Chapter 66 Karma 

Zalia 

I snuggle closer to Deimos, not willing to open my eyes yet and face the world outside my bedroom. I have lost track of how many times Deimos made me come or how often he came, all I know is that I will enjoy my Mate’s body for the rest of our lives and I doubt I will ever be able to tire of it. My hand slowly moves to the mark he made on my neck and a smile appears on my face when I hear him say through our mind–link that he loves me, “I love you too.” I answer him back. 

Deimos asks me what I found in the files Uncle Cameron and Alpha Eros gave me, I tell him about baby 

Juliette and Uncle Cameron’s conclusion that she must have died birth along with her Mother. I 

tell him Alpha Eros witnessed Alpha Maxwell finding his fated Mate, that there is a file on the attack that led to the death of Alpha Maxwell and his Mate and tha there was a file on Alpha Maxwell being the acting Alpha of Moon Stone Pack. 

“Alpha Eros put extra information into that file about five years after Alpha Maxwell’s death, he figured Alpha Brad took over as acting Alpha, because there hadn’t been an Alpha Ceremony. If the rightful heir had taken over there would have been an Alpha Ceremony and every Pack would have been notified of the Ceremony. But that never happened.” I tell Deimos as let my finger trace the rest of the tattoo on his arm. 

I ask him if it is possible that the Alpha of Crystal Cove Pack was the one Alpha Brad and Luna Hester feared and I have to tell him about the conversation I overheard all those years ago, making both of us wonder how much Luna Hester knew about the original Alpha bloodline of Moon Stone Pack. “We should ask Leander if what Alpha Brad did is against the Law and if anyone that knew is an accomplice to breaking that Law.” Deimos says. 

For a moment I am at a loss for words, I never thought Alpha Brad’s actions could mean he broke the Law in some way and now I really want to find out what happened to Juliette. I don’t care if I find out that I am not the rightful heir, I just want to make sure that the right person is leading this Pack and I know it isn’t Alpha Brad or Donovan. 

Elinor would make a great Alpha as long as she isn’t going to follow into her Father’s or Mother’s footsteps, but then again I never saw her treat anyone different because of their rank. Deimos and I agree that we need to know what happened to Juliette and if there might be another rightful heir to Moon Stone Pack.. While I pay Crystal Cove Pack a visit Leander can find out if Alpha Brad handled against the Law and Deimos will ask both our Fathers to keep him occupied 

We decided it is best if he doesn’t tag along with me to Crystal Cove Pack, we both fear he won’t be able to let me walk into that territory on my own and I need to get my hands on that Birth Certificate Twilight doesn’t like the fact that I plan on asking the Alpha for, nor is she a fan of the idea that I want to ask him some questions that I have and it took me a little time to convince her that this was the best way to get at few answers fast. 

Deimos and I have made ourselves some lunch with whatever was still in the fridge and pantry, we sat down at the table in the kitchen and we just enjoyed our food and each other’s company. In the meantime we looked at the map of Crystal Cove Pack, their Pack–House is build in the middle of the territory and it is surrounded by quite a lot of cottages. 

Twilight and I know it will be a piece of cake for the two of us to get into that Pack–house undetected, but I will make sure that someone notices me before I enter to find the Alpha. It is easier if someone brings me to the Alpha than that I will have to go looking for him inside a Pack–house I am not familiar with. After lunch Deimos and I made final plans on how to spend the rest of the day and after that we went in search of our Dads, hoping they found a few more answers on the Alpha floor. 

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Nana is sitting on a chair next to Leander as he enters the information found in the files with the photos, she comments on the notes that are stuck to the files and it tells me that they didn’t find anything new in the files they read while we were engaged otherwise. Nana almost knocks the chair over the moment she notices that we are watching her and I get wrapped up in her arms as she almost knocks us both to the 

floor. 

