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.”

up on food, even when she is nervous. I think it came from being starved for so long through her younger years. She’ll eat anything.

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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.

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I hear my fellow Alpha speak. “I couldn’t help

battle. Why is

early age. All our recently shifted wolves have a choice if they want to train or not, no matter their gender. You’d be amazed at how many pups have

begin or continue training, they are more welcome to

Beta

lay beyond nature that aren’t just rogue wolves.” Beta Dwayne answered, taking a swig of his wine. “We’re trained for any possible threat, wolf, and human. We protect our pack no matter what. It’s an honor that should be instilled in

“Unfortunately, some

expression nothing short of indifference. “Some wolves hurt each other, sometimes without a good reason. Whether it be by a selfish Alpha or placing the blame on an innocent

“I know you

Alpha Neron added. “Some are corrupt or led astray. I’ll admit

embedded deep in her chicken breast. “To understand how or why an Alpha has been led astray. The stories from our refugees and battered families are heartbreaking. When an

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

pleasantries. It is knowing, almost mocking. “Or they are just awful wolves who hide behind their honor and power and use that to abuse or even kill a helpless, innocent pup. Or even their

and disgust swimming in her green. eyes. I knew they weren’t aimed at me. They were aimed at Zircon. “This isn’t

lost my appetite. Maybe it’s something in the air.” She stood on her heels and walked out the double doors, anger marking her trail. Abigail politely apologized for her mate and asked if I

her permission, wasting no time

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the awkward tension in the air. “I hear the chocolate lava cake is lovely!”

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my hand into hers, giving a loving squeeze. “Don’t be too hard on her.” She whispers only to

the soft skin on the back of her palm. I apologized to Neron and his team for Jackie’s

peace is 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 didn’t go deeper into that. Gamma Kwame suddenly got a call from back at the territory and excused himself

what happened, lunch

Jacqueline