Second Chance

Chapter 5

Will

It wasn't hard to find Lyall and Mitch. The two men had been playing pool when I called out their names, just as I hoped, they looked at me. I walked over and offered my hand to shake "Name's Will, Drew told me I could find you both here."

"And how is she?" I realized right then that the reason they stopped talking to Alastair could very well have been because of Drew, just not in the way that she thought. "Coping just barely, but I imagine you already know that. How long did you know what Alastair was doing before you called him out on it?" They looked at me in shock.

"I don't understand what you mean. So, Will, are you a new warrior here?" Mitch asked. "No, pal. I'm here visiting. There's no need to defend the guy, I'm a friend of Drew's."

"Alright, you got us." Lyall said "The first time we overheard something that didn't sound right and we just brushed it off as Al having a bad day. The second time, we'd been on our way to surprise him on his birthday so we were sneaking up and we caught the whole argument"

"I'm not sure you could call it an argument really, Ly" Mitch said. "More like him raging at his missus because she moved his phone off the bed."

"True there, bud" Lyall said "Can't imagine screaming like that at a woman when all she is trying to do is make the bed."

"Alright, guys" I said. "I just need to discuss something with you and it's probably best we go elsewhere." They shrugged and finished their drinks before following me out of the pub. We all lit up our cigarettes and walked along talking quietly.

"Before I discuss anything with you, I need to know that none of this will be relayed back to Alastair." I told them "You can count on it. I'm pretty sure we'd be in his line of fire if we spoke to him anyway" Lyall told me. "Yeah man, he was pretty angry when we spoke to him about Drew." Mitch added.

"And what exactly did you say to him then?"

"Not a lot before he lost his sh*t to be honest. Lyall here said he wasn't a fan of the way Alastair had been speaking to Drew and I backed him up. Alastair lost it, started accusing us of sleeping with Drew, told us we weren't real friends and if he ever saw our faces at the packhouse again outside of official business he'd kill us himself. I told him that's fine, we'll move out because we didn't want anything to do with his treatment of her. We knew he couldn't do anything to us without rousing suspicion so long as we didn't speak about what we knew."

"What would you do if you had the chance to return the chief title to its rightful owner?" They looked at each other and grinned. "Sign us up. We realised a long while ago that it was bulls*t that old Alastair got the title." Mitch said "Aye pal, especially after what he said about the Luna role being a woman's job not a man's. What a gobsh*te eh?" Lyall replied

"Then you should know something important." I told them, they looked at me expectantly "Drew's been given a second chance mate, her new mate is a hell of a woman. My badass sister, Skye."

They looked shocked to begin with but they grinned at each other and then at me. "So what do you need us to do?"

Skye

Drew and I woke up late in the morning but I realised during the night we'd ended up wrapped in each others' arms. I looked at her gorgeous face, she looked so peaceful and content. I brushed a strand of her silky brown hair behind her ear and kissed her cheek. Her eyelids fluttered open slightly as she stirred a little but she nestled in more and continued to snooze.

"Drew darling, we overslept. I must have forgotten to set my alarm."

"Mmh five more minutes"

"Come on we've got work to do, why don't I get up and ready and go grab you a coffee"

"Only if it's iced" she mumbled into my chest

"Is there any other way to have it? How about I let you snooze a little longer until I'm back from the coffee shop with a couple of caramel frappes?"

She giggled as she sat up and stretched yawning.

"Skye, we're really basic aren't we?"

"Nonsense, there's nothing wrong with enjoying a good sugar rush first thing"

I left Drew to slowly wake up as I took a brisk walk to get some coffee. It had only taken me ten minutes to wake up and get ready, but Drew was just getting up to go to the bathroom when I left. I learned that despite how hard she works and how early she normally starts her daily duties, she isn't really a morning person. It was fun really, getting to know all these little details about her.

When I got back with the coffee, Drew was sat at the dresser using various serums and creams with her hair tied back.

"I don't understand half of those creams to be honest, Drew. You'll have to explain them because I'm fascinated"

She got really excited and looked over to me, "let me teach you! What do you do right now?"

