The Alpha King Call Boy novel Chapter 3

Fiona

Having changed into smart-looking black slacks and a pale blue blouse, I sat down to read all my texts. Many spoke of the shame I brought the Red Moon pack. Anger twisted in my chest. I hadn’t called off the wedding Baron had. I had been ready and willing to fulfill the wedding contract my father had set with Baron’s pack.

If anyone should be ashamed, it should be Baron. He could have kept Lily as a mistress as most alphas did, but instead, he had chosen love over the obligation to his pack. I didn’t understand it at all. There was never a time when a male tempted me to turn away from my duty as a Luna.

After about the twentieth text from my father, I stopped reading, feeling empty and numb. I put on oversized sunglasses and a floppy-brimmed hat and told Nina goodbye.

I kept my head down as I checked out at the front desk. The grand reception hall I had so expertly decorated yesterday with silk, lace, and lights emptied out one Tulip floral arrangement at a time.

My heart ached at all the work that had gone into designing the hall, and I pressed my lips. I peered around, hoping not to run into anyone, but to my surprise, the lobby was as empty and cold as my chest.

When I returned home, my parents and younger brother, Liam, were waiting in the living room. I hurried past them, going straight to my room, but my father caught my arm in his meaty grip. I dropped my bags.

“Don’t you run past me, young lady. It is unacceptable. You are a Luna. You have explaining to do,” says my father sternly.

“What is there to explain? Baron called off the wedding.” I tugged my arm free. Red marks are already forming. I placed a mask of indifference upon my face. I will not let him see how his words cut me.

“You disappeared before the wedding rehearsal. Everyone started to ask questions. That kind of behavior is damaging to the family's reputation and to your brother. I am an Alpha; I must have control of my family.”

In an even tone, I say, “Father, Baron didn’t show up to the rehearsal, or did you not notice? I went to go find him. How does that look poorly upon Liam or you? When I found Baron with another woman, he said the wedding was off. So I went to my room. What else could I do?”

“You should have come to me. I should not have found out the day of the wedding at breakfast with everyone else. As if I was some Omega.”

“Father, he doesn’t want to marry me. Please let it go. We can find another pack to form an alliance with.”

My father's face darkened with disgust. I took a step back.

“Do not speak to me about forming a different alliance. You have no idea what this alliance means to our pack. No low Omega will break the alliance.”

My eyes narrowed. “Did you already know about Baron and Lily's affair?”

He turned his back to me and locked his hands behind it.

“You did.”

“Some Alphas have one or two lovers among the nobles. It is a normal thing. If you didn’t want to share him, you should have kept a better eye on him.”

I clenched my teeth. “I don’t care if he has a mistress. I know my duty to my pack. But Baron loves her. He doesn’t want me at all. Not as a lover or a Luna. There is nothing I can do.”

“We can find another alliance,” cries my mother across the room. Pushing to her feet to come to stand beside my father.

“No, we can’t. She must marry Baron.” He walked past my mother. “Without the support of the Blue Moon pack, Liam can't maintain his position as the new Alpha.”

My mother grew pale and sat back down on the couch. Not making another sound. My brother frowned at the news of his father's confession.

“You will marry Baron. I have already spoken with his father. If he does not marry you he will be turned away from the Blue Moon pack and then you will marry his cousin.”