Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter - Chapter 109: Chapter 159

Raven’s POV
I was proud of Brandon for standing up to Blake at the gate. I was very happy with how the night went, for both Cheryl and me as well.
I was happy and relaxed when I finally went to sleep. I was glad I got at least a few hours of sleep because the Goddess gave me a visit in the middle of the night.
I have not seen her since she came to me that one time when I was pregnant with Jaxon.
So when I woke up in my own dream and saw where I was, I was hoping for good news, like due to the changes we have made, there was no further danger to our pack.
I approached her through the meadow and this time she had a blanket spread out, and we sat together overlooking a stunning field of flowers.
I was happy to see her again, and I didn’t hesitate to ask her if everything was OK now.
With our cooperation with two packs that had been some of the packs that we suspected the threat might come from. I am truly hoping that we do not have an issue with them anymore.
I was pretty sure that Blood Tracker was not against us anymore, as we helped them end a very serious issue with their pack. Aaron told us that he was going to help us if we ever needed him to.
I honestly thought the relationship that Reagan and I had now was a great one. We spoke to each other often, and our children were friends now too.
Especially Trevor and Jaxon, they were going to both be great Alpha’s when it was time to take over their packs.
Both were compassionate and caring, but excellent fighters and great judges of character.
They are the best of both of us and their fathers, being passed down to them to make them successful in becoming the best leaders that they could be. That was definitely done by the Goddess herself.
I could not be more proud of my son, and I know Reagan felt the same way about hers. “I am sorry to tell you that there is still a fight coming, Raven.
Things are about to change at Black Moon, and the threat is changing and growing. Thankfully, the choices you all have made will prevent it from being 2 packs against you.
Blood Tracker will not join them when the war starts. They will not agree to what is about to happen or participate in it. These changes will be put in place in less than 2 years.
The original plan has indeed changed, but a serious threat remains for you all. The danger is much more than you will expect to have from one pack.
The wrong choices that Blake has made, have him in a very bad place right now. He is unfocused as he is furious at losing Cheryl when he is the one who made the very issue come about.
He is angry and in pain now, and he is making bad decisions about who he can trust. He will be betrayed by people that are close to him, and he will be hurt in the process.
Things will be changing very suddenly for him, and his power will be stripped from him” the Goddess, Selene, told me.
She seemed sad, but I am quite sure that this is the punishment that he earned for what he did to Cheryl, and Kevin, for all those years.
“He blames Cheryl for abandoning him, and of course, the pain he felt last night from Cheryl and Anton, is making him react badly.
I want to warn you that he will be here in the morning to accept her rejection. Do not let him into the pack, only open the gate wide enough for them to see each other for him to accept the rejection.
He is dangerous to both of them. He wants to kill Anton, and hurt Cheryl. He is not thinking rationally right now. He will be here a little after 8 in the morning.
You all need to be prepared, he did not have a good night. He also wants to hurt Brandon too, for not giving Cheryl up to him when he demanded it.
Blake still wants her back, and he will make her pay dearly if he is ever able to get his hands on her. He needs time to accept that he has lost her and that his punishment is what he deserves.
I will make sure that he gets that when he is placed into his own cells. I will make sure he survives the punishment coming until he can be rescued from it.
That will be part of the message that I will have for Reagan. She will need to make sure that Clive and Aaron are on the same page when she tells them what is to come.
You have a little over a year and a half to make sure that you are prepared for this threat.
Even though they will only have about 6 months to get up to speed, they will have the funds to make it work.
I will also have Reagan help you out with it, she will know what to do, and she will need to put that part of it into play as well before they take the account back over.
I will make sure she knows what to do with the money.” the Goddess told me. She went on to tell me that she knew what plans had already been made, and what plans were about to be made.
The second part of it was actually very scary and made me very thankful that we still had time to prepare. Apparently, Forest is much more devious than we ever gave him credit for.
His laziness in training had been a good thing for us. We honestly thought that the threat was going to come from Blake.
But Forest had already started putting his plans in motion and used his own father’s weakness against him. I almost felt bad enough to want to warn Blake, but I knew I couldn’t.
Warning him would change how it was supposed to play out, and it was the Goddess’s will.
Tampering with her will, results in you being punished as well, and I will not be signing myself, or my pack up for that.
She went into detail about what she was also going to speak to Reagan about and have her start paving the correct path at Blood Tracker as well.
She let me know that Reagan would also be funneling money to help us be as prepared as we could be before they arrived.
She was going to reach out to let Reagan know the signs right before the attack was imminent and that Trevor would have a big part in it.
Trevor would be the savior to let everyone know when the plan would be coming into play. He and Forest were cousins, and good friends, for now.
Their friendship would end with Forest’s bragging about what he was about to do.
Trevor could be trusted to continue to go over to visit, once he was driving on his own at 16, which was in a few short months.
The Goddess said that she would be quite clear with the signs for both Reagan and Trevor, to look for when the end is near. She was going to go and speak to Reagan right after she was through with me.
I knew that the situation was absolutely serious when the Goddess told me what was about to happen. I also knew that Reagan would be as scared as I was, as we cannot allow evil to win.
It is our children, mates, and innocent pack members at stake here. I know that she loves and protects her children, and her mate as much as I do. This will be new to her speaking to the Goddess.
I knew she was amazed at how prepared we were to help them with their vampire issue. They didn’t ask, and we didn’t mention it ourselves. We have been funding this on the side for over 16 years now.
But we didn’t have the kind of money Graham did. They need to get their packlands secured from rogues and let them know if they had danger coming from Black Moon.
They need to get up to speed quickly and the Goddess could feel my concern over it. “I will tell her Raven. I will also mention how concerned you were for her.
I know that she is glad that you were willing to give her a second chance, but she worries that you still have anger in your heart.
She knows that it would be fair for you to still be upset about it, as she was absolutely vicious to you, I had to do what I did to save you, and Jaxon.
She just doesn’t know what a blessing that was to you. I know that you love both your mates, very much. I hated that you had such a hard time with it at first.
I am glad that they came to realize that they both matter to you and learned to get along without jealousy.
