Still Shane’s POV
And as for Valerie, I’m not giving up on her yet…
I don’t care how my dad and Cameron feel about it, but I want her for myself, I want her to look at me the same way she looks at Liam and sometimes Maverick as well. Yeah, I know she has a thing for him, I see her looking his way when she thinks no one is watching. Cameron sees this as well, and that is why she is so eager to pin something dangerous on her that could get her killed. It’s quite unfortunate that Alpha Maverick never paid any attention to her.
If you ask me, I would say that he doesn’t even notice her presence around him and he doesn’t give a fuck about her or any other girl for that matter, including my dear sister, Cameron. But she would rather bite her own tongue on purpose than accept that Maverick doesn’t care about her. She knows that if Valerie is out of the way, then she stands a chance to steal her job and be his personal assistant like she always wanted. She is tired of coming up with different excuses to go to his office for a quickie. If she works for him, then she gets to see him on a daily basis, as often as she likes, and that would be like a dream come true for her.
I admit I had the same thoughts in my head as we both drove back to the club to find out what was happening at the parking lot before we left to respond to dads call. As we rode on the back seat of Cameron’s favorite Rolls Royce that Maverick lets her use as often as she desires, I couldn’t help thinking about Valerie and what I would do if it turns out that she is the last healer that we have all been looking for. See, the truth is that I’m involved in this matter, and whether I like it or not, I have to get myself involved because I’m like the moral compass, keeping my father and my sister in check and leading them in the right direction always.
I would love to help out be that is the only way I would meet the girl and then save her from everyone who would want to use he for their selfish games. So whether I like it or not, I have to be involved, and I have to find that girl and I need to protect her until the day she is destined to break the curse. So I would find that girl anyways, whether she is her or in another country, I would still find her and swear my allegiance.
But what if it’s Valerie all along?
Then it would be so perfect, I would not just protect her and keep her safe, I would also be the man to break the curse because she will be mine, and together, we will save everyone from this damn curse. I will love her like never before, and in turn, she would make me the most powerful warrior in this city. I’m sure Maverick wouldn’t mind that I get to have her all to myself. After all, he has Cameron as a betrothed, so why on earth would he be involved with another girl. He wouldn’t want to try such an annoying act in front of the last healer because that would get the moon goddess pissed again and she may not free us from this curse for another thousand years.
If that happens again, then we can’t blame our ancestors this time because it’s going to be our fault that we are still under this damn curse. Maverick would have no choice but to let me have her, he would step aside and let me take the spotlight in saving our entire race. I would be a great man, greater than my father and his greedy and selfish ancestors who nearly killed us all. King Gerald would bow before me, and Alpha Maverick would have no choice but to step aside and let me take over the pack because my aura would suppress his, and my power would be unimaginable.
I would be the Alpha, just as my ancestors ever wants. But this time I would do it right, I would work hard to make her gal for. And when I finally make her mine, she will make me so important and special. No one would dare to challenge me, not even king Gerald. I smiled to myself as these thoughts kept playing in my head, it felt so nice to be in the spotlight for once, and even if it may never be real because they are only wishful thinking, I take comfort in the fact that I’m going to save this girl no matter who she turns out to be. I was thinking too deeply about this issue, I had to remind myself of the same words I said to Cameron when she suggested that Valerie is the last healer,
“This is an important mission, we need to be focused on the mission. You can’t let your hatred for her to stop you from thinking straight and doing the right thing. Dad said that Maverick had met the last healer tonight, only tonight. And we both know that Valerie has been in this town for months, and she has already resumed work with Maverick. If she was the one, don’t you think dad would have known already?
She was at Maverick’s party, remember?
Besides, she has been around the pack for a while now, don’t you think dad would have found out that she is the girl he has been searching for?” I asked her in a sarcastic tone, trying to get her to remove that thought from her head. Now it’s my turn to get those thoughts out of my head because it just came true. I love Valerie so much that I’m beginning to imagine us being together in a weird way. I guess this is exactly how my father and grandfather started. They first imagined being Alphas, then they tried to kill the present Alpha king just to steal his throne.
Now here I am, thinking of a girl who doesn’t give a fuck about me, imagining a life with her. I even wished to take the Alpha’s place as her mate, and I wonder if I would try to hurt him just to have her. It’s quite crazy, but that thought did cross my mind, but I know I m stronger and better than my father and his weird and crazy ancestors. For all I know, this could be my father’s handiwork. He is messing with my head, trying to get me to think like the rest of the family. I guess he thinks I would be more susceptible to his beliefs because he showed me that weird vision of the past. Too bad it doesn’t change anything, I won’t be manipulated by him, and I won’t let him screw with me this time. I’m too smart to fall for his cheap little trick.
“How are we supposed to know if we find the last healer dad, do you know what she looks like?” Cameron sounded like a fool when she dialed dads number and asked I’m about her. Sometimes I wonder if she even thinks before opening her damn mouth. If dad knows who she is, then why the hell does he need two silly kids to go around town and search for her and report any unusual activity that may be related to her and the Alpha. I scoffed at her silly questions as I stepped out of the damn car and headed in the same direction where we saw people were gathered earlier.
“Wait,
Hold up Shane, what the hell is wrong with you?” she inquired furiously as she ran forward to batch up with me. I was too pissed to respond to her, I didn’t even wait to listen to the response she got from dad, I simply left her to her childish questions and I went to find out what had happened in this parking lot some hours ago. The crowd was no longer here, but I could see some damage done during the commotion, and I saw that yellow ribbon or is it a yellow tape, I really can’t tell. But it’s always used on crime scenes to stop strangers from messing up the crime scene. I was just about to jump and go to the other side so we search for clues and evidence, but I stopped immediately when I heard a familiar voice from behind me,
“What are you two doing here?” he asked in a cold, fierce tone that almost made me shiver in fear. You see why I want her as a mate, right?
If I had an aura as strong as his, I would not be scared of him, not one bit. And I certainly will not be shaking I fear the sound of his voice because, at the end of the day, he is still a wolfless Alpha that is hoping to break an unbreakable curse so he can free a bunch of ungrateful werewolves that don’t even care about him as much as he thinks.
“I wasn’t expecting to meet you here Alpha, I thought you left,” I responded, they to sound cheerful. But Alpha Maverick wasn’t buying my act. He gazed at me sternly, waiting for me to respond to his question. I swear, this guy can be a bit overbearing sometimes and I wonder how my sister would be able to come with this nasty attitude if his.
“That is not the answer to my question, Shane. What the fuck are you two doing here?” he asked again, sounding firm and strict. I swallowed dryly, and I got a bit nervous as well. Why must he be this mean?