Alpha's Blind Luna novel Chapter 81

Vale contacted the pack to tell them we would be adopting the twins. Now, my days were split between the normal tasks around the pack and doing a bunch of research on babies. As much as I wanted a family, I’d never been close enough to having one that I needed to know all the in’s and outs. I didn’t have any friends who had pups either. Rose would have been the first. I felt wholly unprepared.

Hector moved out of his room because it was next to ours. He said we would want to be as close to them as possible and relented his room to us. We offered him one of the bedrooms on the third floor but he ended up taking Auri’s old room. He was reverent about it. Not taking any of his furniture and swapping it. Instead, just using hers. It was hard, seeing him and what he had become. It wasn’t that he was crumbling, at least not on the outside, it was more like there was nothing inside.

Hector performed every duty and task at 100%. Even with not shifting once, he took over training which freed up Jax and I. We had been taking turns for the morning and night sessions. There were complaints rolling in about how strict and that some of them couldn’t move after training. Jax and I would just laugh. Hector also started my personal morning training and I knew exactly what the boys were feeling.

His style had changed and it was harsher than before. It was far more like Morgan’s but with an over-the-top power behind it. The first few days I ended up having broken bones from our spars. Vale was angry but Hector invited him to a one-on-one and that shut him up.

Stirring the pot with the pasta in it, I was staring at my tablet reading a parenting book as I prepped part of dinner for everyone. Footsteps made me look up and I smiled as Vale came over, kissing the side of my head. The smile stayed until I felt his trepidation through the bond. My eyes narrowed and I pursed my lips.

“What Vale?”

“Can I not just kiss you? Do I need…”

Raising my eyebrow, I placed a hand on my hip. He sighed and shut the refrigerator after grabbing a soda. “I don’t want you to be mad.”

“Me? Mad? Never.” My sarcasm made him chuckle.

Turning back to the stove, I turned off the fire and pulled the pasta, straining it into the sink. After setting it aside, I moved the pan I had preheating to make the sausages and garlic sauce.

“I’m going to head to the High Council in a few days.”

Slamming down the wooden spoon on the kitchen top, I spun around to face him. His head was down, looking ashamed.

“Vale Everfell! I’m up to my eyeballs in baby prep! You’ve given me your two cents maybe three times with the promise of helping me later. And instead you’re leaving?”

“I know, I know. But if I go now, I can wrap things up and not need to go back for at least a few months….”

I threw up my hands. “We talked about this already! You can’t just be galavanting around with the High Council anymore, Vale. I need you here. The pack needs you, I need you, and these pups are going to need you! You promised!”

“I know, Zeke. I know and I will. But I need to wrap things up. Just some last minute things. Then all the work can be done from here.”

“You need to know how to delegate. Kings don’t just go off with every issue. They delegate to their court. Your court is here. What happens if something happened to you?”

He chuckled. “Well, we haven’t heard of a crazy strong Alpha being born, so I’m safe.”

My anger flared and my fist flew before I realized it. I’d been training a lot and with Vale not expecting it, he wasn’t fast enough block it. Knuckles connecting with his jaw, the sound of cracks was deafening. Shame and regret flooded me, as I realized what I had done. Vale was holding his jaw as he stumbled back out of the kitchen.

“Fuck, Zeke! The hell!”

“Don’t joke around that! It’s not funny!”

He rubbed his chin. “You didn’t have to hit me. I think you broke something.”

Turning, I went back to my pan. Turning up the heat, I tossing the meat in it. The sizzle drowning out the quiet of the house and Vale grumbling.

“Hey, hey, Zeke. Come on.” Vale’s hand grabbed my waist but I stood my ground.

“Leave me alone. Like you continuously do.”

He sighed loudly. “Don’t throw that at me. You know I have to work with the High Council. Work with the other supernaturals to try and not let this situation devolve any more than it has. It’s been a mess. Please…”

I grit my teeth. It was true, I did know what he was going through. What the world outside our pack was dealing with. I also knew I was being petty but it was larger than that. Vale had promised to help, which he was bailing out on. He was at the beck and call of the High Councilors and never said no to them since that stupid news program came up. Hell, he took over as Alpha as I requested just to be able to go. But since then, he’s never said no.

“Please, what Vale? You said you would help! You’ve managed to weasel your way out of pack management of every time. Now, when I asked you for help with the pup’s room, you are literally leaving the country. What am I supposed to think?”

Throwing the sausage and sauce into the pasta, I threw it in the fridge for the cold pasta salad I intended on adding to tonight’s dinner. The glass bowl was unnecessarily loud against the shelf but I slammed the refrigerator door shut without even letting the bowl settle.

“I need you to promise this ends. You can’t be leaving like this. This process was started by you. You chose these kids. That you showed me. I’m excited to start a family with you, Vale.” I walked over to him, running my thumb gently over his quickly bruising jaw. “But if this is what it’s going to be like, then we need to stop this now.

“It won’t. I promise.” Vale took my hand and kissed it. “I’m sorry.”

Sighing, I closed my eyes. “Before you go, you have to finish the inspection on the new warehouse and factory for the Delgado family.”

“But I…!”

Putting my hand up, I peeled my eyes open at him. “No Vale. I need your help. It needs to be done so I can go with Lucy into town.”

This time, Vale’s eyes narrowed. “You can order everything to be delivered here. You don’t need to go off territory.”

I rolled my eyes. “I do and I won’t be alone.”