Finding Her True Alpha
Chapter 58: Well, f**k!

Mason

“What did she want?” I asked Derek. Derek, Matt, and I were sitting in the living room waiting for Sage and Brandon to get back.

“I don’t know, and II don’t care.” He told me.

“Is there any way that she could be pregnant?” I asked him, and his face paled.

“What?” He stuttered.

“Could that have been the reason she was calling you?” I asked, just when his phone rang again. He had placed it on the coffee table and the three of us were now starting at it.

“It’s Chantel again,” Matt announced after picking up Derek’s phone.

I’m not sure how ranking works with dragons, but

I’m assuming Matt is like Derek’s Beta. Matt answered the phone and put it on speaker.

“Derek’s phone.”

“Matt, put Derek on the phone now.” She growled.

“He’s busy right now. What is this about?” Matt asked.

“Matt, I know he is there! This is important.” She yelled.

“Chantel, what do you want?” Derek growled out.

“Derek, I’m pregnant with your child. So stop playing house with this fake mate of yours and come home.” She told him. And I even wanted to throw up at her words.

It devastated Ashlyn over her miscarriage, and now one of her mates is having a baby with someone else. I knew Derek was a player; I didn’t realize he was an idiot.

“Are you sure?” Matt asked her.

“Of course, I’m sure, Matt! I would know who the father is of my unborn child.” She yelled.

“Derek, you better get your as*s home, or I’ll tell your father about his future grandchild and heir.” She threatened. Derek was shaking, he was clearly in shock.

“He’ll call you back,” Matt told her and hung up, not giving her a chance to say anything more.

I started rubbing Derek’s back to calm him down. He was leaning forward, resting his head in his hands. He was cursing and growling about what he had just heard.

The elevator dinged, Brandon and Sage stepped out while Liam walked in from the hall.

“Great, what the f**k happened now?” Liam exclaimed while throwing his hands up.

“Now?” Sage and Brandon asked together.

“Derek’s ex called back to tell him she is pregnant with his kid.” Matt answered. Liam growled and Sage gasped.

“Does Ashlyn know?” She asked. And Derek shook his head.

“So this ex called earlier and Ashlyn answered the phone. This ex told Ashlyn that she was Derek’s mate, correct?” Sage asked. And we all nodded.

“And now said ex is claiming to be pregnant with your child and Ashlyn doesn’t know that part?” She asked Derek, but it was Matt and I that nodded.

“Where is she?” Sage asked.

“She locked herself in her old room,” Liam told her, and she walked off in that direction.

“Are you fvcken serious right now, Derek?” Liam growled.

“What? Was I supposed to save myself for a mate that I was told was dead?” He yelled, glaring at Liam.

“You could have at least wrapped it up?” Matt shrugged.

“I did! Every fvcken time. Do you think I wanted to have a kid with someone who I didn’t choose as my mate?” Derek was up and pacing the living room when Sage ran in from the hall.

“Ashlyn isn’t in her room.” She panted.

“What?” we all exclaimed. There was nowhere she could go that we wouldn’t have seen her. We all rushed to her room, and she was nowhere to be found. I tried to link her, but she was blocking me.

How could anyone even get in here?

“I can’t link her.” I told them, panicked.

“Has anyone seen this room besides us?” Sage questioned.

“No, why?” I asked.

“It means no one could portal in. They have to see where they are going.” She answered.

“What about the balcony?” Liam asked, and I cursed.

The fvcken balcony! I opened the door and walked onto the balcony. She wasn’t out there either.

“Someone could portal here,” Sage confirmed my fears.

“Was the door locked?” Brandon asked. And I shook my head. It wasn’t locked and someone could have opened a portal and taken her.

Before we had time to think of a plan, my phone started ringing in my pocket. I pulled it out to see that my father was calling me. He must be at the council building if he was calling and not minlinking.

“Father, l can’t…”

“Son, why is there a huge angry gold wolf staring at me? And where the hell is her protection?” He growled.

“Where are you?” I rushed out.

“I’m at the council building.” I sighed out in relief.

“She is safe. Get everything in order and meet us here.” He told me before ending the call.

“What?” Derek asked, worried.

“She’s at the council building,” I told them.

“How the hell did she get there? lt’s over four hours away?” Brandon exclaimed, and I shrugged. I didn’t know how she got there or why she would even go there. And how the hell did she get out of the apartment?

“I don’t know, but she’s safe. She’s with my father, and the building is heavily guarded. Let’s get packed and then we can portal over there. Sage, can you pack a bag for Ashlyn?” I asked her.

“Yeah, I’ll pack for her.” She answered, while heading into Ashlyn’s closet.

We all walked out to get our sh!t together, but I could see that Derek was about to break down. He knew he could lose Ashlyn over this entire situation, mark or no mark.

Ashlyn

Tundra walked up to the front gates of the council building. It looked like an ancient castle surrounded by a beautiful garden. The gate wrapped around the property was heavily guarded. .

