A Gold Alpha For A Silver Alpha

Repeat what you said Jack. Jace asked in an incredulous voice.

I glanced as best I could at my older brother, he didn't flinch, squared his shoulders and repeated his statement with confidence.

Mia. His voice sounded more like a threat than a statement.

“Who's yours, you piece of cork oak! The retort is heard almost immediately followed by a whimper of pain.

And s0 in a couple of seconds the white-haired woman went from being between my mother and Jackson to hiding behin me and Rafael.

Illadmit she’s fast, good for her, she’s going to need it if she wants to survive in this family.

But as quickly as that thought came to me it was gone when I saw her holding my mate's hand.

Don't you touch my mate, you alley cat!

Casiana roared in my head, and apparently not only in mine because with a shudder Rafael let go of her friend's hand to take her by the shoulder and place her in front of him.

I still don't like that I'm in contact with her.

Yeah well, you don't have to get like that, it's not like she’s single anyway, her partner is our brother, maybe you should p more attention to that.

LLKll her then, so she can't get close to either of us anymore.

violence is not the solution to everything!

How come, ask your mother how it worked for her.

what do you know about my mother?

We souls have a way of communicating too. But don't get off the subject, I swear I can make it look like an accident, Loris has taught me a technique I want to try....

I SAID NOM, and stop hanging out with Jace's wolf, it makes you get weird ideas.

Stop touching my rouge mate if you plan to have puppies with my sister someday.

jack said and I didn't hesitate to jump to his defense.

-And don't you dare threaten him again, Rafael is a member of the pack since I found out he was my mate.

That remains to be seen.

My brother's eyes flashed with defiance while mine flashed with promises of pain.

Enough, both of you, we do not spill our family's blood under any circumstances, you know that. Mother growled and I only listened when Raphael's hand slipped to intertwine with mine.

~Your precious silver blood, it will be a sin for a single drop to spill. Leonardo mocked and earned furious looks from everyone present.

“You'd better think carefully about what comes out of that mouth, because next time I won't stop them from tearing your throat out. Mom mused and my half-brother’s face glowed crimson red.

“You should have let them kill me, all your problems would be solved if I disappeared again, before I came along you had perfect life, you playing queen and the kids playing prince and princess, you should just turn your back on me and watch me disappear.

Stop playing the victim, not when you are so much worse than them, you f****g traitor. My mate's friend spat as she trembled with rage.

50 long and you're still not over it Diana, it was just a bit of bad food, it wasn't even the delicacy of the gods!

A growl from Diana and her claws appear.

-It took us months to get it all together, we almost starved to death because of YOU, you're a miserable, stinking creature who only knows how to take advantage of others!

~You don't even know the hell I had to go through to even have the right to breathe the same air as you!

“No and I don't care, just because your life has been crap doesn't give you the right to do the same to others!

-An insignificant beta like you will never understand, you must be ecstatic to be the mate of a future alpha, why don't yor 20 back to doing what you do best and leave the rest of us alone, I just recommend you not to tell them that you were expelled for being the whore of your former pack, I don't think they will be very happy about it. I speak spitting every wo with hate.

“What did you call me? Diana asked in a tone that sounded chillingly similar to my mother’s.

P-u-tan

The room became eerily silent, I didn't know who was more angry. Diana, Jack or my mate.

What the hell.

I was ready to punch him at this point too.

-Don't call him by that name again. Said my brother and I could tell the sharp tone in his voice.

-Or else what little prince,” he smiled disdainfully as he looked Jack up and down, “Are you going to kiss me with your knuckles again?

How about if I break every f*****g bone in your face to see if you'll learn some manners, a*****e?

“1 dare you to try it, a**ve,

One look at Julian and Jace and I knew we were all waiting for Jack to react and stop them before they wrecked the whole house.

For that very reason I can say in my defense that I didn't realize what was happening until Leonardo's howl of pain reverberated throughout the place.

In just the blink of an eye my partner's claws were buried deep in my half-brother’s abdomen.

Blood gushed unceasingly from the wound, even dripping from between his lips, his other hand held his throat without a remorse, his feet were raised a couple of inches above the ground, which said a lot about the force he was exerting.

-If you so much as look in his direction again,” his voice three shades thicker, and his eyes completely dark, “I can promis you on the life of my mate," a gurgle from Leo along with a look of fear, “That it will be the last time you breathe on this planet.

Rafael." I murmured, overwhelmed to see him like that.

I approached a few steps closer but a hand closed firmly on my arm preventing me from moving forward, Diana was the one that prevented me from reaching my partner, she silently shook her head while pulling me back.

Stay away from Rafael

I heard my father's voice in my head.

But father...

That's an order Juliet

What's going to happen?

Julian asked.

Whatever you do, don't interrupt your mother.

Dad!

But the connection closed leaving us in doubt.

I looked back to the front and in the blink of an eye my mother was already standing next to my partner and my half- brother.

Mom placed her hand on top of Rafael's hand holding Leonardo's throat, she squeezed it hard enough for him to turn around and look at her.

-Boy, let go she said in a soft, mellifluous voice.

someone should teach him a lesson. Rafael justified himself and I admitted that this was not the voice of my partner, th one who had made love to me a few hours ago.

“Maybe, but it's not the time or your responsibility to do it.

“Then whose is it, yours, your parents would never be able to give him a drink of his own medicine?

