Desert Heat (Complete)
Desert Heat Chapter 78

{Allie’s P.O.V.}

“LEAH!!!” I shouted from the stairs.

“I’m coming!!” she shouted back. We were late leaving for Mojave Mountain because she didn’t pack Sawyer’s diaper bag like I had told her to. Sin got better after having a baby when it came to preparing, but Leah got worse somehow. I finally heard her coming down the stairs.

“Seriously!? You’re worse than Sin!”

“Sorry,” she said. We headed out the door where the guys and Sawyer were already waiting in the Tahoe.

“Leah!” Dorian shouted.

“I’m sorry Alpha,” she said and jumped in sat next to Sawyer in the second back seat. Dorian put the seat back and we got into the first back seat and we had Lucas driving us. We didn’t want Simba or the others near the Yellow Moon triplets, so Dorian had them stay home. Andre would take over training since Hank and his team were out looking for Tucker.

Luckily, Lucas drives pretty fast, and there was very little traffic leaving Nevada. We got to Mojave Mountain at a decent time, and got there before Yellow Moon did,

“C.J.!” Leah shouted as she got out of the car with Sawyer.

“Hey Squirt!” he shouted back. Luckily unlike Sin, Leah knows protocol when visiting another pack, regardless if she used to live with that pack. “Dorian, it is a pleasure to finally meet you in person,” C.J. says shaking Dorian’s hand.

“Likewise, C.J.,” Dorian responds. “This is Allie, my Beta Brandon, and his mate, Leah, whom you obviously know already, and our driver Lucas,” Lucas bows his head and C.J. nods in return.

“Allie, it is a pleasure,” he says and k****s the back of my hand. I blush a little and Dorian lets out a small growl. “Brandon, I hope Squirt here is being good to you and the future Beta,”

“She’s the perfect mate and the perfect mother,” Brandon responds with a huge smile. I just smile at his answer.

“So, Squirt, Beta Female huh?” C.J. asks while petting her head. I can’t but laugh. Him having a nickname for her and petting her head reminds me of my relationship with Brandon.

“Will you stop! I’m not little anymore!” she shouts.

“I have to ask, why Squirt?” Brandon asks.

“Because she’s small,” C.J. responds and Brandon rolls over laughing.

“Oh man, that’s awesome C.J., I call Allie Gizmo because she’s small too,”

“Gizmo huh?” he looks at me and gives me a sly smile.

“Dammit Brandon!” I shout.

“There’s my baby!!” I hear shouting and see Leah’s mom running towards us, with her dad not too far behind.

“Hi, Mom!” Leah shouts but instead of acknowledging Leah, Mrs. Vo takes Sawyer and goes back into the house. “Wow, I don’t even exist to my own mother anymore,” Leah says.

“Don’t worry, honey, you exist to me,” her dad says and k****s her forehead. “Brandon,” he shakes Brandon’s hand.

“Why don’t we all go inside. Yellow Moon should arrive in an hour or so,” C.J. says.

We all go in and Leah goes upstairs to her parents’ room and Lucas goes to his guest room, while the rest of sit in C.J.’s office. Beta Johnathan joins us and so do the triplets’ parents. They look miserable, but not as much as the triplets.

“Alpha, Luna,” they bow their heads and sit down.

“Luna, I am surprised you are here. I wasn’t aware you would be joining,” Jonathan said to me.

“It was a last-minute change of plans,” I answered. He just nodded and smiled.

“Luna, can you tell us how our girls are doing?” Mrs. Murphy asked.

“Why don’t you call them and ask yourself?” I reply.

“They don’t answer our calls, we’ve been trying for days now,” Mr. Murphy answers.

“Gee, I wonder why,” I say right back with attitude in my voice. They both just look down. “Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, you better pray to the moon goddess and all other higher powers that we can salvage this because if we can’t, and the girls end up at Yellow Moon, I doubt you will ever hear from them again. I also know for a fact, that Simba will NEVER allow you to see Matthew or Madison,”

“Maybe we should just kill ourselves, honey, that will end the contract and the girls wouldn’t have to suffer anymore!” Mrs. Murphy cried. Hearing her say that made my b***d boil.

I stood to my feet and slammed my hands on the table, “STOP TRYING TO TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT!” I shouted in my Luna tone. Everyone stared at me. “That’s what I got us here in the first place! You tried to take the easy way to money and power, and now look where we are,” I said pointing around the room with my arms. “You two will not commit suicide! You will live with the choices you made as a punishment for being shitty parents!” I shouted. Dorian forced me back to my seat.

