Winter Rejected By One Alpha Love By Another One
Chapter 31

Irving and Sabrina are in the den. She is on her tablet shopping while he is sitting across from her sipping on a Brandy and staring at her. Irving still can't believe that Sabrina has thrown him out of their bedroom. The thought of her visiting the palace was still on his mind also. He has been trying to hear her thoughts but isn't having any luck. She has blocked their links. Irving had tried to be patient and wait for her to say something about what she and Winter discussed. "Damn it, Sabrina is being so f*****g stubborn. I've never known her a*s to act this way. Regardless of what I have done, I f****d up when I forced Nick to reject Winter. Hell, I had to take her a*s down a notch. I thought that she wanted to take over my damn pack. I didn't like the way Igor felt that he had to submit to her. Every time he tried to tell me something about her I would block his a*s out." He was thinking while looking at Sabrina laughing to herself.

Sabrina takes a sip of her tea while she's looking at the baby clothes. She can't wait for the day when she can go shopping for her grandpup.

"Sweetheart, me staying downstairs is nonsense. I have admitted that I was wrong in forcing our son to reject his mate. How many times do I have to say that I made a f****d-up decision? I can't stand being away from you. Igor doesn't like being away from Honey either." He walks over to her and sits on the sofa beside her. He reaches for her hand.

She slaps him. "Don't touch me. Did you think that I wouldn't find out that you used me as a damn pawn? I can't believe that you stoop that damn low. You wouldn't have a damn thing if it wasn't for me. Hell, your damn pack was broke as hell when we discovered that we were mates. I even stepped down and let you rule over our pack. That was a major mistake." Sabrina looked at him with disgust. "I did that because I didn't want you to feel inferior. What in the hell was I thinking? Just so you know, I'm a better Alpha than you are any day."

He reaches for her hand but stops when he sees the angry look that she's giving him. Irving stands up and walks back over to the chair and drinks his Brandy. He hears Nicholas and the others laughing while they're walking into the house. This was the first time he had heard Nicholas laugh in a long time.

Nicholas walks into the room. We're still under high alert until further notice. Where is Rusty?" He looked at rving.

"The last time I saw him he went upstairs." Irving was looking at him concerned.

"I want to see you and him in my office." Nicholas walks out of the den with Blake and Hayden behind him.

Sabrina takes a deep breath and shakes her head. "Now what in the hell have you and that damn a*s done now?"

"I haven't done anything." Irving was walking out of the room, wondering "what is this damn meeting about

Nicholas sits behind his desk and taps on it. Blake and Hayden are sitting across the room when Irving and Rusty walk into the office. The two men look at the three of them as they are sitting in the two chairs in front of Nicholas's desk.

"We have reason to believe that we have some traitors among us. That is another reason why I gave orders that no one could leave here." Nicholas was looking between the two men.

"Irving nods his head, thinking "what does this have to do with me or Rusty?" He notices the way his son is looking at Rusty. He cut his eyes at Rusty.

Rusty was fidgeting and looking toward the window at a pair of black and gold drapes.

Hayden pats Blake's shoulder. Blake shakes his head and quietly walks out of the office.

"You seem nervous Rusty. Are you nervous about something?" Nicholas pointed at Rusty's hands."

"No reason. I haven't seen anyone leave". Rusty repeatedly shakes his head, still looking at the drapes. "Oh, I see. Then tell me where in the hell were you sneaking back from last night?" Nicholas stands up "Sneaking?" Irving turns his body around, looking at Rusty. "Now that is a damn good question."

Rusty looks at Irving. "I just took a walk. You know how Jana can be sometimes. She and I had a disagreement."

Nicholas looks at Hayden and nods his head. Hayden opens the door. A redheaded woman walked into the office. She is looking confused because she doesn't have a clue as to why she was ordered to come to Alpha's office. "Let's see what your mate has to say." Nicholas pointed at her.

Rusty turned to look at his mate. "Leave her out of this. I lied"

"Jana, take a seat." Nicholas points at a chair. "Now, as your Alpha, I command you to tell me where you come from. If you refuse to obey my command, Hayden will snap your mate's neck"

Rusty looks at Nicholas and tells him that Manny is his cousin and has been feeding the rogues that are camping close by information. That he had been a spy for Manny and Penelope for several years. His mate wasn't involved."