I knew Brandon got it first because I reminded him years ago when things were still rocky that you would have died that day, if not for Justin. It would have all been lost if you had died.
That was why I was happy to make sure that they were able to both mark you as theirs, and you were able to mark them back.
I wanted the path to be easier than it was for you, but you are all in a great place now. Sometimes the things you have to fight for, become the most valuable of all.
I know that they would both die for you and you for them, I am proud of the strong team that you have become by working together to protect your children” the Goddess told me.
I am so proud to hear her say that to me. We have been very successful with our blended family. I am so proud of all of my children.
I am proud of my mates who get along because they knew how hard it was for us all at the beginning. I had two very alpha male mates.
I could not be more proud of each of them, as although they had similarities in strength and fighting skill, that was where the similarities ended.
Brandon is harder to read, as the Alpha here he needs to make good decisions. So even though what he did to me was bad, he has not made another rash decision since then.
He likes to look at it from different perspectives, and then make his decision. He will include Justin and me in it as well when he is faced with a tough decision.
He cares about his pack, and it has only become stronger since he found me. I can remember how thrilled he was at finding me, as he had called my dad to inform him that I was his mate.
How patient he was to allow me to stay with my family until after the party that my father threw to introduce me as his daughter. I know how hard that was for him.
I also knew that it was what drove him to banish Cheryl and her family was worrying about what was going to happen to me if Cheryl was still here.
He knew that she would try something, and decided to go ahead a deal with the issue head-on.
They needed to be punished, but they found out later that it had been Silas to make all the decisions about it.
He told her what to do and had her use her code so if it was found out, then it was on her, and not him.
Brandon trusts his team of ranked wolves to help him make his decisions, and that I am the tie-breaker when he needs me to be.
He is so proud of me, all the time, and he makes sure that when he does get free time, it is valuable for the whole family. He is so proud of all of our children, not just his own.
He makes my heart melt with the love he has for me, and our children. He does so much for his family and his pack, and he does it without protest or complaint.
He is the protector of all of us and the pack, and he means a lot to us as well. Justin is special to me, in a different way.
Brandon makes sure that Justin’s job is protecting us, and that shows a huge level of trust for him to be able to do that.
Justin did take a demotion, but Truitt has been Brandon’s best friend his whole life and took the job over from his father, who was Brandon’s father’s Beta.
Truett is a strong Beta, and Justin is fine with the lowering of his rank. He did it for me and the children. He wanted to be with us and train us to become the strongest fighters that we can be.
He is there to protect us each and every day, as he trains each one of us to be the strongest fighter that we can be. He even took on putting Kevin with our children to train him too.
Cheryl wasn’t strong enough to properly train him, and our oldest boys just love him to death. The best times are when Brandon and Justin can both be there for training.
That is when we do our best to shine for both of them.
Brandon is happy that he can trust Justin to protect us, and that frees him up to be able to focus on his work, and not worry about us while he makes sure the businesses, and the pack, are all taken care of.
Their care for all of us makes me so thankful for them both.
I have to tell her that before I go, as I don’t think that she is aware of him much I have appreciated all the thought that she put into my mates. “I do know, my child.
I knew exactly how this would work out before you were even born. You had a lot to overcome, and you deserved double the love for all the times that you suffered alone.
You had no one in your corner, no one to protect you like you should have had” the Goddess said, and she had a faraway look in her eyes. She then looked over to the field in front of us.
I see someone heading our way and when she gets closer, I see that it is Cassandra. I don’t know if I want to speak to her or not, actually.
The Goddess put her hand out, held my hand in hers, and said, “She begged me to allow her to speak to you. I can see her heart. She is still tormented by what she allowed Graham to do.
She realizes now that she should have taken you to Cole, but she did want to speak to you for a minute. I was going to allow it.
Her stepping up to save Cheryl, and Kevin, from what would have been certain death, restored my faith in her. You do know that Cheryl was on death’s door that day.
If she had stayed at Black Moon, she would have died, and Kevin would have been killed right after her. Cassandra saved them both that day.
I was going to allow her to speak, as I know how badly she felt for her not protecting you all these years.
Just give her a few minutes of your time”
I nodded at her, as I do not really have much control here over this, but I have to say I am interested in what Cassandra was going to say to me.
I had heard from Reagan that Cassandra felt bad, but feeling bad about what she allowed to happen to me, doesn’t really mean much.
I can feel bad for what happened to Cheryl, but if I didn’t have empathy because I suffered as well, then I don’t understand it at all. I stood up to receive her with Selene.
She turned to look at me and said, “You have that empathy because you needed it to help run Black Adder. Remember, I have already told you I had allowed it for a reason.
That reason was for you to be able to understand when your people came to you with their problems. So you could help them with what they went through, and find the right solution for them.
If you hadn’t experienced it, you would not be able to be so compassionate, and loving to them.
To know that they needed that from you, just as much as they need your help.”
I am ashamed of my judgment of Cassandra now, I should have realized that Selene would be able to feel my anger and frustration.
I am not perfect, and I have made mistakes too. I will let go of it, to hear what she has to say to me, but I already know that this is going to be hard.
The closer she gets, the more my heart hurts remembering that she always picked Reagan over me. She never loved me, and soon I am overwhelmed with my feelings. This is where my inadequacy came from.
To know that I looked just like Reagan and Cassandra, but she preferred my sister over me. Because Reagan was Cassandra made over, and I was the odd one out.
She came right to me and just took me in her arms to allow me to cry out all my pain, frustrations, and anger over the sheer unfairness that I received growing up.
After I stopped crying she wiped the tears from my face and gave me a smile. “I am so sorry that I failed you, Raven. You deserved so much better than me, as your mother.
I was so glad that Olivia stepped right up to take care of you, even if it was over 18 years too late. I allowed Graham to control me and didn’t even think to try to take you where you needed to go.
I cared more about me having a safe place to live than you having one. I owed a debt to pay that back, and after the Goddess came to me in my dream and told me what had happened at Black Moon.
I knew I needed to help right the wrongs that Graham had done. He lied about wanting to do it for Reagan. I saw all that he had done, and the truth behind what he actually wanted.
