Not Your Mate Anymore

Chapter 15

Max had everyone searching the woods and the land but we came up short. There was no sign that anyone had gotten through undetected. I could feel it through our bond that he was frustrated they couldn't catch one scent.

We were gathered outside by the training field for our alpha to speak.

Max had linked everyone to be here for an important meeting. The entire pack was here.

"Lycans, we under a serious threat. An enemy has given us 2 days before they attack and we have to be prepared. This is a new enemy who has people working under him, namely, alpha Cane. Although he's not the only one. This pack is strong, clearly fearless and willing to kill to get their point across." Max speaks out loudly for all to hear.

Low murmurs could be heard all around us. We were standing on a circular podium and the rest of the pack was surrounding us.

"They almost attacked your Luna in the woods today so it is important that we take some safety measures immediately. Like I said before, I need the pregnant women, those with no training, the medical staff and children to take refuge underground. You are to wait in there for a whole week as we do not know if we will be successful or not. I do not want to lie to you all and say we will win this, I have no idea what these mutts are capable of so we will leave nothing to chance." He says to us.

"Will our luna be joining us underground for support and comfort?" One pack member asks and everyone looks at me for an answer.

"I'm afraid not. As it stands, I am the strongest wolf in this pack and I will fight for all of you alongside the alpha.

The wolves we are fighting are using black magic to fight us and we need all the strength we can get. So all the trained wolves, male or female, will fight." I say back to the crowd of people looking at me expectedly.

"Why are they attacking us?" Another pack member asks. I was about to answer but Max beat me to it.

"They want to rule over all werewolves. Even us, lycans. They have chosen a king and so far, they have defeated a number of packs" he says and people start talking among themselves.

"Do not be afraid. Have you not heard what I said? They defeated other packs not this pack. We are LYCANS!! WE DO NOT BOW DOWN TO A MERE WOLF! Now I urge you all to go pack and say goodbye to your family members who will be fighting in this war. I cannot guarantee lives won't be lost but know that I will be there with your loved ones, fighting for our home." He says and everyone nods.

They all leave to go to their houses or the pack house to either pack up and get the kids or gear up for what's to come.

I really wanted to tell them that those mutts were looking for me. That they wouldn't be in immediate danger if I gave myself up. It would grant them a few years before they were attacked.

"But by then, you'd have given them an army we cannot defeat. Right now we stand a chance against them." Maximus says to me and I look at him wide eyed. I forgot we had marked each other and now he could read my thoughts.

"Please don't think like that. You won't be saving anyone if you hand yourself over." He says pulling me in for a hug.

"I won't surrender. I know what that will do and I can't do that to you. I just hate keeping things from them.. I just hate that they're in danger because of me." I say to him.

"Baby don't you get it? They were coming for us with or without you. You're just the cherry on top. If you hadn't been there when I was fighting that rogue, we would've been under their control already and I wouldn't be alpha anymore."

He was right. They wanted a monarchy so they obviously had to attack this pack to force them into submission so they could rule. If I handed myself over, I'd be making it easier for them to defeat the packs and gain control over them.

I couldn't do that to any of them.

"We need to meet up with your dad and the others in my office to talk strategy. We really don't have a lot of time." He says and I nod. We walk hand in hand back to the pack house to his office.

As we walk in, we meet my brother at the office door. He had on his nerd glasses and I knew then that boy did not come to play.

Max closed the door and went over to sit on his chair and then placed me on his lap as we face everyone. My dad, Josey, uncle Deacon, Cj, Damon and Nicole.

"Max, do you have anything to say before we all throw in our suggestions for the war to come?" My father says and Max looks at me.

"Well, I'm worried about Reginald. We sent him off to go meet up with his family but his family seems to think he's here." I say and it seems to sink in on everyone. How did they not meet at the diner?

"Do you think they'll go to the diner now just to see if the rogue will be there?" Josey asks and I shake my head.

"I have a feeling they were here to spy. Reggie was taking on a lycan pack and that alone is a big deal. They've obviously been keeping an eye on us and for that man to say I should tell my alpha means he knows Reggie failed. So he has no idea we sent Reggie to meet him at the diner and if they do, they'll figure out we did something to him. They will know I did something to him. They will know I am here." I say back to her. Now they'll know I'm here and will be coming for me.

"That can't be a bad thing. They'll probably think we have a witch in the pack, we actually do. They won't even think that it's you Sabrina." Uncle Deacon says and I have to say, that makes sense.

"Celine..." Max says to his father and uncle Deacon nods his head.

"Celine was born from a witch mother and a wolf father. Her mothers side of the family could aid us in this but they'll want something from me" uncle Deacon said...

"Let me guess, they want you to mate officially with Celine." My dad said to Deacon.

"Yes well I am a man in demand." Uncle Deacon responds.

