Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter - Chapter 13: Chapter 20

Brandon’s POV
This has already been a very long week, and I feel like I am done with it all. So many things are going wrong in the pack lately.
Little things like orders being canceled on food deliveries, or the Omegas schedule being totally messed up.
So badly that one day there is no one available to cook, and then too many cooks in the kitchen the next day.
People are getting frustrated, as it is usually Luna’s duty, which I am also responsible for, as I haven’t found my mate yet.
My mother usually helps me out, but she and dad are out of town this week, so everything is on me.
Someone went into the system and changed it up from the schedule that I had made and messed it up as badly as they could. I know they did because I always print it out after I got it done.
I have a hard copy of what I had done, as it is just a little habit of mine.
The pack members are pushing me even further by begging for a Luna, and this has gotten worse and worse for the last few months.
I have been looking for my mate for years, and I know who is behind this, Cheryl needs to stop pushing so hard. I already told her that I want my mate, and she is not my mate.
I finished up my paperwork for the morning and heard the knock at my door. “Enter” I called out. My sister Simone comes in and plops down in one of the chairs in front of my desk.
“Are you done yet, Brandon? I am ready to go” she tells me, and I have to give her a look. I don’t even know what she is talking about. I was so focused on my work, she completely has me stumped.
“What in the world are you talking about, Simone? Exactly where am I supposed to be taking you?” I leaned back in my chair and asked her with a smirk on my face.
“Aren’t I your plus one to the ball at the Blood Walker pack? It is just a little over 2 weeks away. All the good dresses will be gone if we don’t go soon.
Mom and dad are out of town, and Krew just got a new tux last month. He doesn’t need to go, and he won’t drive me to the mall. You need a new tux your old one is too tight.
Probably because it is three years old. Seriously, you need a new one, you can thank me for reminding you later. So are you done with the paperwork? Can we please go now?
I don’t want whatever is left at the store, they may have to make alterations to it. I need to go now, Brandon” Simone tells me, and by the end of it, she was using a whiny voice.
She knows that I hate it when she starts whining, that is a bad habit that she picked up, and it needs to stop.
She is 19 now, and she needs to start acting more like an adult, and not a petulant child. I picked up my keys and we head out the door to the elevator.
As soon as we get to the lobby I hear Cheryl’s annoying whiny voice and it is like nails on a chalkboard. She is the daughter of the Gamma.
His son isn’t old enough to take over yet, it will be two more years as he is just 18 right now. This is a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and I am going to take it.
“Look Simone, if I weren’t trying to find my mate, I wouldn’t even go to this thing. I was thinking that maybe you and Krew could just go to represent the pack, but I have a treaty with them.
I don’t want to insult them by not coming myself. I am going to take you to the mall but please stop whining. It does not make you look cute, you sound like a whiny toddler every time you do it.
You could meet your mate at the ball, so please remember that. No man wants an annoying whiner next to them” I was being harsh, but I meant it more to Cheryl than Simone.
Simone saw her and knew exactly where I had been going with what I said. She knows that I cannot stand Cheryl or her irritating voice.
I will not be subjecting myself to a lifetime with Cheryl’s aggravating voice ringing in my ear. Even if she changed her whining ways, I still wouldn’t do it.
“Brandon, I would love to go with you to the ball.
Can I go to the mall with you and Simone to get a dress too?” she asked in a breathless voice, and although better than her usual whine, I am not going to play along.
“No, Simone is going to go to the ball with me. You know that I am looking for my mate, and I already know how you are. You will try to convince everyone that we are together when we are not.
We will never be chosen mates if I have anything to say about it. I will not allow you to try to run she-wolves off like you have before.
I know what you are doing, and I will not accept you as my Luna. Even if I have to do the Alpha and Luna duties by myself for the rest of my life” I told her. Great, here come the fake tears.
She uses them when she doesn’t get her way. I know her method of operation now, and she doesn’t fool me anymore. “But I love you, Brandon.
I would do anything for you, I have told you that time and again. But you ignore me. I just want what is in the best interest of our pack” Cheryl’s voice rose higher and higher as she speaks.
She is at it again, she wants the pack to back her, as they fell for her pretending that she cares for them. She does not, she only cares about herself.