He wanted to be Alpha again, he wanted the respect that came with the title. He thought that he could bully Blake into it, and found out quickly that was not going to work.
That was the reason he came after Blake and Cheryl, instead of the two men responsible for Reagan being hurt so badly. He kept messing up, over and over again.
Thinking that I was too stupid to figure out what he was up to, but I knew.
The Goddess even showed me what he had done to me” Cassandra said to me and she motioned for us to sit down on the blanket again.
She gazed out at the field of flowers and I can tell that she tried to calm down before she spoke again. “Graham had hurt me repeatedly over the years. To him, his opinion is the only worthy one.
Living like that for many years, I believed it. I only interjected when it was serious, like when Reagan tried to kill you. You need to understand that Graham put those thoughts into her head.
Your dying was the only thing that would allow him to ever be safe again. He knew that if Cole had even an inkling that you existed, he would attack us until we gave you up.
He put ideas into Reagan’s head, that you were a threat. I know Selene warned you of what was to come. I just wanted to remind you to never underestimate Graham.
He loves to make plans, he loves to think of any way out of situations. He can never be trusted. You need to remember that as you go forward in this.
I want you to know that I did love you, you were just as special to me, as Reagan was. I hate that I never could be brave enough to call you and tell you that.
But I knew that you would have hung up on me, the second you knew it was me speaking to you. I am so proud of the woman you are, despite not being able to claim any part of your upbringing.
I am glad that the Goddess forgave me for going ahead and stepping up to agree to do this. Losing me, hurt Graham, he is not at the level he needs to be because of it.
Hopefully, this will help make it play out even more in your favor. Please tell Cheryl that I am well. That she can stop the guilt that she feels over what she did.
The alternative was for her to die three days later because no one lifted a finger to help her.
Kevin would have been dead the next day with Graham blaming Cheryl’s death on the stress she felt for cheating on Blake.
The worst would have been that Blake would have killed his own son, in his fury. I saw the plans he had made, there was no other choice in the matter.
I knew when I told Cheryl the night before that I was coming with them. I knew that I would not be returning.
I knew it, and still made the choice to do it” Cassandra paused and I could tell that she was overcome with emotion.
I can only imagine how hard it would be to go, especially when you knew that journey would be your last. It had to have been so hard for her to do it, even to save Cheryl and Kevin.
I waited for her to calm herself, I reached out to hold her hand, I wanted to show her support. I was proud of her for saving them both. “Raven, please tell Cheryl to live her life to the fullest now.
To love on her new mate, as he was sent to her. The Goddess allowed it, as Cheryl had suffered much more than any of you will know. Anton prayed to Maacah, the Vampire God, for a mate.
Someone for him to love, that will love him back. They are perfectly suited for each other, as both Selene and Maacah have blessed this union. Anton is descended from royalty, on his mother’s side.
Anton’s line needs to continue, so he and Alexei both needed a mate. He and Alexei, along with their coven will be a big help to you in the coming war. You need to be able to protect them as well.
Make sure that you keep them from getting access to the vampires, as Graham has plans for them too.
The vampires will be invaluable to you, hopefully, we will get the proper heads up to bring them here safely before the threat is at your door” Cassandra stopped speaking and looked at the Goddess.
They seemed to be communicating with each other for a short time before Cassandra nodded. “I am sorry, I have said more than I should have, Raven. I am just worried for you, my precious girl.
I didn’t get to take care of you as I should have. I was too weak to protect you. I am so sorry for every injustice that you have suffered.
Just know this, I did always love you, even if I didn’t show it. I was just as proud of you, as I was of Reagan.
More so actually, because you were dealt several hard blows in your life, and you still excelled.
Your Emerald is so beautiful, and I was so proud of you when you phased and surprised everyone that night you managed to get to where you needed to go.
I knew the Goddess sent you there herself” Cassandra told me and fresh tears started again as I knew that this would probably be the last time I saw her.
She placed her hand on my cheek, and I could see the tears coming down her face too, as she knew that this was it. I was actually glad that I got to see her again.
I felt my own hot tears at her telling me that she loved me and was proud of me. It meant more than I thought it was going to, to me.
I guess toughening your heart to keep it from being hurt again, doesn’t really work when they give you a heartfelt apology. I gave her a hug and I didn’t want to let her go.
This was the best interaction that we have ever had together. I knew that I was going to feel the pain from the loss now, as I felt bad for her now too.
I could tell by what she didn’t say that she had to deal with a lot from Graham. That she was scared of what would happen if she got caught taking me from Silver Blade.
I know that he was probably watching her all the time. She didn’t have much of a chance either I guess. She made bad choices and then had to live with them. She got what she earned in the end.
Sometimes it happens like that. Sometimes the punishment is swift in coming, and sometimes you have to suffer in silence for a lot longer than you thought you ever would.
I watched them walk away from me after I had hugged them both goodbye.
I knew the Goddess probably wouldn’t be coming back to me again in my dreams again unless that was a large change in what she had just told me.
I am trying to figure out what Cassandra said that was not supposed to be mentioned. I have to admit that I am anxious now, much more so than when I went to sleep.
I don’t want to deal with Blake today, and knowing that he is coming expressly to cause problems worries me even more.
I don’t want to be there for it, but as soon as we get up I will make sure that Brandon and Justin are both there with me, as we support Cheryl and Anton.
I will not allow Blake to hurt anyone here at Black Adder. I already know what we need to do to get around it, just in case.
We will deal with Blake tomorrow, and then we will make plans for the coming attack. Chapter 160
Cheryl’s POV
I woke up with a hard chest against my back, and I smiled in happiness.
I can feel the arm that was wrapped around me tighten as he slides me even closer into him. I can feel he is totally awake and had just been waiting on me to wake up.
I can also feel how excited he was to see me this morning. I smiled even bigger at that, but I knew I needed to get to the bathroom and see how I looked.
I had cried last night during the date, very hard with makeup on. I passed out from exhaustion and never took my makeup off. I know for a fact that I will look like a mess this morning.
I just want to slink away to go get cleaned up so I can look presentable, and make sure that Anton did not run in horror at my appearance this morning.