"Ok so uncle Deacon will marry Celine to save the pack. Now on to more suggestions?" I ask looking at everyone.

"Hey! I never agreed to mating with Celine" uncle Deacon says and we laugh.

"For the good of the pack uncle Deacon. Now, I can install heat and motion detectors at the pack lines and hidden cameras around. Will need about 10 warriors to run surveillance and I can teach them

everything that I know." Cj chimes in and my dad beams with pride. Cj was supposed to be the future beta and boy was he prepared.

"I will also need an additional 10 warriors to fly drones that will shoot the bad guys but we will need to wear something that reflects in the sky so the drones don't shoot everyone in the fight. Every fighter in our pack needs to wear these bands on each hand and each ankle. They will stretch if one shifts so even in wolf form, they'll remain intact" Cj says as he pulls out one band from a backpack.

"Wow Cj, I'm impressed" josey says to him and we all nod in unison. This little brother of mine has been hard at work preparing for this. I knew we were all uneasy about this but I'm feeling really lucky to have all these people in my life.

"Josey and I will be the surprise element. I think you all need to remember that they could mistake her for the destroyer too right?" I say and I feel like it just dawns on them that Josey is gifted too.

"She needs to be protected too. If anything, she needs more protection. I'll fight alongside Josey. We just need to make sure that we remain surrounded but not enough to raise suspicion." I say to all of them.

"That makes sense. They can't know you are under our protection." Max says and my father nods.

"You will have to hold off on using your powers unless necessary. Do not turn into your wolves too." My dad said. It was going to be hard not using my powers but he had a point. We still had our strength.

"I never thought they'd mistake me as the destroyer. It was always you Brina." Josey says and I hug her. Knowing Josey, she was already panicking.

After much deliberation and a little arguing here and there, we finally had a full proof plan. Silver bullets for the drones and Cj even came up with an idea to have warriors placed in the trees and arm them with weapons laced with wolfsbane. Crossbows to be exact.

"I will be freeing our prisoners and before you all lose your minds, I plan on using them as warriors for battle. All the rogues you have in the dungeons. They can befirst in line to fight and tire them out and then we come in." I say.

Before they could all ask how rogues would put themselves in the line of fire for someone else,

"I'll use mind control. They will fight to the death for this pack." I say sternly. Everyone nods.

"Room for one more?" My mother asks appearing out of nowhere. Gosh this woman.

"We'll take all the wolves we can get. Let's hope they don't mistake you as the destroyer." My father jokes but you could see the happiness in his eyes.

I always thought he found happiness with Remi but now I realise he loved Remi but he wasn't in love with her. The way he is looking at my mother, the way he grasps onto every single word that comes out of her mouth. He's standing straighter if that's even possible.

"To be honest, I was advised not to take part in this battle. I simply told the moon goddess that she shouldn't have involved my family then. I can't just sit by and watch." My mother says..

We all chuckle as she hugs us all individually.

"So how were you able to get away?" Cj asks.

"Let's just say I'm not a favorite up there right now so I'll have to hide out here for some time. Hope you can all have me, after the battle that is." She giggles..

"Mom? You're staying for good?" Josey asks with excitement all over her face.

"That is the plan but let's not celebrate just yet. I have another plan in mind but before we get to that, I need to have a word with your father and Deacon in private." She says and the rest of us leave them in the office.

Max and his betas went to have a word with the warriors together with Cj. Josey and I ended up in the lounge, on our phones to check in on the life we almost had in the human world.

"Have you seen Percy since the hospital?" Josey asks me.

"No. Why do you ask?" I say to her.

"Well you'll have to turn him into a fighting machine too you know." Josey says to me.

I forgot he was in the dungeons too. He would have to fight for us mind control or not. I stand up and look at Josey..

"Let's go pay our friends a visit" I say. She gets up but stays rooted to the spot.

"Friends? Who else?" She asks.

"Ralyn. I'm going to turn her into a loyal wolf. Should be fun to watch when they attack. She is after all part of that family" I say and I start walking out of the living room.

We made our way to the dungeons. I started working on each prisoner, individually. There was about 40 prisoners here and I was done with 38 of them. Ralyn and Percy left.

I decide to leave Percy for last and I walk into Ralyn's cell. She has her back to me when I walk in.

"I was wondering when you'd pay me a visit" she says turning around and flashing me her pearly whites.

"I'm here now." I say to her. She walks up to me, still smiling. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

"I see you got marked. Chosen mates aren't so bad after all huh?" She says to me and Josey scoffs.

"I'm not complaining.." I say to her.

"Your family.... tell me about them." I say to her and she chuckles.

"All I'll say is, they are strong. If you are here asking about them means that they're here already. Jus know that you are being watched. They have people everywhere and they are camped somewhere close by" She says to me and I think about Cj setting up all those gadgets out there.