I am sick of it, and I am going to shut her down right now. Two can play this game. “I do not love you, though, Cheryl.
I also don’t believe you love me, you just want to be the Luna of the Black Adder pack. Do not mistake my patience with not knowing exactly who you are, and what you are doing.
I do not want a chosen Luna, I want my mate. She will make me, and the Black Adder pack stronger just by being here. So it is not OUR pack, it is MY pack.
If you truly cared for the pack like you say you do, then that is what you would want for it, for it to be as strong as it can be. So, stop the fake tears, I know how you are.
They don’t bother me at all because I know you are just faking being upset. You may find me attractive, but you are wrong, you only love yourself.
You should have become an actress with all that acting ability. You only want what you can get from becoming Luna.
You care about your needs, and that is the primary reason that you would make a terrible Luna. If I hear of you starting up about becoming my Luna again, I will banish you, and your family.
I tried to be nice about this Cheryl. I have been patient for years, but you still refuse to listen. Your father spoke to you about this too, and you didn’t listen to him either.
You will understand once you meet your mate. That is who I want on my arm.
So this is the last warning I will give you, either you stop, or I will kick the whole Peters family out of the pack, all four of you.
You need to listen to this, it is your final warning” I told her, and she is pissed that I would say that to her in front of so many people.
She was the one who wanted to do this here, I just gave her what she wants.
Her narrowed eyes tell me that she would like nothing better than to rip into me for what I just said to her, especially in the lobby.
At least 50 people in the lobby and the dining hall heard what I told her. She chose to engage here trying to undermine me, and pressure me into accepting her again.
She does not realize that her tampering with the schedule was the last straw for me. I have a folder full of evidence against her.
We each have our own codes that we have to use to log in to the system. She used her own cold when she changed the schedule, as the last one in the system leaves its code to show who updated it last.
I have the proof that I need to show that she did that, as well as almost 20 other incidents as well, and I will be dealing with it tomorrow.
She had been working to undermine me since she turned 18 and was disappointed that she wasn’t my mate. Over two years later she is still pulling this s**t.
I suspected she found her mate last summer and rejected him because he wasn’t a ranked wolf.
I would have to ask around to find out if that was actually the case, but I am pretty sure that is what happened.
That rumor circled around the pack for over a year now, and that usually only happens when it is a known fact.
He never came forward or told on her for her actions, so either he was OK with it, or immediately found his second chance mate or both. That is another reason that I didn’t want her as my mate.
That was a ruthless thing to do, and another reason why she won’t be a good Luna. She cares about herself and what she can get. She wants a ranked mate, that is all that she cares about.
She probably hoped that I would be her second chance mate, but I wasn’t, and I bet it killed her. I was never so happy to disappoint someone in my life.
I cannot imagine how annoying it would be to be bound to her, just the thought of it, and I can’t hold back the shudder.
We exited the lobby with Cheryl staring daggers into my back at me having embarrassed her. She started it, and I needed to shut down her latest attempt to get the pack behind her again.
We headed out to my car, as I like to use my car when I can, and not the bulky SUV.
It is way easier to park at the mall and gives me an excuse to tell Simone to not go crazy shopping, as it has less room to store stuff. Simone has a master’s degree in shopping.
She is spoiled too, but she has a good heart and would give you the shirt off her back. She would then come to me, or our parents, and ask for a new shirt though.
I remind her again as we approached the mall, “Dress, and shoes, Simone” in a stern voice, but she isn’t worried.
She is the baby, and the only girl, and she knows that she has all of us wound around her little finger.
“I will try big brother, but I may need some under stuff too depending on the neckline of the dress. But I hear you.
I won’t break the bank” Simone tells me and her dimple flashes as she smiles up at me. I can’t stop myself from smiling back at her. I love her, and she will get what she wants while we are here.
I feel excited as soon as we enter, and I don’t know why. Axe is jumping around in my head and saying something, but I am too busy trying to catch the scent that is absolutely intoxicating me.
Thankfully, Simone is dragging me towards it.
I can smell it in the store, not while I was getting measured for my tux, but on Simone’s side, one of the dressing rooms smells just like hyacinths, which my mom likes to plant in our garden.
