Chapter Twelve

“Baby?” My dad shook his head, and his eyes cleared. Then he rubbed his jaw. “You had to?”

I nodded and cut my eyes to Aurora. “Something is going on.” I looked down at the woman cuddled in my father’s arms, wrapped my hand around her arm, and wrenched her away, tossing her to the ground. “Get away from him.” Nix came to the forefront and flashed in my eyes.

Her screech hurt my ears as she landed, but I turned back to my father and Ronnie. I cut my eyes to Cas, and she walked over when I nodded. “Alpha Devlin, Beta Ronnie.” She smiled at them and stood behind me.

“What is going on?”

“This she-wolf is driving the charge behind the unranked, wielding their power on the weaker wolves, Alpha.” The beta female, Tina, walked over and smiled at me.

“How dare you!” Aurora stood and tried to touch my dad again, and I growled.

“Don’t touch him.”

“Who are you to demand anything from me?” Aurora tried to grab for him again.

“She’s my daughter, and the only alpha female in this pack,” my father responded, lifting his lip in disgust. “Aurora, we will speak about this tomorrow.” My dad took my arm and walked back to the front of the room, Cas and Ronnie following. “Welcome.” My father’s voice boomed over the room, and everyone bowed their heads. “Amy has come to learn for the summer, so we will have an alpha female here for the summer. Obviously, things have been happening under my nose, but she will be handling it going forward.”

My father pushed me in front of him, and I faced the pack for the first time. “Hello everyone.” I waved my hand, and I heard someone scoff and whisper about an alpha female, so I decided to release the full power of my aura at once. When I breathed out, my power slammed into everyone, and everyone dropped to their knees. Wave after wave of power slammed into them, and for the first time in a very long time, I could breathe.

“Time to pack it in, love,” my father whispered through gritted teeth, and I nodded.

Slowly, I pulled back my aura, and I clenched my metaphysical fist around it all. Slowly but surely, I was able to pull back all of my power and close off that part of me again. I shook with the effort until it was gone, and slowly everyone got to their feet.

“Sorry, but I thought it smart to make a point. I am an alpha female, and I will not stand for the way the wolves here have been acting. I will get to the bottom of this, and those that have decided to follow suit in this absurd practice will be handled appropriately.” I gave a soft smile, and I watched the room to see who smiled and who looked nervous.

Not surprisingly, a few she-wolves that hang around Amanda looked very worried.

I wanted to growl, but I turned to my father and wrapped my arm around one of his. “Now this is a party,” he called out and raised his arm. “Mingle, eat, and enjoy. Tomorrow we will be back to a normal routine.”

“Actually,” I looked up at him, “if it is alright with you, I would like the Beta and Gamma females to start a new training program with me for all females in the pack.”

Tina and Gem walked to the front and nodded. I knew I didn’t have time to speak with them, but I knew they would agree.

“Anything for you.” My father looked to the room and smiled. “You heard her. Tomorrow, we will start training the females.”

Chapter Twelve

“Let’s eat.” I called out, and the omegas came out and started circling around with trays of food.

I looked up at my father and waited until he met my gaze. “What are the chances of some kind of love charm or potion being put on you?” I whispered quietly under the din of everyone else talking.

“Not likely, but possible...”

I widened my eyes. “You have got to be kidding me.” I smacked his arm and gestured behind us. “Do you not remember me having to punch you in the face because you got googly-eyed over Aurora?”

“I actually don’t.” My father scrunched up his face and then shook his head. “I can’t think straight.”

“Which is exactly why I think something is going on.” I shook my head and turned to face the crowd, and I caught glares coming from Aurora and Amanda. But they would learn their place sooner rather than later.

“I’ll leave it in your hands.” My father leaned down and kissed my cheek. “You will protect me, won’t you?”

“Of course.” I smiled up at him and then went to mingle.