Chapter 24 - 23. Human Werewolf

Silver walked without a glance back through the tunnels that communicated between the different parts of the cave. Behind him, Connor and Greg followed him without a word.

While the agent was still on guard despite the leader's disposition to discuss matters, his boyfriend displayed an almost insolent detachment that didn't suit someone who had broken in. It was as if the WIA's doctor had forgotten their guilt for a crime whose sentence was death.

The light brown-haired man looked at Greg out of the corner of his eye. The man was watching around him without any discretion. He looked like a kid at an amusement park. In his defense, if it weren't for the alpha's oppressive aura guiding them to a destination he hoped wasn't a torture chamber, Connor would likely have the same enthusiasm. He didn't know what got into him when he thought it was a good idea to break into the territory of the pack whose history has been built on the slaughter of their enemies. Even the name of their pack was a reminder for anyone to forget how ruthless the pack was. Cursed be Glen and his stubborn ass!

The man was trotting out a selection of insults in his head when the alpha pushed aside an opaque black curtain and opened the way for them to a room. A huge rectangle carved wooden table was surrounded by more than a dozen chairs. The room was presumably a meeting room used by the werewolves to discuss their day-to-day business. Just this fact excited Greg even more and he was feeling felt like a privileged witness. Connor rolled his eyes as he saw his lover's eyes sparkle looking around the room.

The agent noticed, sitting, a woman with cerulean blue eyes. Her face looked oddly familiar. Connor frowned and tried to remember where the hell he had crossed paths with this person, then realized she was the mother of his best friend omega's, the Luna.

Her oval face and almond-shaped eyes with long lashes were an even more delicate version than her son's. Still, she exuded a certain coldness and intensity that the man hadn't seen in the teenager. The agent instantly revised his judgment. After all, he only had witnessed the teenager in his most vulnerable moment. He vowed to come out of this whole discussion safe and sound, to get to know the omega that had reduced his best friend to an alpha wreck as docile as a puppy.

As he smirked, the gaze of the woman who was directed towards them hardened. If the alpha's aura was oppressive, the Luna's was another form of silent threat. He swallowed hard, his palms suddenly clammy, and stayed rooted in place waiting for someone to tell him what to do. Greg too had sensed that the time wasn't for observation anymore. The man displayed the proper behavior for someone whose life was at the mercy of supernatural creatures. Keyword displayed. Truthfully, the man was still fierce and ready to fight whatever happened.

The werewolves took their places once the alpha and then the beta were seated and Christopher, who Connor hadn't noticed, motioned for them to settle down. The two humans sat down and Silver Bloodhood folded their arms. He stared at the two humans across the room for several seconds, his face not betraying any of his thoughts. Connor knew that the werewolves in a pack could communicate with each other so the man continued to sweat, wondering if the exchanges, which they were having without a doubt, were in their favor. It had to be. After all, they were still alive and Glen had been taken to the omega's cave.

The idea that his friend was having sex when he and his boyfriend were perhaps living their last moment pissed off the agent who then decided to go ahead with his sentence.

"I'm not the main actor, but I think I can answer any question you have at this moment. Where should I start?"

Alpha Silver narrowed his eyes and stroked his chin. "How did you sneak into my territory. I'm curious about how you manage to plot and execute such a thing and still have your heads on your shoulders. "

"I know that won't be decided until we're done talking to you, so I don't think it's yet a successful plan. However, we're here with a chance to plead for our case so I guess it's the first step. To answer your question, we took advantage of Glen's pheromones which were out of control and covering our scent."

The werewolf raised an eyebrow at the answer. "I don't know if it was a smart plan or a silly one."

"You could say it did the job since, as you said, we are in front of you."

"And our heads are still attached to our bodies," Greg added and Connor mentally smacked the back of his head.

"This is something that can be rectified." Connor snapped his head at Christopher who gave him a wide but threatening smile.

The WIA agent forced a laugh and shot daggers at his boyfriend who only shrugged and ignored the fighter's remark. The doctor took over from Connor and continued to explain the situation with a confident tone that surprised the pack members in the room.

"We made a bet in believing that you wouldn't try to hurt or kill someone who brings you the fated mate of your son. After all, even though humans have no proof of their existence, we have writings at the WIA that say werewolves live under the protection of the Moon Goddess, and being granted a fated mate is one of the greatest blessings that she can offer to one of her proteges. "

Silver was surprised by the doctor's poise and answered honestly. "Indeed, the fact that you came with this alpha and he protected you and my son is the reason for my mercy to you. But I'm still… Uncomfortable about your way of doing things. "

The werewolf's voice grew low like a growl and neither Connor nor Greg missed the fluctuation. "I can't understand why resorting to such maneuvers when Red Creek could have responded to the mating proposal I sent out to every pack across the country."

