Chapter 42: Dangerous Love

**Mateo**

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "Plans? What do you mean? Are you going to disrespect the goddess?". "Well, your mother married a partner arranged by our grandfather, didn't you know? It's not forbidden."

He hung up. I couldn't believe it. It seemed that my short honeymoon was going to turn into a fight for my cousin... and John, well, did he know what he was getting into? Now I was going to have to take the whole team to Canada.

"Shit!"

"What is it, Mat?" My partner was scared. I told her everything and had to schedule a meeting with my father and John.

…

The next day, the three of us were in my father's office.

"What the hell! What have the Canadian Stones invented now?"

"Well, I don't know how much invention there is in this, but it got competitive. They want us to win a hockey game so John can continue to be friends with Bella or stop talking to her if we don't go or if we lose," Dad said.

"And you, John, can't you leave the girls in Canada alone with so many wolves here desperate for your attention? What did you have to do with Loren's niece?" A growl from our alpha, my father, was scary even to me.

"Can I talk, alphas?" "Yes!" My father and I said together.

"Three years ago, when we went to Bella's 15th birthday party, I left the party to make out with a girl and we went to a dark corner of the ballroom balcony. I kissed the girl and we heard her father and brother calling for her in the garden. I suggested that she go back into the ballroom, and I would follow her later, so as not to give away the flag. I was looking at the moon when I heard a soft cry, deep in the darkness. I went over there and Bella was crying. She was still a little girl, she hadn't grown up yet and she was sad because no one had asked her to dance. Only her father and her brothers.”

“And who would dare to dance with her, with 5 alphas watching?” My father said.

And John continued: “Well, her mother was already looking for her, and Bella didn't want to go back to the party looking like she was crying. So, I went to the table, got a cloth napkin, got some ice from the waiter, put it in it and took it to her. She applied it to her eyelids and under her eyes, taking away the swelling and redness. Without looking like she was crying, I danced with her for three minutes on the balcony, made her laugh, and she was strong enough to face the party again. I accompanied her back to the ballroom.

I was caught by the father of the girl I was with and he accused me of taking his daughter from the party without permission. Bella immediately denied him and said that we were together the whole time. And she saved me from a beating.”

“Good puppy!” I said, as we affectionately refer to our puppies.

“Since then, she follows me on Instagram, she’s a fan of our team, she watches the games and we talk about hockey and I taught her how to get rid of pimples and stuff, teenage stuff. Anyway, we’ve become friends.”

“Was that all, really?, John? Seriously, I need to know the truth to defend you, man. They’re my cousins. I’m very torn.”

“As your Alpha, I order you to know the truth, John.”

“Well, that was two years ago, this year, something happened. I mean, nothing happened.” “You’re being contradictory…” I was getting worried.

“Physically, nothing, I haven’t seen her since her 17th birthday. The thing is, well, I’ve been dreaming about her and her wolf. I don’t know why… me, my wolf, Thot, thinks she’s our mate. But I'm not sure…”

“How interesting!” my father blurted out.

“Well, if she is, John, I don't know if my snobbish uncle will hand over his only daughter to you, a beta. You better get ready…”

“No, no… we all better get ready.” my father said. What was Alpha Krig thinking? And he continued:

“For a long time I tried to seek an alliance with a strong pack so that we could have allies and business partners. It's no longer news to you that your mother and I are chosen mates, we both gave up looking for our goddess-chosen mates because I wanted to make this pack stronger and your mother had no choice because her father had decided to marry her for advantage and not for the goddess's choice.

Among the other suitors, she believed I was the best option, we talked about it and she chose me. In the end, we fell in love, but it was luck. And after you were born, Mat, you became our union of interest, a family.”

“But now, Alpha Tod’s daughter, united by the Moon goddess with our pack’s beta, would bring more than friendship and kinship between the two packs, it would make us partners. After all, his daughter needs protection living here and, perhaps, one day, she could even become a Luna.”

“We won’t have to keep asking for help either, they’ll want to make sure she can live well.”, John said.

“That’s right.”, he replied. I understood his thinking. I think the goddess really knows what she’s doing.

“So, I’m going to call Tod and offer him a hockey game as a gift."

But what is your intention with this, father? I don't want anyone to think that we are encouraging John and Bella's love in exchange for money. That is horrible. I know you were raised this way, but times have changed.

John

Alpha Krig, with all due respect, our electronic security business is going well. I learned how to invest in stocks, I managed to double my investments in 3 months, I could do that for our pack. Mat is studying Artificial Intelligence, many startups are starting now, soon we could profit a lot if we invest in them.

I want Bella to be my companion, not a piece to improve the pack's life. We have very honorable and hard-working people here.

"Calm down boys, it's just a little rematch between me and Tod.", Alpha Krig smiled. I swear I respect your love.