Disclaimer: Don't own Alpha and Omega series or "I'll Be"

A/N: this is Charles" viewpoint during the reunion scene in Snow Trouble chapter 5 so I hope y'all enjoy the dive into his mind/heart.

For those who follow Lunar Curve I do plan on continuing this story it's just RL has been crazy af and I haven't had the time I'd like to work on it.

Reunion

"Charles… Settle down or you will frighten SeoHyun…" Da commanded.

I took a deep breath to calm myself and attempt to regain control of Brother Wolf at my father's words. He was right, Seohyun might have come a long way since she was rescued from San Diego this past summer, but she was still extremely fragile and needed to be handled with the kind of care Brother Wolf and I were not in any state to take.

It was shocking for those that have known me for years, decades or more to see me this way when a scant few years ago there was no one or nothing that could get me this riled up but being a mate and father changed everything for me… about me. My father has said I transitioned into the roll of father with the kind of ease that made him believe I was meant to become a father at this point in my life to her. I just told him Brother Wolf led and I followed his lead.

The wolves around me understood my emotional state and had sworn to secrecy the extent of the relationship between SeoHyun and me. I couldn't risk making her a target to my enemies and during my over a century of being my father's sword arm I have made more than my fair share of those.

I calmed as much as I was going to until I saw Seohyun and followed as the new werewolf showed us to where she and Mercy were held. The door was opened and, as much as I desired to go to her, I let SeoHyun come to me. The state I was in it was better for her that way.

Mercedes was the first to exit. I found this unsurprising, Mercy was a strong willed woman and, like just about any dominant werewolf, would have done her level best to keep my daughter safe until reinforcements could arrive to take over. She looked at Adam then peeked back in to tell SeoHyun it was safe to exit the room.

SeoHyun exited slowly until she saw me then she broke into a run, threw herself into my arms and began to weep.

I fell to my knees holding her as tightly as I dare. I was sure the way I breathed her scent, under any other circumstances, would have terrified her but she was as bad as I was so she didn't notice. She was shaking and sobbing and Brother Wolf craved blood.

Anna knelt with us and began to sing a song I didn't recognize but the feeling of her omega power seeping from her fingertips into Seohyun was unmistakable. She would later tell me it was a song she had discovered that made her think of SeoHyun, it was called "I'll Be", it was a rather modern country song by Reba McEntire.

After a while someone suggested we all gather at Adam's home. It was early Sunday morning and apparently that meant the second cooked breakfast for any in the pack that desired to come, visit at the pack house and eat. SeoHyun needed to eat, we all did. So I stood, lifting her into a bridal hold and she didn't protest. I looked at her face to find her expression one of peaceful slumber.

"Never again…" I vowed at a whisper more to myself than to her "… Never again will I allow you to come to harm my sweet child."

If anyone other than my father heard me, they didn't acknowledge what I had to say. Da only smiled gently and nodded as if echoing my vow. She was MINE and the hounds of hell awaited anyone that harmed her again.

THE END!