Like he could read my mind, he knew I was going to try to take off.
Anton just gave me a kiss on my shoulder and a little squeeze before he said, “You look beautiful to me Cheryl, you don’t have to worry about it. I have already seen you this morning, my love.
You will never look bad to me. Now, if you want, we can take care of this pressing matter.
Either in here or in the bathroom.”
I tuned in his arms to give him a quick kiss and said, “I have only ever had s*x in a bed.
I don’t know if I would even want to try it in the bathroom.” I already know that I looked like an i***t last night to him. Of course, he probably has tons more experience than me.
I can see me slipping and falling in there, and him deciding right then that he needs a more sophisticated woman to warm his bed. It would really hurt me to lose him.
I already love this man so much, he had wormed his way into my heart and I never saw him coming. Not until I lowered my guard to try to take a chance.
He means so much to me, I just don’t want to lose him. I didn’t give him an answer, I let him choose, and in the next instant, I was sorry for not insisting on staying in bed. “Bathroom it is, then.
I will wait while you remove your makeup and we can shower together” Anton told me. I do need to get the makeup off. He needs to see me back in my regular state.
I hope that it won’t knock his rose-colored glasses off when I am back to “normal” Cheryl. I blushed as he helped me out of bed, his desire for me was evident and he didn’t try to hide it.
He waited patiently as I ran to use the bathroom, and then removed the makeup. I remember how nice our night was, and the two wake-up calls that he gave me.
Even if he decides that I am not the girl for him, he gave me the best night of my life. Every time I remember it, I know that it will bring a smile to my face.
We fit together perfectly and he stepped up behind me to look at me in the mirror. I can see he is serious and before I can even open my mouth, he spoke.
“I love you, Cheryl, you need to stop doubting that. I will not make a habit of seeing what is bothering you, but I also know that Blake did a real number on your self-esteem.
So please listen to me, and believe what I am saying to you. I didn’t pick you on a whim. I thought you were beautiful the first moment I saw you.
I can count on one hand the number of women that I have been with, including you, in my 450 years of life.
I knew the story between you and Blake, and I could feel the love you had for him, and the anger you had for him, too.
I was going to step back and leave it alone, but I couldn’t something kept tugging me back to you. I do not flirt with women, that first day I met you, I flirted with you to judge your reaction.
You were so cute, trying to look at me without being caught. I knew some of the interest was because of my species, but I can also read minds.
I knew I loved you from the moment we left Black Moon pack. Your being there, and your panic at what was going to happen.
I almost couldn’t do my job at reading Graham’s thoughts because I was so worried about you upstairs. If my coven hadn’t been upstairs with you I would have had to get Ivan down there to take over.
I still wish I had, as I want to kill your father to this day. If I could have rushed them to finish it quickly I could have prevented you from being hurt.
I felt so much guilt over that, that I took it out on Blake before we left. He allowed people to hurt you, and that is absolutely unacceptable.
I had to maintain my distance, even though I knew that doctor was still chasing you. The only thing that gave me comfort was the fact that you didn’t feel the same for him.
That you texted me every day. That I fell in love with you through those texts. I am not here to just use you, and leave you. I am here for you for the rest of our lives.
In fact, there was something that I wanted to discuss with you today, but we have to wait for your mate to show up and accept your rejection.
In fact, Ivan has already let me know that your mate will be here in a little over an hour. He is coming to accept your rejection and to try to kill me.
My coven is coming too, to help me out at the gate. I will never let you face him alone. But you belong to me now. This isn’t some game I am playing. I didn’t just want to be with a she-wolf.
I want to be with you, Cheryl. I want to spend the rest of my life with only you, and Kevin. I will train him as my own, I already have been. I will build our home, for you, for our family.
I will mark you right in front of Blake if you want me to. You just tell me what you are feeling, or what you want, and I swear to you that I will make it happen.
I am not in this for anything other than getting to spend time, with the woman I love” Anton told me. I couldn’t speak for a moment because I was so stunned at all he had told me.
I have to admit that I had thought that I was just a passing fancy. But I took the chance that it was more, for both of us. The way he looks at me, makes my toes curl.
The fact that I still look like a mess, and he looked me in the eye and told me that I was beautiful to him, that he loved me.
My heart was ready to burst with happiness because I feel the same way about him. I love him, I love how he makes me feel safe, and protected. Like he has never loved another before me.
That fact that he told me that he would mark me, and in front of Blake, shows me that he is serious about me, about us. I started nodding at him, I do want him to mark me, I do want to be his forever.
But it hits me, his forever and mine are different. I might make it to 100, but I will never have the life expectancy that he has. He is already 450 years old.
Will he still love me when I am old and gray, and he still looks like this? I want to mark him and be marked by him, but that is definitely a deal-breaker for us. “I do want to be with you.
I love you too. I have never felt so safe with another, ever in my life. I am just worried, I will not live as long as you do.
Are you sure that when I am old and frail, you can still love me the same way?” I asked him. My voice was not loud, I was honestly scared of the answer.
But I have to give him an out in this, to where if he found someone of his kind to want to mate with, that would be best for him.
I have to allow him to live the life he deserves, one that I may not be able to provide for him. It would break my heart to let him go, even today.
I would still do it though, for him to have the happiness he deserves, I would do it for him. I feel his hand on my jaw lifting my head up to look back into the mirror at him.
He wants me to look into his eyes as he speaks. He wants me to see his honesty reflected back at me, to know that he means every word he is about to say to me.
I am terrified that I just pointed out a huge flaw between us, one that he did not see coming. I wait for the hammer to drop, and I tried not to close my eyes to accept it.
I just cannot see this working out for us in the way that it needs to. I will not cry, I will be strong. I will accept that our time is limited and valuable.
I will savor every single moment together, and relish the memories of this wonderful man when he is gone. Even as I tried to fight it, I feel the burn of tears in my eyes.
I hated that I pointed that out. I could have mentioned this a month or a year from now. But in my heart, I knew I had to.
I had to mention it as I was only going to grow to love him more and more as time progressed. “That was actually what I wanted to talk to you about.
