Is It Wrong To Love My StepBrother Alpha Mate?
Chapter 77: Sunfire City

Chapter 77: Sunfire City

Sunfire City was as vibrant as Helena remembered it to be, except with one start difference. There were checkpoints at the city entrance.

"Think they’ll report us to Rome?" Rae asked as she glanced at Helena nervously.

"It’s not part of our treaty with them to do so," Helena informed Rae. "But they are also allied with Stonehill, so they won’t report us without speaking to either me or my uncle first."

Rae nodded as Alphonse stopped at one of the barricades.

He’d been silent since they left the restaurant. Despite everything Helena and Rae had told him he refused to accept that it was the end of the line, that she would choose her mate.

"Alphonse Rivers," the warrior greeted with a nod. "Was told you left yesterday and now you’re back. Seems to be too quick a trip."

Alphonse grinned at the warrior.

"Look who I brought back," he said as he pointed at Helena who sat in the front passenger’s seat.

"Wow, did he win you back and convince you that you’re happier here at Sunfire, Helena?" the warrior wistled. "And pregnant at that."

The warrior’s gaze shifted between Helena and Alphonse carefully.

He obviously knew that Alphonse had been in Sunfire for the past four months and couldn’t be the child’s father. He was probably wondering if Helena was there willingly or if Alphonse had taken her from her mate.

"Just here for a visit," Helena said as she gave him a smile that should put the warrior at ease.

The man nodded, not bothering to ask any more questions.

He didn’t even notice Rae who was seated at the back seat.

"Friends of yours?" Rae asked as Alphonse drove them through the streets of Sunfire City.

It was still dark but it was a city that never slept.

"We work a lot with the Sunfire warriors," Alphonse explained.

"We?" Rae asked as she looked at Helena for an answer.

"Alphonse helps me from time to time with my ambassadorial duties,," she answered with a shrug. "Sunfire is one of the most central locations, so sometimes Alphas come to me rather than I to them."

Rae nodded in understanding.

"Where to?" Alphonse asked as he glanced at Helena.

"My place," she answered.

"Aren’t you worried that he’s having it watched?" Rae asked.

"Your brother, the Alpha?" Alphonse questioned. "Is he involved in the search for you?"

It then dawned on Helena that she hadn’t told Alphonse who her mate was. She was about to rectify the situation but then she hesitated.

Helena didn’t know why but she decided that she didn’t need to tell Alphonse who her mate and the father of her unborn child was.

"Rae’s his sister," Helena said. "And he is my stepbrother, it’s only natural that he’d come looking."

Rae gave Helena a look, one that Helena couldn’t quite decipher.

"I don’t think he’ll have my place here watched," Helena told Rae. "He doesn’t know where it is and for him to place wolves on it he’d need to ask the permission of the Sunfire Alphas."

"Alphas who happen to be very good friends with Helena," Alphonse added.

"Normal friends, right?" Rae asked as she scrunched her nose. "Cause we don’t need that kind of complication right now."

Helena laughed and shook her head.

"No, the Sunfire Alphas and I are just friends, Though not all of them are as nice," she answered, shaking her head as she recalled her last meeting with them.

When she’d informed the Alphas of her initially short trip home it had ignited an old debate on whether or not she could stay on in Sunfire.

They were aware that she was an Alpha Heir, but they also knew that her uncle was young and could still have children.

Over the years that she’d decided to make Sunfire her home, she’d helped in an advisory position.

She’s also stepped in to help protect the city from would-be attackers.

Sunfire City was a key location, hence the need for five packs to protect it.

"Do you want me to wait?" Alphonse asked as he drove through the winding streets and past the towering buildings.

Unlike most pack territories, Sunfire wasn’t filled with open spaces and dense woodlands.

It was a city with towering buildings and tight roads. Not an ideal place for a pack but somehow the five packs managed to make it work.

"No," Helena said, shaking her head as they approached one of the taller buildings.

The apartment had been a gift to her from her Uncle. It was the penthouse of probably the most luxurious building in Sunfire, her residence wasn’t just for comfort, it was a symbol of where the Stonehill and Blackmoon packs stood in their world.

"Do you need help?" Alphonse asked as he pulled up to the driveway.

"No, we can manage on our own," Helena answered, shaking her head. "I’ll message you, let’s talk tomorrow."

Alphonse opened his mouth as if to say something, but shut it back up.

Helena and Rae were greeted by the building staff with all of them clamoring to help the pair with their bags, but Helena waved them off.

She could also see how their eyes lingered on her very pregnant belly. All of them were probably curious about it.

When the elevator doors opened to Helena’s foyer, Rae’s jaw dropped.

"This is where you live?" Rae asked as she looked out of the glass window. "This is where you’ve been hiding?"

Helena chuckled as she walked over to the door to unlock it with her fingerprint.

"Yes," Helena said.

"It’s better than the Alpha Suite in the Packhouse!" Rae practically shouted.

Helena thought back to the room that she’d only ever spent one night in. Romeo’s new suite.

"No, that room is better," she said with a sad smile as she unlocked the door and stepped inside.

The lights all lit up and on the couch, front and center was a man she recognized.

Helena growled as she pushed Rae behind her.

"Well, well, well, the Alpha returns," the man said as he stood up and walked up to Helena. "Care to explain why Alpha Romeo has been knocking on my borders and calling all of our phones non-stop?"