Alpha Nicholas Exactly 6 hours and 32 minutes after we left the cells, we welcomed future Alpha Wade into the world. He came into this world kicking and screaming, weighing 9 lbs 3oz, and is one incredibly long pup. He is going to grow into a big guy when he's older, and I can't wait to see every minute of it. I may have missed the first few years of my daughter's life because I didn't know about her, but I'll be damned if I'm going to miss any part of my son's life. Bonnie was incredible. She handled it like a warrior, not that I ever thought she wouldn't, but still, for someone with such a soft soul and sweet heart, she has the strength of a lioness when it's needed, and I couldn't be any prouder of her. Of course, the minute Lottie got wind of Bonnie being in labour she hauled ass straight to the pack hospital wanting to be outside waiting and the first to see her baby brother after he was born but Bonnie being Bonnie wouldn't have it and insisted that Lottie be in the room with us during it all and I know that despite the obvious put offs of witnessing a birth that Lottie wouldn't have changed a thing. To think that Lottie and I have gone from a two-member family to a four-member family in just a short space of time is mind-blowing to me. The following day, both Bonnie and Wade were released, and I was finally relieved to be able to get them to our floor and locked away safely, them and Lottie. While my dad has several Warriors on guard at the hospital, both inside and out, I still couldn't rest until my family was back in our home. As for what happened back at the cells after we left... Well, that's still unknown. My dad wanted me to get my mate and son settled in before we discussed it, but the fact that he had so many guards protecting us at the hospital is a huge red flag but during Bonnie's labour i was discracted and able to ignore it but the moment my son came in to the world my brain went in to over drive, and as much as i wanted to ask Bonnie for everything she knows I just couldnt do it. She had just been through labour and it was in no way the time to question her, but I will get my answers and very soon... It turns out that aside from getting the list of names of the women whose pups he stole and what he had already told us, The doc didn't have much more information to give us and trust me when I say that my men made sure that he didn't have anymore to give and wasn't just trying to fob us off. After they were satisfied that he was telling the truth, Tony had his time with the doc, hoping for information on the whereabouts of his boys. Unfortunately, no matter what he did to the doc he didn't get any information on their whereabouts and trust me when i say that Tony hated to admit that he believed the doc but he did and it was just another sole distroying moment for my best friend but we wont give up on the search for his boys, my nephews, never! Once they finished with the doc, Robbie and Will set off to find Mark and Neill, and thankfully, they hadn't gotten far. He found them at the meeting point that Jonathan had arranged. Even when he didn't show up, they still stood there waiting for over an hour and didn't think that anything was wrong. They are idiots! As for why Johnathan brought my mate to the cells... Well, it turns out that about a week before I found out about the doc, Johnathan started getting suspicious about a few of my Warriors, mainly Mark and Neil, after catching some parts of conversations and how they acted and went to my dad with those concerns. My dad and he agreed to watch over them for the time being, and that's why when they were assigned to guard my mate, my dad insisted that Johnathan be there to watch over her. Of course, in the meantime, Johnathan managed to get him self in with the two and played along to see where things would go. He didn't have all the details, nor was he aware that they had planned to kidnap my mate until it happened, but he was aware that they were working for a cult. Unfortunately, he found out just a few hours before the incident and was unable to tell my dad or anyone else without them finding out, so he just went along with it, and once he realised what they had planned, he stepped in on the spot and saved my mate. Am i pissed that he went to my dad instead of me? Yes, I am. Am I pissed that my dad didnt come to me? Yes, yes, I am, but after taking a few minutes to think it over, I realised that their reasoning made sense. They had no proof at the time and with everything that has been going on they were worried that I would act first and ask questions later and get my ass in to trouble if I had been wrong. And if I'm being honest, they were right to think that because that is exactly what would have happened. Yes, I'm an Alpha and have to think situations through, but when it comes to my family... to my mate, it can be hard to do that, and my dad personally knows that. So while i was pissed, Im not anymore. I appreciate them for having my back and my mates' backs. After I got my family settled back on our floor I knew that I needed to leave them and head for my office but i couldnt bear to be apart from them not with everything thats been going on but of course, my dad choose that mometn to turn up with my Mom, Lily and Rosie to keep my mate company and help her if needed