Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter - Chapter 35: Chapter 53
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                    Brandon’s POV
Holy s**t! Stella was right, I was so angry at the video and that she allowed that a*****e to touch her, that I lost my mind. I sat there stunned.
She called me on my bullshit, and I was the one really in the wrong. Why didn’t Raven argue with me, tell me. Make me believe her? “She tried to i***t. She did tell you.
Couldn’t you feel her confusion at what you were saying to her? She didn’t know what you were talking about. Mate also didn’t smell like him, she carried her scent, and yours.
You hurt mate, and our pup” Axe linked me, and I am sick over my actions. “I was thinking that it might be his pup, which pissed me off even more.
I was angry, and I wanted her to be as hurt as I was, so I lashed out. I thought that she was just saying it was mine to get to stay in the pack.” I linked him back.
“She never left the pack, except for today to meet her family for lunch and a free day. How could she have gotten pregnant by anyone else? Stella was right, about the horrible things you said.
I was upset too, but I would never have called mate what you did. There was something off with it, but I didn’t know what it was until Stella mentioned it. You had no proof of Raven being unfaithful.
You have a mole, and Cheryl needs to be taken care of too. Mate needs to be safe if she comes back” Axe told me, and that is when the real fear crept up. What have I done?
What did I say to my sweet mate? I am disgusted by my own behavior. How can I fix this? Goddess, she wrecked leaving here. Is she OK? Clearly, Cole knew, and yet he didn’t come here to tell me.
I feel like I need to call him, to see how Raven is, but I caused this whole thing. I cannot bear the consequence of losing my pup, my baby, over my jealousy. Goddess, what do I need to do?
I have to call, that can’t wait. I need to call and check on her. I deserve the a*s-chewing that I am about to receive, but I looked at the video, and there was glaringly obvious in my face.
If I had been thinking clearly I would have remembered it myself because my mate did not have a mole on her lower ribcage like that. Stella was exactly right, in all of her points.
Truett should be proud to have such a strong, smart mate. “They left. They just left our packland” I heard Truett say before his voice broke.
I see Krew stiffen up and I see both of them mindlinking their mates. I can see the pain and frustration as they tried to reach out, and were obviously being blocked. I caused that too.
We all thought we saw Raven in that video. We were all so justifiably upset, that we never pieced it together.
Stella was angry, and she was right, they were telling all of us that they had been with her all day.
Either all together or one or the other with Raven, but we all three ignored them thinking that they were just trying to cover for Raven. I know why. It was because I believed it so completely.
I should have known if it was Raven in the video to not. Seeing it with perspective, Raven has bigger breasts, than Reagan, and she is much more toned than Reagan.
Reagan is slim, but Raven is cut, she has definition from all the training that she does. They are not exactly the same.
I just saw her face, and then Justin, and by then I was so angry I wasn’t able to see that it wasn’t my precious mate. I picked up my cell and tried to call Alpha Cole.
It went to voicemail every time. I tried Carter a few times, also with no answer. I then finally Simone.
She did answer but was speaking in a very low tone like she didn’t want anyone to know that she was on the phone with me.
I don’t blame her, I am probably public enemy number #1 right now with Blood Walker. “What?” She asked in a sharp tone. I know I am putting her in a spot, but I need to know if Raven is OK.
“I am sorry. I will come there first thing in the morning to apologize. I swear I didn’t realize that it wasn’t Raven. It looked like her in the video.
I was jealous and possessive of her, and it hurt me so much to see it. I was in so much pain, that I wasn’t thinking clearly. I love her, I would never want anything bad to happen to her. Is she OK?
Is our baby OK?” I asked her. I was scared to hear the answer to the last two questions. If they weren’t, it was absolutely my fault. “They are OK, for right now.
It was touch-and-go for a little while, but her whole family donated blood for her. They are keeping her overnight and will see about letting her out tomorrow.
But you sent her away when she was hurt, Brandon. What in the hell were you thinking? She could have been killed, and the baby too. How could you do that?
You could have asked her, and yet she said you refused to talk to her. You condemned her like she was Liza when Raven never did anything to you. I saw the video.
If you can prove it was Reagan, you need to do that. The comments are terrible. Justin’s phone is totally blowing up too over the video” Simone told me. “Wait, Justin is there? At Blood Walker?
With Raven?” I asked slowly. How? Why? “Yes, apparently he discovered that it wasn’t Raven while he was still there with her. He saw his mark on her shoulder.
