The Alpha & Beta's Regret
The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 34

Rafe POV

He wasn’t mad at her. How could he be? When she had saved them, saved the entire pack, did what he didn’t think he could have done. She had hidden herself away from him for six and a half long years. Had stepped out of her comfort zone and outed herself and where she was to both he and Jack. To Victor himself.

She had risked her safe life and opened herself up to become vulnerable, just to save two men and their pack. The two men that had hurt her and broken her. Now she was in danger, real danger. Victor was not about to let go of her and his need to have her. No, he was going to come back for her, in full force at some point.

He was not only likely to come with his warriors, but with his allied packs as well. He was not only going to want Luci, but the twins as well, would understand there would be no separating them now. That man was a savage, he also wouldn’t care who got hurt in his need to capture Luci for himself. Knew himself, that if Victor thought taking or killing one of the twins would bring Luci or the other twin to him, draw them out of the pack, that he would do so and without hesitation. As long as he got Luci, he wouldn’t care about the method used, and one twin was better than no twin.

Now there was also Orien and Thatcher that he had to consider, and they were both here inside his pack. Luci would now be considered a threat to that boy’s position within the Nightfall Pack. If Orien could get her to go back, she was the best option for the future of that pack. She might not be his b***d, but she was his Luna’s b***d. She was so very powerful now. So, installing her as the next heir could be what Orien was now thinking.

Inside his own pack, she was going to have to deal with the Luna and that in itself was not going to be fun, not for any of them. Not that Melissa was any match for Luci. Though that didn’t mean that Melissa wouldn’t take great offense to the fact that his once, long-time lover had born him a child. She would likely also take offense to Jack’s boy as well.

They both now had heirs to the pack, with their previous lover, where his own Luna had been unable to do that very thing. Blamed him for it, in fact, always told him it was his fault, not hers. She was healthy and fine, he was the one that was lacking in the conception department.

Well, now it was blatantly clear it wasn’t his problem, he had a son, as now did Jack for that matter, two heirs’ as they had always expected, if their mates had ever allowed them to share them, pups conceived and born on the same day, pups that would be as connected, as they were themselves to each other.

He wondered just when those two would come home. He wasn’t about to call her and tell her. She was likely to bring her entire father’s pack with her if she knew. To try and deal with Luci and the heirs, she was jealous of an empty room in the packhouse, she was going to be worse, knowing Luci was now in the pack and the mother to the pack heirs.

No, she could replace out when she decided to grace him or the pack with her presence. If she didn’t up and just leave all the time, for weeks at a time, she would have been here and would already know about it. Likely they would already be yelling and screaming about it for all the pack to hear.

He was actually glad that Melissa and Maria weren’t here in the pack right this minute, it was going to give Luci a little bit of breathing room and a chance to settle into the pack once more. Though how long it would be until those two returned he had no idea.

They returned to the pack and delivered all of Luci and the boys’ belongings to the cottage Jack had organised for her. Addison accepted it all. Luci apparently was in the bath.

“There was no sign of Victor,” he told her.

“Good.” Addi nodded “Orien is still mad. I just thought you should know, he’s currently stalking around in your packhouse foyer, or first floor in a temper.”

Rafe nodded “If he comes at Luci, he will have to deal with Jack and myself.”

He saw Addison chuckle “Oh, he won’t come near Alari, she put him right in his place. He is angry about that in itself, and doesn’t know what to do about it.”

“Have you talked to him?”

“Not yet, I’ll go after dinner, see if he is ready to beg for forgiveness, if not.” She shrugged nonchalantly.

“Addi, you are welcome to stay here as long as you like.” Rafe told her, and she was, being Luci’s mother, he would not deny her or Luci the right to be together.

“Thank you, Rafe. But just to let you know, I won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. You’re Mate has yet to turn up and if she touches my daughter or grandchildren, I’ll take to her as I did my own pack members.”

He understood it was a full warning, couldn’t blame the woman, just nodded, couldn’t argue with her, didn’t like hearing the threat to his Luna, but it was to be expected. He just turned and walked away back to the packhouse. Walked into his office and sat down at his desk, Jack trailed him. He’d not said anything about the threat either.

The earpieces were on his desk as Ian had told him they were. He could tell just from looking at them that they were custom-made. He didn’t like it. Victor clearly had knowledge of Sirens and not just recently either, likely had been studying them for a while now, likely to have more knowledge than Jack had.

He had been prepared to come and take Luci, knew what she was, had likely recognised her the day he’d brought war to them, and had come prepared to defend himself against that Siren call of Alari’s. The two earpieces didn’t look brand new to him, probably a year old or so, and were in pretty good condition. Which meant that Victor had dealt with a Siren before. Knew how to handle one, how to protect himself from one.