I was going to do it in front of Kevin as we sat down and spoke about it, but I think it is better for me to get this out with just you first.
So you have time to think about it, as it is forever, for you. I want to turn you, into a vampire. For us to live out eternity together.
Do you think that would be something that you would consider doing? I know that this is a big “ Anton said, but I stopped him mid-sentence jumping into his arms. “Yes, yes I want to be your mate.
Yes, I want to grow old with you. Yes, I want to be with you, and only you, forever. I love you, and I do not need time to think about it.
I am sure that is what I want to do” I told him as I kissed his face between each sentence. He is full-on smiling now, and I have no fear that I made the correct decision here.
I want to spend eternity with this man. In such a short time he has become my everything. I think back on that wink he gave me a year ago, and I remember my blush, and how my heart fluttered.
He may have already known then, and yet he gave me time to heal my wounded heart. So I could love him properly, the way he deserved to be loved.
It must have been so hard on him to stay away, especially with Max not letting up at the time.
Jackie coming here to our pack, when she could have just as easily gone to Blood Walker, was an answered prayer. I wondered if Anton had been praying too. “Let’s grab our shower and get downstairs.
I want to make sure we are there to greet our guest” Anton told me with a smirk, and I do not care if Blake gets hurt at all.
I am just excited about the bond being broken and being marked by a man who honestly loves me, and wants the best for me. I started the water in the shower and entered before him.
I have never showered with another before, and this was a nice experience. He took total care of me in the shower.
His hands blazed a path on my body that got me to the same level he was at very quickly. Feeling his hands on my breasts as he worked me up into a frenzy by gently tugging on my n*****s.
His teeth scraping my neck where he was going to mark me helped. I have to say that his teeth look normal right now, which helped.
I gave a little shudder at the thought of him as the lowered his fangs into me, marking me as his in front of everyone gave me a thrill.
I do not know when I because this bold, but I have flowered overnight into a woman whose only wish was to be in his arms. I am safe and secure here.
He gives me peace of mind that helps keep me calm, even with a stressful event looming just an hour from now. I am excited to know that after this, I will no longer have to deal with Blake anymore.
I am greatly looking forward to that. He washed my hair for me, treating me like I was already his queen. My heart just cannot take all my newfound happiness.
When he finally turned me again and worked me back into a frenzy circling my clit, I came undone. I had to wrap my arm around his neck before my shaking legs just let go, and I fell to the floor.
He teased my breasts again, while I caught my breath. My n*****s approved of his hands tugging and pulling on them. They hardened up in his palm to show him how effective his touch is to me.
He had me use the bench seat to brace myself with my hands as he spread my legs further apart.
I felt him at my entrance and I encouraged him by pushing back toward him to let him know how ready I was. He toyed with me by sliding in gently, causing me to sigh in happiness.
His familiar fullness makes push back again, against him. I don’t want sweet right now. I want him to take me as if he would die without me. He grabs my hips and he gives me what I want.
Oh Goddess, what a blessing to have a man that knows exactly what you want, without you having to say a word. I may not have had to say a word, but I was surely making approving sounds for him.
My moans of pleasure could not be held in, and they came pouring out of me too.
I straighten up a little using the back of the shower to hold me up as he continued his pace, I felt his hands rise up to my breasts as he put his mouth against my ear and started telling me what he wanted to do to me tonight.
Oh Goddess, I cannot stop myself from screaming his name and clenching on him hard as he kept up his pace. I was a good kind of sore, and I got right back to rising up again to accept the next o****m.
I threw my head back, and I felt the scrape of his teeth on me, as we both cried out our release. I was weak, but I felt so good.
Like I was boneless and was only too happy that he held me up, sensing that I was struggling to stand on my legs. I hope we can wake up every morning just like this.
I am so happy right now, I feel like no one can knock this smile off my face. Anton is quick to grab a fluffy towel for me and starts drying me off after we exit the shower.
I have never felt that this would be erotic, but the way he does it is. His hand glides behind the one holding the towel, and he makes sure to touch me everywhere as he gets me dry.
His touch ignites something in me, something that I didn’t know I could feel again. It was just like when I found my first mate, and although it isn’t the same tingles, there is something there.
A lower voltage, and less of a tingle, but definitely there. It makes it seem like I made an excellent decision for me to stay with him from now on.
There is definitely something very special going on between us, and I cannot wait to mark him as mine for the world to see.
I will proudly wear his mark on me, and show it off to everyone I meet as I start making plans to get some new clothes for me to be able to do just that.
I want everyone to know that this gorgeous man, is all mine. I head into the closet and freeze at seeing all the bags sitting there.
I went ahead and grabbed one that has clothes for me in it, and take it into the bedroom. I would like to go through it and see what is in it before I decide on what I wanted to wear.
This was exciting to me as I had some clothes growing up, but not necessarily nice ones. I had one of Reagan’s old gowns to go to Raven’s introduction party.
The items in my closet made me really happy that I could have some nice things too. Anton came to stand behind me, he had his jeans on but his chest was still bare.
I enjoyed the feeling of our skin touching, and yes, his skin was cooler than mine, that made no difference to me at all.
He was my idea of perfection with his 6 pack sitting right above that V-cut that disappeared into his jeans.
I knew his body well in just a short amount of time, and I honestly just couldn’t get enough of it. “What do you have there?” he asked me and watched as I took a few things out of the bag.
I was amazed at all that was bought for me.
This bag had several dresses in it, casual ones, a sweater dress that came to my knees, I had seen some black boots in the closet that would come to my knees, and I knew that they were bought with this dress in mind.
It was a grey-blue like my eyes with cutouts on my shoulders to expose them. I already knew it would look great on me, but I kept going through the bag.
I had a few maxi dresses, and the last one was beautiful but wasn’t long like the rest of them. It was already my favorite. It had a V-neck on the front and the back of it.
The V-neck went straight over to my shoulders and then down my arms with the long sleeves. The dress was a lighter mauve color with some deep plum flowers, and some darker mauve flowers in it too.
It was not too thin, or too thick on the fabric, and was perfect for today. I saw some cute little ankle boots in the closet in a light tan color, that would go perfectly with it.
