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 .
Bella nodded , shed already been warned by Aston Thank you , Luna , but I doubt that will be at all necessary.
Im not concerned about things getting out of hand .
Or about anything coming from this meeting either.
she turned her eyes to Parker himself ; hed been watching her the entire time , she could feel his eyes on her , though hed not interrupted them at all , likely assessing the situation , her mood , she supposed .
You wanted to speak with me , Alpha Parker ? she asked him directly to get this meeting underway .
He stated , I scented out my own kin , yesterday .
He told her .
Did you ? And what concern of mine is that ? she asked right back .
I scented out a pure blooded pup .
He elaborated .
2/4 +8 Point 55 Again , why does that concern me ? she didnt understand why he was stating these things to her .
He already knew his and her child would be pure blooded , that the child would also be here , where she was ; that was a given .
Belladonna ? he sounded frustrated to her .
Parker ? she raised an eyebrow at him now and sipped her coffee , showing him she was not going to play whatever this game was .
Oh , for the love of the Goddess , are you really just going to sit there and deny we have a child together ? he sounded exasperated to her.
Her eyebrow raised even higher , No , but I also dont see the issue , why you are getting all worked up over it ? and she actually didnt see the issue at hand .
She shook her head slightly , still didnt understand him at all .
Was he really going to play this game with her, to try and get Aston and Mala on his side ? Play the I didnt know card ? You dont ? he grated out , see any issue at all ? Did you just think it would be all good ? Youre leaving and taking my pup with you , and not telling me about it .
That not only made her frown but stare right at him now , not tell him .
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 .
