After conformation from Damien that he didn't mind if little Xavier lived in the Pack house. Dad told Skyler " I believe that you should still wait until we can talk to Lucius and Jack to see if there's something that Chloe and Damien need to sign to release them from the contract. Or perhaps if they need to have a revised contract drawn up."
" I'm with Lucius on this one you never know about that old bat Mrs.Camball. Even though this ain't none of her damn business.If Damien and Chloe brake some political bullshit rule she might have a conniption. But don't worry about it for now, you and Chloe can stay at my house for a while until you figure out what you're going to do. Hattie and I will stay with mom and dad." He then leaned towards Skyler and whispered even though we could all still hear him. "Just make sure you stay in the guest room. I don't want you damn young people breaking my new bed." All the old timers around the bar laughed and grandpa Frank even held his glass up to Skyler " To being young " He toasted,giving Skyler a wink.
My dad chuckled a bit but then slipped right back into Alpha mode " Now that we got that settled let me explain why Xavier can't have another mind link. It's basically for the same reason Jack and Lucius didn't want him in another pack house.An Alpha can't have another Alpha that's not blood related to him. This means even you Zack you will be his uncle and that's it." My dad was quick to let me know going right back to it with his what if's "Which shouldn't be a problem if you boys raise him right." Dad raised a brow and ask. "Damien what would Jack have done to you if you showed your ass at your Uncle Joe and Aunt Sandy's house?" My dad ask with a raised brow towards Damien.
" Oh Fuck!" Damien exclamed "We wouldn't be having this conversation because I'd probably be dead right now."
My dad grinned. " Exactly, Young Alpha's represent your pack their suppose to be respectful and honorable young men.Now just think about this, how could your pack have faith in you to run a Pack if you can't even control your own son. Or worse, some other Alpha thanks you're to weak to control your son. So I don't see any problem,we can all work together to help Xavier become the Young Alpha he should be. Now let's get back to his mind link. I can tell Jack and Lucius put Xavier's best interest in mind when they drew up this contract. It would have been totally possible for Xavier to have the same mind link with Lucius because they are blood related. Now before I go any further with this Damien what does Xavier's registery card say on it.?" My dad ask and poured himself another drink while Damien dugout Xavier's registry card from his billfold.
Damien grinned like a fool obviously proud of Xavier and handed my dad the gold color plastic card. Dad glanced at the card and flipped it around for everyone to see as his gaze traveled across Damien, Skyler and me.
" Okay Damien you and Zack both have your own registry cards and they both looked like Xavier's before you become Alpha. See right here where it says Alpha Ten Oaks Pack: Damien Xavier Ross: then right underneath your name it says Alpha Xavier Lane Ross. Well that's self explanatory right, it's just the succession of the packs Alpha. Basically saying when you retire Xavier becomes Alpha." Dad explained handing Damien back Xavier's registry card.
Damien grinned at the little card and stuffed it back in his billfold and dad continued.
" Now back to what I was saying. If Xavier would have been registered as part of the Hunt blood line. The mind link with Lucius wouldn't be a problem at all but that would also steal Xavier's brirthright. His registry card would be blue with Lucius named listed as Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack . Then Clayton, Peyton and finally Xavier until Peyton had a son then the council would send him a new one where his name would be placed underneath Peyton's child's name. " my dad shook his head "if there's more than one Alpha male in the same blood line it can become a damn mess. It's all a bunch of headaches, paperwork , and political bullshit. Meaning Xavier probably would never become Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack or any pack for that matter. Simply put an Alpha can't establish a Pack link with two packs and he can't denounce his pack.There's actually no telling what damage that might do to his wolf . Nobody could possibly know because as far as I'm aware of. I've never knew an Alpha male that wasn't raised in his own pack.So from what I can tell Lucius and Jack put a lot thought into this contract to protect Xavier."
Damien, Skyler and me all nodded in understanding and lose lip Damien offered up some more information that was in the contract between him and Chloe.
" Well Xavier's name was actually part of the contract too. Not his full name just Ross. I ask Chloe if she minded naming him Xavier after me and she agreed. Then she picked Lane for his middle name after her warlock grandpa who's some kinda grand wizard over his coven or something. I don't really know, I never met the man and hope I never have to. I've been afraid every since Xavier was born that I'd turn into a toad or something for getting Chloe pregnant out of wedlock."
Skyler groaned covering his face with his hands "Oh lord, I need to hurry up and get married"
All the old timers laughed and I waved my hand dismissively not missing out on a chance to fuck with Skyler and Damien. "Don't worry about it. If you both turn into a toad I'll get a big aquarium for you until Chloe can figure out how to turn you back." I joked,Causing the rumble of laughter to wafted through the room and the ladies turn in our direction.
"Just don't let Xavier play with us,little wolf Cubs have a hell of a grip." Skyler moaned , sending another wave of laughter through the room and four ladies in our direction.
Andie, Chloe, mom, and Mrs Blair all approached the bar at the same time with smiling faces."What's so funny over here? Damien you're not telling them what happened last week when you came to pick up Xavier are you?" Chloe grumbled narrowing her eyes at Damien. Peaking Skyler's interest.
