The Alpha Who Saved Me

Chapter 12

Declan

I do the very last thing that I ever thought I would do for anyone, but I can’t let her slip away, “I need you, Quinn! Please don’t leave…” I beg as I call out to her just before she shifts. I’m not sure how I will be able to keep her under the same roof as me, but I have to try. My heart *a beat when I see her pause, and I’m about to jog over to her, but then she finishes her shift and runs into the forest without looking back.

I drop to my knees, knowing that I just lost the one person that I could ever really trust, aside from my Beta, and that I would be happy living the rest of my life with by my side. It doesn’t really matter, though, because she’s made it clear that she is waiting for her mate anyway. I just thought that if I kept her busy enough, she wouldn’t have time to find them and that eventually, she would choose me. Goddess, why did I have to be so weak and let that vile she-*into my bed?

I’m not sure how long I kneel here for, but when I do finally get up and try to shift, Duke ignores me, ‘Seriously?’ I say to my wolf, but all I get is silence. I can’t really blame him, though, i’d be * at me too.

It’s about a twenty-minute run back to the packhouse on human legs. Stopping by a nearby tree where I store some of my clothes for after shifting. I dress and then slowly walk back into the packhouse, hoping that Lila isn’t around, but of course, I couldn’t be so lucky.

I don’t even see her at first as I walk through the door. It’s as if she was trying to conceal herself until she was ready to make herself known, because she waits until I take the first step on the way to my office before she even speaks up, “Where did you disappear to?” Lila asks with a nasty tone.

“That is none of your *business, Lila, and until we get this * storm figured out, you are to call me by my rightful title.” I sneer and continue up the steps to the second floor, but the she-*follows right on my

heels.

“I hope you know that I will not tolerate you having any mistresses once we are mated, Alpha.” She says snidely.

“No worries there, Lila. I’ll be remaining celibate starting the day of your Luna ceremony.” I say dryly.

She chuckles, “You can’t be celibate if we are together, Alpha.”

I stop in the doorway of my office, and turn back to her, blocking her way into my space, “I can and will be celibate, Lila. Just because you are going to be Luna doesn’t mean that I have to marry you or *you. I’d rather cut my *off before putting it back inside of you.”

When she takes a step forward and places her hand on my chest, I grab her wrist with one hand and her throat with my other, “You will refrain from touching me in the future, if you know what’s good for you! If that pup you’re carrying is mine, then I will already have an heir and there will be no reason for us to touch ever again. Otherwise, if it’s not, well, you already know that you will not be Luna. For your own sake, this better not be a trick just to get the Luna title, because you will not like the outcome if it is.” She’s gasping for air when I suddenly let her go, turn and slam my door in her face.

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I’ve kept myself holed up in my office all week, not wanting to talk to anyone but my Beta for pack business only. When the day came that i” ve been dreading all week, I began drinking early that morning. Nobody could get through to me, not even Carter while in this state. It wasn’t until I heard her voice on the other side of my office door that I finally got up and unlocked it.

A gasp slips out of her mouth the moment she sees me, “Declan, what are you doing to yourself?”.

I smile when I hear my name on her lips instead of my title,”Quinn, you’re here…”

She walks past me and enters my office. When I go to close the door, I notice Lila at the end of the hall, glaring our way and I smirk, closing the door for privacy. I walk around my desk and sit in my chair before I look at the woman that is about to leave me. Well, not me, per se, but she’s leaving my pack which means she is leaving me.

** Declan, you need to stop doing this to yourself.” She starts in, “Everyone is worried about you.”

“Everyone but you…”

*That isn’t true, so don’t ever say that!” She stares angrily at me, “You mean so much to me, but that doesn’t matter anymore. We both have responsibilities that must always come first.”

I smile sadly, because she does have the makings to be a great Alpha, I’m just jealous because I want her to be my Luna, not my ally. I just sit here, admiring the woman that sits across my desk as she continues talking. I’m not paying any attention to her words, just the way her mouth moves and how she licks her lips after so many words are spoken. I don’t think she realizes how *she really is.

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-Alpha Declan, am I going to have to ask him to swear me in? Are you really not going to do it?” Her words finally reach me when she talks of another male.

“Hm? Who are you talking about?”

or maybe one of the many others that were at my party?” Goddess, she

“Gavin your cousin! Am I going to have to ask him to swear me in really is beautiful when she’s angry. Duke was right.

Speaking of my wolf, I haven’t heard from him since that day by the lake when Quinn walked away from me. I don’t understand why he is so *, but it’s out of my hands now. Not only am I losing the woman that I may possibly be in love with, but I’ve lost my wolf. What kind of Alpha can I be if I no longer have my wolf?

“I’m still here, *, I’m just not talking to you right now!” Duke’s voice grumbles before going silent once more. I breathe a sigh of relief knowing that he hasn’t left me completely.

As much as I don’t want her to leave, I don’t want Quinn hating me either or want her drinking anybody else’s blood, because that’s part of the swearing in of an Alpha. An alpha has to slice his hand and the wolf that is becoming an Alpha has to drink the blood of an Alpha. She’s leaving regardless, so why make it harder by refusing her. Besides, I don’t think I could refuse Quinn anything; never have.

