Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter - Chapter 130: Chapter 187
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                    Blake’s POV
I had killed Garrett, and then Marc, when I see that Graham has changed his mind about getting his “revenge” against Raven and Reagan.
I knew it was all bullshit that he came up with just to do his actual plan all along. Graham is just a con man, willing to do whatever he needs to do to convince others to fall for his crap.
I am done with him, and since Travis was just killed, and Forest is fighting right now, I am going to go deal with Graham.
He is the last one on my list to be paid back for what they did to me at Black Moon. I never knew that my men were low enough to betray my trust like that.
Graham used his money to get them to go along with him. I can speak from experience on that, as it happened to me too. Graham conned and bought me as well, and it ended up costing me everything.
I can see what he is about to do, and I cannot allow him to kill Cheryl’s husband. Anton made her happy, and she has suffered enough at our hands.
I didn’t think twice before I lunged in front of him, knocking his body down with my momentum. Anton had just killed a rogue wolf that he had been fighting with.
Graham shot the gun as Anton dropped the body to turn and go see if there were any more rogues to fight. The bullet hit me in my side, right under my ribs.
The bullet felt like it went through my back, so it was a through-and-through shot, but the burning pain that I felt was tremendous.
I have never been shot before, and the level of pain took my breath away. It was unexpected for him to immediately call for help for me, from his own brother.
I saw Brandon and Justin also run over to help and they both took up protective stances around us in case anyone came over to attack us.
Anton laid me on the ground as gently as he could, as his brother arrived to check out my injury.
I heard another shot ring out again, and I heard Graham cussing and looked over to see him writhing in pain. I can see that he had been shot in the upper arm, in both of his arms.
I knew the sound of the shot he took at me was loud, but I thought that it was because he had shot at me and because I was so close to this gun.
I see now that an armed warrior was in the nest near us, with his gun still trained on Graham.
I am sure if he tried to reach out and grab the gun lying about 5 feet from him again, that it would probably not end well for him.
I wasn’t positive about when he got shot the first time, but I now suspect that he was shot when he tried to shoot Anton. We were all warned that if they saw a weapon, they would shoot.
I am glad he is now disarmed, I didn’t want him to shoot anyone else while they were trying to help me.
Anton’s brother started trying to heal me, and Anton was next to me trying to keep me calm, but it wasn’t working due to what he said to me.
“You know my getting shot most likely wouldn’t have killed me, Blake, at least not for long.
It would have hurt, but it would take more than just a bullet to take me out” Anton told me and I replied through gritted teeth, “Clearly, I did not know that Anton.
I just couldn’t let him take you away from Cheryl. She is finally happy again, you make her happy. I couldn’t let him get away with hurting her like he did before.
I also just want to point out that what you said really doesn’t sound like a thank you, at all.”
Anton laughed and said, “Thank you, Blake. I appreciate you doing that for me.
It was noble of you to do it, and we will get you taken care of.
Just lay still while Alexei works on you, OK.” Anton continued to stay with me as the sounds of fighting got lower and lower as the rouges were defeated.
I heard a few more gunshots in the distance, as I gritted my teeth and bore with the pain.
I could tell that it wasn’t healing as quickly as they wanted it to, and I knew that I had some internal damage that was the real problem here.
The burning sensation was actually getting worse, not better for me. I could tell from the looks on their faces, that I was not healing at the rate that they wanted me to.
This might end up being a problem, I just hate that I may not have time to speak to Cheryl or my sons.
I looked up at Anton and said, “I would like for Kevin to take over the Black Moon pack if he would like to take the position. Tell him that I know that Forest was never going to be a good Alpha.
Tell him I knew that he would make an excellent Alpha. Make sure you go to Aaron and get that taken care of. My will is in my safe as well as all the documents for what I wanted to happen in the pack.
Kevin was the next in line for Alpha, anyway, and from what I have seen, he will do the job properly.
When I sent our Black Moon warriors to surrender at the gate, I told them that Kevin would be their next Alpha, if I died in the battle.
Just make sure one of my sons ends up taking over the position of Alpha. Both Kevin and Robert will be a good choice.”
“You are not going to die, Blake, Kira is coming to us right now.
She has the greatest amount of healing power, and I have faith that she will save you.
Alexei has done all that he can for the moment” Anton told me and I just closed my eyes and laid my head back down on the ground.
I felt gentle hands touch me and I opened my eyes to see a beautiful redhead hovering over me. She seemed to be surprised by me staring at her, and I can see her blush as she continued to work on me.
I could hear Forest taunting Kevin in the background, and Kevin replying back to him.
It hurt my heart knowing that I had held Forest in such high regard, all while tearing Kevin down from my jealousy over thinking that he was not mine.
I made so many mistakes, and they all ended up biting me in the a*s. I jerked when I heard Cheryl’s voice a short time later. I was glad that she was safe.
I couldn’t find her to protect her during the battle. “I made sure that Cheryl and the children were kept safe, Blake” I could hear Anton tell me.
I was honestly surprised that he was still next to me while the redhead continued to heal me.
I could tell that she was tired, but she kept on, and soon the burning pain that I felt, was no longer there causing me extreme pain.
I was thankful for it, and as I sat up, she fell over, passing out in exhaustion. I couldn’t stop myself from taking her into my arms.
I felt something towards her when she placed her hands on me, and it wasn’t because of her working on me or my injury. I feel a little tingle like a bond, and I was frankly shocked to have felt it.
I held her tighter to me, as I refused to let her go. She helped me, and I will take care of her until she is strong enough to wake up.
She needs to be protected right now, and I will be the one to do it for her. I looked down at her beautiful face and stroked her long hair out of the way.
I remember seeing her before, but I never really interacted with her, as I was so focused on trying to get Cheryl to come back to me, it had been my only focus at that time.
All of the female vampires that were there to help Aaron were beautiful, but I just paid no attention to any of them.
I know now it was because my pride had been so hurt by Cheryl’s rejection of me, I was on a crusade to get her back, no matter what just to prove to myself that I could.
I was holding on to a pipe dream as we both knew that no matter the reason why, I had gone too far. We both knew that she was never going to accept me again.
I had completely fallen for Graham’s plan and ruined the love that we had for each other in the process. I am amazed at the feelings that I have right now, they are very faint, but they are there.
I will have to ask Cheryl if this is what she felt about Anton. I had heard from Graham when he came to my cell to make a deal with me, that she had claimed him as her mate and marked him.
I know it is possible now, I just didn’t expect this to happen to me. I see Anton looking at me, and then at how I am holding her.
He nods at me and stands up from where he had been kneeling next to me.
I see Alexei is also looking at us quizzically and I see that their realization of the situation hit them at about the same time.
They both seem OK with it, but I don’t know if this beautiful woman is going to be happy, or not when she wakes up. I have so many questions right now.
Is this the reason that I never met my true mate? Because she was not a wolf? I cannot even wrap my head around it yet. I didn’t really have problems with vampires before.