My mate smells like spring to me, and it makes my heart feel lighter than it has in a long time. I am so close to finding her, and I love that her scent is one of my favorite spring flowers.
Luck is with me today as my sister decided that she wanted the second dress that she tried on.
We went into another store when she when in to get a strapless bra for her new dress, and I stayed outside.
I didn’t feel comfortable going in with her into that store anyway and sent her in with my card. I could scent my mate had been here too and jealousy flared up in me.
She is mine, I don’t want anyone else to see her in those garments. I received a call on my cell and stepped away from the store to get to an area where I could speak freely in.
“Brandon, did you threaten Cheryl for telling you that she loved and wanted to be with you?’ I heard my Gamma, Silas Peters, ask me. “Silas, as I have told you numerous times.
I want my mate, I will not take a chosen mate. Even if I did, it would NOT be Cheryl. We have discussed this repeatedly, and you need to take what I say more seriously.
I don’t think you are quite up to speed yet, I also told her if she didn’t stop her campaign to try to force my hand, that I would be banishing her.
Not just her, but your whole family Silas, will be banished from the Black Adder pack. Did she happen to tell you that part of it? Or just the part she wanted you to hear?
I know she didn’t, as you have nothing to say about it. I was serious every time I spoke to you about it. I have scented my mate. Either you get Cheryl to stop, or you will have to leave Black Adder.
I will not bring my mate home, and she be allowed to be bullied in her own pack” I told Silas. He still hasn’t said a word, he had been stunned into silence.
He knew I was pissed off about it, but to hear that his son could lose the Gamma position if they are kicked out of the pack should wake him up. I meant every word of it, and he knew it.
I don’t make idle threats. “You just found your mate? What? When? Because you didn’t have her this morning.
At least you didn’t advise us of her in our meeting this morning” Silas said when he could finally speak.
He sounded suspicious of what I had just said, like I was lying to him, to get Cheryl off my back. Silas had taken a chosen mate.
He wanted an attractive person, so he picked one, but she wasn’t very bright. He thinks that I need to do the same, so I can run the pack with a clear-minded focus.
He does not like the mate bond, he feels like it would be like someone else being in control of him. He wants to be in total control, of himself, and his actions.
The thing that is most irritating to me is that he totally ignored what I had said to him, yet again.
We have spoken about his daughter going too far, on numerous occasions, and instead of stopping her, she slows down for a little while and then starts up again with her sneaky plans.
I want him to realize that it won’t just be her getting punished anymore. He either does something to stop her, or they won’t be allowed to stay in our pack anymore. “I scented her.
I haven’t found her just yet, Silas. But I know that she is here, where I am, and I am going to find her. So Cheryl has to stop. You have given a final warning now too.
I am not making an idle threat to you. So, do not try me on this Silas, I will protect my mate, no matter what you decide to do, or not do, about it. I will never take your daughter to be my mate.
Once you and she accept it, we will have no further issues” I told him and let some of my power out when I did. Silas needs to realize that I am not making a suggestion, but an order.
“I will speak to her Alpha, right now, before you get back to the pack,” Silas tells me, and I can tell that he sounds nervous. I could care less if he gets upset or not about what I said.
He has known I wanted my mate since I was young. My parents are true mates, and they dote on each other. I want what they have for me. I won’t take a poor imitation as my mate.
My parents agreed with me on it, and that is why they help to pitch in when they can to help me. They want me to be happy, and my mate will make me happy.
I turned to head back to my sister when I scented my mate again, I turned to see her across the mall from me at a shoe store. I can’t stop my feet from heading right toward her.
She is gorgeous, and I cannot take my eyes off of her. I see that she is with Alpha Cole and Beta Timothy, and my heart started beating faster.
I bet she is the daughter that Alpha Cole is introducing at the ball. I stop walking and thank the Moon Goddess for her choice for me.
I continued to stare at her when I see her head suddenly come up and I know that she is about to look around to see who is staring.
I quickly glance away and put my phone to my ear like I am on a call.
I wait about a minute and then casually glance around the mall, but she is speaking with Luna Olivia and not paying attention to see who had been staring at her anymore.
I go back to where Simone was, and it was perfect timing, she was just exiting the store, but she has three bags with her, and knew I had been gone too long.
I just reached out my hand and she frowned before giving me my card back.
