The Failed Rejection
Chapter 50

Penelope pov

It was the first day of spring semester and several days since she had seen LB. Penelope touched the mark on her neck as she was missing him like crazy, but she knew things would work out.

Braxton stayed behind at her pack to work on this new rogue king as well as the issue with the werewolf council. Penelope knew that things were getting intense but there was nothing she could do about it right now. Penelope had to return with Chris and keep an eye on him. She was with him when he woke up in his dorm room and he woke up crying for Max. Chris’s memories seemed to be successfully changed as he cried out that he had no idea Max had a drug problem. When Chris asked her if she had noticed any suspicious behavior from Max, Penelope was able to admit that Max had accosted her before he disappeared.

That night as Penelope was eating dinner she received a call on Skype. She quickly answered it as she knew it was Braxton.

“Hey babe!” She replied ecstatic as his face popped up on the screen. He smiled with love clear in his eyes.

“Hey babe what are you doing?”

“Finishing up dinner, what about you?”

“We just ate.”

“What did Helen cook?” Penelope asked knowing he was still at the pack house.

“Tacos, everyone was missing you, especially the kids and me of course.” Brax said and it warmed her heart. “I saved mine so I could eat with you.” Brax told her and showed her his plate.

“What a coincidence as I’m making tacos,” Penelope said as she held up her plate of crappy homemade tacos.

“Looks delicious,” LB smiled at her. They chatted as they ate their meals. Penelope told him about her first day of classes while Brax told her that tomorrow he is going to Axel’s pack.

“Why?” She couldn’t help but ask.

“The cubs need to be around other bears and they haven’t been doing well in the nursery here,” Brax sighed heavily.

“Oh no! Have there been fights?” Penelope asked remembering how defensive the cubs were when she met them. It was understandable as they were taken by rogue wolf’s, but not okay to take it out on pups. Brax nodded,

“Yeah there have been a few fights which is why Dakota suggested it.”

“When are your brothers returning back home?” Penelope asked with the mention of one of his brothers.

“We are all flying out tomorrow except Dash, he’s staying here and then when then cubs are safe at the pack then they will return. All except Denali, he wants to stay here with me,” Brax explained to her.

“Well what about his mate?” Penelope asked. It was one the night before she left that LB told her that all of his brothers except Dash were mated.

“She’s going to be flying out here to help,” Braxton stated. “When she lands we are going to head to Philly.” Penelope was shocked,

“Why? I mean don’t get me wrong I’ll be glad to see you, but you have a lot to do there.” Brax smiled,

“I remembered what happened to me before I was attacked and I’m going to track them down and see what they remember about the auction, and see if we can track down the shifters or humans sold.” Braxton paused. “I also just want to see my mate.” Penelope laughed,

“I want to see you too.” The mated pair quickly finished eating and then picked a movie on Netflix. Penelope put her laptop on top of pillow on her new couch. She was so excited that her new apartment had a tv as well as a couch so she could do this with her mate. Once everything was set up the two of them started the second Enola Holmes movie.

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Brad pov

Brad hated leaving his newly found mate, but this was something that he had to do. The werewolf council was corrupt, that fact had been widely known for the last several years. Brad had just thought he was doing good as he was bringing peace to the packs despite the corruption. His brain was a jumbled mess.

“Our destiny is far greater than working for them,” his wolf grumbled in his head. Brad was so glad to have his wolf back.

“What do you mean by that?” Brad asked his wolf.

“Let’s just work on communicating with our mate for now, the rest will reveal itself in time,” Ajax told him. Brad sighed and grabbed his phone looking for the video that Lili sent him. The video was of basic signs, and Brad had to watch it several times before his hands could micic the same motions. Brad watched it until got a text from alpha brooks.

When are you landing?

Brad was thankful the werewolf council paid for his cellphone bill as he shot her a quick text back stating two hours. Then he texted his mate.

Me: this signing stuff isn’t as easy as I thought.

Violet: you don’t have to learn if you don’t want to.

Me: no! That’s not what I meant! I just want you to kno my signs won’t be perfect.

Violet; just the fact that you are trying means the world.

Brad smiled thinking of his soft and sweet mate. He continued to work on the signs until he thought he understood them and then relaxed. The plane would be landing soon.

