Page 9 of The Alpha and His Song: Volume One

I asked, “Which Luna?” Even though I was pretty sure I knew the answer already, Melanie. Their leader answered, “The Muffin Luna, Melanie Conners.” I nodded telling Keith, “We’ve got to get ahold of these muffins. He’s the fifth guy I’ve heard talking about them.”

Keith agreed. I held out my hand in greeting, introducing myself to the Black Mountain Leader, “I’m Keaton Daniels.” The guy paled before saying, “I’m Bradford. You should, umm go see your brother.” Keith and I stiffened.

I asked, “Did something happen to Emmett?” Bradford answered, “No, nothing happened to Alpha Emmett.” Keith asked, “Who? Our mom or dad? Collin, Carter, Allison and Arden are too young to fight. Oh shit! Don’t tell me Carter and Colin got out there!”

Carter and Colin were older than Allison and Arden, but at thirteen years old they shouldn’t be fighting. Bradford said, “No, they weren’t there.” I asked, “Well then…” I trailed off and whispered, “Wait.” Because there was one sibling that would be out there that we hadn’t mentioned.

Keith asked, “Was Blue Moon there? Did something happen to Emma?” Bradford urged, “You really should talk to….” I growled at him interrupting, “TELL US WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR SISTER!” Bradford cringed then said, “Beta Female Emma was injured, but I don’t know what happened. We split off to find their backup. The link only said Emma and Dylan Frost were wounded. I’m sure they are fine now, but I know you guys are close.”

I shifted and took off for home with Keith right beside me. I could see our patrol was running our borders. They let us pass without saying anything. I heard Lisa yell my name, but I ignored her. I had to see my sister. I shifted and grabbed a pair of shorts and ran into the house.

I yelled, “EMMA!” I heard a snort, “There is no need to shout, I’m right here.” I walked in and found Emmett, Finn, Emma, Colin, Carter, Allison, Arden, and our parents. I ran straight to Emma and hugged her, looking her up and down.

I breathed a sigh of relief, “You look good. You’re ok?” Emma nodded, “Yup. Nothing a MelAshley serum and a little Haley healing couldn’t fix.” I asked, “You call Melanie Conners MelAshley?” Emma nodded to Finn saying, “I hear it all day every day. It’s second nature to me now.” Finn smiled at her but I could see the worry in his eyes though.

I asked, “What happened?” Emmett answered, “She was poisoned.” I growled, “With what?” Emma sighed, “Mintor and Silver poisoning.” My eyes widened in horror. Keith asked, “How? They were tigers.” Emma shrugged, “Their claws were dipped in it.”

Finn chimed in, “It was very dramatic. No one could get to Emma because she was in that blasted dome. I’m going to need MelAshley to dedicate all her time, when she’s not having sex, to getting the rest of us inside that darn thing.”

Finn shrugged, “Honestly, I’d say all her time, but who wants Alexander to return to his moody state? Not me. Jay Jay surrounded me in water that I tried to swim through, but alas my doggy paddle could not get me out. I’ve re-entered myself into swim lessons. I SHALL GET THROUGH THE WATER NEXT TIME TO REACH EMMA!”

I asked, “How would the Werewolf serum help you with Mintor poisoning, Emma?” Emmett explained, “Our sister didn’t get the Werewolf serum.” My Uncle Heath and Aunt Allie flashed into the house. I asked, “Then what serum is it?”

Emmett admitted, “Apparently it doesn’t have a name yet, but it’s to combat Mintor poisoning.” I asked, “How smart is this woman?” Also, why was the idea that Melanie was the one behind the Resistance firming up in my mind?

Channing said, “Because she, of all people, would not have cared you were killing people. Melanie is the one who would simply cover you and allow you to be in the group without being in it. You were the piece of home Oden’s mate wanted. Melanie clearly wanted the allies to work with her but didn’t think they would understand. We were different.” That’s true.

Keith linked, “Why are you making your I figured it all out face?” I admitted, “I might have, but no one would believe me.” Keith snorted, “I will.” I wasn’t so sure about that considering it was a crazy thought, but I had more information about the situation than they did.

