Chapter 24 Time Bomb 
Damien 

Joseph is talking to Penelope about visiting her parents, but the boy doesn’t understand that he will never go back to Dark Mountain Pack again. Unless it is to visit my parents of course and only if Theseus agrees to let us visit. My mind wanders back to the woman that ruined my life in more ways. 
than one. 
I saw her that day as she walked around the garden, but she looked like a China doll in that dress and I needed a female that could take care of herself. Not in a million years would I have figured that she was Alpha Atlas Daughter or that she was the future heir to White Crescent Pack. 
Fuck, if only I had known I would have been leading White Crescent Pack now. Instead I am stuck with a Mate that annoys the hell out of me and a Son that is no longer of any use to me, Theseus made it clear Joseph will never take over the Pack from him. 
Penelope and I have both asked Neill and Josh for their phones to contact Penelope’s Father, but neither one of them is acknowledging our presence in the SUV. The only one that gets answers out of them is Joseph and he only asks them stupid, irrelevant questions. 
I wonder if we will stop for the night at a motel or hotel, but knowing the trip will take us hours I doubt it. Neill and Josh probably want to get rid of us as fast as they can and I hope I will be able to call Dad before they leave, so he can order them to take me and Penelope back with them. 
“Mommy, why was that woman so mad at Daddy?” Joseph asks and everyone in the SUV goes quiet. Penelope asks him what he is talking about and he tells us he saw the match on a screen, “She looked really mad at Daddy when she walked into the arena. He says. 
Fuck, my own Pup saw me get my ass handed to me by a female. My Wolf chuckles in my head, it is the first I have heard from him since Amarah kicked my ass. Penelope and I don’t know how to answer this question, but I wish I had been able to stop Neill from responding. 
“Your Dad really hurt her. Do you remember what Uncle Theseus told you about fated Mates?” Neill asks and Joseph just nods his head. I had been there that day and I still wish I could have stopped. Theseus from telling Joseph. 
Joseph had been asking questions about fated Mates for nearly a week after that and everyone had been more than willing to answer all of his questions. Joseph even announced he would wait for his fated Mate just like his Uncle and his men. 
“She was your Dad’s fated Mate and he rejected her for your Mother.” Neill states and Joseph just looks between me and his Mom, but he doesn’t say a word. He doesn’t speak a word after that and I wonder when the bomb is going to explode. 
We make a few short stops along the way and each time we are allowed out of the SUV one by one, but they don’t allow Joseph to exit the SUV. Not that he wants to or can because he is fast asleep, Penelope keeps giving him worried looks and I know she is wondering as well when he will blow up. 
It is near eight in the morning when we finally reach Penelope’s old Pack and Neill pulls to a stop about twenty feet away from the gate. He locks the doors the moment Josh is out of the vehicle and we watch him walk towards the gate to talk to the guards. 
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After a few minutes an SUV stops on the other side of the gate and Penelope’s Father and Brother get out. We can hear them greet Josh as Neill cracked open the windows a little and Harver asks him why they don’t come in for a while, but Josh tells him that he is following Alpha’s orders. 
“Alpha Theseus requests you take your Daughter, her Mate and her Son into your Pack, if you don’t he will turn them Rogue. They are not allowed to visit Dark Mountain Pack without the approval of Alpha Theseus. Reason for this punishment has to do with the fact that Damien rejected his fated Mate. 
I have a feeling Harver already showed you how he did that and I can tell you that Alpha Theseus was not amused at all. He also decided that Joseph will not be taking over Dark Mountain Pack if Alpha Theseus dies without an heir.” Josh tells my Father in law and I can tell that the males are not pleased. 
“Of course I will take in my Daughter, her Mate and my Grandson. You can tell your Alpha that if he ever wants to see his Nephew he can ask me for permission to visit them.” I chuckle at the words of my Father in law, he never liked my Brother and he is not afraid to show it to anyone. 
Josh walks back to the SUV to get our bags from the trunk, while Penelope rushes towards her Father with Joseph in her arms and the moment I am near Harver I ask him for his phone. I call my Dad to inform him of what Theseus has done, but I don’t tell him why Theseus did it. 
Thad put 
the phone on speaker and Dad tries to order Josh to bring us home, but Josh just says, “I am following my Alpha’s orders. If you don’t like it I suggest you contact him yourself.” Before he turns on his heel and walks back to the SUV without looking back for a second. 
Dad is still cussing and swearing as I walk back to the Pack–house with Harver, I told Penelope I needed sometime to myself and I am glad she accepted it without questioning me. I disconnect the call when Dad tells me that he will talk to Theseus. 
“Do you know that every Wolf at the Competition saw how you rejected Alpha Amarah?” Harver asks and I have to tell him I was knocked unconscious by Her. He grabs his phone to push a few buttons and seconds later I am watching footage from the night I rejected my Mate. 
“Fuck. She really got her revenge, didn’t she?” I ask no one in particular as I return the phone to Harver. Theseus‘ reaction is making more sense now that I know she released that footage and I know that there will be nothing Dad can say to make him change his mind. 
Theseus had a fated Mate once and he can’t understand why anyone would settle for anything other than a fated Mate, but I know I could never be faithful to any female. I love how every female reacts differently to the things I do to them and somethings Penelope will never allow me to do to her. 
Neill 
I wasn’t surprised to find out that Penelope was not his fated Mate, but I was surprised to find out that he actually found his fated Mate and the way he rejected her. I think I can find at least three males in our–Pack that slept with Penelope after Joseph was born, not that I will tell my Alpha. 
Hearing my Alphatell them their punishment makes me want to chuckle, but I keep my face straight as I see both of them pale and I send Simon a message to make sure most of their belongings will be packed by the time we get back home. Jeanet will make sure it is done in secret as she can do a lot without anyone finding out, with anyone I actually mean our former Alpha. 
Josh had a smile on his face when Joseph asked about Alpha Amarah and it got bigger as I told him the truth. Ikanurtheu ora hir warente but I alẹn knour locanh urante a fatal Mista and I hana he will ke shla 
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to stand up to his parents when the day comes that he will have to make a choice. 
Damon can order all he wants, but it won’t do him any good as he is no longer our Alpha and I chuckle as I hear Josh put him in his place. I chuckle again as he recounts what happened to Alpha Theseus and I hope Damon won’t give us too much grieve when we return home. 
After talking to our Alpha Josh calls Simon to let him know that they have turned their phones to silent and Simon demands he tells him all that happened. Simon sounds a lot happier and I know it has everything to do with Jeanet, they are a great couple. 
“Jeanet is already packing their stuff and everything of value is put in Alpha Theseus‘ room, just to make sure Damon or Gaia don’t get their hands on it. Remind me there is something I need to discuss with Alpha Theseus when he gets back, not that it will change anything in Damien’s punishment. 
It is just something I want him to know, just in case they ever come here to visit.” Simon says and it takes us a few tries before he confides in us. Josh is growling and I am grabbing the steering wheel to keep my Wolf from pushing forward. 
If that idiot sets foot on Pack grounds again I know of at least three Wolves that will give him hell and I’m afraid even our Alpha won’t be able to stop it, not that I believe he will try to stop it as long Damine keeps breathing. Theseus might join us once he hears what Simon has to say. 

‘t believe he actually did that to her or that she actually went back for more, not that I can blame him for liking it that way. I remember the first time a female asked me to do it to her and instinct was to run out the door, but I am glad I didn’t 
my first 
From time to time I still pay the female a visit, we both need a sexual release from time to time and we know there are no strings attached. She lost her Mate almost fifteen years ago, but still hasn’t found her second chance Mate and I am still looking for my fated Mate. 
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