The Headmaster Alpha's Mate
The Headmaster Alpha’s Mate Chapter 101

Chloe smiled at Phoenix as the young pup grabbed hold of her own feet, then proceeded to pull them up and suck on her little toe’s, gurgling happily, whilst laid in her cot situated beside the bed.

“She is so adorable.” Chloe smiled with pride.

“Yes, she is. I know by this age she should have her own room, but honestly Chloe, I think given everything she has been through in her little life, we should keep her in here for at least a few months.” Zander reached over and placed his large hand into the cot and Phoenix grabbed hold of his little finger holding on tight.

“I agree.” Chloe grinned up at him.

“Did you see her little face light up on Christmas morning, although she played more with the wrapping paper than the toys.” Chloe laughed.

“She did, and the box, she sat in that most of the day.” Zander chuckled, as he looked adoringly at his new daughter.

“I must admit, I do not like the thought of leaving her, even if it is for one night.” Chloe sighed.

She knew that Phoenix would be well taken care of by Faith and Luke, but still she hated the thought of her little one feeling abandoned once again.

“I know, but we have to visit Jorvick pack, there is no way around it.” Zander sighed, not liking the idea of leaving his new daughter himself.

Chloe nodded, her mate was right, there was no way around it, they had to go and visit the pack who was part of the group that opposed them, to try and drum up support.

“Zander, what about the omega’s of this pack?” she softly asked.

“Let’s head down to my office we have an hour before we set off, we need to talk this all through with Josh, Robin and Lacey.”

It saddened Chloe slightly that Nicki was not going to be in the meeting, Andrew had put her on complete bedrest on Christmas night. Her bump was growing so fast, she nearly passed out a couple of times, her human body struggling with the rapid changes it was now going through. Given they already knew that the little girl was going to be born human, it was confusing as to why accelerated foetal growth was now happening to Nicki, above and beyond the expected growth even for a werewolf pup, and to say Andrew was concerned about the effects on Nicki’s body, was an understatement.

“I am going to pop into the guest room, and see Nicki, I will take this little monster with me.” Chloe decided, bending over the cot and picking up Phoenix.

“Who looks like a gorgeous princess in her pretty pink dress?” Chloe cooed at the baby.

Zander chuckled, never in a million years did he think his bad a*s, punked up, gothic style dressing mate, would think a pretty pink dress was gorgeous.

“You have ten minutes Chloe, then we must have this meeting, and give Phoenix to Faith.” Zander warned, knowing all to well that once Chloe and Nicki got together, they could chatter on for hours, about nothing in particular.

“I know, see you down there.” Chloe smiled.

“Wave bye bye to daddy Phoenix.” The little baby lifted up her hand in an attempt to wave. For all she was 18 months old, because of malnutrition and lack of care, she was more like a baby half her age, but Andrew had assured Chloe, that with good food, and lots of interaction, she would soon catch up on her development.

Nicki lay on the bed. Her back ached, her h**s hurt, she also had a chronic case of permanent heartburn, and the cramps in her calf’s were causing her to yelp in the middle of the night, making Josh jump out of bed, panicking that she was in labour, every hour through the night. She felt useless, now was a time for her to be a Luna, but here she was stuck in bed until she gave birth, and for the first time in her life she cursed the fact she was human and not werewolf. As much as she knew Josh wanted to be with her 24/7, it was just not practical, he was still the Alpha of Silverback pack, and Gav was a young Beta, granted he was the same age as Josh, but still he lacked a little bit of the maturity to be trusted 100% with making the important decisions regarding pack matters. So, they had reluctantly decided between them that Josh needed to move back to Silverback, and that she had to stay at Crescent Moon, as the hospital here was better equipped, to deal with her birth. All they could hope was that she did not go into labour when he was at their pack, she could not stomach the thought of doing that with out her mate by her side.

Chloe poked her head around the bedroom door.

“Hey, I thought I would pop in for ten minutes, before I head to Jorvick.” Chloe smiled at Nicki.

“Hey, are you all ready to go?” Nicki asked, she was concerned about Chloe and Zander going to a less than friendly pack, but it had to be done.

“Yeah, just going to have a meeting with Josh, Robin and Lacey, and confirm which of the junior warriors we are taking with us.” Chloe smiled.

Nicki nodded her head, then smiled at Phoenix, as the little girl wiggled in her mother’s arm’s wanting to be put down. Although she could not yet walk, she was crawling, and the more confident Phoenix became, the more she got herself into everything. Chloe placed her on the floor, as Nicki passed her a couple of her froggy stuffed toys off the bed so that Phoenix could play happily, and they could talk.

“Yeah, I have asked Josh to keep his mind link open, so I can hear what is going on.” Nicki stated with a nod.

“Good thinking, so enough about that, how are you feeling?” Chloe asked.

“Honestly, I am fed up with being pregnant now. It is seriously not what it is cracked up to be.” Nicky sighed.

“Plus, because of the rapid growth, I have stretch marks, my stomach looks like an ordinance survey map!” Nicki scowled, as she thought about the deep purple lines that ran up to her belly button.

“Hey, don’t worry about them, they are your tiger stripes.” Chloe tried to reassure the obviously fed up Nicki.

“I know they will fade, but honestly, I think they are horrid, but Josh doesn’t seem to mind, he said they are a reminder that I am giving him a child.” Nicki shrugged.

