He’s an Alpha She doesn’t Care novel Chapter 41

Jared

He made sure to keep himself to the professional role while walking alongside Wynta, in the building, and only let himself tease her in the express elevator. He’d gotten her point loud and clear last week, he could also keep it clean and make sure no one knew about what happened between them last night.

He’d not told his unit about it, though they’d heard about what had happened through their fathers, so they wouldn’t go and hunt for him after they felt him being disconnected. Which they all had been on the move. They’d all known he was tracking Wynta that night, but Ernesto had put a call into to tell them what had happened, and to leave it alone, apparently.

They’d had no choice but to follow the pack Beta’s orders, to leave him in Wynta’s apartment. He was unharmed and just going to sleep it off, would return after he woke up. That had ticked him off, but he couldn’t do much about it, they were just following orders.

Listening to her rib him once more with his own father, she was asking to be punished again, and he knew it. He’d already asked her in the elevator if she was looking to be punished again. It seems she was. A part of him was amused by it, but another part of him was just annoyed by it. They both knew it when he snapped “Enough,” into the office.

His own father raised an eyebrow at him but settled down. Alphas could only take so much humiliation before they lost their tempers, and his father knew he was reaching his limit. Likely didn’t want Wynta to see it, seeing as what he wanted from his son, was to have that band on his wrist glow on a full moon with her right there..

“We need to get to the point of this meeting.” His father stated, “Sit down Jared, you’re making Wynta uncomfortable.”

“No, he’s not,” Wynta stated. “He may, sit, stand or leave if he likes.”

Jared walked over and sat himself down in the single chair and looked at her. “You think I wasn’t serious about why this meeting was called?” he asked her directly.

“He is serious, Wynta,” his father stated. “It’s not the first time we’ve seen someone follow you home either.”

That made her frown, from his father to him, and then she just huffed. “Last night, I felt someone following me, picked up it was wolfen and that is how you, Jared, got dosed with Wolfsbane.”

“So, you can tell the difference between humans and wolves.”

“If they are close enough, yes, I can sense it, pick up the wolfen scent.”

“Can you discern rank?” he asked, now curious himself.

“No, just if one is from a pack or is a rogue.” She shrugged. “I don’t have all the senses you all have.”

“There was a car across from your apartment building, and in it was a warrior from an unknown pack, Wynta. I believe he was watching you,” Jared told her.

“I saw it. I actually know all those that live on my street, and their cars.” She nodded. “I keep track of things like that for my own safety. I’ve never seen that car before,” she added. ” Honestly, I thought he was with you, before I knew who you were.” She stated. “Who followed me last week?” she asked.

“I had Emerson trail you home and Andy trailed you to work, always out of sight, so you wouldn’t know because…” Jared sighed. “Carlotti targeted you and someone in your office we believed at the time, told her about when the security system was going to be out.” He laid it out for her. “We now know that was Jamie. She’s been fired. The car we saw on your street last week was Barry Moore’s car. He’s also from your department; it was seen not far from your apartment.”

“His girlfriend lives on my street, she’s a flight attendant, keeps odd hours, and sometimes he has to sit and wait for her. Delayed flights.” She waved it off

“Alright. Good to know.” Jared nodded, that could now be dropped.

“The wolf last night,” his father prompted.

“I didn’t recognize him.” Wynta shook her head no. “Though…” she sighed. “I did happen to come across an Alpha and his unit on the weekend, they scented me, I retreated to my hotel room. But that Alpha saw me leave, looked right at me as I got in the car to come home.”

That had him staring at her, “Why would you keep that to yourself?” he frowned at her.

“I don’t have to tell you anything about my life. They also didn’t follow.” She shrugged it off. The driver looked for that for me.”

“Did they threaten you at all?” he asked, because she was right, she wasn’t required to tell anyone anything about her life, including him or his father. But that, in itself, was a deadly game. That other Alpha could use a tech to track that number plate, find the driver and pull the information out of them. It’s what he would do if he was trying to track her.

“No, just… curious, I’m going to say.” She half muttered, and Jared saw his own father lean back in his chair, and look at her, as though he was really thinking.

“Wynta, do you know what your home pack scented of?” his father asked, “or were you ever told if you can’t smell it?”

“I was told,” she nodded, “and living in it, I could actually smell it, so I do know, though I am a very long way from there. Why Edward, do you ask?”

“Curiosity,” his father mused, although Jared didn’t think it was just that, he was trying to find out about her past, he thought.

“Do you know what ours is?” Jared asked now. “Can you discern Cedar Rapids pack members from others?”

“No,” she shook her head. “Though I have a question for you, Jared, you were looking right at that wolf last night. Did you pick up his pack scent?”

‘Yes, it’s not local,” he stated. “I didn’t recognize it, not an enemy or an ally either. It’s curious to me now.”

