The Alpha & Beta's Regret
The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 126

Victor POV

Victor stood waiting by his packhouse. His man had Addison. She was fully sedated with wolfsbane and cuffed by silver handcuffs. He’d dossed her with wolfsbane twice more on their trip back to the pack, since collecting her from her lake. She was Alpha blooded and it was burning out of her system quickly, it appeared.

Victor had reports from his man, Angus, that not only had he dosed her up with enough wolfsbane to knock her out for a solid 24 hours, it wasn’t really working, she was restless and agitated in his backseat. That her eyes had been glowing behind her closed eyelids on occasion.

He’d warned Angus that she was a pure-blooded half breed, half witch, half wolf, that he didn’t know the extent of her witch’s powers, and had never seen her display any. But he strongly doubted they were dormant, had told him silver handcuffs were to be on and behind her back, were a must and to keep them firm not loose to lessen the risk of her breaking out of them. Being half witch, he didn’t know how effective they would be.

Unlike Orien, who had cuffed his Mate with just one cuff, likely trying to reduce pain to her, but control her at the same time. Victor was not taking any chances, leaving a hand unbound, meant she could wake up and fight. Likely remove that cuff from herself as she had done the one Orien had put on her.

No, she was fully cuffed, both hands behind her back and fully sedated, told Angus to just dose her up each and every time there had been signs of any wakefulness, he was not risking losing her. It was also safer for his man to transport her. Victor also wanted her here in one piece.

She was not so dumb, and could stop her wolf from healing her up and he needed to make sure Luci understood he’d not harmed her mother at all. One bruise or injury from a fight, she could let them heal at human world pace and he couldn’t have that.

It was a very long drive from that lake to his pack and his man had to take a longer route in order to avoid driving right past the Black Forest Pack. Which Victor had told him to do so, didn’t want Luci or her Siren to pick up that their mother was close by all of a sudden. So he’d had Angus come down through Missoula and then the Clearwater National Park, use highway 95-5 to come all the way down and passed his pack and then swing back up and around to him from the south. It was a 12 hour drive without stops, not that he expected his man to do that, he had told him to take an easy trip, not to harm her unless it was utterly necessary.

It was now 9 in the morning, and Angus had just driven in through his pack gate. It had taken nearly 20 hours to get her here. He had stopped and rested himself and he still had her, nil reports of any actual trouble at all. Just the extra sedation was all.

Victor had already warned the entire pack, that Luna Addison was arriving and that she was completely off limits to any and all of them who thought they might want a piece of her, a Luna-ranked wolf, stated point blankly, she was his and anyone touching her in any manner, inappropriate, would replace themselves headless by his hands, no exceptions would be made.

He was not going to have her harmed at all, he needed Addison in one piece to strike a deal with Luci. He’d also heard she’d flickered her eyes a few times in the past 10 minutes, was once again getting ready to wake up and come around.

Angus pulled the car up and there she was still asleep, it appeared in the backseat. Victor tuned his hearing into her breathing and heart rate, all steady and calm, nil signs of perspiration, or other indications that she was faking being asleep. He was preparing himself for a fight.

Looked at his man, Angus, and smiled right at him “Well done. You can go and rest, Dane and I will take her from here.”

Angus nodded “My family?”

“Keep them there for now, Angus, in case Luci, her daughter, shows up, though she will be much harder to deal with.”

“I can go back then?”

“Yes, by all means, stock up on what you need and go when you’re ready, Angus.” He nodded.

“I’ll be on my way by lunch time, Alpha.”

“Alright.” Victor smiled “I’ve added a bonus to your monthly allowance, it’s a permanent increase for all your loyalty and due diligence.”

He watched Angus bow his head, smile at him and then walk away, after grabbing a bag from the front seat. His own luggage for the trip.

“Loyal,” Dane commented.

“That he is.” Victor nodded.

Angus had known Victor a very long time, knew better than to say no, or try and abandon his post. Had been around longer than Dane himself, he was almost as old as Victor himself was. Had survived many battles and his post up at Kintla Lake was like his retirement. Victor only called him onto active pack duty when needed. The man always answered.

His eyes moved back to Addison, she was sitting up and seat-belted on the back seat, had her head resting on a pillow and though was cuffed, he could see that Angus had tried to make the woman comfortable. Why? Who knew? Victor would have just laid her on the backseat and left her there, she would have been just fine.

Saw that slight glow Angus had told him about, from under her lashes, likely a part of that witch in her was trying to help her wake up. “Are we waiting or transporting her like this?” Dane asked.

“We’ll wait for her to wake up. Wouldn’t want to freak her out completely now, waking up in a cell is not a nice thing.” They both sat and waited by the car with the back door open, and just chatted casually. Victor was more than pleased with himself.

