Desert Heat (Complete)
Desert Heat Chapter 44

{Alpha Harold’s P.O.V.}

As we were on our way to the Desert Moon territory, I was livid at what my sons had done. I knew they were wild and didn’t take our laws seriously. I can’t even count the number of times I had to bail one if not all three of them out. Tucker, my oldest is one week away from being announced Alpha of our pack, and he pulls this kind of s**t. Trevor and Thomas were no different.

I could not afford to be on bad terms with the Desert Moon pack. We were neutral for over five decades. I had never met Dorian Shaw, but I have heard of him. All werewolves know of him. He has built an empire from the ground up, since before he was even Tucker’s age. I needed to stay neutral with him, but it would have been better with an alliance, which is what I was hoping for when I got his call. But no, he informed me that my sons attacked their three ranked females.

I hoped that my boys were telling the truth when he said they were not marked, but who I was kidding. Those boys were constantly lying to get their way. There was no chance in hell that three ranked females were unmarked. I had to figure out a way to salvage this.

When we pulled up to their territory, we were greeted by two massive wolves and two other armed guards.

“Alpha Paul Harold,” I tell them

“Alpha Harold. The Alpha and his Luna are expecting you. You will be escorted by these two in their wolf forms,” I nod my head and we make our way to the front of the main house.

Outside, I see a very small young woman with a guard by her side. I get out of the car, and the boys follow behind,

“Alpha Harold I presume?” she asks. I nod. “Good afternoon, my name is Allie, and I am the Luna of the Desert Moon Pack. Welcome to our home. I hope your drive was pleasant?” she said and bowed her head. I took one look at her neck, and I could see her mark clear as day. It was fresh but still healed. This indicated it was made at least several days ago. An indication that my sons lied to me.

“Luna, it is pleasure,” I put my hand out to shake it, but she did not take it.

“Forgive me, Alpha Harold, if I refuse to shake your hand. The circumstances of your visit to our packhouse make me a little apprehensive, I hope you understand,” she said and looked directly at Tucker.

“Understandable Luna. These are my sons, Tucker, Trevor and Thomas,” she paid no attention to them as I introduced them. I could sense her Luna aura even through her silence. There was no question that she was ranked. How could my boys have been so stupid?

“If you will please follow me, Alpha Shaw is awaiting your arrival in the conference room. You will be joined by our Beta, Brandon Kane and our Gamma, Michael Rays, and my guard, Simba,”

“What kind of f*****g name is Simba?” Tucker spat. I stopped and turned around to slap him.

“You better watch what you say while we are here! We are guests! And I need to try and clean up the mess the three of you created! When we are in there, you will refer to me as your Alpha, and not your father. DO YOU THREE UNDERSTAND!?” I roared.

“Yes, Alpha,” All three muttered. How did I end up with such stupid kids?

“Luna, apologies, please continue,” she continued on her way with her guard at her left and led us to through the packhouse to a back-conference room.

“Gentlemen, in here,” she said and opened the door for us. I scanned the room and saw three individuals. When I saw how large these men were, even I was a little afraid. Rumors of the Desert Moon pack spread like wildfire after Benjamin’s son took over. Dorian was ruthless and followed our laws to the T. He never showed mercy to anyone that stepped on his toes, so the fact that my sons were still alive said something.

“Alpha Harold, my name is Dorian Shaw,” he put his hand out and his Luna stood to his left. I shook his hand and could feel the strength in it. “You have already met my mate and our Luna,” I nodded. He introduced his Beta and his Gamma, and both were looking straight at Trevor and Thomas. I had a feeling that it was they who gave them the beatings.

“Let’s begin,” Alpha Shaw stated

“Hold on! Is she really going to be in here for this? Meetings like this don’t involve you, sweetheart. So, how about you know your place and get the f**k out and let us, big boys…” Tucker was interrupted by a fierce growl from Alpha Shaw.

“Alpha Harold! Your son is walking on thin ice! If he disrespects my Luna one more time, he will leave HERE.IN.A.BODY.BAG!!”

“My apologies, Alpha, Luna,” I turned to the boys who were scared, rightfully so. The Desert Moon pack were not ones to bluff. If they wanted you dead, you would be dead.

“Alpha Harold, you and your sons should know that I am only in here to keep my mate’s anger at bay. I could easily walk out that door and let him slaughter your sons in front of you,” her tone was cold and fierce. “You should also know that it was I that spared Tucker’s life at the club,” I looked at Tucker. He never told me this. “I suggest he be grateful that I kept my mate from snapping his neck. I also kept our Beta and Gamma from beating your other two to a pulp,”

“Tucker! Apologize!” I roared. He hesitated. I slammed his head onto the table causing the other two to scoot back. I rarely used force on them, but my patience was wearing thin.

“I apologize, Alpha, Luna,” he muttered.

“Alpha Harold, as you can see, our Luna is clearly marked, and you can easily tell that although it is fresh, it is more than three days old, indicating that your sons knew she was a marked female and assaulted her anyways,” the Beta said.

“Just because the Luna is marked, doesn’t mean those other two were,” Trevor replied.