I only had a problem with Anton because he was taking my chosen mate away from me. Now, Graham, he has a pretty big problem with them.
I also know as soon as he realizes what is going on with me and her, that I will be hearing it, and I do not want to hear a word against her.
I noticed a dark-haired female walking up to us and I see her eyebrow arch as she looks down at us. I can see her looking at Alexei to find out what is going on.
I see a smile on her face as she looked down at us again. I can only hope that the woman that I am cradling against me will be as happy when she finds out that we have some type of bond together.
I am concerned as I know for a fact that they knew about a number of our issues, and they had taken Cheryl’s side in it. I cannot blame them, as I was the one to screw everything up between us.
But I am not that man anymore. I have made changes, especially in the last 16 months. Being locked up in a cell, that is all you can do is think. I was able to see where it all went wrong, and why.
The blinders that I had been wearing were off, and I could finally see everything clearly. I looked down at her again, and how did I never notice that everything about her is perfect?
Her button nose, her full lips, and her face is absolutely beautiful to me. Her long lashes touch her cheeks, and it is dark out here, so I have no idea what color her eyes even are.
I am kicking myself for not noticing this pull towards her before, but until she touched me, I didn’t feel anything. For wolfs, all you have to do is look into your mate’s eyes or scent them.
That didn’t happen here with my beautiful now mate, I only sensed it with her touch. I have to assume that the bond is muted for us because we are different species.
I wish Cheryl would come over here, so I can ask her how she knew, and if what I am feeling was the same as she felt.
I lightly touch her cheek with the back of my finger and the feeling is even stronger now. Is it because I was holding her? Allowing whatever bond we have to grow?
I see more of her kind coming up as some of them had been fighting further away from our location.
The women were pretty interested in the possessive way that I was holding her, and they all seemed to be happy for her. I couldn’t help it.
I was scared to death that as soon as she woke up, she would take off and leave me. I just found her, I didn’t want to lose her.
“How hard up do you have to be to even look twice at a bloodsucker, Blake? You are such a disappointment. Even Cheryl’s weak a*s would be better than the leech you are holding in your arms.
Goddess, how can you call yourself an Alpha wolf, and think that she could ever be your Luna? The pack would never accept it. What the hell are you even thinking?
If you thought that Cheryl had it bad, take this blood demon back with you and see what happens.
You must have taken a pretty hard blow to the head during the fight to even be considering it” Graham’s voice calls out and then the night ring’s out with his laughter.
I wanted to rip his head off his shoulders for disrespecting my mate.
My growl could not be contained and I stood up with my mate in my arms and asked Anton’s brother to hold her as I still needed to deal with this a*****e.
Brandon and Justin both stepped up in front of me, to block Graham from me. Brandon quietly said, “There are a couple of people who also want to deal with him.
You know that he has hurt a lot of people and you are not the only one who has an issue with him. Just be patient, you will get your turn.
We will decide fairly on who will get to end him.”
I turned to walk back to take back my mate from Alexei when I saw that she had just woken up.
She was startled to be in Alexei’s arms, and he immediately put her on her feet.
He held her waist for a minute to make sure that she wasn’t going to fall, and I was fighting the growl that wanted to tear out of me.
She was mine, and seeing him holding her, however innocently, was getting my wolf, Kona, pissed off. She was swaying a little on her feet, still weak from healing not just Cole, but me as well.
I could not stop myself from going over to assist her. I could see the confusion on her face until her hands wrapped around my wrist to push me away.
Her eyes flying up to mine let me know that she could feel it too and that I wasn’t just imagining things.
The brilliant smile on her face as she looks up at me, let my fear that had been knotting my stomach up finally relax.
She didn’t seem like she had an issue with me right now, and I was very happy about that. I started praying to the Goddess that she wouldn’t have one once she realized that I was Cheryl’s ex-mate.
Some of the knots came back with that thought. “Goddess, I do not have time for this s**t. Just let me go, Brandon, you have nothing on me, and I swear that I will leave the state.
I will never come back if you are willing to let me go now” Graham said.
I was glad to hear laughter rise up into the night as Raven, Reagan, Cole, and Cheryl walked up to where he was still lying on the ground. “Wow that is such a nice offer there, Graham.
I have to say that we are going to be passing on it. You will never be leaving Black Adder. I cannot believe that you have the nerve to stand there and say you haven’t done anything.
You really have a funny way of looking at all the problems that you have caused over the years. There is a reason that the Goddess herself was working against you.
Clue in, as you specifically hurt the Luna of Black Adder. You tore them apart and there are some pretty stiff penalties, including death, that can be imposed.
If we look at your whole life of cheating and conning people, you deserve the death sentence that you have been given. What you did to Raven alone, in my opinion, warrants it.
So save your breath, your sentence has already been decided on by the council. It is my pleasure as a member of the council to pass down your sentence at this time. You are to be put to death, Graham.
There is nothing you can do to stop it. We just need to see who the lucky person to carry it out will be, as that is the real question here.
You hurt so many people, we may have to have a drawing to see who the lucky candidate will be” Council member Emerson announced to the group. “I don’t have to kill him, as long as it gets done.
I just don’t want another night to pass with him still in this world. What he did to me was long ago, and my anger is no longer as it was about it.
I learned from the Goddess that I went through it, for me to be a better Luna for it. I just want this to be over and done with.
I have spent the last 18 years with this battle hanging over my head, and I am just glad that it is over and done now” Raven told the group.
“I should have killed you the second I knew that you were his baby. Cassandra make me spare you and you were the reason that I ended up here.
I should have ignored her wishes and dealt with you like I wanted to do.
I would have never even been in this mess now if you hadn’t run away from Silver Blade like you did” Graham spit out at Raven and the fury in his eyes was obvious.
Both Brandon and Justin growled at him and stepped forward to deal with him, but she calmed them both putting her hand on each one of their arms.
She shook her head at them and said, “This is the last act of a desperate man.” Graham growled out in his anger but stayed silent.
“He only recently showed his issue with me, but I am good with someone else carrying it out. He did far worse to others than he did to me. He actually took very good care of me for a long time.
His problem with me arose when I was no longer his “perfect” daughter anymore. After I was scarred up in the attack I had less value in his eyes. He no longer looked at me the same way.
I could tell that he wasn’t proud of me anymore, but it is his loss. I told him what I wanted to say to him back in the cells at Black Adder.
I have nothing else I need to say to him” Reagan said to the group. “I already disowned you Reagan, you are completely ungrateful.
Look at how you repaid my benevolence to you, by stealing my money away from me. You are no longer my daughter. We are nothing to each other” Graham told her.
“I already fought him, and when he was about to lose, he pulled out a knife and stabbed me. I feel like I got my pound of flesh from him, I don’t have to end him myself.
I am willing to defer to others on this. I feel like Cheryl, or Blake, should decide between them who will get to end him. I am good with either of them, as long as the end result is that he is dead.
It will be about damn time too” Cole announced to the group. I gave Graham a smirk, as I hope this is about to play out in my favor. Chapter 188
Cheryl’s POV
This has been a very long night.
