Three Alphas, Fated To One, Played By One, But Mated To One-Chapter 47: Mike’s Compromise

Mike’s POV

I left the hospital feeling both despondent and excited at the same time. I hadn’t realized that I wanted to declare her as mine for so long until I actually did it.

Now, even Karl couldn’t be so brazen about wanting to take her from me.

But I still didn’t know how I was going to explain this to Innocent. I have no doubts that I love Innocent, but what I feel for Valerie is so uncontrollable that I can’t help but want her. I want her attention, heck I crave it like an addictive drug.

It was only at this moment that I realized that since I found out that Valerie was my mate, I have been appearing in front of her and even giving her punishment just to get her attention. To get her to notice me.

However, I knew that this time I had gone too far. Hurting her like that made me hate myself. I had the urge to hurt myself as well and experience the agony she has suffered too. But I couldn’t change anything now.

I had just walked back to my room when a guard came to call me. They said that my father had summoned me to his office.

I didn’t have to be a genius to know that my father had found out about my mate too. I just didn’t know what he was going to do about it. After all, I have grown up watching him find small excuses to punish Valerie as if he had a grudge against her.

I thought that maybe it was because of her father’s betrayal that he treated her like that. But on the night I ascended as the new alpha, I stumbled upon some documents that suggested that things might not have been so simple.

I couldn’t bring myself to ask about those documents because from the way they were hidden, I wasn’t supposed to see them.

But since this didn’t affect my position as the alpha, I don’t have to care so much about what happened back then. If Valerie could put the past behind her, she could stay in the pack as a regular member in the future and lose the title of a slave.

That was as much as I am willing to do for her as her mate so that other packs don’t criticize me for being a heartless alpha.

However, if she wanted to exercise her rights as my mate and be my Luna, then that is just a pipe dream.

I changed out of my dirty clothes that had been soiled after my fight with Karl then headed to my father’s new office.

My father vacated the old office after he passed the reins to me and now it was my office as the rightful alpha of the pack.

I knocked on the door and only pushed it open when I heard my father’s voice telling me to come in.

That was something else about my father. He values boundaries greatly and wouldn’t allow anyone in his office without his personal permission.

That was why when I sneaked into his office and saw those documents suggesting foul play in Valerie’s father’s case, I never asked anything because I was there without permission to begin with.

As soon as I walked into the office, I felt an oppressive aura pressing towards me. My father usually did this when he was angry and I couldn’t understand what I had done to offend him to this extent?

"Father, you called for me?" I pretended not to notice the pressure and asked.

"Mmhn!...I heard that you found your mate?" My father asked in a tone that gave nothing away.

I couldn’t tell whether he was happy about me finding my mate or angry. But from the way he pressured me the moment I walked in, I assumed that he was angry.

"I have, but you don’t have to worry father, I will never allow that weakling without a wolf to stand beside me as my Luna. I will reject her once I get the chance." This was the only way I knew to calm his anger down, but it seemed this time I had made the wrong bet.

"What do you mean reject her? No matter who your mate is, the moon goddess selected her carefully. You will accept her and make her your Luna immediately." My father ordered and for a moment, I thought I was hallucinating.

"What? Father, do you know who my mate is? It’s the pack slave. Valerie. How could I make her my Luna?" I thought that my father didn’t know who my mate is so I emphasized it, but he got even angrier.

"Who calls their own mate a slave? From now on, Valerie will be moved from her living quarters to the room next to yours. I will not force you to mark her for now. But once you get used to her, you must do it. You have to claim her as soon as possible." My father insisted and this time, I knew that my father wasn’t joking.

"Father, what happened? How can you encourage me to make Valerie the Luna? What about Innocent? I have already made her Luna. How am I supposed to explain all this to her?" I was raging at this moment. Yes, Valerie is my mate and she made me feel things I couldn’t explain, but making her Luna for all to see? Why would I ever want to do that?

Also, Innocent was already Luna. Was I supposed to just tell her to give her position to the one person she loathed and looked down at?

"I can’t do that dad." I was adamant about refusing to make Valerie Luna. Having her stay close wouldn’t affect me. I could agree to that, but I was not replacing Innocent.

"You will do as told if you want Night claw pack to prosper and become the leader of all packs in the world." My father insisted.

"What do you mean dad?" I couldn’t understand a thing.

What did making Valerie Luna have to do with the prosperity of the pack?

"Just do as told. Don’t ask so many questions." My father insisted. This time unleashing all his alpha power to suppress me.

"I don’t want to do something....." Before I could finish that sentence, a slap landed on my face.

"Have you grown wings after taking over as alpha that you are not listening to me anymore?" I could literally feel anger rolling off of my father and I knew that I couldn’t argue anymore.

"Alright, I will do as you say, but it will take time for me to accept her." I could only compromise for now.

"Go and make the preparations then." My father ordered and I breathed a sigh of relief when I walked out of his office.

Now, I needed to think about how to appease Innocent. I was about to take her position and give it away after she had only enjoyed it for a few days.

That was humiliation no one wanted to endure but with my father breathing down my neck, I have to do it.

Once I understand what is actually happening, I will reinstate her position.