“I will swear you in, no need to ask anybody else.” Suddenly. I’m looking forward to performing the ceremony; anything to have Quinn’s lips on me one last time. Sure, the blood is drunk from a cup, usually, but it’s not a necessity. No sense in dirtying a cup when she can drink right from the vein. I grin to myself.

“Thank you, Alpha, you don’t know how much it means to me to have you be the one to swear me in.” Her smile is sincere.

There is that *title coming out of her mouth again.–ugh!”I’ll only do it under the condition that you always call me Declan. I don’t want to hear Alpha coming out of your mouth ever again when you’re addressing me.”

She smirks, “But what will everyone think? They will think I’m being disrespectful.”

“*everybody else! I’ll set them straight if they have a problem with it.” I state.

We decide that it would be best if I swear her in while having her pack there, so I agree to drive over to the Dark Moon pack to do the ceremony. I also want to see those that are survivors and make sure none of them are a danger to Quinn. I will have to talk with her as well, because there may still be danger if Alpha Luther from the Desert Sand pack gets wind that she is the daughter of Alpha Lincoln and Luna Stacia, which more than likely he will.

As we walk out of my office together, Lila calls for me, “Alpha, do you have a moment?”

Quinn chuckles and under her breath, she says to me, “I see she’s finally learned how to address you properly.”

I smirk down at her before wiping it from my face to answer the other she-wolf, “What is it, Lila. I have somewhere important that I need to

be.”

I have to give it to Quinn, she is the nicest she-wolf, but I don’t want to be on the receiving end of her wrath, which i’ve come close to lately. When she places her hand on my arm and addresses me by my name loud enough for Lila to hear, I want to throw my head back and laugh, “No worries, Declan, go ahead and take care of this problem,” she looks Lila up and down, and I will just meet you there. I will have everything ready for us by the time you arrive.” © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Watching her taunt Lila, is very amusing, but I know I’m going to get the she-*anger the moment Quinn is gone. I watch as Quinn walks towards the stairs, and I know Lila sees me watching Quinn’s *as she walks away. I can sense her anger as she steps in front of me and calls out to Quinn just as she gets to the top of the steps.

“Quinn,” she pauses as she waits for Quinn to turn around. When she does, she raises a brow at Lila, waiting for Lila to say whatever she’s going to say, “I do hope that once I’m Luna you will be more

respectful and address the Alpha with respect, and the same goes for addressing me as well.” Lila crosses her arms in front of her chest.

Quinn grins and walks back over to stand right in front of the she-*, “I will respect Declan’s wishes at all times,” she smirks at me because she knows what my wishes are concerning my name, and as for you, well, my mom always told me that if I have nothing nice to say, then I shouldn’t say anything at all. So, since I will never have a need to speak to you, I will never have to address you as Luna.” She gives Lila her sassy smile and then glances up at me, “See you soon, Declan.”

I’m glad that Lila is still facing Quinn as she saunters away, because I can’t keep the big *smile I have across my face right now. I start walking away myself when Lila calls out to me once again, but I just keep on walking. The she-wolf has a death wish by the way she keeps demanding things from me.

She comes running up to me and plants herself right in my path. Her face is almost as red as the shirt she is wearing, “Alpha, I really hope that you are not going to meet that little *to *up somewhere, while the mother of your pup sits here by herself!”

Duke comes forward finally, “What did you just call, Quinn?”

Lila stutters, “Well, she knows that we are expecting and she’s trying to come between us!”

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“First of all, there is no us! Second, you are the one that is expecting; I don’t know for sure that we are yet, so until that is proven you need to stay the *away from us!” Duke growls right up in her face,”Quinn will always come before you, no matter what. If the pup is mine, the pup will come first, and then Quinn, so you better learn your place!”

I leave the she-wolf standing there with her mouth gaped open, not knowing what to say to my little speech. That’s okay because I really can’t stomach another word that comes from her mouth. Just as I get away from one annoyance, though, another one pops up.

“Alpha…”

I sigh as I pinch the bridge of my nose, “What are you doing here, Gavin?”

“I’m actually here to see Quinn. Is she around?” He grins knowingly at me. This is what he does, every *time! He knows that I don’t like him, but I have to put up with him because he’s family. If only people knew what he has done in the past, he wouldn’t be welcomed in the groups that I’m joined with.

“Miss Night no longer lives here, Gavin, but I will let her know that you were here looking for her.”

“What do you mean she doesn’t live here anymore? Where else could she possibly be living?” He asks confused.

“It is not my place to disclose that information…”

“Oh, good, you haven’t left yet!” Cici hurries in through the front door, “Quinn said that I could catch a ride with you over to Dark Moon. She said that you finally agreed to swear her in, which should not have been an issue in the first place…” Cici’s voice drones on while I cringe at the fact that this girl talks way too much.

glance over at Gavin, and he’s grinning from ear to ear. Clapping his hands together, he looks between me and Cici, “Perfect timing! I call shotgun!”