Stars Above Lonely Nights — Michael Brown novel Chapter 57

Jax POV:

“Well” I drawl out looking around the room, “that answers some questions.”

“Was not something I was expecting” Kingsley frowns as he looks at the door his daughter just left through. “Although I’m feeling very proud of her right now” he admits smiling slightly.

“Good on her” Laurence shrugs, “shows she is a Beta female.”

“True” Nova agrees with pride in her eyes. “They must know she is your daughter though. I mean why did Hannah go through the farce of befriending her if that wasn’t the case? Her wolf has been bound so she’s not a risk in that sense and she didn’t know me at that point. They must know, we will have to talk about it again with Sophie in the morning, she might have more information from Hannah. It’s also worth looking through her phone before we leave, Axel could you make sure it’s not possible for the hunters to trace the phone?”

“I’ll sort that tonight ready for you in the morning” he assures us.

“So it’s actually you Kingsley they’ve been trying to find” I muse thoughtfully. “But why not Nova?”

“Because they have been moulding me” she points out, “I’ve never opposed them so that’s why. Perhaps if I had it would be a different story, I’m starting to think more and more that they were keeping me around for their benefit.”

“Do you think it’s wise to go to the council?” I ask wearily.

“We don’t take dad” Nova says sharply, “not a chance. If they were using me to try find him then we need to prevent that from happening and not tell them we have found him. We go and ask for the information Elder Johnathon has on Guardian Wolves and we will look in to it, I am genuinely intrigued to know more this isn’t only for my father’s benefit after all.”

“I think only Nova and I go to the council, along with Luca. I don’t think it’s wise for Sophie to be travelling to the council because they will ask questions” I say sitting up and clasping my hands together as I think through things.

“What do you say when they see Luca is mated?” Laurence asks.

With a sigh I look up before speaking, “I think we push the truth slightly. As she mentioned being nervous around packs when she first got here we should just say she isn’t yet confident enough for a visit to the council and Luca is slowly acclimatising her to the role as Beta female.”

“And if they ask why?” Laurence probes.

“We can’t say she was a rogue and we can’t mention her nervousness was around packs, we just make it a general statement of gaining confidence” I say, “but we could imply that she was of a lower rank and it’s a big step up. They don’t need to know more.”

“I think that should work” Nova agrees. “I doubt they will fixate on Luca being mated much with everything else we are there for.”

“If they do seem like they’re asking too many questions we simply steer them away from the conversation” I suggest.

“What about the way they are going to gain the truth?” Laurence asks reminding me.

“Only Rose is being questioned, none of us are there for that reason we are simply there to verify information and give our versions” I say thinking aloud, “Rose won’t know Luca is mated so she won’t give it away whatever their method and we are perfectly within our right to refuse if they do ask as it wasn’t requested of us.”

Looking around the room I see everyone nod as they agree.

“We are clear then?” I ask sternly.

“Yes Alpha” the room choruses.

“Ok Nova I’ve linked the doctors. It’s been a long day and even Alphas need rest, they are going to wake Caroline in the morning we need to be there at 6:30am” I say stifling a yawn.

“Thank you Jax” she says with relief in her voice.

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