That note I got rambled just like Melanie did. Holy shit, it was her. Channing snorted, “We can’t out her without outing ourselves.” I replied, “Yes, but Melanie will tell everyone in time she runs the Resistance. Alexander’s mate wanted the allies to know the whole time it was her. Hell, she was begging Red Run to figure it out.” That made me want to flinch, knowing how much that had to hurt Melanie.

I focused on my family. Emmett said, “Melanie Conners is an actual genius. I thought the McAlister’s saying so was just them bragging, but it’s actually a fact.” I studied Emmett and realized my unflappable big brother was shaken while Mom was holding Emma’s hand.

Finn declared, “We need some life in this party. To the bar! Let’s go people. Emma is alive and she has been thoroughly chastised with some pizazz about how she’s not allowed to leave me. We are celebrating life!” He ran off to get drinks.

Emma told us, “He just needs something to do, but I also know what you all need. So, Finn and I are staying here tonight.” I quickly said, “Then Keith and I will stay too.” We needed to be together as a family tonight. Everyone glanced sharply at me, like they were surprised I suggested it.

Channing reasoned, “We have backed out of a lot of family time.” Yes well no one nearly died before which made this was different. Emmett nodded saying, “I’ll call Gray Stone and let them know you two will return tomorrow. They will understand.”

My big brother walked away to make his calls, but I caught the slight shaking of his left hand. I linked my older sister, “He needs you, Emma.” She nodded and took off after Emmett. I asked, “How bad was it?” I knew it would be bad to ruffle Emmett so badly.

Channing replied, “You know that Mintor poisoning means death.” Yes, but Haley could’ve healed it and my mind literally faltered over the thought of Emma being gone. Dad answered, “Bad. Haley couldn’t get to Emma. If Dylan Frost didn’t dive in front of her, they would’ve ripped her throat out.”

Uncle Heath punched a wall. Mom said, “Don’t do that. Don’t believe our daughter didn’t have something up her sleeve. No Weretiger would’ve killed Emma. The poisoning would’ve been a problem since we couldn’t get to her, but our daughter can handle a freaking tiger, Chase Daniels.”

Aunt Regan cheered, “Heck yes she can.” Uncle Cameron squeezed her waist. Finn came back into the room carrying drinks. Finn said, “Now it’s party. Celebrate life with me.” I took the drink from him because lord knows I needed it.

My brother in law pointed at us saying, “What we need is Resistance members mated to our pack members. Black Mountain and Red Run are having all the fun with that. It’s not fair.” I pointed out, “We have someone mated to a Resistance member, they just moved to Black Path.” Everyone shot me smirks. What? We did.

Keith said, “I’m pretty sure the Hackura got in on that fun too.” We all turned to him. My twin asked, “What? I saw Melanie talking to Crown Prince Hastein then he portaled away from her. Then the Hackura were practically throwing a celebratory party in addition to the party that was already happening.”

I surmised, “You think their future Queen was found.” Keith nodded, “Yeah, and it just happened to be after I saw Melanie and Crown Prince Hastein talking. It’s obvious to me one of her friends in the Resistance is his mate. Melanie had to have told him where to find her.”

Finn clapped excitedly saying, “That’s my influence, people. I’ve been around young Keith so much a little bit of Beta logic flowed into him. You’re welcome. I know it flowed into you too, Keaton. All your assessments are CHALK full of Beta observations.” Hood observations but ok.

I asked, “Where’s Alexandria?” Mom answered, “She will be back any minute.” I teased, “That didn’t answer where she was.” Again, everyone faltered. Keith chuckled, “I’ve been hearing a lot of quips, guys.” Huh?

Mom quickly said, “Alexandria was at a charity event.” I nodded. Finn sighed, “Back to the important topic at hand, don’t worry everyone. I will stalk MelAshley until I have found Resistance members for our packs that live here and in Blue Moon. That way we can be in the know. Their watches have codes.” Of course they did. Channing snorted, “We definitely have one.” Yeah, we for sure did.