The kids were great while we were secured in the house. The boys stayed upstairs and played video games, and the girls all helped me with the babies.
The babies were just a few months old now, but they loved to be held, so they quite literally were just passed around by the girls for hours. I only got them back for feedings.
The girls did the rest of it, playing with them, and even changing their diapers. They were a really big help and no trouble at all. I had my doubts at first with 18 children in one home.
They didn’t even notice the men running past the house on their way to the packhouse, but I did. I was scared for Anton and Kevin, as well as my friends and fellow coven members.
There were so many rogues, and some vampires mixed in with them. I was very afraid about the outcome. Anton linked me when they got the all-clear from Brandon.
The forest had been searched, and all the remaining rogues had been located and taken care of at that time. I couldn’t wait to get to Anton and make sure that he was actually OK.
The children stayed with me as we hurried to the packhouse, and I was glad to see that they had a lot of the rogues cleared up from the ground.
There was still death present, but it is part of our life. Not a good aspect of it, but one that we, unfortunately, have to learn to deal with.
I had the older children on the end where the bodies needed to be picked up and the younger children were just looking for their parents to make sure that they were not injured.
I was glad to see that the bodies on the ground were not our pack members, but the rogues. I was anticipating seeing more Black Moon pack members, but they may have already been picked up.
I heard Forest before I saw him, and left Raven’s youngest children, and my babies with her in their stroller.
What Forest was saying was complete lies, and he needed to know that no one was going to stop the punishment that he is about to receive.
He has no one else to blame, this all came from a decision that he himself had decided upon. He needed to know that when you make bad choices, you reap all the rewards that come from it.
Both the good and the bad. He had been able to talk himself out of so much trouble previously, he probably thought that he could do it again. He was wrong, about a lot of things.
I will not stop what needs to be done. Forest is very much like Graham, he would definitely come back, and try to destroy the pack. It is best to cut the head off the snake and kill it now.
I knew that Jax would be more merciful than Forest deserved, but there were children around, so I guided all the younger ones away with me when I left the circle.
They didn’t need to see what is going to happen to Forest. I see Graham lying there on the ground as I passed him. I can see that he had been shot. He is such a worthless piece of crap.
I am sure he hurt so many in this fight. Raven brought me up to speed quickly telling me what happened to Cole, and then mentioning that Blake had actually jumped in front of Anton to save him.
I was stunned at what he had done for us. I knew exactly why he had, and I wanted to thank him for it. I got closer to where Blake was and I see the look on his face as he holds Kira.
I know exactly what is going on, and I couldn’t be more happy for them. Blake will take very good care of her.
I can see the wonder on his face as he gently stroked her cheek, and I remember that he had never found his mate. He took me as his chosen because of that fact, as he wanted heirs for the pack.
I see why he never found her now, he was looking for a she-wolf when his mate was a vampire. Graham, as usual, ruined the moment for Blake.
I was proud of Blake for wanting to tear Graham apart for his disrespect. I walked up to Anton to hug him and make sure that he was not harmed.
The relief I felt at him being basically uninjured was a great relief, as he only had some cuts and bruises.
Raven, Reagan, and Cole all announced to the group that they were good with someone else ending Graham. I wanted to do it, but in this, I am going to defer to Blake.
As much as I wanted to be the one to end him for hurting me and Kevin so badly. I knew that we are where we need to be, because of it. We are very happy now, and Robert is happy here as well.
I have Anton, and my babies, and although the ugliness and abuse were almost unbearable at the time, I would go through it again to get to Anton.
I knew that Graham had hurt Blake the most, both physically, and emotionally. He had lost a mate, and a son, because he listened to Graham.
He was made to look like a fool in front of his pack because they all ended up seeing what happened. His being locked up in his own pack, had to have been humiliating.
Blake was the one who actually lost the most, and was duped the most. He was beaten, and his pack stolen from him because the men he depended on, as well as his heir, betrayed him.
He deserves this opportunity, and I am going to let him finish what he started. Brandon had mentioned how Blake was a big help in the battle.
How Blake had killed a few people, including two strong fighters from Black Moon before he was shot by Graham. Just for that alone, Blake needs to be the one to end Graham, I am fine with that.
Raven, Reagan, Stella, and Lanie started getting the younger children together.
I knew what they were doing as Blake is going to be fighting Graham to the death, and the younger children needed to not be here when it happened.
I let Reagan’s oldest daughter Tatiana take my twins with them to the pack house to watch them for me on the Alpha level. Raven’s daughters, Emersyn, and Sasha, went with Tatiana to help.
They were taking the younger children in to get them their baths, and ready for bed. Truett had already gone to the new packhouse after the all-clear, and let everyone out of the secured area.
He did that at the same time I was allowed to leave my house. Everyone was glad to find their family members and head home after this.
We didn’t escape without some losses, as Brandon said that 8 of our pack members were confirmed dead. Three more warriors were still missing at the moment.
But that was a minimal loss for us in such a large battle. “I am good with Blake finishing this for us all. It is what Graham deserves for what he put Blake through for over a year in the cells.
This fight is what he earned, and it is about time that Graham got what he has coming to him” I stated to the group.
I see Blake turn around in surprise to look at me, he was so caught up in holding Kira up, that he didn’t notice that I was behind him. “Just shoot me and be done with it, OK.
I don’t have the ability to fight anymore, as I have been shot. Surely you are humane enough to just end me.
The council does not condone this type of treatment, you cannot just beat up a man who isn’t able to defend himself” Graham stated to us.
I can’t believe that he actually thinks that he will be getting the easy way out of this situation. I have to press my lips together to contain my laugh.
He really is much more delusional than any of us thought. We are all aware of a lot of what Raven had to deal with. He has done too much in his life to get a free pass for everything that he has done.
There is no way that what he did to Justin, Cole, Raven, Blake, and me could be swept away.
Even his own daughter and his mate, Cassandra, were not even exempt from his actions, along with countless others.
He is a real piece of work, and I hope that the Goddess takes care of him on her end too. “It would be my pleasure to end him, but as much as I hate to ask for anyone to help him, can he be healed?
I don’t want him to have the excuse that he was not able to fight as the reason that he will lose to me. It won’t be, as he is not a good enough fighter to beat me.
He does the bare minimum to train and depends on others to try to protect him. I was blindsided by everyone I trusted deciding to work for him.
The pain of their betrayal after what I had done for all of them was a complete slap in the face. I was lifted off the floor daily, and beaten until Graham tired himself out, for a year.
I do not want him to get away and not get the punishment that he deserves. I want him to be fully able to fight me, despite knowing that he will end up losing.
He has earned what he is about to get, as I need to pay him back for what he did to me, my family, and my pack.
I will not let him get a free pass or get away with all the things that he put us through” Blake said, while looking dead at Graham.
“Alexei, can you and Dmitriy please heal Graham’s arms so he can fight? I agree with Blake. Graham does not deserve to take the easy way out of this.
He needs to be 100 percent healed before their fight, so he doesn’t have any excuse as to why he lost.
