Broken Mates
Chapter 2

Lvan entered the room and watched as Tristan stroke the hair of a sleeping Alan. He felt helpless and sorry for not being there for his son at the time he needed him the most. He thought hard about what he should do to make Alan feel better. Of course, the next He took a seat on the edge of the bed, looking at his family.

day.

"I'll tell you everything" Tristan said, not looking at Lvan but at his son who needed him and his touch.

"The........one of the betas of my former alpha, the witch and the traitor in the pack...."

"Baby,...." Lvan said in a concern tone, taking Tristan's free hand, caressing and squeezing now and then. "I told you, you can take all the time you need"

"I'm okay lvan. I'm really okay. I just......., I can't stand seeing my son get hurt. I wasn't brave enough then, I was scared. But, seeing my son get hurt....." Tristan finally looked up at Lvan, tears welling in his eyes, "I can't stand it"

"Baby....." Sniffing and wiping his eyes, Tristan said, "It was Mr Secks. He was the one who helped Fret"

Lvan angrily clenched a fist, "I'm not surprised"

"And the witch was four, one of Mr Secks backers" Four,..... the five companions who followed Mr Secks around and always side with him were given nicknames. Mr Secks was the boss, there was one, a beta man in his 70s, two who was also a beta. In fact, they were all betas except Mr Secks who was an alpha, their leader, their alpha.

'Two' was a man in his 60s, three was in his 80s, four in his 50s, five in his 90s and lastly, the boss, Mr Secks was 100years.

The oldest of them all. The one, they believed was the wisest and more matured than anyone.

Pureblood Werewolves didn't age but for some reason, Mr Secks and his concubines has aged. The reason was unknown but I'm pretty sure sooner or later, it will come out. If it doesn't, then....... it doesn't.

The names of the five companions or concubines (As the town people call them) of Mr Secks were gotten.

No one remembered their real names. If you ask anyone the name of one or two, they would answer as "One Or Two". Hell! Even I have forgotten their names!

Their nicknames had replaced their real names yet, they had no idea. Though they were nobles, their birth names were still forgotten and forsaken.

"Yes, Four is one of the few witches in this pack......" Lvan said, letting go of Tristan's hand. "He's the only witch Mr Secks acknowledges in this pack. I should have known he worked for that snaken old man. Damnnit!!" Lvan slapped his hand on the bed Four was a pureblood werewolf but then, after his journey from the outside world, he suddenly returned, knowing how to use magic, spells and magic portions.

No one knew how he came about that and he wouldn't tell either.

"You need to do something Lvan, I don't want him hurting my son" Ivan scooted forward and cupped Tristan's cheeks, slowly and gently stroking.

"Shhh, is okay, baby, I'll protect you. I'll do everything to lock him up so he won't hurt you or Alan again" Lvan pulled Tristan into his arms who hugged him tight, sobbing as he forced out the words, "I believe you"

Another beautiful and wonderful day blessed to them by the deities. Lvan gathered his family and friends into the study room as he shared what Tristan told him last night.

Everyone was present except Tristan, Alan, Sebastian, James, Debby, Sandy and Minna.

Everyone had these expressions playing on the faces, disappointment, disgust, betrayed and anger. Hearing what Lvan just said, it couldn't be helped.

"What?!" Marie exclaimed in disgust and her husband caressed her hand in comfort.

"That old man! I knew he couldn't be trusted!" Rex exclaimed angrily.

"And he still had the nerve to hurt Alan? He deserve what's coming at him" Colten said, earning nodes from Corey, Zane and Even. "So, what are we going to do next?" Chris asked. "Where's Sebastian and Roy?" Lvan asked instead, looking around. He had noticed their absences since they started this meeting but didn't get the chance to ask about them.

"They went to get information out of the guard who was on duty before Tristan went missing" Jack answered.

"True enough, last night the poor guard was attacked, we were lucky that we reached there on time, or....." Corey said.