Skyler raised a brow " Just what happened?"
Damien threw his hands up palms towards Skyler and laughed " Nothing to get your fur ruffled but it was funny. Chloe was giving Xavier good bye hug's when suddenly he disappeared out of her arms. She screamed like a banshee and bolted out of the room yelling Xavier's name like a crazy woman.Well just as soon as Chloe bolted out the room like her tail was on fire Xavier reappeared at my feet holding a little plastic dinosaur. Hell I couldn't catch her in that big old Dracula house. Every time I heard her in one room she had already zapped to another room before I could even head in that direction. So I just set down on the couch with Xavier and started watching cartoons until she repaired in the living room with her hair sticking up all over her head having a complete meltdown.Poor little Xavier zapped his self over in front of her hugging her legs asking if she was hurt."
Chloe rolled her eyes at Damien ." I was scared, it was the first time he had ever done that. But you'll be happy to know mom bound his magic with a spell until he's old enough to use it so he can't do that anymore.Like she done with mine when I was a baby."
Fuck! I screamed in my head.No wonder Damien wanted to keep Xavier's identity secret. He's right, there's a lot of assholes that wouldn't hesitate hurting little Xavier out of pure fear. Xavier could do all kinds of things with his magic like infiltrate another Alpha's office to look at classified documents or Disappeared right in front of an opponent in an Alpha challenge. Fuck! Little Xavier is going to be awesome.
With this realization it briefly crossed my mind that Damien might have drugged Chloe just to get her pregnant for a powerful hire. But then I brushed that though away as quickly as it popped in my head. Realizing that's just totally insane for me to even think such a thing. First of all having unprotected sex one time don't grantee pregnancy. And for another thing if Damien wanted to knock Chloe up for a powerful hire. All he had to do is release a few pheromones and talk a little shit until his mission was accomplished. Which isn't hard for an Alpha male to do. And I'm absolutely sure it would have been a hell of a lot more fun for Damien that way. But I just can't get over the fact that Damien said Xavier was conceived from one night of drinking when he and Chloe got trashed by drinking French Champagne and neither one of them even remember that night.However Damien is currently on his fifth drink that I'm sure had at least two shots of whiskey in each one. That would be the equivalent to Damien drinking almost two bottles of champagne by himself. And other than being a little chatty he seems perfectly fine right now.
Now I have heard that some people have experienced what is called the black out drunk experience from drinking champagne because of the infused carbonation.Which coincides with what Damien said happened to him and Chloe that night. Well, well it looks like I'm not the only who's been thinking about what Damien said.
Seems like Skyler might have been thinking about some of the same things I have. And he's not willing to cut Damien any slack.
Because just as my dad passed Damien his sixth drink I heard Skyler say " Dude you might want to slow down there a little. I don't know exactly how much you and Chloe drink the night you become parents. But you might not be so lucky and wind up with a skank the second time around." Skyler pointed out teasingly. Not even bothered by the fact Chloe was perched on his knee right now sipping on his drink as he quizzed Damien for more information on exactly how much alcohol was involved with this alleged blackout indecent.
Damien on the other hand didn't let it brother him in the least. He just shook his head and smirked." Trust me it was a lot." He then pointed towards Chloe " Her crazy ass got carried away after the first bottle. Babbling some crazy shit about it being the best champagne she ever had and ordered every damn bottle on the menu. And the worst part was we got so damn drunk that I didn't even notice until the next day that each one of those bottles was a thousand bucks a pop. Our fucking bill was like almost ten thousand bucks. I was so goddamn confused when I seen my credit card recite I thought that I might have payed for everyone's in the restaurants dinner. Trust me I definitely learned my lesson,if I plan to be around any females two drinks is all I allow myself. After that I switch to cranberry juice."
Skyler was the one laughing now and so was the old times around the bar and believe me I didn't hesitate joining in.
My dad let out a low whistle " Damn that's a lot of booze considering dinner in some of the nicest places would have only been about seven hundred dollars."
" You better known it, like nine bottles I ain't never been so hungover in my life.And her boney ass was running around screeching to the heavens about losing her damn shoe. " He murmured tilting his glass towards Chloe "Never mind the fact I'm laying in floor filling like I got ran over by a Mac truck."
"Hey, it was a new pair of Christian Louboutin heels." Chloe protested in her defense.
" And you lost one of them?" My gasped, placing her hand on her chest. Like loosing a shoe was the most horrible thing in the world. Never mind the fact Chloe and Damien got tore up from the floor up on nine bottles of champagne and made a baby together.
Chloe nodded pouting her lip."Yeah, and I never did find it."
" Oh dear that's terrible." My mom said sympathy swinging her head around towards Damien the next second with a sweet motherly smile " Darling I already have you a room ready on the second floor for tonight. I'll be glad to show you the way if you would like to get freshened up before dinner."
" Well thank you Mrs. Monica I'd appreciate that." Damien replied politely. His Alpha upbringing shining like a stare in a cloudless night sky. A far cry from the raging bull he was this morning.