"Well I erm..." This took me by surprise somewhat, not being knowledgeable about a subject was strange territory for me. Most conversations I'm involved in, I'm at least partially knowledgeable about the subject. She looked at me expectantly and I realised she was waiting for me to answer

"Well I just wash my face and maybe use a bit of moisturiser"

"Oh my Goddess, no way. Skye, I have so much to show you. Skincare can be so relaxing and therapeutic"

Drew spent a good long while showing me each product and explaining them. Frankly, most of what she said went over my head but I listened intently regardless. I loved to see how passionate she became about topics she knew a lot about.

Once we had gotten ready for the day, we headed over to the pack house so Drew could begin her work. We had almost gotten to her office when we were stopped. I swear I had a strong feeling of deja vu because here was Alastair once again stopping us right before we could get to the Luna Office.

"And just where the f*ck have you been, Drew?" I noticed immediately that there weren't any pack members or guards around and assumed Alastair must have made sure they weren't about to witness sh*tty behaviour.

"Oh good morning, Chief MacRobert. Drew here was showing me some of your most impressive feats around the town. I was especially impressed with the amount of local amenities nearby that are so accessible"

He faltered at that and I could see he was wrestling with himself mentally on whether to accept the compliment and brag or tell me to mind my business and continue shouting at Drew. As I thought, his ego won and he started to regale me (or so he thought) with details of his many accomplishments within the pack. Many of which I was certain were due to Drew or her parents.

Eventually we managed to make our excuses and sit down in Drew's office. She looked at me for a while, "Skye, how do you do that?"

"Do what, dearest?"

"Make him calm down and leave me alone"

I sighed. I hesitated before ultimately deciding it was best to be truthful. "I'm good at manipulating people. I hate doing it and I never do it normally because I just don't feel good about it and the guilt eats me up. Alastair is an exception, only because he manipulates people and worse, he abuses others."

She looked at me astonished "but that's the difference between you"

I blinked confused "What do you mean, Drew?"

"You feel guilty and you try not to do it. He purposely does it to get what he wants"

I chuckled, "you're right there, my love"

She blushed and I took a moment to admire her before I cleared my throat

"Time to get down to business, love. We've got a lot to get through"

"So what do you think would be a good excuse to get the pack together so we can do what we need to?" I asked Drew

"I really don't know. It's been a long time since we all gathered together. It used to be a regular thing when my parents were in charge"

"Wait. We're on Monday right now but this Saturday, it's Burns Night. I bet if we could persuade Alastair to show off we could get a big gathering arranged. We just need to stroke his ego a little."

"That's true actually. If your brother asks what he's planning for it and brags about what a big deal your clan makes of it, Alistair's bound to wanna show off too."

"Brilliant. I'll tell Will so he can get on it ASAP"

"Drew, we need your medical file. I'll wait here for you and text Will, why don't you head to the hospital?"

"Okay sure, it's not too far away but I'll be as quick as I can"

I texted Will after Drew left but knowing I could be waiting a while, I sat down to watch some videos on my phone.

A good while later, I was so engrossed in a new series I started that I didn't hear the door open. I felt someone nearby and looked up only to see Alastair smiling at me. I closed the video I was watching and opened something on my phone.

"So, Skye was it? You're a pretty thing aren't you?" I shuddered at his words and looked back at him

"I suppose. Depends who's asking."

"No one's asking, darling. Just stating a fact" he was slowly getting closer and closer and the way he called me 'darling' made my skin crawl.

"Drew's not here right now, did you need her for something?" I asked

"Oh no, not at all. She's been stuck to your side like the little leech she is. I've been waiting to get your fine self alone."

"Listen, bud. I don't know what you're angling at but I'm not into men."

"No one asked what you're into" he grinned with a sinister glint in his eyes.

He got closer and closer to me until he was practically rubbing up against me. It took every ounce of my willpower not to knee him in the balls right there and then.

He pulled some of my hair to his face and sniffed it deeply. "Mmmh nothing so sweet as an unmated female. Especially an alpha"

He grabbed my hips and pulled me up against him

"Listen here" I told him "I'm not into men and I'm not gonna change my mind just because you try rubbing up against me like a dog in heat"

"Feisty one, aren't you?" He laughed and spun me around grinding against me from behind.

