I admitted, “I have no damn idea. Oden keeps telling me she’s special. He won’t tell me why but agreed I need to up our Warriors training.” Phil groaned, “No you don’t.” I warned, “Oden said I do.” Phil said, “Hold on.”
It was silent for a moment before he said, “Rocket agrees with Oden and said you do need to. What the hell is going on, Alexander? Who is her wolf to other wolves?” I replied, “I don’t know. I was hoping that you knew. I’ve never heard of Freya outside of the gods. I didn't know Freya was important to wolves.”
Phil snorted, “The wolf half of the Werewolf anyway. Rocket has felt protective of her, but I thought it was because she’s my cousin's mate and Luna. He says it’s more than that though.” I looked at Melanie wondering yet again what was going on.
I questioned, “Has she not been through enough? I don’t even know exactly what it is, but I know that the dead fucker is dead.” Phil snorted. I growled, “Fuck it. What’s his damn name?” Phil clarified, “You actually want to know?”
I answered, “Freya told Odin snippets of the details. I know his wolf’s name so I could figure out who he is easily. He tried to mark her after she got hurt in a fight. Then he tried to wreck her car and mark her that way. Cayden had to have hidden her so she didn’t sign those AMA forms. I’d bet Micah forged them.”
I continued, “Which means Cayden saved her, and I’ll never be able to repay him. That asshole whose wolf’s name is Apex would’ve marked Melanie while she was unconscious. TELL. ME. HIS. NAME!”
Phil sighed, “Nothing good comes from this. His name is Trevor McCann.” I roared, “MCCANN?! AS IN THE FUTURE GAMMA TO THE PACK?!” He answered, “Uh huh.” I snarled, “That absolute MOTHERFUCKER! That family is DONE! DONE! PHIL!”
Phil replied, “Phil understands and is now temporarily deaf, but Phil does know that the McCann family is going to be wiped out. I will inform Gage even though he knows already. We’ve known since you refused to know his name that one day you’d find out and off them all.”
I was seething. I questioned, “How did THAT even happen? With that family of all people?! MCCANN?! Are you serious?! After the problems the Daniels had?? OHHH. Those dead ass mother fuckers.”
Phil said, “At the risk of you blowing my eardrums off, we couldn’t prove he was lying before because Melanie/Ashley wouldn’t file against him. Obviously now with her being your fated mate it eliminates all the crazies who could’ve doubted it.”
I snarled, “We could’ve proved it without that. His actions fucking prove it! He tried to take what’s mine. He HURT HER! HE’S SO BEYOND FUCKING DEAD! I WILL TORTURE HIS PATHETIC ASS FOR YEARS AND THEN BLOOD EAGLE HIM IN FRONT OF OUR HACKURA PEOPLE!”
Phil grumbled, “And there go the eardrums. Inhale deeply. Maybe conjure yourself a paper bag to breathe into.” I actually did. Oden growled, “I need to scent mate.” Right. Strawberries. I clutched Melanie tighter to me and put my head in the crook of her neck inhaling deeply.
Oden said, “I’m mad too, but no one but us can mark mate.” I snarled, “Because she is a good fighter!” Oden disagreed, “No, because no other mark would stay. It would’ve seriously hurt her though.” I asked, “What on god’s green earth are you going on about now? That’s not possible.”
Oden reasoned, “Typically speaking most things are possible. Humans would say we as Werewolves are impossible, but we exist.” I growled at him. He replied, “There are many things that are possible and you know that more than most.”
Phil linked, “Did you calm down?” I shouted, “Calm down? CALM DOWN?! Someone bit my mate MULTIPLE times in an attempt to mark her. BUT DON’T WORRY PHIL THERE IS MORE CRAZY NEWS! My wolf is telling me Melanie can’t be marked by someone who isn’t us.” Phil hummed, “Rocket agreed with him for some reason.”
I questioned, “Did he tell you what that meant?” Phil snorted, “No. It can’t be that he can’t mark her because Alpha Davis would kill him and she’d lose her mark. Their Alpha should’ve killed him for: One, claiming to be Melanie’s mate. Two, trying to forcibly mark her.” I snarled so loud he had to pause.
He continued, “Three, crashing into her car to try to get it done while she was unconscious. That’s just a whole other level of low man. Even for the Beta. I get the Gamma is his dad but come on. Protecting pack members from this is literally the lowest of standards.”
I warned him, “They are dead. ALL of them, and we are having a LONG ASS CHAT with the future leadership. She’s their friend.” Phil gently said, “There is clearly a difference in that pack and the packs that are not under the Werewolf Council. Something SERIOUSLY different, on a sinister level. Like more than your dad even suspects. Well, maybe he suspects more now that nothing happened with the Ashley/Trevor situation. Because he is aware Trevor wasn’t punished for saying she was his.”
I agreed, “You’re right. Could they be involved with the Ring?” Phil gasped, “Whoa. I was not going there. That’s dark.” I argued, “Nashville is dark.” Phil sighed, “I will get in touch with my Warrior buddy Walker when we get back. I think he’d tell me if they suspected that, though.”
He paused before adding, “He could ask his mate since she’d know being a former pack member. That’s a serious accusation though. Is this possibly finding out the man’s name who wishes he was you, has you thinking such thoughts?”
I shot back, “Trevor McCann wants to mark MY MATE! He doesn’t want to be me. There is a very clear difference between the two. As for your other point, I know it is a serious accusation. Currently, I’m just speculating.”
I admitted, “It’s not exactly an out there theory though. It would mean there is another reason Nashville freaks out about one of us showing up. Maybe it’s not what we think it is. Maybe they aren’t only scared of us. Maybe they are scared we will discover what they are doing.”
Phil agreed, “I acknowledge the difference of wanting to mark your mate and be you are different. I was going with wanting to be you because saying mark your mate was going to make you burst the one eardrum I have left. I was thinking maybe they were involved with the drugs.”
I hummed, “Probably that too.” Phil sighed, “Great. I’ll be looking for evidence that no one has ever found against my mate’s dad’s pack. This really has turned into a lovely vacation.” I reasoned, “She doesn’t like her dad, and you could just tell Gage to do it.”
Phil snorted, “He’s already been looking. By the way, I knew my mate didn’t like her dad based on the fact that she’s friends with Ashley Griffen. I knew all that before we knew Ashley was Melanie McAlister. However, there’s a difference between not liking your father and condemning him to death.”
I told him, “I think she’ll surprise you.” Oden agreed, “Tori doesn’t like him and has no attachment to his wolf.” That was weird and concerning on multiple levels, but currently helpful. Phil snorted, “If I’m in hot water you’ll be right there beside me.”
I teased, “Good thing I have cousins who can cool down water.” Phil snorted, “You just have to be a wise ass.” I chuckled, “Good night, Phil.” Phil muttered mockingly, “Good night, Phil. I just ruined your whole day, but you have a good sleep.” I smirked.
I popped down to the gym here and began to hit the heavy bag. It helped clear my mind so that I could begin to plan. I thought through things too. If Black Path was involved in the Ring, is that why the Supernatural Council sent Melanie into their pack?
Did they convince her that she could help protect her family? Or was Phil right and knowing the Future Gamma tried to mark my mate made me just want to obliterate that pack? It could just be the drugs. It felt right that they were in the Ring though.
I linked Oden, “Why would the Supernatural Council take Melanie? You said Freya is the one wolves know about. As far as everyone is concerned Melanie has a wolf named Ember. They didn’t know Freya was her wolf. Ashley isn’t real but everyone knows she’s wolf less. Even though that was a lie.”
