A KISS UNDER THE GOLDEN MOON

CHAPTER 9. SHE HAS TO LEAVE THE PACK

LIAM'S POV

"How many casualties?" I ask Josh as soon as I step through the door. The pack is chaotic. I saw guards running through the pack, the Beta was giving orders, children were crying. The whole way here, I kept trying to figure out the reason for the attack.

"Mostly injured, no casualties, one captured and a dead witch." Josh starts giving me the report.

"A witch? Who killed her? What kind of witch? How many witches came with them?" This is starting to get really weird. Witches joining wolves to fight?

"All I hear lately are witches. I don't like it." My wolf says upset.

"I like it even less, bud, but we will find answers." I try to apace him.

"Michael killed her, but he is at the hospital right now, not doing very good. When he killed her, he started to convulse, and black foam came out of his mouth." Michael is one of the best fighters we have. I am planning to make him my Delta once I assume the Alpha position. It's a shame he is not doing well.

"He's cursed! The witch he killed was probably the mother of the coven. Do you have her body somewhere? We need to find out her coven. They are using black magic." Riley surprises us all.

"How do you know this?" My brother asks suspicious.

"My friends are witches, I have heard a thing or two about curses and magic." Riley says.

"That was not in her file, and you did not say anything. Her background is not completely clean, dad is having a hard time deciding what to do, and now this? Did any of you not think to give us the heads up? Is it not suspicious enough for you that this shewolf has friends that are witches? What the hell is wrong with you?" Josh finishes his speech. I can see Adam trying to contain himself from attacking. My brother has the ability to push buttons.

"You are disrespecting my mate. Watch your words, or I am going to make you!" Adam is a cool guy for the most part, but like any male, his mate is untouchable.

"Make me! You might be the Beta, but I am still the Alpha's son, and head of security of this pack, and I don't trust your mate." Adam doesn't waste a second and lounges towards him, punching him on the face, Josh attacks back, punching him on the stomach, knocking the air out of him, but he recovers quickly and manages to push him too the ground with him on top of him. Soon, the two of them start rolling through the floor, punching each other.

"Liam, please do something!" Riley says, worried.

Now omegas and anyone who is in the house are watching the show. The foyer is a mess of broken lamps and vases, not to mention blood on the whole marble floor.

"Enough!" I yell with all the Alpha Authority I could muster. Adam and Josh take a moment, but unwillingly stop. They are looking at it each other with rage, growling like two mad wolves in battle.

"What the hell is going on here?" My dad comes down the stairs, anger evident on his face. His blue eyes are turning darker, neither him nor his wolf appreciate fights between their people. Especially not between one of his sons and the future Alpha.

"Joshua, Liam, Adam, in my office NOW!" He says without looking at anyone else. He turns around, and we all follow. The rest of the house goes back to doing whatever, while some omegas start cleaning and removing the chaos left behind.

"Adam, I can wait outside. You need to talk to your Alpha right now." Riley suggests once we reach my dad's office. Adam just nods and makes his way in with the rest of us.

"Do you have any idea what you just did downstairs? You are the leaders of this pack. What the hell were you thinking?" My dad starts saying furious.

"Dad, Adam failed to disclose that his mate is friends with witches. We already know she's hiding something, but her association with witches makes this situation unacceptable. You cannot accept her into the pack. send her back where she came from."I don't recognize Josh. His words hold so much venom.

My dad is looking at Adam expectant. He doesn't need to ask any questions, his look says it all. He wants answers, and he wants them now.

"In the human side, there is no difference between species. We are all the same. Riley has an unusual group of friends, she calls them her family. I didn't know at first, but it didn't make any difference once I found out. They look after each other, and they are no different than any of us." Adam is really surprising me, is like he's grown up in the past two days

"Be that as if may, we can't just accept her into the pack. We know nothing about her. Every search I did about her came with nothing. She is hiding something, and her friendship with witches is not helpful to her case." Josh interjects.

"Have you considered that she may be hiding out if fear to be hurt? She is not a common rogue, she is honest and cares a big deal about this i***t right here." I say, pointing towards Adam. "I met her friends, and yes, a vampire and two witches are not...."

"Vampire!, what the f**k were you thinking? She is dangerous. She needs to go. Adam, I'm sorry, but we can't trust her. You have to reject her. " My father has never been accepting of other creatures. He thinks they have a hidden mission, but that is the way we were raised. Wolves don't trust witches. They don't trust us, and nobody trusts vampires.

"No!" Adam states, simply. An order from your Alpha should be enough to be carried, but Adam will not obey, and he is right to do so.

"Did you just say no? Do you want to go in the cells for disobeying a direct order?" Josh interrupts.

"I am not rejecting her, and if she can't stay, then I am leaving with her. If being a member of this pack means that we have to reject our mates because they are different, then I don't want to belong here. My mate hasn't hurt anyone, you haven't even met her to judge her, yet you are already exiling her." I can see my father's jaw clenching a little, his hands are on fists, he doesn't want to lose, but he knows Adam is right.

"I am the future Alpha, and I will support Adam. If he leaves, the moment I become Alpha, I will bring him back with his mate. You can decide right now to remove my title, and I will understand, but then, I am leaving as well." I am trying to put him into a corner. Even though Josh could take my place, my father wouldn't dare, he cares too much about what others will say, and Josh has never been interested in the position.

"What the hell are you doing?" Josh asks through the mindlink.

"Things will change once I become Alpha, if you don't like it, speak now, and take the job." I respond.

"Father would never allow it, and I don't want it." He replies.

"Then stop being stupid!" I tell him.

"Where is your mate? I would like to talk to her and then, I'll make my decision." I knew he would change his mind.

Adam immediately opens the door and lets Riley in. She looks around the room, nervous, but trying to ground herself. Adam holds her hand in reassurance.

"Good afternoon, Miss Thompson, although that is not your real name, is it?" My dad looks at her defiantly, trying to intimidate her with his look, but she doesn't move and looks him in the eye.