Is It Wrong To Love My StepBrother Alpha Mate?-Chapter 68: Grand Warlock’s Heir

Romeo slammed his palms on the table, making everyone jump.

"No," he said, shaking his head. "No, I will not let them harm a hair on my mate’s head." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Romeo," Helena said in a soft voice as she placed a hand on his arm. "Maybe we need to take a break. The Alpha Rite has your emotions on a high."

Romeo let out a breath and shook his head.

He knew that no matter what, he would still feel the same. He would still want to protect Helena.

"I’m sorry, but what does your mate have to do with the Grand Warlock’s Heir?" one of the visiting Alphas asked.

Romeo looked to Helena as she shifted uncomfortably in her seat.

When her father found out that he was mated to the then-daughter of the Alpha of the Stonehill pack, he’d left his family and joined the wolves.

He didn’t broadcast to the public who he was. He lived a simple life and even took the Stonehill name rather than asking his wife and daughter to take his.

Romeo only knew of Helena’s father because of the one day when a wolf had attacked them, and Helena used magic to protect Romeo.

"It’s because technically, if we go by bloodline," Helena said as she bit her lower lip.

’You don’t have to do this,’ Romeo told her through mindlink.

’Our allies, especially our closest allies, need to know that they can trust us,’ Helena quickly answered him.

"The Grand Warlock is my grandfather," Helena finally said.

"And his heir? We never understood what happened or how he died," one of the Betas said.

"His heir died fighting for the wolves, protecting his pack and his family," Jeremiah answered.

"So the Alpha Heir’s father was the Grand Warlock’s heir?" the beta asked as all eyes in the room turned to Helena.

Romeo held her hand. He knew this was a difficult topic for her, it was one she generally avoided.

Even with him and Rae she rarely mentioned her magic and going by their conversation earlier, she didn’t even use it anymore.

It worried him that she suppressed her magic. He’d read somewhere that suppressed magic had a way of getting back at its wielder. Something about wasting a gift the gods had given.

"Yes, he was my father," Helena said with a strong voice.

"He has passed, yes?" one of the Alphas asked.

Romeo knew where he was going with this. Heck, all of them knew. The Alpha was just about to state the obvious, something they’d all picked up on.

"Yes, my father passed away years ago, hence my mother finding her second chance mate and my stepfather, Alpha Raul," Helena said as she gave Romeo’s dad a respectful nod.

"You stepfather, your mate’s father. We haven’t even gotten into just how unusual your relationship is, Alpha," the visiting Alpha said to them.

"You will not disrespect my mate," Romeo growled.

"I meant no offense, Alpha," the man said with a slight bow.

"I know where you’re going, Alpha," Helena said, standing up still with her hand in Romeo’s. "If we look at my bloodline, then yes, that may make me the Grand Warlock’s heir."

"Do you practice?" one of the Gammas asked.

Romeo pulled on Helena’s hand, making her look at him.

"You don’t have to do this," he told her. He could feel how uncomfortable she was at the thought of using magic."

"I’ll be fine," she assured him.

Romeo watched as Helena turned her attention back to their guests and smiled.

"I don’t practice magic as much as I used to," she admitted. "When my father, Vincent, was alive he would train me, make sure that I never lost sight of the other part of my heritage even when he’d let go of it himself."

"And now?" an Alpha asked.

"If you are wondering if mate will use her magic to harm you and my pack, I dare you to ask that," Romeo growled.

"It’s normal for newly mated wolves to be protective," Jeremiah chuckled.

"We haven’t," Helena whispered.

"I would protect her no matter what our status was," Romeo growled.

The Alpha backed down and nodded. He knew better than to offend his host Alpha.

"Do you think he could be after her?" Romeo asked as he looked to his father.

Raul and Vincent had been best friends even before his father became Alpha. Actually it was through Raul that Vincent and Alyssa had met during a Bloodmoon ball.

"It depends," Raul said as he looked at Helena.

"Depends on what?" it was Helena that asked this time.

"Depends on if he has any other children and it depends on how powerfuly you manifested when they tested you," Raul said with a shrug.

"Tested me?" Helena asked, confused. "So they’ll come here to test my powers? Why don’t they just send a message or something rather than attack?"

Raul looked at her, wided eyed and shocked by something.

"What is it Dad?" Romeo asked as he suddenly started to feel nervous.

"She didn’t tell you?" Raul asked Helena.

"Mom didn’t tell me what?" Helena asked with a bite in her tone.

"It’s not my place, but I feel you need to know," Raul said as he hesitated for a moment.

Helena looked at him and nodded.

"We don’t have to do this with an audience," Raul told Helena as he looked around the room.

Romeo looked to Helena.

’If you want I can ask them all to leave,’ he told her through the link. ’Even I can leave if you aren’t comfortable. We will go about this however you want.’

Helena didn’t speak for a torturous few minutes before shaking her head.

"It’s already out there," Helena sighed. "Plus I think it’s wise that we have full transparency with our closest allies. If we will potentially asking them for help, I want everyone around this table to know what they’re agreeing to."

There were nods all around the table, Alphas and Betas agreeing with her decision.

Romeo smiled at Helena, proud of how she was dealing with things, but he also couldn’t help but worry about her.

He knew this matter should be discussed in private first.

"I’ll be by your side no matter what," Romeo swore to her as he lifted her hand to his lips and gave it a kiss.

She gave him a tense smile and nodded.

"I cannot fathom why your mother hadn’t told you, but I’m sure she had her reasons," Raul said as he looked at Helena with kind eyes. "About a month before your father passed, your grandfather paid Stonehill a visit."

Helena looked at her Uncle and glared at him.

"He used to visit all the time," Jeremiah said as he raised his hands in the air. "Back when your father lived in the pack, it wasn’t odd to see warlocks and witches within the pack. We had an alliance with them because their heir was mated to my sister."

"And because they had a daughter," Helena said as she let out a breath.

"You were a hybrid, a daughter of two races, and everyone was curious if you’d manifest magic," Jeremiah explained. "I wasn’t curious."

"Because you knew," Helena said, laughing and shaking her head.

"You threw me out the window without touching me because you were pissed I took your doll," Jeremiah chuckled. "But that one always got special treatment."

Jeremiah was pointing at Romeo, who couldn’t help but smile as he looked up at his mate.

"Anyway," Raul said as he dragged them back on topic. "Your father approached me asking if he could use a stretch of Blackmoon property for your assessment. According to him, there were too many Warlocks and Witches in Stonehill for him and his father to do the assessment in peace."

"Why don’t I remember this?" Helena asked Raul. "I would have been old enough to remember the assessment."

"Do you think they could have blocked her memories?" one of the Alphas asked.

"Blocked it?" Romeo asked the Alpha.

He hadn’t heard of memory blocking as a skill in a warlock’s arsenal of skills, but then again, his knowledge was pretty limited since they vanished after Vincent’s death.

"It’s not a common ability," Raul sighed.

"Only the strongest can do it," the Alpha said with a nod. "We had a witch in our pack. She vanished after your father’s death, but she told me of a skill that only the most powerful of their kind could muster."

"You’re sure the assessment happened, Dad?" Romeo asked. "They could have asked you but never seen it through."

Romeo didn’t doubt what his father knew, he was just exploring the possibilities.

"Oh, I’m sure the assessment happened," Raul said with a grin. "I was there when all of it happened, and I saw the expression on the Grand Warlock’s face afterward."

"What was it?" Helena asked, hoping it would shed some light on their dilemma.

"He was pleased."