Beyond Fate

Angry Little wolf

(Mitchell’s pov)

I sat at my desk in my new office going through the mountain of paperwork that was spread across it, seemingly never ending.

There were two more piles on the floor next to my mahogany desk. My father had really let things slide of late. I'd never seen his office in such a state before.

‘Your office now’ my wolf reminded me I still couldn’t grasp that I was now alpha, it’s been almost three weeks and I still couldn’t get used to it.

When I was young my father had been so meticulous in everything he did in here, not even a pencil was out of place.

The bookshelves behind me that had once housed thousands of books were half empty with tatty old books lying in piles on the floor around the room, in between the piles of files and paperwork. It looked more like a storage room than an office.

When I’d first come in I’d decided to take care of the stacks of paperwork first to create some room but that had been weeks ago and I was still going through everything.

Some of this stuff dated back to before I even left for Alpha training, there were so many outdated pack alliances I wasn’t even certain of who our friends were any more.

I ran my fingers through my hair frustrated, my eyes burning from the amount of hours I’d been staring at all this paperwork. I'd already made a call to have a computer and WiFi installed, Nathan had looked at me like I was ordering a type of beer.

After the rogue attack I’d informed my father of the situation. My mother had been upset about the stone boy. She was good friends with his mother. I still remember that poor woman wailing down the hospital corridor. It had been a chilling sound, a mother mourning the loss of her son, especially one so young.

Though it was her comment about the mutts outburst that had shocked me I still remember that moment back at the hospital that had stunned everyone into momentary silence.

The little wolf looked like she was ready to kill one of us. Her blonde hair was sticking out at all angles, blood had dried, sticking it to her head on one side, her face was covered in bruises and her lip had been split at some point but was already healed. Her huge hospital gown drowned her thin frame showing only the bottom of her bare legs. It made her look like a little girl in her mothers dress but the fire in her eyes said something completely different even I didn’t dare move yet it wasn’t me her anger was directed at.

She limped towards us glaring daggers at Nathan and if Looks could kill he’d be dead and buried.

“ How can you say such an awful thing like they were disposable, they were your own men that you put on that front line, they fought for this pack, they died for this pack, one could have gotten away after I freed him, he could have ran for help but he stayed to fight like a true warrior would, the other died in my arms bleeding to death after those rouges all but ripped his body to shreds” I should have had her dragged away but seeing the emotion in her stunned me to silence.

Tears streamed down her face but the fire in her eyes remained as she described watching those boys die the whole time glaring at Nathan. I looked towards him seeing he had his head down not meeting her eye. Not that she seemed to care she was so far gone I doubted she even knew where she was. “he knew he was dying, he knew I couldn’t save him but he didn’t cry like the boy he was on the outside, he felt honoured to die beside his friend like the true warrior that he was, they were both better men than any of you, they died with honour” she was practically screaming now, panting like a wolf animal I was half expecting her to shift and luge for us the amount of control she must have over her wolf was astounding I almost had admiration for her before snapping out of it and reminding myself who she was.

Johnny came up to her grabbing her pulling her into his arms my wolf growled at seeing him holding her, he was agitated he clearly needed her gone.

“ Alpha s..s..she doesn’t know what she’s saying the doctor has given her strong pain killers and they have made her forget herself” Johnny the baddest warrior in the pack was stuttering in fear of what would happen next. He was right to disrespect the Alpha and Beta should be met with severe punishment, even death.

A muffled sob sounded out in the corridor but it wasn’t from the woman in front of us it came from further down we all turned at the same time to see Colin trying desperately to hold his distraught mother up. I closed my eyes in despair at the thought of them hearing that stupid girl spill her guts about what happened to Colin’s brother, I hadn’t heard them coming in none of us had.

I turned to Johnny rage evident in my eyes. I felt like I might snap. Why could this girl stop causing pain everywhere she went. “ Clayton, get her out of here before she makes any more of a spectacle of herself.” I growled beyond angry. I needed them to leave before I did something that would have people fearing me as an Alpha. I didn’t want to lead like that.

Without needing to be told twice Johnny scooped his sister up sprinting down the corridor like his ass was on fire. I headed towards Colin and his mother who was almost on the floor. I scooped her up from Colin who was barely holding himself together overnight with my apologies and promising him I would do everything I could for his family.