I refuse to wait another day for him to get what he deserves” I asked for help as I knew that Graham would hate it. They both knew where I was going with it and grinned at me as they stepped forward.
“I refuse for any of these leeches to touch me, and I will not be fighting you, Blake. You made your own choices, and that led us to this point.
Accept your culpability in what you did, Blake, because I never twisted your arm. In fact, Cheryl didn’t fall for it when I went to her first.
She knew I was lying about you cheating on her, she knew that because she knew what it felt like to be cheated on. You, however, took the bait and ran with it.
You were so offended to even think that she would cheat on you, that you were right on board with everything I even suggested to you. I was honestly surprised at how fast you did fall for it.
It was like you couldn’t wait for the entire pack to know how bad Cheryl was to you. I am sure it was your pride that demanded for her to admit her guilt, and beg for forgiveness.
I really thought that she would just beg for you to forgive her. She loved you so much at the time, that I thought she would bend to your will.
I figured that she would admit to doing it, just to make you happy. It would have worked either way, her denying it kept you angry and frustrated.
Her admitting it would have made her become even more of an outcast and pariah. I was actually surprised by the fact that she refused to bend at all on this.
No matter how hard I made it on her or Kevin. She refused to comply with what I wanted her to do” Graham spoke out to the group. “I agree, I made a huge mistake, Graham.
I was so hurt at the thought of her having cheated on me. It crushed me to even think that she would do that to me, but I finally saw the error of my ways.
I know that he is mine and Cheryl never cheated on me. I messed up badly, but you are right, I did fall for it, and it broke my heart.
I wished I had done what she did, and called you out on your lies, or gone to speak to her about it. Instead, I refused to listen to her when she tried to point out all the inaccuracies you gave me.
I was arrogant, and even physically violent to her on a few occasions. You set me up for that too Graham. You played me like a fool, and I let you do it.
My pain over the situation completely overrode my logic. I just kept pushing harder trying to force her to say the words that I never actually wanted her to say.
I wanted all of our children to be mine. I needed them to be mine. You worked my fear and possessiveness against me, and my whole family suffered the price for it, Graham.
That was the very worst of it. The fact that you took a happy family, and tore us all apart, for absolutely no reason” Blake told him.
I was proud of him for admitting his mistakes in front of the group. There were a lot of people standing here with us and Blake was a proud man.
But he laid his pride down and admitted that I did better than he did in this. The fact that he admitted that he should have listened to me from the very beginning, was amazing enough.
I knew that he was sorry for what he had done, but until this very moment, I didn’t fully believe him. People say a lot of things, usually things that you want to hear.
Blake had said all of the things he knew I wanted to hear, it was his typical MO. He did it when he went too far with me during our arguments.
He would always come back and promise me he just went too far because he “was angry and couldn’t control himself.
It will never happen again, I swear.” Only it would happen again, and the process kept repeating itself.
I can see the change in him today though, old Blake would have run over to stop the fight Forest was in. He would have made excuses for Forest as to why he had done what he did.
This time, now that Blake knew just how far Forest had gone, he knew that redemption was not going to be offered.
I am thankful that Blake sees things so much clearer now than he did, and it is a big change in him. “I was honestly surprised that you were even dumb enough to believe me, Blake.
I mean, you took me in when you knew that I was on the run from the council. You had looked me up, you got the notifications each month from the council telling you that they were looking for me.
They don’t do that for innocent people. As far as I am concerned, you deserved to lose her. You apparently never valued her in the first place, because if you did, you would never have listened to me.
You never once stopped to think about the fact that she was literally too scared to leave the pack unless you were with her.
If you really think about it, you caused this whole thing to happen, because of your inflated Alpha pride.
I shouldn’t be getting punished for something that you were only too willing, and apparently happy to do to your own chosen mate” Graham said, and the growl that Blake let out shook the trees near us.
“You vicious bastard, you are the sole reason that this started. I was completely happy with Cheryl, and our children. The pack was running well and things were good.
We were able to get the walls up to secure our pack, the roads paved, and businesses started. Black Moon was more successful than it had ever been before.
You giving me that extra money, ended up causing some of my children to start becoming spoiled brats. The money made me more lenient on you, and that was how you slipped the knife in.
You had me lower my guard by acting like you were fine with the punishment that your own daughter had earned.
She never had to do what she did, she did it because she wanted to be in a position of power, and felt entitled enough to try to take it away from Cheryl.
You and your family had things so well in the pack. You need to remember that if Reagan had never tried to hurt my and Cheryl’s relationship, it would have never happened.
She almost caused Cheryl to lose our baby and it caused the first fracture in our relationship. How could you even say that all of this was my fault?
Messing with the Alpha couple earns a stiff punishment. Don’t act like you were righteous in what you have done, you weren’t. Not with any of it, Graham.
You act as if you have never done anything wrong to anyone but just look around Graham. Everyone here knows exactly who you are, and what you have done.
You are an evil man, who is willing to do absolutely anything to get what you want, no matter the cost. Up to and including drugging your own mate to sleep with you again.
I feel so sorry for Cassandra for having to have to deal with you for so long, she must have really loved you to put up with everything she did.
I cannot imagine how she managed to do that for all these years, you were not a good mate to her Graham,” Blake stated, and Graham was pissed.
“Do not talk about my mate, she was so much better than all of you, and that b***h took her away from me. I just did what needed to be done. I made mistakes, but who among us hasn’t?
You all act like you are perfect, but you aren’t. I just managed to be man enough to get the difficult things done. I am sorry if you all think you are all better than me.
You aren’t, I was just bold enough not to hide who I am. Cole was a crybaby about losing his mate, and his baby, big deal. He had other children, get over it.
Raven had it tough for a little while, so what? She is tough for having lived through it, her life is fine now, and she has two mates to take care of her.
Cheryl just found another mate, so in a way, I helped her. You are looking at this all wrong.
You need to change your perspective, and you will see that I have helped a lot of people too” Graham said in a frustrated tone, huffing at us at the end.
There was a stunned silence at the end of his tirade. No one could believe how Graham downplayed everything he did to others like there was nothing wrong with it.
“You will fight then, best man wins,” Blake said as he stepped back away from Graham. Alexei and Dmitriy stepped forward and each went to take an arm to heal.
Graham tried to fight them off, but with both of his arms injured, it didn’t work out very well for him.
Brandon and Justin stepped forward to hold Graham’s legs, to hold him still as he was still fighting to keep them from healing him.
It didn’t work out for him and a few minutes later he had full use of both his arms again.
Graham cussed Alexei and Dmitriy with offensive words the whole time that they were healing him, but that was not unexpected.
Graham was pissed because while Brandon was holding one of his legs down, Brandon found the second knife that Graham had stashed.
I was glad that they found it, and Graham was searched for any other weapons before he was cleared to fight. We all knew why he had them, Graham is not as good a fighter as he thinks that he is.
Now that there is no hidden weapon to pull out and kill Blake with, Graham knew that he was as good as dead right now.
