Fated To My Lycan Stepbrothers
Chapter 116

Zekes POV

"You knew about Brooke?" I whistled in surprise.

. "But you

never said anything."

Beta Brooke nodded in agreement. "My mistake. You know, after she lost her mother, I thought it was her own way of coping with the loss. It was worse than I expected."

I rolled my eyes. "But you should have done something at least. She bullied Naya almost all semester."

Beta Brooke raised an eyebrow. "From what I heard, you didn't try to stop it. You were all in it. Don't act so saintly.

"You are the Alpha of the pack, so if you want to change things, you can set forth a new rule or something."

I sighed. He was right. There were a lot of things I needed to change. "The wolves fear me, and I like it. However, my mates are scared of me too."

Beta Brooke patted my back. "They should be scared. They have the protector of the pack in their midst. It makes me wonder why that girl isn't afraid of you. Merely sitting in your presence or Kyle's presence should make her nervous, shouldn't it?" He jerked his head toward where Naya still rested her head on Kyle's shoulders peacefully. "She seems to replace comfort in both of you." He shook his head. "I will wait for you when you are ready to tell me what's going on."

I averted my gaze from him. He already knew too much about him. I didn't want to bring him into the fight for a mate. The elders may be aware that Naya is my mate, and they will be pressuring me. Some of them might oppose Naya, while others, like Elder Rosalie, would wish for the both of us to be together.

"We are close. Prepare yourself for the welcome." I muttered < to Beta Brooke, who cleared his throat and adjusted himself.

"Warriors! Get ready for the welcome." Beta Brooke yelled to the back, where the men sat upright. He was in charge of the warriors while he took orders from me. That was the job of the beta. Where the Alpha's power wouldn't reach, the Beta would take care of that. The truck roared into the first territory. I didn't expect the elders to be there waiting for me.

.They were the only ones

who knew I would be here today because of their powers.

This would act as a surprise visit to the other members of the pack. Elder Rosalie and Elder Roy stood with grim looks on their faces. They weren't pleased, of course.

"Alpha Zeke!" Elder Rosalie greeted immediately after the truck came to a stop. Her eyes widened a bit as she saw Beta Brooke by my side.

. "Beta Brooke?"

Beta Brooke chuckled. "Elder! It's been a while!" He engulfed her in a big hug, causing her to gasp a bit. "I have missed your warm nature." Then he began searching for others. "Elder Roy! It is such an honor to have you welcome me."

Elder Roy nodded. He wasn't that talkative, or maybe I just haven't seen him say anything. He should be the territory or nature elder. I had no f*****g idea. I only had knowledge about the rational elder and the most unreasonable elder, Elder Rosalie and Elder Freya. "Elder Roy. You knew we were coming?"

Elder Roy nodded.

"I was alerted."

"We came here because of Naya." Elder Rosalie started

She didn't like to beat around the bush, I see.

. "Elder

Rosalie..

"Elder Rosalie, you are here." Naya chipped behind me. Her

⚫voice was soft, and she seemed smaller than before. She was pretty. She has always been pretty to me. She frowned. "Why are you here?" It was as if they both knew something she wasn't supposed to know.

"Remember our deal at the room?"

I narrowed my eyes at their discussion. I knew what they were talking about. Naya was in the room with us. It meant she eventually summoned the elders without letting me know. I turned to her. "What does she mean by in the room?" Naya refused to meet my gaze. "I am not supposed to talk about this here. After all, you have been ignoring me."

"What?" I was baffled beyond imagination. "I have never ignored you. Not for once. Why didn't you tell me about such an important aspect?"

Naya scoffed. "Are we really going to do this here, Alpha?

With everyone watching?" She gestured toward the entire crowd of warriors who were watching our exchange. I could even spot Beta Brooke smirking. I was sure everyone figured I was mates with this omega.

It made me see how she talked down to me. There were two elders and over thirty wolves watching me with skepticism. They wanted to know if I was going to allow her to talk to me this way. They knew nothing of our relationship. Scar had his hands folded on his chest. His eyes were also narrowed as he was trying to navigate our relationship.

Everyone was watching. They wanted to know why I was being kind to an omega and allowing her to talk down to

'me. It made me fume.

"Don't do what you will regret, Zeke." Flame interrupted my thoughts.

"I need to put Naya in her place. She has disrespected me for too long."

"She hasn't disrespected us. She's weak; don't make her feel weaker." Flame grunted

"You heard her yourself. She didn't think of my reputation before yapping about whatnot." I roared in anger.

Flame simply yawned. "We have pride. She's your mate and probably hasn't realized what she did. Look at her, Zeke. Don't do that."

I scoffed. "Do what?"

"Bully her upfront and go behind her back to protect her.

Besides, I feel Kyle has a change of heart. He won't let you do that to his mate."

"I do not care." I drawled. "I just need to display anger and put her in her place. Once I reveal who she is to the pack, I can explain that I didn't know as of now. Flame does not stop me."

Flame had no intention of stopping me. He was sadistic and knew he would enjoy my sorrow after this. After all, I would come running for help after, right? "When I get to that bridge, I'll cross it."

"Were you talking to me?" Flame asked haughtily.

Jerk. "Yes. We have to protect our reputation."

"You are not going to change the rules if you do this to Naya. She is an innocent soul."

"Why do you spend so much time defending her?"

"Why do you spend so much time denying the fact that she is our mate?" Flame countered in annoyance. "You were the one who wanted her all this time. She was afraid and denied her feelings for a long time. Eventually, you pursued her until she gave herself to you. To us. Now you want to push her away? Just reject her."

"I won't reject her. Just watch me." I hissed, turning to Naya.

"Naya, you are disrespecting me, and I don't like it. The next time you say something to undermine my authority, you will be punished."

"We will both be punished, you fool. When you hurt her, you hurt both of us." Flame desperately explained. It was funny how he put so much energy into defending our mate when,

in reality, he was just a lazy wolf who got really angry and dangerous when things did not go his way.

Naya shrank back from my gaze. I expected another comeback, but she didn't give me the benefit of hearing one of her snappy replies. One I look forward to sometimes, so that I can feign having a good conversation with her. "Yes, Alpha."

She was calling me Alpha again. Not Zeke.

I turned my

back on her, facing Scar. "Go about your duties. Meeting at twenty." With that, I walked into the manor, and some wolves followed along, including Elder Roy. From the corner of my eyes, I saw how slumped her shoulders were.

"He is just tensed. He will be fine. Just go and freshen up." Kyle muttered his deepest apologies before following behind me. I saw Naya nod in gratitude.

Elder Rosalie stood at the spot, staring at her. I took a sharp corner as they both went out of my sight.

"That was harsh." Beta Brooke started with a smile. "You were against it before. Tell me, What did she do to make you so angry?"

I rubbed my hair in frustration. I could already feel the pain in my heart for making her feel so downcast. Kyle may have nightmares because of my stupidity. "Beta Brooke, can we drop the topic of her? Whenever you are with me, I don't want to hear anything about her. Are we clear?" I seeped my Alpha voice to tell him this was no joke.

He frowned deeper. "Yes, Alpha."

The big brown doors opened. The elders were already

seated. It was meeting time.