The Alpha & Beta's Regret
The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 111

Jack POV

Jack couldn’t help but smile to himself, he’d tuned himself into the boys, as they raced around the pack earlier this morning. He’d felt so much happiness rolling off of them, it was good to feel how happy they were, though he couldn’t connect with Luci, he didn’t want to push it.

He really wanted to be with her, but knew Rafe was right, he’d likely just try and get her alone, was likely to try and mate the hell out of her, likely Mark her as well, might not go down so well.

Burying his fangs into Luci might see Alari surface and react violently. He didn’t particularly want to lose his head, didn’t want Luci or Kali feeling bad about it, if it happened, knowing Alari had done that.

They had explained to West, Terence, Brad and Cooper the events of last night, that not only did Maria and Melissa try to leave, they’d both issued their rejection of those two and there had been no severing with the rejection, who were now outside on the shaming post, naked and that they were now also of rogue status.

He also knew that Addison had taken or tried to, take a piece of them. They both had bruising and from what he’d seen when he’d walked her down to the training ground, they both had broken ribs. Only Maria had looked at him, seemed to be trying to implore him, it wasn’t going to work.

Despite there not actually being a true bond of any sort between them, and they had actually born a mark the whole time they’d been here in this pack. Their rejection of those two had actually seen that mark go away, there was not even a scar from fangs, which meant that no bite had ever taken place. Not even those two had a scar from being Marked, which meant they had never Marked either of them or been Marked by them.

What ever they had done to them, it was all just magically imbued he now understood. Hated that fact. That they had been deceived for so very long, ruined so much of their lives, and not just theirs. Had to breathe through just looking at those two, try to ignore the desire to rip their heads off at just seeing them.

Now again, as the boys raced at full Siren Wolf speed across the pack, he could once again feel it, they were so excited. Had seemed to settle in so very quickly. He nearly laughed when he heard Allen state he couldn’t actually keep up with them or that Luci herself had told him good luck. She thought it was funny herself. He liked knowing that she was happy as well right at this minute. It could only be a good thing.

He connected himself to both the boys, risking Alari’s wrath and he knew it, but he was hoping it would be alright. ‘Boys, what are you doing?’ he asked of them both with a full chuckle in his voice.

‘Helicopter daddy.’ They practically yelled in their excitement.

‘Yes, that’s Alpha Terence coming back.’

‘We go up in it?’ they asked.

‘Not today.’ he smiled.

‘We want to.’ They told him, still full of excitement.

‘Your mamma would have to approve that.’ The moment his words were out they were disconnected from him and knew they were talking to Luci, left it alone. It would be her decision.

He touched West. “The boys want a joy ride in your chopper.”

He watched West smile and just nod, “I’m sure Terence will, if you’re okay with it.”

“Not up to us, Luci.”

“Ah, you might want to ask her.”

Jack chuckled “The twins are on that, I believe.”

He saw Rafe looking at him with a slight frown. The man didn’t look happy about it. ‘I don’t think Luci will agree.’ Rafe murmured down the mind-link. It took another 40 minutes for Terence to stroll into the war room with Allen and the twins.

Nearly everyone laughed, they were running around pretending to be helicopters, ran right over to him and Rafe, though he’d not heard it go back up and out over the pack, so it was unlikely they’d gotten a ride.

“It’s great.” Little Jack smiled up at him.

“I got to sit in the…”

“Cockpit.” Terence answered with a smile.

“I pretended I was flying it.”

“Me too, can we one day?” little Jack asked.

Both West and Terence laughed now and Jack looked at them. “We’re actually going to start a flight school of our own.” West smiled at him.

“So much like Jacob and my girls, itching to learn to fly.” Terence smiled as well.

“A flight school?” Rafe asked.

“Yes, to train pilots in our own pack, for the airline, and we need properly trained pilots for our fleet of helicopters as well.”

“Tailoring your pack to flying, I see.” Jack chuckled himself.

“It is our baby.” Terence nodded.

He got snorted at by West. “Don’t let Ella hear you say that.”

Terence grinned at him but said nothing, a private joke between them, he guessed.

“Addison?” Rafe asked as everyone filed out of the room for a break.

“All good. Dropped herself right out of my chopper like a pro. She just smiled at me and said ‘I’ll call you in a couple of days.’ then dropped down to the ground, didn’t even want me to land it, she’ll call when ready to come back, only took two and a bit hours to get there so and easy trip.”

“No signs of anything odd?”

“No, not many humans either. It’s well out of the way. A large lake, I saw two campgrounds and most humans seemed to have tracks and trails on the northern most side. I dropped Addison on the southern side about halfway along the lake. That woman is fearless.” He smiled “Though picking her up will be a bit tricky, we did discuss it. She just pointed to my ropes in the back, smiled and stated drop me a line.”

“Addison trains all the time, would be able to rope climb with ease, I imagine.” Rafe told him.

“I got that impression.” Terence nodded.

He watched as Bradley excused himself to go and call Piper, and got the feeling something was wrong. He looked at Cooper. “Is everything alright, back in your pack?”

“As far as I’m aware.” He nodded, but he too was watching Bradley now, seemed to have noticed something. Then he sighed and headed off after the man.

“Guess there could be something going on.” West commented, “But I know he and Piper are happy.”

“Something else.”

Everyone was thinking the same Jack thought. After every meal or meeting he went off to call Piper. Something was definitely going on. Yes, the man had been attacked on the way here but he was fine, so whatever it was had to be on Piper’s end, back in the pack.

“Might be better to go and get her, or fly them home if something is off.” He commented.

“Could be,” West and Terence stated together.

“I’ll offer.” Terence smiled.

That man had no qualms flying people all over the place, still as laid back as he’d always been, just much happier now he was mated as well.

He and Rafe took the boys down to the entertainment zone to play. He was watching both boys when Rafe huffed with annoyance, looked at the man questioningly.

“Luci is letting Alari out to swim in the lake. We can have the boys for dinner.”

Jack frowned, dinner was a long way off, not much he could do about it. This would also become their normal if they could get forgiveness and she accepted them. If she was to be their Luna, Alari was still going to go off and be in that lake all the time.

“Just let her.”

“I am, I just worry about her.” Rafe murmured.

“The boys will know if something is wrong with her. Likely bolt off to replace her, like they did in the town.”

“I’m aware of that, another problem that we’ll need to deal with if they leave pack territory to hunt for her. Victor could take them as well.”

“I don’t think he’s got defences against the boys yet.”

“I hope not.” Rafe nodded.

He was watching them try and play air hockey for the first time, and nudged Rafe, “Come on, let’s go help them.”

The boys smiled up at them and let them help show them how to play. It didn’t take long for the two of them to get the hang of it, and were actively trying to beat each other, with both he and Rafe helping them. It seemed the two of them were quite competitive, it was fun to watch them, as they taunted each other and laughed, they were definitely settled into the pack.

Not once had he seen either of them get upset or even look unhappy at all. Well, only when their mother was unhappy or upset, but by themselves they were always happy and smiling. He liked that and getting to play with them. The father-son moment was good. Their bond with the boys was solid, he thought, that might help where Luci was concerned.

He knew that today, the only reason the boys were allowed to be there in the packhouse, was because Rafe had informed her, that both Maria and Melissa were out there on the shaming posts. So, she understood that there was no threat from Melissa or Maria herself towards the children, themselves. Otherwise, he was certain the answer would have been a flat out no.

It was nice to know that she was willing to let the boys be with them, didn’t seem to have an issue with that. Not even Alari had that. So their family bond was good and strong. There was some trust there, something they could build upon.