Chapter 1
Arrival
“I, Alpha Markus Jackson Cooper, hereby swear, Kaleb Dawson McCarty, as Alpha....”
“Don’t you dare finish that sentence!” Kane roared as he stormed into the office.
“Who the hell do you think you are barging in and interrupting a crucial meeting?” Markus roared back.
“Kaleb is not the Alpha, nor will he ever be. This meeting is adjourned; you all may leave except you and your disgusting beta,” Kane sneered at Markus.
“Watch your mouth; this is not your pack.”
“But it is Markus, it is my pack,” Kane stated with a smirk.
Markus did not know what to say to the man standing before him. He is pissed that he could not finish swearing in Kaleb to be Alpha of The Cooper Primal Pack. His wolf, Sonic, sniggered in the back of his mind, shaking his head.
All Markus could do was stand there and look at the handsome stranger with piercing clear blue eyes and kohl black hair looking right back at him. Markus feels he knows the man standing before him but does not know where he has seen him.
Sonic kept his walls up so that Markus could not see or hear what he was saying. He was proud that his very own pup was taking back his pack. He thought it was a little late, but he knew who Kane was and why he could not come till now. He laid down with a smile and fell asleep. He was no longer needed now; it was just a matter of time before he returned home to his goddess.
“You no longer have a choice. I am taking over your pack.”
“No, I beg to differ; you are not taking over this pack. Who are you again? I did not catch your name after you barged in,” Markus quipped.
“I did not give you my name. You should know who I am just by looking at me, or did you not get the message?”
Markus was lost for words. He could not place this man before him, but now he understood why he looked so familiar. It was his son, who was supposed to be in prison for the rest of his life.
“Cat got your tongue, Markus?” Montgomery questioned as she sauntered into the room.
“Kane, you are supposed to be in prison,” he whispered.
“Hell, Mother, good to see you again.” Kane leaned down and kissed his mother’s cheek.
“Still, this is not...” Markus was interrupted by Montgomery this time.
“He has the right to this pack, Markus, and he is taking it over whether you like it. Kaleb is his beta or King Con; their mate will be their Queen.”
“How is this even possible? Kaleb’s mother is the Lycan Princess.”
“No, Markus, you only thought that Linda was the princess, which is why you mated with her. I know you are Kaleb’s father, and Linda gave birth to your other son the same day and time as I gave birth to Kane.”
Everyone stared at their Luna, wondering what was happening. Markus’s beta was stunned at what was being said. He looked at his mate disdainfully and could not believe what he just heard.
“So let me get this straight. Kaleb is not my son, correct?” Beta Anthony questioned.
“That is correct; we are brothers, and I do not want to be Alpha when, in fact, I am Kane’s Beta and King Consort,” Kaleb explained.
“Markus, you are under arrest for putting me into prison for the rape of a member of our pack.” Kane looked at Simon and Casper as they placed cuffs on Markus and Tatum’s wrists.
“Principal Alex, you are under arrest for molesting said student and blaming me. Beta Tatum, you are also under arrest for conspiring the rape and erasing the evidence.”
Tatum was still stunned at what he had heard until an annoying voice appeared in the office smelling of sex from several Alpha’s.
“Oh, Kane darling, you are back from prison. We can...”
“I, Gavin Kane Cooper, The Lycan King and Alpha of The Cooper Primal Pack, thereby claim Beatrice Skyler Tremble as a rogue. You will live the rest of your days as a rogue, and no pack in the world will take you in or have pity on you. You are to leave this pack.”
“Your parents already know what you have done and packed little for you. They will meet you at the gates and send you off.” Kaleb explained.
Bea could not say anything as she turned and ran out of the office, heading for the gates where she saw her parents waiting for her with her suitcase.
“Please let me stay; you are my parents.” she cried out to her parents.
“No, we asked for you to be kicked out long ago, but Alpha Markus would not have it. Now, his son returns as the Lycan King? You caused his demise, Brea; you must live with the consequences that you caused. Bye,” her father told her. He walked off and grabbed his wife’s hand.
Bea grabbed her suitcase and left the pack. She looked over her shoulder and smirked, whispering, “You have not seen the last of me.”
Her parents mind-linked Kaleb, letting him know that Bea is now gone, but he should be careful as she is not herself and will cause problems.
Kane and Kaleb watched Simon and Casper leave with their fathers through the floor-to-ceiling windows in their office.
They heard a scuffle and turned around to see their mother in a rage.
“What is going on,” Kaleb asked.
“Just explaining that Linda is no longer the Beta Female and needs to be sent packing,” Luna Montgomery explained.
“I will decide what happens with everyone concerning this pack mother, not you,” Kane explained.
She nodded and left the room, as she could no longer stand to look at her best friend.
When Montgomery returned to her office, she slammed the door and locked it. Heading to her seat, she sat in her oversized white leather chair with a Lycan etched into the back. The mahogany desk had a picture of her brother’s Lycan etched on the front and Lycan’s legs and feet. The Lycan was painted white, including the legs.
Montgomery thought back to the night of the ball her parents had hosted. It was for other packs to bring their single-pack members to find their mates. Montgomery and Linda came down the stairs, arm in arm. She looked at Markus in the distance. He was talking to Tatum, his best friend and soon-to-be Beta of The Cooper Primal Pack.
