Then I closed the door and pulled Andie with me behind my desk. Where I took a seat and pulled Andie down into my lap.
Brandy sneered, but before I could jump on her ass my girls hand landed on my chest as she addressed Brandy's attitude herself.
"Miss Brandy, I'm empathetic to yours and others feelings,that have been involved with Zack in the past. However you're a grown shewolf not a child ,you knew the moment that you turned eighteen Zack wasn't your mate. And yet you still involved yourself with him and even allowed yourself to form some type of attachment to him.Even though you knew Zack would eventually find his soulmate and there was no possible future for you in his life. So Miss.Brandy ,if you will please tell me what your grievance is now that Zack has actually found his soulmate."
" I'm sure you don't want to know " Brandy grumbled , rolling her Damn eyes.
" Oh believe me Miss Brandy, I really do.You seem to hold a lot of bitterness and animosity towards mine and Zack's mate bond.Enough that you would actually openly accuse your previous Alpha, Zack,and my father of trying to deceive the Starlight Pack."
Fuck! My girl's impressive,even setting in my lap. She's projecting herself with maturity and confidence, speaking clearly. Gone is the teenager that giggled when I teased and played with her in the park yesterday. The young women in my lap is cool, calm, and collected,a true Alpha through and through.
" How do you know they didn't, you can't even feel the bond. How do you know they're not lying to you." Brandy hissed. Folding her arm across her chest defiantly.
I stiffened and a warning growl ripped from my throat. Then Andie placed her hand back on my chest."Just relax Babe" She said, then turned back to face Brandy.
" Miss Brandy, I can assure you that Zack and I are true soulmates.The reason I'm so sure about this is because if my father was to arrange a marriage to produce offspring with a Pure Alpha bloodline for one of his daughters.
It certainly wouldn't have been me. He's not a patient man and would expect results for his efforts immediately, not in four or five years.Therefore I'm positive he would have chosen my eighteen year old sister. She's very alluring, unmated ,and also very capable of producing children with a Pure Alpha bloodline.I'm also positive she would be perfectly willing to be Zack's Luna." After her long explanation Andie took a deep breath.Placed her hand on top of mine and addressed the main reason we brought this conversation into my office.
"Now Miss.Brandy, I hope my explanation cleared everything up for you and you can accept the fact that Zack is now a mated Alpha. And as such, you should stop vying for his attention."
I could feel a little jingle of nervousness through the bond when she said that. But she held her head high with her back straight and looked Brandy straight in the eyes with a ever so calm aloof expression on her face.
My heart sang and I'm sure I was grinning like a fool. My girl was staking her claim over me and I couldn't be happier about it. I flipped my hand over and brought her's up to my lips kissing her soft palm. Ignoring the two gapping shewolves in the room with us for a moment.
Then Andie cleared her throat,with a feigned protest " Zack"
" Yeah babe" I responded, just see her jotting her cute little head in the direction of the shewolves in front of us.
" Oh yeah, Brandy as your punishment for spreading lies not only about your Alpha and Luna but also my father and Alpha Lucius.I have decided that you and your gossip partner Miss Lily. Are going to clean the park. It's pretty messed up from the feast last night. I expect every beer can, cigarette butt, and every scrape of trash to be picked up and hauled off to the incinerator, I also expect you to fold all the tables and chairs up and put them back into the storage building behind the guard shack in the park. Then you can scrub down the playground equipment with a
disinfectant.We can't have the Cubs getting sick, their immune system isn't as strong as an adult yet. You have thirty minutes to get started, I've already mind linked the guard at the gate to let you inside. You can get trash bags and cleaning supplies from Miss.Maggie before you leave the pack house. Your time starts now so I suggest you get a move on."
" But... but what about the park maintenance man." Brandy stuttered
"I gave Mr.Jarvis the day off, he won't bother you. Now go." I ordered pointing towards my office door.