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Brad got off the plane and into the black SUV an hour later. The trip to the council headquarters was quick and effortless. Brad walked through the halls ignoring everyone who attempted to talk to him. He honestly didn’t think he could trust anyone. Brad walked directly to Alpha Brooks door and gave two sharp knocks.

“Enter,” a voice called out.

“Did you know?” Brad asked her as he shut the door.

“About the experiments on humans?” Alpha Brooks asked Brad and he nodded.

“Of course I knew.”

“Then why didn’t you do anything about it?” Brad growled out furious.

“I may be an alpha Brad, but I am a female without a pack there is little I can do until your nephew comes of age and even then it’s just more of what I’m doing now.” Brooks stated, Brad was shocked, but not that surprised to be honest.

“What do you mean?” Brooks scoffed and rolled her eyes,

“I felt the presence of our new king the second he was born. We have to bide our time until he comes of age and ends this corrupt council.” Brooks said and that made Brad think,

“No I don’t think so.”

“What do you mean?” Brooks asked him.

“Callum’s father Killian is strong, his aura rival’s your own.”

“Impossible, unless..” Brooks trailed off thinking.

“What?” Brad asked and Alpha Brooks smiled,

“That boy truly will be the hope of all shifters. His wolf is subconsciously giving it to his father so Alpha Killian can protect him against threats.” Brad nodded,

“Well what about these protectors?” Brad asked the elder.

“The King will always need protection against threats, but especially now when he is young and hasn’t come into his own power. It is said that the king can have as little as two to as many as twelve protectors depending on the threat level.” Alpha Brooks gave him a look. “Why do you ask?”

“My nephew told me I was his protector,” Brad let out a sigh and Brooks give him a smile like the cat that ate the canary.

“I knew it! I knew you were special.” Brad shrugged his shoulders,

“I need your help, I need to know who is behind the ones with the experiments.” Brooks nodded,

“Elder Tobias, and Elder Caine are the ones who spearheaded the research, but be careful they are dangerous.” Alpha Brooks warned.

“Any soldiers you trust other than me to help?” Brad asked the Alpha knowing he would need some firepower. Brad also had to get to work on building the arsenal Killian requested.

“Give me a day and I’ll look through the personnel files.” Brooks said and Brad nodded.

“Can you also send me a big batch of silver?” Brad requested.

“Your bullets?” Brooks asked and Brad simply nodded.

“Smart boy.” Brad left and quickly returned to his room. Soon there was a delivery of food.

“Hey Miss Suzy,” Brad said as she entered the room.

“It’s good to see you Brad, be safe out there,” Suzy said as she placed the food on the bed and left. Brad had to get Suzy out of here before the council was brought down. Brad needed to clear his head, he needed his mate. He decided to FaceTime her so they could talk with his new signs, not that he knew many. When Violet picked up and he saw her beautiful face he forgot everything for a moment. Until she waved at him.

“Oh-h-hi!” Brad said very nervous. “How are you?” Brad did the sign for how and then pointed to her. His beautiful mate teared up and he panicked. “I’m sorry! What did I say? I swear that’s the sign for how!” Brad didn’t know what to do. Violet started to frantically shake her head, and do a sign that he thought meant fine.

“Fine?” He asked and Violet nodded. “I did it fine?” She nodded again. “Then why are you crying?” He asked confused. Violet gave him a weird look then did a lot of signs that he didn’t understand and blankness must of shown on his face. She then smiled then did one sign he did know. “Happy?” He asked her and she nodded. “I make you happy?” Brad asked again and she nodded. Brad smiled, “you make me happy too. I knew this wouldn’t be perfect, but I just wanted to see your beautiful face again. I miss you.” Brad told her, he didn’t bother any signs other than ‘beautiful’ and ‘miss’ as those were all he knew. Violet smiled signed ‘miss.’ There was a knock on his door and he knew it was the silver delivery.

“Okay love I have to get going, I have to make more of those silver bullets that I saved you with remember?” He asked her and she nodded. “It’s dangerous so feel free to text me but I won’t be able to text you back for several hours ok?” She nodded and held up one hand showing her index finger, pinky finger, and thumb. Brad had no idea what it meant and he would have to look it up later. Brad smiled and told her he would talk to her later. Then he answered the door, inspected the delivery, and got to work.