                
            
        I had killed Garrett, and then Marc, when I see that Graham has changed his mind about getting his “revenge” against Raven and Reagan.
I knew it was all bullshit that he came up with just to do his actual plan all along. Graham is just a con man, willing to do whatever he needs to do to convince others to fall for his crap.
I am done with him, and since Travis was just killed, and Forest is fighting right now, I am going to go deal with Graham.
He is the last one on my list to be paid back for what they did to me at Black Moon. I never knew that my men were low enough to betray my trust like that.
Graham used his money to get them to go along with him. I can speak from experience on that, as it happened to me too. Graham conned and bought me as well, and it ended up costing me everything.
I can see what he is about to do, and I cannot allow him to kill Cheryl’s husband. Anton made her happy, and she has suffered enough at our hands.
I didn’t think twice before I lunged in front of him, knocking his body down with my momentum. Anton had just killed a rogue wolf that he had been fighting with.
Graham shot the gun as Anton dropped the body to turn and go see if there were any more rogues to fight. The bullet hit me in my side, right under my ribs.
The bullet felt like it went through my back, so it was a through-and-through shot, but the burning pain that I felt was tremendous.
I have never been shot before, and the level of pain took my breath away. It was unexpected for him to immediately call for help for me, from his own brother.
I saw Brandon and Justin also run over to help and they both took up protective stances around us in case anyone came over to attack us.
Anton laid me on the ground as gently as he could, as his brother arrived to check out my injury.
I heard another shot ring out again, and I heard Graham cussing and looked over to see him writhing in pain. I can see that he had been shot in the upper arm, in both of his arms.
I knew the sound of the shot he took at me was loud, but I thought that it was because he had shot at me and because I was so close to this gun.
I see now that an armed warrior was in the nest near us, with his gun still trained on Graham.
I am sure if he tried to reach out and grab the gun lying about 5 feet from him again, that it would probably not end well for him.
I wasn’t positive about when he got shot the first time, but I now suspect that he was shot when he tried to shoot Anton. We were all warned that if they saw a weapon, they would shoot.
I am glad he is now disarmed, I didn’t want him to shoot anyone else while they were trying to help me.
Anton’s brother started trying to heal me, and Anton was next to me trying to keep me calm, but it wasn’t working due to what he said to me.
“You know my getting shot most likely wouldn’t have killed me, Blake, at least not for long.
It would have hurt, but it would take more than just a bullet to take me out” Anton told me and I replied through gritted teeth, “Clearly, I did not know that Anton.
I just couldn’t let him take you away from Cheryl. She is finally happy again, you make her happy. I couldn’t let him get away with hurting her like he did before.
I also just want to point out that what you said really doesn’t sound like a thank you, at all.”
Anton laughed and said, “Thank you, Blake. I appreciate you doing that for me.
It was noble of you to do it, and we will get you taken care of.
Just lay still while Alexei works on you, OK.” Anton continued to stay with me as the sounds of fighting got lower and lower as the rouges were defeated.
I heard a few more gunshots in the distance, as I gritted my teeth and bore with the pain.
I could tell that it wasn’t healing as quickly as they wanted it to, and I knew that I had some internal damage that was the real problem here.
The burning sensation was actually getting worse, not better for me. I could tell from the looks on their faces, that I was not healing at the rate that they wanted me to.
This might end up being a problem, I just hate that I may not have time to speak to Cheryl or my sons.
I looked up at Anton and said, “I would like for Kevin to take over the Black Moon pack if he would like to take the position. Tell him that I know that Forest was never going to be a good Alpha.
Tell him I knew that he would make an excellent Alpha. Make sure you go to Aaron and get that taken care of. My will is in my safe as well as all the documents for what I wanted to happen in the pack.
Kevin was the next in line for Alpha, anyway, and from what I have seen, he will do the job properly.
When I sent our Black Moon warriors to surrender at the gate, I told them that Kevin would be their next Alpha, if I died in the battle.
Just make sure one of my sons ends up taking over the position of Alpha. Both Kevin and Robert will be a good choice.”
“You are not going to die, Blake, Kira is coming to us right now.
She has the greatest amount of healing power, and I have faith that she will save you.
Alexei has done all that he can for the moment” Anton told me and I just closed my eyes and laid my head back down on the ground.
I felt gentle hands touch me and I opened my eyes to see a beautiful redhead hovering over me. She seemed to be surprised by me staring at her, and I can see her blush as she continued to work on me.
I could hear Forest taunting Kevin in the background, and Kevin replying back to him.
It hurt my heart knowing that I had held Forest in such high regard, all while tearing Kevin down from my jealousy over thinking that he was not mine.
I made so many mistakes, and they all ended up biting me in the a*s. I jerked when I heard Cheryl’s voice a short time later. I was glad that she was safe.
I couldn’t find her to protect her during the battle. “I made sure that Cheryl and the children were kept safe, Blake” I could hear Anton tell me.
I was honestly surprised that he was still next to me while the redhead continued to heal me.
I could tell that she was tired, but she kept on, and soon the burning pain that I felt, was no longer there causing me extreme pain.
I was thankful for it, and as I sat up, she fell over, passing out in exhaustion. I couldn’t stop myself from taking her into my arms.
I felt something towards her when she placed her hands on me, and it wasn’t because of her working on me or my injury. I feel a little tingle like a bond, and I was frankly shocked to have felt it.
I held her tighter to me, as I refused to let her go. She helped me, and I will take care of her until she is strong enough to wake up.
She needs to be protected right now, and I will be the one to do it for her. I looked down at her beautiful face and stroked her long hair out of the way.
I remember seeing her before, but I never really interacted with her, as I was so focused on trying to get Cheryl to come back to me, it had been my only focus at that time.
All of the female vampires that were there to help Aaron were beautiful, but I just paid no attention to any of them.
I know now it was because my pride had been so hurt by Cheryl’s rejection of me, I was on a crusade to get her back, no matter what just to prove to myself that I could.
I was holding on to a pipe dream as we both knew that no matter the reason why, I had gone too far. We both knew that she was never going to accept me again.
I had completely fallen for Graham’s plan and ruined the love that we had for each other in the process. I am amazed at the feelings that I have right now, they are very faint, but they are there.
I will have to ask Cheryl if this is what she felt about Anton. I had heard from Graham when he came to my cell to make a deal with me, that she had claimed him as her mate and marked him.
I know it is possible now, I just didn’t expect this to happen to me. I see Anton looking at me, and then at how I am holding her.
He nods at me and stands up from where he had been kneeling next to me.
I see Alexei is also looking at us quizzically and I see that their realization of the situation hit them at about the same time.
They both seem OK with it, but I don’t know if this beautiful woman is going to be happy, or not when she wakes up. I have so many questions right now.
Is this the reason that I never met my true mate? Because she was not a wolf? I cannot even wrap my head around it yet. I didn’t really have problems with vampires before.
I only had a problem with Anton because he was taking my chosen mate away from me. Now, Graham, he has a pretty big problem with them.
