The Wrong Alpha - A Twist Of Fate?
The Wrong Alpha – A Twist Of Fate? Chapter 93

As we set off driving I thought I should probably pre-warn my Mum, so I get my phone out and dial her number putting it on loudspeaker.

“Hello, Lilah? Are you ok? Thought you were staying with Indie tonight…” Mum greeted me.

“Hey mama, how are you? Is pops ok?” I reply.

“Yeah both good sweetheart. What’s wrong?” Ok so she can sense something isn’t right….

“Mama something happened when I was staying at the pack house….”I begin.

“Oh dear, do you need us to come and get you? Are you ok?” My mum interrupted me, suddenly muttering away.

“Mum I’m fine. I’m on my way over now to speak to you all. I had planned to come and do it tomorrow but we ran into Logan and Anya while we popped out, and I didn’t want them coming back and saying something first.” I explain “while I was at the pack house I met my mate…..”

“What?! TRENT!! Get here now!!” My mum shrieked, Knox looked across at me and grinned “wait are you sure Lilah?”

“Oh I’m sure mama,” I say.

“Trent, get here!! Lilah has found her mate!! Our little girl has found her mate!! They are coming to see us!! Now!!” I hear my mum offloading to my Dad. Knox is just smiling at me.

“Hey pops” I say to acknowledge he’s joined us.

“Hey Lilah sweetheart, is this true? You met your mate visiting Indie?” My dad asks.

“Well kind of. I ended up staying because we worked late, but yes my mate is from Midnight Forest Pack” I say trying to keep my breathing calm. Both my parents seem excited.

“That’s wonderful Lilah!” My dad says ” and you’re on your way for us to meet him?”

“Yes pops, but there’s a little more…” I’m dreading this bit….

“Oh?” My Dads voice falters slightly

“My mate is Alpha Knox” I tell my parents.

“Oh?” I hear my dad says, shock evident in his tone.

“Really?! An alpha?!” My mum squeals.

Knox let out a small chuckle. I give him a dirty look.

“He is here if you want to speak to him..” I suggest. Knox doesn’t look so smug now…..haha that will teach him… d**k….

“Hi Mr and Mrs Patterson. I look forward to meeting you both. Though Mr Patterson I believe we have worked together a few times.” Knox sounds awkward, and it’s my turn to chuckle a little. Is he nervous about meeting my parents? Haha..

“Indeed we have. I can’t quite believe you are my daughters mate…. You are a lucky man Alpha Knox” my Dad tells him. Oh goddess how embarrassing…I roll my eyes at my dad…

“Oh I know sir” Knox smiles at me as he speaks “I am blessed to have been fated with Lilah as a mate, and from what I have heard from my senior staff she has been doing amazingly at the business too” he winks at me. I know he is sweetening my Dad up. Such a suck up…my Mum and Dad will love him…. Dammit…

“well we will let you get off and see you when you arrive. I imagine you will need to speak to Alpha too, but first we’ll chat, how’s that?” My mum says.

“Sounds good” I tell her, then I hang up.

I look to Knox. “Sorry about that, I just wanted to warn them”

“It’s all good. We’ll be there in about fifteen minutes”

I look out of the window, dreading what might be waiting when we get to pack….

What if Logan had said something bad about me? What if they made Knox hate me like half the people in pack seemed to now? My mind wandered and I could feel tears prickling at my eyes. I need to be strong, we could have a way out…I sniffed lightly, trying to fight back the threatening tears….

“Lilah, are you ok?” Knox looked to me, offering his hand, leaving the other steering.

“Just anxious” I explain squeezing his hand as we pull up the pack gates.

A guard stopping the car, as I’d expect. But the second he saw me he waved us through, which if Logan knew would piss him off as he literally just waved another Alpha onto pack…

Knox must have thought the same “well invading your pack was nice and easy” he grinned. I roll my eyes at him. Well he isn’t wrong…

“We got this sweet. If I am full on I apologise, I just want your parents to know I will look after you.” I can’t help but smile at him now.

See why does he have to be so sweet and irresistible like that?!

“Now you might have to direct me there” he adds. oh of course, not sure why I expected him to find his way there without me directing him…

I give him directions to my parents house, knowing they both seemed happy on the phone.

So should all be ok. It would be speaking to the Alpha I was unsure of and the fact Knox planned to address the issue of how I’d been treated. I was dreading this….

We pulled up outside the house, and within seconds my Mum was out of the house, flinging her arms around my neck as I stepped from the car “oh Lilah I’m so excited for you!!” She said.