Leonardo is not my son, so I don't have the scruples you think I do," Rafael’s hand relaxed enough to let Leonardo breatl “But unfortunately for you, he is your mate's brother, so you have two options: let him die and deal with what's next or le him go 50 we can take care of him as he deserves.

Rafael let out a not at all convinced grunt.

-Do you really want to start your life in this family by murdering its newest member?

Another grunt made Mom frown and twist her lips in annoyance.

-1 don't know what that thing in your head is telling you, but take advice from a person who has been in your shoes befor Death is not the solution to everything- and in the middle of the dialogue, we all watched as mom slapped my partner's face, her eyes turning white- Either you control it or I do- she threatened and this time she used her Alpha tone.

A last whimper from Leonardo was what made Rafael react and he finally released him, he fell without force on the wood floor, he started coughing like crazy.

Julian, take care of your brother, I know he is not our favorite person right now but don't let him die.

My diligent brother helped Leonardo to stand up and took him to a remote part to help him.

Leonardo wasn't going to die, we were shapeshifters, we suffered wounds like this all the time, plus he had Alpha blood running through his veins, that should speed up the process even more, right?

1 know what you're thinking Juliet. My mother spoke to me and I jumped a little in my place.

-0h yeah?

Yes, your feelings are written all over your face - her attention returned to my mate - Well, at least I know why your parents abandoned you.

“What?” The question echoed with Rafael’s voice, my father's and mine.

Yes, well," Mom tilted her head in that peculiar way she has when solving a riddle, “I understand why you didn’t make sense of it before, you're a peculiar anomaly.

-1 don't know what you're talking about. Said my partner whose voice had returned to normal.

Mom smiled happy to have everyone's attention.

Tell me Rafael, did your hair and eyes change color when you transformed for the first time, do they have amnesia lapse where you wake up strangely satiated, do you know that you need less normal food to live without losing an iota of your strength, have they told you that the wounds you inflict are particularly slower to heal and even deadly?

-But how is it that...?

-Don't lay your hands on me, you mangy mutt! Diana shouted, distracting everyone.

Just at that moment Jack had the white-haired girl by the arms while he was trying to keep her restrained.

-1 just want to see that you are not hurt. My brother told her with a tone of obviousness.

“1 already told you I'm fine, I don’t need you to check for yourself.

-Maybe you don't, but I do.

-Now what do you mean, you crazy wolf?

“You're mine, and I have to make sure nothing happened.

1 TOLD YOU I'M NOT YOURS, YOU PITCH OF ACORN,” she shouted as she tried to get free, but this time Jack saw it coming and held her tightly.

-Mia. Jack growled irritated as he planted a kiss on the girl

Oops, I wouldn't do that if 1 were him.

Lesson for the guys, if a girl is telling you no, she means she doesn’t want you to touch her, hold her, talk to her and therefore, not kiss her.

or else...

-AUCH, hey! -.

Or else you can get punched in the face just lie my brother just got punched in the face.

And 1 can tell you from experience, that woman sure knows how to throw a good right.

-Let's see if that teaches you a lesson, cacho! But what are you doing now?! The girl shouted scandalized because she we from being with both feet on the ground to flying over my older brother's shoulder.

~You and I have things to discuss, so if you'll excuse us family, we'll be a little busy for the next few minutes.

-Put me down if you plan on having offspring at some point.

“Maybe it will be hours. That was the last thing he said before disappearing up the stairs still with Diana kicking with all might.

Mom turned to look at Dad with raised eyebrows to which he showed his hands innocently.

Jack's grown up enough, if he ends up rejected because of his ego, then it's nobody's fault but his.

Mom let out a long sigh.

-1 just hope he doesn't turn out like his father and do something incredibly stupid.

Wait a second...

I took advantage of my parents’ discussion to approach my mate, who was still standing in the same spot.

His gaze lost between his fingers full of blood and the puddle of the same liquid.

I reached him carefully, trying not to alarm him.

Hey, are you okay, if it's because of what mom said?

It's not that, it's more about what I did.

You did what, defend your friend? I don't like her touching you so much, but I also understand why you reacted like that. You don't understand Juliet, I wanted to kill him, I still want to, for what he did to us. But I really had no intention of doin: it, 1, 1 just suddenly was about to take his life and I don't even know how I got there.

If you're sick, I'm sure my parents can help you.

I slid my breast with his to squeeze it supportively.

You're not alone anymore, not you, not your friends. Never again will you have to face things without support.

He squeezed my hand back.

Thank you.

That's what we mates are for, if we don’t support each other, who are we supposed to trust?

You're the best Juliet, thank you.

You're welcome.

We smiled at each other as if there was no one else in the room but us, and the bond roared loudly inside me.

It was true what he had said.

We would never be alone anymore.

-All right young man, now that you are not in imminent danger, you are going to lower your arrogance two notches and explain to us from the beginning what happened all those years you were away, including your adventures with your sister's partner and her friends. Dad spoke and I saw him and Mom standing with their arms crossed in front of my half- brother and Julian who was still healing him.

Ym not going to..." He began to say with difficulty

And I advise you to be explicit and detailed enough to believe you. I may not be able to kill you puppy, but I'm sick of yo tantrums, and I swear that Noctem Castra is a place that can loosen your tongue after a decade or two.

Leonardo swallowed audibly.

-50, what's it going to be, Leonardo, by hook or by crook?” a smile where mom's canines grew.

And if my half-brother was already pale because of the loss of blood, after mom's suggestion he lost his color completely turning white as a vampire.

Oh well, it's his fault.

Who sends him to be such a traitorous ae.