CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
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CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
Jason’s POV
The morning my father returned from training, it was raining. It set the mood of my growing anticipation of meeting and exining everything to him.
Viki and I waited for him in front of the steps of the packhouse. I wore a gray button down with ck cks. Viki beside me in an ocean blue gown that hugged her rounded belly. She insisted on showing off the baby bump, thinking that my father would respond positively to it.
A ck limo with the Shadoww crest on the hood came into view and stopped in front of us. The driver got out and opened the passenger door. My father, Alpha Michael stepped out. His silver threaded cloak dragged behind him. Despite his age, he never stopped looking as formidable as he did in his youth. His aura still made lesser wolves drop their eyes in submission.
“Father,” I said, giving a slight nod. “Wee back.”
His gaze fell on me, dropped to Viki’s stomach, and then returned to my face. The weight of his dominating aura rolled off him, and my wolf cowered within me.
“Well?” he asked. “Where is your little omega mate?”
I kept my back straight and my chin level, but I did not hold his gaze for long. “Talia’s no longer part of Shadoww. I rejected her and banished her from the pack.”
My father’s expression didn’t change. “And why is that?”
“She wasn’t worthy,” I exined. “She was an omega. I should have never epted the mate bond from the start. She couldn’t carry my heir, so she was useless for our pack.”
I gestured to Viki with a smile. “Viki will be my new Luna. She is carrying the future heir of Shadoww.”
Father stared at me for a moment. I saw anger sh in his eyes before he walked past us. “My office. Now.”
He didn’t spare Viki a second nce.
I swallowed hard as bad feelings grabbed me.
Viki’s fingers tightened on my sleeve. “Is he upset? I thought he would be happy.” Her voice was nervous.
“Don’t worry about it. He is like this with everyone,” I lied.
“But he did not even acknowledge my pregnancy,” Viki pouted.
“He’s aplicated man, Viki,” I reassured her. “Everything is fine.”
“I’lle with you and help you exin,” Viki suggested,
“No, it’s fine. I’ll go talk with him,” I told her, kissing her forehead. “You get out of this rain and rest.”
When I finally entered his office, my father’s hand moved so fast, I didn’t even see iting. The p echoed in the room. I could feel blood trickling from my split lip. I stumbled back, blood rushing to my ears.
“You arrogant fool,” he snarled. “You rejected your fated mate. You disrupted the Moon Goddess’s will because you thought with your dick instead of your head?”
My eyes widened in fear and confusion. “You never approved of her. Why are you angry now, Father?” I asked,
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forcing my voice to stay even.
“Whether I approve of her or not doesn’t matter, you don’t spit in the face of the Moon Goddess. I thought you knew better than that!”
“I know what I’m doing, Father.”
“No, you don’t,” he snapped. “You had a fated mate, someone chosen by the Moon Goddess herself, and you banished her like garbage because you thought she’s barren?”
“She…she was weak too, I wasn’t going to waste time on a lost cause,” I stammered.
My father let out a bitterugh. “You don’t even know what the bond meant, what power it could’ve brought to this pack.”
“She turned her back on us, on me, because she couldn’t handle Viki having my heir.” I added.
“No,” he said. “You pushed her out. You chose some power-hungry whore over the mate you were meant to protect. Now you’ve jeopardized the bnce of the pack, the bond with the Moon Goddess, and the stability of our pack.”
My blood boiled. “We don’t need her. I’m aligning with Alpha Nn. Together…”
His hand struck my face, sending me backwards. “You really think Nn’s going to help you? He’s an insufferable bastard, but he does have lines he won’t cross. He won’t lift you up.”
“I’m not some naive pup,” I scoffed. “I’m still Alpha. I know how to y the game.”
“Then, y smarter because you’re losing right now.” He hissed.
“What do you mean?” I frowned, my heart pounding.
“Have you not heard what the other packs are saying about Shadoww? Shadoww is in decline because of the mess you made. We have pack members following Talia’s lead and joining other packs. I raised you to do what I couldn’t and that is to be the Alpha King, but instead, you’re ying house with a whore.”
“Don’t….don’t talk about Viki like that,” I mustered the courage to say.
“Or what? You’re in no ce to make demands,” my father said. “You need to ept the fact that is what she is.”
I swallowed hard. I wanted to argue with him, but the fear in me kept my mouth shut.
My father stalked past me and poured himself a drink from his decanter. “You’re going to fix this damn mess. You’re going to bring Talia back.”
“You want me to make her Luna again?” I asked, stunned. “You always said she was nothing but an omega.”
He turned slowly, eyes like ice, “I don’t give a shit if you make her your Luna again or not. That girl held this pack together. Bring. Her. Back.”
“But Viki-”
His ss mmed against the table. “You think parading Viki around makes you a man? Makes you look powerful? That simpering brat can’t handle a conversation without bursting into tears, and you want her by your side in front of the council? Your true mate couldmand a room without saying a word-and she did. While you were at war for the Alpha King.”
My wolf surged under my skin, snarling to be let out. His anger overpowered his fear. I bit down on the rage, but
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not before my father noticed.
“Don’t raise your hackles at me, son,” my father warned.
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I felt bile rise in my throat as I remembered how he had beaten me into a pup in front of Talia before.
My father stepped closer. “You want to keep Viki? Fine. Marry her. But Talia stays. For the good of this pack. For its survival. Do you understand?”
“Yes, Father,” I muttered, jaw clenched so tight it ached.
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