Wrath of Roma

Chapter 30

Chapter 30
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"Hey" the voice pulled out Serena out of her reprieve.

It was Alex who walked over, "Can I sit?" he asked her, pointing at the empty spot next to her.

She nodded.

He sat down next to her and both of them sat in silence.

"A penny for your thoughts" he said.

She gave a small smile but did not respond.

"Care to share?" he prodded.

She sat there without a change in expression and just when Alex thought to give up she spoke.

"My pack" She said softly "I wonder what they will choose. I know mostly but...just that..." She broke away.

"I know, the waiting sucks" he empathized and asked "But, out of curiosity what do you think they will choose?" He asked.

"My pack was built on loyalty and tradition" Serena said "partly because who my grandfather was, a sucker for pack hierarchy and partly because one day the pack would fall on my shoulders...I and my mates and he wanted that transition to be smooth." She explained.

"Ted is loyal to the bone...He is a great guy, he has been my rock in the pack. Ted would not do anything that would harm me."

"But will that be enough to the pack?" Alex asked.

"It's just about convincing the key players, the rest will fall in place" Serena explained "And the key players, what do you think will do?" Alex asked, it was interesting to know how the Lockbourne pack worked.

"In a normal scenario I don't see a problem they would accept my mate as an alpha with least resistance. But with you...I am not sure" She confessed.

"You said you knew mostly what would happen, what do you think will happen?" Alex asked.

"Ted has been a beta for a long time, he wields considerable power on the pack. He would get people to accept you for now. But, there is no guarantee that there won't be factions that would not be happy with that and would probably try to act on their own." She voiced.

"So they would try to kill us?" he asked.

"Not really...you, they would try to take you out, especially when they don't see your mark on my neck" She said as a matter of fact.

With the mating incomplete it would be too tempting to just take him out of the equation and find her a replacement mate.

"So, they would come for me and try to kill me and probably find you a different mate?" he verified.

"Pretty much" she said.

"What do you think?" he asked and added "Won't you be better off with a mate you select?"

She gave an empty laugh and rubbed her face "You know, when Roma met me for the first time she told me a few hard hitting facts"

Alex just listened.

"One of them would be that I would be a political tool, my pack is too big to be ignored. She told me if I did return, I would be mated off before I could blink and I would not have a choice and she is right."

"At least with you, I made my choice" She said after a moment.

"You did?" he asked not sure how she had a choice in him being her mate.

"Yes, I choose to stay, I choose to give..this..thing...a chance" She stammered.

Thing. How romantic! He mused. The bond was thing for her...