Alpha Brothers - the King (book 1)

Chapter 33

Chapter 33
Callum
I found Malcolm at Bonnie's grave. He had been going there often ever since the attack. Liv had told me about what went down in the tunnels and I could feel my heart bleed every time I thought about it. He had lost his whole future. All because Nathair and Hector Macangus wouldn't let a poor girl be happy.
"Hey," I said making him look in my direction.
He smiled but it quickly disappeared when he looked back to the grave stone.
"How is everythin' back at the house?" He asked, he's voice ruff from not using it.
I shrugged, "okay, the final preparations for the funnels are on the way and Doctor Glen has just treated the last of the critically injured. Everythin' should be back to normal in a couple of days."
"But nothin' will be normal again," he muttered returning to the place he went when he thought about Bonnie.
"Liv told me what happened," I started, "why didn't you tell me that she was pregnant?"
He shrugged, "she was only a couple of weeks. We didn't want to jinx it. And then when she died, I didn't want to admit to myself that I had killed my child as well as my soul mate."
I nodded understanding.
"You know what I have to do, don't you?" He asked.
I nodded knowing that it would probably come to this.
"I can't stay here anymore, not got awhile anyway."
"Where will you go?" I asked.
"England, France, maybe even America. I'll figure it out, I always do."
I nodded, "I hope you will come back," when he was about to protest, I added, "you go grieve, do what you have to. Just come back to family."
He was still for a moment before nodding.
"I'll come when you call," he told me.
"What about the others?"
He shrugged, "they won't call me. Graham and Allie have each other to help them and I'm the last person that Archie would won't help from. Your the only person that would call."
I wanted to tell him that he was wrong but he right. To the others he was just another person that they had to say goodbye to.
"Who knows, I might be only gone a month before your tellin' me the great news of a new Patterson family member."
I chuckled not hating the idea of a baby on the way. But knowing Liv, it would be awhile before we heard the pitter patter of tiny feet.
"There has to be a weddin' before any children. And though I would love to be married tomorrow if possible,  I think Liv has other plans," I told him.
"Down side of havin' a human mate," he stated making me chuckle.
Everything went silent as we ran out of things to say. We were avoiding the reality of what was really happening here. We were saying goodbye.
"I'm goin' to miss you, Brother. I couldn't have won Liv's heart without you."
He chuckled, "you're a good catch, you would have won her eventually."
I shook my head, knowing that it wasn't true.
"I owe you my life, Malcolm," I told him.
He shrugged as if it didn't mean anything but I knew that I did. It meant that at least one of his siblings still accepted him.
"You can pay me back by keepin' our family safe."
I nodded. It was a fair deal.
"Good luck Brother. Hector might be gone now, but he'll be back," he told me, tapping my shoulder.
I nodded, "I know, but we'll be ready for him next time."
He nodded but he didn't look like he believed me. I wasn't sure if I believed me.
"But promise me that you won't go lookin' for him," I asked of him, "I meant what I said, you'd be the one killin' him not your wolf."
He nodded, "I know, I give you my word that I won't go lookin' for him."
I narrowed my eyes at him at his pathetic promise. But it was better than nothing.
"When will you leave?" I asked him.
He shrugged, "in a couple of days. There's no point holdin' it off."
"And you really want to do this?" I asked already knowing the answer.
He nodded, "I do."
"Well, I guess this is, how Archie would put it, see you later," I said cupping his shoulder.
He smiled, but his eyes held a sadness that broke my heart.
"Goodbye, Brother."

Olivia
"So, he's really leaving?" I asked as Callum and I walked with our arms linked through the trees of the forest.
Dew sat on the big leaves of the trees as a mist hung low in the air. Callum's body gave me heat that three jumpers, a long sleeved shirt and a singlet under that just couldn't.
"He'll be back," he stated so surely that I couldn't help but not believe him.
"How do you know?" I asked.
He shrugged, "I just know. Malcolm might not have his wolf but he's still a werewolf. He will come back to his pack when he's ready."
I nodded not wanting to question it anymore. I didn't want Malcolm to leave. All I wanted to do was wrap him up in a blanket and feed him tea till he passed out. How he had survived the tragedy of losing his soul mate and baby and him being the one that killed them, I will never know.
"Are you going to tell the others about the baby?" I asked moving the subject.
"I told Malcolm that it would be best if they heard it from him but he said that it wouldn't make a difference what's so ever. But it's his secret so he can tell them if he wants to."
I nodded understanding.
"But how are you goin'?" he asked me, making us come to a stop.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you went through a lot. Seein' your King rip a man to shreds must not have been easy."
I opened my mouth to speak but I had been transported to one of my nightmares that I had been getting for the last three days. The image of Callum's wolf body being pinned by Nathair's was too hard to process.
"That's not that part of the nightmare that I'm scared of," I admitted, "It's the part where Nathair had you pinned and I thought you were going to die."
"You shouldn't think about that," he told me, cupping my cheek.
It was only something that I had told myself a million times.
"It's all I can think about. Archie was right about what he said last week, I really didn't know anything about your world."
"And now that you have, how do you feel?" He asked.
I paused, thinking about it. It was a feeling I was new to. I wanted to describe it but I couldn't find the words.
"I feel strong," I stated out of the blue, "it's strange but I feel like I could do anything, be anything. With you by my side, we could change the world."
He chuckled, pulling me in close, "how about we start with our tiny part of the world? We'll mend the hole in my family, brin' safety to Faol Coillie, and fix any mess Macangus has made."
I nodded, "and we'll do it all together."
"Like we will do everythin' from now on."
That thought brought more happiness to me when I thought nothing could.
Callum cupped my neck and brought my lips to his. I welcomed them, groaning at the feeling of Callum's tongue against mine.
No lesson in life could ever prepare you for this type of feeling. The feeling of connection, safety and trust. Everything in life makes you rethink that those feelings don't exist. Everything is against you finding them. But when you do. It's the best feeling in the world.
"Well my queen," Callum started, tucking a lock of hair behind my ear.
"Well my King."
"Are you ready to start our lives together?"
I nodded, without a second thought, "Yep, because I love you."
He chuckled, "I love you too."

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