A Gold Alpha For A Silver Alpha
Chapter 19

I think we're both old enough to know how to know how to make a baby love.

She bats her eyelashes at me 'flirtatiously, my wolf growls faintly, still hurt by Rae's decree, but furious enough to make her presence known.

-You know what I mean.

I say in a huff.

-Well, no, not really, it would be helpful if you could be a little more specific about what your question is.

I took a deep breath trying to calm down.

Fail.

-HOW IS IT THAT YOU ARE SO SURE THAT THIS PUPPY IS MINE?

The girl, Alejandra..., Almendra..., Alexis..., Yes, Alexis!, panicked, jumped in place, and for a second, her perfect mask of security dropped showing a posture of fear. I'll kill this girl if I lost my mate because of her.

-I... I...

-You, what?

-I've only been with you this month Alpha.

A sigh leaves my lips and my wolf asks me to take a breath before I do something I'll regret.

-Are you sure?

The girl looks at me indignantly, as if I've said the worst insult, but if she's known for anything in my pack, it's not for being a nun.

-Yes.

She holds my gaze and at the same time dares me to contradict her.

Jason...

What's wrong Mack?

Come closer, if that puppy is ours it will have our scent.

Even if it hasn't been born?

Yes, you just have to pay more attention, first isolate the smell of her, and your surroundings including yourself, so you can tell if she is indeed pregnant.

Following Mack's instructions I approach the girl and close my eyes to concentrate, in my mind I create the image of the smells as if they were threads of energy, they surround us all, and I use all my concentration to be able to isolate them one by one, first mine, then those of my room and finally hers.

When I manage to isolate them all, my sense of smell sharpens and allows me to detect the scent of earth, mint and male cologne.

Shit...

It's my scent, but it's intermingled with another, raspberries, vanilla and expensive perfume, I let the girl's scent wash over me and with a grimace of disgust I check to see if it's hers.

She is pregnant with my puppy.

My wolf howls in pain, it's as if my soul is leaving my body, but at the same time the weight of the world hangs on my shoulders.

The mark on my arm burns, burns.

And before I can explain what's happening a howl echoes in the distance.

She knows.

The wail of my wolf's voice alerts me at once to the presence I already knew deep inside.

Rae...

She hates us, her wolf won't talk to me.

I'm sorry Mack

My wolf just lets out whimpers of pain, like she's being stabbed, which is pretty much what she must be feeling right now.

Mack, if I haven't marked her yet, she shouldn't be feeling anything, or at least not much.

I don't know Jason, she's different to everyone, I think just the fact that we found each other has been enough for a small bond to have been established between us, it's not strong enough, but it's there.

My face pales, and furiously my fingers mess up my hair in search of an answer I don't have.

Several howls bring me out of my thoughts, these are not from Rae or anyone in her pack, quite the opposite, they are from mine, they are warning.

Someone is approaching my house.

I immediately turn to look at the girl who, now that she recognises the sound, turns pale and begins to tremble with fear.

-Stay here.

I order her as a feeling of possessiveness and protectiveness tightens in my chest.

It doesn't matter if she's not my mate.

That puppy is MINE, and I won't let anything happen to her.

I leave my room, and lock it, that won't stop someone from coming in, but at least it will delay it long enough for the half-brained bimbo to hide.

Treat her with more respect, she's carrying your puppy in her belly.

I grimace as I run down the stairs.

I love my son, but his mother is a different matter....

Reaching the ground floor I start barking orders to my warriors at the speed of light, some surround the house, I send two to guard the door to my room, two others stay with me, and the rest get the inhabitants of the house to safety. -Let's go.

Both warriors, (who are two of my best fighters), follow me as I rush out, and when I transform they rush out as well.

I run off towards the valley, which is the place where the alarm was raised.

Halfway there I see it.

Or well.

I see it.

Because it's Rae coming at full speed.

I relax for a second, just one, because my instincts kick in after that, something's wrong, the way she's running, like she's getting ready to charge, fangs out, growling. And that's when I notice him.

His eyes, his beautiful silver eyes, are totally white and his pupil is very dilated.

Luna?

Who is Luna?

It's Rae's she-wolf...