I also know as soon as he realizes what is going on with me and her, that I will be hearing it, and I do not want to hear a word against her.
I noticed a dark-haired female walking up to us and I see her eyebrow arch as she looks down at us. I can see her looking at Alexei to find out what is going on.
I see a smile on her face as she looked down at us again. I can only hope that the woman that I am cradling against me will be as happy when she finds out that we have some type of bond together.
I am concerned as I know for a fact that they knew about a number of our issues, and they had taken Cheryl’s side in it. I cannot blame them, as I was the one to screw everything up between us.
But I am not that man anymore. I have made changes, especially in the last 16 months. Being locked up in a cell, that is all you can do is think. I was able to see where it all went wrong, and why.
The blinders that I had been wearing were off, and I could finally see everything clearly. I looked down at her again, and how did I never notice that everything about her is perfect?
Her button nose, her full lips, and her face is absolutely beautiful to me. Her long lashes touch her cheeks, and it is dark out here, so I have no idea what color her eyes even are.
I am kicking myself for not noticing this pull towards her before, but until she touched me, I didn’t feel anything. For wolfs, all you have to do is look into your mate’s eyes or scent them.
That didn’t happen here with my beautiful now mate, I only sensed it with her touch. I have to assume that the bond is muted for us because we are different species.
I wish Cheryl would come over here, so I can ask her how she knew, and if what I am feeling was the same as she felt.
I lightly touch her cheek with the back of my finger and the feeling is even stronger now. Is it because I was holding her? Allowing whatever bond we have to grow?
I see more of her kind coming up as some of them had been fighting further away from our location.
The women were pretty interested in the possessive way that I was holding her, and they all seemed to be happy for her. I couldn’t help it.
I was scared to death that as soon as she woke up, she would take off and leave me. I just found her, I didn’t want to lose her.
“How hard up do you have to be to even look twice at a bloodsucker, Blake? You are such a disappointment. Even Cheryl’s weak a*s would be better than the leech you are holding in your arms.
Goddess, how can you call yourself an Alpha wolf, and think that she could ever be your Luna? The pack would never accept it. What the hell are you even thinking?
If you thought that Cheryl had it bad, take this blood demon back with you and see what happens.
You must have taken a pretty hard blow to the head during the fight to even be considering it” Graham’s voice calls out and then the night ring’s out with his laughter.
I wanted to rip his head off his shoulders for disrespecting my mate.
My growl could not be contained and I stood up with my mate in my arms and asked Anton’s brother to hold her as I still needed to deal with this a*****e.
Brandon and Justin both stepped up in front of me, to block Graham from me. Brandon quietly said, “There are a couple of people who also want to deal with him.
You know that he has hurt a lot of people and you are not the only one who has an issue with him. Just be patient, you will get your turn.
We will decide fairly on who will get to end him.”
I turned to walk back to take back my mate from Alexei when I saw that she had just woken up.
She was startled to be in Alexei’s arms, and he immediately put her on her feet.
He held her waist for a minute to make sure that she wasn’t going to fall, and I was fighting the growl that wanted to tear out of me.
She was mine, and seeing him holding her, however innocently, was getting my wolf, Kona, pissed off. She was swaying a little on her feet, still weak from healing not just Cole, but me as well.
I could not stop myself from going over to assist her. I could see the confusion on her face until her hands wrapped around my wrist to push me away.
Her eyes flying up to mine let me know that she could feel it too and that I wasn’t just imagining things.
The brilliant smile on her face as she looks up at me, let my fear that had been knotting my stomach up finally relax.
She didn’t seem like she had an issue with me right now, and I was very happy about that. I started praying to the Goddess that she wouldn’t have one once she realized that I was Cheryl’s ex-mate.
Some of the knots came back with that thought. “Goddess, I do not have time for this s**t. Just let me go, Brandon, you have nothing on me, and I swear that I will leave the state.
I will never come back if you are willing to let me go now” Graham said.
I was glad to hear laughter rise up into the night as Raven, Reagan, Cole, and Cheryl walked up to where he was still lying on the ground. “Wow that is such a nice offer there, Graham.
I have to say that we are going to be passing on it. You will never be leaving Black Adder. I cannot believe that you have the nerve to stand there and say you haven’t done anything.
You really have a funny way of looking at all the problems that you have caused over the years. There is a reason that the Goddess herself was working against you.
Clue in, as you specifically hurt the Luna of Black Adder. You tore them apart and there are some pretty stiff penalties, including death, that can be imposed.
If we look at your whole life of cheating and conning people, you deserve the death sentence that you have been given. What you did to Raven alone, in my opinion, warrants it.
So save your breath, your sentence has already been decided on by the council. It is my pleasure as a member of the council to pass down your sentence at this time. You are to be put to death, Graham.
There is nothing you can do to stop it. We just need to see who the lucky person to carry it out will be, as that is the real question here.
You hurt so many people, we may have to have a drawing to see who the lucky candidate will be” Council member Emerson announced to the group. “I don’t have to kill him, as long as it gets done.
I just don’t want another night to pass with him still in this world. What he did to me was long ago, and my anger is no longer as it was about it.
I learned from the Goddess that I went through it, for me to be a better Luna for it. I just want this to be over and done with.
I have spent the last 18 years with this battle hanging over my head, and I am just glad that it is over and done now” Raven told the group.
“I should have killed you the second I knew that you were his baby. Cassandra make me spare you and you were the reason that I ended up here.
I should have ignored her wishes and dealt with you like I wanted to do.
I would have never even been in this mess now if you hadn’t run away from Silver Blade like you did” Graham spit out at Raven and the fury in his eyes was obvious.
Both Brandon and Justin growled at him and stepped forward to deal with him, but she calmed them both putting her hand on each one of their arms.
She shook her head at them and said, “This is the last act of a desperate man.” Graham growled out in his anger but stayed silent.
“He only recently showed his issue with me, but I am good with someone else carrying it out. He did far worse to others than he did to me. He actually took very good care of me for a long time.
His problem with me arose when I was no longer his “perfect” daughter anymore. After I was scarred up in the attack I had less value in his eyes. He no longer looked at me the same way.
I could tell that he wasn’t proud of me anymore, but it is his loss. I told him what I wanted to say to him back in the cells at Black Adder.
I have nothing else I need to say to him” Reagan said to the group. “I already disowned you Reagan, you are completely ungrateful.
Look at how you repaid my benevolence to you, by stealing my money away from me. You are no longer my daughter. We are nothing to each other” Graham told her.
“I already fought him, and when he was about to lose, he pulled out a knife and stabbed me. I feel like I got my pound of flesh from him, I don’t have to end him myself.
I am willing to defer to others on this. I feel like Cheryl, or Blake, should decide between them who will get to end him. I am good with either of them, as long as the end result is that he is dead.
It will be about damn time too” Cole announced to the group. I gave Graham a smirk, as I hope this is about to play out in my favor. Chapter 188
Cheryl’s POV
This has been a very long night.
