Alpha Enzo (and Alaria) novel Chapter 86

Alaria:

“Enzo?” I asked, frowning as I caught his scent.

I walked out of the living room where Ashton was playing. At this point, I didn’t have it in me to even allow him out of my sight. The fear of something happening to him consumed me, and though I knew that he was safe in his father’s home, I couldn’t help but find myself being worried.

He looked at me and I couldn’t help but find myself wanting to hug him. I knew not to, the pack members weren’t going to understand, but the second he approached me, it was him who wrapped his arms around me.

His eyes met mine and he smiled as we pulled away to look one another in the eye.

“How…?”

“I am supposed to be on bedrest if that is what you’re asking about, but the last thing that I was going to do was leave you alone when I know that things are as messed up as they are right now.” He said, and I took a deep breath.

“Alpha, we had orders not to allow the pack Luna in.” One of the pack gammas said, shaking his head in question. “Alonso is with her, and while she is…”

“Katerina is a liar, and has been one since day one.” He said, making the pack members frown as they tried to process what he was saying. “She is neither my wife nor my Luna.”

“I’m sorry, what?” Jacob, one of the deltas asked.

“Alonso was never my son. It was one of the reasons why neither one of you felt a bond toward him and why I never found myself linking to him as my child. There was a feeling that wasn’t there between us, but I always thought that it was because I didn’t feel him growing. I was never in his life as a child, and I put that as a reason. It turns out, Katerina was lying to get power. She was betraying us all along, and has managed to fake a paternity test to confirm that he is mine.” Enzo said, looking around his now baffled pack members. I couldn’t blame them. This was a shock that no one would have expected.

“She claimed to be pregnant, Alpha.” Irina, one of her friends said. Everyone around seemed to be dumfounded, and I couldn’t blame them. I would have been had I been in their shoes. I didn’t even know how she had the guts to do something like this; but I knew one thing, the pack members were not going to drop the subject. The question was, whether or not anyone was loyal to her, a traitor to the Alpha.

“She was never with child.” I said, and the pack members murmured amongst themselves. This time, though, they seemed to not want to believe me. The idea of this being another lie was something that they didn’t want to put in mind.

“That is impossible. She got the results from the pack doctors. You may be hating on her, and you may have a grudge, but she wasn’t going to have the pack doctors and a few others lie in her favor. She wouldn’t be able to do so.” A few started arguing, and it wasn’t until Enzo let out a low growl that they all went quiet.

“That would require the pack doctor to answer to why she lies. And even if she was, the child wouldn’t be mine. The hospital said that she was three months pregnant at the time, it would be nearly five months now. Either way, the time period that they said was one when Viktor and I weren’t in the pack. Therefore, rather than attacking the woman, you should choose to listen.” He said, looking around the pack members. Leonardo put a hand on my shoulder, gently squeezing it, and I smiled putting my hand on his, thankful for him. “If I can trust that ONE person is honest within the pack, it is Alaria.”

“Katherine was never my wife, and I never chose to have her as one. While she was my mate before the rejection to marry Alaria, I never married her later as it was something that I was against. While I am not sure why I was, I know that something told me not to marry her.” Enzo said, completing his sentence. “The idea of you disrespecting the woman who has mothered my child for all this time, on her own, is not one that I am going to accept.”

“The person that you are calling honest, Alpha, is the same one who kept your child from you for years. While Katherine lied, it is doesn’t Alaria anymore innocent. Her son knows not of our ways and he is not going to be fit as Alpha. And I doubt that you are going to raise him as to be one.” Alaric, a gamma asked. “Don’t get me wrong, Alaria, but we have boundaries and rules. You fit neither…”

“Put your self in her shoes.” Enzo said, stopping the man. “I came to her with divorce papers. She didn’t want to sign them, but I gave her no other choice. I was bringing Katherine in whether or not she liked it. She was loyal, peaceful, and she neither one of you can deny that she has done her part as the pack Luna. And whether or not we were married, she knew to keep to her vows and rules; she didn’t find herself being with another man as she mothered my son. She gave her life for us, and in turn, I doubt that anyone would have the right to say otherwise about her. I am going to be sure to have their heads if they tried.”

He looked at me for a moment and I blushed as he turned to look at the pack members again. “We do not deserve her. I know for fucking fact that I didn’t. But if I know one thing, right now, we have our pack to protect against the rogues. And the last thing that we are gong to do is submit to those who want to oppose us.”

“Therefore, those who are spies and those who are enemies hidden within, be warned and be sure to send my warning.” He said, looking around the pack for a moment before saying his last sentence. “We are coming for all of you, and when we’ve had our hands on you, neither one of us is going to back out. I give you my word, all of those who dare stand against us are going to die. I will be sure not to show mercy to those who stabbed us in the back. Not this time…”

Enzo:

“The fact that despite listening to his own son wanting to plot his death and yet not reacting is what is setting me off right now. I mean, Yaroslav was literally listening to his son telling you that he would kill him. Nothing happened, though. If he was dead; we would have heard. But the man is very much alive and stable. Hell, he seems to be living his life to the fullest, and his wife…”

“Can be the reason why he chooses to stay quiet.” I said, “Sabrina has her effect when it comes to Yaroslav. And if it is Damon on the line, the woman is going to do whatever it takes to protect her son, even if it means silencing her husband.”

“But that would mean that she is danger to him too. If she is siding with both Jacob and Damon, then it is going to be contracting everything that she has done. She would have at least had the man grow with his father, but as far as we all know, she was the one who was against it.” Alaria said, and I nodded.

“Unless he chose to give her something in return for her silence. And in turn, she is holding something on him to ensure his.” I said, and Alaria took a deep breath. She pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head as she processed what I was telling her.

“This cycle is getting tiring, and I have to admit, I have dealt with a lot before, but this is going to a whole new level of too much to deal with at once.” She said, making me chuckle. “You are going to need to eat something. Then you can discuss matters with Matias, Leonardo, and Viktor. The man got here when he heard of your injury. I am guessing that he might need a little briefing considering that he was gone for a long time.”

“I am curious about how he reacted when he saw you in the pack.” I said, and she smiled.

“He already orders from Leonardo. Trust me when I say, the pack was not very happy knowing that I would be in when their supposed Luna was to be kept out. At least you explaining the matter cleared their doubts, though I doubt that it is going to solve things completely.” She said, and I nodded.

“It would be the beginning of it. The rest would come later. And I have a feeling that we are going to have a lot of things to deal with for later.” I said, and she nodded. “I’ll go and talk to Matias. We are going to have to discuss where things are going to go from here. And also ensure the announcement of Ashton being my heir.”

“The bastard heir?” She said, reminding me of the insult that I called him not too long ago. I looked away from her for a moment before shaking my head.

“My one and only heir. The son that I would claim as my own, whether or not I was alive…”