The Guardian Wolf And Her Alpha Mate
The Guardian Wolf and her Alpha Mate Chapter 69

Nova POV:

Taking a seat next to Jax only then do I look around and take note of everyone who is in attendance. Seeing the rest of the council sat opposite all looking at me on and off has me cocking my head slightly as I look clearly at each individual trying to distinguish who "Why don't we just command them all?" Kia asks with a huff.

the traitors are.

"Because of the trial. If by the time it is finished we still do not know more then I would if Martin agrees" I say simply.

"But it would be easier if we did" Ki mutters.

"I know, but we need to focus on the trial" I say calmly to her as she lowers her head in acceptance of my words.

Moving my eyes from the council I see Alpha Jacob sat staring at me with a dark look in his eyes as I raise my brows at him questioningly. Seeing his eyes flare momentarily as I show no sign of intimidation I smirk before turning my head so my mark is clearly on show. Hearing a loud growl resonate throughout the room I smirk at Jax as he looks at me.

"Having fun?" He grins.

"Just showing someone I'm taken" I laugh as he kisses my temple softly.

"Good" he growls in my ear before biting my lobe as another loud growl sounds.

Everyone's attention turns to Alpha Jacob who is staring daggers across the room at me as his eyes flash with those of his wolf in his anger. "You must have seriously pissed him off" Jax comments as he drapes an arm over my shoulders possessively. "He was the one that grabbed me after I'd politely declined his offer, if he hadn't gotten physical than neither would I. I suppose it did hurt him to be shown up by a woman both through rejection and then being kicked to the floor" I say with a shrug as I watch his Beta whisper in his ear to calm him down.

As I finish the doors open and everyone stops talking as two guards bring Rose into the room. Chained and dragging her feet on the floor she looks a shell of the woman we met a few weeks ago. Her hair is lacking any shine and is hanging limply on her head, her eyes are lifeless and shallow with large dark circles for her under eye whilst her skin is pale showing the lack of exposure to the sun in recent weeks.

Seeing Axton walk in and take a seat at the side without so much as sparing a glance at Rose I wait as Elder Martin makes his way to the front and begins to address the room.

"Good morning everyone. Today we are holding trial of former Luna, Rose Brown, for the known drugging of Alpha Axton of the White Mountain Pack to cause a forced betrayal of the mateship bond between him and his chosen at the time. We are also bringing into question the authenticity of the bond between Alpha Axton and Rose Brown" he says which causes a spread of muttering to extend throughout the room.

"Brown?" Jax whispers questioningly.

Shrugging I have no answer for him, "perhaps Jacob and Frost are half brothers or it could be her mother's name" I suggest quietly.

"To begin I would like Alpha Axton to take to the stand and tell us his version of events" Martin says clearly ending the muttering.

As Axton walks to the seat in the front booth he looks at me and Jax for a moment before turning his full attention to Martin. I see Rose out the corner of my eye look at him with a mixture of longer and anger. "Alpha Axton if you could please speak" Martin says gesturing for him to begin.

Clearing his throat his deep voice resonates around the room as he begins talking, "last month we were holding an emergency meeting between 4 different packs regarding a Rogue matter. As we were greeting the guests my Luna at the time, Luna Nova, and I met Rose. I caught her eye and felt the effect of a mate bond snap into place, as Luna Nova headed the meeting I led Rose to the downstairs room as I wished to explain the mateship between Nova and myself. I did not wish to cause any physical pain to Nova and as I was intending to explain why to Rose. She asked if I would like some tea whilst we talked, I drank some before talking whilst I gathered my thoughts but immediately became overcome with [**t for her and ended up taking her to my room and mating. We spent 3 days there where I ended up marking her, I didn't know why I was so lustful for her and was naive believing it was the strength of the matebond. I came to 3 days later when Nova was addressing the pack issuing her goodbyes. From then on whenever I had to speak to Rose about a pressing matter we would agree to sit down and talk over tea only to end up having sex." Taking a deep breath he narrowed his eyes before continuing.

"We had Nova and Alpha Jax return for a pack matter and Rose administered an aphrodisiac during our dessert which only I consumed. However instead of Rose being my focus of attention it was Nova who was sat opposite me. I fought the effects out of respect for Nova and commanded Rose where she told me she had drugged me and had also attempted to seduce Alpha Jax to betray Nova. My Beta Luca then took her away to the cells and the following morning I contacted the council requesting a trial and to officially break the mateship between Rose and myself."

Silence followed his speech before Martin asks his following question, "do you know why she drugged you?"

"I don't, but I assumed she was jealous and wanted to ensure my attention was on her and not my chosen"Axton replies. "Can you explain why you wanted to speak to Rose about your relationship with your chosen?" Martin asks.

"Nova and I had signed a contract stating if either of us found our fated mate we would step aside and allow the relationship with the fated mate to progress. However we agreed to follow all mateship laws and not cause any physical pain to one another through betrayal. I have to mention this for people to understand, Nova did not in anyway pose a threat to Rose" he says whilst meeting my eyes. "When I first met Rose I froze, there were multiple witnesses with Alpha Jax being one of them, Nova was the one who pushed me forward to greet her. I got carried away with the bond and kissed Rose despite knowing I shouldn't however Nova did not say anything. Instead she left us be and took charge of the meeting with the guests. I immediately regretted causing her pain simply by a kiss and that's why I requested talking to Rose and explaining everything" Axton says his voice slightly wavering as he mentions the pain he caused me. Posted by Ebookex.com; visit us for more free novels. "Did you ever show any hint that you would perhaps reject Rose" Martin asks.

"No. Never. I believe my words were "shit that felt good but we have to stop. I can't hurt Nova but trust me I won't be rejecting you" I then led her to the downstairs lounge" he says with a grimace as he recalls the events.

"Ok, that is all I am asking for now but we will have some follow up questions later on" Martin says gesturing for Axton to return to his seat.

Turning to Jax he offers me a comforting smile which i return making him relax slightly as he sees I am ok.

"That was hard to hear" Luca mutters beside me as I look at him in shock.

"I didn't ask too many questions at the time, I was upset with how much pain you were in and you were my priority after returning from patrol" he explains softly. Squeezing his hand I turn to Elder Martin as he begins speaking once more. "Next I would like Luna Nova to come down" he says making everyone's eyes snap to myself as I gently kiss Jaxs temple and gracefully head to the front holding my head hi.

"Time to show them our strength" Kia says with a wolfish grin.