The Arranged Alpha Marriage

FAMILY DINNER PT.2

AARON'S POV

"Emma, this one time, Aaron was running through the castle in nothing, but his underwear-."

" Nope! Not telling that story! Tell her about the tree house instead.", I demanded more than asked as I glared at my sister.

She erupted into a full blown laughing fit and I could tell my cheeks were flushed. I can't believe she was going to tell the streaking story for Goddess sake. I was only 7! Not long after my mate and parents began to laugh as well. Until that is, someone burst through the dinning hall doors with a loud bang.

" Your majesties! Rogues have attacked the south end of the territory!" , one of our lead warriors bellowed as he limped forward clearly injured from the encounter.

Shortly after a grizzly man walked in with two unkept men and a young put together woman. The guards swarmed around us as I ran to stand in front of Emma, Emily, and my mother. My father walked towards the intruders and his eyes began to glow a deep red.

" Why have you come here?", my father bellowed.

" Hahaha, are you going to act like you do not know me, old friend or should I say brother?

" We are no longer friends. You were banished from here. State your reason and leave. Or else."

" I will leave. Just give me your new little princess over there and we will have no problems."

I pulled Emma into my arms as a menacing growl escaped. My father followed suit with a more domineering, deafening growl shaking the floor beneath us. The men flinched and stepped back bearing their necks since my father is the Alpha King.

" There is no way I will hand over my daughter-in-law!"

" Oh we will see about that soon. Enjoy your time with her because soon she will be my son's toy", he chuckled as he motioned for the others to follow as he left as quickly as he came.

My father's fist came crashing down into the table causing it to break. Emma was trembling in my arms with confusion covering her face. Emily was in tears as she was in mother's arms. Why would this rogue know my father and why the f**k does he want to take my little mate? Is it about my father or Emma's family? Hell, I have never even seen that man before in my life and yet he seemed to know father pretty f*****g well.

" He was once your mother's brother.", my father sighed falling back into his chair.

Mother nodded and proceeded to tell of all the story about her former pack.

" Long ago my pack was thriving under my father's rule. When I found your father, he was overjoyed and welcomed him with open arms. My brother, Caine, wasn't so thrilled though. I guess in a way he felt threatened by the way my father so quickly took him in and treated him as one of the family. Caine was a year younger than me so he took over the pack about a year after I married. Father and mother moved here to be near the children feeling that Caine was more than capable of taking care of the pack. Not long after he had earned a gruesome reputation tainted with the blood of so many innocent lives. We tried to talk to him and get through to him, but he was too far gone. Nearly feral. When he met his mate, he was even cruel to her. She fell pregnant about a month later, and contacted us about the situation. Your father helped her take refuge here. I couldn't bare the thought of harm coming to the baby if he lost control of his anger. My parents took care of her and she felt guilty, but grateful. She was heartbroken that her mate treated her with such animosity and it started to take a toll on her health. Shortly after the child was born, she passed away. To keep the child safe, we kept their existence a secret and told Caine that she had passed away due to injuries from him. He went one a bloodlust fueled rampage in a nearby human town and finally caught the attention of the council. The council stepped in and dissolved the pack killing most of the wolves riddled with bloodlust, but somehow your uncle managed to get away. That was eighteen years ago.", she sighed as she wiped the tears streaming down her face.

" We have a-a cousin?", Emily said with a solemn expression.

" We had him sent to Emma Jane's pack then. It is one reason why we were so comfortable marrying you to her.", my father explained.

" My pack?", Emma chimed in looking like she was trying to think of someone.

" I believe his name is Shane.", mother whispered.

Emma gasped and immediately blushed looking down at her feet as she shuffled them. I was honestly pretty annoyed and pissed by her reaction after hearing another guy's name. Did she forget the I am literally right next to her? I am guessing she must know my cousin.

" Do you know him?", I asked looking at her and instantly regretting even asking.

She just nodded. I stared at her wanting to ask her more, but stopped myself. I will ask when we are alone. Maybe she will feel more comfortable discussing it without my parents around.

" We should bring him here now. It is time, he wont be safe there now.", my mother pleaded with my father.

" Very well. Send Beta Valor to retrieve him and we will fill him in on everything when he arrives. He was raised by their Beta as his second son. However, I agree that he will be safer here. We need to find the mole that helped him into the city now though. There is no way he would have known of the gap at the south end during shift change without help from someone inside.", father stood and took mother's hand before leaving the three of us there in silence.

What. The. Actual. f**k. I have an uncle and cousin that I never knew about? A psycho uncle that kills people for fun? How the f**k could they not tell us this sooner? Emma is not going to leave my side anytime soon and I will get my future Royal Beta to accompany Emily now. I honestly hope that at his birthday next month that she ends up as his mate. She is head over heels for him even though she tries to deny it. I absolutely cannot let this crazy f**k harm anyone I love.