Not just the Beta (Oriana and Slade) novel Chapter 26

Slade

He was headed out of his room to make his way to his father’s office. They were hounding him, though none of them had come themselves, had woken an omega, sent his little sister and both Palmer and Yuri. He’d banged his door shut in all their faces for the past hour.

Had stopped every mind-link to him, none could actually open it if they were lower ranked than he was. He could feel it, them trying to connect with him, and could just not accept it. The only one that could connect with him was his own father, and he’d gotten snarled all Alpha aggression at by Hail himself.

His wolf was fully pissed off with his own father and Alpha, and was letting him know about it. His own beast had severed that link with the man and as violently and harshly as he could. Their bond with Ori was being destroyed and Hail didn’t like it at all. She’d always been right there next to him, even her wolf, China, played with Hail. Those two wolves had a good Alpha Beta bond, and now it was no more. Hail was a ticked off Alpha Wolf right this minute.

But his father just wouldn’t bloody let up on him, had actually rolled a full Alpha Order at him to get his ass downstairs for a meeting.

He’d stepped out of his suite only to see Lindal and Beckham walking down the Alpha hallway, with one of Ori’s suitcases. He’d come to a halt and then looked down the hall and saw Ori’s mother, Bronnie, standing in the Beta Suite doorway. She’d looked right at him and sighed heavily.

He’d moved his eyes away from her. What the hell did she think was going to happen, that Ori was just going to smile sweetly and be all happy about what had just happened, she was a pure-blooded Beta female, that had only been fully realised for a month. A she-wolf that was always in control of herself and her emotions.

They’d never had a daughter that was unruly, had a daughter that just fell into line at every turn, because she had to, to keep her position, and they bloody knew that. Now the one thing they’d been using to keep her under their thumb and not becoming a defiant pure-blooded Beta, all hot-headed and uncontrollable; was gone.

There was no need for her to keep control and fall into line, she was also an adult now and did not have to stay with her parents anymore. Clearly, she wasn’t going to. Likely wasn’t ever going to set foot inside this packhouse. Or not for a very long time, likely going to live with Lindal from what he was seeing.

Though as he thought about that, if she truly wanted to piss her father and mother off, she could move herself into the single dorms and start sleeping her way through the entire pack, she’d never allowed herself to have a boyfriend, he was willing to bet that was on the cards now.

Though she’d told him she had a boyfriend now, that was curious to him. He didn’t know if she did or didn’t. Palmer and Yuri hadn’t said anything about her dating anyone. Though that didn’t mean she didn’t have one, she could just hook up with him in the pack’s nightclub. She’d been out dancing and drinking every night from what he’d heard.

Likely she did actually have one, he realised, and they just met up when out dancing. She had smelled different to him in that car, had another scent added to her usual chocolaty coconut scent. She’d always smelt like a dessert to him, sweet and delectable, even more so, now. She had this slight caramel scent that if he really smelled her, like he’d done in the car, he could pick up on.

It had actually smelled nice, she really did smell like his favourite cookies at the moment. Though that shirt she’d been wearing was a man’s shirt. She-wolves often wore their Mate’s or boyfriends’ clothes. It was like a possession thing, and that was how she’d explained it to him.

She could just up and move in with that boy, he supposed now as well, he doubted any wolf here that was seeing her, would stop her from staying in his bed. Likely be bedding the hell out of her every morning and night. Likely she’d told him to say nothing, but now would let him go boasting about it, to tick her father off.

“Lindal?”

“Don’t talk to me Slade.” She stated flatly as she walked passed him.

“Is she alright?” he asked, and he did actually really want to know.

The girl actually stopped walking, and looked at him. “No, Slade. You stabbed her in the back real good. I heard now you chose Hayden yourself, over Ori. So no, she is not alright, would you be?” she grated out. “Just leave her alone, she needs time to herself. You should all just stay away from her.”

“Is she staying with you?” he asked.

“Yes.” She answered him “So, stay away from my house for now…actually it might be better if you don’t see her at all. Go back to Alpha College, and let her go completely. I heard you got a Mate as well. Congratulations, got everything you want now.”

“Lindal!” Beckham admonished her, “He’s the Heir.”

“I know what he is, grew up in his social circle, is…was, my friend I guess, just like he was Ori’s, we’re the same age.” She turned and looked at Beckham “in fact I’m two weeks older.” She stated, and then glared at Slade “Respect your elders.” She grated out and stalked off.

He waved off the apology he saw coming from Beckham. He knew Lindal was actually Ori’s closest female friend and Lindal was right. They all hung out together at school and outside of training. There were just 15 of them, all 18 and that was his social circle.

He didn’t blame Lindal for her words, she was mad on Ori’s behalf, it was likely his whole circle of friends would be as well. This was so badly fucked up he didn’t know how to even start to try and fix it.

But that: he’d gotten everything he wanted. No, he hadn’t. He watched them get in the elevator, and he took the stairs himself to go down to his father’s office. Saw Anders look at her suitcase and recognise it, how could he not? It was his daughters. Frowned as he stood in the Alpha’s office doorway, likely waiting for Slade to come down himself.

He watched Lindal herself glare at the pack Beta, for a tiny she-wolf that did not train at all. She had some guts, he realised. Practically took strips of himself and now was glaring at the actual Beta to the pack. No wonder she got herself an Elite Warrior for a Mate. Though her mother was a warrior herself. She was just taking after her father; she liked cars.

Slade wondered just how many of the pack members were actually going to be ticked off about this, the way it had been done? Anders stepped aside for him to pass into his father’s office. The entire Alpha Unit were in there, and he heard the door being closed behind him.

“I don’t think I’m ready to have a calm conversation yet.” He grated out, Hail was already up inside his mind. Also didn’t want to be in this room, it seemed.

“We think Oriana is your Mate.” Anders told him, when he looked back at him.

“What?” he frowned at the man now, “No, Audrey already feels the sparks of our Mate Bond, she told me so.”

“She told you before the full moon?” his father was standing next to Anders now, looking down at him with a full frown.

“Yes, she knew the moment she arrived at Alpha College,” he nodded.

They were all frowning at him now, “Son, you know yourself that telling a wolf that is against the law, all wolfen laws, is written into the Mate Bond Laws explicitly.”

“She told me, not I her.” He commented “I didn’t coerce her. I kind of picked it up myself. With the way she is when I touch her, after she touches me even.”

“Son, until you scent her out, it is not something you should believe. This pack is very wealthy, large and…”

“And?”

“Audrey’s father contacted us the day after she got to Alpha College, to tell us what you are telling me now. He wanted to start working on the mating alliance papers right away.”

“So, she knew then.” He shrugged.

“Son, it could be a lie, coerce you into marking and mating her before a full moon, has she asked you to?”

“No, why would she? Is happy to wait.” both ways,

He saw his father and Anders looking at each other now. “Son, coercion can go you like the girl, so easy to believe if she’s all over you and letting you do whatever your hearts content with her. I imagine she is fucking you stupid, right?” His father asked him.

He was frowning at them now, she actually was.