The Alpha & Beta's Regret
The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 120

Jack POV

He and Rafe sat listening to Titan’s tale of what he recalled had happened to him out in Wolf Valley Pack when watching Maria and Melissa. He shook his head at the knowledge that Maria and Melissa were lovers, not sisters. Though it didn’t really surprise him all that much, considering what he’d seen over the years between them.

All their hands-on stuff when together, the way they would dance with each other, feed one another, didn’t really need to see any photos of them together, not that he had it anymore had been deleted. Just believed him, as did Rafe.

Both he and Rafe apologised to Titan for all the trouble and all that had happened to him out there in that pack, and asked him if he wanted anything by way of compensation. Titan had just stared at them both for a long moment, and Jack knew why, he was just doing his job.

But then he’d nodded “Actually, there is something. I understand that Andy and I have only been together for 9 months now, but I’d like permission to take her as my chosen mate early, like now. If she’ll say yes.”

Jack nodded, he saw no problem with it. Rafe also agreed, their man could use a little bit of happiness right now. Then he asked Titan if he’d told Andy about Maria yet, what Jack had asked him to do for him.

Watched as Titan had sighed heavily and shaken his head, “I couldn’t up until now, I will be telling her though. Right away, she has the right to hear about it. I can only hope she will forgive me.”

Jack stood up. “Let me speak with her. I was the one that asked you to do it and so I should be the one to explain it to her. She’ll understand I’m certain.”

He’d left Rafe in the office and walked through the pack to Andy’s house with Titan, the man mostly lived there with her and the children, though he did have a nice suite on the fourth floor where most of their Elites lived, on either the 3rd or 4th floors. Andy looked from Titan to Jack and then just huffed. Didn’t like what she saw, he guessed.

She was a pretty blond woman with light brown eyes, intuitive at that, he thought.

“Andy knows I can’t talk about what happened, was ordered not to by the so-called Luna,” Titan told him and Jack just nodded.

Andy waved them to a seat and sat herself.

“Firstly, Andy. I’d like to apologise, it was I who asked Titan to go on that trip. While he was there, I also asked him to do something for me and he did do it. Please understand that he did not want to and that by doing this task, he showed true loyalty to not only this pack, but to myself and Alpha Rafe as well. What he did for me, has now brought about the truth of Melissa and Maria not being my or Rafes’ actual Goddess Gifted Mates.”

He watched Andy stiffen instantly in her seat, was now thinking the worst and he knew it. “Not that.” He tried to ease her mind. “But…I did ask him to k**s Maria. I was trying to see if I got pains of betrayal and the only way to do that was to have one of my own do that and report back to me when it was done. In case I felt nothing.”

She looked right at Titan with a deep frown on her face. “I didn’t want to.” He told her honestly “I have my memories back or all I am going to get, I guess.”

“What else did you do?” she asked in a short, clipped tone.

“Nothing, even Oscar stepped us out of the way, when she-wolves were pushed at us.”

“Pushed at you?” she asked right away.

“Yes, that pack is not so nice. They have a witch who meddled with my memories, but some of them have now been recovered, and I nor Oscar wanted anyone to touch us. We belong to you and Cassie, as far as I and my wolf are concerned.”

Jack sat and watched her think about it. She didn’t like that he had kissed another, but what girlfriend would not when they were of the opinion they were on their way to being Mates, but she didn’t look so mad that she was ticked off or going to kick him out. She was just quiet for several minutes.

“Oscar really wants Cassie?” she asked.

“Yes, he would Mate her now if she’d let him. More than likes your wolf, was thinking of Cassie the whole time.”

Jack watched her smile just a little, felt relief spread through him as he realised they were going to be fine. Her just hearing that Titan’s wolf wanted hers was helping. He excused himself to let them sit and talk privately. Knew that Titan was going to ask her to be his Chosen Mate, that very night, tell her Rafe had granted permission for them to do this early if they wanted to, if she wanted to. They would hopefully be Marked and Mated by morning.

It started to rain halfway back to the packhouse, and he finally felt Luci return to the pack as well, smiled at feeling their connection to her. Mind-linked to her right away. ‘Hi Luci, did you have a nice swim?’

‘Yes.’

‘Sorry to interrupt you the minute you get back, but I wanted to let you know our mothers and fathers are home. They are with the boys. They will be the ones running them home to you, in a little while, if that’s alright with you?’

‘Yes, Beta.’ She answered him.