After everyone had calmed down Colin’s mom had quietly told me she was glad to have heard that her son had died with honour as a true warrior. His father Martin stone had been the pack's former head warrior so she knew his father would be proud of him. It had softened my heart that it had given her comfort though nothing could bring back her son she left feeling proud.

That was weeks ago and I was still yet to punish the girl for her outburst. To be honest I didn’t want to think about her. There were still too many raw emotions and my parents had been riding my ass with constant phone calls even though they were yet to make an appearance.

My parents had been upset that I'd had the ceremony without them but once I’d seen the state things were in I couldn’t just stand by and wait for them to decide to come back. Served them right for disappearing on the eve of my arrival, were they really that scared to face me though after I found out who they put in charge of my pups care.

I should have known they wouldn’t want to be around to feel my wrath, how dare they have put that monster in charge of raising my beautiful mate's child, after what she’d done.

Though even as I thought it I couldn’t shake the feeling that I’d come down too harsh on her that night of my ceremony, I’d just lost it seeing Mina wrap her arms around her like that. I could tell she adored the mutt, she’d cried for her all night long.

Actually i'd been told she had been crying herself to sleep every night since then but I was firm in my resolve that the mutt should never have been near my pup to begin with, not after what she did to my mate.

What had my parents been thinking, clearly they had gone insane during my absence. I hated it, I hated the way Mina had looked at the omega with such love. The omega was not her mother, she had a mother. Rose. The mutt had obviously never told her about her parents, Mina had no idea who I was, the few interactions we’d had were awkward and cold.

When I wasn’t there Mina would cause chaos in the house. Of course I couldn’t always be there with so many other duties, so the omegas had kept her in her room most of the time. Is that how things had been, had my pup been locked away by the mutt, was that her final vindictive plot to keep my daughter from knowing her people, they had lost Rose because of her and now they were losing Mina too, she was a cruel witch indeed.

CRACK!!

I looked down to see my grip on the desk had caused it to crack.

“s**t!” I muttered to myself.

Dude chill, you're going to lose it. My wolf who had barely been speaking to me finally chummed in.

I can’t help it. I'm just so angry that mutt was able to get her claws into my pup. I said to him.

You're angry alright but not with Alisha, yes I said her name so don’t pretend you don’t know it. What the hell was his problem? He sounded like Lucas. Who had conveniently vanished the night of the attack but that was Lucas for you I had no doubt he’d be back to chew my ass out before the end of the month.

Fuck you she’s a mutt, a murderer she doesn’t deserve a real name after what she did. I shout in my head but the s**t won't back down.

If that’s true then why do you feel so bad about the way you treated her. He sounded almost arrogant and I could feel him practically gloating. Did I feel bad? No I didn’t.

Shut up I don’t feel bad I’m just stressed with work, dads left us in the s**t. I said looking down at the paperwork on the desk.

Dumb ass we share a body I’m in your head. Didn’t I know it.

Fuck off she’s a monster the pack hates her why would they if she wasn’t guilty.

So tell me oh wise one, why does Mina adore her if she is such a monster.

She’s a pup and she's influenced easily.

She’s an alpha, she has naturally good instincts and may I point out that our poor pup has cried every night since you ordered Alisha away that has to count for something. My heart aches at the thought of my pup crying herself to sleep which made my anger for the mutt rise.

Fuck off I’m serious or I’ll put a block up.

Fine but your being and arse and you know it.

I warned you. I blocked him out. I was done listening to this. I was Alpha. I knew what was best for my pup and my pack. Mina would get over it and the other omegas would get control of her eventually. Maybe I should bring in another guardian for Mina.

I hated it when my wolf and I were at odds he was just as stubborn as I was so when we disagreed it normally ended with one blocking the other out.

When I’d lost Rose I couldn’t cope. I'd let him come to the front of my mind. I had retreated hidden away, unable to face my pain after losing my mate, my wolf had been forced to feel the pain and he had dealt with it in other ways.

Suddenly I heard a commotion outside the door. I heard My father shouting at someone. In the next breath he burst into the room followed by my mother with a crying Mina in her arms. One of the omegas was trailing behind with her head down.

I jumped up Immediately running to Mina in my mothers arms. I cupped her little face in my hands. The right side of her cheek was slightly red.

“ What happened? Is she alright?” I said in a blind panic.

