Fated To The Alpha by Jessica Hall Chapter 180 Last Night we could have filled a lake with the tears the pack shed. This morning it wasnât about our heartbreak but preparing the boy we all loved to remain calm about the change in situation. Andrei pulled every pack from duty so they could spend it with Jonah knowing not one person was wanting to leave his side. So instead we played, we ate like every other day. Our attempts of trying to make everything remain normal was heartbreaking for us, knowing tomorrow we wake up and that piece of him that has become routine will be gone until we can bring home again.
Clive was due to pick him an hour ago now and was running late. I hoped he never showed up and dropped off the face of the earth so we could keep him. He didnât deserve him, he didnât know him. We only had him a very short time and no amount of time would be long enough in my eyes. But in that short time we already knew him. We knew what his favourite cereal was, his favourite bedtime story. He liked climbing trees and painting rocks, he was more excited about a cardboard box and what he could do with it than any toy the pack tried to give him. He was adventurous and cheeky and knew how to push everyoneâs buttons, push them to the edge of their sanity and bring them back with one giggle and smile. He loved campfires and his eyes would light up just from having your undivided attention, making me realize that was something he didnât get much of even when he had a family because they were always on the move, something we were all familiar with because we all were rogues turned family turned Pack.
Everyone was on edge and alert waiting to see the man we were being forced to trust him with. How anyone could put a child with a man like him was beyond us. Andreiâs lawyers tried everything and even they couldnât make sense of it. Andreiâs lawyer even went and knocked on a judgeâs door in the middle of the night to beg him to reconsider. The judge was apparently unwilling to help, making us think someone was pulling strings because who in their right mind would agree for an abusive piece of shit like Clive to have rights to a 6 year old boy and now we only had one other option to try before Kat petitioned to have the laws changed.
I stand up looking down at Jonah drawing with a stick in the dirt before he would rub the picture out and draw another. He smiles up at me, though it wasnât as big and bright as usual, his eyes conveying a different message. He was scared and didnât want to go yet he smiled anyway because that was Jonah.
âI will be back in a minuteâ I tell him and he nods, going back to drawing in the dirt. I walk over to Andrei. He had two duffle bags and he drops them next to the log that sat around the campfire, looking over documents in his hands. Stopping beside him he looks over at me with a troubled expression on his face, he was nervous and scared like everyone else was.
âThatâs everything from the safes, I can get more but we would have to go into the cityâ
âAlphaâ Zane calls out while jogging over with another bag in his hand.
âHere, take it. Itâs all I could find around the house but there is l0k thereâ Zane says, dropping his brown paper bag into a duffle bag when I look over to see the entire pack heading toward us.
Everyone emptying out the pockets and their savings, dropping it into the bags, Zane counting and taking note of everything and calculating.
Andrei tried to tell them no but they refused to listen, dropping everything they had and with what Andrei pulled from the safe there was nearly 400k there.
âAlso Alpha, I need to speak to you later onâ Zane tells him and Andrei nods his head.
âAlready?â Andrei asks.
âYes, I can smell it on her, it wonât be much longerâ Zane tells him.
âI will handle it when we are done here â Andrei tells him and Zane nods, looking thankful about something as he glances around at the pack nervously.
Casen brings Jonah over on his shoulders while Malik and Zane zip up the bags from his view.
Andrei reaches over to pluck Jonah from Casen and kisses his cheek when a car suddenly pulls up screeching to a stop and throwing dirt and dust everywhere. The speakers in the car blaring, the bass way too high. Andrei instantly pissed off just at his disrespect of the way he turned up flicking dirt and rocks on everyone. One of the rear windows of his car was smashed and the man inside looked out at us with a smirk. Andrei places Jonah on the ground and I pull him behind me.
Derrick walks over to speak to the man.
âGrab the other oneâ Andrei says to me and I lean down grabbing the duffle. Malik instantly takes Jonah and walks away over to the willow tree with him while I follow Andrei. The man still hadnât got out of the car. Instead he was speaking on the phone to someone.
