Queen Of The Alpha
Chapter 14

It was time and Nebraska knew it. She had long hidden who Priscilla really was, and the one standing in front of her was no ordinary wolf. In addition to being the one who had bitten her, he was also the leader of the Council, the one who was supposed to be above them all. The magnate voice of all the alphas. If he kept stalling, no matter how well they got along, there would be trouble.

-Layan, I’ll be clear while we’re in this situation. There are two things you need to know about Priscilla,” she looked to her husband for affirmation which he gave her, after all he was alpha and the father of her pup.

At Nebraska’s more serious tone than usual, Layan took a firmer stance on the couch and listened carefully. His well-developed instincts told him it would not be a pleasant thing to hear. Nebraska took a deep breath.

-This is something even Hades doesn’t know in detail because I never told him before,” even the alpha of the silver pack paid attention, Nebraska didn’t keep secrets from him, that she did was because she had her reasons. She continued, “It was during the battle against Rudoc, by that time I was expecting Priscilla inside my belly.

-Layan narrowed his eyes, if he had known before he wouldn’t have let her participate, and if things had gone the wrong way it wouldn’t only be a life that would have been lost.

-Priscilla was the one who helped me defeat Liam,” her statement made the two males tense.

-Layan smiled uncomfortably.

Nebraska denied and told them in detail how the fight between the three members had unfolded and how Priscilla had acted as both a shield and a catalyst for their powers. He also hadn’t left out the part about meeting her in her adult form and how she had talked about what belonged to her, Layan. Nebraska could have sworn the aforementioned was pale as a sheet.

-You’re telling me that your daughter since she was less than a seed is promulgating that I am hers,” her voice came out softly.

Hades at her side now understood why his daughter’s supposed obsession since she was very young with Layan even without knowing him. She had known him before.

-Priscilla is much stronger than me,” Nebraska declared, the b***d of all the alphas she had consumed soaking into her.

Layan was thoughtful. Maybe he already knew why Priscilla’s obsession with him. It wasn’t love or anything like it. Of all the bloods Nebraska had taken the strongest was his by far, if the pup had absorbed them into her body, that simply meant that his b***d within her was calling to Layan’s. That would explain the affinity with her person and if he analysed it well, it would be permanent until such time as it was diluted among Priscilla’s b***d when she grew up. It was a hypothesis, he wasn’t too sure about the second part.

After biting her he had felt it. Her b***d was strong and powerful and the reason he had liked her so much was because of her compatibility with him. He bit his lower l*p and breathed. The situation was getting out of hand, it wasn’t as easy as he thought. It wasn’t a matter of simply breaking the bond. If he calculated right, as strong as he was, his b***d would refuse to leave his system, so didn’t that mean Priscilla would always be watching him?

-Layan, Layan,” he heard Nebraska’s voice calling him and reacted.

-What was the second thing,” he tried not to look uncomfortable after replaceing out where everything was going. It really was hard to get rid of fate when it played its cards.

Nebraska looked at Hades again and this time he was the one who started to speak, as an alpha and knowing Layan it was preferable that he should touch on this sensitive subject.

-There was an event that we hid when Priscilla was ten years old,” his voice was flat, “That day something got past the pack borders and could not be stopped.

-What was it?

Hades shook his head.

-I don’t know, it had the shape of a wolf but at the same time it wasn’t, its body blurred by the moment and no matter how much we attacked it there was no damage. In a moment it managed to disappear from in front of us and ran into the back yard. Noa, Alan and Priscilla were there.

-Layan narrowed his eyes, wondering if the thing had laid a hand on the puppy, but as soon as he realised what was running through his mind he dismissed the idea.

Again Hades denied and that threw him off balance.

-The truth is that when we arrived we did replace Alan injured,” his voice cracked a little as he said this, “But it was the wolf that was dead,” Layan blinked in confusion.

Layan blinked in confusion.

-Who killed him?

-Priscilla,” Nebraska continued, meeting Layan’s confused gaze, “That was the first time her power showed itself, and rather, it was like a manifestation of mine but much stronger,” she didn’t want to go into detail about her ability but this was no time to hide details, “My power allows me to not only calm the wolves into madness, it actually manipulates the mind making them do my will. It took me years to be able to control it completely and even then killing someone is not that easy, it requires more strength than an omega has. But Priscilla untrained Priscilla snapped the wolf’s neck just by wiggling her fingers.

