The Alpha Who Saved Me novel Chapter 166

Chapter 16

Declan

"Well, howdy stranger!" My Beta greets me when I walk upstairs to my office, and I see him coming out of his own.

"I was just here yesterday smartass." I chuckle as I walk into my own office.

"Yeah, but you spent more time in your office than anywhere else." Carter states.

I sigh heavily, "Yeah, I know. Every time I think I'm finally going to be able to spend more time here, something happens over at Dark Moon that keeps my attention over there."

"Are you regretting mating Quinn?" My Beta asks even though he already knows the answer to it.

"No, never! I just want all these annoying assholes to leave us alone so we can live in peace. I want to start having pups with my mate but she's too scared that war will come, and she won't be able to protect everyone because she can't shift."

"That's crazy! Quinn is a badass regardless of if she shifts or not. All she needs is Tala's claws and fangs and she's fucking lethal!"

"You try telling her that," I snicker, "Now it's all about your sister's new mate. I'm not sure what to think about him yet."

"Has he done anything wrong since coming out of the coma?" Carter asks as he takes a seat in front of my desk.

"No, he's got amnesia, he doesn't remember anything."

"So, he shouldn't cause trouble for you then. I mean, that sucks on his end, but good for you guys, right?"

"Not really. Your brother-in-law has stepped down from his duties. for now. We don't know when Ledger will get his memory back and if he does, we don't know how he will react. So, he's not allowed to move into the pack house with Cici and Spencer."

"Seriously? What the fuck would you do if that was your mate? Which, he could have very well have been. Would you leave him by himself without the only two people that care about him enough to help him recover?"

"Don't start on me, Carter. I could have thrown him in the cells." I growl.

"You might as well have, at least then he would know his place in the pack." My Beta doesn't say anything more as he gets up and stomps from my office.

"Well, I didn't see that coming from him." I say to myself.

'He has a point, human.' Duke speaks up finally, after staying quiet. all this time on the matter of the hunter.

'Oh really? So, you think it's safe to bring the son of the head of Shikari into our home where our pups are?'

'I don't get any kind of bad vibe from the male. He truly feels lost, not knowing who he is or where he's from.' Duke states, 'I don't think he will be a threat now or when he gets his memory back. All I know is that if my mate was being treated like a leper, I'd be pissed too, especially if it was my superior who was doing it. You and Quinn trust Spencer for a reason, trust in his judgement on this matter as well.'

"Are you going to be cordial, because with all due respect, Alpha, I can't have you upsetting him right now." The Beta states, and I totally get that.

"It's not my intent. I just want to have a friendly chat with him to help put my mind at ease, that's all."

"Fine. I will go get them and we can all talk then." Spencer starts to turn around, but I stop him.

"I want to talk to him alone, Spence, just one on one," when he goes to argue with me, I hold my hand up, "You want us to trust

your judgement on a complete stranger, so now it's your turn to trust your Alpha to keep his word and not upset your mate."

He studies me momentarily before nodding and then going up to get Ledger. I'm only waiting a few moments before the hunter comes out of the house in only a pair of jeans. I'm taken aback at the muscle this dude is sporting. Being an Alpha, I'm built bigger than the rest, but this hunter almost puts me to shame.

"You wanted to talk to me?" He asks.

Since he's new and doesn't quite know the ways of pack life, I let his little mishap of not addressing me properly slip. I honestly didn' t come here to be a dick to him, so I give him a little smile and point to the set of chairs on the front porch.

"Yes, Ledger, please...take a seat."

Do you think Declan should allow Ledger to move in? What is your take on the stranger? Thanks for reading peeps! =)