Oh goddess she’ll be planning a wedding before I get chance to breathe….planning grand pups…. It should be me excited…. She seems literally giddy!

My Dad had come to the door too but was stood back watching Knox as he came out of the car and walked around to stand by me. Looking down at me and smiling.

“Hi Mrs Patterson. Lovely to meet you” he smiled at my Mum.

“Oh call me Sadie. Alpha Knox. Do come in” she led us to the house, though I swear she was close to flinging her arms around Knox too…literally giddy I swear!! She is going to be a nightmare!!

We walked inside “hi Beta Patterson, how are you?” Knox offered him his hand, and my Dad shook it and smiled “I’m good Alpha Knox thanks, you?” Jeez this is awkward….

“Do go sit in the living room, I’ll sort some drinks. Would you like a coffee?” My mum seemed excited just to have Knox here. It was almost amusing.

“A black coffee would be great thanks” he smiled at her.

“So you wanting to move straight to Midnight River Pack Lilah?” My dad asks immediately to the point.

I look at him sadly “I think so, is that ok?”

“Of course, of course. I’d expect nothing less. I know Alpha Knox is a good Alpha so I know you will be well looked after sweetheart” he nods toward Knox in acknowledgment.

Well that was easier than I expected… and going off my mum’s reaction she’d likely be packing my bags and pushing me out of the door before I finish my drink…probably with advice on how to get pregnant so she can have grand babies as soon as possible….

Knox smiles at him “thank you. I appreciate that. Actually Beta Patterson may I speak with you about some concerns I have?”

My Dads face darkens, looking at Knox “about my Lilah?”

“No no sir, not as such. With finding Lilah was my mate we have been talking a lot and a few things have come up, including many things from her past…” my Dad was scowling as Knox spoke “including things with Logan Ashwood”

“That is the past though. Are you unsure if Lilah is right for you? Is that it?” He demanded oh f*****g hell, just what I needed my dad getting in a mood…he think Knox is implying I’ve done stuff with Logan I think…..

“Oh no not at all, she is most certainly right for me, I am mentioning this to you because I believe the things I discovered that concern me would greatly concern you as Lilah’s father too… but perhaps not just as her father but as Beta…it would concern me that a future Alpha and Luna has acted in such a way. That is why I wanted to come to you. I hope you appreciate that, I am doing this not to cause problems between packs, but to protect Lilah, my mate.” I could see Knox was trying to explain this as politically as he could. My Dad however didn’t look impressed….

I sat shaking nervously in my chair, my Dad eyeing me and Knox angrily “what’s going on?” he demanded.

“Here are the coffees, some cakes too” my mum comes into the room cheerfully completely oblivious to what she’s just walked in on. “Oh you’re not being the overbearing father are you Trent?”

“No, but Alpha Knox has some information I’d like to hear” his eyes still not leaving Knox.

So I sat while Knox took my phone, showed my Dad the screenshots I’d built up over time, my Dad’s anger was evident on his face, but he let Knox continue to explain the things I had told him about the torture, the broken bones, the bullying, the ostracising, the mind games from Logan trying to get me back, I saw tears in my Mum’s eyes and she was now tightly holding my hand in hers but remained silent allowing Knox to talk.

“You threw yourself downstairs to get yourself checked over to cover her injuring you?!” My Dad said quietly, obviously connecting Knox mentioning me having a broken arm because of her the day they had found out they were mates…

My mum lets out a pained sob “I didn’t have Sky to help me heal, so I needed to get it checked…” I whisper.

“Oh sweetheart. I am so sorry…” Dad looked broken.

Then Knox played the recording from earlier tonight for them to hear too. My Dads jaw was was so tight hearing me referred to so negatively by them, he was beyond fury now.

“Is this everything?” My Dad looked to Knox.

“Physical evidence I believe so. But Indie tells me when they went swimming a few times she saw bruising and scratching on Lilah in various stages of healing…” Knox spoke quietly obviously thinking of a way to lie about the bruising he had in fact seen “I’m sorry to have to bring this to your attention, but it hurts me that Lilah has had to go through this, but concerns me that this is from a future Alpha and a future Luna, and I wonder if this should be raised sir”

“I can’t thank you enough for making me aware. Lilah I have failed you, I am so sorry. And Alpha Knox, I couldn’t agree more this is not the actions of a future Alpha or Luna. I will be bringing this to the Alpha myself you do not need to worry about that. And if it is not dealt with I will be reporting it to the council so it is investigated so I would appreciate if I could have copies of these please” my Dad’s voice was full of authority despite the fact he was speaking to an Alpha.