“ no she’s not alright.....Alpha” the word alpha was spat with such venom. It wasn’t from my father either, it was from my mother. When I looked up at her from Mina she was glaring at me.

I looked at my father who shook his head at me, he stood across from mom shoving his hands in his pockets angry. Mom kept glaring and I pulled back wide eyed like when I was a child and she was disappointed in me.

Mina buried her face in my mothers neck. Hiding from everyone. The omega wouldn’t meet my gaze at all. But I could shake that she looked familiar. I could feel my fathers eyes burning into my back sure now he decides to show his Alpha dominance but where was that when the pack was going to s**t.

“ I said what happened?” I demanded using my Alpha voice sock of their glares. I wanted to know what happened to my pup.

“ This omega thought it within her right to smack your pup, I assume she will be dealt with swiftly” my father growled pointing at the woman still in the doorway.

“ WHAT!!!” I roared furious. She hit Mina. She hit my little girl.

“ EXPLAIN YOURSELF!!” The omega looked up momentarily meeting my eye before dipping her head again.

“ A child needs discipline, the young alpha is unruly and needs rules in order to be a true Alpha it’s no secret you have indulged her, spoiled her even over the years” the omega said with utter disrespect, clearly suddenly feeling brave because she was now holding her head high she seemed very familiar now that I thought about it.

“ Insolence, what right do you have to strike a pup, you know full well that’s not how we do things in this pack” my father shouted hatefully at the omega this time though she did not bow her head, looking at my father in defiance.

“ Well maybe it should be sir and when I am Luna it will be” oh s**t. Now I know why I recognised this woman.

“ ENOUGH” using my alpha tone to get control of the room.

Mina visibly shook in her grandmother's arms burying herself deeper. My parents looked at me in utter shock demanding an explanation for the omegas words without saying it which I was grateful for, it wasn’t the time for this in front of Mina. I stroked her hair, coaxing her to come out of hiding, ever so slowly she peered at me from behind a curtain of my mothers hair.

“ I wasn’t shouting at you Mina.I’m sorry I scared you” Mina gave me the slightest little smile wiping her nose with the back of her hand, she reached out to me and I scooped her up.

“ Do you want to tell me what happened?” I whispered as gently as I could holding her close to me, this was a huge olive branch Mina had never let me hold her before.She peered back at the others almost afraid of what to say she just wrapped her arms tightly around my neck crying again.

My wolf Howled at our pup being upset. He wanted to strangle the omega but I needed the truth as to what had been happening.

“ Where is Alisha? This would never have happened on her watch” dad demanded.

“ Is she sick?” My mother queried looking concerned.

“ ummm....” I hadn’t expected this reaction from them but the thought of them being so dependent on the mutt made my blood boil.

“Daddy made her leave....he shouted at her and made her cried” Mina spoke up crying herself, she’d outed me in front of my parents, couldn’t fault the pup for being honest though.

“ Mitchell please tell me you didn’t?” My mother croaked clearly holding back tears, her eyes wide in shock.

My father looked far away and I could tell he was mind linking someone. moments later another omega appeared.

“ You asked for me sir” she asked. Smiling at my father.

“ Amy, will you please take Mina to get a cookie and some milk while we have a word with our Alpha” the omega beamed at Mina holding out her hand as Mina wriggled from my grasp jumping down from my arms.

“ Come on monkey” Mina skipped out of the room without a second thought before the door closed.

The omega was made to wait outside too. It was only then my parents let rip.

“ tell me it’s a lie.... tell me you did not take Alisha from Mina”. My father shouted pointing his finger at me, the rage clear in his eyes. I felt like a child again being scolded for doing some dumb s**t.

“ You left that murderer in charge of my child after what she did” I shouted back at them, were they really that blind to the girl's crimes. Mom and dad both looked at me like I’d lost my mind. Mom turned to dad who ran a frustrated hand down his face.

“ Oh Mitchell please tell me that’s not why you removed her from this house?” my mother breathed exhausted, as if I’d missed something right in front of me. I frowned at her while my father remained silent till he finally walked towards one of the filing draws, shuffling through it angrily. After a Moment he came back towards us.

“ I sent this out to the address you gave us two weeks before you were due to come home the first time” he waved the file and then threw the thing at me. I looked down at it and there was one name at the top and I swear my heart stopped.

Rose Mina Beatrix Smith