I pretend to be upset with her, but I haven’t taken her to the mall for a long time, and she knows that I am just messing with her.
I see my mate heading for the food court and suggest to Simone that we should grab lunch while we are here at the mall. She is excited and immediately heads there too.
I gave her some money and told her to get me whatever she gets for herself, and that I will watch the bags. Simone happily takes off and I sat where I could see my mate. She seems really nice.
I have not heard anything about her, but I am sure there will be an announcement made at the ball. I am really looking forward to the ball, but I can see how protective Alpha Cole is over her.
I will have to give him a call this week and tell him that I believe that I am her mate.
Our packs have never had any issues with each other, so there shouldn’t be any problems when I see her head come up again.
I am sitting pretty far away from her, she won’t be able to sense me just yet with all the people in here. I wait another two minutes to look at her again.
I cannot wait to get to meet her at the ball. I will be getting my pack ready for her arrival. I will tell Simone and Krew about her tonight and tell our parents when they get back.
They will be thrilled too. But I will make sure that I get with her dad before I tell anyone. I think that he will be glad at my being upfront with him telling him that his daughter is my mate.
From the looks of it, they are all very protective of her, I hope that my reaching out to Alpha Cole bodes well for me. Chapter 21
Luna Olivia
Today was such a hard day for the whole family.
Raven has been put through too much in her short life and I was amazed at her strength. Amanda and I had talked about some of the things that Stella had told us.
This child had been given the barest of essentials. I know that her sister has been given everything that she ever wanted.
I know exactly what has happened to her, even if she gave us the Cliff notes version of it. I know how badly she had suffered throughout her life.
I still remember when my true mate had done the same to me. That kind of pain stays with you, you remember it when people you love and trust betray you in the worst way.
I know sooner or later I will have to tell Raven my own story.
The boys don’t even know all of it, as I know that they will be angry and want to go punish him for what he did, but the Goddess already did.
I think Raven is putting too much blame on herself thinking that she is not worthy, but in reality, he was not worthy of her. The right man will know her worth when he finds her.
FLASHBACK
I smiled up at Chad as he wrapped his arms around me. I was visiting his pack for the week, meeting his ranked wolves. I sighed in contentment, he really made me feel safe.
We were not fully intimate yet, just hugging and kissing right now, and that was enough for me. I told him I wanted to wait for our mating ceremony, and he was good with that.
I knew he was being nice to me because of the mate bond, as he had slept with a few people already before he met me. We had found each other 3 weeks ago, and I was completely in love with him.
He had blonde hair and the bluest eyes that I have ever seen. He was 25 and was the Alpha of the Stalking Wolves pack, also in Minnesota.
His pack was just a few hours away from my father’s pack
Someone knocked at his office door, and when he told them to come in I see one of his female warriors at the door.
She gave me one of her regular nasty looks and then smiled nicely at Chad. I was not a fan of Avery Samuels, but she hadn’t done anything to warrant me mentioning it to Chad yet.
Just glares and snide comments, but I was pretty tough as I was an Alpha’s daughter. She was clearly just jealous that her Alpha was my mate, but she will calm down soon enough.
I will be her Luna soon, and she would have to give me the respect that I deserved after my ceremony. The plans were all complete, and my dress was hanging in my room.
We were just 2 days away from the ceremony and my parents, and brother would be arriving here tonight. To say I was excited, would be an understatement.
They spoke through mindlink for a minute, so I figured it was a pack problem, and I just waited for her to leave. “Olivia, would you mind giving us a little time?
Something has come up that we need to discuss” Chad asked me. I shivered in excitement as he said my name, just the sound of it coming from his lips gave me tingles.
“Let me know when you want to go to dinner,” I told him and nodded to Avery as I exited his office.
I went up a level to my room and decided to put on some makeup and do my hair into something besides my ponytail. I wanted him to be proud presenting me to his pack tonight as his Luna.
I had just got done applying my makeup when I started to get an odd feeling in my chest. I felt my mouth start to tingle, and I looked at myself in the mirror.
This had gone on for several minutes and I was starting to sweat. I started to get severe pain in my lower abdomen. It can’t be, he wouldn’t, he wouldn’t disrespect me like that, right?