"I said no!"

"Oh come on. All of those compliments, you were practically begging me to f*ck you." I tried to pull away from him and move when he grabbed me and threw me onto the sofa. "Mmh kick and scream some more, it really turns me on"

I felt like throwing up but my mind was racing trying to find a way out of this awful situation. I had no time to think as he started to pull my clothing. He got frustrated with the buttons of my shirt so extended a claw and tore it open exposing my bra.

He roughly grabbed at my breasts as my hiked my skirt up and tore my panties open. "Help, goddess please help me!" I screamed. He chuckled some more and shoved his hand over my mouth. When I stopped, his moved his hand and roughly kissed me before unzipping his jeans and pulling out his member. My eyes widened and I started to really panic. Tears streamed down my face as I begged him "Please no. Oh goddess, no"

"ALASTAIR, STOP IT"

"Shut the f*ck up, Drew. Get the f*ck out"

"No, Alastair. You don't understand, she's not just a doctor with the MacRobert pack. She's the Clan Chief's sister."

"I'm well f*cking aware of that. Get out"

"Alastair, do you want to start a clan war?"

"Ugh, fine. Whatever" he climbed off of me and I was so relieved that Drew had saved me before he could do any real damage.

He leaned in really close before he whispered just barely loud enough for me to hear, "I may not have gotten you this time but I'll have you soon enough"

I shuddered and jumped up quickly walking over to Drew and standing by her.

"We'll have words later, Drew. Make sure this b*tch doesn't say anything. Can't have your new little friend starting a war, can we?" he winked at her and strolled away chuckling.

When he was out of earshot, Drew locked the door and I collapsed to the floor unable to process what happened and I just sobbed soundlessly. Drew rushed back to me and held me, stroking my hair and kissing my forehead every now and then. The soothing sensations from our mate bond helped me to calm significantly and eventually I felt well enough to stand again. Drew helped me over to the sofa and helped me change into some spare PJs she kept at the office in case she worked late and rushed off to get me a hot chocolate. She made sure to lock the door behind her before and after of course.

"Drew, really. I'm okay, I promise. It was a shock but I'm okay now. It freaked me out but you managed to stop it before any serious damage was done"

"I know, I know. I'm just mad at myself. I should have locked the door or given you the key so you could lock it"

"You couldn't have known. So far, he's not approached any Alpha women or Lunas"

"That's a fair point but still, it's upsetting that I could have done something but didn't"

"Well, there is one upside"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I used that-"

We were interrupted by a knock at the office door. "Skye?" Will called, "You in there? I got some stuff to tell you"

"Hang on, I'll get the door!" Drew called back.

Will rushed over to me when he noticed me laid up on the sofa "Woah, Skye. Are you unwell?" He tried to extend a hand to touch my head but I flinched. He looked hurt but sat in a chair opposite me "Skye? It's me, your brother. What's wrong?" I turned a deep shade of red and tried to figure out how to tell him what he undoubtedly needed to know. I looked at Drew pleadingly and she immediately understood.

"Will. Skye's not ill, she's just a bit shaken up. She'll be fine."

"Why? What happened?!"

"Will, I'll tell you but you need to stay calm and not jump the gun"

"I can't promise that."

"Then I can't tell you what happened"

Will looked frustrated and angry but he took a deep breath, relaxing his shoulders sat up and nodded.

"It was Alastair. He tried to force himself on Skye."

"He. F*CKING. WHAT?!"

"WILL" I shouted. He looked at me and once again calmed himself. "Skye, I'm begging you. Let me tear him apart."

"You can't. Not yet at least but once Drew has her title back she can have him face trial by combat for his crimes.

"Okay okay I get it. Are you okay though? I've never seen you flinch away from me."

"I'll be fine, it's only because it was like 5 minutes before you got here. He didn't manage to do any real damage so I'm sure I'll be fine in an hour"

Drew looked at me sceptically "Skye, it's okay if you're upset for a while or even traumatised. You were attacked and it's okay to be shaken up about that for a while."

"Ugh I suppose. I guess I just want to forget about it more than anything."

"Just don't forget that me and your brother are here for you"

"I won't forget. You guys are stuck with me"