He's an Alpha: She doesn't Care (Jennifer Francis) novel Chapter 27

CH 27

Jared

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He sat in that boardroom and watched as Wynta just walked out of it without a seeming care at all, she didn’t answer to anyone, and getting up and leaving after she’d not only just proved her own innocence. She’d turned the tides of whatever battle she had going on with Lotti. Though a part of him wondered if Wynta had even known Lotti was targeting her. Which he now had all the evidence that Lotti was in fact doing just that.

Wynta had just helped to confirm all that herself, without him even having to ask her anything about her and Lotti’s relationship. A part of him wanted to smile for the way she’d handled everything today, though another part of him wondered if she’d have been like she was, calm and confident in coming here to prove her innocence, if she didn’t have that footage of her own office to back her up?

But then again, she was a rogue and, from the way he’d just watched her not only interact with his father’s unit but spoke to his father, he had a feeling that, what he’d just seen, was simply who she was and nothing more. He also realized now that his father and his unit were all expecting this from her.

They’d chuckled along with her at that comment of 20 to 0. That meant to him, she’d managed to get out of 20 mating ball invites over the past five years, which he knew was four a year, his mother did hold them every three months, and he could only guess she’d been invited to every single one of them. Some he knew to be tailored to her so she couldn’t refuse, and yet his mother had told him she’d gotten out of them.

Though now, as he sat watching her walk away from this room, there was a slight limp, as she compensated for the pain in her knee, which had likely been aggravated by kicking Lotti, putting a full strain on it. He thought about that very thing, Lotti had actually staggered back and hit the wall from that attack.

He wondered just how strong Wynta was, did she work out in the human world somewhere, or had it all just been pure rogue aggression, which, even though she was wolf–less could see adrenaline pump through her body in a matter of seconds and add to her normal strength; that was a curiosity.

He moved his eyes to his father as Wynta walked out of sight and found his own father just sitting

watching him. There was a slight smile on his face, as he leaned back in his chair, all casual like; watching him watching Wynta walk away.

Jared sighed internally but let nothing show in his expression, actually smiled and leaned back in his own chair, stretched his arms out and allowed that mating band to click against the table. To be seen, it was still white, not glowing blue, and he stared right back at his father. Making his own point.

Though he now knew that man was indeed once again trying to play matchmaker for him, and could understand his father’s insistence on Jared having to pick up Wynta for that Luna Celebration. That had, of course, been on a full moon, it just hadn’t been due to set until nearly 8pm.

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Him picking Wynta up and bringing her into the pack that day wasn’t just about getting her initiated, it was about trying to see if she would pair up with Jared. She was an unknown she–wolf that could well be his Mate for all he knew. His father liked her stubbornness, and probably thought she would suit him well.

Even if she refused to be initiated that day, due to being tricked into attending, if the moon had set, and she’d scented out anyone inside that pack, it would see her be brought into the pack automatically. If it was himself or one of his two other brothers, that would definitely see it. None of them would reject a Goddess–Gifted.

Though on the same front, that very thing, if his father had gotten his way that night, he or one of his brothers scenting out Wynta during the Luna Ceremony, that would have overshadowed it completely. As well as pissed Lance right off, he was the youngest and that would see whoever was mated to her be promoted to the first heir position instantly.

He wondered now about that as well, if Wynta had come across his two brothers on a full moon at all. Was it just him that hadn’t? Both Ethan and Colby were now living in France running his business over there. ‘Have Ethan and Colby been near her on a full moon?‘ he asked his father down the mind–link, by way of letting him know he understood what this was now all about.

‘No, she avoids a full moon like the plague.‘ His father answered simply, ‘I’m guessing she’s been rejected before, she’s got no marking scar, and being without wolf…

‘Some would be rejected for that. Jared finished his father’s sentence and a part of him understood her better, he thought. Wolf–less and left her pack at 18, it was entirely possible she’d been gifted a mate right away, and they’d simply not wanted her because she would be seen by some wolves as weak. He didn’t think she was. If she had been rejected, that wolf was foolish she was not only beautiful but intelligent, and strong–willed to boot. He thought about that as he saw his father’s smile broaden. That man was betting on Wynta being mated to a highly ranked member of a pack, just from the way she was.

He shook his head slightly and stated, “How about we get to what I believe is actually going on here between Lotti and Wynta.”

“There is nothing going on between us,” Lotti stated, though she now sounded unhappy about having been outed to this room for all her lies.

“Dwane and I don’t feel that is the truth. We both agree that since we’ve arrived home to the pack, something feels off, with Lotti’s behavior, around Wynta specifically, father.” He told him and Dwane nodded as if to concur.

“There is nothing,” Lotti muttered, but was ignored. It was clear she was going to lie about everything, had proved that to this very room already.

“Why son, do you say that?” his father asked, giving him the room, so he could express his own concerns.

“Well, firstly, let’s address something I’ve not discussed with anyone bar Dwane yet. On the day I was to pick Wynta up. She got a text message, apparently from me, worded specifically to make it as though I

sent it.”

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