My ceremony was about to happen. He has waited for me the three weeks since we found each other, he wouldn’t dare do this to me?
I got up and stumbled to the door, leaving it open as I went down the stairs. I got to his office door, and I could hear them inside.
I don’t have to have s*x to know that is exactly what they were doing in there, and I cannot face this. I need to leave, I won’t stay here. I refuse to be treated like this.
I mindlinked my mom and she said that they were five minutes away. Thank the Goddess for that. I will not stay here, I refuse to be the Luna here. I cracked open the door and saw her on his lap.
She was naked and from the expression on his face, he was enjoying every second of their time together as she rode him. I left the door slightly open and walked away.
I can’t take the chance on it making noise and alerting them that I had seen them together. I have to be able to get the hell out of here.
Thankfully halfway down the staircase, an Omega saw that I was struggling, and helped me get down to the first floor.
His Beta, Gregory, came up to me with an easy smile and said, “I hear your parents just arrived. I bet you are excited for them to be here.”
“You have no idea how much, actually.
Thank you, Gregory, I was just going out to greet them. I will see you in the dining hall in just a little bit” I told him and smiled back at him. There was no reason to get him alerted to a problem.
I can’t have him stop me from leaving this pack, and I WILL be leaving this pack. I made it down the steps and was standing there trying to hold it together when they pulled up.
“Do not turn the car off. I need to leave here now” I told them, and I have never been a hysterical girl, so they knew it was serious. My parents had me later in life and listened to me when I spoke.
I just needed to leave here, now, I can’t put my family in danger. I don’t know what Chad is capable of now.
I left all my clothes behind, I still had some stuff at home, but I wanted nothing to remind me of this place. I told them what had happened as my dad drove us to the gate.
“Didn’t you just get here?” the guard questioned my dad. “Yes, we just wanted one last night out with our daughter, a nice dinner. Do you have any recommendations for a restaurant?” my dad told them.
My dad could talk his way out of almost anything, he didn’t lie. We would be getting dinner. Either on our way back home or at home, but we would be getting dinner.
The guard had plenty of suggestions and waved at us as we left. When we got to the border I got out and said, “I, Olivia Faith Turner, reject Alpha Chad Daniel Anderson, of the Stalking Wolves pack.
I renounce my position as your Luna. I will not allow you to betray our bond with other she-wolves.” I could hear a howl in the distance, and I quickly got back in the vehicle and left with my family.
I know it was Chad, and I didn’t want to lose the headstart that we had on him
There was total silence in the vehicle as we headed back to the Storm Shadow pack.
Chad had started blowing up my phone from the moment I re-entered the car. I wasn’t going to wait around for him to argue with me about it.
We were done, I knew she seemed too familiar with him, but he said that she was just a touchy and super friendly type of person when I said mentioned my suspicions.
I had a gut feeling, I wanted so badly to believe him. I had never felt like this before, I loved him from the moment we met, and I naively thought that was going to be enough.
Thank the Goddess I didn’t sleep with that cheater. I knew who and what she was, I had already been told.
Several of the Omegas in the pack advised me that I needed to be careful, as Avery had a special place in Chad’s heart.
But she had a guy that she was living with too, so I didn’t realize how close could they had been.
My wolf, Topaz, was mad enough that she wanted to kill them both, but she was worried about my weakened state after I found them together.
I don’t know why I punished myself by opening that door and seeing them together, but I felt I needed to.
Topaz also told me that we needed to see what they were doing, so we wouldn’t believe his lies if he denied it. She was right, he would absolutely deny it, he was not a good man.
It broke my heart, but I was determined in letting him go. He was not worthy of me, I would not be accepting him.
He came for me, we actually didn’t stop other than to use the restroom really quickly, as they had just driven the three-hour trip and needed to go about an hour after we got on the road leaving the Stalking Wolf pack.
Dad was making good time and when he got close to the pack he linked the Beta and advised him to not let Chad or anyone with him on our land.
Dad also had some warriors come out and follow us back in just in case they caught up to us before we hit the pack lands.
I would have been good with never seeing him again, but he did originally care for me, we were true mates, and he wanted the strength that I was going to provide him after we were mated.
Plus he would become allies with my dad’s pack, and dad was going to help him build up his pack to help him get more land. I was glad dad, and my brother Paul, were taking care of it for me.
