Sold To The Alpha
Chapter 36

Having been at the Red Moon pack house for nearly a week, Charity started to get increasingly desperate to start searching the library for clues about the White wolf curse, she finally cornered Lucian and demanded he take her to the library rather than yet another day of visiting pack members. 'I love meeting them, I do' she sighed 'but there is only so much cake I can eat and I really need to try and replace out anything I can about this curse'

Lucian sighed 'I'll tell the Evelyn's that we need to reschedule afternoon tea today due to Alpha business' he conceded.

Leading her along the corridor on the third floor, he unlocked and opened a door at the very end, furthest away from the Alpha and guest rooms. Stepping inside, Charity was amazed to be faced with rows and rows of bookcases, each one crammed with leather- bound books of various colours, each stamped with gilt words proclaiming titles of Werewolf lore, fables, children's storybooks, even werewolf medical journals.

Walking up to the nearest shelf, Charity pulled down an armful of various titles before carrying them precariously to a small table surrounded by squishy armchairs that were facing a large marble open fireplace that had a small fire crackling merrily behind a fireguard.

Settling herself into a chair, she folded her legs beneath her and grabbed the top book entitled 'Famous Werewolf Alphas of the past' and started to thumb through the pages, tuning out everything else around her. After a few minutes, Lucian joined her with a second pile of books and began reading with her, both silent, engrossed in the pages, hunting for mention of the White Wolf curse.

Hours passed, Charity groaned loudly as she threw the latest book back on to the table, rubbing the crick out of her neck from leaning over to scrutinize the pages for so long.

'This is hopeless' she declared angrily 'The only mention of White wolves I have found is in 'fables of a werewolf past' which literally says White wolves are so rare that they are only seen once per generation at the most. Well we already know that!' she huffed angrily, glaring at the cover of the offending book before laying her head back on the chair and closing her eyes in defeat.

Lucian looked up sympathetically 'We shall keep looking Charity' he cajoled 'but I know the Alpha has been searching for an answer since your mother left, he has scoured these books and not found the answer, so for us to replace it in a few hours was a bit optimistic' Charity sighed 'I know but if I don't have hope I'll give up' she confided sadly 'and I want to see my baby grow up, not be like my mother and have to leave her before she's even learned to ride a bicycle' she said quietly, pain flickering across her face. Reaching over, Lucian took her hand and squeezed it gently 'we will keep looking' he promised 'but for now, its time to take a break, we missed lunch completely so I must insist you come down for dinner or the Alpha and future Alpha Aaron will possibly kill me in the most painful way for not looking after their grand daughter/Luna properly'

Laughing despite herself, Charity rose from the chair and placed the books back on the shelves before following him out and watching him carefully shut and lock the door behind them.

Smiling broadly, Lucian took Charity's elbow and guided her down the stairs to the dining room, most of the pack members who resided within the pack house were already congregated in small groups, seated at the many long polished tables. The room was filled with laughter and general chatter, as Lucian and Charity entered, many waved and called greetings to them as they wove their way through various people so they could each grab a plate and start to load food from the serving area. Lucian grunted disapproval and tried to ladle more food onto Charity's plate as he saw her putting the bare minimum on her plate.

Charity shook her head at him as she turned a very slight shade of green, 'I'm feeling a bit queazy' she whispered so no-one else could hear 'I'll just take a little bit and come back for another helping if i'm still hungry' she promised.

Raising his eyebrow at her, Lucian nodded before taking her plate from her and leading the way to the centre table where Chloe was feeding James a piece of asparagus off her plate, both completely oblivious to the noise around them. Sitting down opposite, Lucian cleared his throat loudly with a knowing smirk, 'Excuse us for interrupting' he said loudly as James jumped and Chloe went pink from embarrassment. Looking at James, Chloe absentmindedly brushed back her hair to reveal a very new and prominent bite mark on her neck.

Charity dropped her fork in shock before squealing loudly 'Oh My Goddess! is that what I think it is?' she shouted, not bothering to even try and stop other people from hearing. Chloe's hand flew to her neck as her blush deepened while Lucian broke into a grin before walking around the table and clapping his brother on the back. All nearby members gathered around them shouting congratulations to their Gamma and his new mate. Charity ran around the table, throwing her arms around her best friend, bursting with happiness for her.

'I can't believe you didn't tell me!' she said accusingly as she crushed Chloe too her

Laughing at her friends' excitement, Chloe pulled away gently 'I haven't really had a chance to come replace you' she said apologetically 'James, well he likes me to be with him at all times' she blushed slightly, a small smile playing around her lips. Charity dropped into the chair next to her grinning happily 'I can't wait to tell Aaron' she flustered 'He and his parents are going to be so pleased for you'

Chloe shook her head 'No you can't' she hissed desperately 'I haven't spoken to my mother yet about Kimmy, I don't want her to hear and think I'm not coming back for her, please Char, please don't say anything to anyone' she implored, her eyes misting. Sobering up slightly, Charity stared at her friend before slowly nodding, keeping a secret from Aaron would be torture for her but she could see how much this meant to Chloe and her best friend's feelings were more important to her than her own feelings of discomfort at not sharing everything with her mate.

'When will you speak to your mother?' Charity asked quietly so the celebrating crowd wouldn't hear.

'James and I will return to the pack with you' confided Chloe 'We are going to stay at the pack house so that James can speak to the Alpha and Luna, meet my parents and Kimmy and try and convince everyone that she will be much safer and happier living with us at Red Moon until she is 18 and can choose her pack for herself!' she said hesitantly 'I really hope ma agrees, I really think Kimmy could have an amazing life here and James would never allow anything to ever happen to her'

Charity grasped her friends' hands, 'I hope they agree too, though I am going to miss you both so so much' she said as tears slid down her cheeks.

Throwing her arms around her Chloe vehemently declared 'We will visit you and Aaron often and you will visit us, after all, I will be living with your grand father' she reminded her smiling.

Wiping her face, Charity gave a watery smile 'I know, I don't know what is wrong with me, I seem to be crying about everything' she grumbled

The pair were interrupted by Lucian pushing Charity's plate toward her, 'Eat Lady Charity or you may replace yourself with a new guard in the morning and a new wolf head decoration in the grounds' he growled fondly. Giggling softly, Charity picked up her fork whilst replying 'Yes MR Lucian' putting emphasis on the Mr.