Not that Knox looked bothered in the slightest, he knew my Dad was upset and was wanting to protect me as much as he did.

“Lilah sweetheart I don’t know how you have coped… I wish I had known… they tried to say you had mental health problems due to the situation with Logan, obviously we denied that….but the attempts on your life made many people believe it… though knowing all this and the fact you went through that alone it is no wonder you felt there was no way out…. I just wish you felt you could come to us” my dad finished, looking to me, tears in his eyes, I had rarely seen him cry…

“I’m sorry pops” I whisper.

“Thank you Beta Patterson. I don’t want to be seen to be causing issues between packs, though please know if needed I would do what is needed to help protect your daughter. So any assistance needed let me know and it will be provided”. Knox speaks calmly.

“Ok formalities are done then son. Shall we have some coffee and cake before going to see the Alpha to tell him you will be taking my daughter home with you?” My Dad smiled at me. Son?! Wait, what? Where did that come from?

“Sounds good Mr Patterson” Knox smiles.

My mum reaches for me again “Lilah I wish you had told me”

“I didn’t want to put anyone at risk Mum, and I wasn’t sure anyone would believe me. She told me that Dad could lose his job…. I was worried I would be disowned… or you would be pushed out of the pack like I had….Don’t worry, everything will be ok now” I reassure them both.

Dad smiled sadly across the coffee table to me “I feel we failed you Lilah, I want to go and rip that boys throat out but let’s do this the right way. I will do all I can to make sure he does not become Alpha of this pack. While you go and flourish as a beautiful Luna to this fine Alpha at Midnight Forest, I couldn’t be prouder sweetheart”

I hated that we were lying to him, yet I smiled at him, a tear in my eye. I could see Knox smiling too. There was a knock at the door.

“Oh that may be my Beta and Gamma, I asked them to come in case there were any issues with your Alpha” Knox explained “especially with the information I gave you”

“Sensible.” My Dad nodded “I’ll let them in. ” he said standing to walk to the door.

Jake, Gabe, Dan and Manuel walked in. “Hey” they greeted us.

“Hi Beta Patterson” Jake greeted my Dad, “hope you don’t mind us turning up unannounced.”

“No problem. In you boys come, wasn’t expecting quite so many, you expecting trouble Alpha?” he chuckled.

“Well you never know” Knox smiled at my Dad, weirdly I could see these two getting on, which was going to make it harder when I decide I didn’t want to have a mate….or if I decide… oh I don’t know….

“you boys want a coffee? May have to grab yourself a chair from the dining room though” Mum said, walking to the kitchen, this time I notice with less excitement than earlier. What she heard upset her…. I feel horrible now… why did we have to do this… maybe I should have just told them we were mates and left….but then they get away with it…

“I’m going to go start packing some things Dad, I’ll come back for the rest in a few days if that’s ok? Or you and mama could pack them up and come visit?” I say as I quickly get up and head to my room needing some space from the now very cramped living room.

My very familiar bedroom hadn’t changed much since I was a young teenager, full of books from studying, and paintings I’ve done, my bed to one side, and easel and stool in one of the corners, and a desk in another.

It would be weird leaving my family home behind, I’d lived here all of my life. I had grown up here, been so happy until the recent year and a half…I hated the fact my mama was hurting because I never found a way to tell them what was happening… but I did it to help them… she’d have gone for Anya… or Anya and Logan would have found a way to cover everything up… they still might….

I aimlessly start chucking my clothes into a bag, not noticing that Knox is stood at the doorway, leaning on the frame watching me, it is only when he clears his throat I look up.

He is there, his tall broad frame leaning against the doorway, his dark hair brushed back off his face, his almond shaped brown eyes looking down to me with a hint of what I worry is affection in them…the strong jawline of his face moves slightly as he smiles at me when he see me look up to him….

“you ok? Thought I’d come and see if you needed any help..” he walks toward me.

“I’m ok. Feeling kind of bad for upsetting them when they found all that out though..” I explain.

“it was never going to be easy to hear sweet, but they needed to know. You want me to help with any of this?” he motions to the bags at my feet that I am currently chucking clothes into. I simply shake my head as I cant really say I am doing it in any particular order, so no need for help.

I see his eyes drawn to the corner of the room…..