Love or Duty

Zeke Pov:

I thought I had heard him wrong.

" What have you done Cole?" I could feel my Anger starting to build up.

" I haven't Done anything yet, she is coming to talk about a treaty with us and we will make the choice then."

" what about Liza? what about her being a chosen mate?" Cole turned to face me and looked at me with a blank expression.

" When we married Rose it was because of Love and she completed us. Not many people are lucky enough to find love once let alone twice."

I was confused " what are you saying Cole?"

he sighed before returning back to the window. " Rose filled our life with happiness and Joy and I will forever be grateful for her. However we were lucky to choose love in the first place it would be selfish for us to ignore our duties and try to pursue something knowing that it would never measure up what Rose gave us anyways."

I wanted to fight him but to some extent I knew he was right. even If I marked her our mate bond would not be as strong as it was with Rose. I had a choice to make. follow my heart and choose Liza or choose my pack and follow my duty I have to my pack.

" You dont have to give me an answer right away at the end of the day I am the King so if you choose Liza I wish you the best. I will do this alone and make sure everything is set."

" What about you? Do you think you might love the princess?" Cole didn't even waste a second.

"No" I nodded and waited a moment.

" Do you think you could love Liza?"

" I don't want to forget My queen. I will not fill my mind with new memories of the princess to cloud my mind and make me forget her. Liza for some reason everything about her reminds me of Rose. her scent and her laugh and When I saw her eyes earlier Zeke my heart melted. does that answer your question? I don't want to discuss this anymore its not about you or me its about our kids future. Its about the safety of the pack. we all make sacrifices and Rose was making them for us and our family for years. She might now be our first choice but the members need a Luna. Get some sleep we will talk about this soon."

"Fine but this conversation is not over."

I left Roses library With a lot on my mind. Cole and I have been through alot together throughout the years and I Can't imagine us parting ways now. I was pulled out of my thoughts when I heard a loud thud. I stopped in my tracks a realized it was Coming from Coltons Room. When I opened his door I saw him hanging halfway out the window.

" You know the door might be easier? Unless your father has grounded you and not informed me." I leaned up against the door and waited for him to bring both his feet inside. I waited there for an answer but he just kept fidgeting.

" I was going to Volleyball Practice." volleyball practice? hes been going to school early the last few months and staying late because of Practice. now he apparently has it on a Sunday?

" How much longer is this Co-ed Volley ball thing going to be on? I am starting to think this might of been a bad idea for you to join..."

"NO" he spat out.

"No?" now im curious hes hiding something.

" I mean that it would look good for the prince of were wolves to be known as a quitter. if there was one thing you and dad taught me is that when an Alpha gives his word he doesn't break it." I chuckled because i knew exactly what lesson he was talking about.

" I wish I could take credit for that but I am afraid that lesson came from your mother." I thought back to when she explained that to him. Cole had lost a bet and the consequence of him losing Rose and the kids were aloud to eat icecream whenever they wanted no questions asked. When Cedric tried getting some before dinner Cole stopped him. Rose calmly took the Icecream out of his hands and handed it to our son and Told the kids" Let this be a lesson kids. As a leader and an Alpha never make deals you cant keep." She kissed Cole on the cheek and everyone laughed. maybe Cole was right. Maybe I should be blessed to have been able to have someone like rose in my life and just let her memory carry on from the stories and the memories we had instead of trying to bring someone else into.

Maybe I should focus on what I have until I am reunited with my love again. I was going through what cole said about us being selfish and trying to decide if it was worth it when I turned a corner and ran into the person I have been trying to rack my brain around for months. I saw her eyes and for a split second I saw her eyes turn the gorgeous Purple I fell in love with almost 20 years ago.

Just then I got my answer.