This she-wolf thought no one knew who she was. He’d not told anyone either, that was now a benefit to himself, because she’d thought all those years she was hidden and completely safe. Had thought returning to her lake was safe for her to do so. Was about to wake up and get the shock of her life.

He didn’t have any empty cells downstairs, but he had a comfortable one she was going to share with Zoe. He didn’t trust any of the others not to harm Addison in an attempt to get back at him. Send him into a murderous rage and kill them for it. They all knew he was a savage, and would in fact kill the one that hurt or killed her.

They had all seen him do it, or most of them, anyway, had been warned what would happen to them if they tried to hurt each other.

He sat relaxed on the step next to the car, chatting with Dane for a good 20 minutes before her pretty blue eyes opened. A flicker at first, “Here we go.” He’d smiled at Dane. Then they had snapped open, all the way, and she’d realised she was bound.

“Morning Addison.” He drawled all happy, “Good to see you again.”

Her eyes moved right to his, “Victor.” She grated out.

“Yes, you don’t think I wasn’t tracking everything in and out of that pack now, do you?” He smiled right at her. Saw her glaring at him now. “Now, now, don’t be like that, you’re unharmed and will remain that way. So, I can get what I really want.”

Actually, saw her smile “Really, you think Luci will bow down to you, because you have me?” sounded amused to him.

“A nice deal will be offered.” He nodded “Her mother unharmed and untouched by me, by my pack, or I can just hand you. A Luna-Ranked Wolf, over to my band of men, and they do like ranked females, one like you.” He slid his eyes over her slowly. “Will be in high demand, might not survive my men.” He nodded.

“Harm me and she’ll kill you. Might do so, just for snatching me.”

“I can handle that Siren of hers.”

“You want to hope so.” She stated.

Didn’t he realize, seem all that concerned about being here, but why would she be, when she was leverage and hurting her? She even knew he couldn’t do that without risking Luci’s wrath.

“Let’s get you out of that car, Addison. Are you happy to walk of your own accord, or am I man-handling you to my cells?”

“I’ll walk Victor. You might want to keep the cuffs on me. Fallon, as you know, is deadly in a rage.” She sounded fully amused now to him.

Yes, he had seen her beast let loose. Had lost many a rogue to her beast, not that she knew it, no one did. Had occasionally sent a few in to try and snag Luci when she was a little girl growing up, no such luck on that front.

This particular she-wolf had a Sirens mentality, where her daughter was concerned, he knew better than to piss her beast off. Or the woman herself for that matter, and today actually seeing the glow under her eyelids, he’d know that she was a half breed, but had never seen the witch side of her.

But if it could push passed sedation and try to get out of her, he was willing to bet, it was likely mostly dormant but itching to be released. He was pretty certain of who her father was, not a hundred percent, but he did know where she’d been conceived, there had been two or three warlocks in that pack at the time, though he’d smelled her, smelled that bloodline on another as well.

Likely, if she did turn to her witch’s side, not something he’d ever seen, she’d be a force to be reckoned with. Luckily for him, she was a gentle soul, a kind-natured woman, ninety percent of the time, the other ten percent, was when she was ticked off.

He helped her out of the car and put a single hand on her arm. After checking that the cuffs were securely in place, he got to see that scar from Orien’s handiwork, “That.” He commented as he walked her up the stairs, “Is always going to remind you of your former Mates’ betrayal and cruelty.”

“Yes.” She stated simply, “A full reminder to never trust, an Alpha Male, ever again.”

He chuckled softly “Not all of us would do that?”

“Oh, and you wouldn’t.” She rolled her eyes as she walked next to him, didn’t struggle to get free at all, his touch on her was light, almost caring.

“I would not have been so stupid as Orien. I’d have let you go or taken you right away to replace your daughter, not stopped you, knowing how closely bonded the two of you are, but that man’s sheer jealousy over how much more you love Luci, over him. Has eaten away at him year after year. Finally got to have you all to himself, and then once again she rises up and all you want is her and not your own Mate. He truly hates her, you know, with a real passion.”

“Let him.” She stated uncaringly “She’ll kill him too.” Addison shrugged.

“And I bet you’ll let her. So very cold hearted Addison. Does 27 years of being mated to him mean nothing to you at all?” he asked curiously, as Dane unlocked the door to the basement.

“Nothing at all. My life is very long, I’ll move on.” Her eyes turned right to him. “Because yes, I am cold-hearted, when I want to be. You, Victor, might want to remember that, keep that front and centre of your thoughts. Cold and Heartless.” She smiled sweetly up at him, but her voice was now devoid of all emotions.

He chuckled softly, “You know Addison, you and I could make a nice pair. I’m cold and heartless most of the time.”

“I know what you are.” She stated as he walked her down the stairs.