“ls the Alpha King here?” Tundra spoke out loud to the warriors manning the front gate.

“What?” one man stuttered out. Tundra sat down with a huff. Tundra reached out to the mind of the king until we could speak to him.

“Arthur, Tundra is at the front gate.” I told him.

Tundra sat there waiting for the Alpha King. Every time a warrior tried to approach her, she would growl, causing them to step back. It took him a few minutes until we saw him walking down the driveway towards the gates.

The gates opened, and the king walked towards Tundra. Tundra bowed her head to him, in a sign of respect for our current king.

“Ashlyn, what are you doing here? Where is Mason?” He asked. Tundra huffed and shook her head.

“Come on then, let’s get you inside and find some clothes so you can shift back.” He said. Tundra followed him up the driveway and into the castle. As soon as Tundra stepped through the doorway, something forced her to shift and, thank the goddess, I wasn’t na*ked.

I was now standing in the foyer, in my gold and white lace dress. I didn’t realize that council members had already arrived, and they greeted me with gasps from everyone in the foyer, including our king.

“Ashlyn, are you okay?” He asked with concern, just before a little girl ran up to me with tears in her eyes. She wrapped her little arms around my legs, sobbing into my dress.

“My Queen, I’m so sorry” A woman came up to me, trying to pull the child away.

“It’s okay.” I rested my hand on the little girl’s head to comfort her.

“Ashlyn, this is the Fae Queen, Melanie.” The king introduced us.

“Please don’t take away my daddy?” The little girl cried out, looking up at me with tears running down her face. I knelt down, so I was eye level with her.

“What would make you think that?” | asked her softly, brushing away her tears.

“Mommy said the Queen would claim daddy and he would leave us. They were fighting.” She sniffed.

“And is this your mommy?” I asked her, pointing to the Fae Queen. And she nodded. I could tell the Fae Queen was uncomfortable, but she said nothing.

“What’s your name, sweetheart?” I asked her.

“Aurora,” She sniffed, wiping her nose on her hand.

“Aurora, do you believe I’m the Queen?” I asked her, and she nodded.

“You’re wearing a crown?” She said, pointing to my head, and I reached my hand up to indeed wear a crown.

“Aurora, I would never take your daddy away from you or your mommy,” I told her with a smile.

“Really?” she gasped.

“I promise,” I told her and she wrapped her little arms around me in a big hug and I hugged her back, just as tightly.

When Aurora pulled away, I k!ssed her forehead, causing a gold light to appear. It started where my l!ps touched her skin and made its way down to her feet and disappeared.

“My Queen,” her mother gasped.

“My Queen, you blessed our daughter.” The Fae King spoke while walking up beside his Queen.

“Queen?” Aurora asked shyly.

“Yes, Aurora?”

“Would you like to color with me?” she asked me and I smiled.

“I would love to color with you.” I told her and her face lit up with the biggest grin.

“I’ll have someone set something up in the library.” Arthur told me, and I nodded. I stood up, Aurora taking my hand in her small one, and I was holding back my tears.

“ls it alright if I take Aurora to go color?” l asked her parents.

“Of course, my Queen,” The Fae King answered. He was a very handsome man. Dark skin, purple eyes and shoulder-length dark brown hair. He would have been one of my mates, but I could see that he had made his choice and they shared a beautiful little girl together.

The Alpha King pointed me in the library’s direction, but before we could start our walk, the Fae Queen grabbed my other hand.

“My Queen?” She looked concerned.

“Melanie, don’t.” Her mate warned her.

“What is it?” I asked her. And I could tell that she was nervous about what she wanted to ask me. arm.

“About my mate.” she started, but l interrupted her.

“He’s made his choice, and I would never take that away from him. You have a beautiful family, and I promise I will never come between you and your mate.” I reassured her, and she nodded.

“Come on, Queen.” Aurora whined out, pulling on my

“I m coming.” I laughed at her.

Aurora and I walked together, hand in hand, to the library. I sat down at the desk and she climbed into my lap to sit with me. The coloring pages were all different fantasy characters.

“Do you have a favorite princess?” I asked her, while she passed me a picture of a dragon sitting on top of a castle. I smiled when I thought of Derek’s dragon, but then I frowned when I thought of Derek.

“I like the mermaid one.” She told me while she colored a picture of mermaids swimming.

“You wanna know a secret?” I whispered to her, and she nodded excitedly.

“When I was a little girl, I would dream about being a mermaid.” I told her and she gasped.

“Really? I do too!” She excitedly yelled at me.

“What color was your tail?” She turned in my lap to ask me.

“What color would you like it to be?” I asked her and she was thinking.

“Pink!” she exclaimed, turning back to face her picture. She was coloring away while I was watching her. It broke my heart to think that I could have, one day, been doing this with my pup. They sit on my lap, coloring or playing with their toys. I needed this war to end so I could start living the life I wanted.