It took several days of filming to record their stories in a way that Edith believed would be effective. Aireka assured Ellie and Melody several times that Edith may be far too blunt and honest for her own good, but she had a brilliant mind that could see and plan amazing things. Allan, her mate and Alpha Gregory’s father, were with the other men in Gregory’s study, working on several things of their own. The redevelopment project had become several projects with multiple stages crossing multiple cities and countries. They needed to expand and keep a finger on the pulse of all the places and different stages. Design training for a staff Malcolm hadn’t planned for. But with the help from NARC and the Black River Pack, they would have enough people to work through the serious growing pains. It wasn’t just manpower, resources, transportation, and security were all needed. Gregory had a connection with the Bear Shifter Faction in the area. Thes
“Malcolm? We need to talk about the pack.”Return to cottage and discuss how he sees things workingNext chapter has melody show him what is really going on.Malcolm comes up with a way to confront the inconsistency They’d returned to the cottage within their territory and Malcolm stopped first at the packhouse with Melody in tow. One thing Melody felt keenly was that no one approached her to speak with her. All greeting was directly to Malcolm. Most of the pack didn’t know Melody or Ellie. It didn’t surprise Melody that they didn’t trust her. Also, this part of the pack was the older and more staid set. They weren’t sure if they could trust a fox in the top two female leadership positions. “What do you want to talk about?” Malcolm lit the fireplace and sat down on the sofa to watch it and relax. He patted the back of the sofa beside him. Ellie and Jordan had gone to their room for the evening. It was only the two of them. “Did you notice
It took Malcolm nearly a week to figure out how to work Melody into pack life so she would find acceptable. It surprised him how difficult it was. Not because he’d been called away in the middle of that week for three days. When he’d spoken to several of his pack members, he got an eye opening. Someone spoke to these people and spread the rumours about Melody having blackmailed him into taking her in and taking her as his mate.No one would explain who told them, but he had a suspicion. His mother loved to create drama and spread lies. Many of the elders stayed in touch with her, their loyalty to her somehow stronger than to him. After what happened at the condo, he wouldn’t put it past her to have said something horrid.He’d set up a meeting between the Elders and Melody. Of course, he couldn’t be there for the meeting. He’d fully intended to go with her to oversee what they said, but he’d been called away the night before.Melody had to go to the meeting and face the Elders alone. H
Melody got the elders talking after her condemnation of Malcolm to them. She clarified they were working out their issues and those issues were no longer the Elder’s business. She would take her place as Luna and they either worked with her or they would find their position within the pack changing. Malcolm had already made his support of Melody as his Luna clear, and that wouldn’t change. Taking their complaints about what she said here or trying to cause grief between them wouldn’t be tolerated. She wasn’t sure how much these wolves were accepting or just silently tolerating until they could attempt to create some kind of drama. “Now since we’ve had such an influence on the reveal of the supernatural people’s the world. We’ve been asked to find it in our hearts and homes to help find space for refugees within our territory. It could be permanently or until the new developments within what people are calling sanctuary, cities can be completed and
Melody and Ellie were determined to become involved with the pack’s daily life. From offering help where needed to involving pack in their decision making by asking about the issue at hand.When Malcolm and Jordan finally could return to the pack’s country territory, it was to find the cottage full of pack members. Their quiet home was gone in a rush.Women were busy everywhere and when Malcolm finally could find out what was happening. Jordan was two steps ahead and being blocked from seeing Ellie.David was well looked after as he charmed his way into several women’s hearts on the floor in the great room. While upstairs, Melody among other women assisted the healers with Ellie’s delivery.The women of the pack there persuaded Jordan and Malcolm to visit the packhouse and do something there. Relax, or work, it didn’t matter which. Only that they had enough hands and it would be hours from now before the cottage would be over.Malcolm didn’t know if this was something he want
Jordan was over the moon when they could finally return to the cabin. Ellie and his pups greeted them. All happy and healthy, ready to take on the world together. As they missed tradition with David, the Elders insisted that Jordan and Ellie uphold the recognition ceremony. Malcolm could understand the need for it in the past, but right now, it was just something that would exhaust everyone further. But Ellie begged it to take place. In private, between the four of them, she explained it would make or break her and her pups’ acceptance into the pack. If she really wanted to go through with it, he wouldn’t stop it now. A happy mother and healthy pups were the best outcome. Malcolm upheld his part in it, but he knew enough to keep everyone’s turned to hold the pups and check them out for the traditional medical issues that would in the past have proven fatal thanks to the Fae wanting only a ready and disposable army. In this day and age,
Three weeks later, Malcolm and Jordan had to leave again for business meetings in the city. Melody, by this point, was in no state of mind to care all that much about business, because she was too busy making space for another new being to enter the world. They again amazed her how each one came into the world with nothing and completely reliant on others to keep them alive and provide everything. She and Ellie had been nesting for months now. Even though they’d had everything ready weeks before, she’d given birth. That was the annoying part of pregnancy. You know everything is fine, but you can’t stop yourself from rearranging everything one more time. So here Melody was standing in the pups’ bedroom reorganizing a drawer of onesies. With the lack of rooms in the cottage, the pups needed to share until they had time to put an addition on the cottage. The thing they were waiting for was the penthouse floor’s construction completion. That was an enormo
The Toronto Council of Alphas was meeting again for the third time that month. The difference this time was that NARC requested the meeting. They wanted to ensure that the concerned councils in all the cities affected by the Fae were updated. They figured we would be the ones that would face the crowds of shifters and humans alike to assure them the Fae were dealt with permanently. Again, they met at the hotel where the first conference took place. This time, the protesters were oddly missing from their line at the front of the building. Malcolm and Jordan entered through the secured underground parking garage, though. As they settled into the usual waiting game, they mixed with the other alphas of the city and their staff. Jordan came back to Malcolm’s side after he’d been lured to speak with a few other Betas from the other packs. “Well, if the gossip is true, it looks like the Moon Goddess or fate has seen fit to make a good start on the next generati