Liam POV
I was sitting outside Conrad’s hospital room listening to him fight, plead, and eventually scream in pain while he was with Arthur. My Alpha King. My best friend. My brother. And there was nothing I could do but listen.
It all becomes too much. I had to leave. I sprint out of the hospital and straight to Mary’s kitchen. I collapse on the table as soon as I get through the door and have my own breakdown.
Mary comes running over to comfort me. “My poor boy. Come here“.
She holds me while I let everything out. When I eventually stop, I realise just how lost I am without Conrad. He is the leader, and I follow and support him. How was I going to do all this alone?
“By knowing you’re not alone“. I turned around and saw Michelle with Kimberly and Willow.
Kimberly comes and sits beside me. “It’s one of the reasons we work so well together. We know we are all different, but we all bring something unique. A different perspective. A different skill“.
“Everyone here wants her back. So let’s get organised and start developing a plan to do this“. Willow, as usual, is the practical one.
I stand up and pull all of them into a group hug. They were right as usual.
We worked together the rest of the day. We develop plans, strategies, and divided and conquered plans. Conrad was in the hospital the rest of the night and was released the following morning.
He was walked straight over by Arthur to his personal living room, where the girls and I were waiting.
When he entered, we collectively gasped. He looked like a shell of his former self. Dissheveled. Tired. Broken.
I approach him cautiously. “Are you up for this chat, Alpha King?“.
He just nods silently.
Arthur speaks up just to explain what is going on. “We have to keep him on the tranquillizer at a lower dose for a while. Just so he keeps eating. The medics will keep lowering the dose until he can control his rage a bit better as well“.
I know we have to stick to business, so I go through the agenda we developed.
“So we need to divide up your responsibilities and allocate resources effectively. The easy ones first. All businesses have
been allocated to the boards to handle. I will be the go–to person with information, and if I can’t handle it, I will notify you. All pack business will be handled by Gamma Sherman and Beta Arthur. All on–site soldier and guard rosters are going to be taken over by Connor. Do you agree?“.
He pauses for a moment. Then another silent nod.
“Second item. We need to reduce capacity. Any member not of our pack is leaving tomorrow. The only ones staying are Lady Brianna, as she would like to have the baby here with our medical team, her partner Alpha Heir Kane to support her, and councilwoman Valerie, as she wishes to be part of the team to find our Luna Queen. Do you agree?“,
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An immediate nod this time.
“Third item. We want to form a formal task force to find our Luna Queen. It won’t just be members from our pack but a full network of people throughout the country. Councilwoman Valerie has already offered to support all the comms in this, as she already has the connections. We are forming everything today and will update you tomorrow with a plan and who is involved. You OK with this?“.
Another immediate nod.
“The final thing we need to discuss is ….. Cordelia“.
Instantly, his eyes go a golden yellow, and he growls. I can see Jace pushing forward and Conrad trying to control him.
Arthurs stand in front of him and starts doing some breathing thing. Conrad stares at Arthur intensely and starts to copy.
I can see him starting to calm down, but I can still feel the fury.
His eyes eventually flick to me with nothing but hatred in them. “What about her? I want her in jail next to her father“.
I’m going to have to be very careful about this. “We had the medics confirm with a blood test, and she is pregnant. I know you couldn’t care less if she were in jail, but that pup won’t receive proper medical care in there. We’re not equipped“.
He snarls at me. “Then rip it out of her before you put her down there“.
“You know we can’t do that. Are you 100% sure it’s not yours?“.
“I have no memory of that night, but Jace is sure“.
Willow tries to back me up. “There are some drugs in the human world that people use. Rohypnol, GHB, even one called Devil Breathe. All of these would have either knocked you out, made you susceptible to suggestion, and made you unable
to form memories. She could have used any of these and gotten pregnant. Particularly, the devil’s breath one could have
been in that canister you found“.
Kimberly tries next. “We know you didn’t cheat on Lewana. We think it might be best to look after her while pregnant and then do a DNA test when the pup is born. Whatever the outcome, we can deal with it then, but the pup is innocent in this,
and if it is yours, then it is a royal“.
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He thinks hard for a moment, and we just give him space.
“She is to be kept a prisoner in the pack. She is to go nowhere without a full soldier escort, and she is to be locked in her room at night. All medical is provided. You need to explain to her that if the DNA test comes back as not mine, it will add
to her crimes, and the pup will be removed from her and placed with another family. If it is mine, it will be considered a bastard child and have no rights to the throne. It will also be placed with another family to raise, as I refuse to have
anything to do with it“.
He stands up and leaves as Arthur follows him.
I have to try to keep everything together while he is falling apart.
