The Imperial Wolf Series Books 1-3
Chapter 62

Erick's

POV

I leave Kate to feed baby Belle. I do not even want to look at her. She infuriates me. She took my child and ran. All she had to do was come to me, and we together as a family, as a pack, could have sorted this out. Now she has my hands tied. I cannot let the pack think this is acceptable behavior from anyone, not even the Luna of the pack. No one can cross the Alpha.

Do I believe Alexander? Would Kate hurt baby Belle? I have no idea what to believe anymore. Kate is changing in front of me. She looks and acts differently, she is not my Kate. I have no idea who she is anymore. She is transforming into something else. I do not know how to handle any of this.

I have an infant that has taken her wolf form. It is too soon. She is too young to handle the emotions of turning into a wolf. What if baby Belle hurts someone? How will I help an infant handle being a wolf. This should not happen yet. No wolf should transform this young. She could turn and attack without knowing what she is going.

I feel like I have lost everything. I love Kate more than I love myself, but she cannot undermine the pack. How can I be so cold to her? How will I let her go? How in the hell will I live in a house with her and not touch her or be with her every day?

The damn Imperials are ruining my life and my pack. There has to be a way for us to be together. I just do not see it happening right now. Maybe in the future. Kate needs help to control her raging emotions and anger. I cannot help her. The only imperial we had that understood Kate, and that could have helped her, turned into a damn vampire and is on the loose doing things I can only imagine.

Alexander is playing both sides of the fence. Even that damn ghostly wolf that was with Kate understood that. What is with this strange wolf hanging around her? Will this thing hurt our child? All of this, and I have a pack to take care of. I do not think I can handle anything else right now. I need someone to help me understand that damn white wolf and why it is here. I am certainly not going to ask Alexander for help.

I park in front of my house. I should be running in to see Kate and the baby, but instead, I am waiting on my daughter and her fugitive mother to come back from the pack jail quarter. This is too much for me. I have to pull myself together for my daughter. I step out of the truck. I walk slowly into the house. I go into my office. I sit down behind my desk and wait for baby Belle and Cassie. Baby Belle should be the only person I am concerned with but my heart wants Kate to be herself.

I work on pack business while I wait. After an hour, Cassie pulls up with baby Belle. I watch her as she plays with baby Belle before bringing her inside. Cassie loves that little girl. I am thankful I have her help.

Cassie brings baby Belle into the office. Cassie looks concerned, I can see it all over her face. She wants to say something to me, but I can tell she does not want to overstep.

"What is it, Cassie? Spit it out. You have never held back before. Why start today," I say to her.

"Well, don't you think you're acting like a dick, Alpha? You have your wife in jail and your baby on lockdown. What the hell is wrong with you? Did you ask Kate why she left? Have you tried talking to your wife? Do you have any idea about anything?" Cassie asks me. I look at her disapproving. "Are you defending Kate? She stole my child. How can you stand in front of me and defend her?" I ask her.

"No, I am not defending her, Alpah. I am furious with her for running and not trusting the pack, but we have to remember that Kate's pack abandoned her. Kate does not know how a pack works. Kate, if we are completely honest here, Alpha, Kate is just a scared little girl who lost everything. Now you, the man that is supposed to love her, is turning your back to her. I mean, what the hell is wrong with you? Try helping her instead of throwing her away. You are acting the same way her pack did toward her," Cassie says to me. I stop what I am doing and clear my desk with one violent blow in a fit of rage. My rage pisses Cassie off. She steps back, cradling baby Belle. "How could you do that in front of your child? You are acting like a child, Alpha. Stop this!" she scolds me. "Bring me, my child," I say to her. Ihold out my hands motioning for her to bring me baby Belle.

"No, Alpha. I am taking her upstairs for a nap. You need to get your head out of your ass. Banish me, knock me back down to an omega, I do not care, but you and Kate need to get your shit together, both of you. You both need to learn to trust the pack and each other. You two are crazy in love and crazy stupid. Put this imperial shit down and raise the baby. The pack will protect baby Belle no matter what, even if it is from her own stupid parents. The both of you are really pissing me off, Alpha," Cassie says. Cassie takes baby Belle for a nap, leaving me to clean up the mess I made in the office. I am so angry with Kate and now Cassie too. I stop take a deep breath. Shit, Cassie is right. I have to make this right somehow. I have to talk to Kate. I need to understand what is going on with my wife and our child.

