Countdown

Ch 3

Tarnac pov

We exit the room, and I start walking with my beta when I can tell he’s curious. I decided just to say it so it’s not a surprise when it’s known later.

“I made a promise with her wolf that once she turns eighteen if she doesn’t find her mate then I’ll take her as a choice mate.”

“What? Why because you feel sorry for her? That’s why you’re doing this?”

I stop dead in my tracks, and just stare at him.

“No! I’ve seen her wolf! She’s not a normal wolf like us. I’m black, you’re gray, most are brown or gray also. She is pure white with ice blue eyes. There is something special about her, but I don’t know what.”

“Pure white? That’s unheard of. Like to be pure white there has to be something.”

“So at this point I don’t care. My wolf wants her just as much as I do. It’s like we have this urge to protect her but are unsure why.”

He just nods his head so we continue to walk to the pack house when I head straight back into my office. I jump on the computer sending out emails to surrounding packs notifying them of what I had to do. I’m sure a few will ask why I didn’t just snap his neck. Some packs are no questions asked ruthless packs. Do something wrong like almost killing a pack member, and it’s automatic death. I try not to be so ruthless, and it’s worked so far. Except this incident still blows my mind.

I file the paperwork under lock and key, and get back to working on pack business. While I’m working on paperwork I hear my computer start sounds a few times when emails start coming back from other packs. They are expressing their sadness in seeing a situation like this happen. It’s very unfortunate and I’m torn on what to do. Should I even put Trinity in that position to make the call? She is the victim but I’m the Alpha. I have to rule this pack with an iron fist or I’ll look weak. Then what if someone comes after me for the position?

I decided to call my friend Alpha Tristin over at the Shadow Pack next to us just to get another person’s input.

“Hey Tarnac, how can I help you? Sorry to her about your situation.”

“That’s actually what I’m calling about. I need to see what you think about this situation. My head warrior almost mauled a lower pack member. I think the only reason he didn’t finish the job was because I was running that way. They had his scent all over them, and he had their scent and blood on him. He has had it out for this pack member for a while and I never understood why. I was going to leave it up to them to make the decision on the punishment for him, but now I’m second guessing that.”

“You are the Alpha! Don’t put that kind of pressure on a pack member! An Alpha is supposed to be judge, jury and executioner. We lead our packs. We have to set an example and make this a good example. Show your pack that you will not stand for this type of behavior.”

“That’s what I needed to hear. I knew that I shouldn’t put it on her.”

“Wait, hold on one fucking minute! Your head warrior attacked a female pack member? Did she fight back at all?”

“No, she is a worker in the kitchen and our women don’t train.”

“You’re not serious right? You need to train your women. It will make your pack that much stronger. So what is it about this girl then? There has to be something else going on.”

“She is a small white wolf. I don’t know what it means but I’ve never seen it before.”

“You said a white wolf? I’ve never seen one either. I have an oracle here and we can visit in a couple days. See if they may have any answers.”

“Ok I’ll see you in a couple days, and we will see if we can figure this out.”

I hung up the phone and knew what I needed to do. I just need to get into the right mindset. I get up to go out and let Antar run when I get a mind link from the doctor that Trinity is awake. I quickly ran out of the pack house and headed straight for the hospital. When I run into the building I see the doctor standing there smiling. He stops me as soon as I get close by putting his hands in the air.

“She is very, very sore. We have her on pain meds that are taking the edge off and make her comfortable. She’s still very weak, but slowly getting her energy back. Ava her wolf is still resting but is talking more.”

I nod when I enter the room and see her look from her mom to me. I see her just stare and tremble, and I’m so confused. I don’t want her to be scared of me.

“Trinity, I need you to tell me who did this. I already know, but I need to hear it from you.”

She just looks down at her hands when I see tears start to fall. She starts shaking her head no, and I know she’s scared to say anything.

“Trinity, I will not ask again. As your Alpha I’m asking you who did this.”

“You already know though.”

“I need to hear the name.”

She nods her head and takes a deep breath.

“It was Raston, Alpha.”

I just nod my head when she looks up at me and my heart breaks. I’m trying to not show any emotion so I can deal with this but the look in her eyes made Antar take over. I walked over sitting on the side of the bed holding out my arms when she slowly climbed up into them. I just held her breathing in her scent praying she would be my mate. There has to be a reason why she is opposite of me right? While I’m holding her I see her mom looking at us confused.

“Misty, I told Trinity that if in two days when she turns eighteen if she doesn’t find her mate I will take her as a choice mate.”

“But Alpha why? We are just kitchen workers. She has no clue how to be a Luna. She’s never trained for that kind of a position.”

“I’ve seen her wolf, I know she’s special. She isn’t even in the position and is already influencing changes to be made to the pack. All women will start training to fight.”

I just bury my face and inhale her scent. It feels so right but I have to wait two days to do anything. Then it hits me. What if in two days she finds her mate. I would have to walk away, and not interfere. I set her down and start walking away when I hear her start crying from behind me. I need to get out of here. The pressure is getting to be too much. I want to mark her right there, and want to say fuck it to her finding a mate.

The only problem is if it was found out that I took her for myself before even allowing her the opportunity to find a mate, the pack would be livid. So I quickly get out of there and strip to run. We need to get this stress out, and just clear our head. We run as hard as we can, but know in two days this pack may finally have a Luna. Now the countdown starts.