He knew what she was planning to do and was worried about Raven. He helped save her. He insisted on going with Cole, and they found her because Justin knew where she was.
They would have driven right past her if he hadn’t been with them. She got treatment in time to save them both, only because of Justin” Simone told me, and I am stunned. How the hell did he know that?
From the sound of it, she was not in a place that they would have seen. The chill comes over me as I realize that she could have bled out, and died, if not for Justin.
I cannot control my emotions and I start to cry, for my mate, and my precious baby, for me and my stupid actions. They didn’t deserve that. I will kill Reagan for this.
I cannot allow them to do anything else to Raven. She has been put through too much. This is going to end, even without the council’s approval. “Brandon, are you OK?” I heard Simone ask me.
I know she could hear me crying on the phone. “I am not. I almost got my mate, and baby killed. I will be there in the morning. Please tell Carter and Cole that I am coming.
Tell them that I don’t want any trouble, and I don’t want to start anything with them. I will just be there to see Raven if she is willing to see me.
I also want to get plans together with Cole for the war. We need to take care of Reagan, Graham, and the Peters family. They have done more than enough, and they cannot be allowed to get away with it.
I don’t care if it is sanctioned, or not. I will ask for forgiveness from the council after I deal with them. But Reagan won’t be getting another shot at Raven, ever again” I told Simone.
“I will text you what they say. I don’t want you to get hurt. Alpha Cole is pretty mad” Simone told me. “Thank you, Simone. Please let them know that Krew and Truett will be with me.
Good night” I told her and got off the phone. At least I knew that Raven was stable. The anger comes over me quickly. How dare Reagan pull this?
Did she really think that there would be no payback for her in this? I warned her. I owe her. This is the third time she had crossed the line.
I think that she has earned everything that she is about to get. “Get packed, we will all be going to Blood Walker in the morning.
We need to earn our mates back, and I wish I could tell you that it is going to be easy, but it will not. I deserve it. I just hope that you two have an easier road of it.
But whatever it takes, that is what I am going to do to get Raven back” I told them.
We all headed for our empty rooms, and the full weight of my actions settles on me the second I stepped into our room. I stare helplessly at her side of the bed.
It has only been a month since she arrived, but her scent already clings to my room. She is supposed to be here with me. She is mine, and yet, I caused this.
She begged me to listen to her, my refusal was like a slap in the face. I hurt her because I was weak and sent her away.
My chest is squeezing me to death and I grabbed her pillow as I let all the pain of today come out. It was me. I knew how vicious her sister was, and I just assumed my sweet Raven had betrayed me.
If I had been in my right mind I would have known, I didn’t feel the pain. The pain you feel when your mate sleeps with another.
I watched the video, and yet I had never felt any pain to prove my mate had betrayed me. I am a smart man. I should have known right from the start, but I didn’t.
I am just hoping that her knowing my background will help her to be able to forgive me.
To understand that I went right back to the pain of my previous experience, and thought that Raven had betrayed me the same way Liza had.
Stella was right, we lumped them all together, branded them guilty, and never listened to a word that any of them said. Why did we do that?
Have we gotten so arrogant, that we believe that we cannot make mistakes? Were Krew, and Truett just following my lead on this? They didn’t listen to their mates either.
I think the shock value of the video, just pushed us into a really bad place. Made us make some really bad decisions from the jump.
This is really bad, they knew we wouldn’t just let them go, and they tricked us all. I have to say that I am very impressed, especially with Stella. She is not scared to call an apple an apple.
She put me in my place, and she should have. I was totally in the wrong. I should have the same faith in my mate, that she had in me.
I should have done the same thing that Stella did and looked at the video to disprove it like she did, and it took her like 10 minutes.
I just watched it, and believe that my sweet mate was capable of the ultimate deception.
Scenting my mate from her pillow is helping to calm me, but then I remember, I need to get her back and quickly. Justin is apparently at Blood Walker, he fully intends to get her back.
He already told me that, he pulled no punches, and he knows what he lost. He wants her back and will do anything to get her back. I am very curious about how the hell he knew where she was.
How does he still have any bond at all with her? That isn’t supposed to happen. I have heard about twins, or triplets having one bonded mate, but they carry similar DNA.
So the children could be said to be “theirs” but that was not like this. I have never heard of it occurring with two different, unrelated men being fated to her, at the same time. He gave her up.
She is mine now, I will not let her go. I need to find out exactly what is going on here. Maybe I can get some of the elders on it because I am struggling here.
