Athena's Human Mate

Chapter 7

The drive back to her pack was filled with laughter, sing a longs and embarrassing stories about her uncles, cousins and Gramps. The women decided to ride together in Athena's vehicle while the guys split up, Gramps drove with Uncle Chris and Mike was the one stuck by himself.

Athena stayed a little over a week at Half Cresent, she decided to let Uncle Chris set up his hacks and surveillance on her dad and the asshole. The lab results weren't in yet but she needed to move forward, the mate pull was wreaking havoc on her physically. Artemis took most of it, which in turn made her weaker.

Gramps pulled in first to the pack house, then the women and Mike right behind them. Alpha Ryan had been alerted to their presence when they crossed the border and was stomping down the steps while everyone piled out of the cars. He walked up to Athena and instead of hugging her like most fathers would, he tried to slap her.

"Do not EVER lay a hand on my family Ryan." Gramps growled out as he grabbed Ryan by the wrist. "I may be older, but can still kick your ass, pup." He let go and stepped in front of Athena.

"That is my daughter and she needs to learn respect!" Ryan spit out in her direction, she barely controlled the urge to roll her eyes.

"Respect is earned, not given. She has shown nothing but respect this past week to us and our pack. If she has none for you, it makes me wonder how you treat her," Gramps yelled in Ryan's face.

"Both of you calm down, blessing be bestowed upon us by the Moon Goddess! Ryan, you know better than to raise a hand to any she-wolf. Dad, stop provoking my mate." Luna Michelle ran down the steps to quickly hug Athena before reaching for her parents. "I'm so glad you all came! It's been too long since we were together. Come on inside, I've got rooms ready for everyone."

With narrowed eyes and nasty looks, the group followed Michelle inside where she assigned them separate bedrooms. "I'll leave you to freshen up, dinner will be in two hours."

"Thanks mom, that was getting intense outside," Athena said when they were alone.

"I've gotten used to it, Gramps and dad have never gotten along much. No reason to waste time on their blustering. Now tell me what had you running to Gramps to begin with."

"I promise I will tell you everything, but not now. I need a few more days." Athena pleaded with her.

"You promise? I know you're keeping secrets from me, I don't like it." Michelle kissed her daughter's temple.

"I know," Athena leaned into her mother's embrace, savoring the feeling of security and love.

"Dinner will be with the main families tonight, including Thomas, have you seen him yet?"

Athena struggled to hide her groan, the main families included the Beta, Delta and Gamma. "No, I'm avoiding him." Michelle chuckled.

"You're mated to him the rest of your life, you can't avoid him for long." With that last remark Michelle left to make sure dinner would be done on time.

Ten minutes before she was due in the dining room, a knock on her door startled her, making her heart race until she smelled who it was. Opening the door, she let Uncle Chris in her bedroom.

"I've got almost everything set up, but I need the assholes phone to copy it. Think you can handle that? It'll take about five minutes to get what I need. Will you be able to get it from him that long?"

"If that's what you need, yeah. I need a plan though, I'm sure he has a lock on it too."

"Whatever you need, let me know and we will make it happen." He hugged her tight, "we are so proud of you kiddo. You've been dealt a shitty hand but instead of crying and complaining, you're doing something about it. We love you so much."