Desert Heat (Complete)
Desert Heat Chapter 79

{Allie’s P.O.V.}

“I believe the contract is now null and void,” C.J. said. I looked at him and was even more confused.

“What are you…” Alpha Brown started to say, but Dorian cut him off.

“You just admitted to committing three crimes while in your Alpha position. All three of which can have you removed from your position effective immediately, and any contracts you signed during your time as Alpha become null and void effective immediately as well,” the look on Brown’s face was priceless, but I still had no idea what was happening. I looked at C.J. who just smiled and told me to wait a minute.

“Deacon, now that your father will be removed from his position as Alpha, you automatically get the title as the firstborn,” C.J. says.

“WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO REMOVE ME FROM MY POSITION!?” Brown roars and screams.

“We don’t, but an Elder does,” C.J. says. “And it just so happens, we have an Elder here at the packhouse,” his eyes cloud over as he mind links, someone. A minute later, Charles walks in.

“Huh? Your father is an Elder?” I ask.

“Yes, he did so well with our pack, that the Elders of California offered him a promotion,” C.J. says. I smile at Charles and bow my head in congratulations.

“So, according to my son, Alpha Daniel Brown, you have admitted to committing three crimes while in your position as Alpha,” Charles says to him. You could see Brown seething in anger.

“You can’t prove anything!” Brown shouts.

“Daniel, you admitted to your crimes in front of five ranked wolves, we don’t need proof!” Dorian says. He called him by his first name and left out the title. That meant that Dorian no longer saw him as an Alpha. “Eight, if you include your sons,”

“Alpha Shaw, I will need you to report these crimes for them to be on the record,” Charles says.

“Elder Jefferies, Daniel Brown has admitted to murdering an Omega of another pack without cause. Secondly, that omega was his mate, with whom he has admitted to having fully mated; therefore, having killed his Luna,” Dorian said, and my jaw dropped to the floor.

“She wasn’t marked!” Daniel shouted.

“Daniel Brown, you of all people should know marking a mate is only a formality to strengthen the mate bond, but, mating is what seals that bond,” Charles says.

“Brandon, I don’t understand,” I whisper to him.

“Remember Giz, Alpha’s are held to a higher standard and they have more laws that they have to follow. An Alpha cannot kill a member of their pack, let alone another pack unless there is a justifiable cause, case in point, Jessica. She attacked you, her Luna, and joined forces with a rogue to try and take us both out. So, we had the green light to kill her. Also, Alphas are not allowed to kill their mate once they have mated because she is classified as a Luna. It’s one of the most absolute laws an Alpha has to uphold. If he had rejected her, then he would be safe, but he didn’t. He killed her, and in doing so, committed three crimes at once. Killed a member of another pack without cause, killed his mate after having mated with her, and killed a Luna,” Brandon explains, and I just make an O shape with my mouth.

“But wait, I was considered the Luna of our pack while I was still human and before ever having had s*x with Dorian,”

“Yeah, that’s because that’s what Dorian wanted. Once an Alpha announces he has a mate and considers her his Luna, then the pack has to follow that. But in Brown’s case, he mated with his mate. The moment he put his d**k inside of her, she was legally considered a Luna by werewolf law, because he was already an Alpha,” My eyes bulge out of my face when I hear this.

“Daniel Brown! I, Charles Jefferies, Elder werewolf of the state of California, hereby rescind your title as Alpha of the Yellow Moon pack effective immediately! You are hereby sentenced to banishment and will now be classified as a rogue!” Charles said in the deepest tone of voice I have ever heard. As soon as he said this, you could feel the Alpha aura from Daniel disintegrate. He fell to his knees like he could feel himself become weak. I looked at the triplets and they were just staring daggers at their father. They didn’t feel bad for him, but why would they? He admitted to killing their birth mother.

“Can he do that?” I whisper to Brandon.

“Yeah, only an Elder can banish an Alpha, but the Elder has to be within the same state of that Alpha’s pack,”

“Oh, so I guess it’s a good thing I made Dorian make the meeting take place here instead of our house,”

“Yeah, good call on that one Giz,”

“Jonathan, have the guards remove this rogue from my territory,” C.J. said in his Alpha tone. Something about C.J. made my head spin. Why was his essence so familiar? A couple of minutes later, guards came in and removed Daniel Brown. The triplets watched as their father was removed and I could see their hearts break a little.

“Deacon Brown,” Charles said to Deacon. Deacon turned to face Charles with his head down. “Do you swear to uphold our laws to the best of your ability? Do you swear to lead your pack with strength, honor, and courage? Do you swear to be just, kind, and fair?”

“I swear to do so,”

“I, Charles Jefferies, Elder werewolf of the state of California, hereby declare you, Deacon Brown, Alpha of the Yellow Moon Pack,” Deacon bowed his head, and you could immediately feel his Alpha aura come to life. I swear I felt like I was in some kind of movie. Charles then bowed to all of us and left.

