The Opal Wolf

Chapter Fourteen

**Andrews POV**

Soft snoring and sparks tingling all over my skin lull me out of my slumber, the rays of sunshine peeking through the curtain and signaling a new day. I glance down, seeing the wonderful sight of my mate deep in slumber on my chest and I cannot help but smile. Her hair is sprawled all over my arm, mouth wide open with little snorts coming out of it. She is the most precious thing I have ever seen. Images from our night of passion flit in my memories, causing my favorite appendage to rouse in response. We made love a half a dozen more times after our small power nap, not being able to get enough of each other until the early hours of the morning when we finally crashed, worn out. She will definitely be sore this morning.

Lightly, Selene begins to stir, one eye peeking out at me with a small smile gracing her lips. Stretching, she places a feather light kiss on my neck, pleasurable ripples running straight down to my d**k, causing it to become painfully hard.

"Good morning." Her soft voice sounds out into the silence. "How did you sleep?"

"Very well." I answered huskily. "Well... when we finally did sleep." I quip, causing a blush to rush up her cheeks. She hums her agreement, placing more kisses along my neck, paying special attention to my mark. I groan in response, wishing to take her right here and now.

"You better be careful, little wolf." I growl playfully. "You will wake the beast teasing me like that." She giggles, looking up at me through her lashes.

"And what if I want to wake him?" She asks lustfully.

Oh she's good. Shane purrs.

After a quick romp in the bed and another in the shower, we finally peel ourselves away from each other long enough to get ready for the day ahead. Her plans are to shadow Marney and figure out how to execute her Luna duties, mine are meeting after meeting with the council. Letting out a groan, I look up as Selene walks out of the closet and my breath gets caught in my throat. She is stunning in a navy blue pencil skirt that hugs her perfectly rounded a**, a cream flowing blouse that does nothing to hide her wonderful bosom and three inch heels that give the illusion that her legs go on for days.

"Wow." I gasp. "You look.. amazing!"

"You like what you see?" She turns around for me to get a full look. Oh darling, I definitely like. Walking up to her, I brush my lips against her ear, eliciting a shiver from her.

"If you keep teasing me like that, we will never leave this room." I growl. She moans, pressing her chest to me and nips my ear.

"We would be late if we did that. Im not gonna be late." She growls back, pulling from my embrace and shimmying away. Oh that little minx! Now the image of her pulling that stunt is all I am going to think about today. How am I going to focus?

Making the walk down to my office, I steel my emotions to deal with the grouchy council members just on the other side of this door. Walking through, I greet all the emotionless masks of the elders and sit down, ready to figure out what the hell is up with this rouge.

"So gentlemen." I begin. "What have your stealth operators found?"

"A lot." Jonathan, one of the oldest council members chimes in. "They have well over three thousand rouges in the pack, one hundred women are currently in captivity and they are connected to at least three hundred human women going missing. From what you told us about what the Luna said, it sounds like the "Alpha" of this pack is actively hunting and turning these women to manipulate them and keep them in what he calls a harem. It is the furthest thing from, of course. They live in a very dilapidated shelter with dirty mattresses and barely enough food to keep them going. We believe this is the reason why your luna was attacked, young Alpha." Rage bubbles just below the surface at the thought of this pig getting his hands on Selene, but taking a deep breath, I focus back on what the council is saying. "We also found out from some spies that have infiltrated the pack that any of his females who find their mate are immediately "disposed of." As we all know, any female who is mated or found their mate will fight to the death if another male tries to mate her. They don't take kindly to other males touching them as another male wouldn't take kindly to another female touching them. His body count is up to three hundred split between born she-wolves who were rouges and docile as well as turned females, who are naturally docile until their wolf fully matures after a year."

"That is disgusting!" I growl out. Shane is pacing in my head, begging to get out at the harshness these poor she-wolves have received. Being a wolf should be freeing, it shouldn't feel like a prison sentence.

"There is more." The youngest council member, Jeremy sighs. "First, may I assure you before I disclose this information that we know where his pack is located Alpha, so we have that in our favor. Not only his he guilty of enslavement and crimes against another species, which as you know, carries the sentence to strip someone of their wolf but he is also guilty of killing an Alpha and his Luna. That, of itself, carries the death penalty which is drawing and quartering for us only after stripping someone of his wolf." I grimace at that. Us wolves have cruel ways, but they're reserved only for the worst of the worst and they work. The million dollar question is who he killed. I have a really bad feeling about the answer.

"Which Alpha and Luna did he kill?" I ask, dread sitting deep in my stomach.

"Your parents, young Alpha." Jonathan confirms. "I am so sorry, child. The scout mission they went on was to find and secure him back when his only crime was challenging his Alpha with no just cause. He ambushed them. We just gathered this intel, other wise we would have told you sooner." My heart shatters in my chest, devastation washing over me at the news. This b*****d was responsible for the death of my parents, for me taking on the Alpha title six years prematurely and for my sister almost pulling her hair out daily trying to fill our mothers shoes. I will kill him for what he has done, being sure to make him suffer for making us orphans. That and daring to put hands on my mate.

Just then, there is a soft knock before someone opens the door. Beginning to growl at them to shut the door, it catches in my throat as Selene pops her head around the corner. She catches eyes with me and immediately comes over, wrapping her hand around my shoulder in a loving embrace. Her touch calms my anger a bit, taking the bite away from what I had discovered.

"I am sorry for interrupting gentleman." She says to the council. "Please continue."

I could feel your anger in the bond. She says through the link. Are you alright?

I am now that you are here. I smile up at her. Thank you.

"You truly have a wonderful Luna, Alpha Briggs." Jonathan beams at Selene. "She is so attentive and compassionate." Blushing, Selene thanks him and I realize just how true his statement is. She is my rock already, being there for me in every way she can and comforting me in my time of pain. I only hope I can be even half the mate to her that she is to me.

"So gentlemen." I look around. "When do we hunt for this rouge?"