Now Layan was really shocked.

-And why the hell didn’t they tell me that before,” he had to use all his willpower not to scream. The puppy was sleeping a few meters away from them.

-We never thought this would get out of hand,” Hades clasped his hands in his lap, “Nebraska has been training her with good results, but this time it really went beyond our planning.

Layan took a deep breath when the door was knocked. Hades lifted him up and made way for Caesar who came with a tired face after treating the other members of the pack.

-Alpha, I’ve come to check on the princess,” he said.

He walked over to the bed and sat on the edge taking her hand and feeling for a pulse. The other three wolves stood by his side awaiting his diagnosis, while Caesar’s face grew paler.

-This is not good,” he declared and Nebraska found herself unsteady. Hades circled his waist.

Caesar pressed a hand to her forehead, then to the pulse in her neck, then to her chest.

-Alpha, this is worse than I imagined,” he said.

-What’s wrong with her?” Hades asked through gritted teeth.

Caesar hesitated in Layan’s presence, but Nebraska nodded that he could speak.

-Well, there are two problems,” it wasn’t one, it was two, too many for the parents, “First, I think we need to do something fast, today Priscilla awakened another power, it’s consuming her body faster than I thought.

-Consuming her body?” Layan arched an eyebrow. “What haven’t you told me yet?

Caesar pursed his lips.

-Alpha, the princess’s development is five times faster than a normal wolf, and now with each one it seems to me that it has accelerated. Our prognoses indicate that she will come of age in a very short time, by that I mean months, her first rut ten years from now and death in a little longer if her body doesn’t get stronger.

-What do you mean, death?” Layan let out an uncomfortable laugh.

-His tissues can’t keep up with his accelerated development, his life expectancy is 100 years or maybe a little less if the situation continues to worsen.

Layan looked at Hades and Nebraska who couldn’t return the look. Their faces were pale. They were aware of all this and had said nothing.

Priscilla will live for 100 years. Only 100 years. A sigh for a wolf. Wasn’t that good for him. He wouldn’t even have to break the bond. He mentally slapped himself so hard he staggered. What the hell was he thinking? His chest tightened so much that he was short of breath. The brat would disappear from his sight, he would no longer have her claiming him as her own. It was unreal.

-What’s the other thing?” he heard Nebraska speak, her voice was firm but her hands clutched at her clothes with white knuckles.

-I think the princess…..

-Mama,” the puppy’s voice came through soft sobs, “Mama,” she called back and Caesar made room for the queen to sit beside her daughter.

-What’s wrong, precious,” he ran his hand over Priscilla’s sweat-damp forehead.

-Mum, they won’t stop, they won’t shut up, it’s too noisy,” he said.

The four adult wolves looked at each other in confusion. There was no sound in the room and nothing disturbing that they could detect with their ears. But they remembered that she had yelled for them to be quiet in the living room before everything got out of control.

-Who won’t shut up?” Hades leaned over to her and touched her cheek with tears.

-The voices in my head,” the elders blinked, “they talk a lot, they say a lot of things, they won’t shut up, they won’t let me sleep,” a few sobs came from her throat, “it hurts so much,” she said.

Priscilla massaged his temple but she didn’t know if it was working.

-That’s what I meant before,” César concluded.

-And what can be done? Nebraska looked over his shoulder.

-Gather the Council,” Layan replied firmly, capturing the attention of all three wolves. He had bitten her, he could deal with controlling her by calling her every time she was on the edge but he didn’t know what to do with this new symptom, “The council is everyone that has to do with the powers that are inside her, maybe this way we can replace a solution.

-If we take her to the Council they will reprimand her,” declared Nebraska without letting go of her daughter’s hand. Her brow furrowed painfully, she knew how tough the wolf laws were and Priscilla had killed as a cub and they had hidden it.

-That won’t happen,” Layan turned his back to them, “Priscilla is my temporary bond, no one can touch her unless I allow it and I promised you she would be safe. So trust me. I am the leader of the Council, but I also have a family.

Layan had definitely changed.