Chapter61
Once everyone seemed to have settled down I took deep calming breaths as I tried to settle down my anger and frustration over the situation, trying to concentrate on the feel of my mate as she left soothing touches on my forearms and back as she effectively made me calm in seconds. I couldn’t help but smile gently as I looked back at her, seeing her mirror my expression perfectly as she shot me an encouraging look that had me grinning.
“Now let’s get back to business, who witnessed what happened before Stacy attacked?” I asked, knowing what had occurred but needing to know the different viewpoints. Truthfully, however much I was hating it I needed to know Ellie’s side as well as Chloe’s, Stacy was wrong to try and attack but if she was provoked then I would have no choice but to be more lenient on her, even if it was the last thing I wanted to do.
“She did not attack-” the annoying woman interrupted me again, but an icy look from me soon had her lips sealed tightly just like they should be.
“Now Ellie, what happened?” I asked as I stared at my betas mate, Collin growling slightly before he managed to settle down his wolf. I couldn’t help but pinch the bridge of my nose, it was late and I wanted nothing more than to settle down for the night, hopefully with my mate in my arms.
“I don’t know, once minute I was laughing with Chloe, Hannah and Kelly and the next thing I know Stacy said that she wanted to talk to Chloe alone. She just flipped out, I didn’t- “Ellie stuttered out, eyes wide as Collin was quick to sooth her as he rubbed her back and pressed a kiss to the crown of her head. I noticed he shot me a look, clearly daring me to not believe her. I wanted to scoff, of course I did.
Looking back at both Peter and Lisa I raised a brow, taking note that neither of them seemed to be very smug at the minute before I drifted my gaze to a still shaking Chloe and an extremely pissed off Jack. I knew I wouldn’t have gotten an answer from Chloe if I had asked, the girl was far too shaken up to think properly and I didn’t want to put the poor girl under any more stress than was needed.
“Well, it seems as if Stacy is the one in the wrong. Doesn’t it?” I asked the couple as I crossed my arms over my chest, raising a brow as my
stand grew straighter as I felt my anger yet again consume me. How dare their daughter attack a pack,member, a mated female no less! It was a punishable offence.
“We had nothing to do with this, we’ll talk to Stacy and get this all straighten out” Peter started to say, trying to appear a lot more in control than he actually was. I hated the man, what kind of father puts their child, their daughter out on the streets and forces them to be a rouge? The man in front of me didn’t deserve to kiss the ground my mate walked on, let alone sit in my pack house, our pack house as if he owned it.
“Why you little-“I started but shockingly it was my mate who interrupted me, her tone flat but hard enough to have a number of my pack mates flinched. I pushed back on the sudden pride and lust I felt for her, telling myself to think on it later since now was differently not the time.
“Now that’s not exactly true is it, father?” my mate spat, saying the word ‘father with such hate, such disgust that I couldn’t help but wrap my arms around her waist and pull her closer to me. I didn’t like hearing such negative emotions on her lips, but I was far too interested in what she was implying to comment on it just yet.
At my mates question I watched as all the colour seemed to drain out of his face, a look towards his mate telling me the exact same thing, They were hiding something, and it seemed like my mate knew exactly what it was.
