The Wolf King's Luna

CHAPTER 42

DAMON.

"What the hell do you mean by that?!" I demand from both Mel and Faye.

I had looked for them all over the place only to find them hiding in one of the gazebos scattered around the pack.

I was going to give them time to finish their discussion privately, hell, I was even turning away already.

That is until I heard Mel's last statement.

"...of all the wolves that could have been your mate, how do you end up with one from the Skylight pack?"

Faye found her mate.

Good news.

He is from the Skylight pack.

Again, what the actual fuck?

"Damon, let's try and be ca-"

"When did you find out about this?" I demand from Faye, interrupting Mel.

"The last time I was in the Skylight's pack, Alpha."

"What happened to you? You are soaked."

"I uh, dived into the river."

"Why?"

"Um, it is not important. I have news."

The conversation replays itself in my head with startling clarity.

"That day… you were wet. It was because of this mate, right?" I ask.

"Yes, Alpha. I was flustered at his appearance and I jumped into the river to avoid him."

"And how long have you known about this?" I ask, turning to Mel.

"Uh, she told me about it the day the Falcon arrived. Well, more like I had to pry it out of her."

This is… a mess.

"How did you feel about this?" I ask Faye.

"Honestly, Alpha, I am a little torn. He seems like a nice man."

"You have spoken to him already?"

"He came to find me?"

"He came? Into our pack?"

"No! No. He waited at the border. He tracked my scent here and waited."

"I see. What do you plan on doing now? Do you want to leave with him?"

"No! I could never leave the pack, much less for the Skylight pack."

"So, he is going to have to come here," I say.

"We haven't discussed it. But he seemed just as devoted to his pack as I am."

"That is… disturbing, considering all we know about his pack," I reply.

"That is the issue. It seems the only people who don't know how the Skylight pack is seen are the Skylight members. When I told him why I didn't like the pack he didn't believe me.

"He said that those who went missing had just deserted the pack. From what I gathered, it seems to be a shared belief among the pack," she finishes.

"Huh, this is… interesting," Mel says. "It is an opportunity that can be explored."

It certainly is.

"Explored?" Faye asks.

"Let's leave that for now," I say, not willing to share the thoughts that have begun formulating in my head.

"The Falcon wants to talk about war. Find Ryder and come to the study," I order before turning around to leave them.

So, ignorant pack members. I wonder, how would they feel when they find out what their so-called leaders are doing to them.

Would they turn against them? Defect from the pack?

Or would they just suffer and take it in silence?

Vance for all his weakness is not an idiot. He is a good strategist, he must be aware of the risks.

What would he do?

"He had them killed," I hear as I walk into the study.

I look up and see Cathy looking at me in confusion. I look at The Falcon, who had made the comment and is staring at me now.

"Excuse me, were you talking to me?"

"Yes. You were wondering what Alpha Vance would do," she answers.

Does she read minds too?

"He had a public trial where he exposed what had been going on and had the perpetrators killed. Publicly."

"He killed them?" I demand.

"Yes. Now, his pack members believe that he had nothing to do with all that mess- which is true- and they trust in him all the more."

"Well, that sucks," I state.

"Hmm, not necessarily."

"What do you mean?"

"You will see," she answers in that vague way of hers.

Irritating.

"What are you two talking about?" Cathy asks.

I give her a rundown of my discovery of Faye's mate and what he had inadvertently shared.

"What is his name?" she asks.

"I… I don't know. I didn't ask."

Just then, all expected three walk in, with my mother trailing after them.

"Oh good. You are here," I say to Faye. "What is his name? This mate of yours."

"Wait, what?!" Ryder exclaims. "You found your mate?"

"Oh, that is wonderful news, Faye," my mother sings out. "Two down, two to go."

"His name, Faye, * I ask, ignoring their words.

"Lucas," she answers. "His name is Lucas."

"Lucas," Cathy says. "Tall, silver blonde hair, ivory skin, Lucas?" she asks.

"Yeah, do you know him?" Faue rushes out. "How is he? Was he part of your abusers? Cause if he is, I am going to reject him right now."

"Wait, your mate is from the Skylight pack?" Ryder again

"Oh, dear." Mother.

"He wasn't. He never really bothered me. When we crossed paths which was rare, he just tended to overlook me. Honestly, he was one of the few people I preferred. He never bothered me at all. That is a win."

"But he didn't defend you either," Faye says.

"You have to understand, Faye. Defending me in any capacity would put them at loggerheads with the others. It is tantamount to saying the previous Alpha was wrong. And no one wants to get on the bad side of Alpha Greg."

"Still, he could have helped."

Cathy just smiles at her. Like she was saying, Faye is just too naive.

It unnerves me, how sweet and kind and innocent she can be but also be so jaded on life. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

I want to wipe the slate clean.

"This is all so interesting, but we are not here to talk about Lucas," The Falcon says. "We are here to talk strategies. First of all, how are you going to deal with the corpses?"