Chapter 10

• Mack’s p.o.v.
• The moment Levi mentions Alpha Bradley Commander is front and center in my mind, we both don’t like how Alpha Bradley and his new Mate tried to have Maleah transferred to his Pack behind her back. I am not sure why they want Maleah to transfer to his Pack, but I know it isn’t something good. Commander has been watching her all through dinner, but neither one of us could sense her Lycan and not even Dillon was able to pick her up even though he was sitting next to her.
• “Good luck with your boutique.” I say as she passes me and I think I surprised her, I actually listened to her entire conversation. “Thank you, Mack. Let’s hope everything goes the way I planned it and the re-opening will be a success.” She says as she looks up at me, I am 6”5 and I tower over almost everyone I meet.
• Maleah turns around towards my Father and I burst into laughter when she asks, “What the hell did you feed him?” Dad looks at me before he looks back at Maleah and he leans forward to whisper into her ear, “I always forced him to eat his veggies.” She starts giggling but when she sees the look on my face she starts laughing her ass off and Commander softly growls at her.
• Maleah looks straight into my eyes and I know she is looking at Commander instead of me, “You better behave yourself or I will allow Fortune to put you in your place.” She says and I gulp as I feel her Lycan coming forward. I finally understand why Fortune stayed hidden, anyone would have been able to sense her and no one would have mistaken her for a Wolf.
• Commander pushes forward a little more and says to Maleah, “I apologize for growling, Mack just really hated eating veggies as a kid. Maybe he will tell you why one day, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.” He says and I groan in my head as he introduces himself to Maleah, before he retreats to the back of my head. “If you ever want to talk about it I am willing to listen, I would love to hear why someone could hate veggies that much.” She says teasingly.
• “Goodnight, Mack and Commander.” She says as she walks out of the dining room, but before she leaves the Alpha floor I ask her to keep me posted on her Mother and she knows exactly what I mean by that. “Give me your number and I will inform you if she becomes too much of a nuisance.” Maleah responds and we exchange numbers as Diego wishes the others goodnight.
• It takes a while before anyone breaks the silence, I know she loves her career, but do you think she would have made a good Assassin if she was trained properly?” Dad asks and for a moment I have to think about his question, “I think she would have been the best Assassin this Pack has ever had if she was trained, without any training she has been able to hide Fortune’s presence from everyone and she can hide her scent.
• She would be a great asset to our Assassin team, I doubt anyone would be able to catch her if she went after a target and she probably wouldn’t leave a trail at the scene. I believe it is safe to say she would be better than me and a part of me is actually glad she never chose that career.” I answer Dad and for a split second I wonder if she would have been better than the Angel of Death.
• Dad and I talk about Maleah’s Mother and her insistence for Maleah to move to Alpha Bradley’s Pack as we walk back to our Quarters on the Assassin floor. Diego lived on this floor until he met his Mate, he moved into his parents’ home and has been living there ever since. I never thought about moving out of the Pack-house, but I understand that as a parent Diego put his Daughter first and I think it has been a good thing she wasn’t raised here.
• Well, maybe not completely. I believe it has been good for her career, but not for the way she grew up and I will never point this out to Diego. He will probably blame himself for the rest of his life and I truly believe he is an amazing Father, he always talks about her with so much love in his eyes. I never really followed Maleah’s career, but I might just start to see what she has accomplished over the years and if there is something there that would be of interest to Alpha Bradley.
• After I get ready for the night I lay down on my bed and stare up at the ceiling. I let my mind wander back to the first time I met Alpha Bradley, not one of my fondest memories. Dad had been training me as an Assassin ever since I shifted for the first time and I was surprised to find out the amount of information there was in my Father’s head, he knows so much about so many different Wolves and Lycans.
• I accompanied Dad and Alpha Max to a meeting with a few other Alphas and Alpha Bradley was one of them, he looked pretty normal at first glance. He had taken his Son with him, but that guy had given me the creeps with the way he was looking at every female in the room and some of the other Alphas had asked Alpha Bradley to talk to his Son. That is when I saw another side to Alpha Bradley, he made it clear that females were nothing but sex-slaves and incubators to him.
• He even told an Alpha that he would forcefully mark a female to make sure he would have an heir and I truly believe he did that to his Son’s Mother, but we never found any proof of it or I would have taken him out myself. The meeting was a strained one with them constantly making rude remarks and when Alpha Bradley asked Alpha Max how his Mate was doing all hell broke loose.