Rejected by the Beta, Claimed by the Alpha

Chapter 22
Rowena wanted to pull away and to not raise the old Alpha’s hope. To explain to him that she was not here permanently but only on a visit. Her words stuck in her throat when she felt the warm liquid on her dress. The old Alpha was crying. He was shaking violently, not caring about his image. Was she so important to him?
He never maltreated her but neither did he treat her so special for her to think of herself as important to him. After what seemed like hours though just a few seconds. the old Alpha’s s obs died slowly and were accompanied by words.
“I was so afraid that you’ll never come back. I was never in agreement with what Charles did to you but it was too late when we came to apologize. I’m so sorry, Rowena, what Javon did after you left is what I should have done a long time ago.”
The more the old Alpha spoke, the more confused Rowena was but she also knew that she could not break his heart any further with the news about her departure. It took almost two minutes of embrace before the old Alpha pulled away. He stag gered to the bed with Rowena’s help, the knowledge hitting her that it must have been difficult for him to even make it to the door to open it for her, No longer it took a while.
Rowena followed him to his room with Gracie and Jason but Charles had also caught up to them from behind. Everything was calm and the old Alpha had stopped crying. Rowena was overwhelmed by everything that just happened as the old Alpha asked seriously, “how was life throughout the times. you were away?”
He imagined how she survived without much of a formal education, unknown to him that Rowena had been learning in secret, without a tutor, Her IQ was higher than an Alpha wolf for which mason she could pick up easily but Rowena could not tell him everything at the moment. There were more important issues at hand.
“Alpha, let me check your health first. I will tell you everything later,” she said, seeing that the old Alpha was pale and looked sickly. His vibrance and attractiveness had diminished badly, and he also could not stand on his feet for a long time. Rowena was momentously worried but not Alpha Clinton. He said with determination,
“My health does not matter. I want to know what happened to you. If you wor
won’t tell me, then there is no need to check on my health”

Rowena had already been briefed by Gracie so all she wanted to do was a physical examination using her special gi t. Whereas, this old Alpha knew how to get what he wanted. His room was very hups, slightly bigger than that of Jason. He sat on the bed and both Rowena and Gracie sat together on a couch in front of him. Jaxon and Charles stood on their feet, giving utmost attention to the question their father asked Rowena
“Well, it was not easy at first. I was missing my mother and did not know for how long I could stay away from her but when I received her first letter telling me that she was well taken care of, I decided to forge ahead in the pursuit of my dream of becoming a doctor. I did not know that I would pass the entrance exam, more so, get a scholarship but strangely, it happened.”
“Who did you live with?” The old Alpha asked again, hoping she did not undergo more maltreatment in the pursuit of her career.
“My uncle from my mother side. He is also a member of this pack.”
The old Alpha imagined Rowena’s line of maternal ancestry but no one immediately came to mind except her mother. “What’s his name?”
“Jason.”
The old Alpha smiled, “Oh, I remember him. He let over twenty years ago.”
“Yes Alpha. He is now a medical director Rowena informed proudly. In a way she wanted to put it across that oneghs were not as worthless as the packs thought them to be. The old Alpha was smiling from ear to ear at the news to hear of his pack members making it in the human world.
“Ohhh, that’s wonderful. Will he visit us too?”
Rowena let out a sad smile. She could not shred words at this moment. “He doesn’t intend to so can I check on you now? I don’t like the way you are getting paler and paler” she observed. Alpha Clinton got the information he needed, so his stabomness lessened.
“Sure, you can check on me now.”
Rowena checked his pulse, cyls, his mouth, ears and palms. She frowned and asked, “Alpha, do you miss someone? You seem to have a problem with your heart.”
Everyone was shopked. Rowena had not run any test concerning the heart to arrive at that conclusion and none of the doctors who had even done a thorough examplation ever brought that up but the old Alpha did not seem surprised, which made everything so condense,
Alpha Clintorsmiled but there was sadness in his eyes. “Rowena, indeed you are gifted. This also shows that you are the cure. The only symptom I never told anyone was the ache in my heart.”
Rowena pursed her lips. Since he contamed it, she knew she could cure it but this would also require more than it did with her human patients. This was an Alpha she was dealing with, someone whose son had hurt her and she was stili pained about it. Her relationship with this family caused her energy to slack.
Row, who was her main help in times like this, had coward to the back of her mind. The silly well had refused to show up bo give suggestions because she was upset upon having Charles close. Even Jason’s presence could not curb the pain. Charles did not only hurt Rowena but also her wolf and until Rowena lorgave him, Row, would not show up in his presence.
“You will be fine Alpha. Everything will be well.”
“I knew but I don’t want to be bonded to any hospital,” the old Alpha whined, Rowena was surprised by how a mighty Alpha like himself was afraid of the hospital facilites. Graciously, she had good news.