along with Shane and Tony to gaurd the ladies knowing that i wouldn't be able to leave otherwise. That man is a saint and my fucking rock! And now... Well, now I'm currently sitting in my office looking down at the blank folded piece of paper that my dad handed me, as it stares back at me, mocking me. It's a piece of paper, that's it, and yet I can't seem to bring myself to open it up. It holds the names of the women whos lives I'm going to destroy and Alpha or not I'm fucking terrified. I pick it up and twirl it around in my hand. How can a single sheet of paper feel so heavy? How can a single piece of paper hold such little information and yet hold the power to destroy lives, five of them to be exact. I take a deep breath as my heart pounds inside my chest before finally opening it up and taking in the names as I feel sweat coat my brow. Ava Sinclaire Opal Thomas Holly Smith Jenny Harlow Victoria Jackson Five names. Five individuals. Individuals who may have never even spoken to each other. We have a large pack and not everyone likely knows each other, and yet despite that, these five women now hold something that ties them together; they hold a truth and a pain that is life-changing. Life-changing enough that they may never be the same again.I read each name several times. I know every single one of these women, and the pain that I feel for them is gutting, but I grew up with Ava and Opal; they are the same age as me and reading their names seems to hit me a little harder, especially Opal. She and her mate could never have pups of their own, and have adopted two pups for our orphanage. Fuck, they never thought they could have children and yet already had. If she has already had a pup, then how couldn't they have any more? Fuck, they must have messed up when they delivered her baby. They stole her pup and then deprived her of having any more. Fuck, I wish I could bring the doc back to life and personaly tourture him until he begs me for death. Although I was informed about how Robbie ended the doc and I'm more than satisfied that he suffered. As anger surges through my body, I stand up and before I can stop myself, I hurl a glass at the wall in front of me and stay still as I watch the glass shatter and fly around the room, and while it stems a little of my anger, it's not enough. I turn around and pick up my chair, but as I go to throw it at the same wall, I realise I can't let go of it. What the fuck? I turn to face the chair to find my dad standing there with a tight hold on the chair."What are you doing here? You're supposed to be guarding my family?" Seeing my dad here and knowing he's not with my mate and children just increases my anger. "Calm down, son. Johnathan is there with Shane and Tony. You know perfectly well that I wouldn't ever leave them unprotected, so don't start with me!" His words are firm, but still hold the gentleness that is my dad. I nod my head and let go of the chair before I take my anger out on the wrong person. My dad places the chair back down on the ground before walking around to the front of my desk and taking a seat. We start talking about the women that we need to go and talk to, and it makes my heart ache, but no matter how bad I feel, we have to go and talk to them face to face. It is the least they deserve, considering what we are going to tell them... It takes us a couple of hours to make our way around all of the women, and as you can imagine, it was an incredibly hard thing to do. Seeing their faces as they took in the news is something that will stay with me for the rest of my life. And Opal... Well, Opal took it the best out of all of them. How does the one woman who got the worst end of things take the news the best? In her own words, "I have my boys and I wouldn't change a thing. We are thinking about adopting a little girl to complete our family." That woman has incredible strength, and I'm proud of her. After speaking with the women and their mates and offering them any future support that is needed, I decided that it was time to head home and spend some time with my family. Today has been hell, and I couldn't think of a better way to end it than being with my mate and children. Children... goddess, I have two children now. I walk through the main door to my lounge area with my dad right behind me to find my mom, Lily and Rosie chatting while Tony, Shane, and Johnathan are off to the side at the breakfast bar drinking coffee. All three men come alert when they hear me enter the floor, but immediately relax when they see me. "Bonnie and Lottie were both falling asleep, so I sent them to bed," My mom says as she stands up with my son in her arms. She walks over and hands him to me, and my heart skips a beat when I look down at his face. "Thank you, all of you, for staying here." I look around the room as everyone starts gathering their stuff to leave while nodding my way.Once everyone has left, I turn to head for my bedroom, only to be greeted with the sight of my mate as she walks out of the bedroom. Her hair is all over the place, and she looks exhausted and yet she's never looked more beautiful. My heart pounds as I think of how far we have come in such a short space of time, and before I can stop myself, words leave my mouth that I didn't plan to say yet but I don't regret them. "Marry me."