“You need to calm down,” he whispers to me.

“The Luna is right, you two will have to live with what you’ve done, regardless of what happens in the end, that’s an order,” C.J. tells them in his Alpha tone.

I didn’t know what it was, but every time C.J. spoke, I couldn’t help but look him in the eyes. He was good looking, I had to give him that. He stood at about 5’10 or 5’11, was physically fit, not ripped like Dorian or Brandon, but still fit, dark brown curly hair, honey-colored eyes like Lilian and the most prominent cheekbones. He was a good mixture of Charles and Lilian.

“Baby, everything good?” Dorian asked me. I looked up and nodded. After a few minutes, C.J.’s eyes clouded over.

“Yellow Moon has arrived. Please give me a moment while I go greet them and escort them in,” C.J. got up and left. I just watched him leave and c****d my head.

“Baby, what’s going on in that big brain of yours?” Dorian asked.

“Nothing…At least I don’t think there is,”

“Why are you staring at C.J.?”

“Something about him is oddly familiar,” I reply. A few minutes later, C.J. comes back in and is followed by four African American men, three of which were the size of Dorian and Brandon.

“Holy hell,” I say out loud and slap my hand over my mouth and I get looks from the Yellow Moon Alpha and his triplets.

These guys were the definition of chocolate thunder hunks. It was like, three Michael B. Jordan’s walked into the room, and the Alpha looked like a more chiseled version of Denzel Washington. If Dorian wasn’t my mate, I would have loved to be mated to one of these guys. Thank the moon goddess I could control my l**t when it came to other men because if I couldn’t, I would be soaking wet right now.

“Alpha Daniel Brown of the Yellow Moon pack, this is Alpha Dorian Shaw of the Desert Moon pack,” C.J. made the introduction and sure enough, when they heard Dorian’s name, they all flinched. I couldn’t help but be proud.

“Alpha Brown, it is a pleasure,” Dorian said shaking his hand. “May I introduce my Luna, and my wife, Allison and this is my Beta Brandon Kane,”

“Luna, Beta,” Brown said while shaking both of our hands. “These are my sons, Deacon, my oldest, Apollo, and Lucian, my youngest,”

“How do you do?” I say and bow my head. Brandon bows as well.

“Alpha, Luna, Beta,” they reply. I try to make eye contact with each of them and get a sense of who they are. Surprisingly, they have good souls. Alpha Brown was something different- not a bad soul, but not a good one either. He did make me uncomfortable though. Something about him was just off.

“Alpha Jefferies, I was not aware that the Murphy triplets were part of the Desert Moon pack,” Brown said.

“You didn’t give us the chance to tell you the last time you were here Alpha Brown,” C.J. responds.

“Alpha Brown, the reason why I asked for this meeting, is because I wanted to speak to you personally about the Murphy girls. As you know, they have found their mates, and the oldest Katherine, is now a mother,” Dorian says with so much seriousness. The tone wasn’t Alpha, but it was sexy. Damn, I was getting turned on, but I promised to control my l**t, so I shoved that thought into the back of my mind. Mercury was a different issue. She was purring at Dorian’s aura.

“I was not aware that the oldest was a mother,” Brown says. “However, this does not change the terms of the contract we have with their parents,” he continues. Dammit, plan A is officially a bust.

“Alpha Brown, I am sure you know the reputation of my pack,” Dorian says.

“I do, and I respect you, Alpha to Alpha; however, I have a legally binding contract with their parents, and they must uphold their end. The triplets will be handed over to my sons,”

“Alpha Brown,” I speak up and everyone looks at me. “You are saying that you would force a mother to give up her children, because of a contract? You are a parent yourself, could you be able to abandon your children if someone told you, you had to because of a contract?”

“If it was legally binding, yes” he replied. He did not just say that. I looked at his sons and they were also surprised at his answer, and not in a good way.

“Could their mother?” I ask.

“Their mother is dead, it doesn’t matter,” he responds and again, I’m shocked and so are his kids. Something tells me that it was not the boys that wanted the girls, it’s Alpha Brown.

“Alpha Brown, why are you so interested in the Murphy girls, besides the contract?”

“Simple, my oldest Deacon needs to take over, and he can’t do that without a mate,”

“But none of the Murphy girls are mates to your sons. Even if Katie was forced into a marriage with Deacon if his destined mate comes along, what will happen then?”

