Stronger

Grayson POV:

I couldn’t fully believe what had just occurred, i never once thought he’d find his way back into my life, I never thought he’d entertain the idea enough to come back into my life.

I explained the situation and Theo confirmed there were snipers on the roofs. We had been gravely outnumbered so there was no reason for them to doubt me.

I explained the situation upon our return and after my mother–in–law sat there glaring at me to open her mouth and ask if there was a better reason I left. I walked out Matt and Elizebeth behind me.

“It was really him?” Matt asked me.

“Yes,” I couldn’t believe it myself so I understood their apprehension.

“I need to go and speak to my mother,” I realized as we moved away.

She’d know how to play this best. Marcus was one animal my father was a far greater beast, if I wanted to get my wife back I now had to go against him and win. Never had been good at that, even as a kid never could win against him in any game. Most fathers let their sons win so they know what it’s like, not mine he’d relish in putting me down.

She was married to him, she knew him better than anyone. She knew what he hated and what he loved, she knew what would drive him crazy. She knew what he’d do next, how he would play this game. I’d always valued her opinion but now it was about to be the word of the goddess.

I walked past my house and into her small cortège, she preferred to be on the edge of things. I entered and the delightful sound of laughter hit my cars. After I had built my own house my mother requested I

burn her old one and build her this place.

It was an easy thing to do; there’d been no happiness in that house. She’d taken in the two rouge children, they’d both relaxed immensely with my mother as their guardian.

“No, no not like that,” my mother was standing over them laughing as she taught them how to make bread. She was so happy and I was about to ruin that for a good while.

“Grayson!” She smiled beckoning me over. “Come come help,” she looked at my face and looked at the two teens “Go to the school and see if they need any helping hands,” she instructed them.

They were good kids and did as they were told moving away from her and bowing their heads to me as they left.

“What’s happened?” She looked as if she suspected the worst.

“We lost him,” I explained, partially.

I avoided her gaze like I’d stolen randy. I couldn’t tell her, to bring her back to the hell she’d lived in, dragging her into the walls she’d built around herself. She’d shut off almost all of herself to survive.

12:05 Sat, 16 Mar D

“Mom I don’t know how to say this-”

“Is Annette alright,” she grasped her hands.

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“As much as I know that’s not the problem,” I shook my head and gathered the strength to say it.

“He was there,” I told her. And she stared at me quizzically for a few breaths and then the realization hit her. Lwatched. horror ascend her face and she slumped onto a chair.

“Marcus came to him and brokered a deal. They are working together now and he knows about Annette,” I told her.

As quickly as the fear appeared it was gone. “I’ll kill that asshole,” she growled and she slammed her fist on the table, her claws digging in gouging holes.

I made him swear to never enter our lives again! That fucking cancer has now set its sights on your wife! On my grandchild! No! I won’t let him. He should have stayed in his ivory tower I’m not letting this go. He’s a dead man,”

I was shocked. I’ve only ever seen her that angry when I totaled her car, I hadn’t been driving it but it was in my way.

“What should we do,”

“What should we do? What should we do? Oh I know what to do,” she went into her room and pulled out a stack of files.

“What is that?” I asked her.

“It’s all the evidence of what your father stole from us along with a few tip off from an old business partner or two. Apparently, he has a penchant for insider trading. She revealed page after page of backhanded deals and laws broken.

Sure enough, he’d cut out his two business partners breaking the contract but they’d had no option but to go quietly because he’d found out about their insider trading only through his insider trading source.

They got the emails, the purchases, and everything. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

My mom had proof of him stealing the packs‘ money, the offshore account he’d put it all in, and the fake name he’d

used.

“They found me a few years ago and gave me the evidence said they couldn’t do it because he’d know it was them but they’d hoped I could. I had said at the time I wasn’t interested in revenge but now, the gloves are off,” she nodded to me.

“You know this won’t convict him,” I confessed sadly.

“This should lock him up in enough litigation to keep him busy for a while,. She grinned at me. “That wolf glove is enough time to get everyone into shape and gather evidence on where Anna went. I let him ruin our family once. Never again,” she stood up and looked me in the eyes deeply.

As I’d said before hers would now be the words of the goddess and we should take them as such.

“It will be hard to suspend looking for Annette, especially with her parents,” I reminded my mont.

“I’ll talk to her mother I believe it’s time we came to an understanding anyway,” she told me.

“Please keep the claws in,” I pointed to the holes in her table with my eyes.

“Only if she does,” my mother raised her chin.

I don’t know why I had expected her to crumble. My mother and wife had the same extraordinary ability to rise in the face of their greatest fears.

I could only hope my wife was doing that right now saving face and holding on until I came for her. I wouldn’t ever let her see pain or sorrow again. After this, I don’t think I’d be able to let her out of my sight.

I went to go and find Matt and Elizebeth to explain to them the plan and James found me on my way to them following after me.

“I’m sorry,” he’d looked at the ground.

“What for?” I was worried he’d done something stupid but instead, he told me.

“Anna told me how hard your father was on you and how awful he’d been and I hadn’t really believed her and hated you but the way he looked at you, I believe her now,” he genuinely apologized.

“You love your sister. That’s all I need of you I don’t need anything else, would it be nice if you didn’t want to viscously and maliciously tear out my heart yea, but as long as you help me get her back we’re fine,”

I had to imagine how hard it was for those kids to all bear the weight of hundreds of years of prestige on their shoulders. Annette, she bore it like she was meant to so gracefully and kindly. Her brothers seemed to shudder at the thought. One was a borderline psychopath with his bloodlust and one was waging against the idea of a female alpha for a pretty face.

At least Theo was doing as he was told. If their parents only knew. Well, Jonathan knew about Charlie but I had one certain feeling Eva did not and I highly doubted she’d take it well. If there was one line

that Eva couldn’t cross for her children’s happiness I suspected it was the whole six generations of female alphas.

I walked into my conference room and Matt and Elizebeth met me there. I set down the filet and explained it all to

them.

“Are we supposed to leave the Luna to her fate for the time being?” Elizebeth argued.

It was amusing to me how much Elizebeth championed my wife. “No, we will still try and track her down. We’ll go through any of my enemies, her parent’s enemies, and the Bane Crescent Pack’s allies. All of them we will contact everyone and see if they have anything to hide but while we pull at threads, we’ll train up our warriors and build up

our numbers,”

“Build up our numbers?” Elizebeth raised a brow.

“Rogues,” I gave in. “We have to admit a fair number of them could be from nefarious packs and have good morals we have a few rogues thur’ll tell who else to invite but we won’t just open the gates,”

“It sounds good to me. This jackass won’t be able to do anything to my sister if he’s running around with the human

government,” James pointed out something that missed my mind.

“That’s true I wouldn’t put it past him to try and take her from Marcus to hold her over my head,” I agreed.

“So then this is the plan. Are we sure it’s the safe one?” Marcus asked me.

“My mother said it was and I believe her,” I told them.

“Then that’s what we’ll do,” He nodded to me.

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