The kids were great while we were secured in the house. The boys stayed upstairs and played video games, and the girls all helped me with the babies.
The babies were just a few months old now, but they loved to be held, so they quite literally were just passed around by the girls for hours. I only got them back for feedings.
The girls did the rest of it, playing with them, and even changing their diapers. They were a really big help and no trouble at all. I had my doubts at first with 18 children in one home.
They didn’t even notice the men running past the house on their way to the packhouse, but I did. I was scared for Anton and Kevin, as well as my friends and fellow coven members.
There were so many rogues, and some vampires mixed in with them. I was very afraid about the outcome. Anton linked me when they got the all-clear from Brandon.
The forest had been searched, and all the remaining rogues had been located and taken care of at that time. I couldn’t wait to get to Anton and make sure that he was actually OK.
The children stayed with me as we hurried to the packhouse, and I was glad to see that they had a lot of the rogues cleared up from the ground.
There was still death present, but it is part of our life. Not a good aspect of it, but one that we, unfortunately, have to learn to deal with.
I had the older children on the end where the bodies needed to be picked up and the younger children were just looking for their parents to make sure that they were not injured.
I was glad to see that the bodies on the ground were not our pack members, but the rogues. I was anticipating seeing more Black Moon pack members, but they may have already been picked up.
I heard Forest before I saw him, and left Raven’s youngest children, and my babies with her in their stroller.
What Forest was saying was complete lies, and he needed to know that no one was going to stop the punishment that he is about to receive.
He has no one else to blame, this all came from a decision that he himself had decided upon. He needed to know that when you make bad choices, you reap all the rewards that come from it.
Both the good and the bad. He had been able to talk himself out of so much trouble previously, he probably thought that he could do it again. He was wrong, about a lot of things.
I will not stop what needs to be done. Forest is very much like Graham, he would definitely come back, and try to destroy the pack. It is best to cut the head off the snake and kill it now.
I knew that Jax would be more merciful than Forest deserved, but there were children around, so I guided all the younger ones away with me when I left the circle.
They didn’t need to see what is going to happen to Forest. I see Graham lying there on the ground as I passed him. I can see that he had been shot. He is such a worthless piece of crap.
I am sure he hurt so many in this fight. Raven brought me up to speed quickly telling me what happened to Cole, and then mentioning that Blake had actually jumped in front of Anton to save him.
I was stunned at what he had done for us. I knew exactly why he had, and I wanted to thank him for it. I got closer to where Blake was and I see the look on his face as he holds Kira.
I know exactly what is going on, and I couldn’t be more happy for them. Blake will take very good care of her.
I can see the wonder on his face as he gently stroked her cheek, and I remember that he had never found his mate. He took me as his chosen because of that fact, as he wanted heirs for the pack.
I see why he never found her now, he was looking for a she-wolf when his mate was a vampire. Graham, as usual, ruined the moment for Blake.
I was proud of Blake for wanting to tear Graham apart for his disrespect. I walked up to Anton to hug him and make sure that he was not harmed.
The relief I felt at him being basically uninjured was a great relief, as he only had some cuts and bruises.
Raven, Reagan, and Cole all announced to the group that they were good with someone else ending Graham. I wanted to do it, but in this, I am going to defer to Blake.
As much as I wanted to be the one to end him for hurting me and Kevin so badly. I knew that we are where we need to be, because of it. We are very happy now, and Robert is happy here as well.
I have Anton, and my babies, and although the ugliness and abuse were almost unbearable at the time, I would go through it again to get to Anton.
I knew that Graham had hurt Blake the most, both physically, and emotionally. He had lost a mate, and a son, because he listened to Graham.
He was made to look like a fool in front of his pack because they all ended up seeing what happened. His being locked up in his own pack, had to have been humiliating.
Blake was the one who actually lost the most, and was duped the most. He was beaten, and his pack stolen from him because the men he depended on, as well as his heir, betrayed him.
He deserves this opportunity, and I am going to let him finish what he started. Brandon had mentioned how Blake was a big help in the battle.
How Blake had killed a few people, including two strong fighters from Black Moon before he was shot by Graham. Just for that alone, Blake needs to be the one to end Graham, I am fine with that.
Raven, Reagan, Stella, and Lanie started getting the younger children together.
I knew what they were doing as Blake is going to be fighting Graham to the death, and the younger children needed to not be here when it happened.
I let Reagan’s oldest daughter Tatiana take my twins with them to the pack house to watch them for me on the Alpha level. Raven’s daughters, Emersyn, and Sasha, went with Tatiana to help.
They were taking the younger children in to get them their baths, and ready for bed. Truett had already gone to the new packhouse after the all-clear, and let everyone out of the secured area.
He did that at the same time I was allowed to leave my house. Everyone was glad to find their family members and head home after this.
We didn’t escape without some losses, as Brandon said that 8 of our pack members were confirmed dead. Three more warriors were still missing at the moment.
But that was a minimal loss for us in such a large battle. “I am good with Blake finishing this for us all. It is what Graham deserves for what he put Blake through for over a year in the cells.
This fight is what he earned, and it is about time that Graham got what he has coming to him” I stated to the group.
I see Blake turn around in surprise to look at me, he was so caught up in holding Kira up, that he didn’t notice that I was behind him. “Just shoot me and be done with it, OK.
I don’t have the ability to fight anymore, as I have been shot. Surely you are humane enough to just end me.
The council does not condone this type of treatment, you cannot just beat up a man who isn’t able to defend himself” Graham stated to us.
I can’t believe that he actually thinks that he will be getting the easy way out of this situation. I have to press my lips together to contain my laugh.
He really is much more delusional than any of us thought. We are all aware of a lot of what Raven had to deal with. He has done too much in his life to get a free pass for everything that he has done.
There is no way that what he did to Justin, Cole, Raven, Blake, and me could be swept away.
Even his own daughter and his mate, Cassandra, were not even exempt from his actions, along with countless others.
He is a real piece of work, and I hope that the Goddess takes care of him on her end too. “It would be my pleasure to end him, but as much as I hate to ask for anyone to help him, can he be healed?
I don’t want him to have the excuse that he was not able to fight as the reason that he will lose to me. It won’t be, as he is not a good enough fighter to beat me.
He does the bare minimum to train and depends on others to try to protect him. I was blindsided by everyone I trusted deciding to work for him.
The pain of their betrayal after what I had done for all of them was a complete slap in the face. I was lifted off the floor daily, and beaten until Graham tired himself out, for a year.
I do not want him to get away and not get the punishment that he deserves. I want him to be fully able to fight me, despite knowing that he will end up losing.
He has earned what he is about to get, as I need to pay him back for what he did to me, my family, and my pack.
I will not let him get a free pass or get away with all the things that he put us through” Blake said, while looking dead at Graham.
“Alexei, can you and Dmitriy please heal Graham’s arms so he can fight? I agree with Blake. Graham does not deserve to take the easy way out of this.
He needs to be 100 percent healed before their fight, so he doesn’t have any excuse as to why he lost.