His snarly sound of approval of my dress went right to my core. I was happy to wear it for him, as I wanted him to look at me like he is doing right now, all the time.
I wanted that as surely as I wanted to take my next breath. I grabbed some clean underwear from my drawer and made a mental note to go through everything after I got done with Blake today.
I needed to wash my new items and I was glad that I was on the ranked level of the pack house. That meant I had not just a little kitchenette, but a full washer and dryer here as well.
The way the dress was made, the V-neck in the back was lower than the front, and it was super cute, but you couldn’t wear a bra with it. I slid it over my head and went to go grab the anklet boots.
I couldn’t resist taking a look in the mirror to see myself. I thought I looked really cute. My hair even came out really well with just drying on its own.
It lay a few inches below my shoulders and it looked great, even without me curling it. I was so caught up in looking at myself in the cute dress, that I forgot I wasn’t alone in the room.
Anton can up behind me and leaned down to put his chin on my shoulder and wrapped his arms around me. “You look gorgeous. Let’s go get breakfast before he gets here.
I am really excited to get his mark off of you” Anton told me and then gave me a kiss on my cheek.
He lead me to the elevator, and as soon as the doors shut he pulled me to him and said, “You look stunning in this.
I cannot wait to get it off of you though.” He tipped me back and gave me a passionate kiss. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders.
I gave a shudder at his words because I was willing for him to do that at any time. He made me feel beautiful like I was the most important person in the world to him.
I was very thankful for the Goddess smiling down on me, for getting such an attentive and compassionate man. One that sees my value without me having to beg for attention.
Anton wants to give me attention, he wants to claim me, he wants to protect me. I realize right this moment that this was the reward for all I went through.
I would do it all over again, just to have him as my chosen mate. Chapter 161
Chery’s POV
I could hear someone clearing their throat and I turned to see a few people waiting to enter the elevator.
I had not heard the doors open. I could not stop the furious blush that stained my cheeks and Anton’s low laughter at us being caught like teenagers in the elevator.
We entered the dining room and I see everyone at the table already, and we were the last ones to get there.
I can see Raven wave at me like she needed to tell me something and I saw that she had kept two seats for us near here. I nodded and we went to grab plates.
Anton had drank the remainder of the first bag of blood this morning. He winked at me and said, “I have to keep my strength up.
My mate is insatiable.”
I felt my face heat and I knew he was teasing me, but he lasts a lot longer than I do. I am very impressed with his stamina.
I feel his hand on my back as we head back to the table, and he only had some protein on his plate. The blood was really his food, but he will eat with us, which makes him more normalized in the pack.
He is putting off the vibe that he is one and the same in the pack, even though they do know that he is a vampire. I know he is doing it for Kevin and me, and I love him even more for doing it.
I see Kevin at the table and he seems very pleased seeing me with Anton. I told him that I would like to speak to him, and he was good with it.
I think he knows that I was going to tell him that we were together, but it was much more than that. I just wanted to make sure that he was good with my change, to become a vampire too.
I honestly didn’t know how that was going to go. I can only pray that he realizes that I want to do it, because I love Anton, and I want to be with him.
“I got a visit from the Goddess last night, and she gave me some information that I feel I need to pass on” Raven started and I was stunned at what she said. She knew that Blake was coming too.
But I was most surprised at what Cassandra had said. Anton was descended from royal vampires. That seems like it was going to be a big deal. Is Alexei going to accept me into their family?
I mean he was nice to me before, but that may have been because he knew at best I had 70 years. Would he still be as welcoming to me living out my life with Anton?
I was glad that Cassandra said what she did. The way she spoke really seemed like she was trying to give me peace. She knew the guilt I still felt over it.
She paid the price that Graham should have paid. I hated to hear what was about to happen.
I know that Blake will be hurting from our rejecting each other, but he allowed Graham to have way too much freedom in the pack. All in an effort to get his hands on Graham’s money.
A lot of good it did him. I hate that he will be getting some physical punishment for this, but I will not be stepping in and fixing it for him.
He created this mess and deserves some punishment for what he did to me and Kevin. He has ruined his relationship with him by denying him.
Kevin is so hurt by his father’s words and actions, I do not think that he will ever be able to get past it. Who am I to tell him and interfere with what the Goddess is allowing to happen?
She knows exactly what he did, and exactly what he earned in repayment for it. I don’t want him killed, but maybe some time to reflect will help him.
I see Alexei walking towards the table and he has Kira, Dmitriy, Polina, and Irina with him. Adrik and Ivan were not with them right now. I hope that meant it was going to be OK.
Anton stands to go hug his brother and greet the rest of the team. I stand to go over as well and hug Nadia, Kira, Polina, and Irina.
Nadia watches me as I hug them down the line and she said, “You are glowing, love certainly suits you sister.”
They all smiled at me in a mischievous way and the teasing starts before I can shut it down.
I end up having to point to the kids at the table next to us.
They stop and nod in understanding before Kira said, “Do not think this is over, we need to tease you don’t worry, the blushing will stop soon. It is all good fun.
We are happy that he has you now.”
We had a good time getting to speak to each other for about 10 minutes before the front gate advised that they were there.
The vampires were already up and heading for the door and I was wondering how they knew that they were there, before we did. Anton looked at me and said, “Ivan and Adrik were at the gate already.
They told them that they were here.” I stood up, and Kevin did too. I am worried about him and didn’t want him to go, but he said, ‘I want to tell Dad goodbye.
I don’t plan on seeing him again.” I know it should hurt him to say that, but Kevin seems very calm.
I know he heard some of what was said, and I feel like I need to remind him that he cannot warn his father of what his fate will be.
I know it is all over my face as he said, “I know Mom, I cannot reveal anything. I won’t.
I know what I can say to him, and I won’t warn him of anything the Goddess or Cassandra said.” He is so much older than his years, and I am glad that he has so many friends here now that he is thriving.
I have never seen him so happy. “Kevin, I am worried that things will get dangerous at the gate. Your father will be madder than usual.
I don’t think that it is safe for you to be there, as you heard what Raven said, he is looking to hurt me and Anton.