I quickly link him to not do it until I'm with him.

"Hoping they'll save you? Josey asks and Ralyn smiles.

"Oh I'm betting they will. I am family after all" she says to us. Josey and I look at each other.

"Well I have this special power you see, that kind of let's me in your head and I take over in that cute little head of yours." I say and she looks me confused.

"What I'm trying to say is I'm going to turn you into my little bitch" I say and she raises her eyebrows at me.

"What she means is, you'll be her guard dog." Josey chimes in.

"What?" Ralyn asks.

Isn't she slow.

"I will use mind control to get you to do whatever I want. In this case, fight your family to the death." I say and she steps back from me.

"How will you do that? Threaten me?" She asks dryly.

"No. I know you don't have your voodoo strength so I'll go easy on you." I say and I grab her face and lock eyes with her. This was actually going to be something.

Getting into peoples heads was actually draining. People go through the a lot and it really takes a toll on a wolf.

We walk out of her cell and walk to Percy's.

"I think I'll leave you now. Once he sees that on your neck, well, yeah I'm out" josey says and runs out of the dungeon.

I thought she lived for drama?!

I stop right in front of his cell and I see him sitting on his bed with his elbows resting on his thighs and his head in his hands.

"I lost you forever. I fucked up and now you have your scent mixed with his." He says as he looks up at me. I walk into his cell.

"You gave him your virginity." He says to me and I nod.

"You let him mark you" he says to me and I nod again.

"Did you atleast mark him? Did your wolf let you?" He asks me and I nod again.

"I don't need my wolf to mark my mate." I say to him as I show him my canines.

"We didn't have to shift to mark each other. He is a lycan and I am well also a direct descendant of the moon I guess." I say.

"Do you love him?" He asks me.

"Yes" I say.

"What about me?" Percy says and I shrug. He fucked up. What about him

"You seem to forget why we're here. You did this to us. What did you think would happen? I'd sit idly by and watch you parade her as your mate while you see me in secret?" I say and he looks up at me.

"I loved you Percy. Forgave you for not saving yourself for me. The worst for me though was that you didn't even think I deserved to know about her before you went ahead and humiliated me in front of my friends and family. You kissed her in front of me.You had sex with her knowing what it would do to me." I say walking closer to him.

"I kept wondering why you'd hurt me like that. Why you'd wanna leave things that way. Not once did you come check on me or try to explain yourself. For days I was in my room.. I couldn't eat, breathing was difficult. The pain was so unbearable and for a minute it felt like my soul was dying. I kept telling myself that you'll come and tell me it was all a mistake." I say. I could feel the tears falling on my face.

Just thinking about what he did to me brings them on. I moved on, yes but we never had the talk. I never got to get things off my chest.

"Sabrina I..." he tries to say something as he stands up. I raise my hand to shut him up.

"I'm not done." I say. I let out a sigh..

"You broke me Percy. You are the man the moon goddess chose for me. I mean the sheer disrespect of sacred law from you. Sleeping with someone else but refusing to reject me. I was in emotional pain but no, that wasn't enough. You had to fuck her and have me go through the worst pain known to wolves. Percy I was unconcious and drugged for 3 days." I say to him.

"I'm sorry Sabrina. I know that doesn't erase everything that I've put you through but I'm sorry. Please forgive me." He says to me.

"I forgive you. I forgave you a long time ago. I could not move on with Max while I'm holding out hate on you. I can't even begin to hate you because of the mate bond and even though we aren't mates anymore, you hold a special place in my heart and I will always care for you." I say to him. His body relaxes at my words.

"I know we belong together Sabrina. You were made for me and I will always believe it to be so but I ruined that. I'm selfish for expecting you to wait for me and not move on. Max is a lucky man." Percy says to me and I smile.

"I'm the lucky one. He was there for me when you broke me even when he was broken too from his own mate rejecting him. He waited for me to be ready to be with him. He is good to me, good for me. The moon pairing us as mates was a learning curve and I hope you find love." I say and he pulls me in for a hug. I feel faint sparks when we come into contact.

They weren't as strong as before or when I touch Max but this will be a constant reminder of who he is to my me and my wolf.

I remembered I was here for more serious reasons so I pulled away from him and stepped back.

"Percy, we are going to war in a couple of days and the pack needs more people to fight against what's coming. Percy, I'm asking you to fight alongside this pack against the people you swore allegiance to." I say looking into his eyes and listening to his heartbeat. If he lies, I'll know.

"I'll do anything for you. Whatever you need, I promise I'll do." He says to me.

I nod at him and turn around to walk out..

"I'm glad I don't have to force you into this. I'll have Cj come brief you on your role in all of this. I'm glad I didn't have to use mind control to get you to fight on our side." I say. He looks at me confused..

"Exactly what can't you do?" He asks me and I chuckle.

