Chapter 460
I stop just outside his office, knocking lightly but not waiting for a response as I allow Jessa to walk in first. Looking around, the office is quite crowded which naturally spikes my anxiety.
“I’m sorry for the crowd but I’m anticipating your return to be a very complex undertaking and I’m trying to put as much support in place as I can. It’s important that you understand that I’ve never had a case like you and no one has ever elected to return once I have discovered their abuse and offered them sanctuary.”
“No one?” I can’t help but sound shocked as I still have a hard time believing that sanctuary
even exists.
He nods while pointing to the couch for us to sit on. I take a seat first giving her the option of sitting in my lap or sitting beside me. She grabs a pillow from the end and places it in my lap
before sitting beside me giving me enough room to stretch out.
“First I feel it’s important that we establish that you have done nothing wrong.” Alpha seems
to be going first.
“You expressed a lot of concern when everything happened that you had started the brawl and
put the girls in danger. I know it’s been a month and I haven’t addressed it but I wanted to
wait until the council concluded their investigation before speaking to you. Explaining what we
found.”
I nod silently but keep my gaze submissive and towards the ground.
“Two of the three wolves involved in kidnapping Willow and forcing her to the warriors‘ cabins. had been stalking her for a while. She had actually filed a complaint against them the day before she was attacked. I had scheduled time to meet with each of them the next day but she went into heat that night. She was a week earlier than she expected.”
“You’re saying they planned this? What about the one that walked away? Hunter Rain?”
“While Hunter was not involved in the stalking he still participated in the kidnapping, He was punished for his involvement but because he was unaware of what they were doing until after he started helping them he received a lesser punishment.”
“What happened to the rest of them?”
“We found on video that the two original kidnappers did not manage to rape her but four other wolves got involved. As a delta she was at a disadvantage as the four that got a hold of her were all beta level. The two betas you interrupted in the shack were the ones who clubbed you
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with a tree branch. All six were taken to the council’s regional jail for further investigation and prosecution when they left.”
“What about Willow?”
“She has returned to her pack and withdrawn herself from the prospect program.”
1 stay silent waiting for him to continue.
“Has Jamie talked to you about what happened with the run?”
“He told me it was canceled but didn’t give any details.” I explain what little I know.
“So, this crowd of people is the first to hear of my final decision. I do feel it’s important for you to know that with this run getting canceled I can not hold my year long run next year. The council mandates that three six month runs must be held before the year long one can be scheduled. Now, I do have the option to start a new six month run July 27th which would give me the standard week between runs to get ready but with Micayla seeking sanctuary and the unknowns involved in getting you out of your home pack and back here I have plenty to keep me busy so I felt it best to take a break.”
I look up briefly to see him nod lightly.
“Now, to touch on getting you out of Red Fang, I need you to run as soon as you’re healthy enough to do so.”
I sit up, looking at his face curiously trying to figure out how much he knows.
“Jamie told me about the cycles in severity that you tend to go through. It was a little hard for him to leave out considering his abuse is tied directly to yours.”
He sighs heavily as he continues.
“I’ve been trying to plan step by step how to get you out and come up with additional plans for everything that could possibly go wrong each step of the way but there’s so many things that I can think of going wrong that I just can’t wrap my mind around it. Being completely honest with myself I had to scrap every plan I’ve thought of so far.”
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