“Whoa,” I said out and everyone just laughed at me. “That was some crazy s**t I just witnessed,”

“Allie!” Dorian scolded me and I pressed my lips together.

“Alpha Deacon Brown,” C.J. addressed him. Deacon just looked at him. “Given that the contract is now null and void, I guess there is no need to continue this meeting,”

“Agreed; however, before we leave…” Deacon looked at his brothers and his eyes clouded over a minute. They all nodded. “Alpha Jefferies, Alpha Shaw, Luna, and Betas, we hope that what has happened here today does not hinder our chances of creating an alliance between our packs. What our father has done was of his own choices, and we do not believe what he believes. I would like to start over and begin a clean slate with both of your packs,” he bows his head.

Dorian and C.J. look at each other a moment and nod. Dorian the looks down at me,

“Baby?”

“Does my opinion matter?” I ask.

“Legally, it’s actually required,” he tells me and smiles

“Oh,” I look at the Brown triplets and look into each of their eyes. I sensed nothing but goodness. I look at Dorian and nod my head in agreement. Dorian and C.J. face Deacon and all three nod their heads once in agreement.

“Let’s go,” Deacon says to his brothers and they leave. Once the door closes, Mrs. Murphy bursts into tears.

“Thank you, Luna!” Mr. Murphy says while holding a blubbering Mrs. Murphy.

“I didn’t do anything,” I say.

“Baby, you did everything,” Dorian tells me. I turn and look at him confused.

“Allie, you’re the one that got Brown to admit he killed his mate,” C.J. says. I just nodded my head. “Damn, Dorian, I really am jealous of you now,”

“I really do have the perfect mate, and Luna don’t I?” Dorian says and k****s me on the temple. I just smile and stick my tongue out.

“I think we should call the girls,” I tell Dorian and I see their parents light up.

“We can do a video call,” C.J. says.

“Brandon, text Mikey and have him gather the triplets and the guys into the conference room,” Dorian says. Brandon pulls out his phone and makes the arrangements. Once we hear back that they’re gathered we call them from C.J.’s office.

“Luna?”

“Hi girls,” I just stare blankly at them.

“It’s bad news isn’t it?” Katie asks near tears.

“I’m afraid so,” I tease them and watch their eyes fill with tears. “You three are stuck with those dimwits sitting next to you for the rest of your life,” I conclude. They look at me again and I just smile. All three of them burst into tears. Nick is spinning Savannah, Paxton is full-on kissing Ava, and Simba hugs Katie while looking at me through the camera. I wink at him. “Girls,” they all look at me again with smiles and tears. “Your parents are here, I think you should take some time to talk to them,” they all nod.

We leave Mr. and Mrs. Murphy alone in the office and go into the dining room. Lucas and Leah are sitting at the table playing blackjack,

“How did it go?” Lucas asks. Leah looks up with curiosity.

“They are not going anywhere,” I tell them and they both sigh in relief.

“How did you get them to void the contract?” Lucas asks.

“Technically, we didn’t,” Brandon said sitting down next to Leah. “The Alpha unknowingly admitted to having broken our laws and in doing so, he was stripped of his title, and any contracts that he entered into while Alpha became void automatically,”

“How do you unknowingly admit to breaking the law?” Leah asked.

“Gizmo tricked him into it,” Brandon responded.

“I didn’t trick him. I asked a few questions and he just blabbed away,” I reply.

“Where’s my son?” Brandon asked.

“Our son is napping with his grandparents,” Leah responded.

I just smiled at them. Dorian came up behind me and hugged me and kissed my cheek.

“I am so turned by you Allie, too bad the guestrooms aren’t soundproofed,” he says and k****s my neck.

“Actually Dorian, that’s not true,” Leah said. We looked at her. “After what happened with Allie and her heat last year, Charles had all of the rooms in the packhouse soundproofed,” I looked up at Dorian and his eyes immediately turn black.

“Same room?” he asks Leah and she nods her head. Before I could even say anything Dorian threw me over his shoulder caveman-style and ran up the stairs to the guest room and slammed the door.

{C.J.’s P.O.V.}

As I was coming into the dining room, Dorian ran past me with Allie over his shoulder giggling. I looked back at everyone else,

“I told them the guestrooms are now soundproofed,” Leah said. I just laughed and sat down at the table with them.

“So, Lucas?” he nods. “Do you have a rank?” I ask.

“No, Alpha Jefferies. I am an upper-level omega and a team lead for Dorian’s company. I lead a group of sharpshooters,”

“Oh wow, that’s pretty amazing. I see that you are married as well,” I say pointing at his wedding band.