I felt completely depleted and upset. I felt like my strength had been zapped away from this, and I had a terrible headache. That may have been from him attempting to try to link me so many times.
Since I was not a member of his pack, and I hadn’t allowed him to mark me yet, I could still block him from trying to link me.
Our both being Alpha wolves, he could use the mate link to try to speak to me, as we had such a strong bond.
I knew he would come after me, and I truly wished it was because he loved me so much, and couldn’t live without me, but I knew better in my heart.
It was because of my strength as an Alpha female, it was going to make him a lot stronger. He took my heart and crushed it in his hand.
What he did showed me what he actually thought of me, and our bond. I hope he catches something serious from her, and they both die a terrible death.
I smiled as I thought about praying to the Goddess to ask for that very thing to happen. “We are almost there Olivia.
Check your phone, he is blowing it up, and I would like to know how close he is to us, so we can prepare for his arrival” my dad said, and then I feel incredibly guilty.
I did not want us to lose anyone over this. He just needed to pull up, accept my rejection, and get the hell out of here. I checked my phone with 18 missed calls and over 40 messages.
He started off nice, in the messages, but got mean quickly. He is furious that I would dare to leave him. Even madder that I would even think of rejecting him, and I could not care less.
He was coming to our pack and from the sound of it, was just a few minutes behind us. I advised dad, and when we arrived at the gates, there were fifty warriors standing there, waiting on us.
The gate guards saw us coming and we sailed through, with the warriors that came out to meet us right behind us. The gate guards didn’t waste time securing the gate back again.
I didn’t get time to get nervous as I saw them coming at a quick rate up the paved road, just two minutes behind us. The truck had barely stopped when he and his Beta exited the SUV.
I could see her in the back seat, but she didn’t get out. “Olivia, stop this nonsense and come back with us right now.
Everything has already been prepared, and I have spent thousands on your Luna ceremony. The invitations have all been sent, and they will all be here on Saturday to see you become my Luna.
It would be an embarrassment for us to not be married, just stop your pity party, and come back with me.
You have misunderstood my relationship with Avery” Chad said with confidence in each of his words. He was acting like I was paranoid and delusional, but I know what I saw.
I refuse to live a life where he is OK with hurting me. This was only the beginning, the part that is supposed to be the most beautiful, and the happiest for us.
If he was willing to do this to me, now. I can imagine what my life would be like later. No, he is trying to gaslight me, and I wasn’t going to accept it.
If I went back, according to the anger I see in his eyes, I would be hurt, and I will never be able to get away safely again. I refuse to sign up for that. I didn’t make a mistake, he did.
“Chad, I will not be going back. You can throw away all my things, I won’t need them anymore. I want no reminders of the time I met my fated mate, and he betrayed me.
I know what you were doing, you forget that when you cheat, your mate knows. I FELT it, that is why I came looking for you. How stupid can you be to have forgotten that?
I am so thankful that you let me know before we were bound together exactly what kind of a man you are. I refuse to be connected to you, or your pack.
The money that my dad was going to give you to help your pack, it’s gone too. You made your decision, you chose Avery. So get Avery’s dad to help you out, we are done now.
I am just thankful I didn’t sleep with you. Avery gets around, and I would have hated to follow her into your bed. It disgusts me to even think about it, my stomach is turning now.
Please, just accept my rejection, and let me go, Chad. There is nothing to discuss. I saw her riding you like she would be getting paid for it” I told him.
I wanted his Beta, who was a good man, to know who he was working for. I bet the whole 3-hour trip here, Chad had done nothing but complain about me.
I see Gregory’s head snap over to look at him, and then Avery, and I see when he realizes that they had been together. He can smell it on both of them. “We are done when I say that we are.
I cannot help what happened, between me and Avery. She is pregnant with my child, and I couldn’t resist being with her again.
I am sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you, but I had been dating her for over a year when I found you. The bond was strong and pulled me in, I couldn’t say no to you being my mate.
I wanted you, you are beautiful, and will bear me strong pups too. I tried to stay away from her, but I care about her too.
When she told me about being pregnant, I was only going to kiss her, but it ended up going too far. I am still willing to let you be my Luna though, I want you to come back to my pack, Olivia.