Chloe did not really know what to say to that, so just offered a soft smile to her friend. It was unusual to see Nicki so down in the mouth, but once the baby was born it would be all worth it.

“Well, I have to go, sorry. But Ellie and Ethan have promised to come keep you company. Hey, maybe he can heal your stretch marks!” Chloe grinned, as she thought of the idea.

“Already way ahead of you, he tried, and they disappeared, but then the next day I was covered again.” Nicky huffed.

“But maybe after you give birth” Chloe tried to give her something positive to focus on rather than the negative.

“Yeah, maybe.” Nicki shrugged, not at all convinced.

“I hate to leave you like this Nicki, but I really do have to go. I love you, and do NOT go into labour until I get back.” Chloe warned with a giggle.

“I will try not to.” Nicki replied, and for the first time smiled up at her best friend.

Zander sat in his office with Josh and Robin, as they waited for Chloe and Lacey to arrive.

“Seriously though Zander, this whole thing is a s**t show, I have to be away from my mate when she needs me the most, and now you guys are heading into dangerous waters, and I cannot even support you in that.” Josh huffed out.

“Chloe and I will be fine, you just concentrate on your pack, and looking after Nicki as best you can.” Zander reminded his brother of his ultimate duties as an Alpha and a mate.

“I have the list of young warriors from Terrance, he has hand picked five of them.” Robin changed the subject, getting them back on track.

“Yes, I know. I hate putting them in a dangerous situation, but this is the best solution rather than going in completely alone.”

Zander knew all to well that this was not the best situation to be in, having to take young pack members incase a fight ensued, and not able to take his own fully trained warriors. It really did not sit right with him, but if he took his own warriors, it could be construed as an act of violence towards Jorvick, and they wanted to avoid that if at all possible. They had to try and keep the peace, for as long as possible.

Chloe entered the room with Lacey, as Zander reached out and grabbed her by the waist sitting her on his lap, inhaling her scent to calm his thoughts. He always thought better when she was near him, the mate bond working its magic.

“Okay, not to put a cat amongst the pigeons, but Lacey and I have been talking… oh Josh, Nicki said to mind link this meeting with her, just a reminder.” Chloe smiled at her brother-in-law.

“Way ahead of you Chloe, Nicki said Hi.” Josh smiled.

“So… you have been plotting with our princess Lacey, do tell.” Robin laughed as Lacey shook her head.

“No, Chloe has been plotting, I just happened to agree with her plot.” Lacey grinned at her mate.

“Well, what is it?” Zander asked with a chuckle.

“I, well, we, were thinking. What about the omegas of Jorvick, if they are living like the ones from Ullswater, I will not leave them there, Zander!” Chloe emphatically told him, determination written all over her face.

Zander sighed internally, he knew once Chloe was this determined about something, he was fighting a losing battle.

“I know it is difficult Chloe, but we are not there for a rescue mission.”

Zander understood his mate’s concerns, but the reality was they had to stick to the plan of trying to educate the pack members and have at least some of those that had a vote within the pack to use it for change, even if they can convince one pack member to vote for them in the referendum it was worth it.

“Well, Drake has said he would come with us, he wants to tell the Omega’s that there is a good life, to not be afraid, that he escaped and is now living with us, accepted and treated with love and kindness. Given he is still so thin and gaunt, he could easily gain access with the Jorvick Omegas, and any who want to leave, he can lead them to the bus we have, whilst we have our meeting, and nobody will be any the wiser.” Chloe argued her point.

“I agree Zander, it is a great opportunity to help these omegas, and give them a better life.” Lacey stated.

“But what about Drake, he has just met his mate, and is skin and bone, I cannot agree this is the best course of action.” Robin argued.

“You are also both forgetting the Jorvick warriors patrolling the boarders.” Zander sated.

“Nicki said, she agrees with Chloe and Lacey.” Josh interrupted.

“We cannot turn our backs on them Zander, after all, isn’t this what we are ultimately fighting for?” Chloe continued, hoping her mate would see her point.

“Yes, it is, but this could cause a war before we need to have the war break out.” Zander sighed.

“Nicki just made a good point.” Josh stated.

Zander raised his brow at his brother, waiting for Nicki’s point.

“She said that in these packs, they do not even count the omegas. Nobody looks at them, nobody wants them other than to be their slaves. However, if Drake goes in and talks to them all about what life can be like, and then in your conversations with Jorvick, you can argue that if their omegas are happy and part of the pack, then none of them will want to leave. Challenge the Alpha’s pride, manipulating him, to ask the omegas if they want to stay or leave, without repercussions then if they chose to leave, be ready to take them to the bus.” Josh smiled, obviously he was now going to vote on Nicki’s side of the argument, as he grinned with pride at her cunning.

“I agree, we could manage to do that, convince Alpha Triston, is a very proud man, and quite young, I think that we could pull off a rescue and him agree to it, thus avoiding the outbreak of war, well, delaying it should we say.” Chloe nodded her head enthusiastically.

Zander let out a long breath, then looked at Robin.

“What do you think?” he asked.

“That if this is to be attempted, and the Alpha does not agree to giving them a choice, then we walk away, and do not rescue the omegas.” Robin stated.

“I can live with that.” Lacey smiled placing a k**s on Robin’s lips.

“Yes, that is Nicki, and I also say that is a good compromise.” Josh grinned.

Chloe looked at Zander with expectant eyes.

“Okay, send Drake in, we will organise this, but we have to get on the road!”