"We wouldn't have gotten anything out of him" Zane continued. "Where's Secks and Fourth?" Rex asked. Well, I don't have to explain that. By Fourth, Rex meant Four, Secks concubine or companion, whatever you want to call him. But I prefer concubine. Is entertaining and amusing, this is a BL novel after all.

"Mr Secks claim he had to leave town this morning. Said one of his relative was sick or something but I still refused to let him leave" "That's good"

"Dude, I wouldn't have let him leave even if he said one of his concubines or mistresses was sick. The man have his damn family, friends, relatives, mistresses, concubines in this town for deities sake. He has no one out there" Even said, earning a laugh out of the people in the room.

"True!" Chris and Colten said together smiling as they looked at each other. Meeting eyes, the smile on Colten's face immediately disappeared with him also looking away. Chris once again felt distressed, devastated. He just wanted to clear all this mess up and have a man to man talk with Colten. They needed it, he needed it.

"Okay, that's good. Now, we just need to wait for Roy and Sebastian" Lvan stated. Right then, a knock sounded out. "Right about time" he said, looking at the door.

"Come in" Even said. The door opened with Sebastian leading and Roy following. Roy shut the door close after he entered as he was the last person.

They both slightly bowed before the alpha of the pack. "What did you replace?" Lvan questioned. Roy and Sebastian shared a look before Roy answered, "It was Mr Secks" The anger, disappointment, betrayed and disgusted expressions played again. "I'm not surprised" Rex voiced out.

"It seemed on that day before Tristan was kidnapped, while he was on guard duty, Mr Secks, excused him, saying he would keep watch. It wasn't his duty and so he was distressed about it but then, Secks made it an order from an elder of the pack. He had no choice but to leave. Though he was suspicious of old man Secks, he left anyways because he had no power" Sebastian explained.

Lvan nodded, understanding. Now, they had all the proof they needed. Tristan's testimony, the guard's testimony, the attack on the guard last night. Old man Secks was dead and he had nowhere to escape.

"Why don't you guys go get our dear elder Secks? His honorable prison cell is ready right?" Lvan asked.

"Everything is ready, including the honorable toilet" Even said with a smirk. They all burst out laughing. "WTF! Did you have to add that?!!" Rex exclaimed, laughing.

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Alan was playing with his new dog in his room as they were seated on the bed with Tristan looking at him with so much concern. He has been trying to convince Alan into going outside to play but the kid wouldn't listen.

He had been trying all morning but the kid wouldn't even look at him, just playing with his new puppy. Tristan didn't know what to do anymore.

"What's going on?" Lvan said as he entered and found his wife looking so devastated. Wife? Did he just say wife? Well, Tristan would beat the hell out of him if he replaces out but, we all know he wouldn't because he wasn't going to call him that out loud. No damn way. He never really thought about it but he actually liked sleeping on the comfortable bed.

Lvan sat on the bed facing Tristan before taking his wife's hand. Wife, he said it again. But true. Tristan was now his everything. His wife, husband, lover, boyfriend, mate. Uh, okay, he could only be his lover and boyfriend if they hadn't mated yet. But now that they were mated, Tristan was his wife, husband and mate, okay he could also be his lover. That was okay right?

"He won't look at me lvan. He won't listen to me either. He's been playing with that stupid dog since he woke up and cleaned up" like the puppy understood human language. It barked at Tristan when he called it stupid.

Tristan glared at the dog, shutting the dog up intently. Lvan who witnessed this show couldn't help but smile.

Getting Tristan's attention, he cleared his throat and put on a concern look before turning his attention to Alan. "What's wrong son?"

It took a few seconds, Alan stopped playing with the dog and looked at them. Tristan gave him a smile. "Alan"

"I don't want to go out" Alan stated. "Why not?" Lvan asked. "I don't feel like it" Tristan smiled and took the puppy from Alan's arms by the tail. He handed it to Lvan before pulling Alan's into his arms.

Lvan was startled when a dog was suddenly threw into arms, he almost dropped it. Almost.

"Then you don't have to go. You can stay indoors all you want"

"Thank you Tris" Lvan smiled, happy to see that his mate and son made up.

Were they even fighting in the first place?