Sold To The Alpha
Chapter 19

Weeks passed, Mary made it her mission to spend as much time with Charity as possible, telling her stories of Aaron and his father, showing her photos of the pack members and learning as much as she could about her. Charity was grateful for her attention, it had been so long since she had had a mother figure to talk too she selfishly wanted to spend as much time with Mary as she could. She also spent very little time without Aaron, since the Rogue he seemed incapable of letting her out of his sight, she had even come out of the bathroom to replace him stood the other side of the door, a worried expression on his face.

Sat in the upstairs library one afternoon with Mary, looking through books of werewolf lore, one of the pack members rushed into the room and skidded to a stop in front of them, 'Apologies for the intrusion Luna' he gasped with a bow, trying to catch his breath, 'Alpha sent me for you and Aaron, he has said that he needs you out the front of the pack house immediately! Mary and Aaron jumped to their feet, Aaron grabbing Charity's hand and pulling her along behind him. Rushing down the stairs they burst through the doors and stopped on the top steps next to Alistair, Jared and Justin. In front of them stood a male in his early 30's, he had short brown hair that fell over his eyes, a chiselled jawline and dark brown eyes that held a confidence that told everyone that he was in charge. Behind him stood half a dozen men, each wore a military uniform that displayed a moon of blood red.

Aaron growled angrily and took a step forward as his father threw out an arm to stop him, turning to the leader of the group and addressed him, 'What brings warriors from the Red Moon pack to our door?' he asked lightly as his eyes flashed dangerously. 'Greetings Alpha Alistair,' replied the leader smoothly, 'my name is Lucian, Beta to Alpha Marcus of the red moon pack, I have been sent to retrieve the Lady Charity and bring her for a council with our Alpha.'

Aaron stiffened at his words and a deep warning growl rumbled through his throat as he instinctively pulled Charity behind him. Unaffected by the display, Lucian eyed Aaron with a bored expression, 'Alpha Marcus is aware that this is an unusual request so has instructed us to make camp just outside your territory and give you 48 hrs to discuss among yourself before returning for a response' he said quietly.

'We can give you your answer now' snarled Aaron, 'its a big fat f**k off, you are not taking her anywhere' he said vehemently. Lucian raised an eyebrow at his tone, 'we suggest you give our proposal some thought' he said in a mildly threatening tone, 'our Alpha is most insistent that he wishes to meet Lady Charity and will do what needs to be done to make it happen.' He fixed Aaron with a steely glare that left little doubt to the lengths their pack would go to in order to obtain what their Alpha wanted.

As the tension mounted between the two groups, Chloe suddenly appeared in the doorway next to Charity, taking in the scene in front of her, her eyes widened in shock at the warriors stood before her. Looking into the faces of each of the rival warriors she suddenly stiffened when her eyes fell on the brown-haired muscular male to Lucian's right. 'Mate' she breathed taking a step forward as the warrior growled possessively and started toward her. Aaron grabbed Chloe with his other hand, pushing her behind him, 'MINE' growled the warrior angrily, glaring at Aaron who stared back at him, challenging him.

Lucian lay a hand on his warriors arm, 'Calm James' he said quietly before turning back to Alistair, 'Excuse my brother, he can be, shall we say, emotional. We will return in 48 hrs for your response' he added, raising his voice so everyone could hear, 'It seems we have more than one issue to discuss now' he concluded eyeing Chloe who was still half-hidden behind Aaron. Signalling his warriors, he led them back down the driveway and through the entrance, Chloe whimpered as James' eyes sought her out until he rounded the corner and disappeared from her view.

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Upstairs in the Alphas office, Alistair sat behind his desk deep in thought, Mary and Jared in the chairs across from him. Justin had thrown himself into the armchair next to the open fireplace whilst Charity and Chloe sat on the sofa opposite him, Charity cradling Chloe in her arms as the young she-wolf whimpered quietly at the loss of her mate. Gently rocking her back and forth, Charity looked toward Aaron with a worried expression as he paced back and forth across the office growling angrily.

'They can't have her' he spat vehemently, 'She belongs here', angrily he kicked at a table sending it flying. 'Calm down son' replied his father wearily, 'we need to discuss what we are going to do'

Aaron rounded on his father incredulous, 'you are seriously going to consider their request?' he shouted furiously. 'No Aaron' his father said sternly, a growl raising in his throat, warning his son about his tone. 'But the Red Moon warriors were very clear that they would go to any lengths to gain access to Charity, we need to discuss how we will protect her and what we will do when the inevitable happens and Marcus sends his warriors to our territory' he continued, with a tired look.

Mary sat forward, reaching for her son's hand, 'What we need to try and figure out is why does Marcus want her' she said gently, 'Charity is a white wolf, its possible news of her has reached the Red Moon packs ears and they are hoping to discover and harness any powers she may have.' She added in a worried tone.

Charity started forward at her words 'I don't have any powers' she protested, 'I'm human!'

Alistair looked toward her with fondness in his eyes, 'My child, you are many things but one thing I am certain of is that you are not completely human.' Seeing the shock of the rest of the room he elaborated. 'Since Charity shifted, Mary and I have been scouring the library, checking every book we own on werewolf lore, there is not one mention of a werewolf being born to 2 straight humans. He said, 'We can only assume that somewhere in Charity's previous generations there was a werewolf and not just your everyday werewolf either, he or she was strong! he concluded looking at his hands clasped together on his desk, lost in thought.

Mary took over the conversation, 'what we need to do first and foremost is protect Charity,' she said vehemently giving no doubt that she was serious. 'Aaron, you will not leave Charity's side unless absolutely necessary, should you need to, you will deliver her to your father, myself, Jared or Justin, no-one else is to be left alone with her. Even though I trust our pack unquestionably, someone may or may not have tipped Marcus off about Charity's wolf and until we know exactly what he knows and what he wants we keep her within the family! Seeing Charity's face and that she was about to argue, she smiled at her, shhhing her. 'This is not about your ability to defend yourself' she said calmly, 'I have no doubt after seeing that Rogue that you could defend yourself against 2, even 3 Rogues single-handedly. With proper wolf training even more, but an army of highly trained Red Moon warriors is above any single wolfs capabilities and the last thing we want is them to ambush you whilst taking a quiet stroll in the forest alone. It has already been proven that we have gaps in our defences' she said sadly, shaking her head.

Sitting back Charity nodded slowly, accepting the Luna's words, knowing she was doing what needed to be done to protect her.

Mary turned her eyes to Aaron suddenly stern, 'you young man, will not leave my daughter in law's side, do you hear me?' she growled sternly, 'Charity, you will need to move into Aaron's room, I want you guarded at all times' seeing her flush slightly she teased, 'unless you would like him to spend each night stood guard outside your bedroom door as you sleep?' she inquired with a raised eyebrow. Defeated, Charity sighed, 'I'll bring some clothes up, could you make room in your wardrobe for me?' she asked Aaron, turning her Aquamarine eyes to his making his breath catch. As he nodded silently, Mary added, 'Oh and my son will be the perfect gentleman whilst you are staying with him' as she eyed her son who reddened under her gaze, 'he will also clean that tip of a room for you, I don't want you breaking your neck on his dirty underwear' she finished as Justin howled with laughter and Aaron gave her a horrified look.