My Broken Luna

14. Resisting Temptation

14. Resisting Temptation: Xander's Pov

QOTC- Who's Pov do you like best? (I know this is a repeated question)

**two weeks later**

I roughly slide the silver door of Dylan's cell shut as he tries to wipe away the blood on his face. "Hose him down, no more injuries until I say so." I instruct a nearby guard.

"Yes, Alpha." she nods as she spreads the message to the others. A lot of packs only have male wolves working shifts at the cells, but I have female wolves handling that responsibility as well. If a wolf has the potential to become a certain rank in the pack, then thats what I'll allow them to train to become.

"How many Red Stone trespassers do we have?" I ask my logger. He's in charge of keeping track of how many people are put into the cells, who they are, and which cell that they're placed in. Recently our conflict with lingering rogues has died down, now it's wolves from the Red Stone pack that's our problem. I can tell by how easily they are taken down by my warriors that they're training system is weak.

"Seventeen, not including Dylan Jones. Five females of mating age and twelve men, they are all placed on the third level, one empty cell between them."

"Give them two glasses of water and a slice of bread." I tell him. There are rumors about Xander Reynolds, the baddest Alpha in the continent, torturing his prisoners with months of starvation and pain; barely any of it is true. It's impossible to do interrogation if a prisoner's throat is too dry to make sounds, I always keep them healthy enough to communicate with my guards and I.

I make my way up the dark floors of the cells and check in with the main office so that they know that I'm leaving. "Toss me some spray." I catch a bottle of body spray and cover my body wit the product. Once I leave the cells, I don't want any of the children asking their parents questions about why I smell so much like blood and vomit; I know that Charlotte starts to panic when she sees or smell blood on me.

Plus, she likes when I wear Axe or Old Spice.

I wash my hands and exit the gloomy building. On the outside, the cells looks like a shack- on the inside, it goes five levels down with enough room for two offices and fifty cells on each floor. 'We should pick up some donuts for mate.' my wolf suggests.

'Jimmy said that she was baking.'

Brody and I both have things to take care of, so Charlotte wouldn't have either of us by her side. She has Luna duties to attend to, but they don't require her to do anything too violent. Obviously, I wasn't going to leave her alone without any protection; I have four trusted members of the search-team as her body guards whenever Brody and I aren't with her. Jimmy and three others are the ones I chose.

I have one adult female, two men my age, and Jimmy watching out for my mate. Jimmy is the one who is going to be at her side at all times; he's young enough that she'll be more comfortable around him, but he's also old enough to remember that he is her guard and not friend all the time. Another thing is that Charlotte has already met the search-team, she knows them a lot more than my regular warriors.

'Charlotte is offering cookies, are we allowed to accept?' Jimmy asks me.

'Go ahead, just make sure there's enough for her and I.' Over the years, the search-team learned that they don't have to be so formal with Brody and I. As long as they know that there's still a boundary line of what they can and can't do.

'Your shift is over, I'm right outside the house.'

The delicious smell of homemade baking is strong when I first walk inside. "How's my babygirl doing today?" I call out with a large grin.