You were created to be my Luna” He tells me, and I almost collapsed at the news that she is pregnant with his pup. I laughed, but there was no humor in it. “No, Chad. I refuse.
I rejected you, now please accept it. Accept it before you leave, and go back to your pack. You already have a pup coming, and they should be your heir. Clearly, you cared for her at one point.
She is your Luna now, I refuse to enter your land again. Just leave me in peace, Chad” I told him. I am sick over the fact that he got her pregnant before he met me.
He is 25, and I had just turned 21, I thought I had been given a gift, I just didn’t know it was one that I would be happy to return. “Did you not hear that I was going to let you be my Luna?
Stop being petty and come out here to me right now. You are ruining my reputation in front of all these people. I will not allow it, Olivia.
You will come back with me and go through with the Luna ceremony. I will force you if I need to” Chad told me, and my father and brother both growled at him.
I guess he didn’t see them, but he can hang it up. We are completely done here. “Chad, I will give you 48 hours to accept Olivia’s rejection.
If you fail to reject her, or if you sleep with that woman again in that time frame, I won’t hesitate to decimate your pack. I have already reported this to the council.
I am sure that they will see my side of it” my father told him as he walked forward to block me from Chad’s view. I can see Chad swallow in his nervousness. Chad’s pack was small, about 330 people.
He would not stand a chance against us. If we attacked him, he would lose, badly, and he knew it. A door popped open on the SUV and Avery walked up to Chad giving me a smirk.
“He wanted me so I guess I win. I will be the next Luna” Avery told me, still smiling at me. “I am sorry, are you deaf, did you not hear the whole speech he gave?
He still wanted me to come back and be his Luna. I won’t be doing it though. You can try to wear my dress, I left everything behind, but it won’t fit you the same way as it would me.
I feel even worse for that poor pack now, you will destroy it” I told her and smiled, she was tall and thin, with almost no curves on her.
She was mad at what I said, and I was hurt that he chose to sleep with her. She was not as attractive as I was, and the bond should have pushed him to me.
But I refuse to acknowledge that she had beaten me. I was going to willingly give him up. I don’t want him anymore. “Chad, she will not return. Let’s just go back home.
Accept her rejection” Avery told him. I could tell that he didn’t want to, but with pressure from the mother of his pup, and my dad letting him know that he would be glad to level his pack, he did it.
His acceptance of my rejection hurt me less than when I found them together. I was glad to be free.
“Don’t contact me again Chad, we are through from this day forward” I told him as his Beta, and Avery helped him back to the SUV.
I was just glad that the Goddess allowed me to stand tall as they left. It hurt, but not as bad as I thought it was going to.
“That was a gift from the Goddess, for what your mate did Olivia” Topaz told me in our link. I knew that she was right and that the Goddess would bless us in the future.
FLASHBACK ENDS
Sure enough, Topaz was right, I met Cole at the winter ball two weeks later, and he was, and still is, the perfect mate. I remember getting a call from Chad 4 months later.
I didn’t look at my phone before I answered, or I wouldn’t have answered it. He was giving me a pity party about Avery lying to him.
She had just given birth, but the baby didn’t look like either of them. Turned out she was pregnant, but it wasn’t his baby, what a big surprise.
He had her stripped of her title and banished from the pack along with the father of her pup, and their baby. He wanted me back. I could barely stop myself from laughing out loud at the request.
He is crazy, why would I ever give him a second chance? He was not a good mate and probably would never know how to be one.
I was 3 months pregnant with Carter at the time, and Cole had just taken the phone away from me. He had heard everything that Chad had said, and he straightened Chad out quickly.
Just hearing who I was mated to now made sure that I never received another call from Chad again. I know that the Goddess would not be granting him another true mate, because of what he did to me.
If there was anyone, besides Cole, who understood almost exactly what Raven was going through, it would be me. I was so thankful for the fact that Carter was spared from his mate’s actions.
That she had tricked that poor Justin into marking her against his will made me just sick for him, but he had agreed to the deal originally. He will just have to live with it now.
I am praying that both of our children can meet their second-chance mates now that they are free from their true mates.
They didn’t deserve to be with people like that, they both dodged a bullet, and I am glad that the Goddess took care of them both.