Alpha’s Mistake, Luna’s Revenge

7

Knox

Calliope had changed a lot and seeing her again changed a lot of things inside of me. I felt a change the moment I set my eyes on her, the moment I saw my best friend. She was in my pack, she needed help and she was my mate.

I had initially thought that I would never see her again and I decided that everything about Calliope was now history, but I was wrong. Because it seemed like this was just the beginning. It felt like the beginning for both of us.

Callie was my first and true love and after I left ShadowCrest, I had one prayer in life. And that was never to fall in love with another lady or even find my mate. I wanted the love I had for Callie to be fresh and last forever in my heart.

A guard had already taken them upstairs and right now, I was in my study with my Gamma, Liam. I knew he ran here immediately when news got to him that I had decided to keep southerners in my palace and that I was forming an alliance with them. He was against it, but I cared less. There was no way I could just let Calliope off. She needed help and seeing the situation of things, I knew that I was the only one that could help her. She had no one else.

“Are you kidding me? You must be joking right? Calliope Kratos. Princess of Shadowcrest. Are you allowing her to stay here??” I could hear the disbelief in Liam's voice. But I already made my decision and I was going to stand by it.

“You know I don't make jokes,” I told him in a soft tone, slowly taking a sip from my drink. Callie was my mate. This was my prayer when I was younger. I wanted her to be mine. I've always adored the little girl who smiled at me when I was at my lowest. Callie was the first person who smiled at me since I was born and I felt a sense of warmth from that smile and seeing her smile became something that I lived on. I felt the need to always protect her.

“I think you are making one right now. She is not going to stay here. Did you even think before agreeing? What if she's working with the so-called Ragnar??” Liam asked and I took in a slow breath. She was not. I knew that and I was sure of it.

“She's not,” I stated, my tone stern. I knew Callie more than I knew myself. She was the light in my world. I didn't know how peace felt until I met her. I was the bastard and last son of my father. The former Alpha of Darkwood pack.

I had seven brothers and two stepmothers. My mother was the mistress and she hid me in Shadowcrest the moment I was born. And I grew up as an orphan there because she abandoned me and left me there as a baby. I was bullied, ridiculed, called a freak. I ate from the slums and I did not have any decent clothing either. No one was kind to me, I did not know how kindness felt until I met Calliope.

At first, I called the little girl annoying as she talked too much, but she kept hovering around me and begged her father to take me in. He did. Her father had to be one of the kindest Alhha that I had ever known.

“How are you so sure?? You keep talking as if you know her.”

“Because I do.” I held my gaze with Liam who narrowed his eyes at me. When I was 18, my mother snuck her way back into my life. She wanted me to be the Alpha as all my brothers were dead. Some killed themselves due to a power struggle and I was the only heir left as my father was dying. Of course, I refused but she continued begging. How would I go back? She abandoned me for 18 years.

I didn't even know that I was from the north. And I wanted to stay for Callie as we became very tight friends. I never wanted to leave her. And I stayed there for another 3 years before I finally left for a reason and that was exactly 3 years ago. I'm almost 25 now and the youngest Alpha in the whole of Luparia.

“How?? Do you–”

“You do realize that I’ve not lived here all my life, do you? I lived in the South for over 21 years. I made friends.”

“You don't make friends Knox. You don't even have friends.” Liam pointed out the obvious and I slowly shook my head. He was right. I was very standoffish when I first moved here. Everyone, including the twins Andrea and Andreas, hated me due to how cold and unfeeling I was. It took me a whole year to warm up to everyone.

“I had a friend. I had one. Now come on, Callie does not mean any harm. And I'm going to help her.” Her pack does not deserve to go down the drain. I lived there for 21 years and though I was bullied when I was younger, some of the people there were nice. Including her father and that's the only reason I'm helping Callie.

I had strong feelings for her in the past and I was afraid that Callie was the only person that I'd ever love, but we couldn't be together. I just had to reject her because the people would never accept her and what trick was the moon goddess playing this time?

“Knox—”

“I think it's best we drop this matter. Calliope means no harm and I hope you respect her as my guest. Don't do anything to make her uncomfortable. It's an order.” Silence reigned between us and Liam finally nodded his head.

“Okay, Alpha.”

“Where are the reports I sent you to get? Octavia has……”