I don’t know what he is capable of, and I just would prefer you to be safe with your friends” I told him. “Mom, I know he is mad. I sent him the picture of us together last night.
You looked beautiful and I told him that I hoped your date went well. I also told him that I hope he felt that pain, and I hope it hurt him, a lot.
He deserved it with what he did to you, and then to act like you were being over dramatic about the pain. I hope he realizes what he did to you. I hope he remembers that pain.
I hope the memories of what he did to us both, will end up hurting him every single day. I hope he regrets losing you to Anton.
I will not miss a man who wouldn’t stop for 10 minutes to use his brain, to keep all of what he put us through from happening.
There was no reason for it, and I don’t feel bad for how I am treating him now. I go to school, I know what happened. They tell you what happens when you cheat on your mate.
I just want to be there for him to see what he has lost. I will not be missing him, he made his choices, and he can go deal with my i***t brother, Forest, who he thought hung the moon.
I am glad to know that the child he valued the most, will be the very reason for his suffering” Kevin told us, and Anton looked at me, letting me know that it was up to me.
“Can you ask Ivan if it will be safe?” I asked him and he nodded. I knew he was speaking to Ivan. I just wanted my son to be safe at the gate. I don’t want to take a chance on my son getting hurt.
“This is one of the situations where he cannot tell, it depends on what is said at the gate. Blake is really pissed, and his men are armed. It could go either way. That is why the team is here.
You know that they all have skills. Alexei, Dmitriy, and Kira all can heal people, but I would rather skip that part altogether.
It might be safer with Kevin there, but we can have him at the side, and out of harm’s way. I would rather him be safe” Anton said to me a minute later.
I agree, he should be to the side, so he is safe. “I am going to allow you to go, but I want you to stay to the side to stay safe. No matter what” I told Kevin, and he nodded in agreement.
On the way to the gate. I rode with Anton and Kevin. I am tense, and I want to discuss the matter of my being changed. But right now I am nervous. I am nervous about what is going to happen.
I am nervous about the coven accepting me as Anton’s mate, and my being marked by him. I am nervous because I know Blake. He will want to try to shame me, to save face.
I have been through enough, I just want him to accept the rejection, and then we can leave. Anton reached out and held my hand as he drove us to the gate.
We could have run there, but I didn’t want to do it in these boots. I can hear Blake before I can see him, and he is more pissed off than I have ever seen him. “Where is she?
What can’t get her a*s out of bed to come and accept my rejection? I want her here right now, and I want to get this over with, so I can leave.
I have never been so disgusted, or disappointed in someone before. She would rather be with a leech than me, it makes no sense at all” Blake was yelling out.
He was glaring at Brandon like it was all his fault. Brandon was at the gate looking at him, with a bored expression on his face, “I told you that she is coming.
Calm down, or you can just leave.” He knew that Blake couldn’t do it if he was ready to concede defeat after less than 24 hours.
I mean I dealt with it for over 6 months, and he really can’t make it a day? I guess I can concede that they were different. Anton was clearly a distance runner, and Blake is a sprinter.
There was a rather clear difference between them.
I could see that the vampires were all trying to keep it from being obvious, but some of them were smiling, and it was pissing Blake back off again when he had finally calmed down.
“Finally, here you are. You are setting a bad example for our son. Why are you out here in that outfit? You look like a slut, it doesn’t even reach your knees. Where did you even get it?
I am ashamed that I made you my chosen Luna. I am disgusted with your behavior last night.
These men are your subordinates and yet you were out there in front of anyone who wanted to look at you, submitting to this, a*****e.
I have never been more ashamed to call you my mate’ Blake yelled out the moment he saw me coming.
Before I could even open my mouth, Anton is at the gate growling out, “You are here to accept her rejection, so do it, and get the hell out of here.
I will not allow you to say one word against my mate.
Shut your mouth for anything that is not your accepting her rejection, or so help me I will kill you where you stand” Anton told him and his growl shook the gate.
I have never in my life seen Anton so aggressive, and I have to say that possessive growl ended up getting my panties wet.
It was not the time or the place for it, but I saw the moment that both their noses went up into the air, and then both of their heads snapped over to look at me.
I already know my face is red, and my son is here. This was not an optimal situation, and I stepped forward to change the subject from me being turned on by Anton being so possessive of me.
“Just accept it, Blake. Release me from our bond, it is long over. I rejected you over a year ago, we were done then, and we are done now.
Stop with the ugliness you are saying, because I didn’t start this, you did.
You were the one to destroy our relationship, you were the one with numerous girlfriends, and you were the one who wanted it to go the way it went.
If you had spent 5 minutes talking to me or even looking into it, you would have seen the truth, but you didn’t want the truth. You were perfectly content with wanting to believe the very worst of me.
So go ahead and believe it, I have moved on, to a man who loves me, and builds me up, instead of tearing me down” I told him, and Blake is almost shaking in anger.
I looked at Anton and looked over to Kevin for him to step away. We both know if anyone gets shot it will be him because he blames Anton for our breaking up.
I just wanted to make sure that all the warriors with him, knew that no matter what bullshit Blake said, this was ALL on him, and not on me.
He made choices for both of us and then thought that I was just going to forgive him again. Well, he got some bad intel on that from Graham. He can take it to Graham with any complaints he has.
“I cannot believe that you would throw away over 16 years together for that monster. I was patient, I was waiting for you to calm down. I am sorry.
I will still take you back, right now, no questions asked. I will just take this as you’re getting me back for my stupid actions. I know that you cannot condemn our love like this.
I know how much you loved me. That cannot be gone so quickly, I still love you, and I still want you baby.
Look, you made a mistake, and I am willing to overlook it, as long as you come back with me right now” Blake told me and he was speaking in a gentler tone.
His words were smooth and he lowered his voice to speak to me because I used to love it, but it is doing nothing for me now. “You can believe it, Blake, we are done.
I am only here to accept the rejection. So please, go ahead and get on with it. I have things to do, and I need to speak to Kevin. So just go ahead and accept it.
You and your men can roll out of here, right now. This is just a formality, and I need to make sure that Kevin is OK with what is about to happen.