It takes a while before everyone has gotten the chance to congratulate us and when we are all seated again I ask if they found anything new, but as I already feared they didn’t find anything that could answer a few of my questions. Loud noises from outside the Alpha floor makes us all moves as one to the door and I am. surprised to see a male, that looks like Liam, growling Luna Hester. 

to him 

“I thought the Queen told you to stay on the Beta Bloor Dad says and she turns as she yells that he should show some respect for his Luna. The male growls at Luna Hester again and she takes a step back at the aura he releases, he is definitely Deinos‘ Grandfather. “Papa, calm down. She is not worth it.” Deimos says as two Warriors run up the stairs and they are surprised to see Luna Hester at the top of the stairs, they ask how she got of the Beta floor. 

Nyx tells them that she must have used the Omega stairwell and that she probably snuck back up the stairs 

make sure no one would hear her, but she hadn’t counted on Deimos‘ friends guarding the Alpha floor or his Grandfather. She explains that she locked the door on the inside of the Alpha floor, that she didn’t trust anyone to stay put as they were ordered and when her gut tells her something she always listens. 

Papa turns his head towards Deimos as he sniff’s the air and after a moment his eyes land on me, “My condolences, Dear.” He says before he pulls me in for a bear hug and I hear Deimos objecting to his Grandfather’s words. I enjoy the hug from Papa as much as when Nana hugged me and I realize I missed a few things growing up, but I also know that Mom and Dad did their best. 

After everything settles back to normal we sit down in the living room and we tell Papa and Nana everything that happened. Papa is not to pleased with Alwin’s action and when Liam tells him that he resigned Papa mumbles, “Finally.” Papa tells us that he also served Queen Axelle and that he turned over the position to Liam because of Alwin, he hopes that Axelle will finally do what she has to do to keep Alwin from screwing up even more. 

Papa asks me question after question about the competition and he seems to enjoy my sneaking around. the Palace the most, Nana loves how I reacted when the extra challenge was brought up and Deimos looks. dumbfounded when he realizes that Twilight helped me fight the Mate–bond that night. Liam tells me about what happened the next morning when he woke Deimos up and even though Deimos is objecting profusely Liam tells us he almost jumped the balcony in his birthday suit. 

We are all laughing at Deimos‘ expense and he softly growls at me as he pulls me closer to his chest. I slide my arms around his neck the moment he buries his nose in my neck, I like the way it feels to be in his arms and I am enjoying this time with my Mate and my family. I don’t know what to expect in the near future and how often I will be able to sit like this with y Mate, my family and my friends. 

Nana asks me about my trip to Crystal Cove Pack and Deimos starts shaking his head in the crook of my neck, making me giggle as his hair tickles my face. I explain to Nana what Deimos and I agreed to and Papa tells us that he will help Dad and Liam to distract Deimos, that he will tie him to a chair if that might be necessary. Deimos understands I need to do this to get some answers, but it doesn’t mean that he has to like it. 

I ask Nana what she knows about Crystal Cove Pack, but she nor Papa can tell us much about them. It seems that they have always been secretive about their leadership and the Alpha closed off his Pack completely over thirty years ago without an explanation towards Queen Axelle. He did let her know he would no longer attend the meetings, but he didn’t explain why he refused to show up again and after a few attempts to gain access to the territory Axelle gave p. 

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I ask Papa to tell me about his years at the Palace and we hear stories about what is was like decades ago, but it seems that not much has changed when it comes to power hungry males and females. Like Deimos Papa was often the target for females that wanted a High–ranking male and I growl softly when I hear that Nana almost left the Palace before the Full Moon because of a female that claimed she would become Papa’s chosen Mate. 

Axelle managed to convince Nana to stay, after she told Nana that the female was lying and it turned out for the best. Nana even knows what happened to the female and I laugh my ass off when she tells us that someone had overheard what she had said to Nana, who happened to be the second Son of a Gamma and he turned out to be her fated Mate. He told her who his Father was and she figured he was to become the next Gamma to his Pack, but by the time she found out the truth she was already marked. 

“After she gave birth to their Son he started to ignore her, he spent all his time training his Son and when his Brother stepped down their Son took over the position of Gamma. His Brother was gay and he asked his Nephew to take over the position. The relationship between Mother and Son was non–existent, but she tried to restore that after he took over and he just turned his back on her.” Nana says. 

Yep, karma is a Bitch. 

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