The Alpha Who Saved Me

CHAPTER 86

Declan

As soon as the dishes start clearing, I excuse myself for a moment and slip into the kitchen. My staff are all loyal to me and so when I bring my head cook to the side, and explain to her what is going on, and that I need her help, all she can say is, "Thank Fuck, it's about time something gets done about her!" All I can do is chuckle and apologize for them having to put up with her all this time.

The she-wolf helps me to sprinkle the slow-acting drug into the dessert as to not mess up the look completely and make Lila suspicious. I chose the slow-acting drug because I can't very well have Lila passing out at the table while my mother and all the other guests are still around. She will begin to feel sleepy and most likely excuse herself; she will be knocked out cold once her head hits her pillow, or so I'm told. Walking around to the other doorway, I arrive back at the dining room as they are halfway done with passing out the dessert. The head cook personally brings out both mine and Lila's as to make it look as though we are both important enough for the head cook to bring out our dessert. She never brings food to the table since she does most of the cooking.

Lila digs right into hers, not even waiting for her Alpha to sit down. Normally I would lecture her, but I let it go for tonight. "Sorry about that," I address everyone as I take my seat, "I had forgotten to send out an important business email earlier, and they needed to have it by the end of the day."

"No problem, Declan," Quinn pipes in, "We were just having a lovely conversation with your Luna." I can see the amusement dancing in

her eyes as she calls Lila my Luna, "I was just telling her how she's done a fabulous job tonight. I hope you will continue to give more Luna responsibilities to her in the future."

"We discussed that earlier, and tonight was a test run. If all of you approve of her abilities, and attitude, then I will give her more." I respond.

"Does this dessert have a different taste or is it just me?" Lila asks as she sniffs her dessert.

Well, shit! I lift a bite to my own nose and sniff and then eat it, pretending that I'm trying to figure it out, "Yes, mine is a bit different than usual as well."

Suddenly, Quinn and Carter nod in agreement as well, "Yes, I bet the cook just used a different brand is all." Quinn suggests.

"As long as I'm not being poisoned." Lila chuckles.

Carter, being the best Beta ever picks up a clean spoon and scoops a bit of Lila's dessert onto it and then tastes it himself, "Tastes just like mine. No worries about being poisoned, Luna. if you are then I guess we will go down together." Carter muses and then actually winks at Lila.

The she-bitch finally relaxes and begins to enjoy everyone's

company. If she wasn't such a scheming bitch, she would actually be an okay person with how she's acting at the moment. A few of us glance around the table at the ones that are aware of what is going on, knowing that now, all we have to do is wait.

I continue to watch the time as we all move into the living space for some drinks. The females are off to one side while the males are on the other having completely different conversations. It

looks as though the females are including Lila in on their discussion as well, playing everything off nicely. It's going better than I thought it would. Unfortunately, slow-acting really does mean slow-acting, though, because it's been a little over an hour now and aside from a small yawn here and there, Lila doesn't look very tired at all.

When I glance over at the doctor, he gives me a confused look as well. Maybe I was supposed to use two capsules instead of one. I hold up one finger, and he barely shakes his head. I hold two fingers up by my leg, and he gives a slight nod. Rolling my eyes and cursing under my breath, I have to think of something fast.

Knowing how much Lila loves to drink and she loves that cinnamon-flavored whiskey, I sneak another capsule and open it up, pouring it into a tumbler. I hate this brand of whiskey, but I'll take one for the team if I have to.

Clearing my throat, I get everyone's attention, "I know most of your know that me and my Luna haven't had the best relationship lately, but I want to try and rectify that starting tonight. If not for us, then for our son," I hold up the bottle of whiskey to show Lila who is on the other side of the room, "I've even brought out your favorite drink for this!" I pour about a shot and a half of it in each tumbler and then walk slowly over to her, hoping the drug dissolves by the time I get to her.

I hand her the drugged tumbler and raise mine, waiting for her to do the same, "To new beginnings!" She repeats what I say and then shoots the liquid in one go without even looking into her glass thank Goddess. I shoot mine and make a face, causing everyone to laugh at me, but I couldn't care less.

A half an hour later. the quests begin to leave and Lila heads to her

room yawning. Now that it's been another thirty minutes and my mother has retired, we head up to Lila's room. It's only me, Carter, Jonah, Quinn, and Gavin left as we hover by her door. I slip in first, wanting to make sure she is truly asleep. If she wakes up then I will have to pretend that I want to use her, so I'm sending up huge prayers that she's passed the fuck out.

Thankfully, The Goddess does answer prayers because no matter what I say or do, Lila continues to snore. I open her door to let the others through. We don't dare turn the light on, so I bring out my cell and turn the flashlight on, so the doctor can see what he's doing. The drug should have worked on Lina, her wolf, as well, so she can't tattle on us as Carter lifts up Lila's leg and holds it in place for the doctor. Pulling out a syringe-looking object with a long needle, he sticks it into Lila's upper inner thigh and presses the plunger, sending the tiny tracker into her. The tracker is made to dissolve after two years, so there is no need to worry about removing it.

We all breathe a sigh of relief as we step out into the hallway, and I pull up the app with the tracker. There is a red dot not moving right where Lila's bedroom is located. Once we get back to the living room, high-five's go all around, and we start to relax. I watch Quinn pull Jonah out of the room and figure that she wants to talk to him. about her upcoming labor and delivery since he will be the one delivering her pup when the time comes; they are back in less than five minutes, so it couldn't have been really important.

It's already late, and I can tell that Quinn is dead on her poor swollen feet, "How about you two take off," I say to both Quinn and Gavin, "Quinn needs rests. I will keep everyone updated on how things go from here on out. It shouldn't take too long for her to fuck up."

"One last thing, Alpha Declan," Jonah cuts in, "Lila may be a bit sore in that area in the morning, so you may need to tell a little fib

explaining why she may have a little soreness in that area."

Quinn chuckles, apparently understanding what the doctor is trying to tell me, "Are you saying that I have to tell Lila that we had sex?" He shrugs, "It wouldn't hurt."

Quinn, Gavin, and Carter all burst into laughter as I glare at each of them, "All of you are so going to owe me for this one!"

"Hey, I have nothing to do with this whole mate slash baby mama drama shit." Carter laughs even harder.

"No, but you helped come up with this plan, so you're part of it whether you want to be or not." I growl.

"Fine, because this is so worth it! I want to be there when you tell her that you did the nasty." My friend is having way too much fun with this.

Ignoring him, I turn to my cousin and Quinn, "Let me walk you out."

As soon as we get to the front porch, I scoop Quinn into my arms for a hug, chuckling as Mace growls at me. To everyone's surprise, though, I bring Gavin in for a man hug. "Take care of our girl, you hear me?" I raise my brow in warning.

Slowly, a grin appears on his face, "You know I will."

"Yeah," I grin back, "I do."

The deed is done... now, we wait! Thanks for reading and I hope you all have an amazing weekend!