‘They would like to see you themselves. Might want to stay for a chat if you’re up for it?’

‘Alright.’

He sighed when he closed out the mind-link, she didn’t want to talk to him, and he didn’t like that at all. He knew he still had to wait for now. Still didn’t have all the facts, but he was going to get them.

He walked through the rain right past the shaming posts. “Jack, you can’t leave us out here.” Maria called out to him.

He paused in his steps, turned and looked at her “Why not?” he posed.

“There’s a storm, is why not.” She stated “Please Jack, we’ve been together for a long time, doesn’t that mean anything to you?”

He was staring at her now, didn’t understand how she could state that, “You mean you ruined my life for a very long time. You mean you ripped me from the woman I truly love, from my sons. Faked everything for the entire time I have had the misfortune of knowing you. So why on this Goddess given earth, would I care that you’re out here in a storm, chained to the shaming post. You should just be thankful I haven’t ripped your head off.”

“Jack please.” She implored him.

“There is nothing you can say that will make me care, ever.” He told her coldly and turned away.

“I’m pregnant, it’s yours.” She called out, sounded almost desperate now.

He turned back to look at her “Liar.” He shot at her, knew she wasn’t pregnant.

“It’s not a lie.” She smiled up at him “We’re finally going to have a pup.”

Jack stared at the she-wolf. Did she not know when to give up her stupid game? Stalked himself over there and yanked her up onto her feet, he could end this game in a matter of a few seconds. Pressed a hand to her stomach “Nothing.” He stated a moment later “How dumb do you really think I am, I can pick that up easily.”

“It’s still early Jack.” She told him as he walked away “You wouldn’t feel it yet.” She called out to him.

“Liar,” he called right back. “If you know, then I would feel it, besides that Maria.” He turned and looked right at her once more. “I lost the drive to c*m within you years ago, if you were pregnant, I wouldn’t even believe it was mine. And early?” he snorted “We haven’t had s*x in over two weeks, verging on three if I recall correctly, you can’t hide that, so again not mine.” He stated and turned to walk away from them “Enjoy the storm, I hear its going to be brutal, and another rolling in tomorrow as well.” He laughed at the thought of them out there, without their wolves, might not make it through. It was not his problem.

Rafe was waiting for him in the Alpha’s office, handed him a towel as Jack stripped off his shirt, watched as Rafe slid his eyes right over him and smirked at the man’s l**t-filled look “Want to hump me, Alpha?” he teased him.

“I do like what I see.” He heard Rafe state softly, as his eyes met Jacks.

Then he was just shoved back against the wall in their office, and the man was kissing him all hard and demanding. He was pinned to that wall. Rafe’s body right up against his a second later, Jack kissed him back, dropping the towel to the ground, as he felt Rafe’s body start moving against his.

He was going to let Rafe have him and he knew it, wanted it himself. Rafe was all riled up and it was making Jack all hot and turned on himself. He was pulling at Rafe’s shirt a minute later, uncaring of the buttons he was ripping off in his effort to get that shirt off of him and touch his bare skin.

When a voice cleared and interrupted them completely, a massive snarl ripped out of Rafe at the interruption. As he broke their k**s. Jack turned to see who it was, and found both their fathers standing just inside the Alpha’s office door. Bit his l*p and barely contained the chuckle that was building inside him and Flare.

“Daddy?” his eyes moved to the twins, who were peering around Richards’ legs, looking at the two of them curiously now.

He heard Rafe huff and turn away “Father, a moment please.” He muttered.

“Looks like you both need a minute.” His own father, Jonathon, chuckled and then they turned and headed out of the office, took the boys and their curious eyes with them, closed the door even, not something he or Rafe had done, likely why the interruption had happened.

Jack looked at Rafe, the man looked more than annoyed to him.

“Busted I guess.”

“It’s not that Jack.” He waved it off dismissively, “The twins saw, could, hell likely will tell Luci.”

“Like Luci would care, she always played at trying to get us to f**k each other. Was always curious herself if we would.”

Saw Rafe look right at him, a half-smile and nodded, then his hand was on Jacks chest once more. Pressed him back against that wall, kissed him once more, though it was softer this time, lingered more than a little, the urgency seemed to have gone now. “I will be having you Jack,” he said softly before stepping back, “Just not right this minute.” He huffed and walked away from him across the room, needed a minute to calm himself down. Their moment had been ruined he guessed. Likely was going to happen more frequently, and Jack wasn’t going to stop it either.