Untouchable by Marii Solaria

Chapter 32 – The Clash

“Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies.“–Richelle Mead

Anthony

Do I want an alliance with the pack that brutalized my baby sister?

Could I live with that in my conscience?

Neron is a fellow Alpha that needed help. It’s clear from our conversation how much his pack is suffering. Losing soldiers is hard. Watching families continue to suffer weighs on your soul as a leader.

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I couldn’t sit by knowing that lives were being taken and not act. Does that make me better than the selfish Alphas who leave their packs to perish?

When I look at Neron, I see a man who’s been through hell and back. He was skilled at hiding his true emotions, but the eyes reveal more truth than the mouth. There is a reason eyes were known as the windows to the immortal soul.

He is worn out, stressed, angry, and sad. So much emotion swam in those blue eyes, some floating, some sinking. It takes a great deal of courage for an Alpha to reach out for help. Typically, Alphas pride themselves on handling devastating situations themselves. Asking for help is like a punch to the gut, but only a few could take that punch and emerge unharmed.

However, this is the same Alpha who hurt my little sister, turning her into a frail werewolf living in fear of her shadow. And rejected their mate bond–the most brutal thing a wolf could do to their other half. She suffered because of him and his pack. I couldn’t help but think back to all those times Kiya woke up screaming from nightmares. The days were treads around like a monotonous zombie and days where her weight progress was threatened because she stopped eating for days.

Anger boiled in my blood. It is so frustrating, and it takes every ounce of my self–control to stop my wolf, Axel, from avenging his sister’s suffering. In the past five years, Axel had been protective of Kiya and her wolf, Artemis. It pains him to see her suffering. He wanted Neron to hurt as bad as she did. But we both knew it wouldn’t help the situation. I must remain calm and civil, and I thanked the Moon Goddess for having Alesia by my side.

Alesia went to put little Ximey down for her nap while the rest of us headed to the dining hall for lunch. I’ll decide on whether to accept the alliance by the end of today before the Zircon members leave for Nevada.

“Alpha.” I hear Jacqueline through the mind–link. “I let Kiya know that we’re heading to the hall for lunch. She is heading to the kitchen with Sapphire and Phoebe.”

“I thought she is holing herself up in her room for the day?”

“She got hungry.”

“Ah.”

when she is nervous. I think it came

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went all out with lunch. A balanced assortment of heavy and light foods, but with much meat and chicken. We all took our seats and ate the food once they served it. Alesia came

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I hear my fellow Alpha speak. “I couldn’t help but notice that you

battle. Why is that?”

train or not, no matter their gender. You’d be amazed

continue training, they are

Beta

nature that aren’t just rogue wolves.” Beta Dwayne answered, taking a swig of his wine. “We’re trained for any

“Unfortunately, some

hurt each other, sometimes without a good reason. Whether it be by a selfish Alpha or placing the

my Beta through our mind–link. “I know you dislike Neron, but I

their nature.” Alpha Neron added. “Some are corrupt or led astray. I’ll admit that us werewolves may not be so far from the

understand how or why an Alpha has been led astray. The stories from our refugees and battered families are heartbreaking. When an Alpha fails, he or she fails the pack they

is the sad reality.” The Alpha nodded. “There are threats inside the pack that many failed to realize because they’ve been… blinded with emotion or anger. They cannot see the truth until it’s too late.” I notice his shoulders going rigid at that last addition. His eyes have that distant

Jacqueline smiled, but it isn’t one of the pleasantries. It is knowing, almost mocking. “Or they are just awful wolves who hide behind their honor and power and

swimming in her green. eyes. I knew they weren’t aimed at me. They were aimed at Zircon. “This isn’t the time for that. Hold that conversation until after

heels and walked out the double doors, anger marking her trail. Abigail politely apologized for her

and gave her permission, wasting no

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awkward tension in the air. “I hear the

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loving squeeze. “Don’t be too hard on her.” She whispers only to me. “You know how

the time for childish shit like that.” I retorted, k*ssing the soft skin on the back of her palm. I apologized to Neron and his team for Jackie’s behavior, he reassures me he took no insult. Dwayne also took the liberty to apologize on his

achieved between us. But, the big brother side of me is not happy and wanted Neron to feel the painful sting he felt with Jacqueline’s pointed comments. She alluded that we knew of what he and his pack did but

of what happened, lunch went about as

Jacqueline