Jana is crying, looking at her mate. She can't believe that he betrayed the pack.

"You son of a b***h. I trusted you. When Blair died, I gave you his title because you were his half-brother." Irving yells, looking at Nicholas walking closer to Rusty.

"That was your mistake. I hated Blair just as much as I hate your a*s. Do you not know how damn hard it was to pretend to be your damn friend? Hard as hell. You pathetic bastard. Hell, you had everything in your damn hands. But now your greedy a*s wants more. So, who in the hell are you to judge me?" Rusty is pointing and yelling at Irving.

Irving is looking up at Nicholas.

Nicholas is standing beside Rusty. "I don't care why the hell you did it. All I know is that you won't be reporting anything else. Damn it, Blake looked up to you."

Rusty looks up at Nicholas. He saw Nicholas's hands moving quickly toward his face. Within a second, Nicholas had snapped Rusty's neck.

Jana lets out several loud howls because of the pain as she's crying.

"Move her and her things to a packhouse. Tell some of the women to look after her," Nicholas walks behind his desk and sits down. "If you ever had any doubts, that I wouldn't kill you if you betrayed the pack or me. Think again." He was looking at Irving. Irving is looking at two warriors carrying Rusty out of the office. He rubs his chin thinking "Damn, I have to admit I didn't think that Nicholas could be so vicious.

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Manny has been outraged since he and Winter's conversation. He had destroyed the den and his office. That was a move that he never anticipated. Hell still can't believe that Shane and Nicholas would kidnap Ophelia. "Those arrogant bastards and their b***h. Who in the hell does she think she's f*****g with? I'll show her arrogant a*s." Manny picks up a lamp to throw, then he stops looking at Taffy walking into the room.

She's looking around at the mess. "What in the hell happened?"

"It seems you and I have dinner plans tomorrow night." Manny hands her a glass of whiskey.

Taffy grinned. "What should I wear?"

"A nice dress would be perfect. As a matter of fact, I suggest that you dress to die for." He taps her glass, thinking "to die in."

She is happy that she's going out and that she hasn't taken in anything that he said. Taffy finishes drinking her whiskey and excuses herself so she can go polish her nails. Mardon walks over to him. "Are you really going to turn yourself over to the Queen? What about her?"

Manny laughed "Hell f*****g no. Taffy dumb a*s is a goner. We're turning that worthless thing over to that damn Queen. I need you to bring me a man. He has to have the same build and height as me." He's walking to a locked cabinet. "You will not be fighting. I can't allow you to go. You're my son. No f*****g way I'll take the chance of losing you. Now leave me alone." He pours another glass of whiskey and walks over to a locked cabinet. "We'll just see how smart Winter, Shane, and Nicholas are." He opens the cabinet. "Neither one of them is smart enough to beat me." Manny laughs again. "Damn I'm good"

Taffy is humming while looking at several bottles of nail polish. She realizes that Manny didn't mention where they were going. She's only thinking about it for a few minutes before her mind goes back to choosing a polish. There was a knock on her door. An older woman walks into the room with Taffy, telling her to come in.

"Who in the hell told you to come into my room?' Taffy's back was turned to the woman.

The woman walks over to the bed. "Here are some dresses for you to choose from." She looks at Taffy as if she wants to say something else.

Taffy jumps up and runs over to the bed, looking at the dresses. She notices that the woman is still there. "Is there anything else?"

"Just be careful." The woman touches her arms. "Don't be so trusting", she mumbles as she walks out of the room.

"Crazy a*s woman" Taffy is holding up a short black cocktail dress. Damn, I'm going to be the envy of everyone there. All eyes will be on me."

****

At the palace, Reese is in his and Pilar's bedroom. He is disturbed since learning about Kristoff requesting a meeting with his daughter. He remembers how Kristoff would be lurking at the beach. He allowed him to do it because he never bothered anyone. But now he's beginning to wonder if he should have put an end to it. Reese is looking out the window toward the ocean. "I don't like this s**t one damn bit."