"I can't disappear into thin air like my mother or nan but maybe one day." I say still smiling.

This simple conversation reminded me of the time Percy and I were just kids being friendly with each other. An alphas child and a betas. When life was just normal.

"I hope we can be friends one day Sabrina. I know right now that's asking for too much but I hope in time, you'll see me as someone you can trust again." He says to me and I nod my head.

"Soon I hope." I say to him and I walk out.

This was the Percy I was mated to. The man I thought I'd spend my life with.

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I head up to CJ's room to talk about us being watched.

"So you're saying we have a mole? Right in this pack?" He asks and I nod.

"I mean they had mom Cj. I'm sure they have more people working for them so I'm going to have Josey help me out and we will change the weather and create some some strong winds and rain. A storm is coming anyway so that will keep everyone indoors but you'll have to sneak out from your room to go install all these gadgets." I say..

"Not a problem. Just don't make the winds too powerful. So what time are we doing this?" He asks.

"I need to rest a bit after paying the prisoners in the cells visit so be here in 2 hours. I'll have lighting shoot out twice and that's your signal to sneak out. That will mean you're in the clear ok?" I say and he nods.

I hug him and walk to my new bedroom, Max's room.

Today went well. I was able to eventually have a decent conversation with Percy. We have a plan to defend ourselves and I was officially marked.

Now to take a nap.

I walk in to Max's room to find my mother waiting for me. I close the door and go sit with her on the couches.

"I called your nana to come help. She's with your grandfather and they will be here tomorrow night. They would like to spend some time together..." she says

"Yeah we need all the help we can get. The stronger the better." I say and she nods..

"Yes. I've also called Daisy, your headmistress to come help." She says.

"Wait? She's a supernatural?" I ask

"No. She comes from a family of hunters. They know a lot more about the family we are going up against." She says..

"Who else is coming to the party mom?" I ask her because I keep getting surprised by her.

"Well we need the help Sabrina. With you carrying a pup and all." She says nonchalantly.

"Wait what?" I ask.

"You're with child my child." She says to me all relaxed.

OMGoddess..

I was pregnant.

"I'm with child? It's only been a few hours! How can you tell?" I ask her and she laughs.

"You are aware that it takes 6months for a wolf child to be born right? You have the scent too but it's not too strong. I'm not even sure if Max will let you fight if he finds out" my mom jokes.

"Oh goddess. I'm not even sure if it rained mother. Does this mean my child is not blessed?" I ask her.

We stay quiet for a while both lost in thought..

"You are carrying a powerful child in there and people are aware you completed the mating with Max. If it had rained, you'd be in even more danger. That child could be taken from you." She says.

That's right. Reginald's brother wanted me for the same reason, to give him strong pups.

"Mother, what am I going to do? I don't even know what to think!" I say.

"You'll be fine. I'll be here, Nana will be here, Max will be by your side. You'll be fine." She says and pulls me in for a hug.

I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant.

"You're pregnant?" I hear Max ask me over the mindlink.

Oh boy...

Max burst through the door running to me. He pulls me away from my mother and in his arms. He rests his head in the crook of my neck and takes in my scent.

"You are carrying my child" he says to me. He was sure of it now.

"You'll still let me fight right?" I ask him. Male wolves are very protective of their pups and Max is a lycan alpha. I don't think I'll be lifting a finger for the next 6 months.

"Baby, I'm a smart man. I'm smart enough to know that if I say you can't fight, you'll put yourself out there. Although its pretty reassuring that you're the strongest one in the pack." He says to me then kisses my forehead.

It feels so good to feel him holding me. All those sparks all over my body. Within seconds, the door bursts open and Josey runs in.

"You're pregnant???" Josey squeals running into the room, followed by her mates.

"You want to scream any louder for everyone in the pack house to hear?" I say dryly.

"I'm sorry I just got excited when I heard Max after I followed him up here when he ran out of the kitchen." Josey says. See what I mean when I say she lives for drama??.

"We need to keep this between the family. Nobody else is to know." My mother says pointing a finger at each of us. We all nodded in agreement.

Athena and I will have to work hard at masking my scent for some time.

'I'm already on it' Athena says to me. Of course. I expect nothing less from her.

Josey had already linked Cj and dad to Max's room. We were all laughing and joking around with each other. Having my mother was the cherry on top of it all..

My mother. I never thought she'd be here.

Heck, I never thought I'd be a mother so soon either. This war had forced me to grow up so soon. I lost my virginity just last night on that bed and here we were talking baby names with the family.

Now I had my own family to protect. It wasn't just Max and I, there was a little alpha growing in my belly and we had to protect him.

If I had any doubts before finding out I was pregnant, they are long gone. I'm going to fight for my little one.

Athena agreed with me. We were willing to kill. This time, we take no prisoners. They attack us, they die.