Chapter 23

Mica

The convoy from the Meadow Pack came with Reeves. The alpha, along with another two men, probably his beta and a warrior who were behind him, glared at me as soon as they saw me. I rolled my eyes internally because I already knew the reason why they did that. They sat on a three-seater sofa on the freak alpha’s right side while me, Hera and Reeves were on his left.

“I didn’t know that you were housing a human here,” the Alpha of the Meadow Pack said. He was also the same alpha who was glaring at me whenever he saw me back in the diner. He looks 40 years old and has a weathered and intimidating figure. He was one of many Alphas who had a strong dislike for humans. They regarded humans like me as intruders in their sacred domain, believing that they upset the pack's natural equilibrium and posed a threat to their way of life.

“Alpha Miller, I never thought that you had the habit of looking after other pack’s business.” the freak alpha replied. Though I didn’t like the fact that we were mates, I had to admit that he was more intimidating than this old and arrogant alpha.

The Alpha expressed their displeasure, emphasizing the possible risks and turmoil that my presence could bring. They contended that people were unpredictable, driven by their own ambitions, and lacked the pack's primitive instincts. My integration, as the old Alpha feared, would sever the pack's togetherness, leaving the pack open to outside influences.

“She will only bring chaos to your pack. Don’t let a human like her get into any of your pack’s business if you don't want to get weak.”

Despite the Alpha's criticisms, the freak Alpha stuck to his decision and calmed himself even if I already noticed that he was starting to get angry. He couldn’t say that I am his mate, so I guess he will have to hold his anger. “What exactly is the reason for your visit?” he asked,

The old alpha sighed and said, “A vampire has attacked one of my pack members.” So the leech has started to kill again?

“Alpha Miller, Mica was attacked as well while she was in the diner. She had been bitten and was sent to the pack hospital by our Gamma. Hence, her stay here. We didn’t want anything to happen to her and wanted to ensure her safety.” Hera said in a low voice, trying to be respectful.

“I see,” the old alpha replied.

“Have you eaten, Alpha?” Reeves asked,

“We’re done, thank you.” the man beside the old alpha replied.

“Why did you come to me when it was your pack members who were attacked by a vampire? It’s not as though we were hiding that vampire from you or he was one of us.” the freak alpha said.

“I don’t mean it that way. I just want to inform you about the incident so you could warn your pack members. You know that we are at war with them and what happened to your pack, especially your mother and siblings years ago, might happen again if we didn’t help each other and fight them back.” the old alpha replied. So, the pack was attacked years ago and was the reason his mother was killed. Wait, siblings too? No one knew about his sibling being alive.

As far as I can remember, Hera told me that the freak alpha needed to hide her identity to protect her. Why do they need to fake their deaths? And it was because of a vampire too. Is that the reason why they have vampire blood on them? I looked at the freak alpha and he was also looking at me. Hera held my hand and smiled at me when I averted my gaze from Aziz to her. It was as if she was telling me that everything was alright.

“As much as possible, we are trying to stay low profile. We didn’t want the vampires to target my pack again, but it doesn’t mean that we are not ready for them. All these years, after what had happened to our pack, my father and I made sure that we were prepared no matter what.” the freak alpha replied as he looked at the old alpha now. “As for the fight together, I am willing to form an alliance with you if we are talking about the vampire. You are right that they were our mortal enemy and they will not stop unless we’re all dead,” he added. I didn’t know that they were facing something like this. The more that I shouldn’t be here and become a hindrance to them.

“The human will only burden you, make sure to make a wise decision about taking her in. I know that we were supposed to protect them from the vampires, but you have to remember that her kind killed our kind too.” the old alpha said. What did he mean by my kind? Is there a chance that a human will win over them? Is he crazy?

“I will take care of every human that is in my territory. You don’t have to overthink and worry about my pack. Instead, start training your warriors and fighters on how to fight those leeches when the time comes.” the freak alpha said.

“I am going to ask other alphas of the neighboring packs to conduct a meeting for this alliance. One of our elders said that it came to his knowledge that there was a prophecy about a vampire attack. On which pack, I don’t know. That’s why I want to talk to every alpha in this region.”

“I understand your concern, I will have to entrust you with an invitation to other alphas since you know my reputation. They don’t like me and I don’t think that they will listen to me if I come to their border just like what you did to mine and tell them to have an alliance.”

Hera and Reeves were all quiet, but I think they were talking to each other as I noticed their eye movements. They reacted every time the old alpha said something. It must be the mind link that they were blessed with. But with annoying Hera’s ability, I don’t think they will be needing that link though.

‘Really, annoying? Me?’ I was startled by her talking to me through our minds, but because of what she said, I couldn’t help but chuckle, which caught the freak alpha’s attention and I could see that he was surprised.

“I’m sorry, I just remembered something funny,” I said when I noticed the old alpha and his pack members glaring at me.

“If I were you, I would stop glaring at her. That will never do you any good and will only make me feel disrespected,” the freak alpha said. I must admit that he was protective.

“I’m sorry about that. I was just not used to seeing humans in a pack.” the old alpha said, “Anyway, I was wondering when are you going to hold Luna’s ceremony? Hera has been staying here for a long time and you know that I am waiting for an invitation, right?” he added. So they were hiding the fact that they were siblings? I can’t blame the old alpha though. I don’t see any resemblance.

“Soon,” the freak alpha replied with his eyes on me, which made the Meadow Pack look at me as well. They may be thinking that he didn’t want me to know about it. Like I care.

Their conversation didn’t last long as the Meadow Pack decided to leave because of a prior appointment. It appeared that they were on their way to the next pack from the Dark Blood and decided to go here first. The old alpha has started to form an alliance with everyone. Why can’t he just send them text messages? Or emails? Reeves sent them off and Hera decided to leave.

“I am coming with you,” I said, but she looked at the freak alpha.

“He wanted to talk to you,” she said.

“What for? We just talked earlier.” I complained,

“You know, mate things,” she replied and went out. I got up and was trying to catch up to her but the freak alpha stopped me by the wrist before he pulled me, which caused me to fall right on his lap.

“Ahhh..” I screamed. “What do you think you’re doing?” I asked angrily.

“When do you want to hold your Luna's ceremony?” he asked. He looked really serious so I was a little speechless. Why is he asking me that? Didn’t he want to hide me from everyone for the time being?

“Why are you asking me that?”

“After Miller asked about it, I realized that I don’t need to wait for everything to settle to claim you. I think that our bond will be stronger if I mark you and announce to everyone that you are the Luna of this pack.” he answered, “I also didn’t like the kind of look they were giving you. I almost broke their necks earlier and if not for Reeves, who keeps on reminding me that they don't know, I would have done so.” he added.

“Who said that I wanted you to strengthen your bond?”

“Our bond, Mica. Ours.”

“You know that I don’t care about that and I already told you that I am going to find a way to escape from here. So if you don't want to ruin your own pack, stop whatever you are thinking because that’s not going to happen.” I said and got up. The feeling he was giving me as he gave my sides a gentle stroke was something I wouldn't be able to control if I was not going to stop him sooner. I liked it and I don’t think that I am going to stop him either if that is prolonged. Oh, what am I going to do if this happens again?