You Rejected A Silver Wolf

Chapter Sixty-Three - Uncles

Jaden's POV

The Luna Queen hadn't been found, and there was a new presence in the forest, one lurking in the shadows and stalking packs.

Dara had informed me that there were claw marks on their trees, but no warrior had been hurt. The same applied to my pack.

My lead warrior said something similar about the roses being cut off and scattered. Ralph was triggered and ordered his brother and his men to guard the entrance. I wondered how they were faring.

They were wild men, but if they could kill whatever was causing unknown fear among the farmers, good.

I bounced the ping-pong ball on the wall again, and it flew back into my face. I sighed. "Has someone found it already?" I asked the workers.

A red-haired girl popped her head from the bookshelves. "No, Alpha. Give us a minute."

How many minutes would I be given? I folded my arms and looked up at the ceiling.

Rumors of another prophecy had surfaced, and I was bent on knowing what it was, rather than hearing it from another source.

"We want to see you," someone broke into my mind link to say. I looked away from the ceiling and stared into space.

Who the hell just broke into my mind link? I relaxed, remembering that the only people who could break into my mind link were my uncles.

I wasn't a big fan of them, and now they all wanted to see me? It surely wouldn't be good.

I replied, "I'll be there in five."

"Two," one of them retorted and blocked the link.

I rose from my seat to rush over but calmed myself down. I would show up even if it took ten minutes. I plopped back into my seat.

"Practicing to disobey your uncles?" my wolf howled with laughter.

"They can be pushy sometimes. They live at the edge of the pack and expect me to be there in two minutes?" I sighed, leaving my seat again.

"Alpha..." the red-haired worker popped her head out again. "I'll send it to you when we find it," she said, looking down.

"Alright. Thank you." I left the library.

"Whatever my uncles want to talk about, it's likely something my mother wouldn't have wanted them to do, so they'll use me," I said to my wolf.

"As they should. You're the Alpha now, not your mother. They need your permission," he replied.

He made it sound like it worked that way when it was often the opposite but that would change.

Jake, their favorite nephew, disliked them. They weren't ideal uncles at all.

As I stepped outside the palace, I saw Ralph's brother rushing inside with a bandaged

arm. I wouldn't have been surprised to see him injured.

He barely passed me when I grabbed his arm. "What happened?"

He slowly pulled his arm away from my grip. He didn't like me, and the feeling was almost mutual.

"I found the bastard harassing the pack. They won't be coming back. Rest your pretty head,” he replied and walked away.

He sounded as if I'd asked him for a favor. He was just doing it because his brother had asked him to. I had warriors to assign there if needed.

Also, I'd need more than "the bastard." I wanted to know exactly who or what they were, or he wouldn't be getting a "thank you" from me.

Brushing it aside, I walked on toward the edge of the pack to meet my annoying uncles.

Passing the hunters' lodge, I saw Jonah flirting with a young huntress. I smirked; the kid didn't know a thing about loyalty.

"Jonah, meet me at the hunters' lodge. I want to meet my uncles," I said to him through the mind link.

He looked stunned, detaching himself from the girl. She blushed at their near-kiss moment and ran inside.

My heart raced a bit, seeing the blush on her face. I wished I had such an effect on Rihanna, but she didn't even feel our bond.

"You just wanted me to leave her, right?" Jonah said from behind me.

I smiled. He had even used the back route to escape the lodge. "Yes. You have a mate."

He rolled his eyes, shoving his hands into his pockets. "Vanessa isn't a wild rose. I like wild roses. Wild girls have a different feel to them."

I exhaled. I'd second that. Perhaps that was why I got a rogue as a mate. "Come on.

My uncles are waiting." We moved ahead.

"What do they want now?" he asked.

"Someone to TALK to, I hope."

"Talk or vent—I'm there with you," he said, clenching his fists.

We reached the mansion at the edge of the pack. I searched for them through the

mind link to let them know I was close, but they seemed locked out.

I knocked, but Jonah opened the door before we got a response. "They don't keep an Alpha waiting," he mumbled, walking in.

I breathed in and out before entering the house. Traumatic memories lay here

memories of being locked in while the house burned.

Perhaps that was why they hated me. I hadn't died when they wanted me to, and I'd "taken" the throne from their favorite nephew.

"Jonah!" my eldest uncle called cheerfully. "You're almost six feet tall now," he laughed.

They all trooped out of a room, bending down to get past the door. What were they even doing there?

There were three of them, all seated on the couch. Jonah plastered a fake smile on his face as he greeted them.noveldrama

"How have you been, uncles?" I said moodily. "And why did you call me?"

The youngest nodded to the eldest. As usual, the middle one had a blank expression.

"You can sit. We aren't bullying you or anything," the eldest chuckled.

I crossed my arms but eventually sat down. Jonah did the same.

"So, we called because we were looking for news about you having a mate, and there was none," the youngest raised a brow.

And so what? I stayed silent.

"Well, you'd need a Luna to celebrate seven years as Alpha. You're almost twenty-five,

so that's happening soon," the youngest added.

"Is it compulsory? I never heard it was a tradition," Jonah asked.

The middle uncle nodded. "It is."

We remained quiet for a while. So they called me all this way just to ask me to get a Luna? They were hilarious.

"The actual reason we called is because... we sensed the presence of a Lycan around Black Rose," the middle uncle said.

My eyes widened. A Lycan? How did they know about the Lycan? "How did you know..."

"We've met a Lycan before, boy. And this one doesn't mean well," the elde

st nodded.

Of course, he didn't. He was here to kill me for being Rihanna's mate. But how did he already know it was me?