âGive me 5 minutes first I think they want to talk, just follow the road it leads straight to this shit holeâ I hear him say and look over at Andrei who looked on the verge of exploding until his father squeezed his arm. Who was he speaking to and why were they coming here?
The man gets out of the small daihatsu charade, rubbish spilling out the door onto the ground. He wasnât very big for a werewolf, he smelt heavily of cigarette smoke and body odour. He was wearing a flannelette shirt that was left open, with a tank top underneath, his entire body appeared to be covered in tattoos from the neck down. He also had a pair of black cargo pants on and boots. His greasy hair lay flat against his head.
âWho did you just invite to my pack lands?â Andrei asks and I know he was trying hard to keep his voice controlled even though I could tell he wanted to kill the man.
âJust my assurance, â He says. âAssurance of what?â Andrei asks.
âThat I leave here alive, I was warned you had grown rather attached to my nephew Jonnyâ
âJonahâ Andrei growls.
âYeah thatâs it, now where is the brat, hand him overâ Clive says looking around us but I step in his path blocking the view of Jonah.
He smirks and his eyes look me over. âThe rogue Luna I heard about, I heard rumours of you too, heard you lay on your back for anyone, must suck terribly Alpha having a used up whore for a Lunaâ Clive says and Andrei launches at him. I grip his arm and Derrick steps in front of Andrei blocking him.
âLeave it, itâs not worth itâ I grit out, looking back at Jonah. The entire pack was glaring at Clive. A few even shifted, unable to contain their anger.
Andrei was on the verge of shifting himself but I was curious where this man got information like that from and who was speaking lies of me, yet his dig at me still hurt. Derrick shoves Andrei trying to tell him to keep his wits, the man was trying to bait us but I couldnât understand why he would, I could tell he was a rogue, pissing off an Alpha was not the smartest thing to do. Clive laughs.
âYes backup Alphaâ Clive emphasised the word Alpha almost spitting it at him. Bending down and grabbing the papers. I hand them to Clive who snatches them.
âWe will pay, just sign your rights over, there is nearly 400k in those bags you can have it, just sign the papers, do it for Jonah, we will look after him and you can go back to whatever it you doâ I tell him.
â400k, is that all he is worth to you?â
âI can get more, but I have to head into the city, just tell me how much and I will have it two days timeâ Andrei tells him. Clive shakes his head.
âNot interested, I received an offer I couldnât refuse already, now hand him overâ Clive says as a sleek black Mercedes pulls up. Itâs windows blacked out and I couldnât even see the driver. It parks next to Cliveâs car but no one gets out.
Andrei looks at the car, Derrick turns his full attention to it.
âWhat offer, how much? I will get it for youâ Andrei continues ignoring the new carâs presence and focusing back on Clive.
âLike I said, I was offered a place in a pack if I took the brat, and all my debts cleared and more than a pissy 400k for the boyâ
âName your price, our pack may be small and live out here but we have money, I will even let you join our pack just to keep him closeâ Clive laughs and shakes his head.
Fated To The Alpha ï¤Chapter 179 Alpha's Regret-My Luna Has A Son ï¤Chapter 149: Epilogue âNo, the man I am now working for has invested a lot to ensure I take Jonah so if you would just go bring him to me, I will be on my wayâ He says.
âNo, just take the money and leave, I am not letting you take him. You couldnât even remember his name, and I know what sort of person you are.
You donât even want him, or you would have known he was missing for months on end and that your sister was deadâ Andrei says venomously. He picks up one of the duffles and chucks it at the manâs feet. Clive chuckles nodding toward the black car and the rear door opens.
âLike I said, I have had an offer I couldnât refuse Alpha. Youâre not the only one with friends in high places, so I will be needing that boy nowâ Clive chuckles before shoving past Andrei toward Malik who had Jonah. Andrei grips the back of his shirt pulling him back, the man stumbling over the duffle bag when Andrei wraps his hands around his throat.
âYouâre not taking him, â Andrei growls.
âThat is where you are wrongâ Comes a deep voice. A man hops out of the car and my breath lodges in my throat when I see the man from the Alpha meeting. Alpha Dominic steps out walking over, a cruel smile on his lips.