My Atypical Wolf (BL)

“If I tell you everything, what are you planning to do”. Caleb rolled his eyes. at his brother. Taken aback by his smirk, Christian frowned.

“I took care of your responsibilities for a week, how do you plan on repaying me?” Christian asked him with a cocky smile leaving Caleb speechless.

“Fine, I will see what I can do”. Caleb huffed and got back to the video. Caleb recorded everyone’s name whom he could identify having a conversation with him. He had no idea who that guy was, but he was hoping some of these people would. Unfortunately all of them were guests, and each and every guest was gone by now.

“It’s hard to ID him without his face”. Caleb sighed. ” How the hell did we miss such a suspicious guy roaming around in our party”? Caleb huffed in frustration.

“Maybe because you were busy with your mate and I was busy covering for you” Christian replied with a snark making Caleb feel further guilty. The heat and rut could be excused, but disappearing that day was kind of his fault too. Caleb couldn’t resist the temptation of his mate so that was definitely on him.

“I am sorry” Caleb mumbled.

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“Look, I ain’t blaming you or anything, but... I get it, you have a mate. But do you plan on bailing on the pack every time because of that now? I am not accusing you or anything, but I know how much you enjoy being a leader figure. What is your next step? Did you ever think about it”? Christian asked him softly.

Caleb remained quiet for a long time as he considered his brother’s words. Indeed these were important things that he didn’t think about. With the excitement of finally getting to mate with the one he has longed for really long time, and all the work this banquet gave him, he never thought about his future properly, or how things would change now that he was mated.

“Wait”. His brother spoke up, gaining Caleb’s attention back from his reverie. “We can ask him”. He pointed at Rexford, who was guarding the place when that suspicious person walked him.

“Let’s do that” Caleb nodded and both of them headed off to the training grounds.

Rexford was quick to let go of his supervision the moment the Wrisberg brother’s arrived at the scene, however they only urged the trainees to continue with their business. “We need to talk to you, it’s important”.

Caleb showed him the footage on his phone before asking, “Do you remember this person”?

Rexford frowned for a moment, trying to think hard before he replied, “I don’t quite remember him, but I did not check for his invite here, so it must be someone from our pack. I made sure I checked everyone’s invite who did not belong to this pack”.

“Him? You are sure it was a guy”? Christian frowned.

“Yeah, no woman came wearing a black hoodie. Everyone wore some kind of gowns”. Rexford assured. “I am pretty sure if I saw a woman wearing these, I would have remembered her”.

“You don’t remember anything else”?

“Unfortunately, no sir”. Rexford looked down.

“Well, thank you for your help”. Christian patted him on the shoulder before he disappeared.

“Well, how do we find him”? Caleb sighed with frustration.

“Let’s ask the man under suspicion”. Christian smirked. “He is the only one available from the guests, maybe he will have any idea”. Caleb shrugged before both of them left for the pack house.

Sebastian was eating a giant sandwich which one of the maids must have given him. Christian made sure he received the same food as them, not to make him feel much uncomfortable that he was already. He was busy so it seemed that he didn’t notice the brother’s arrival, but in reality he simply chose to ignore the duo.

“Sebastian, do you remember anyone in a hoodie from that party”? Christian asked him.

“No,” Sebastian replied without bothering to look at him as he gulped in another bite.

“Okay, this is awkward.” Caleb mumbled from behind his brother, which earned him a glare from his brother.

“Look, I am sure this was the guy who drugged you”. Christian tried once more.

Sebastian stopped mid bite and turned around to look at him skeptically, “How sure”?

“99 percent” Christian shrugged.

“Then why am I still here”? Sebastian glared.

“What”?

“If you are so sure it wasn’t me, then why am I still being held Captive here”? Sebastian asked sternly. “Shouldn’t you let me go already”?

“Well, we don’t know what chemical he used for instance”. Christian shrugged. “And also, we don’t have enough evidence to prove you completely innocent yet”.

“What a coward” Sebastain mumbled.

“Excuse me”?

“Yes, I have to take all of your stupid excuses because you refuse to let me go, even though you of this guy drugging me”. Sebastian scoffed.

“Like I said, this is not enough,” Christian pressed.

“Yeah, right” Sebastian scoffed “I regret helping you ever at all. Not just you, but taking down that witch back then as well. This pack is ridiculous with its rules. When all of this is over, I demand huge compensation”. Sebastian spat at him.

“This is the protocol of our pack. You don’t expect me to treat you special just because you helped me once, do you”? Christian argued, trying his best to not lose his calm.

“I am pretty sure I have helped you more than once”! Sebastian spat.

“And you have attacked me once too, so clearly you are up to a nice start for balancing your favours”! Christian argued back with a louder voice.

Caleb who was standing there quietly witnessed how things were starting to escalate and how their entire argument was pointless. He decided to jump in at the very last moment, “Please calm down! Both of you! You realise this is pointless right? It’s not gonna help anyone”

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“Sure,” Christian sighed after a moment. He looked at Sebastian with a calmer expression despite the glare he was receiving and spoke, “Just try to help us. See this footage and tell me if you remember seeing anyone like this”? Christian took the phone from Caleb’s hand and showed him the footage. After observing intently he realised where things went wrong.

“How the hell did he guess I was gonna drink from that glass”? Sebastian scoffed.

“I don’t think he did,” Caleb spoke up. “He seemed to just randomly put that glass. I think you were a victim of chance. In fact, I doubt you attacked my brother on purpose, I think you simply attacked him because he just happened to be in your path,” Caleb explained.

Sebastian nodded, “I see. Well, at least one of the brothers has got some brains” He mumbled that led to Christian pressing his tongue against his cheeks. He took a deep breath to fight the urge to give him a snarky reply.

“Whatever, do you recognise this guy”? Christian pressed once more.

Sebastian stared at the screen and shook his head lightly, “No”. Both the brother’s looked at each other and sighed.

“We might need some more time to get you out of here then” Christian admitted softly.

“Well, I figured as much,” Sebastian remarked. “Let me know when you have further information. Until then I will keep rotting in this hell” Sebastian gave them a sarcastic smile before he sat down avoiding their gazes.

Feeling apologetic both of the brothers exited the dungeon, “Looks like we hit another dead end”. Christian sighed.

“I don’t get it”. Caleb frowned. Christian turned around and raised his eyebrows at him, “Why can’t you let him go. It is pretty clear that he is not the culprit. Maybe if you let him go, he will help you solve the case”.

“You know the protocols right, I have to ensure he is innocent before I do that”. Christian frowned. “It’s not really upto me. Imagine how furious Dad would be if I let him out”.

“So? Convince him. I convinced him to keep Ashton out of there”, Caleb smirked.

Christian snorted, “First of all, I think that was me who convinced him. And secondly that was different. Ashton didn’t technically commit any crime and he is your mate”.

“Well, that means you are good at convincing right”? Caleb suggested. “Show this footage to Dad, who knows maybe he will agree. I mean, I don’t know much about that guy, but he did save us all back then. I don’t understand why he helped us other than that, but I don’t think it’s right to keep him locked up”.

“I don’t either, which is why I am so desperate to solve this as soon as I can”. Christian sighed. “But, I think you are right, I will talk to Dad about it. Who knows, maybe I will be able to convince him” Christian smiled.

“Yeah” Caleb shrugged. “Well, let me know if you need any other help from me.” Caleb smiled before he took his leave.