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

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light foods, but with much meat and chicken. We all took our seats and

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

battle. Why

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

refugees have that same choice.” My Gamma, Ali, spoke up. “If they wish to begin or continue training, they are more welcome to do so. Some rather live simply, away from battle

Beta Valerian inquired.

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 every pack, don’t you agree?”

“Unfortunately, some

nothing short of indifference. “Some wolves hurt each other, sometimes without a good reason. Whether it be

know you

added. “Some are corrupt or led astray. I’ll admit that us werewolves may not be so far from the dark nature of the humans in this

on; her fork 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 Alpha fails, he or she fails the pack they swore by blood to protect.”

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

awful wolves who hide behind their honor and power and use that to abuse or even kill a helpless, innocent pup.

rage and disgust 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

doors, anger marking her trail. Abigail politely apologized for her mate and asked if

nod and gave her permission, wasting no time

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awkward tension in the air. “I hear the

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

know, but now isn’t 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

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

of what happened, lunch

Jacqueline