"Neither do I". Pilar walks over to him and wraps her arms around him. "Lillian warned me years ago that her son had a crush on our daughter. She and I hoped that he would find his mate before Winter became of age. But that never happened. Maybe since Winter is mated he's here regarding his pack's business. I know that if it was for any other reason, Shane would go ballistic. He's not going to let anyone close to his Star Eyes. He's doing great dealing with the situation with Nicholas. He wouldn't stand for anyone else." "Ah yes. I have to admit that Shane is a strong a*s man. I don't know how I would act if that were me. I heard that they brought back a lot of rogues and that we're on alert. That damn Manny is a sly mutherfucker. He'll try something." Reese turns to look at her and wraps his arms around her.

Pilar gave him a peck. "She and Shane have everything under control."

Down the hall, Cooper and Ariel are in their bedroom discussing the Stonewalls. He is planning on fighting beside his son when Manny arrives. He knows that Manny is not coming here just to turn himself in. He'll put up a fight to the death.

"Dear, I know there isn't anything that I can say or do to change your mind. I'm fighting beside you." She kisses his back and wraps her arms around him.

He chuckles. "I knew you would say that. You have always fought beside me as Winter fights beside our son. That is one thing our son and I have in common. We both have beautiful, smart, and brave mates." He pecks his lip. Then he looks at her weirdly. "Do you still keep up with the whereabouts of Melanie and Nesib?"

"The last time I heard from her was before Shane turned the Stonewalls down. They were in Malaga, Spain. What is going on in that head of yours?" Ariel walks in front of him, looks at him, and shakes her head.

"I was just wondering if they knew what was going on." Copper kissed her forehead, thinking "if not, they should."

In the dungeon, the rogues are being fed. Ophelia is looking at the bars. She's communicating with Manny through their mating link. He informs her about his plan to rescue her and the others. Also, make sure that she is unharmed. She tells him that Winter or anyone else has not harmed them. That Winter seems to be a fair Queen. Manny tells her not to trust Winter, Shane, or Nicholas, then he closes their link.

Manish and his mate Caca are looking around the dungeon for a way out. They don't agree with Ophelia's decision to give up. They wanted to fight to the end. Their attentions go to Shane and Winter walking around the dungeon. Both are wondering why the guards haven't put them in cells and locked them up

Winter cuts her eyes at them but ignores them. Shane does the same. Winter is talking to Ophelia to make sure that she is comfortable.

At first, Ophelia didn't answer her. But she manages to smile and nods her head. "Yes, thank you."

"Let us go." Manish has Caca's hands and is walking toward Shane and Winter.

Winter laughs. "I told you those two were going to be trouble."

"Yes, you did. But we have the cure for that." Shane narrows his eyes, looking at Manish.

Winter is staring at Caca "To answer your question. The reason none of you are locked in a cell is that we have your Luna's word. But there are always one or two bad apples in the bunch. You two seem to be some bad apples.

"The Queen is right. I'm going to break your f*****g neck. If you don't sit your a*s down", Shane is still looking at Manish.

Caca screams and jumps at Winter. Winter shakes her head as she kicks her in the stomach, knocking Caca against the wall. She slides down the wall. Some idiots will never learn." Winter kicks Caca in the head and puts her foot on Caca's neck, pressing it hard. She's rubbing her little swollen belly while Caca is gasping for air. "Well, now. that didn't take long" She turns to look at her McDreamy and Manish.

Shane has his hands wrapped around Manish's neck. He picks the man up off the floor and pinned him against the wall. You should have listened to your Luna." Shane snaps his neck and turns to look around at the rogues. "This will be your outcome if any of you go against me and the Queen." He throws Manish's body on the floor.

Winter looks over at Ophelia. "It seems that you don't have control of your people. This is the only warning you will get. Control your people. If anyone else decides to attack or try to escape, you will die with them."

Shane walks beside Winter. "Don't take us for fools. I know your mate very well. He'll try something stupid. When he does. I'll be right there to kill his a*s"

Ophelia dropped her head, thinking "We'll see about that."

"You do know that I can hear your thoughts?" Winter looks at her. " Remember I'm the Queen of all werewolves. Rogues included."

"s**t" Ophelia mumbles and drops her head.

"Deep s**t," Shane smirks and takes Winter's hand.

Winter chuckles "Yep. Now if you will all excuse us. It's time for some McDreamy and Star Eyes private time."

"Hell yes," Shane picks her up and kisses her cheek. "Much needed Star Eyes and McDreamy time," he winks at her.

Winter giggles