The Alpha’s Substitute Mate

Isabella

I felt sad that the last memory of him would be like this, writhing on the bed with another woman. I got up and made my way down to my chamber and picked up my bag and jacket. I took one last look around my room. “Home” hadn’t lasted very long and I was sad I had to leave so much behind but I needed to do it for my safety. I closed the door quietly and made my way down to the elevator.

The pack house was mostly quiet now and the omegas had finished their work and had gone to their various quarters.

I got to the down floor and I quietly walked straight out the front door and down the long curving driveway.

Somewhere out in the night, I knew there were some warriors in charge of patrols, watching the borders. I just walked straight on the driveway, that way it would be a lot less suspicious if I just went straight on rather than trying to be sneaky and hide in the shadows. I was right though, I had almost made it to the road the boundary line was only a few meters away. And once I stepped out of the boundary then I did become a rogue.

Suddenly a car came speeding down the driveway toward me and I felt a bang in my chest. I have been discovered, I didn’t even have the strength to fight or run, I did nothing but turn and confront my fate. I wondered what would be the punishment for a Luna trying to flee from her pack.

” What would they do to me?”

” Would they lock me in my chambers in the pack?”

” Throw me into the dungeon?”

I stared defiantly at the car as it halted just a few meters away from me. I expected to see Arden and the warriors but to my surprise, the door popped open and Lance jumped from the driver’s seat and the passenger door opened, and Violet’s head poked out.

Instantly, my eyes bulged and my lips parted. I could not hide the confusion, as well as the surprise in my eyes at the sight of them.

I gaped at them half surprised and half excited that I had not been caught

I was completely speechless and my eyes went from one person to the other

” Lance and Violet, what are you guys doing,” I inquired in a low tone

” We are coming with you, Sis,” Lance said with a wide grin

” What? No, you can’t do that! Please you have to go home Lance, it’s too risky.” I turned to Violet

” Violet, you’re together with Lance, I stared at the two of them, Violet was smiling shyly and turned to look at Lance while I kept gawking at them.

“She’s my mate,” Lance replied

“Ohh!” That’s even more reason you guys shouldn’t come with me, You need a pack to stay and grow together and not become a rogue wolf, please go back.”

” Violet please I can’t let you do this, please go back,”

Violet shook her head ” You can’t stop me, Bella, We are now family,”

” We pledge our allegiance and dedicate our lives to our Luna.” Lance declared

I stared in confusion between my two friends, now mates. Who was willing to make themselves a fugitive from the pack, for my sake? I could feel my eyes glisten with tears.

Lance came and took my elbow and guided me toward the car

and opened the back door for me.

” Hurry up Luna, before they notice our absence and come looking for us,” Lance said

I gulped, slid into the seat and buckled my seat belt, Lance drove off, crossing the boundary into a no man’s land. I opened the mind link between myself and the pack.

” I, Isabella Cross from today I cut all ties with Blood Moon Pack, from today forward I declare myself a rogue with no allegiance to any pack.” And just as the way the link had opened in my mind at the acceptance ceremony, it snapped close immediately after I declared myself a rogue. Lance and Violet did the same and everyone of us made our declaration and we became officially a rogue.

” We did it,” I muttered in surprise as we sped down the road, away from Arden, away from all the misery and pain, away from the pack.

” We are free.” I couldn’t contain my joy, my lips broke into a smile, and I couldn’t hide the elation that was rooted deep inside me.

” Where are we going? I asked Lance, he seemed to be driving with direction and intent.

” We’re going west, I have a friend whose family we would be staying in, but he said the house is old and needs refurbishing. That if we can fix it then we can stay as long as we want. And I think that’s the best place to go, far away from the North.”

I turned to Lance, listening to him. I couldn’t quell the euphoria threatening to explode within me. ” Wow, that’s great, thank you Lance.”

” Bella,” he peered at me through the rearview mirror. ” Violet and I are serious, we have dedicated our loyalty to you as our Luna. We are not rogues but We are a pack of three.” I swallowed and felt suddenly cooled.

It was one thing to run away and take risks and my life into my own hands. But somehow fate had brought these two into this journey with me and made me responsible for their safety and well-being. It would be a heavyweight for my already-tried shoulder but I was determined to pull through.

I wondered if the three of us would really make a pack. Could I lead as a Luna, without an Alpha?

I didn’t want to bother myself with unnecessary thoughts, so I massaged my chest which was still sore and bare from the half-baked rejection. The only thing I knew for sure was that I was really glad they were going on this phase of a new dawn with me. I didn’t have to face the future alone and lonely.