So, please just accept it, so we can all go on with our lives” I asked him, and I kept my tone calm, and my words friendly.
I knew that he was digging in now, and I really wanted him to do what he came to do. I didn’t want him to find out that I was going to let Anton mark me.
He would really refuse to reject me then, out of sheer spite. But I believe another night like last night would seal the deal for him. He would be hurt, and he would have to admit defeat.
Just thinking about the last 12 hours, I gave a shudder, and my arousal was clear again. I see Anton looking at me with a smirk. I couldn’t stop my smile back at him.
Yes, I have plans today, and they involve us being in our room for the rest of the day after we speak to Kevin. “What do you need to discuss with Kevin?
You are surely not going to date that a*s are you? Seriously, Cheryl, he is just using you. Can you not see that? He probably just wanted to sleep with a she-wolf, and you were ripe for the picking.
I mean he could have anyone he wants probably. Why in the hell would he pick you? Out of all the women probably throwing themselves at him? I will tell you why. You were dumb enough to fall for it.
You were so happy to have him even look at you, you were probably no challenge to him at all. There is no way in hell that he is not just using you right now.
He will use you for a while, and then throw you away. You are definitely not his type, you are not even his species.
You are being tricked by a man who is probably a playboy and doesn’t even care about you at all. He is in it for a good time, and you are good in bed, so I cannot blame him there.
But you are the mother of 4 children. How in the hell could you think that he would want you? You are absolutely stupid if you think he did want you at all.
He is just having fun, and then he will dump you. I guess, I might take you back if you begged me. I will have to think about it.
But after you decided to be with that bloodsucker, I just can’t see allowing you to come back to my bed after that” Blake told me.
My heart is in my throat as I hear the vicious words come out of his mouth. My doubts come flying back to me, it is so easy to do, especially if you haven’t been built up for a while.
Everything that Anton told me, and those wonderful words that he said. I just can’t stop the doubt from creeping in. What Blake says makes sense.
I am standing here, in something that a woman in her twenties should wear, and my confidence in my appearance is now gone. I am 38 years old. I felt sexy and attractive earlier, but I don’t anymore.
I am fighting back the tears, as my shame at being called out in front of everyone is absolutely humiliating.
I would like to be anywhere but here, and I guess it is too much to hope for the ground to open up and swallow me right now.
I would love to be in my room alone now, for a couple of hours to try to figure this out. I hate that Raven, Brandon, and Justin, are here to see my complete mortification.
The worst part is that my son was here for this awkward situation, and I can feel that Kevin is furious for me. “You piece of st, how dare you talk to my mate like that.
How dare you try to tear her down again. That is all you can do because you lost this wonderful woman. I can assure you that she will not be coming back to you again. You lost, and I won.
So, just accept her rejection, or we are leaving right now. I guarantee you that your next 24 hours will be incredibly painful as I take my mate, over and over again.
You can even sit your little perverted a*s out here to hear the show. I will make sure you hear my name on her tongue over and over again today.
Let me assure you Blake that I want Cheryl, every moment, of every day. It killed me to stay away from her when she came back here, but she needed to heal from all the st that you put her through.
You are just disgusting with what you said to her, and not a bit of it true. I plan on taking her Blake, whether you accept her rejection or not.
There are ways around it, and I swear to your Goddess, that I will find the one that will be the most painful to you, and take that route. I don’t mind paying a witch to make your mark disappear.
I don’t mind getting with the werewolf and vampire councils to see what I need to do to get your brand off of her. But make no mistake about it, Cheryl is mine.
I will mark her, and I will mate her over and over again.
Accept the rejection, because I promise you if you keep standing there badmouthing MY woman, I will kill you and she won’t need your rejection any longer” Anton told him and he is enraged.
I stepped up to him and he instantly wrapped me in his arms, sniffing my neck and making little growling noises. He is calming me back down and I needed him.
I need his strength, and I cannot stop the tears I spill from the ugliness that Blake spewed. His is vile, and I want this to be over with, right now. I don’t want to look at Blake ever again.
Anton knows this as he keeps facing Blake, he is keeping my face buried in his chest, as his hand strokes my back to comfort me. I can feel the anger radiating off of him and I know that he is fuming.
I bet he would kill him, and think nothing of it. If Kevin weren’t here, I would be good with that. I was just about to ask Justin to take Kevin away with him when Kevin steps up between me and Blake.
“You know, Blake, once upon a time, I would have done anything for you to claim me as your own. To be proud of me, to acknowledge me as being your son. Thankfully, those days are long gone.
I can assure you that I will be well taken care of, by Anton for the rest of my life. He is building a home for us to live in.
He loves my mother, and I have never seen her as happy as she had been for the last 16 hours, right up until your arrogant self got here.
I am glad to call him my dad, he has loved and cared for me as much in 10 months’ time as you have my whole life. Do not come back here again. I will miss Robert, but I will not miss anyone else.
You stay with your pack, and we will stay here. Now accept my mother’s rejection, before you end up disgusting me further that my own father would say such things to the woman he claims that he loved.
I cannot believe it, I refuse to believe it. Everyone present here knows what happened. You tricked a good woman into becoming your chosen mate.
You broke her down to be willing to accept the scraps you wanted to give her. You had her work for the pack but didn’t make the pack respect her.
I don’t know why you are fighting this so hard other than the fact that she managed to escape you and take me with her.
I guess the thought of her willing to leave you, to save me, must hurt you pretty badly. I will tell you that it will never hurt you, as much as you and Graham hurt my mother and me.
Accept it, and leave, or I swear to the Goddess that Anton will have my complete support and assistance in getting your bond broken” Kevin told Blake.
I can see the shock of what Kevin said on his face, but Kevin is mad and has put himself between us. I love him, but I don’t trust Blake around him.
I caught Anton’s eyes and sent him a message for him and Kevin to step to safety.
I turned back to Blake as soon as they stepped clear of him and said, “Either you accept my rejection, or you need to leave. I am giving you one minute, Blake.
But take what Anton said to you as being the truth.
If you thought the last 12 hours were bad, just wait until you see what happens in the next 24.”