Rejected, My Jaded Love
Episode 90

Asher’s Perspective

We turn back towards the front and look at Jocelyn Taylor, who is now standing and looking back towards Sylvia Devoe. She has clearly been crying and upset and had tearstains on her face. Jocelyn continues to speak to the pack members, “My brother’s mind linked me before his death to apologize for his actions and to tell me goodbye. He also told me that I would be staying with Beta Williams and his family for as long as I need to and that Beta Williams would be acting Alpha until our half-brother Conner Smith was old enough to complete Alpha Training and then take over the pack if Beta Williams thinks that it is the right time for hi to take over. He also told me what he did, some of which I witnessed, and some of what he did this week to Jade. He was ashamed of his actions and sorry at all that he had put Jade through. He said that he had apologized to Jade’s brother’s and her mate and asked them to tell her that he was really sorry for all of his actions. He also told me that when he Alpha Commanded Sylvia Devoe that she argued with him and then refused to comply with the command. He did Alpha Command her, she refused, and I bet that the only reason that she came to the meeting, instead of begging off because of her family being killed, was to protect all her stuff. I am ashamed of my brother’s actions, he allowed Danica to do as she wanted as she had him wrapped around her finger and she hated Jade. The people who were responsible for allowing a pack member to be abused and bullied. I believe that Conner, my half-brother, will do a great job as the next Alpha. I hope that Beta Williams will allow Conner and my half-sister Elaine Smith to go ahead and move into the Alpha’s quarters in the packhouse as he runs the pack in the interim until Conner is ready to lead.”

“I second that, for beta Williams to run the pack until Conner is ready to take over. It would have been terrible for the pack for Eric and Danica to be running this pack, she would have run it into the ground, and he would have allowed it to happen to let her do whatever she wanted. She was a hateful bully and didn’t deserve to be Luna, I blame her for how Eric has changed the last few years. He used to be a good man” One of the pack members calls out.

“So, we are agreed, I will run the pack while I teach Conner how to be an Alpha. When he graduates high school, he will go to Alpha Training and when he graduates from it, we will see if he feels ready to run it himself and if he had found his Luna, by that time, as she will help him to run the pack. I have a good feeling about this. Conner, can you come up her to the stage, please?” Beta Williams says.

A tall, broad young man stands up from where he was sitting and comes up to the stage. It was weird how much he looks like Eric Taylor, but his eyes were grey, instead of Eric’s hazel color, and you could tell he was younger than Eric had been. This is probably why Eric had made the comments about his dad not doing right by his family, and teaching Eric everything that he knew. It was clear to anyone who had eyes that Conner belonged to former Alpha Edmond Taylor, as the boys could have almost been twins, they were total carbon copies of each other.

“Conner, do you promise to sever the Howling Wolf pack to the best of your ability? To take care of all of your pack members? To follow the Werewolf laws and traditions that we uphold? To make sure that we are in accordance with the laws per what the Council member tells us?” Beta Williams calls out to Conner Smith as he swears him into the position of being the new Alpha Heir.

“I do,” Conner says looking a little overwhelmed. We all clap for him, and I make a mental note to go and speak with him, with Asher, after the meeting to show him our support and that as long as he follows the laws, we will help him as much as he needs us to.

“I give you soon-to-be Alpha, Conner Smith” Beta Williams calls out to the pack members, with a lot of cheering and yelling going on.

“Guards, please take Gamma Female Devoe to one of our nicest cells, please,” Beta Williams tells two of the Howling Wolf’s guards.

We can hear her yelling and threatening the guards until she was finally clear of the building.

The meeting was completed, and Asher and I approach Conner to speak to him. “We just wanted to tell you that if you need us to help you, we would be glad to do it. Asher is currently in Alpha Training, and I will be going after school this year. You will be going the year after me. If you have questions that Beta Williams can not answer, we can always reach out to our dads to ask the question as they have been running their packs for a long time. I hope you will not be holding a grudge against us for our actions. We did what we felt needed to be done, with what had gone on previously in your pack, and the escalation while we were on vacation, this needed to end so Jade could feel safe again. The people that we killed, they were not good people, but we are sorry for the loss of your father and your half-brother” Tyler tells Conner.

“I did not have a relationship with my father for 90% of my life. He ignored me to keep the peace with his wife, who went out of her way to give my mother, my sister, Elaine, and me, any trouble that she could. My half-brother ignored me, but I guess it was better than being bullied. I know he could tell that we were siblings as since I have grown older, we were almost identical, except for our eyes. It was frankly quite difficult living in this pack. There were a lot of bullying and meanspirited people here, but it looks like you may have taken care of the ones who caused the biggest problems in the pack. I knew Jade, she was a really nice person but unfortunately for her, Eric’s girlfriend Danica and her friend Sophia always hated her for some reason. I always thought that it was because although Eric tried to hide it, he had a thing for her, so they bullied her every day. It was absolutely disgusting what they did, and I hope that we will all be on the same page together as a pack to make sure it doesn’t happen again. I will see what I can do about getting those videos of her being bullied taken down for her. I am in the same grade as Danica’s sister and she is not an ugly person like Danica was, she probably bullied her too, so she may be able to find a way to log into her videos and get them deleted. I do appreciate the offer of help from both of you and I am sure that I will be taking you up on that. I haven’t had any problems with my half-sister Jocelyn Taylor, and I believe what she said about Sylvia taking money that should have belonged to Jade. Sylvia doesn’t work and the wages that Gamma Devoe was making wouldn’t have paid for everything near what they had, especially that house she had built. I will make sure that the money that she deserves, is returned to Jade. I may buy the house at fair market value to use for visitors to the pack, we can buy off the vehicles as they have several, then sell off her jewelry and furs to get us as close to the million as we can get. The Howling Wolf pack will then pay the difference between what we can get for all Sylvia’s items and the one million that Jade is owed. I am sure that Sylvia will not be agreeing so we will keep her in a cell until it is complete. I would offer her a job in the pack, but I know that she does not want to work, and will just be causing problems, so I will either do it myself or let Beta Marcus banish her from our pack. I will make sure that you know that she is banished from the pack on the day that we do it, just in case she comes to the Stone Moon pack to try to get Jade, or if you want, since we all know that she indeed did this to Jade, if you want to take her with you after she signs over the deed to her home, so we can buy it outright, we can do that too. I know her, and I believe that she WOULD come and give Jade problems down the road as you would have taken away what she loves, and I don’t mean her husband or her son. I am sure that she probably loved them in her own way, but apparently, less than she loves all the items that she had bought over the years. I am ashamed of the actions of so many of our ranked members. I want us to start anew and make this a pack that we can all be proud of. Let me and Beta Marcus know what you want to do, especially if you want to take Sylvia with you for punishment, as I want to get the deed signed over to us and everything be above board as I want everything to be like that from today forward. I am going to go speak with Marcus, so he is up to speed on what I want to do for Jade. I will speak to you both later” Conner tells us as he walks away.

“I believe that he will do a great job for the Howling Wolf pack, he seems like a bright young man for only being 16 years old. He will surely turn this pack around, from where it was” Asher tells me.

“I agree. I think we need to get with Tate and decide on if we want to take Sylvia with us, or just take care of her here so she can be buried with her family?” Tyler says. I agree and we head off to go find Tate to talk.