The challenge two alphas one girl novel Chapter 44

Maze’s POV

I was a little unsteady. I took in the bandage on his right c.hest. Thaddeus made me sit down on the bed. My mate’s father had shot my father. Did Friday know? What were they going to do to him? The punishment for attempted murder of an alpha was death or banishment. Would Friday be devastated? They did not have a good relationship but she did seem as though she yearned for his approval. We had that in common when it came to our fathers.

“How are you feeling?” I asked tensely.

That man had shot my father. I remembered how crude her had been with Friday when he had heard her using my first name.

“That’s your Alpha whether or not another Alpha wants to fvck you!” He had said.

I had thought him insane and cra.ss. Who would speak to their only daughter that way? I was seething. I wanted to rip him to shreds. I wanted the death penalty. I was the Marigold Alpha now and it was my call. My wolf whined. He was angry but he was worried about Friday rejecting us if we did something terrible to her father.

“How do you want him to be punished?” I asked my father in a serious tone.

He was the former alpha so his wishes in this particular case mattered a lot. My father looked shocked at my question, glancing surrept!tiously at Felicity as if to say he could not answer that in front of her. I then noticed something sparkly and large on Felicity’s hand. I tore my eyes away from the engagement ring, feeling heartbroken on behalf of my Mom all of a sudden.

“What were those snarling noises we heard and the yelling?” Asked Thaddeus folding his arms.

Malachi hesitated again. He sighed deeply.

“ Your mother and Felicity fought,” said Dad softly. I could tell he was ashamed as this was probably mostly his doing, but he was not regretful. He seemed thoroughly pleased with the eventual result. Felicity and my Dad shared a lingering k!ss.

“So love birds, when’s the wedding?” Joked Thaddeus, trying to lighten the mood.

“I’ve always dreamt of a winter wonderland wedding,” said Felicity sheepishly.

Maze tensed.

“So before the end of the year would be a nice time for our wedding,” added my father.

He was not going to get away with acting so causally about this.

“So you’re leaving Mom then?” I asked dryly.

“Yes,” responded my father just as dryly.

“Where is she?” I enquired.

“Who?” Asked my father.

“Mom,” I grumbled.

“Oh, uh, she said she would spend the night in a hotel. She was too scared to stay alone in our house, thinking Farris might return. He had brandished the gun and was going to shoot Elizabeth but I slashed at his leg,” My father said.

Felicity looked at him proudly and caressed his cheek. He leant forwards wanting more. She giggled. I sighed. Felicity frowned.

“I would never let harm like that come to Elizabeth. We’re not in love but she has been a dutiful wife,” said my father, explaining his thought process.

“She gave me you,” he added, looking up at me.

I stared at him, tears brimming in my eyes. I had thought since I found out that my mother was not his mate, that he automatically regretted having me. It was a relief to hear otherwise. I sniffled and my father used his good arm to pull me into a warm bear h.ug.

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“I love you, Son,” said my father softly.

“Don’t ever scare me like that again, Dad, please,” I grumbled.

Dad chuckled. He gave me a salute as if to say aye, aye, captain.

Thaddeus, Felicity and I all smiled.

Thaddeus’ POV

Maze was really going through it right now. His father had just been shot by the father of his mate because his father was sleeping with the mother of his mate. His father was also leaving his mother for the mother of his mate. That would mean Friday would be his little step-sister legally. I normally would roast the sh!t out of him, chiding him about being Friday’s elder step-brother. I could ask him to walk her down the aisle for me because her father was on the lam but I decided to go easy on him. He was quiet as I drove him to the hotel. Maze also had to decide Friday’s Dad’s punishment for the attempted murder of the former alpha. The only suitable punishments for a crime of that gravity were death or banishment. He had to tip-toe around Friday but he also had to handle this debacle satisfactorily as the new alpha.

We arrived at the Marigold Hotel. I had been here once before with Friday to get massages. That had been our very first date. I smiled at the memory.

“What’s up? What’re you thinking about?” Maze asked me, glancing over at him as we pulled into the parking lot.

“Friday and I had our first date at this hotel,” I said cheerfully as we walked in and went to the main desk. There was a red-headed, freckled concierge there. He called Elizabeth’s room and then waved us up. We found the room easily. Maze knocked hesitantly on the door.I wondered if I should give him and his mother some time alone.

“I don’t mind,” I said smiling. Maze gave me a small smile of relief.

We followed her, shutting the door and siting on the hotel bed. She chuckled to herself as she climbed up onto the bed and sat crosslegged facing us. She took a swig from her wine bottle and then another sip from a flask of liquor she had on the bed.

“You look just like him,” she cooed ruffling Maze’s hair. “But you’re not an a.ssh0le like him, Mazey. You’re my sweet boy!”