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“Correct. There need to be conditions added to that law, special circumstances with the ability to still protect what the moon goddess desired.” I tell him.
“But that law depends mostly on the city in which you live?” Osiris questions.
“Correct, but nearly every city has adopted it, same as pack punishment remains within the pack,” I state.
“Another law we have spoken of in the past and are thinking of changing?” Alpha Thomas states, coming to my defense for the first time since I sat at the head table. Usually, we are at each other’s throats. Maybe he feels even more threatened, given his mate left him for another. Come to think of it, he fought hard to have the law introduced into our city and now I think I know why.
The supernatural council creates the laws, but overall it is at the discretion of the city councils whether they adopt them and make them their own.
“Am I correct in thinking this law was brought forth for debate since Elena was banished?”
“Correct. Elena, being my mate, should have protected her. It didn’t, and I nearly lost her and my sons when her father beat her from an inch of her life.” I tell him, my stomach sinking at the memory.
“The law was added a month later. Meaning, had it been in place, Derrick would have been forced to hand her over and she would have been placed under my protection.”
“And yet his Luna broke the law when she rejected him,” Osiris states boldly. Clearly, he hasn’t even looked at the laws to know so little about the ones we protect in this city.
“As we said, conditions need to be made, but no, she never broke the law and neither did Elena when she rejected me and I her. The law states mate issues are sacred and handled between the mates. Louise rejected Derrick. That was her choice, same as it was mine and his, to whether we accept it.”
“And did you?” he asks and I growl.
“No, but it’s handled between mates, and in my eyes, she did nothing wrong, therefore she’s broken no laws!”
“But didn’t she intervene last night when it came to Derrick?” my eyes flicker, he was getting on my nerves.
“No, she was protecting her pack! Which she is entitled to do. Her mother is part of her pack, and pack issues and relations are left to the Alpha to decide in discretion!”
“Ah, yes. I know that already, that law is universal. Not as many have adopted the mate's one yet. But from my understanding, Elena doesn’t fall under the city laws.”
“Protecting your pack from attack is a given. She doesn’t need to be under city law for that one. It is an international law unless a werewolf city has it removed or clarified conditions for it.” I repeat, like a damn parrot.
“Exactly my point, Alpha Axton,” Osiris states.
“What point are you trying to make, exactly?” I ask him.
“Elena isn’t part of the city, because she doesn’t live in it yet. She doesn’t fall under the city laws!”
“Pack business is not a city law, Osiris, it is an international one!”
“Correct, but the sacred mate’s law is, therefore if I went after Elena, I would not be breaking any laws at all. Because she is not protected by the city. Therefore, she is fair game!” A feral growl tears out of me, and Thomas also snarls along with another Alpha. Osiris raises his hand in mock surrender.
“Not that I would, of course. I have limits. To give you something to think about, Alpha Axton. I would hate for a lesser man to know that information. It could cause you a lot of heartache!” yet I hear his words loud and clear and the threat behind each one.
I just made a fool out of him by meeting his challenge and now I have done something foolish myself. I have just put Elena and my sons at risk unless I can get her to agree to move to the city ASAP.
“I call to adjourn this meeting until the usual time on Friday?” Osiris says, and we all nod. My phone rings on the table and my mood has turned even more sour.The Alphas leave and I pick up my phone.
“Yes, Eli!” I answer it.
“Is this your fucking idea of getting along, and fixing things, Axton!” Elena’s angry voice screeches at me and I sit up straighter.
“What?” I ask, trying to figure out what is going on.
“You took it too far this time. I agreed, I fucking agreed to be with you, agreed to accept the bond, but because I am not moving quick enough for you, you pull this shit!” she screams at me, her booming voice making me yank the phone away from my ear.
“Pull what? I have done nothing, Elena!”
“Nothing, they are ripping up my land! I thought we were past all this!” she snaps.
