Chapter Forty–Four
I sat in my father’s chair as Ronnie picked up the phone. “Amy, are you sure? You don’t have to do this.”
“I am and I do. This can’t be allowed to go on. I’ll take the responsibility.”
“Amy!”
“Uncle Ronnie.” I cut my eyes to him and leaned back in the chair. “She has poisoned the Alpha of this pack. She has tried to brainwash him into making her kuna and betraying his true mate. She has gone against the Moon Goddess and everything we believe in by using magic to take over a pack as an unranked wolf. She has colluded with others to bully, demean, and abuse lower wolves.” I rubbed the pinch that formed between my eyebrows. “If it was just one, or maybe two, of the things I listed, then it would be easier to let her go. But it isn’t, and this is my father. She almost had him killing his pup. Even if that wasn’t me, which it is, it would be punishable by death. This is going to happen, whether or not you are behind me. I am saving this pack and if the council doesn’t agree, I will still do it.”
“Pup
you can’t mean that.” Ronnie looked a little lost with the receiver in his hand just hanging there.
“I mean every word.” I felt it all crystallize in my mind. “I will do whatever it takes to save my father and this pack. Even if it means going against the council’s ruling.”
“But”
“No buts.” I took the receiver from his hand and replaced it “You would do the same, Ronnie.”
“I know, but I’m older.” He tried to persuade me, but my mind was made up.
“That means nothing. And you know it.” I picked up the receiver and nodded toward the phone. “Dial the council. I’ll explain what’s been happening”
“You will need to speak to the council first.” He made an audible swallow. “They will bring your request to the king, who will make the ruling.”
“I don’t care. Dial.” I looked at him. “Don’t make me Alpha command you. You are my uncle and I love you but I will sa
my father. No matter what.”
Ronnie deflated but nodded. I cradled the receiver between my shoulder and ear as he dialled a number. The phone rang twice before there was a deep hello on the other end. Hi. I’m Amy Maclean. I am calling on behalf of my father, Gavin Maclean.”
“Why are you calling this number?” The dark voice rumbled down the line.
“I need to explain what has happened at my father’s pack and make a request from the council.”
“The council?”
“Yes.” I wanted to cry, but I held it in. “I need permission to…
“To what? And how old are you?”
“I’m eighteen.”
“Fuck.” His voice stopped short. “What do you need permission for?”
“There is a wolf here. Who was caught giving the Alpha some sort of potion, I guess I would call it, and poisoning him against his own park? I need to interrogate her.”
“What the fuck are you talking about?” The voice on the other end barked,
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Chapter Forty Four
“My father has been acting strange since I came here. Talking about making an unranked wolf like he was interested in her, sexually.”
“But your mother is still alive…”
“Exactly. Very much so, and my father loves his mate.”
“I know how much he cares for Ainsley.”
“You know my father?”
There was a pause. “The council knows every Alpha.” I nodded, as it made sense.
“Anyway, today I heard the wolf saying that they were bonding. And I kicked in to his office to find him completely out of it and Aurora, the wolf, pouring something into his mouth.” I rubbed my forehead. “As I was attacking her, my father nearly killed me for this she wolf, something he would never do normally. His wolf had to take control to stop him, and now I have to figure out what she gave him.”
“Was she using magic?”
I froze. How did this man know about magic? “I, I, I, I, I don’t know honestly.” I cut my eyes to Ronnie, who wouldn’t meet my eyes. Something was going on here. “That’s why I need permission to find out.”
“So you, eighteen–year–old Amy Maclean, want permission from the king and council to may torture Aurora, a she–wolf in your father’s pack. And you want this permission to figure out if this random she–wolf has used magic on your father, who has magic of his own, to control him and take over his pack. And this magic may have caused him to lose control enough to kill his own pup. Is that the gist of it?”
“Yes, pretty much.” My voice felt more exhausted than it should have. “I know it’s a long shot-”
“Permission granted.” His voice cut me off.
“But I need to save my dad. Wait what? Don’t you need to present it to the king?”
“I am the king.”