John and Trip pull up with Kate. She is coming into the house peacefully. They both look terrified of her. I cannot really blame them. She is mad as hell but cooperating with them. They push her into the office. "Where do you want her?" Trip asks.

Trip pushing Kate really pisses her off. She turns to him and smiles at him. "Do not ever touch me again, Trip. Trust me, you will regret it. I can do things to you that will make you beg for death," Kate says. "Leave her with me; we need to talk," I say.

The two leave the office in a hurry, closing the door. I think they both want to get the hell away from her. Kate looks at me. I honestly want to get on my knees and beg for her forgiveness, but on the other hand, I want to slap her in the face for leaving with my child. This anger in her needs to be controlled, but I have no idea how to help her.

"Have a seat, Kate. We need to talk about our future and baby belle," I say softly.

She looks at me, and all I see is hate. She sits down in front of me, and that damn wolf appears. "First, I need to know about this wolf that is following you. I need to know if it is dangerous. Will it hurt our child, me, the pack? I need to know everything you know about it, Kate," I say. I look at the devil that is with her. What is this thing?

She looks over at the wolf. "I have no idea; it showed up when I was stressed about someone stealing my baby. It came to help me when no one else cared for me or Belle," she says.

"I know how that feels. My wife took off with my daughter and tore my heart out. When I replace them both, my wife is insane and has a demon wolf following her around," I say.

"Your wife was trying to protect your baby from Isabella and whatever danger is lurking to hurt baby Belle!" Kate screams at me. The wolf begins to growl at me. This brings John and Trip running into the room. Cassie follows behind them.

I wave them off. "It is okay, we are fine. Leave us," I say to the three of them.

The trio backs out of the room slowly, closing the door. "Why are you so damn angry with me, you ran, I did not? I am the one that should be angry. So, tell me Kate, why are you so angry?" I ask her. I need to know why she is angry with me. I am not the one that ran with our child. She is.

"I do not know. I ran for my life with my child, vampires attacked me, and my baby was stolen from me. Now, my husband has me locked up and is trying to take my child from me, so I guess that is why I am angry, Alpha," Kate says.

"Kate, I handled all of this wrong. I know that. I do. I am sorry. I love you with everything in me, but our daughter is my priority, not you," I say.

Kate looks at me. She begins to sob, which makes the ghostly wolf growl at me. The wolf leaps at me and begins to attack me. I try to push the wolf off of me, but the wolf is stronger than me. It is feeding off of Kate's emotions. "Stop! Do not hurt him!" Kate yells at the wolf. The wolf stops and returns to her side.

John and Trip come into the office. The wolf growls at them. It is inching closer to both of them. Is she going to let the wolf attack them? "Kate, do something. That thing will kill them both," I plead with her.

"Stop! Not yet!" Kate yells at the wolf. The wolf obeys her. I think I understand now. Kate controls these wolves. These imperials are from the imperial spiritual realm. She is dangerous when upset. They feed off of her.

"I want my baby, and I want her now, Alpha. Please let me see my baby," Kate says softly.

"She is upstairs. Go be with her. Just do not run with her. Someone will be watching you and her at all times, Kate," I say.

"Erick, you say you love me. Is that true?" Kate asks.

"Yes, I do love you. I will always love you, but you are hurting this pack," I answer.

"You love me, but I am your prisoner here, right," she says.

"No, you are not a prisoner here," I say.

"Can I leave?" she asks.

"You are free to leave, but you cannot take Belle. She stays here with me, with her pack," I answer her.

"We will see about that, Erick. It seems I am your prisoner if you are holding my child, and I do not love my warden," she says, walking out of the office with the wolf.

I go to my office door and watch as Kate, and the wolf go up the stairs to be with baby Belle. John and Trip are horrified watching the ghostly wolf with Kate. She could kill us all and take Belle. There would be nothing I could do about it. "What do you want us to do?" John asks.

I sit down behind my desk. "That is not Kate. Find me an imperial wolf here that knows about this craziness. We need help, and we need it fast before that thing decides to kill us all," I answer him.