Is It Wrong To Love My StepBrother Alpha Mate?
Chapter 55: Dark Ridge Pack

Chapter 55: Dark Ridge Pack

"What do you mean?" Helena asked, looking at Romeo confused.

"Remember when you said that you went to the Warrior Academy and I went to the Alpha Training Camp?" he asked Helena.

She nodded slowly.

Traditionally, all Alpha heirs went through training when they hit seventeen. At that age, their positions as Alpha Heir were more or less secured.

They went to learn how to manage their packs and fight.

It was also where they learned the traditions and history of their people.

"When we’re in our final years, we’re tasked with engaging in minor missions," Romeo explained. "And one of the missions I had to lead was one against the Dark Ridge pack."

Helena looked at Romeo, she could see a look of regret hovering on the surface.

"What happened?" Helena dared to ask.

"It was supposed to be a simple mission," he explained as he held her close. "Alphas in training were not asked to engage in any fights. We were just there to warn the Alpha, but my temper got the best of me."

Helena knew just how bad Romeo’s temper got when they were younger. It was something she was happy to have heard he managed to control later on.

"The Alpha was hurting his pack members, particularly the she-wolves," Romeo said as his voice broke. "We were sent to warn him that he was breaking the law, that the council would come for him."

"What did he do?" Helena asked as she looked up at Romeo. "I know you wouldn’t have flown of the handle for no apparent reason."

Romeo shook his head.

"We were just watching, he didn’t know we were there already," Romeo said. "Then he dragged a young she-wolf to the center of their plaza, right outside of the pack house. She rejected his son, refused the Alpha Heir’s demands to make her his mistress."

"The Alpha Heir was not in training with you?" Helena asked Romeo, curious if he knew the man.

"No," Romeo sighed. "He was supposed to join the next year, he was a year older than you."

Helena nodded while letting Romeo continue his story.

"I lost control. All I could think of was what if that was you or Rae?" he said, his hands shaking. "I chaged through the woods and demanded he let the she-wolf go."

"What happened?" Helena asked as she drew circles on his arm.

"He laughed, the Alpha laughed and called me a pubecent wolf that wouldn’t be able to hold a candle to him," Romeo hissed. "I got angry. I told him why we were there, and he ignored us. I didn’t know what to do, Helena."

"So what did you do?" Helena asked.

He looked up and closed his eyes.

Letting out a breath, he rested his chin on Helena’s head.

"I challenged him," Romeo confessed. "I was twenty, and I challenged a full-grown Alpha."

Romeo and Helena were both silent.

No one dared to speak.

Romeo was lost in his thoughts while Helena was waiting for him to tell her more.

"It’s funny how the day I lost control was also the day I was branded our generation’s strongest Alpha," Romeo laughed at the thought.

"You won," Helena said.

There was no way he had lost.

Had Romeo lost she wouldn’t be in his arms right now.

An Alpha challenge was to the death or till submission, by the sound of it, the Alpha of Dark Ridge Pack was not the kind to accept submission.

"I won," Romeo nodded. "The Alpha refused to submit, and I killed him. His Beta and Gamma and some of the ranked wolves attacked, and the Alphas I was with retaliated."

An Alpha Challenge was sacred.

Its results were honored by everyone, and to challenge it’s results was to spit on the Moon Goddess’ will.

"What happened to the pack?" Helena asked.

Romeo’s aura lightened.

"A hundred thrity three members join Blackmoon that day," Romeo said. "That’s one of the reason why there are so many pack members you don’t know."

"Yeah, like this pack wasn’t big when I left," Helena grumbled and Romeo simply laughed in response.

"We have over two thousand members now," he told Helena.

"Two thousand?" Helena asked as he stepped back and looked at him.

"Stonehill has what, another thousand?" Romeo asked her.

"One Thousand Three hundred more or less," Helena shrugged.

"We are the biggest threat to every pack in the world. Combined we are probably the biggest pack," Romeo explained. "People either want to ally with us or they see us as a threat."

"That’s why you think they’re lying, cause you killed the Dark Ridge’s Alpha," Helena said. "What happened to his son?"

Romeo shrugged in response.

"I have no idea," he admitted. "We were too young to care to tie up loose ends."

"If he survived, I bet he thinks he has the right to be called Alpha," Helena pointed out. "And he might be the one sending his Beta."

"He would be someone with motivation to attack, yes," Romeo said, nodding.

"Do you think it could be him?" Helena asked.

"We have many enemies, Helena," Romeo reminded her. "Those that know my history would use him to bring up the shadows of the past, to make us fear my mistakes."

"So it’s someone who at least knows about Dark Ridge," Helena said.

"We need to be vigilant, but we should also look into this," Romeo said with a sigh.

"What was his name, the Alpha Heir?" Helena asked.

Romeo closed his eyes as he tried to remember.

"It was Mark Darkridge," he said. "But I doubt that’s the name he would go by now."

"I’ll ask the friends I’ve made over the years, maybe they can help," Helena said as she thought of what she could do to make sure that a vengeful former Alpha Heir wasn’t using innocent rogues.

"And will you still try to visit the commune?" Romeo asked.

"You already know the answer to that question Romeo," Helena said marching out of the interrogation room with Romeo chasing after her.