Orphan Alpha
Chapter 2

Eighteen Years Earlier
“Craig, Jordan, it’s good to see you. I wish it were under better circumstances though.” Alpha Bruce said.
“You too Bruce. We can’t tell you how much we appreciate your help.” I replied.
“Nonsense. You’re family Craig. I thought I made that clear when I mated with your sister. Now why don’t you fill me in on what’s been happening
since you joined Jordan at the Castle?”
I took a deep breath to steady myself. It had been two years since the royals made it clear that I would have to leave my position as Alpha of my own
pack to join my mate at the castle. She was second in line for the throne, until her brother assumed the role, she wasn’t free to live her life as Luna to
my pack. Bruce had been kind enough to offer my pack shelter, many of them opting to join rather than remain in limbo waiting for our return, which
could take decades.
Things at the castle has seemed fairly boring. Jordan had to sit in on meetings occasionally, it was required of her that she learn the ins and outs of
running the entire Lycan kingdom. I spent most of my time training with the royal guard or finding various things to keep me busy. I had decided to
look at the royal family lineage to keep me busy one day when I noticed something odd.
There had been a string of deaths among the royals, but nobody had thought too much of it. Maybe the king did, but he never told anyone. It wasn’t
until I was looking at Jordan’s family tree that I realized every death was of someone in line to the throne. I wasn’t too sure what would happen once
all of the blood heirs were wiped out; it was something that had never happened in the history of our kind. Unless you count bloody coups that
replaced one dynasty with another, but this seemed like something else was afoot.
I didn’t want to alarm Jordan. All of the deaths had appeared to be of natural causes on the surface, though it was highly unusual for illness or
disease to take out a wolf. Our species was generally healthier than humans, untouched by things that would take them out easily, but it did happen
on occasion. I decided to investigate deeper into the deaths. I wanted to know if my mind was creating suspicion out of boredom or if there was
actually a plot unfolding under our noses.
I spent the next few weeks sneaking around, gathering information. I had tried to go directly to the royal physicians, but they had refused to give me
any information. My status as an Alpha held no bearing in the royal court. Here I was simply Jordan’s mate. I tried to use her own Alpha status as
leverage, she was after all the oldest, but since the crown passed first through the male line, that hadn’t helped either.
Without assistance in gaining access to the deceased royal’s medical records and autopsy reports, I had been delegated to sneaking into offices after
hours. In order to avoid my activities being detected, I had stolen the files one at a time, making note of anything that seemed important. By the time I
had sorted through all of the records, there was one thing that stood out to me in my notes. All of the dead royals had been the picture of health prior
to their deaths.

With the exception of a handful of the deaths, all of them had been labelled accidental. They had consumed a deadly amount of wolfsbane. The
royals were known to consume small amounts of wolfsbane in an attempt to inoculate themselves against being poisoned with the stuff, some of
them taking it in small doses with their evening meal. Even so, the amounts detected by their toxicology reports was well over what they would have
consumed. They had been intentionally poisoned. I would need to talk to their omega, if any where still working at the castle after the demise of their
masters.
Making a note to look into the location of the omegas, I turned my attention to the few deaths that weren’t from wolfsbane poisoning. They seemed
straightforward, a training accident, a run in with a vamp, a heart attack. All fairly mundane and not so unusual in the general wolf population. These
were, however, royal wolves, all in line for the throne should anything happen to Jordan or her brother. They should have been heavily guarded and
undergoing regular physicals to detect and treat any ailments. I knew I wouldn’t get anything from the physicians, I had needed to steal the records to
learn anything in the first place, but I might have some luck with their personal guards, if I could track them down. Before I could decide how to
proceed with getting information on them, Jordan burst into the room, panic written across her face.
“What’s wrong love?” I asked, rushing to her side.
“Ezekiel.” She sobbed. “Ezekiel is dead. He was found in the gardens with his throat slit.”
I wasn’t certain what that meant for my suspicions, but I wasn’t about to have us stick around the castle and find out. I hurriedly packed our
belongings, explaining what I had found and what I thought it meant to Jordan as we raced along the highway toward Silver Moon pack lands. Jordan
agreed that it looked like someone was trying to kill off the royal line, but her grief was so fresh that she couldn’t think deeper into it to offer any
insights. I had called Bruce on the way and we found ourselves in his office a few days later.
“We need somewhere safe to hide out while we figure out what all of this means.” I told him as I finished explaining the things I had found.
“Well, we have an empty compound on the edge of pack lands. It’s registered under the Silver Moon pack, of course. I expect your pack members
that haven’t joined here will be more than happy to move there under their Alpha. None of your soldiers have joined us officially so you will have
plenty of protection.”
“My royal guard will join us as well.” Jordan interjected. “Even if this is some plot and not a coincidence, they are loyal to me and me alone.”
I nodded in agreement. Jordan was right, her guard was extremely loyal to her and they would relocate in secret with just a word from her. With the
existing warriors from my pack and her guard, we would be well protected. We could remain hidden under the guise of being an extension of the
Silver Moon pack as far as anyone in the royal court was concerned. It would help conceal us further as we tried to find out just what had been
happening. We could deal with Jordan being the sole remaining heir to the lycan throne once this mystery was solved.

Orphan Alpha
Chapter 1
Pregnant and Rejected by My Alpha Mate
Chapter 200
Orphan
Alpha
Pregnant
and
Rejected
by My
Alpha
Mate

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