The Failed Rejection
Chapter 39

Noah pov

Noah had been working hard for the past several weeks. Noah’s family was worried about him. His brothers decided to come out from the pack to take him out. They thought it was the best way to raise his spirits. Noah thought it was crap, he always worked this hard. Noah decided to indulge his parents as he hadn’t had a night out with his brothers in over three years.

They took him to the shifter club on the outskirts of town called Blue Moon. While most humans thought it was names after the IPA, shifters knew what it was. Noah and his brothers didn’t have to wait in the line long. They got past the giant werebear on steroids, and went straight to the bar. Noah ironically ordered a blue moon while his brothers ordered some were drinks. It seemed they were looking to get smashed tonight.

Noah was trying to flag the bartender down when he got a whiff of the smell that haunted his dreams. Penelope. Noah couldn’t stop himself from walking over to her. What the hell was she doing with that man?

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Penelope pov

Penelope couldn’t believe Chris had believe he had convinced her to come to this place. While Penelope thought Chris was getting better it turned out that he was only getting more and more obsessed with Max’s disappearance. Last night when Chris called her to his dorm Penelope opened the door to see the whole wall covered in what appeared to be a serial killer wall.

It looked like something out of the movies. Chris had crazy theories like the army had taken him to Leavenworth. Penelope saw on there that there UFO’s and alien a*******n was a plausible theory. Penelope was worried for her friend. Penelope wished she could tell him something but her hands were literally tied. The shifter laws were clear, unless Chris was mated to a shifter he could not know about werewolf’s.

Chris had called Penelope over because he got a lead and needed her help. Some one had sent Chris a picture of what looked to be Max in a nightclub in Boston. Penelope didn’t like it, but Chris was going no matter what she did. Penelope looked at the picture, and it was Max in the picture entering this club. However, that doesn’t mean the picture hadn’t been doctored.

That is how Penelope found herself in a club on the outskirts of Boston. It didn’t take her long to figure out it was a shifter club. The name “Blue Moon” could have meant anything especially since it was a popular beer. One look at that bouncer and Penelope knew it was a shifter bar.

“Chris, I don’t think this is a good idea.” Penelope said trying to stop him.

“No! I know he’s here somewhere!” Chris said adamantly. Penelope nodded with a sigh and then went up to flirt with the bouncer. She hadn’t done this in awhile, so she didn’t know if it would work. The bear looked at her skeptically until Chris slipped him a fifty. The bouncer lifted the velvet rope, and magically they were in.

Chris went up to the bar, and Penelope could tell they were wolves. Their smell was off though. Chris showed them Max’s picture.

“Have you seen this guy around here?” The bartender looked from Chris to her skeptically obviously knowing Chris was a human.

“Well have you?” Penelope asked roughly.

“No,” the bartender said abruptly and walked to the other end of the bar. They was weird, why did she get scared all of a sudden. Penelope felt the aura of an alpha come in, but before she could do anything about it she smelt Noah come up from behind her.

“What are you doing here?” Penelope asked him. Noah’s eyebrows raised in surprised.

“Me I live here what are you doing here?” Noah returned and Penelope let out a little laugh. She had no idea Noah lived in Boston, shows how great of mates they were. Before she could respond Chris shoved the picture in Noah’s face,

“Have you seen this man?” Noah looked between the two of them.

“No I’m sorry I haven’t.”

Penelope knew something was going on, as Koko started dancing around in her head. Her wolf was feeling smothered. She started feeling a lot of strong auras. Then suddenly she saw her alpha as well as Braxton and a bunch of other wolf’s as well as bears. Penelope didn’t know what was going down. But something was going down. She needed to get out of there. Penelope wasn’t a fighter, and Chris was in danger.

“Chris we need to go,” Penelope said as she grabbed his hand.

“No! I’m not leaving without Max!” Penelope has enough,

“Chris I indulged you long enough it’s time to go!” Penelope said and with a strength he could break escorted him out of the club. Penelope felt Noah follow them out of the club. When they finally made their way out of the club Chris broke free of her grip with a look of fury on his face.

“What’s going on Penelope?” Noah asked.

“I don’t know but Killian was in that club, something was going down.”

“Whose Killian?” Chris asked. Before she could answer Penelope heard people around the corner. One was a wolf and the other was the guy who came to her dorm several months ago to help the Max situation. He was with the werewolf council.

“Leroy,” she whispered.

“Who,” Chris whispered right back and Penelope waved him off. They quickly molded themselves against the building to make sure they couldn’t be seen. Penelope wished she had some scent blockers, but there was nothing she could do.

Then a wolf walked up, before Penelope could do anything to shield Chris the wolf shifted.

Penelope couldn’t function, she was glad that Noah was able to cover Chris’s mouth and stifle his scream. The wolf that was shifted turned into Max, that was wrong on so many levels. Max was supposed to be dead, killed or locked in a shifter prison for life. Penelope was also highly shocked to see Max turned into a werewolf because it was banned by the werewolf council to do so as any attempts to turn humans always ended in death. Max was literally the first successful change Penelope had ever heard of.

“That’s not possible,” Penelope whispered.

