Chapter 109

Logan

After the humiliation from the meeting at her pack’s office, emily was hesitant to join me and my father in a meeting that he requested us to be in. I could totally understand her reasoning as to wanting to not go, unable to handle any more unpleasant words thrown her way or to hear another person, doubt her ability to run a pack.

My father, though, is a very persuasive man. He simply would not allow it if emilie declined his invitation. It would surely start a new war between him and I, a war that I do not need.

We hold hands under the table, our fingers laced together. We occasionally squeeze the other person's hand, trying to sit in the silence of the boardroom, patiently waiting for my father to arrive. Once he does, we greet him with warm, smiles and watch as he sits down across from us, his beta sitting beside him with a notepad and pen at the ready.

The meeting begins as usual. I know how meetings like this can go, the way that my father can drag out even the smallest and simplest of concerns that he may hold and have. I glanced over at Emily and notic the intimidated look on her face, the slight fear that she is going to mess up written all over her face.

I do not have to be a mind reader to know what is going on inside of her mind. Her meeting with her own pack went horribly, and she is afraid that this one will crash and burn as well. I only wish that she would know that I would do nothing to jeopardize her, to allow this meeting to slip into something that it is not.

I squeeze her hand, our eyes meeting once she looks over at me. A small smile stretches across my face before it disappears, my father, calling my name, capturing my attention in a split second.

“The Alpha King campaign has already begun and now that's the pack is officially yours, Logan, I believe that it is time for you to step up and get married.”

My father's words take Emily and I by surprise. Neither of us moves nor do we dare to speak, allowing the words to hang in the air as we try and comprehend what it is he just said.

Long ago, my father was adamant on finding me a different woman to marry, someone else that he deemed worthy inappropriate instead of Emily. He wished for me to marry a woman whose wolf is alive and well, is able to be drawn out with a snap of a fingers, instead of somebody who is not in contact with theirs. He pointed out every single one of her flaws, everything that I have fallen in love with her for, and was brutal and ruthless in speaking with her.

I suppose that her new title is Alpha changed his mind. Her newfound pack land, employees, and resources, proving to be something that we will need in the future, especially if I am to become the new Alpha King, the person who rules over all of the packs in the country.

“Married?” Emily breathes out, turning to look at me. My father nods in response, crossing his arms over his chest, while his beta scribbles on the notepad in front of him.

“Logan, you are going to have a rough year ahead of you. I want you to know that I will be here to help you every step of the way, that you are not alone in your future endeavors. I may not have had the chance to become the Alpha King, but you can, and I will do everything in my power to help ensure that you will become the man that you are meant to be. All eyes will be on you. Everyone will look to you for guidance and you two must prove to the world that you are the leaders they appointed you to be.”

What my father said was true. He tried to become the Alpha king, years before I was even born, but was road blocked by the current one. His time to rule quickly, passed him and left him feeling so useless in the world. He did not want for his sons, me and my brothers, to meet the same fate of being pushed to the side.

Although I will be the one who becomes Alpha King, he will be the one living vicariously through me. The thought makes me feel easy and yet there is nothing that I could do about it.

My father turns to Emily now, his eyes focusing in on her. I can feel her shrivel in the seat beside me, nervous as to what he has to say next.

“You are an Alpha in your own right, emily, but the time is now for you to step up and claim your responsibilities as the future Luna Queen,” he breathes the words out like they were weighing him down. “your life, whether you like it or not, is now revolved around my son.”

I tried to look at my fiancée, wondering what she will wear on her face as she absorbs the information that my father gives to her. Her face remains neutral, though, giving me nothing. It is a weird thing to look at, unsure of what is going on in the depths of her mind.

“You live and breathe for my son. Your pack comes second, not first. We can find you somebody to be a new Alpha, somebody to handle the day-to-day operations while you oversee it as a whole. We just want to make things easier for you and Logan during this trying time,” my father speaks.

Emily simply nods in response. She does not dare to speak nor fight against my father, knowing that it is a losing battle that she will never win. I turned back to look at him, not wanting him to be so blunt and crash in his language, but I know that it is for the best.

He always knows what it is for the best.

“Thankfully,” my father exhales, “you will only have to be the Luna Queen until your contract with my son is up. You do not have to live your life in service to him. We will let you go as planned.”

I turned to look at Emily once again. My ears ring, my father's voice now muffled, as our eyes meet. There is an emotion behind her eyes, one that I cannot read like I usually can.

I hope that she can see in my eyes that I don't wanna give her up. That I do not wish for us to part ways from one another. That I hope that we can spend the rest of our lives upon another instead of obeying the language of a contract we signed all of those months ago.

I want to spend the rest of my life with her, to wake up beside her in bed, to eat dinner with her on the slow nights and to watch the sunset together. I do not want to live a life with somebody who is not emily. I can only hope that she feels the same way about me.