Unrejected Mates (Black Moon Book Two)

Chapter 17: "Secrets"

Greyson, Hank's wolf above

Kyle POV

I wonder whether that day can become more messed up than it already is. When Mikkeli heard it was Celia who cooked the stew, he lost it. I doubt he wanted to kill her, but for sure, he wanted answers and demanded them in a very brutal way, and Hank, of course, couldn't have any of it.

Alphas and Betas' clashes usually end with death.

Almost three hours after the incident, we all gather in Mikkeli's office. He sits behind his desk with Hannah on his lap. Hank is sitting in front of them in the Beta chair. Hayden, Gideon, Dalton, and Marc are also here.

"I checked, and as ridiculous as it sounds, everyone could be alone with this stew today," Hayden says." But honestly, I doubt it was Celia or David. He is under very close surveillance and is never left unguarded. And how would they get their hands on silver? Why would Celia do that after so long? Plus, what would she gain from killing an Alpha's child except for a broken neck? She isn't that stupid. Personally, I think that she could be the target; maybe someone wanted to set her up and force her out of our land."

"Or it was an attempt on my child's life. My pregnancy isn't common knowledge yet, but I'm sure it isn't difficult to figure it out."

Hannah puts her hand on her stomach; she seems very concerned.

"The amount of silver you consumed would end any werewolf's pregnancy, but I checked the results three times. It's unheard of, but I'm sure," says Gideon" That silver saved your baby. I was sure you will lose this pregnancy within days, and after you consumed silver, all your vitals and the fetus's vitals went up. Luna, I will be checking on you every two hours for the next two days, and if I'm right, your vitals should go down soon after the silver will leave your system. We will give you silver then again, small amounts again, and see how it will go."

"So, I may carry a child which is not affected by silver but is in need of it. Has it ever happened before?"

"No," Mikkeli says. "That's why it's important for all of you not to speak about it, no matter what. I have no idea how my allies and my enemies will react; it may make our child a target. That's a command."

His Alphas voice makes Skyler crawl in fear as all presented, including me, bow our heads with submission. Silence, the dead silence, comes into the room. I don't feel offended that my brother decided to use his Alpha's Command on us. A werewolf not affected by silver, I can't even imagine what that means for the future. What would the Werewolf Council do if they heard about it? So no matter what, nobody can know; only this way the baby can be safe.

"You have our word, you know that," Marc says in a stern voice. "But coming back to today's incident, no matter if the target was Celia or Hannah, one thing is certain, it was someone from the pack. We have a traitor, and we don't know if the same person was responsible for both poisoning and letting Terry Nightingale on pack lands."

"I haven't recognized the wolf that was with them in the woods, and I didn't get to memorize his scent," I say, and they all look at me.

I don't know why, but they all seem to be extremely angry that I endangered my life today.

"So, Gideon, you will check the body which Kyle found and confirm how he died. Marc, check if David Nightingale can identify him. Dalton, take the tracker's unit and search through that part of the territory hunters have been in today. We need to know what their cargo was. Hank, we have to reorganize warriors' units again and tighten the security." Mikkeli says.

Alpha and Beta look at each other, and they don't seem too happy; I sigh, but it's Hannah who decides to speak:

"And both Alpha and Beta of Black Moon will never again, no matter what, behave the way they behaved today. Am. I. Clear?"