“What?” Noah asked her while keeping his mouth on Chris who seemed to be in shock.

“Noah that man was human six months ago.” He scoffed at her.

“He found out I was a werewolf and we had to call the council when he attacked me. The second man came to take care of it.” Noah looked at her with wide eyes,

“That means…”

“That my alpha called in for help from people who are likely to stab him in the back.” Penelope quickly tried to try and mindlink Killian, but there seemed to be an unknown barrier up keeping her from connecting to her alpha.

“I can’t connect to him.”

“Try calling or texting him, or the guys he came with.” Penelope quickly pulled out her phone, and started texting Killian, Braxton, and she was pretty sure she saw Brad as well. She was waiting for a reply but she hadn’t heard anything yet.

“Hey there you are,” Penelope heard a group of guys stumble out of the club. She looked up from her phone and recognized Noah’s brother Nick but no one else.

“What are you doing with that woman?” Penelope didn’t have time for this s**t.

“Noah can you watch Chris for me? He’s staying at the budget inn on Willshire.” Penelope started to head back into the club, but Noah stopped her.

“Where are you going?” Noah asked.

“I have to warn my alpha, he’s in danger.”

“What danger?” One of Noah’s brothers that she didn’t know asked. Penelope didn’t bother answering,

“Just watch him please,” Penelope asked. Noah handed Chris to Nick.

“Watch the human,” Noah said and started after her.

“Do you have a plan?” Noah asked.

“One, but Killian’s going to hate it.” Penelope said as she made her way back into the club and to the back where Penelope saw everyone was headed. She pushed her way through the pulsing body’s, and made her way down a long dark hallway.

They were stopped by another giant werebear bouncer. The bear was so massive Penelope literally couldn’t see anything as he was blocking the whole hallway.

“Who are you with?” The bouncer growled out.

“Alpha Killian of the Midnight Howlers Pack.” The bear gave her a shrewd look,

“He didn’t say anything about his mate joining him.”

“That’s cause I’m his mistress, not his mate, it’s a surprise,” Penelope tried giving a whiny voice she heard some of the she wolf’s use. The bear looked to Noah who Penelope could feel his anger.

“And him?” The guard nodded his head to Noah.

“Bodyguard.” The guard nodded and turned his body allowing them access to the hallway. They continued on down the hallway, Penelope could feel Noah’s disapproval at her story, but she was in it now and couldn’t back out.

The hallway finally opened up into a sitting area where multiple bear shifters sat. Penelope and Noah weren’t questioned, they were demanded to turn over their electronic devices. Penelope told Noah to stay there, and she handed him her phone. The door then was opened, and she was ushered through the door.

Once the door was opened Penelope realized why the mindlink didn’t work. Whatever this was that lined the room prevented her from getting in touch with her Alpha. Penelope knew she wasn’t the only one with that problem.

“Killian please go with the story,” Penelope mindlinked Killian right before she walked into the room.

“What?” He linked back. Penelope didn’t have time to respond as she was brought to a room, and if she didn’t know better it would seem it was an alpha summit. Though alpha summits didn’t take place in the back of shifter clubs in Boston. There were alphas of all kind everywhere milling about. There were mainly wolves, felines, vampires, a witch, but strangely enough no bear alphas other Brax.

The second she entered the room Penelope sought out Braxton. When their eyes met, Penelope instantly recognized him as her mate. Koko was doing flips in her head. Finally! Penelope wanted to run to him and claim LB as hers. Sadly reality crashed around them.

“Alpha Killian your mistress is here,” the guard said and she was brought back to reality. Penelope begged Braxton to understand with her eyes as she went and sat awkwardly on her brother-in-laws lap. Penelope quickly opened up a three way mindlink between her, Killian, and Brad.

“I tried mindlinking from outside the club and was blocked. This was the quickest plan I could come up with.” Penelope tried to cuddle into Killian, but Goddess it was awkward for both of them. Penelope thought she was going to puke.

“Your sister better understand or your in trouble,” Killian told her. Penelope looked away, and felt the same way this man was her brother.

“It will be ok Penne, what’s going on?” Brad soothed her.

“You remember the guy we had to call the council because he found out about werewolf’s?” Penelope asked and both the men chorused yes.

“He’s still alive, with Leroy and turned into a werewolf.”

“That’s impossible Penelope,” Killian told her.

“Penelope are you sure?” Brad asked.

“Would I risk my relationship with my sister for anything else? Ask Noah he was there too, he didn’t know he was human before but he saw him change.”

“Well?” Killian asked.

“I believe her.” Brad said.

“That bear is your mate isn’t he?” Killian asked. Penelope gave a small nod.

“All right, sorry about this.” Killian said and for a minute she was confused. Then suddenly she was thrown to the ground.

“How dare you come in here and claim to be my mistress. Leave now!” Killian roared and let out some of his aura. Penelope couldn’t help but feel humiliated, even though she knew it was for the best. Braxton came and scooped her up and took her out of that hell. Penelope was so worried he was mad at her. It wasn’t until the door shut that he talked.

“Hello my little wolf.” Penelope melted instantly, she looked up into his eyes,

“Hello LB. I missed you.”