Which meant that he was now back inside his home pack, plotting and planning on how to get Luci out in the open, for he or his men to get a hold of. Though how he thought he was going to be able to control her, or Alari, even Kali, for that matter, was curious to him. Even if he marked her while she was sedated, she’d get up and reject him. Rafe knew it, was Victor so stupid as to think that just marking her would make her stay put and be his? If so, he was in for a very rude shock.

He obviously wasn’t out to hurt her, wanted her for his Luna, she’d said as much. He’d not harmed her either, only sedated her, that was curious to him. The man was a savage but hadn’t used brute force to snare her, used the mildest manner of k********g. Wanted her not only alive but unharmed.

He wanted her to breed him an Heir, he realised after thinking about it. One that was good and strong was all and to do that he needed her alive and well. Couldn’t risk hurting her in case it lessened his chance to get that Heir he wanted.

Addison had said it was hard to kill a Siren, but then someone had killed her Mate and his entire pack. So, there was knowledge out there about how to bring down not just one Siren but a whole pack of them. He was going to need that knowledge himself, so he could defend against those very things. Hell to keep her alone, safe.

He sat and scrubbed a hand over his face, it wasn’t as though life wasn’t already hard enough around here. He was going to have to train his warriors to defend against Victor and his men, who worked in teams like Alpha’s and their units. He didn’t think that Victor was going to come back on his own either. No, he would be coming with whatever he brought to bring Luci down, would likely be looking for something to bring the twins down as well now.

There was a war coming and he just knew it. Victor was going to bring everyone he had at his back, this time. Likely under the guise that they had stolen his future Luna, and he needed to get her back. That would rally all the man’s allies to him. A Luna was a precious thing to not only the Alpha but the Pack itself.

Rafe’s pack was larger from what he had heard about Victor’s pack, but that was not a guarantee that they would win. He’d seen over the years how that man operated, how he planned attacks and how he had trained his men up. Likely, if he brought all his allies, it was going to be a massive s*******r on both sides, not something he wanted.

He might have to request help from his own allies, not something he had to do very often either. It was usually the other way around, most relied on he and Jack to help defend them. Only twice since taking over had he actually requested help, and that was more in a hunt and retrieve mode. They’d not been looking for war assistance.

He looked at Jack who was studying one of the earpieces. “I think we need to bring some or all of our Allied packs into this. I don’t think Victor is going to let go, he’s going to bring everything he has, to try and get Luci now that he knows what she is. Still holds a claim to her, one Orien stupidly gave to him. Will likely use that to bring his allies to him.”

“More than one at that,” Jack sighed. They both knew it was true as well. Though he could only hope there was no actual paperwork for it. No contract, so to speak. He would produce it to get his allies to agree, use it as proof she was to be his Luna, the reason he was wanting to take war to them and get her back. “I agree, help will likely be needed.” Jack stated, “Who were you thinking about?”

“West and Terence from the Eclipsed Moon Pack. They are both strong and only a few hours away.”

“Alpha Bradley would be good.” Jack nodded “The Black Haven Pack is not that far away either.”

“I might bring them both in on it. They are also allied to each other as well, so that is good we’ll all know each other.”

“Get along as well. Brad is good with strategy, being a smaller pack, is big on defences as well now, amped it up a lot out there after gaining Piper for his Luna, and will not allow any risk to come to her. West and Terence”, Jack smiled. “Very strong, Royal bloodline there too.”

“The question is, do either of them align with Victor?”

“I doubt it.” Jack shook his head “Brad is well liked, and doesn’t seem like the type to get involved with a man like Victor. West and Terence, I don’t think so either, they rejected the royals for trying to take West’s Mate. So I’d be willing to bet they’d not be interested in aligning themselves with one that is seen to always want to take something that is not his. But wants it to be, regardless of what the other wants. That will hit home for West, they’ll offer aid. I’m certain of it.”

“I’ll email them for a meeting, see if I can get them here on the same day.” Rafe nodded.

“This I am willing to bet blocks the pitch of a Siren’s call. I wonder if it would work against the boys? It was not designed for them.”

“I don’t know, not about to test it either.” And he wasn’t, whoever they got to test it would likely end up dead if they didn’t work. “Though Petra might know if it worked or not to some degree, but Victor did get away. So I guess it did.” It was curious to him, it had worked on Luci, had it worked on the twins just as effectively, as well?

“I’ll register the boys to the pack,” Jack said with a smile as he put the earpiece down, “and enrol them in the school too.”