Blood Moon

Chapter [6] - The Interrogation

I sat in the chair in front of him. Only the mahogany desk separated us. Anderson looked relaxed as he leaned back in his chair, but my gut told me that was all for show. Michael stood to his left, another man I had learned was called Adam to his right. I didn't know why I was here but I had been summoned in front of the top three ranked members of the pack, so it was something serious.

'I'm ready to protect you my human.' Jess whispered in my mind.

She had been on edge since we got here. I had been pulled out of school and as much as I was glad to be missing biology, this wasn't much better. The silence was killing me, it was achingly painful, I could feel it in my bones. Their stares were worse, especially Anderson's. It was like he was looking straight through me.

"Why am I here?" I asked eventually.

"Because rogues cause nothing but problems and you are no different," Anderson said coldly.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Why did you come here Caitlin?" I didn't like his accusatory tone.

"To survive." It was the truth, I'd abandoned my freedom to survive.

"Well, your survival could cost someone in my pack theirs."

I frowned, he was talking in riddles. I didn't want anyone hurt. I had stopped him days ago going blindly into an ambush. Didn't that say something?

"What are you talking about?"

He stood and I followed suit, more in defence than anything else. I stood my ground when he walked round the desk, standing so our chests were centimetres apart.

"There's a theory about the rogue attacks." His voice was eerily low.

"And that is?"

"They want to kill the rogues who pledged. They are attacking as a message until we give them up."

"That makes no sense whatsoever."

Why would rogues join up to attack packs for people who had pledged? Rogues didn't group together, they only cared about their own survival. As a rogue, you griped to your basic needs: food, water and safety. You didn't have the protection of a pack, you were your own protection, so why would they suddenly care about people pledging.

"Who knows what makes sense to those animals," Adam remarked.

"I haven't pledged, so technically, you have no pledges to the pack, so why are they trying to attack you? I'm still technically a rogue." I said, confused.

"I guess you're still seen as a traitor." Aired Anderson.

"Well I'll leave. I came here because it was stated we had to in order to live, but you have children and vulnerable people here, I'm not staying and putting people in danger."

"If this theory is right, if you leave they'll kill you." Michael stated, talking to me like I was stupid.

"I'm fully aware of that. As much as everybody here would like to see me as a monster, I'm not. I'll get my stuff and head out."

As I turned, Anderson gripped my wrist and spun me back around. He stared at me as if he was trying to make sense of a difficult puzzle.

"You can't leave, you are my mate."

"You can get someone else pregnant and have a little mini Anderson to take over the pack, you don't need me." I barked, pulling my hand free.

"You really have no idea how this works, do you? Didn't your parents teach you anything about packs?" He leaned back on the desk perching on the end and I was grateful, having him too close made me dizzy.

"I was brought up by humans and not very nice ones. I found out I was a werewolf when she ripped out of me at sixteen. I don't know anything."

"Impossible." Michael came beside Anderson. "Nobody would give our kind to humans, even rogues. They wouldn't risk us. If rogues have children and they want to give them the security of a pack, they are left on our borders, we take them in and treat them like our own."

" Nothing is impossible." I responded, not really wanting to argue with him.

"The moon goddess chooses the mates, she has the ability to see the strength within. My child can only ascend to Alpha if born from my destined mate. If not, the pack doesn't have stability, it wouldn't survive. The moon fated us because our child would be strong enough to lead. Alphas don't have children otherwise. It would be a dishonour to our mates, it brings shame to our pack and is the biggest dishonour to the moon goddess who created us and gives us the children our packs need. We would lose our packs loyalty because we've gone against our creator."

"I thought anyone could take Alpha." I looked at Anderson who was already shaking his head.

"On very rare occasions, can a pack member not born of Alpha blood take a pack and keep it. In the last five hundred years it has only happened and succeeded twice. It has only ever happened from the death of an Alpha who does not have a child to ascend. The moon goddess will let another rise for the packs' survival."

This was all new information. I knew so little about where I had come from and what I was supposed to be.

"So what am I supposed to do? If that is the reason the rogues have grouped together, which honestly makes no sense to me, then I can't stay, nobody will die for me." I folded my arms, there was no way I was letting that happen.

"Nobody will die. If there's one thing this pack is good at, it's killing rogues -" He grinned menacingly and my stomach twisted uncomfortably, "-leave."

I didn't wait about, the knot in my stomach had me bolting for the door. When I shut it behind me I let out a long shaky breath.

"She defiantly had nothing to do with the attacks, she was willing to die to save pack members. Her shock was genuine," Adam openly admitted.

"No she doesn't, at least that's something," Anderson answered, sounding lost in his thoughts.

"She's not what I thought she'd be." Michael added.

"No, she isn't, but she's still a rogue," Anderson remarked, sounding disgusted.

I didn't wait around, I didn't want to hear anymore. Walking out and into the trees, I went to the furthest tree I could away from the house without leaving pack land. Sitting down against a tree, I looked out into the distance.

He'd always have that disgust for me and the small part inside me that imagined meeting her mate and falling in love like a fairytale was devastated. I'd never admit it out loud but that little dream kept me going sometimes when things got rough.

Now I had nothing.

The creaking of a twig behind me had me spinning quickly. Rapidly I wiped the stray tears that had fallen down my cheeks. Sarah stood behind me, smiling awkwardly down at me.

"Rough day?" She asked, trying to ease the awkwardness.

"Rough life." I sighed.

She came over to sit beside me and even although I wondered why the Alphas sister was here and what horrible things she'd probably say to me, I took a moment just to sit beside her in silence and enjoy the company of another person.

For one tiny second, my loneliness eased.