“My son has a valid point; how do we know…”

“Are you f*****g kidding us right now? I mean, seriously,” the Gamma interrupted. “All of our mates were marked on the same night,” he continued.

“The same night? Who the f**k are you kidding pretty boy? That Latin slut wasn’t marked and you…” The Gamma quickly stood and growled at Thomas and was about to lunge at him, but he was stopped.

“MIKEY! STAND DOWN!” Alpha Shaw shouted. I turned to boys and roared at them. This was getting us nowhere because they could not keep their mouths shut.

“IF ANYONE OF YOU SAYS ONE MORE WORD WITHOUT BEING SPOKEN TO, I WILL BANISH YOU!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!?!”

“Alpha Harold,” the Luna called to me. I turn to look at her. Her eyes were black with rage. “If anyone of your sons insults my ranked females one more time, I will walk out of this room and allow my mate and his men to kill every single one of you. Your deaths will leave your pack in ruins and will cease to exist,” Her words were laced with venom. Who was this Luna? The Alpha was heaving in anger. The Luna put her hand on his shoulder and he immediately calmed himself.

“Let us continue before I lose all of my patience,” Alpha Shaw said. I nodded. “Alpha Harold, your sons have deliberately broken our laws. Not only did they physically attack three marked females, but three ranked ones at that. In addition, your son Tucker attempted to assault my Luna,”

“YOU WHAT!?” I looked at Tucker. This was worse than I thought.

“My club has security cameras around every corner, and their actions were all caught on tape,” the Beta said. He held up a USB drive. “This is the original copy of the incident, and there is one additional copy on a secure cloud, as of this moment, we are contemplating sharing this with the elders of Nevada, to see what they think should be done about the issue,”

“However, we are willing to destroy any trace evidence on two conditions,” the Gamma added.

“What might those be?” I asked

“One, they must beg forgiveness from our ranked females,” the Beta said

“Two, all three of them renounce their claim to the Alpha title and any other ranked title within your pack; therefore, classifying them as Omegas,” the Gamma finished. My sons and I looked at them in shock. I could feel the anger radiating off of Tucker without even looking at him. His Alpha ceremony was next week.

“YOU HAVE GOT TO BE f*****g JOKING!” Tucker boomed. “My Alpha ceremony is next week!”

“Maybe you should have thought about before you three assaulted our mates,” the Beta spat.

“Those are the two conditions that need to be met. Refuse, and I will personally put you three in the ground,” Alpha Shaw said. I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath. Asking for forgiveness was easy but rescinding all three of my sons’ titles as ranked wolves and classifying them as Omegas was a hard call to make.

“DAD!?” I heard all three of them. I had no choice. As a father, I had to protect my sons, and as an Alpha, I had to protect my pack.

“We agree to your conditions,” I say them

“WHAT!?” my sons shouted.

“SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP! YOU THREE BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELVES! YOU HAVE NO SAY IN THIS!” I screamed. “Please bring in the Beta and Gamma females,” I requested. I watched as the Luna’s eyes clouded over for a moment. A few minutes later, two young ladies entered the room. Each respectively stood by the mates. I could see their marks as well, and just as the Gamma said, they all appeared to be in the same state of healing.

“You three, get on your knees and beg their forgiveness,” I told the boys. They all looked at me in shock. “NOW!” I said using my Alpha tone. They got up from their seats and got on their knees.

“Please forgive us, Luna, Beta, and Gamma,” all three said in unison. I looked to the women, and both looked to their Luna. She nodded.

“You are forgiven,” they said in unison.

“Alpha Harold, given a formal ritual is needed with an elder to renounce multiple ranked wolves, we will allow you 60 days to complete the renouncement of all your sons’ titles. If it is not completed within the 60-day timeline I am giving you, this treaty will be null and avoid and I will personally come down there and kill them. Is this in any way unclear?” Alpha Shaw said while passing me a treaty. I read it over, and it shows all the terms and conditions of today’s meeting. I agree and sign the treaty in b***d

{Tucker’s P.O.V.}

I couldn’t believe the nerve of my father. Signing away my birthright all because I wanted to f**k the Luna. The slut shouldn’t have been dressed like that. My brothers were just as pissed as I was. We lost everything because our father was weak. He didn’t fight for us; he didn’t bail us out this time. My father was a traitor to his own children. I was not going to stand for this.

I will be the Alpha of our pack. That treaty doesn’t mean s**t if my father dies because he signed it with his b***d, not us.

Trevor! Thomas!

What’s up? Trevor responded

We can’t let this happen. Dad is leaving us in ruins! He betrayed us!

No s**t! What the f**k are we going to do? Thomas asked.

That treaty was signed in his b***d, not ours. If he dies, so does the terms of that treaty.

Are you suggesting we kill our own father? Trevor asked

Yes!

What the f**k man!? That’s cold even for you! Thomas responded

Colder than him taking our away our birthright!? I sneered

f**k him! I’m with Tucker! Trevor was always the smarter one.

Fine. What do we do? Thomas gave in. Too easily.

Leave it to me. I said.

I was going to kill our father, take place as Alpha, and then I was going to kill Dorian Shaw and take his precious Luna as my own.