"Well, let's say that for Red Creek to answer, Glen would have had to first agree to come to this mating proposal," Connor retorted with an embarrassed chuckle.

"What do you mean?" The Alpha cut off.

Connor swallowed hard, apprehensive of the reaction. "Well, the truth is that we might have drugged him and forcibly drove him here because he didn't exactly want to… come."

The room was suddenly agonizingly silent. Even without being affected by the pheromones Connor and Greg were completely oppressed by the hostility the werewolves showed towards them.

"Are you telling me that I let my son in the care of a mate who doesn't want him?"

Acher got up to leave the room and Connor jumped up from his chair to hold him back.

"Don't separate them, please! Don't do that! "

"Enough, human."

The beta's hand pushed Connor away and the agent fly across the room up to the opposite wall, which he slammed violently. The beta exited the room and Connor, lying on the ground winced under Greg's helpless gaze. Two fighters had subdued him so he wouldn't intervene. "He didn't want to come, but not because he didn't want to be bonded with your son. Glen thinks that he doesn't deserve a mate. That's why he didn't intend to come." Greg explained with a glare.

Silver Bloodhood raised his hand to stop his man from molesting the two humans any further.

"Why would he think such a thing?"

"Glen is not exactly… normal." Connor got up with a hand on his shoulder that had been dislocated by the blow. "Glen thinks he doesn't deserve to have a mate, even less a fated mate because he's a werewolf who can't shift. He lived his whole life as a human. That's the reason why we sneaked into your pack. Because since that day he met your son, his behavior is the closest he had ever been to his werewolf nature. I didn't want to lose this chance."

"I saw his claws and his fangs, he even submitted some of my strongest men with his pheromones." Silver was incredulous. The beta he had been recalled from the link returned to his place and the tension in the room eased a little.

"I know it's implausible, but it's the truth. I grew up with Glen, I've known him since I was a kid. My father who was a researcher at the WIA was his physician. Glen even moved in with my family when Red Creek cast him aside because he was a 'failed alpha'. He can partially transform to have his fangs and claws and he easily masters his pheromones. At least that was the case before he met your son. " He added and chuckled. The vibration caused excruciating pain in his left shoulder and he winced again. Greg rushed to help him walk over to the chair.

"A werewolf who can't shift." Silver muttered, contemplative.

"To be exact, he shifted once but it was a one-time event. He never managed to take his werewolf form or his wolf form again. He underwent dozens of tests, his case remained a total mystery. He had lost all hope. And yet a month ago he met your son and for the first time, he felt the signs of transformation again. He even went through his rut for the first time."

"He had never had a rut?" The alpha asked, surprised.

Seeing his boyfriend's forehead beaded with sweat from the pain, Greg gritted his teeth and answered.

"No never. That's why he was completely overwhelmed when it happened. Even so, his wolf hasn't stopped asking for your son. He was longing to the point of being sick and despite everything, he stubbornly refused to see him again. That's why we decided on this plan, even if it was an insane one. We didn't want him to lose his mate just because his pack convinced him he wasn't worthy enough as a werewolf. "

"What makes you think I'm not going to think the same? This is about the future of my son and my pack. "

"Precisely because it's your son and your pack," Connor replied. "No one knows why Glen can't transform, but I'm sure that if the Moon Goddess chose him as your son's fated mate anyway, there is a reason. And from what I've seen tonight, he's never been closer to the behavior of a werewolf. I can't shake the thought that your son might be the trigger to connect him to his nature. "

"This is a rather risky bet that you are asking me to take."

"Yeah, but I'm pretty desperate."

Alpha Silver stared at the two men and the Luna's voice echoed through the room. "That's enough for today. Bring him to the healers' head and prepare a cave for them to stay in. " She then turned to the two humans. "I hope you weren't planning on leaving right away, gentlemen."

"Not at all, we took a leave from work, Ma'am." Connor asserted with a smile that quickly turned into a grimace.

The woman nodded in response and the men left the room with Connor and Greg. She then turned to her mate who was lost in thought. The female omega moved towards him.

"It was quite an unexpected evening." She placed a comforting hand on her mate's back.

"Yeah, so much that I still can't believe it." The alpha sighed heavily and ran a hand in his face. "I'm starting to wonder if this whole situation is a blessing or a curse."

"I don't know what will happen, but I am sure that, just like with Eden, it can only be a blessing. Our Goddess knows everything. Even though we don't always understand it the moment she acts. Let's trust them."

"I guess this is a trial they'll have to get through together."