The Alpha Who Saved Me

CHAPTER 41

Declan

I had just laid my son in the small makeshift bed that I have in my office, so I could tackle a few of the more important things while he sleeps. I’m not even five minutes into my work when one of my warriors that is on border patrol mind links me.

“I think you had better come to the eastern border, Alpha. We just found another body.”

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I curse under my breath, “Do you recognize who it is and what pack they are from?” I ask as I pick Holden back up and head downstairs.

“Uh, that isn’t possible. Whoever did this did a damn good job in hiding this she-wolf’s identity. She’s unrecognizable, Alpha.”

“Damn it! Okay, I will be there as soon as I can. I’ll send some more warriors out to you in the meantime. Do not touch anything while you wait.” I order my warrior.

“Copy that, Alpha.”

I close our mind link only to open another one to both Carter and Keenan. I inform them of what is going on and tell Keenan to send a group of warriors over to the location to begin their search for any kind of evidence. I’m assuming that whoever did this is long gone by now. Carter is to come and meet me out front before I leave myself. After leaving them their instructions, I’m once again searching for Lila.

‘Why is that woman always gone when I need her?’ I growl to myself, but then Duke answers.

“You don’t need her, Declan. There are plenty of others around to help out with our pup. Maybe it’s time you start taking note of her comings and goings. Eventually, she will fuck up, and maybe we can boot her ass out.’

What Duke says makes sense, but I don’t know exactly how all of that works. Maybe it’s time that I visit the Elders and find out what it takes to be able to denounce a forced Luna, but in the meantime, I need to find someone to take my son.

I run into one of the omegas that likes to help my mother out in the kitchen and ask her if she’s seen the former Luna. I am told that she has gone to a neighboring pack to visit a friend of hers. So, I switch directions and head out to meet with Carter.

My Beta is already waiting for me when I come out the front door, “I need you to stay and hold down the fort for me. This is something that I need to take care of myself.”

“No problem, Declan,” he glances at the bundle in my arms, “Does that include Uncle duty as well?” There is a bit of nervousness to his voice, and I grin.

“Why yes, yes it does.” I carefully pass Holden over to him as to not wake the little tyke, “Lila has disappeared once again, and my mother is visiting a friend.”

“You do know that I know nothing about babies, right?” Carter’s face grows a little pale, “Can’t you just mind link his mother?”

I sigh, “I can but I really don’t like doing it, because once I open the link up she thinks she has free reign to talk my fucking ear off. Besides, don’t have time to wait for her. You are here now. Take him to his room and place him in his crib. He should be out for a while, just make sure to keep the baby monitor with you at all times.”

doesn’t sound so bad.” His big, bad

home, but if she doesn’t let me close it right after, you will be

about her, I can

my best friend, “Are you sure? I know you hate linking

be fine,” He waves me away. “Go catch that killer,

toward the eastern border. It doesn’t slip my mind that this specific border also borders Quinn’s pack, so it makes me wonder if the killer left the body

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from Dark Moon’s border. I’m fairly sure that my assumption is correct, and this body was meant to be on Quinn’s

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brief moment my heart stops as it takes in the color of

kneeling beside the bloody form. All I can smell is death, the woman’s natural scent is long gone. My warrior was right, she is unrecognizable, with her face beaten to a bloody pulp and gashes all over her body.

hand back really fast. Staring back at me is one blue eye; not quite the same color as Quinn’s, but that could be the rigor mortis setting in. For the first time ever, my stomach turns and wants to empty itself over a dead body. I don’t have my phone on me so I can’t call her yet, but I do send

they do not have her permission to tell us where she is at. What the fuck, Quinn? She knows there is a psycho on the loose and

to call the pack’s mortician. He’s the closest thing we’ve got to one, and he’s does good work in finding out cause of deaths. We burn our dead, sending their spirits back up to the Goddess Selene, so it’s not like he needs to do any embalming or preparations to the body. My main

I get back home, I immediately text Quinn, but I get nothing back. I proceed to call her and get nothing but her voicemail. I’m on edge all night as I call and text her continuously. At some point, exhaustion takes over and I fall asleep sitting at my desk, with my phone in my hand. Waking up with a jerk, I look around my office and then stretch my sore back out. Taking care of the kink in my neck, I check the time on my phone and see that it’s only half past six in the morning. I also notice that my phone is about to die, so I stick it on the charger

in his crib, his monitor is gone, and I’m not sure who has it, but they are doing a terrible job at monitoring him because he’s fussing as he lays in his bed. I pick him up and notice right away that he’s soaked through both his diaper and his pajamas. I automatically

in a new diaper and a dry onesie before going to the kitchen to make him a bottle. When I see that Lila hasn’t left any extra for me to feed him, I stomp to her room and without knocking, I throw the door open, causing it to crash against the wall. The she-wolf jerks to a sitting position, wiping the sleep from her eyes.

do you want, Alpha?

the baby monitor beside her bed, and I growl, “Did you not check on our son once during

“I have the monitor…”

hits me, “Were you out drinking last

to you, if I was?” She

fucking serious right now? You’re asking me that? My son is my business and when he has to depend on you for his food, and you think it’s okay to drink and do Goddess knows what, then yeah, it is my business!” i grab her

arms, I probably would have strangled his mother.

all night, Alpha? Don’t be putting all the blame on me when you’re

on her bed carefully, I turn and grab her by the neck. Duke comes forward at this point, and I take a backseat, “You dare try and cast blame on your Alpha when he is the only one that takes care of the pup, while you run around doing Goddess knows what?! Your Alpha has a lot going on, but he still takes care of his pup. Had you not been so drunk and brought him the monitor, our pup would have

Duke, we can’t kill her over this.’I

know it’s not a big enough offense to off her just

know how to even act like one! You’re a pathetic she-wolf who wants to play Luna but doesn’t want the responsibilities! You may be considered Strom River’s Luna, but I will never call you

more, “Now, like I said, you will get your ass to the store right

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