Alpha Jax
Chapter Seventeen

~Dakota~

“Dakota? What’s wrong?” My father looked concerned but I didn’t answer him. I walked outside and felt my cat on alert. Jax and Sean followed and only Jax calmed down.

“Dakota, love it’s aright. It’s just some people from my pack.” I sighed and nodded, but Buttercup wasn’t backing down until she saw it for herself. Slowly but surely, people in their wolf forms started emerging from the trees. I sighed and started to go back inside, expecting them to follow. Instead, they just sat outside waiting for something. I looked at Jax confused.

“What, do they think they aren’t allowed inside?” Jax growled at them and they bowed their heads.

“No. Worse. One is Logan’s dad and the other is Jacob’s. They know they aren’t welcome here. The other is Sean’s mate. Don’t know what she wants.” I growled in anger and turned around. You could see the guilt in their eyes.

“How can you live with yourself? Knowing you killed someone's mate? The mother of three children!” I was on the verge of shifting, as Butter was starting to come out. Jax sensed this and held me.

“You need to calm down. If they die, you die. That’s the law.” I growled and looked over to Riley.

“And what do you want? Come to hurt my brother again?” She showed her neck to me and I growled.

“It’s not me you have to kiss up to. It’s my brother.” I stormed inside and huffed as I sat down on the table. Jax opened the door and sighed.

“They want to know if they can come in and explain themselves. Also, there are a few other people from the pack that came cause they smelled the food while on a run. Is that alright?” I rubbed my face, trying my best not to cry.

“Not up to me. Ask Sean. The others though, sure why not.” He nodded and then suddenly a lot of half-naked men and women came inside. They all bowed to me and muttered one word.

“Luna.” They all sat down and loaded their plates and then just waited. I looked around confused.

“You guys can eat, you know.” They all had wide eyes.

“Are you sure?” I was beyond confused now.

“Yeah, why the fuck wouldn’t you eat? What, do you have to wait on the Alpha or something?” They rubbed their necks and nodded.

“We always wait for the Alpha to start eating. Sometimes we have to wait a long time for him to even come down to meals because of paperwork. Even then, we have to wait for him to tell us the okay to start eating.” A girl around my age told me and I growled.

“Well, there's now a new rule. When you guys are here, eat whenever the fuck you’re hungry. No waiting on anyone. Now, I’m going to eat my food on the porch outside. There are drinks in the fridge. Just save some food for my family and we’ll be fine.” I grabbed my plate of food and my glass of milk and headed to sit outside. I growled lowly as Riley, Sean, the two dads, and Jax were talking a couple of feet away. Riley accidentally made eye contact with me and I gave her my best glare. She showed her neck, still trying to keep a conversation going with Sean. After a few more moments of them talking, I had finished my food and my milk. Now I was just waiting. Sean growled at them all before walking over to me and sitting down.

“They want to talk about everything. Apparently, the pack that’s being run by Jax’s father is running like shit. They want to explain everything.” I knew he was talking about Logan and Jacob’s dads.

“And what about the mutt?” He growled softly but leaned back in his chair with a huff.

“She wants to talk to me privately about what happened yesterday.” I hummed in an annoyed agreeance.

“Oh, so is she going to turn you down again in a nicer manner?” I felt my fangs come forward just thinking about how she humiliated my brother like that. He growled louder.

“Shut up Dakota. She just wants to talk and apologize.” I gave my best sarcastic ‘mhm’ and walked inside to put the plates away. The five of them came inside and Riley and the two dads sat on the couch, while Jax and I shared a chair, Layla and Jacob the loveseat, and Destiny and Logan another chair. Sean stood the entire time behind me and Jax. They all looked so guilty. I sighed and chose to be the first to speak.

“Well. Who wants to start first?”