The Wolf In Me

Luka's POV

Turning my eyes at alpha Dale, I observed his tense expression.

"The thing is Marcus that you have not considered asking how this happened and decided to blame someone else's pack. You know we must all observe the rules and if they are broken, consequences follow." Looking at the watch I thought I should give him another few hours to think about it before I make my decision.

"Getting out or staying here is your decision alpha. You will not be of good use from here to the pack. Without their leader, the pack will be lost forever and their survival in the wild would be limited," I reminded, motioning for Mason and alpha Dale to follow me back outside the dungeon.

"No, wait, wait!" He screamed as we were about to head out.

Forming a grin, I turned back around and returned to his cell.

"We can come into an agreement. Look, the pack will not survive without me and I cannot live without a pack. I am ready to find out how this has all started and we go from there. If my pack was the culprit of the situation, I will take action. If it was from your side Alpha Dale, you have to give me those responsible for the killing. How about that? Huh?"

Looking at each other, I waited for alpha Dale to give him his prefered answer. I knew his heart and I trusted he will make the right decision. Choosing wrongly will affect both my and his child's relationship and mating bond, so there was only one answer.

"Alpha Marcus, I agree with your terms as long as we will all sit in one room and listen to what everyone has to say. A court would do I believe, right alpha king?" Dale said, turning in my direction. With a nod, I asked the guard to open the lock of alpha Marcus's cell and so we made our way out altogether.

"One thing before you make your way back. Should you decide not to cooperate I can still come for you and bring you back in there," I said firmly, gazing into his eyes.

"Yes, Alpha King. I will bow to you and your decision. This is a fair way to correct the mistake done by our packs," he said before making his way into one of my guard's car to take him back to his packhouse.

One week later.

"Your honour, I am presenting to you a case between the Yellow stone pack and the river bed pack. An argument has erupted between the two after a small group from each side attacked each other, resulting in a couple of lives being lost. It seems like the majority of them were teenagers and so their families and their packs need to have closure," I introduced, standing up in front of the judge.

For a moment the elderly judge observed our facial expressions, twitching his eyes from one wolf to the other, then he started to talk.

"According to the little information that I have Kaden, the omega from the yellow stone pack and Asther the omega from the river bed pack can give us the full explanation of this incident."

"Yes, your honour, I am Kaden from the yellow stone pack and I am here as one of the witnesses. Not so long ago my friend Noah who is one of the diseased has managed to find his mate who was part of the river bed pack. To keep it short she was not happy to have him as her mate and so she did her best to show him exactly how she felt by cheating with other wolves both from her pack and ours. Some were free-willed participants and knew exactly the circumstance, but some were innocently falling for her. Noah used to come to me to pour out his feelings until last week I found him dead in his bedroom. When I got closer to him I noticed bruises around his beck and so it seems like he was choked till death. The first thing I did was to let the rest of my friends know and that day we decided to go find Elaine, Noah's mate. Some guys were already protecting her from us and what we thought would be a discussion turned out into a fight."

"No, your honour, that is not how the story goes," Asther shouted, looking annoyed.

"I have not yet asked for you to speak Asther. You must wait for your turn in this court," the judge quickly interrupted, "so, Noah. You are stating your version to be the truth, the full truth, and nothing but the truth?"

"Yes, your honour."

For a moment the court was quiet as the judge scribbled on the papers in front of him. He started to turn a few pages and soon he let Asther talk.

"Your honour, Elaine was my one true mate. Noah was trying to take her from me by claiming that she was his. I swear to our goddess that she was always with me until he attempted to steal her away from ou pack. I have gathered some of my close friends to go save her, resulting in some deaths after Noah took the first step to kill one of us. This is the whole truth, your honour," Asther explained with deep emotions

"And this lady, Elaine, why is she not here as a witness?" The judge asked looking straight at Alpha Dale.

"Unfortunately she was one of the deceased your honour," Asther whimpered out, trying to hold his tears.

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wolf cannot be released from, even after their partner's death. When one of the pair, is dead, the couple's bonded mark which normally sits on the edge of the neck turns from light purple into a deep red and that was evidence enough for the judge to know who is the lier.

"I am very sorry for your loss Asther. This is tragic! A fight like this hasn't happened in ages! You have to be a savage rouge to be taking another man's woman. We all know very well how the rules go. With the evidence exposed, I am now convinced and it has been determined that the Yellow stone pack are the cause for this trouble. Therefore I order all those responsible to be jailed at once without any release date. Case dismissed."

He slammed the wooden hammer against the table, grabbing his paperwork as he harshly shook his head feeling upset.

"So alpha Marcus, that is why one cannot assume that it is the other pack's fault. Because of your fast assumption, your beta had to suffer for your fast decisions," I explained, standing up from my seat.

He remained silent as he also stood

up, rushing outside for some fresh air. Looking at Mason I smiled and patted his shoulder knowing that he was the one to have managed to solve the problem without a fight resulting in more deaths.

Returning home, Mei welcomed us back as she waited on her favourite bench, just outside in the garden.

"Well?" She asked, observing our expressions trying to get a hint of what happened during court.

"All credits to our genius son, the fight is over peacefully and we can live our normal lives again."

Squeeking, she leaned in to hug us as she laughed with joy.

The pack started to gather around us in the realisation that we were on the winner's side as they cheered, content that everyone was safe.

In the evening the pack surprised Mason and me with a party, inviting alpha Dale and his family to join us.

Taking my first sip of my usual, I quietly observed Carol rushing to Mason with a grin on her face as she circled her arms around him.

"Mind if I join in darling?" Mei interrupted, wearing my all-time favourite navy blue dress.

"Always honey. One blue carasaw for this beautiful lady please," I said to the barman, turning around.

Mason's POV

"You look stunning Car!" I said in her hears as she leaned in for an embrace.

Without any thought she pulled me from my arms and rushed us outside, stopping at the centre of the garden. Her big eyes glowed under the moon as she excitedly showed me the shooting stars that sparkled.

"Even the goddess wants to show you her appreciation. Mason, everyone is saying that you will be as good as your father to lead and I have no doubt that they are right."

"Aw, come on, that is not possible. You know that my dad was the one to reintroduce us back as a pack and fought against the vampires that were the worst threat to everyone, even to humans." "Don't ever doubt yourself, Mason. You are going to be a great alpha and a great king to us all."

She leaned her head on my shoulder as we sat down on the grass quietly observing the shooting stars enjoying each other's company.

The end

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