“Likely it was that Alpha, you saw down in Monterey, was it?” his father asked, and he saw Wynta half smile, she liked her little game of cat and mouse with his father. “That it was one of his men. They tracked the car company, and found the booking, tracked it to where it dropped you off.”

She frowned now, and he could see her brain ticking. “Do you know that Alpha and his unit Wynta?” Jared asked the only question he’d not asked.

She nodded. “I’ve seen him before, though no trouble came of that.” She shrugged it off as if it didn’t matter. “He also didn’t look mad when he looked at me as I got into that car, just… surprised I guess that he recognized me. Maybe surprised I was a rogue. I don’t know. I don’t go around talking to wolves from other packs.”

“How close does one have to get for you to know their wolfen?” he asked, now trying to discern just how close that Alpha and his unit had gotten to her.

“It wasn’t that I was so close I picked them up it was the way they talked.” She stated simply.

“So, you were close enough to hear them.” He frowned, that could be even worse.

“Mm, it was crowded though, and I was just dressed like everyone else jeans and a tee–shirt, sunglasses on. I blended in and had been up the street already. They were tracking the scent of a rogue, but I was weaving through the crowd at the same time.” She shrugged.

“What did they say?” his father asked.

“Do you smell that…” she answered, but then there was a slight pause before she continued on, and Jared knew she’d omitted something from that sentence; she was hiding something from them still.

“It was in the way it was said, that had me realize they were wolves,” Wynta went on, “and I hurriedly made my way back to the hotel and stayed there until it was time to check out.”

“So, an Alpha and his unit were right there in scenting range on a full moon.” His father frowned.

“Yes.” She nodded. “I didn’t scent anything.”

“Would you, being wolf–less?” Jared asked her simply. He didn’t know some could, and some were drawn in like a human was.

Some only felt the sparks on their skin.

She nodded. “I would,” she answered without much thought.

He watched his father lean forward now and stare right at her. “How would you know that unless you’ve done it before? So, you’ve had a mate before then, Wynta,” he asked, and Jared heard the almost eagerness to his own father’s words.

His eyes also lingered on Wynta now, as she stared at his father. He’d seen her bare neck last night. Hell, he’d had his mouth right on it. There was no marking scar on her. What he saw as he looked at her now, was a reaction to that very question, as small and fleeting as it was. There was a slight twitch to her lip and then a fleeting moment of annoyance that passed her eyes, before it was gone.

He and Creed were right, in their assessment of her, and they knew it. She’d had a Mate, and he’d rejected her because she was wolf–less, likely at 18; what an i***t, he thought to himself with a slight shake of the head.

“What rank was he?” his father pushed.

Wynta raised an eyebrow at his father, and he knew she wasn’t going to answer that question, she didn’t want to talk about it. Had never done so in the past five years, it was likely painful, and he didn’t think it wouldn’t matter what rank he was to her. No rejection was ever nice for anyone.

“Leave it, father,” he stated, “That is Wynta’s personal business. We’re also off–topic.” He brought them back to the most pressing; her being followed by an unknown wolf.

“Would you know if that wolf across from your apartment, belonged to that Alpha you saw?”

“No,” she looked at him and shook her head.

At least she was willing to answer their questions, and he put that down to her own need to be safe. “I think security is a good idea.” His father stated, “Unless, of course, you’re willing to come into the pack Wynta.”

She shook her head. “I don’t see a need, Edward; I like my life.”

“What about moving you to my apartment complex, where Jared and his unit live? There is a wolfen doorman, protection even though not a pack member.” his father offered.

She kind of just sat there for a long moment, and then her eyes moved to Jared, and he knew what she was thinking. He refrained from smiling at her, in his father’s presence, but he wanted to.

“Look, we don’t even know if it’s anything serious or not.” She shook her head, no. “I brought Jared down, I’m certain I can handle one warrior in the same manner. If it comes to that, I’m not moving, but if something else happens again, I’ll consider it,” she stated.

“Escorts to and from the office for now then,” his father stated, “Either a driver or Jared or one of his unit will walk you to and from.”

Jared frowned at his father. “And you think I don’t have better things to do, father?” he muttered.

“I told you, son. She’s your job to bring in now, so I see protecting her is part of that too. Be thankful I ain’t insisting she lives with you.”

“What?” Wynta blinked and stared at his father. “That ain’t going to happen.” She muttered, I’ll take the driver, thank you,” and she was up and walking from the office, like she’d been dismissed.

He saw his father lean back in his chair. “Ah, 1 to me finally.”

“What?” Jared frowned at him.

“I knew that threat would make her choose a driver.” His father chuckled. “Though I wasn’t kidding either,” he stated and waved Jared off. “Go, I got things to sort out.”