The Alpha Who Saved Me novel Chapter 130

CHAPTER 130

I don't know whether or not to believe if what Benjamin says is true. I hope for the werewolf shifters that it isn't true, but why would he say it if it wasn't, and why have we never heard of the Shikari before now? I'm sitting at my vanity, brushing out my hair while getting ready for bed, and thinking about everything that Benjamin has said. If my existence brings about the end of all werewolf shifters, then what is the point? There has got to be more to all of this, something that is far bigger than what we know. I can' t fathom the Goddess creating all of us just to have us slaughtered.

"I know what you're thinking, Quinn, and you need to stop." Declan states as he comes up behind me and takes the brush from my hand, "If you ask me, I think the Goddess hand-picked you because she knows that you are strong enough to bring peace to not only our kind but to all. Times are changing and with it, we need to make difficult decisions that some are not comfortable with. I think you can be the change that everybody needs. Look at how others flock to your pack just because they have heard that you are a fair and just leader." He runs the brush through my hair, trying not to hurt me whenever he gets to a knot.

"I don't know how to be the leader that they need me to be Declan. I'm scared."

He stops his strokes with the brush and turns me to face him as he squats down, "All the real leaders usually are scared, you're not the first. You have a strength in you that I've never seen is anybody else. Everything you have gone through, should have broken you, but you have come back stronger each and every time. The

Goddess has been testing you, testing us, to see if we are strong

Dividing into pages now enough for what she has planned. Why else would we have gone through the shit that we have? In the end, though, look where we are at; we have come back together because it's meant to be." He runs his thumb across my cheek, "I don't need to wait until your birthday to find out that you are my mate, because I feel it here." He places my hand over his heart."

"How can you be so sure, Declan." I'm still so pessimistic, but can you really blame me after all the hurt that I've had in my life?

He gives me a sad smile, "Because I believe in the Goddess, and I believe in you. That day when we came to rescue you, I knew that you were no ordinary wolf; that out of all those wolves in your pack, you were the one that remained standing. Not counting the others of course, because they weren't there, but you were."

Placing my hand on his handsome face, I caress it as I stare deep into his chocolate brown eyes. How did I get so lucky to be able to have this man in my life. Even if we aren't mates, he will always have a place in my heart no matter what.

"Do you believe what Benjamin told us...about the Shikari?" I ask him.

He shrugs, "I've never heard of them, but that doesn't mean that they don't exist. If you want, we can have the Elders come and we can ask them."

"Like I would call the Elders here on purpose. No offense but they suck when it comes to helping us shifters. Look at everything they have done for you!"

"This is true, but we are only needing information, not necessarily their help." He states, "Come on, I think you need to get some sleep."

I scoff. "Like you will let me get any sleep for a while yet."

Holding up his hands defensively, "Hey, I can let you go to sleep without ravishing your body, just don't expect to get out of bed in the morning without letting me help you start your day properly." He winks at me and then pulls me up off the stool, dragging me over to the bed. He tucks me in on my side before walking around to the side that he sleeps on and then slipping in beside me and taking me into his arms.

I'm in my office the next morning, getting some much-needed pack business done while Declan has gone to his own pack. He had promised that he wouldn't be gone long, that he only needed to pick up a few files. He's been working out of my little office upstairs in the Alpha suite while he's stayed here. I've tried arguing with him that he doesn't need to babysit me until my birthday, but he gets mad every time I bring it up. He thinks I don't want him here, when in fact, it's the complete opposite, but I don't want him disregarding his own pack on account of me. He tells me that Carter has it handled, so I just let it be.