“Simple answer is, he rejects the mate and keeps the Murphy girl because she will already be Luna to the pack,” his response was so cold-hearted. He didn’t believe in the mate bond. I looked at Deacon who was visibly upset at his father’s answer. Even though Mrs. Murphy had said the Alpha triplets wanted the girls, I didn’t think it was really them after seeing their reactions to Brown’s responses.

“Alpha Brown, how can you not believe in the mate bond?” Dorian asked. “Why does Deacon need to have a mate to take his place as Alpha? There is no law stating that a future Alpha must have a Luna to claim their title,” he continues.

“The mate bond is bullshit if you ask me. And though there is no werewolf law requiring an Alpha to have a mate to gain their title, it is the law I have for my pack. My great grandfather created the law, and it has been passed down from generation to generation,” that answer made everyone c**k their heads to the side. The only other person in this room that didn’t have a mate was C.J., but he was patiently waiting for his mate and his dad gave him the title anyway. Dorian also didn’t have a mate when Benjamin gave him the title when he turned 18.

“Alpha Brown, I have to ask…” I started to say but was cut off.

“I think you have asked enough questions, Luna. I honestly don’t even understand why you are here. Let alone questioning how I raise my boys. Rumor has it you couldn’t even keep your own pup alive, so I suggest you keep your questions and comments to yourself,” My eyes immediately filled with tears at his response, and Dorian and Brandon roared in outrage. I was frozen, he basically said that it was my fault my pup died.

“ALPHA BROWN!! HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT MY LUNA AND THAT OF OUR UNBORN CHILD!?! I WILL NOT HESITATE TO KILL YOU WHERE YOU STAND!!” Dorian screamed in his Alpha tone. The emission of his Alpha aura was off the charts, and even the Yellow Moon boys had flinched when Dorian jumped to his feet. I calmed myself and grabbed Dorian’s and Brandon’s hands to calm them and have them sit down. Brandon sat immediately, but Dorian took a minute. I tugged on his hand and he looked down at me, I just shook my head telling him not to cause a fight. He took a deep breath and sat down. I could feel him shaking in anger and his eyes were still pitch black.

I got up from my seat and sat in his lap. Even though Dorian said no PDA, I could tell that he needed it to calm down, I put his face into my neck and mind linked him,

Baby calm down. I’m okay.

I should f*****g kill him for saying that to you!

I’m okay, just breathe Dorian.

After a few deep breaths, Dorian nodded his head indicating that he was okay. I looked at Alpha Brown and he was stunned at what he just witnessed.

“Alpha Brown, you may not believe in the mate bond, but my Alpha and I do. Our bond is what is keeping him from tearing you to pieces right now, but it is also what will drive him to do it. And if you ever mention my unborn pup again, I will jump across this table and kill you myself. You may be an Alpha, but I am a Luna and a mother, and there is nothing stronger than the love a mother has for her child,” he furrows his brows in shock at my tone and at my words. I just threatened an Alpha. Threatening him isn’t against the law but killing him would be. But I would do anything for my pups, and that includes Lavender.

Dorian looks up from my neck and gently lifts me from his lap and places me back in my own seat,

“Luna, what did you want to ask before my father interrupted you?” Deacon asked me. It was the first that either of them spoke other than having greeted us. Everyone looked at him and he made eye contact with me. He was a good person for sure and I could feel that he didn’t like what his father was doing.

“I was going to ask if your mother was your father’s mate?” All the boys looked to Alpha Brown whose eyes were darting side to side because of my question.

“Dad?” All three them said in unison.

“She was,” he answered, but something told me there was more to this and I think I knew what it was.

“But she wasn’t your Luna, was she?” I asked and all eyes were on him.

“No, she wasn’t. She was a lower level Omega from another pack that I got pregnant, after I was already married, to my Luna” he responded with zero feelings.

“Dad, what the f**k?” Deacon said.

“If mom wasn’t our birth mother, then where is she?!” Lucian asked.

“I killed her after you three were born. My Luna raised you, boys, like her own,” his response was cold and filled with hate. It caused the room to go dead silent. You could hear crickets.

“Whoa, I did not see that coming,” Brandon said.

“You killed your own mate because she was an Omega?” C.J. asked with utter disgust. Dorian and I just looked at each other not knowing what to say, but then I saw Dorian smirk.

“Alpha Brown, you said that you were already Alpha when you found your mate?” Dorian asked.

“I was, why?” he responded. Dorian smirked again and looked at C.J. who was also smirking. I looked at Brandon who just shrugged his shoulders. Everyone else also seemed to be confused, but Dorian and C.J. seem to know something.

“I believe the contract is now null and void,”

Huh? What just happened?