Alpha's Fallen Angel

Chapter 33-Roman

I know she's hurting, I can feel it. I can feel her guilt, her anguish, I can feel the worthlessness she feels. But we have to deal with this now, I can't lose her. We both shower in silence, me washing her and her washing me. I can feel her love through the bond too, which is a nice little silver lining in the turmoil of her feelings.

Once we're done, we head downstairs to my office. I already linked Seth and Aston to be there. Max would be doing training today so I'll fill him in later. He's not up to speed on everything, considering he doesn't even know I'm a hybrid. When we walk into my office, Aston, always the dimwit, speaks.

"Hey Luna!"

I have to laugh because I feel confusion, anger, and then realization run through her emotions. I guess she forgot she was mated to an Alpha. She glares at me and I pretend to choke on a cough, very unconvincingly.

She cracks a smile, but any amusement she had dies the second she locks eyes with Seth. Guilt. Overwhelming guilt fills the bond now. Seth's face softens and he gets up and pulls her into a hug. I hear her whimper an apology before they switch their conversation to mindlink and I turn to Aston to give them a minute.

"I had scouts out all over the borders and up to 30 miles out. There's not a single trace of vampire. They might not know she's here, it's possible her ex didn't say anything to them, we know the contact was very infrequent." he says to me

"We can't bet on that. I want all the warriors working full time patrol. And we need a new security system. Our current one detects motion based off body heat, and the fuckers are literally cold and dead so it won't work on them. That's your job. We can't underestimate them, this prophecy is over 300 years old and for all we know that's how long they've been planning this out."

"Man, why the hell do I have to get stuck with the new security system? The one we have now was a pain to install. Make Max do it!" Aston whines while I raise my eyebrow at him

"Seriously?"

"Yes! Give me the vampire hunting job, anything but the security system! That shit gave me a raging headache last time." he grumbles back

"Ladies and gentleman, your Beta, whining over a headache" I say, laughing and clapping him on the shoulder "Fine, Max can do it. If he complains about it though I'm throwing you under the bus. No more vampire search parties. Yet anyways, I don't need any other pack alerted by suspicious border activity. And if the vampires do know she's here, they can't know we're onto them. Everything we do, we keep on the down low" I finish

"What about the issue of her ... the demon King coming for her?" Seth butts in and I sigh

"Well, I won't keep him from her. He might end up being useful to have around, we don't know the extent of her powers. I will work with her on controlling them until he finds her, but ultimately he's our best shot at knowing what she's capable of, and I prefer to not find out the hard way. No offense, babe." I say looking at her

It's true though, I just don't know what I'll do if he tries to bring her down to the underworld with him. I'm not sure her training on Earth, while she has no idea what she's doing is smart. All she needs to do is lose control and then I have another mini grand canyon on my territory. But still, I don't want to let her go, but I don't know how I can leave the pack while I take a nice little vacation out of Earth.

Shit, I still need to deal with the area she destroyed. If the vampires somehow come across that destruction, it'll lead them right to us, and I have no logical way to explain that to my pack members should they be the ones to find it.

"Aston, I'll need you to find a couple Earth witches and follow me out to the woods. There's a small mess we need to clean up" I tell him

"What exactly did I do out there?" Amara butts in. Shit, how do I gently explain to her she almost ended the world without slamming my walls up and lying to her to save her more worry and guilt?