When Montgomery and Linda stepped off the last step, their fathers, who were talking to other Alphas, headed them over. Montgomery’s father squeezed his arm around her shoulders while smiling reassuringly.
Markus and Tatum watched the two intently and walked towards them. Markus was watching who would be his mate and hoping she would be the Lycan Princess.
Montgomery saw Markus and hoped that they were mates. When Markus got closer, they locked eyes and mouthed ‘mate’ to each other. He approached her with open arms and looked towards her father for a blessing before whisking her away so they could be alone.
From that point, there was no turning back. They fucked and marked each other that very night. During their mating and marking each other, Markus set her off into heat.
Montgomery could not believe this happened so soon. She was scared, and Markus continued to mate with her in the gardens. Her heat subsided for the moment as they took a break. Well, he took the break and left her feeling betrayed and dirty all at once.
Tatum and Linda did the same thing, but he wore protection when they mated and marked each other. He did not want to raise a child right off the bat, but he knew that Linda would go into heat instantly after being marked.
He cared for her, but that was not enough for the eighteen-year-old. Markus found her after Tatum left her sitting on the bench outside in the garden. He consoled her as her heat got worse. He mated with her but did not mark her. He mind-linked Tatum to return as his mate went into heat.
Tatum did not return right away. After a couple of hours, he went to look for Linda but could not find her. He returned to the party to see Markus standing, conversing with a few other soon-to-be Alphas and planning to make alliances once they all took over their packs.
Linda realized what had happened and had to immediately get Tatum to have unprotected sex with her so she could cover up her grave mistake. She went to the bathroom and cleaned herself. Once she was finished, she went back to the party, still flushed due to her heat.
She found Tatum standing beside Markus, talking and making alliances with other packs. She looked at Markus quickly, then locked eyes on Tatum. She whispered in his ear, telling him they needed to retire for the night.
When they arrived in her room, he turned to her and asked, “What the hell was the meaning of this to retire so early from the party?”
“Tatum, you set off my heat, and we must continue to mate. You don’t need to be at the party any longer,” she voiced her urgency.
Montgomery was brought out of her memory when she heard someone rapping at her office door.
“Just a minute,” she called out while approaching the door.
When she opened the door, she found Linda with a tear-streaked face, wanting to come in. Montgomery looked at her and rolled her eyes, asking, ‘What do you want now?’
“I am so sorry for that night. I was hurting as Tatum left me there in the gardens and took off his condom. He used protection when we mated and left me there when Markus found me. Markus saw that I had gone into heat and cared for me when he could not find Tatum.”
“You not only hurt me, but you let my mate touch you. You knew better than to do that. Why?”
“He was consoling me; he must have seen what had happened and taken advantage of the situation. He wanted power, and I had to keep your secret. I had kept that secret all these years.”
“Huh, but you still fucked him whenever you got the chance.”
“Actually, no, both our mates have been fucking that whore, Bea and her biological parents.”
“What are you saying?”
“Beas parents were not exactly fond of each other and slept around with other pack members. When they died in the rogue attack a few months after our kids were born, she was adopted by her current parents, and they wanted her kicked out when Kane was set up for her rape at age fifteen.”
“And Markus told them no so that he could keep fucking her,” Mongtomery finished.
“Yeah, I tried telling them that I am a beta wolf. They don’t know that you are the true Lycan Princess.”
“Do you think that I care what happens now?”
“I do not know the answer, but I am truly sorry for what I have put you through,” Linda sniffled. Montgomery snorted at the response and her fake tears and sniffles. She had enough of her lies.
Montgomery wondered what else she was keeping away from her. Linda had two other children, Flora and Ford, who were fraternal twins. They are now twenty years old and have yet to meet their mates.
“Flora and Ford? Who is their father?”
Linda sighed, knowing that she had gotten caught in another lie. She could not come up with an explanation and was at a loss for words.
“Huh, not Tatum’s, are they? Let me guess, Markus?”
Shit, she did not know what to say. Her mind was reeling from what to say. All she could do was stand there in silence. Goddess, it was deafening as no one made a sound.
“Your silence tells me the answer to that question. Pack your bags and leave. My son has taken over the pack now. But tell me. Why did you spell Kaleb with a ‘K’ and not a ‘C?’”
“It was Tatums and Markus’s idea. I did want to give him that name. I wanted to name my son Finnigan Wayne and use Tatum’s name.”
“As I see it, you could have changed his name on his birth certificate. After all, you are the one who carried him for five months.”
With that said Montgomery held the door open for her so-called friend and slammed it on her ass as she left. Montgomery stood there for a few seconds before sitting down on her couch.
Kane knocked on the door before he entered the office. He raised his brow at his mother and silently questioned her.
“Don’t worry, I slammed the door on that fat ass of hers.”
“Tell me, mother, what happened while I was away.”
“Same shit, different day. Why do you ask my King?”
“Tell me what has been going on in this damn pack!” he ordered.
“I do not know. Why do you ask your father?”
“I need to know where his files and computers are. Do you have any idea where they are kept?”
“No, I don’t know where he keeps all that shit at.”
Montgomery left the office and headed to her suite. She stripped down as she went to get a shower. She still wasn’t satisfied with how she felt, so she started her bath water by adding rose petals, essential oils, and bubbles.
