Chapter 36
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"I imagine this wasn''t how you nned to spend your seventeenth birthday" Chrismented, as
dawn began to break.
"Not really" I sighed, leaning my head on Chris''s shoulder. He put his arm around me as I soberly
nced at the door – hoping, and praying, that Seth was going toe through any minute. "Are you
sure you don''t want to get some sleep?" I asked Chris, eager to change the subject.
"I''ll head home once Alpha Zeves back" he replied. Chris had gotten through his first shift quickly
and uneventfully, before we''d hidden inside the guest house and waited for my mate. Morning was
almost here and yet I hadn''t slept since arriving back at my birth Pack – it felt like years since this trip
had started.
"You can call him Seth you know" I said.
"Nah, it doesn''t seem right. He may be your mate, but he''s still the most powerful Alpha in the country.
He''s just never going to be a ''Seth'' to me" Chris shrugged. Silence fell between us and I could feel
Chris''s nce on me. He was desperate to cheer me up since I''d slipped into my foul mood. "Why
don''t you tell me what you had nned to do on your birthday? If you were back with the Equinox
Pack?" he suggested.
I shrugged, "hadn''t thought about it too much".
"That''s a lie" he snorted.
"Yeah" I admitted, shooting him a momentarily smile. "Alright, I''ll save you all the mate details. But, let''s
just say that Seth would take the morning off and we''d spend it together. Most of it in bed, but he''d also
make me breakfast – probably something that is nd but he''ll think it tastes good because he has an
awful pte and even worse cooking abilities. Then maybe I would see my friends, or do some
shooting, before going out for dinner with Seth".
"Sounds nice".
"Doesn''t matter, ain''t happening now, is it?" I deadpanned. Yes, I was in a shitty mood but it was my
seventeenth birthday and it wasn''t going how I wanted to go. Chris couldn''t get me out of my mood, no
matter his words offort, but luckily he was saved when Seth returned a few hourster.
"Seth" I eximed, jumping from the couch and into his arms. His arms quicklypressed me against
his body with almost desperation. "What happened? Did you kill Rafa? What happened to the girls?
Why are they even here?" I fired my questions at him without taking a breath.
Seth looked down at me, the bags under his eyes almost asrge as mine. He offered me a small
smile, almost sad, as he ran a finger over my cheek in adoration. "All that matters is that you''re alright".
"Fuck does it. I want to know what happened" I demanded, pulling from his embrace and ring at my
mate.
"Later, Mabel. It''s your birthday, I don''t want anything to ruin your day" Seth sighed. I frowned up at
him, he looked stressed and tired. For the first time since I met Seth, he actually looked his age. It
threw me off for a few moments, so I just stayed nkly up at him.
It was Chris who broke the spell, "I''ll take my leave".
Seth nced up at Chris, "thank you for having Mabel''s back". He nodded respectfully at my best
friend.
"She''s family" he shrugged nonchnt. He said another quick ''happy birthday'' wish to me, before
leaving to get some well needed sleep and recovery.
"He Shifted?" Seth asked me in shock.
"Yes" I nodded, "but never mind Chris. I don''t care if it''s my birthday, I want to...no...I need to know
what happened".
"Later" he mumbled in reply. He headed up the stairs and I quickly followed him. I hounded him the
entire time, but he simply ignored me. "We should get at least an hour or two of sleep" he said, cutting
through my incessant questioning.
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"But--"
"Later, Mabel. I promiseter" he sighed heavily. I expected him to snap at me – which would be typical
– but hisck of anger seemed to dim my own frustration. I could see that Seth was extremely bothered
by what had happened and I hated seeing him like that. Seeing my mate in such distress made my
heart ache. Before my shift, I probably would have carried on pushing him until we argued or he told
me. But, I was a lot more attuned to his emotionstely and I just didn''t want to push him further, I was
worried about what would happen if I did. I''d never seen him this low – something really bad had
happened.
"I''m going to take a shower" Seth mumbled, sounding defeated and beaten. Yeah, he sounded beaten.
And it didn''t make any sense to me since he''d just found the Pack traitor he''d been hunting for weeks.
Yet he seemed even more stressed than before. Something bad had happened.
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"Seth" I called out, making him pause in the doorway to the bathroom and turn back to me. "Is
everything going to be okay?"
"For you? I will make sure it always will be. For me? I''m not so sure anymore". With that he walked into
the bathroom, secondster the shower turned on. I sighed heavily, shaking my head as I untangled
my wild curls from the confines of a scrunchie. It had been in the same position for such a long time
that my head ached as I ran my fingers through it – or attempted to before my fingers got caught up in
the curls half way down and I had to rip them out from the unruly mess.
After I stripped my clothing, I climbed into the bed and wrapped the covers around me. Despite my
whirling mind, exhaustion won out and within seconds I was fast asleep. But it was short lived as I
woke up the moment that Seth climbed in beside me.
I groaned and turned around to face him. Seth wrapped his arms around me, holding me to his chest,
but stayed silent. My eyes were threatening to close again, but the steady breathing of my mate told
me that he was still awake – awake and unhappy.
"Are we in trouble, Seth?"
"I told you that nothing bad will happen to you, Mabel. I will never let anyone hurt you". He pressed a
gentle kiss to the top of my head. I pulled back slightly so I could meet his bright, beautiful, blue eyes.
"I didn''t ask about me. I asked about us. If you''re in trouble, Seth, then we''re both in trouble. We''re
mates, that''s how it works".
"I fucked up bad" he whispered out. His voice was young and vulnerable – I''d never heard him sound
like that. So I knew it was bad, whatever it was, it was really bad. "I didn''t know. I swear I didn''t know. I
would have never left those Werewolves in Yellowstone if I''d have really known".
"I believe you" I whispered truthfully, cupping his cheek. He gulped deeply. "Seth, tell me what
happened. Tell me what you did".
"One of the She-Wolves they took was the ck Blood''s Alpha''s girlfriend. Not his mate, just his
girlfriend at the time". Seth paused, not saying anymore.
"Seth, tell me what you did!"
"She was pregnant...with a son" he confessed. "I had no idea that she was pregnant, neither did the
other Alpha. But she gave birth to a son and rightfully he''s the Alpha heir of the ck Blood''s Pack. But
he grew up in Yellowstone as a Wolf not a Werewolf, let alone an Alpha".
I frowned, "I don''t understand".
"I, not only, outcast an Alpha heir, but I also took a son away from an Alpha. To take a son away from
an Alpha, that''s war crime. It''s against the Council''s Treaty I signed when I was made an Alpha".
I frowned, "a war crime. How did you find all this out?"
"The two girls are from Yellowstone and they exined it to me. Alpha Parker was there. He called for
the Council to convene immediately. Every Alpha of every Pack in the US will be here within twenty
four hours".
"To decide what?" I frowned, my heart racing in fear.
"If I''m guilty of council treason and war crimes".
"But that doesn''t make any sense. You didn''t know she was pregnant, let alone with a son. And you
sure as hell couldn''t rescue those Wolves without exposing every Werewolf in the world. You didn''t do
anything wrong. You had a hard decision and you made it". Tears danced in my eyes, "Seth, what
happens if they find you guilty?"
"Mabel" he whispered softly. My voice like poison on his tongue.
"Seth, tell me" I urged, almost crying. I knew the answer, of course I did, but I needed to hear it from
him. Maybe I was wrong. I wanted to be wrong. I''d never wanted to be so wrong in my entire life.
Seth''s eyes glistened down into mine, "if they find me guilty...they''ll execute me".
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