Chosen just to be Rejected (by Jennifer Francis) novel Chapter 55

55 Bella She walked into Alpha Astons office after doing her rounds , and getting coffee from the packs dining room , she arrived dead on 9am .

The door was closed , and she could see several Alphas sitting around .

She knocked on the door and stepped in when asked to , Aston is this meeting affecting your day with your allied alphas ? No , Bell , the full moon isnt until tonight , so its fine , theyre just sitting around chatting and allowing their wolves to socialise with the others here , that is all that happens the day of the full moon .

She nodded I just didnt want your day to be interrupted.

Aston smiled at her .

She looked around the room and not only were Aston and Mala in here , but Simon , the packs Beta , as well as Parker and his entire unit .

Those four were all seated on one of the couches before Astons desk .

Mala was sitting in a single but comfortable tub chair , and she tapped the one next to her , when Bella smiled at her and greeted her , indicating that was where she was to sit , in this room .

Aston and Simon were both leaning casually up against Astons desk , facing them all , likely showing the room that his position was going to be a bystander .

That he was here to listen to all that was about to go on , and only actually intervene , if it he thought it was necessary .

It was likely that Mala was the one that was going to preside over this meeting they were about to have .

Which was why she was sitting here with her and Parker , his unit .

She also knew Aston liked watching his Luna in action .

Bella nodded to Parker and his unit as she sat down Hello .

She stated simply and saw Shannon tilt his head slightly .

She knew it was him as the actual Gamma , he was going to be switched on for this meeting .

And only now did Bella realise that he had been the same yesterday , had been all Gamma when talking to her , hed walked over to her with Parker for a reason she now understood , to ask all those questions about children , understood with that tilt of his head right now that yesterday hed been trying to sense her out , for Parker .

1/4 +8 Point 55 Ah ! She thought to herself , Parker must have seen Whit and the other children heading off to that birthday party but hadnt been face to face with him , likely only seen him in passing , and hadnt been able to pick his child among the others from the orphanage that would have been with him .

Shannons questions had been on purpose to try and get her to think about Parkers child , she now realised .

She looked right at Shannon now .

Im not your concern anymore , Shannon .

You dont need to feel me out .

She told him simply , Im healthy and happy in my life here , in all of my life since I left Lustrous Moon .

Just in case , you need to know that as a Gamma .

She saw Mala look from her to Shannon and frown If I want a Gamma to feel out my pack member .

Mala interrupted them Ill call Charlie into this room .

Let it go Gamma .

Mala directed at Shannon .

She watched Shannon look to Mala , and Mala leaned forward slightly in her chair to stare at him , though there was a smile on her face .

Youll want to listen to me , this is not your Alphas pack .

Mala stated , and Bella watched Shannon just nod , and sit back in his chair .

Though she doubted he had switched himself off completely as a Gamma , he was just not going to actively focus on her for the moment , likely sit there and feel out everything in this room instead .

Shannon had been a good Gamma to her , and shed liked him as a person .

No one inside the Lustrous Moon had been mean or nasty to her .

Parkers unit had always been respectful and if she was having an off day , and Shannon picked up on it , hed always asked her what was wrong and offered his charm up for the use .

Bella smiled at Mala , who leaned back and settled in her chair , before stating , Im here as your Luna , Bell .

In full capacity .

Hed been informed .

It seemed that he was going to play the dumb card in the hope Aston , being an Alpha , would side with him , she supposed .

Only he didnt know Aston and Mala actually knew the entire truth .

They had insisted on not only knowing everything , but seeing everything when shed come here , her mating alliance , separation agreement , and theyd had that scroll from Gretta , so that they knew what to expect where Whit was concerned .

Shed not hidden anything .

Didnt need to .

A snort of amusement came from her , and she heard both Aston and Mala actually chuckle softly , which only seemed to annoy Parker even further .

That child would be the heir to my pack Belladonna .

Parker stated , And you just disappeared without a trace , took the child with you and away from me .

Bella leaned all the way back in that chair , and made herself comfortable , as she wondered if maybe hed hit his head , or gotten into , one too many pack wars and had some sort of brain injury that had created memory loss .

He did actually sound annoyed and frustrated about this , did sound to her as though he had no knowledge of their agreement .

She moved her eyes along his unit .

They were all sitting 3/4 55 +8 Point watching her as well , looked to her like they also were waiting for the answers to Parkers questions .

Though Mina had informed her no one inside that pack knew about their son , that Parker had kept it under wraps from them all .

Now she thought hed clearly not even told his unit .

Like shed thought a year ago , they were in the dark .

She could tell by their expressions .

She sipped her coffee once more as she took in their expressions , thought about all their reactions to her the last time theyd been here , then moved her eyes to Aston questioningly .