Chapter 10

Alexander's POV

How did they find me?! How did they know that I was here? Even if the alpha was alive, I had built a strong wall that would not let him know what I was feeling, and on top of that, I never left the borders of this pack! Also, according to my knowledge, The Red Woods Pack and The Earth Forest Pack - my current pack name - were far apart. I don't know how I reached this far, but they were far away.

"I knew that you were here, Michael!" Mom was coming near me, and I was glad that Alex was still standing in between like the protective alpha he is, and how a protective alpha should be when their mate or marked one is scared around someone.

"I would like you to leave," Alex said in a monotone. He was shielding me perfectly, if it weren't for my height, then no one would know I am behind him...

"He is my son! He is the luna of the pack-"

"Took you a lot of time to find your son" the head alpha came and stood beside Alex, he was like a protective father to me since the moment I have stepped into this pack and he took me in "And he is the luna of this pack. Not yours. He is the mate of my son, not your pack alpha" he growled.

"You are lying! Our alpha marked him because he was-"

"I was never his mate, Mom," I said. I came out of the shield that Alex and the head alpha had created for me and stood in front of them. I know this action must have made Alex's alpha instincts flare up because his mate was scared and possibly in danger, but this is what I had to do.

"I was never his mate," I repeated. "I thought that was pretty obvious when he brought his actual mate to the pack house one day. The mate who was supposed to have his mark and not me! Also, it took you guys a hell lot of time to find your runaway son. It took around ten years or more to find me." I rolled my eyes.

I turned to my mate and head alpha, "I need to wear my clothes. I will be back." I went into my walk-in closet and finally took the breath I didn't know I was holding back. I immediately removed my towel and searched for a nice yet comfortable outfit to wear.

I took a simple black shirt with light blue jeans and boxers, and wore them. I styled my hair into a messy hairstyle because I didn't have much time to make it like I wanted it to be. I have a problem to deal with as the beta of the pack and Michael, the mate of the future head alpha of this pack...

I took a deep breath before I opened the door. I frowned slightly because everyone is in the same position as before, just as I had left them. Did the time stop while I was changing clothes or something?

"Son, you have to come back-" my father said, but I interrupted him. There is no way in hell I am going back to hell, and if I wanted to, I don't think Alex would let me or even the head alpha or the pack would let me go. They love me too much to do that, and that makes me happy. My pack loves me even though I wasn't born in this pack.

"I am not going back! Hell, I tried to kill the alpha of the pack. It took me two years to plan my escape from the hell I called home, and I don't have any plans on going back to the same hell again, not now, not ever." I was firm in my decision, and I think I saw a little of the tension leave Alex's shoulder. Was he worried that I would leave him? Them? This pack?

"You didn't try, you killed him! You fucking killed our alpha!" my father growled at me and this made Alex come in front of me for my protection without hesitation but I patted his shoulder and pushed him aside a little. I can handle my father on my own.

"I managed to kill him?" The thought made me smile. I shouldn't be smiling because I killed someone, but it made me smile.

"He died because of blood loss. We found him dead in the room the next day. There was anger in my father's eyes. To be honest, it kind of hurts because he didn't show this kind of anger when the alpha had marked me....

"If he is dead, then why didn't his mark leave my neck?!" Shouldn't an alpha's mark vanish if the alpha dies? I looked at my parents. They were smirking, and it scared. They did something, and I am sure about that, but I didn't know what.

"What did you guys do?!" I asked with a little worry and hesitation in my voice.