The Alpha Werewolf's Rejected Mate is an Eldritch Abomination

Chapter 7: Fernandezia

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"Help?"

Noah raised a brow at them, looking unimpressed.

"What makes you think I can help you?"

Xander frowned. "Let me reiterate. Fenris needs your help."

Noah's expression shifted. "What."

The bewildered tone he took on indicated his less than pleased mood by them coming to his door so late at night.

"Someone broke into the pack house and kidnapped him. We don't know where they went," Xavier explained.

Noah blinked. "I don't think I can—"

Korvin stepped forward. "You're the only one who can find him."

"..."

"Listen, I know he rejected you, and I'm sure you're still really pissed about it—"

"I'm really not."

"But the bond takes three months to fully dissolve after a rejection so you can still track his location."

Noah didn't say anything. He stared at them as if they were speaking another language. Then, slowly, he started to close the door.

Korvin tried to stop him. "You owe him this!"

But Noah had already shut the door.

His muffled reply came from the other side. "I will settle my debt by leaving him alone."

Korvin wanted to scream in frustration. That was not what they needed right now.

"I thought you cared about him!" he tried.

"What's done is done," Noah replied, "I have my own priorities, now."

Korvin couldn't believe what he was hearing. What could they possibly say to this... very weird version of Noah who didn't seem to care for Fenris anymore?

He had hypothesized several reasons why Noah had changed and none of them made sense. The most logical guess was that the rejection completely removed his obsession with Fenris.

Since Fenris was dealing with fevers as a result of the rejection and Noah was not, then removing a part of him must have been the price he paid instead.

"We will do anything," Xander stepped forward and said in an earnest tone, " Please," he begged.

For a moment, it appeared as if Noah was just going back to sleep—how he managed to live in that greenhouse was behind Korvin's imagination.

But then, the door swung open and they were met with a very irritable Noah.

He scowled at something behind him. 

Was he speaking to his spiritual wolf?

Finally, he let out a frustrated sigh. "Fine. I'll help. But the moment we find him, I'm done. Do not bother me about him again."

They all agreed, maybe a little too quickly, but they managed to secure his aid and that was all that mattered.

"I'm not shifting," Noah said, once the rest of them had taken off their clothes and turned back into their wolf forms.

"We need to be quick," Korvin said.

He had actually never seen Noah shift before, and judging by Xavier and Xander's body language, it seemed neither did they.