Married My Ex’s Alpha Uncle

My cheeks flushed even more.

"I guess I lost track of time," I admitted.

"You think?" He asked, his sarcasm wasn't missed, but there was also a twinkle of humor in his eyes, so I didn't think much of it. "I managed to see some of the work you've started and your scheduling. You've gotten a lot done. I'm quite impressed."

"I've barely scratched the surface," I told him, chewing my bottom lip a bit nervously.

"You've done more than I've done for them. I've been putting most of those things off because they weren't my priority at the moment. Thank you for helping me out."

It was at that moment I realized his wounds were gone.

"You've been healed," I said simply.

He glanced down at his body before nodding.

"My wolf worked all night to heal my wounds," he explained. "I'm an Alpha; we don't stay injured for long."

I nodded, thoughtfully.

"I see," I said, keeping my bottom lip between my teeth. "Where are you off to this morning?" I found myself asking.

"I am training with the warriors and Alphas this morning," he answered. "We are preparing ourselves for any future rogue battles so injuries like yesterday don't happen again." "Will Shirley be there?"

I wanted to slap myself for asking; I sounded like a jealous teenager, and I hated how pathetic it was. I immediately wanted to take back that question, but his brows pinched together and the look of confusion crossed his handsome features.

"Uh, yes," he answered. "She is an Alpha as well."

"Right," I said, staring down at my hands. "I just figured because she's female_"

"She's an Alpha female," he said, cutting off my words. His tone hardened and he sounded almost sharper than he had moments ago. "Does it bother you that she will be there?"

I shook my head, trying to save myself from further humiliation.

"No, of course not. It's just that you don't have any female warriors and I wasn't sure if there was a reason behind that," I blurted.

He raised his brows.

"Females are weaker and are meant to be protected by the males," he told me as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Now it was my turn to raise my brows.

"There are some females who are quite strong and more than capable of defending themselves in a battle. There are quite a few in this pack

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wish for their children to start learning at young ages as well. Are you really going to deny your pack that?" I asked him, folding my arms across my chest.

He looked genuinely surprised by this.

"There are females who wish to train with the gammas?" He asked. "Why would they want that when we could protect them?"

"What happens if they are caught alone? A rogue attack could happen anywhere at any time. Nobody is safe and that's been proven in the past—" "We are doubling our patrol," he told me, cutting off my words once again.

"And if that doesn't work?" I asked him. "What then? What if the rogues invade and there are too many of them to stop?"

"That won't happen-"

"We don't know that," I said firmly, cutting him off this time. "Wouldn't you rather we all be prepared?"

He was quiet for a moment while he processed those words.

"You are right," he finally relented." was being stupid thinking we could keep all the females protected.at would be better if they could at least defend themselves as well.

"Don't deny them a chance of

fighting, Elliot. They love this pack just as much as you do and they want to help keep it safe," I told him. "We are in desperate need of more warriors to protect this pack.

Mothers are afraid to bring theil ne

children to the local park because of the attacks. We could use more

guards in that area to keep the women and children at the park safe. I'm hosting a get-together of volunteers to clean the park and make it a nice place to hang out, it would be nice if I could borrow some gammas to accompany us."

He nodded.

"Of course, whatever you need," he said without hesitation.

"Thanks," I said.

He left the room without another word, leaving me staring at the closed door and feeling a tightness in my chest I couldn't quite explain.