Chapter 275

“What – what the hell?” Mr. Rykos stood, shakily spitting blood into a napkin, his eldest son handed him. “When will you give him back his wolf?” Mrs. Hellman asked indignantly. Gabriel growled at her tone and obvious disrespect, “He doesn’t have one, neither of them do, and they won’t get one again,” I replied using my Alpha tone, she tilted her head to the side in submission, gritting her teeth but unable to reject my authority.  Have to be one she chooses to keep close, someone thought, I kept my face blank but tried to sort out the different thoughts and their owners when I heard that until I realized it was Jax Hellmann. “I left you for 20 minutes, less than that,” Lux said surveying the room in disbelief, but I just shrugged, “he killed someone so his daughter could get a heart. She died and he brought her back somehow, using some sort of black magic, you know that happens when that is used, she is evil, and I took away her wolf. Then Mr. Hellmann tried to attack me, so I took his wolf away as well. End of story.” Gabriel was busy growling at Mr. Hellmann, turning to him I smiled, “Don’t worry, I handled him nicely,” I said to calm his wolf down, watching his black eyes turn to warring greens. “Yeah but what did you do to our brother? He came in here fuming, then started wailing on our dad,” Theo Rykos asked. His eyes going to the ruckus upstairs that his little brother was causing, “it isn’t what I did, so much as what your father did, I told you – he took your brother’s freewill away without asking questions – what he took from your brother, Walter will never be able to get that back-” I stopped with the explanation when I heard Walter coming down the stairs. He appeared with two pillowcases filled over his shoulder, tears in his eyes, “Did you know?” he asked his already healing father coldly. “I didn’t know you had a mate…” Mr. Rykos murmured, “to be fair you never mentioned a single thing to us, I’m a father, one day, when you-” it happened so fast that Mr. Rykos was stumbling back before Jack could even pull Walter away from his father. “I became a father on April 11th 2012,” Mrs. Rykos eyes darted to mine, but Walter continued, “and I will never do to my son, what you’ve done to me. I will never-” he shouted but his eyes were wet, “I’ve been living in misery because of your decisions,” he shook his head, picking up his two filled pillow cases, hunched he walked towards Gabriel and I turning to face the room. “If any of you,” Walter said but he was staring at Lynn, “come near us – near my family, the Luna won’t kill you, but I will,” the conviction in his voice undoubtable. I glanced at his eyes, and could tell it was his wolf speaking. He glanced at his father, and with what little fight Walter had left, not his wolf, “You are dead to me Tom,” he said with no emotion walking out the door, back to mate, he thought ready to make the mile long trek. I sighed, the whole room turning to face me, “Thank you for lunch,” I told Mrs. Rykos, Lux snorted before looking away. “Honestly I’m hoping that the rest of the families on this island are worthy of being here because so far, your two families aren’t setting the best precedence. I’d like to believe that my father was able to bring those that were worthy of being here, here,” I shrugged. “As for your family in particular, Mr. and Mrs. Hellmann, your home is a mile away from mine, you will refrain from stepping one foot closer than a mile to my home. If one of my people so much as see you come closer than a mile, they will have my authority to kill you on sight-” “The river is a quarter of a mile in from here,” Jenny Hellmann said shocked, “Well then you won’t be seen near that river now will you,” I answered. “You just got here and now you’re saying where we can or can’t go?” one of the younger Hellmanns said. “I could kill you now if you feel like you can’t follow a simple rule like the one the Luna has given you,” Lux finally spoke up, the man trying to hide his laughter gone, in his place a serious soldier.  Him I like… Gabriel thought pleased. “Lets go,” Gabriel said turning to leave, before we made it down the steps Mrs. Rykos called after me, “Luna…” turning she seemed twitchy, “I’m – I’m a grandma?” she said with such hope and sadness, for a moment I could tell she regretted the decisions that they made. “Not according to Walter, Mrs. Rykos…” and with that I left, Jack following Gabriel and I but I didn’t stop listening to the thoughts and when I heard Mrs. Hellmann think, I can change him, I stopped abruptly. Doesn’t she know that no one can change a human to a wolf? Well besides me? They have been on this island very long, unaware of the outside world, when she was in the real world anyone could change a human, third wolf answered. Then why did Mr. Hellmann buy a heart – I stopped that thought before it could finish, because for a child that had the gene to shift, it was problematic if they were changed by a forced bite. I knew that, what’s wrong? Both Jack and Gabriel asked, Mrs. Hellmann is going to bite her husband in an attempt to change him,their eyes widened, but Gabriel glanced back with a sick smirk on his face. If she wants to help us get rid of him then more power to her, he shrugged, but Jack said nothing. When we were crossing that river Jenny mentioned Jack finally mind linked me, I’ve spoken to McKenna… we were wondering if now were a good time for you to change her? He asked straightforward but there was also understanding, which was one thing I truly respected the hell out of Jack for. In fact all his brothers, Violet and the others as well. They knew I was capable of doing certain things, but they seemed to also have this respect in me and my opinion. Never demanding anything of me, just supporting me unconditionally, and always unwaveringly.