If she's her she-wolf, try to make a connection with her to replace out what she wants.

I try, but she blocks me, I can't access her, she wants nothing to do with me.

Mack's voice fills with pain and loses strength in my head.

Out of mere survival instinct I adopt a defensive pose just like the two wolves beside me.

When Rae or Luna come face to face with us I growl in warning.

What do you want?

The question is thrown directly into her mind to which she growls back.

Move

The tone she uses causes my wolves to lower their heads, while I struggle not to, despite having chased us away, she is still the Alpha of the Alphas.

No, what are you looking for?

I don't know why, but my question to enrage her as her pupils dilate further and she shifts from a defensive pose to an offensive one.

Death.

Her answer comes only a second before she is back on the run with her four paws, with her head she pulls one of my wolves out of the way and throws it several meters away to continue on its way. Help him.

I order the other wolf as I let out a curse to turn around and follow Rae's path.

I blanch as I see the route she's taking, which is the one that leads directly to my house.

She wouldn't be able to...

Are you sure about this?

No... God Jason, stop her.

I will mate.

Mack's voice urges me to run faster, when I finally get there I can see several of my people on the ground howling in pain while others try as best they can to cut Rae off.

For a second I'm stunned by the sight of her.

God, I've never seen her fight before, other than when she helped us, but that time is nothing compared to now, fast, efficient, strong, deadly, she's a storm of black fur and sharp claws that no one can stop, having someone like that on your side can easily change the course of a war.

It's when I see Noel's wolf barking at her in warning that I snap out of my trance and head towards her, arriving in time to avoid a bite on my beta's front paw that would have taken several days to close.

With my head I push her off and she falls onto her back, but it only takes a moment for her to recover and get back on her feet.

She barks at me and runs to the right, so do I, then she runs to the left and I copy her again, closing her off.

Move.

The command comes and my body tenses as I refuse it.

No.

Jason, move now.

Rae please listen to me, you don't want to do this, you really don't want to hurt....

SHUT UP, DON'T SAY HIS NAME IN MY PRESENCE.

That little boy is not to blame for the sins of his parents, please Rae.

He lets out an angry howl and then looks at me threateningly.

Rae is not here.

I growl and she lunges at me, her snout goes straight for my throat, so I roll and avoid her, although the manoeuvre costs me, as she was faster and turned her head at the last second making her fangs catch my hind leg, making me scream in pain. She immediately releases me and her gaze seems regretful, but then she changes and snarls at me again to attack.

I avoid her again and this time I'm careful not to let her reach any of my limbs.

What's going on Mack?

Luna takes control of my body.

How is that possible with someone as strong as Rae?

Luna, like Rae, is much stronger than a normal wolf, so Rae has to use a lot of energy to keep her in control, it's like a rope fight, they both pull for the other to fall, what happened today, made Rae stop pulling for control, unlike Luna who increased her strength and that's why she controls her.

I avoid a blow making me fall, turn, and reach with my claws for her right side, making her bleed, and she moves away whimpering.

And how do I beat her?

If there's anything in common between the two of them, it's us, we're their mate, even in frenzy they respect the bond since they haven't rejected us.

So they won't hurt us if they can help it.

Luna digs her fangs into my wolf and my vision fills with black dots as she howls, for the second she removes herself when she hears me and confirms my suspicions at the same time.

Correction, it won't hurt us much.

I say grumbling.

An idea comes to my mind and before Mack can see it I'm on my way.

With my head, I headbutt her backwards.

I walk backwards and take impulse to jump, in the middle of the jump I de-form, and in the body of a human I fall quickly, my body can't take the blow and I roll several times, to finally spin until I stop.

A few meters away from where I fell Luna is looking at me confused.

What the hell...

I don't let my wolf finish, I close the connection and create a wall enclosing my mind.

I stand up straight as I square my shoulders and lift my chin in a gesture of strength and confidence.

I take a breath to steel myself, a small ache begins to build in my head as I feel Mack slam hard against the barrier that separates us.

I open my mouth to say the most painful words I've ever spoken.

-I, Jason Andrewson, Alpha of Golden Moon, reject you Alpha Rayna Elizabeth McKensie....