I refuse to wait another day for him to get what he deserves” I asked for help as I knew that Graham would hate it. They both knew where I was going with it and grinned at me as they stepped forward.
“I refuse for any of these leeches to touch me, and I will not be fighting you, Blake. You made your own choices, and that led us to this point.
Accept your culpability in what you did, Blake, because I never twisted your arm. In fact, Cheryl didn’t fall for it when I went to her first.
She knew I was lying about you cheating on her, she knew that because she knew what it felt like to be cheated on. You, however, took the bait and ran with it.
You were so offended to even think that she would cheat on you, that you were right on board with everything I even suggested to you. I was honestly surprised at how fast you did fall for it.
It was like you couldn’t wait for the entire pack to know how bad Cheryl was to you. I am sure it was your pride that demanded for her to admit her guilt, and beg for forgiveness.
I really thought that she would just beg for you to forgive her. She loved you so much at the time, that I thought she would bend to your will.
I figured that she would admit to doing it, just to make you happy. It would have worked either way, her denying it kept you angry and frustrated.
Her admitting it would have made her become even more of an outcast and pariah. I was actually surprised by the fact that she refused to bend at all on this.
No matter how hard I made it on her or Kevin. She refused to comply with what I wanted her to do” Graham spoke out to the group. “I agree, I made a huge mistake, Graham.
I was so hurt at the thought of her having cheated on me. It crushed me to even think that she would do that to me, but I finally saw the error of my ways.
I know that he is mine and Cheryl never cheated on me. I messed up badly, but you are right, I did fall for it, and it broke my heart.
I wished I had done what she did, and called you out on your lies, or gone to speak to her about it. Instead, I refused to listen to her when she tried to point out all the inaccuracies you gave me.
I was arrogant, and even physically violent to her on a few occasions. You set me up for that too Graham. You played me like a fool, and I let you do it.
My pain over the situation completely overrode my logic. I just kept pushing harder trying to force her to say the words that I never actually wanted her to say.
I wanted all of our children to be mine. I needed them to be mine. You worked my fear and possessiveness against me, and my whole family suffered the price for it, Graham.
That was the very worst of it. The fact that you took a happy family, and tore us all apart, for absolutely no reason” Blake told him.
I was proud of him for admitting his mistakes in front of the group. There were a lot of people standing here with us and Blake was a proud man.
But he laid his pride down and admitted that I did better than he did in this. The fact that he admitted that he should have listened to me from the very beginning, was amazing enough.
I knew that he was sorry for what he had done, but until this very moment, I didn’t fully believe him. People say a lot of things, usually things that you want to hear.
Blake had said all of the things he knew I wanted to hear, it was his typical MO. He did it when he went too far with me during our arguments.
He would always come back and promise me he just went too far because he “was angry and couldn’t control himself.
It will never happen again, I swear.” Only it would happen again, and the process kept repeating itself.
I can see the change in him today though, old Blake would have run over to stop the fight Forest was in. He would have made excuses for Forest as to why he had done what he did.
This time, now that Blake knew just how far Forest had gone, he knew that redemption was not going to be offered.
I am thankful that Blake sees things so much clearer now than he did, and it is a big change in him. “I was honestly surprised that you were even dumb enough to believe me, Blake.
I mean, you took me in when you knew that I was on the run from the council. You had looked me up, you got the notifications each month from the council telling you that they were looking for me.
They don’t do that for innocent people. As far as I am concerned, you deserved to lose her. You apparently never valued her in the first place, because if you did, you would never have listened to me.
You never once stopped to think about the fact that she was literally too scared to leave the pack unless you were with her.
If you really think about it, you caused this whole thing to happen, because of your inflated Alpha pride.
I shouldn’t be getting punished for something that you were only too willing, and apparently happy to do to your own chosen mate” Graham said, and the growl that Blake let out shook the trees near us.
“You vicious bastard, you are the sole reason that this started. I was completely happy with Cheryl, and our children. The pack was running well and things were good.
We were able to get the walls up to secure our pack, the roads paved, and businesses started. Black Moon was more successful than it had ever been before.
You giving me that extra money, ended up causing some of my children to start becoming spoiled brats. The money made me more lenient on you, and that was how you slipped the knife in.
You had me lower my guard by acting like you were fine with the punishment that your own daughter had earned.
She never had to do what she did, she did it because she wanted to be in a position of power, and felt entitled enough to try to take it away from Cheryl.
You and your family had things so well in the pack. You need to remember that if Reagan had never tried to hurt my and Cheryl’s relationship, it would have never happened.
She almost caused Cheryl to lose our baby and it caused the first fracture in our relationship. How could you even say that all of this was my fault?
Messing with the Alpha couple earns a stiff punishment. Don’t act like you were righteous in what you have done, you weren’t. Not with any of it, Graham.
You act as if you have never done anything wrong to anyone but just look around Graham. Everyone here knows exactly who you are, and what you have done.
You are an evil man, who is willing to do absolutely anything to get what you want, no matter the cost. Up to and including drugging your own mate to sleep with you again.
I feel so sorry for Cassandra for having to have to deal with you for so long, she must have really loved you to put up with everything she did.
I cannot imagine how she managed to do that for all these years, you were not a good mate to her Graham,” Blake stated, and Graham was pissed.
“Do not talk about my mate, she was so much better than all of you, and that b***h took her away from me. I just did what needed to be done. I made mistakes, but who among us hasn’t?
You all act like you are perfect, but you aren’t. I just managed to be man enough to get the difficult things done. I am sorry if you all think you are all better than me.
You aren’t, I was just bold enough not to hide who I am. Cole was a crybaby about losing his mate, and his baby, big deal. He had other children, get over it.
Raven had it tough for a little while, so what? She is tough for having lived through it, her life is fine now, and she has two mates to take care of her.
Cheryl just found another mate, so in a way, I helped her. You are looking at this all wrong.
You need to change your perspective, and you will see that I have helped a lot of people too” Graham said in a frustrated tone, huffing at us at the end.
There was a stunned silence at the end of his tirade. No one could believe how Graham downplayed everything he did to others like there was nothing wrong with it.
“You will fight then, best man wins,” Blake said as he stepped back away from Graham. Alexei and Dmitriy stepped forward and each went to take an arm to heal.
Graham tried to fight them off, but with both of his arms injured, it didn’t work out very well for him.
Brandon and Justin stepped forward to hold Graham’s legs, to hold him still as he was still fighting to keep them from healing him.
It didn’t work out for him and a few minutes later he had full use of both his arms again.
Graham cussed Alexei and Dmitriy with offensive words the whole time that they were healing him, but that was not unexpected.
Graham was pissed because while Brandon was holding one of his legs down, Brandon found the second knife that Graham had stashed.
I was glad that they found it, and Graham was searched for any other weapons before he was cleared to fight. We all knew why he had them, Graham is not as good a fighter as he thinks that he is.
Now that there is no hidden weapon to pull out and kill Blake with, Graham knew that he was as good as dead right now.
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