“Yes, my mate and I got married a year after we met,” he responded.

“Correct me if I am wrong, but were you two on the call when I first contacted Dorian about Yellow Moon?”

“Yes, that is correct. We were just sitting out of view,”

“So, tell me about your wife,”

“Her name is Samantha, but everyone calls her Sam. She’s 26 and is a team lead for a group of fighters all trained in hand to hand combat. Sam holds three black belts in different kinds of martial arts. She and I are also the head trainers for our pack warriors,”

“Sam is a total bad-a*s,” Leah chimes in.

“Oh, how so?” I ask.

“Sam has beaten every male warrior’s a*s in sparring. The only person she hasn’t beaten is Dorian,” Leah explains all proud.

“Is Dorian that good?” I ask.

“Dorian is that strong,” Brandon added.

“The boss’ strength comes from Allie,” Lucas said.

“What do you mean?” I ask.

“The boss has always been a strong leader, stronger fighter, and powerful Alpha, but ever since Allie came into this life. He’s become even stronger. He has something, no, someone worth fighting for, aside from his pack,” Lucas explains. Someone worth fighting for? I guess having a mate really does strengthen an Alpha. I was very envious of Dorian and Allie. I hoped that one day I would find my mate. Being a 25-year-old unmated Alpha was hard, but I knew that one day I would find my mate. I just had to wait for the moon goddess to bless me.

We all stayed in the dining room and had lunch. We chatted and got to know each other, and Brandon was giving me advice on how to find a good Beta to replace Jonathan. I needed to do it soon, but I still had time to find the right person for the job. A couple of hours later, Dorian came back down,

“Where’s Allie?” I ask.

“Unconscious,” he says. I just look at him.

“Did you make her blackout again!?” Leah shouted

“What if I did?” Dorian responded.

“Come on man! Stop doing that to Gizmo!” Brandon said.

“I can’t help it,”

“Blackout?” I ask. I look at Dorian and he just smirks. “Wow,” is all I can say when I realize what he did. “Do you do that often?”

“I try not to honestly because I know how much it can wear her out, but Allie tends to project her ability when we’re having s*x,” Dorian says.

“Ability?”

“DORIAN!!” the others shout at him.

“Ah f**k,” he mutters.

“Allie is so going to deny you s*x now,” Leah says.

“What’s going on?” I ask no one in particular.

“Gizmo has an ability to project l**t,” Brandon says.

“Project l**t!?” I couldn’t have heard that right. They all nod.

“Physically, it only works on Dorian, because he is her mate, but she can actually project it mentally to women which allows them briefly project it to their mates. She did it to us on our way back from the Bahamas,”

“So, you guys are saying that if Allie is in the mood, everyone around her can be?” I asked for clarification.

“Basically,” they all say in unison.

“Dorian, can I trade places with you?” I say in a joking tone. I half expected him to get mad, but he just laughed. “Damn, I really wish I had a mate,”

“Why not ask Allie to help?” Leah said.

“I did, but she said no promises,”

“Please, now that Allie has a bond with you, she can easily find your mate,” Brandon said.

“I think Allie may already know,” Dorian said. We all look at him.

“Boss?” Lucas says.

“The entire time we’ve been here, Allie has been saying that something about C.J. is familiar to her, but she couldn’t understand why. The last time Allie said something along those lines, she found two mates in one night,”

“Oh my gosh, Andre and Bryce,” Leah said.

“Who’s Bryce?”

“A werebear. He’s a security guard at one of my night clubs,” Brandon replied.

“Allie found a mate for a bear?”

“Partner, but yes,” Brandon said.

“The point is, Allie only gets these senses after she meets and creates a bond with both parties,” Dorian continued. “Which means, that Allie has met your future mate and already has a bond with him or her,”

“Her, I’m not gay,”

“Didn’t say you were, just saying in general,” Dorian said. I nodded.

“Too bad Gizmo isn’t awake, thanks to someone,” Brandon made a face at Dorian.

“f**k off Brandon,” Dorian replied. I couldn’t help but laugh. “Plus, I think I may know who it is myself,”

“You do?!” Lucas, Brandon, and Leah asked.

“Allie hasn’t really met anyone new in the last several months. But there is one person that she recently built a bond with…” Dorian says and then looks at Brandon and Lucas.

“No! You don’t think…” Brandon says

“Boss, are you sure?” Lucas asks.

“Only one way to find out,” Dorian says. “C.J., how about coming to my company for a visit?”

“Huh? How did we go from a potential mate to visiting your company?”

“C.J. you i***t! Dorian is saying that your potential mate is at his company!” Leah says flicking a card at me.

“Squirt you could have poked my eye out with that!”

“Oh, you would have healed,” I roll my eyes at her.

I looked at Dorian who just raised his brows. Could my mate really be at his company?