I will not let that jerk touch one hair on her head. The only thing that is bringing me any comfort at all, is the fact that Alpha Cole is not a big fan of Justin either.
“I bet he isn’t a big fan of yours either right now” Axe linked me. He is right. “You are not helping, at all. We need her back. I need her Axe” I liked him back. “I know we do.
You need to make this right Brandon. You are putting your pride at the front of this, and not looking at the big picture. We need to wait and find out what is going on before you make any big moves.
I cannot believe that I am calmer than you are about this” Axe linked back. He is right, but it seems like he is aware of something that I am not.
I know that he is close to Emerald, but this secretive stuff is really getting on my nerves. I could not sleep, so I packed a small bag and waited in the lobby.
At 7 am, I see Krew, and Truett exit the elevator, and head for me. “Did you get any sleep?” Krew asked me. “None, but I need to see my mate, so I am ready to go,” I told them.
“I got a few hours sleep, I will drive,” Truett said, and we all grabbed a breakfast sandwich from the breakfast bar and a bottle of water for the drive.
I wanted to go straight to her when we got there, and I didn’t want to stop for anything. I fired off the emails about if it was even possible for a phantom bond to exist.
I guess anything is possible. We are going to find out. I asked them to reach out to other elders, to try to hear if any of them had heard of it before. I need to know what I am dealing with here.
I won’t be able to relax, as this whole thing with Justin is very irritating. I know that he still wanted her. That was the entire problem. Anyone watching that video could see it all over his face.
He believe that he was with Raven, and he was looking at her with love. He made love to her on the first round in their video, and the love he had for her was written all over his face.
He did love and care for her, and that was the most dangerous part. He will not stop, he as good as told me that he wouldn’t ever stop at the party, not until he got her back.
We pulled up, and I was expecting problems at the gate. I wasn’t wrong. We were told to park in the visitor’s area, outside the gate.
Alpha Cole was sent a mindlink from the gate guards to advise him that we were here. Yea, he is pissed. We figured it out at the 30-minute mark when he and Beta Timothy finally arrived.
I was expecting the looks I got from them. Truett still seemed surprised by the look Beta Timothy gave him.
They were both giving off a “Try me” vibe today, but I wasn’t here to fight or cause any problems. “I am sorry. I am so sorry Alpha Cole.
I love Raven, but seeing her and Justin together in that video. It hurt me on another level. You heard about my scandal 7 years ago. You knew I had baggage from it.
Seeing them together, and him so clearly in love with her, Hurt me to my core. I just asked her to give me some time, while I dealt with my emotions. I still love and want her. Please let me see her.
I came just to see her, and to speak to you about the war with Silver Blade. I cannot allow what they just did to Raven to pass.
Reagan needs to die, I cannot allow her, or Graham or the peters family to come back on Raven ever again. With or without the council’s blessing. I need to get this done” I told Alpha Cole.
“I agree with you, Brandon. We will be moving forward. I need to tell you though. Justin has not left her side all night. He is still in there with her right now. Do not cause a problem.
I allowed it because the doctor told me that she probably wouldn’t have made it if we were 15 minutes later than we were.
If Justin hadn’t made me stop, she would have died last night probably in my arms, he saved Raven’s life. She needed three full bags of blood last night.
Thankfully my blood and Carter’s blood were a match. Olivia and Austin’s blood were a match too, as they are both O. So we were able to donate for her.
She doesn’t need to be under any stress right now. Please respect that. I will let you in, but you need to fix this.
You broke her faith last night Brandon, you broke her, I am telling you to tread lightly, and fix this, for both of you.” Alpha Cole told me. I nodded in agreement. Whatever it takes, I will do it.
I will just keep reminding myself. I remained calm, as we drove over to the pack hospital. The closer I got to her room the more Axe was up and excitedly turning around in my head.
I could not wipe the smile off my face as I was about to see her again. It hadn’t been a full day apart, and yet this day has been the worst time frame in my life that I can remember.
Even worse than what happened with Liza. I walked into her room and saw her lying on the bed, with the machine tracking all her vitals. I have to take a deep breath to steady myself.
I go to take a step towards her when I noticed a brown head lying on the blanket covering her. Justin is asleep, and he is holding her hand while they sleep, like she was his lifeline.
His head is lying on the side of her mattress not touching her, just lying next to her legs, but that doesn’t make it any better. I tried to hold my growl of displeasure in, I really did.
But I couldn’t stop it. I watch as my mate’s eyes fly open, and her heart rate monitor goes off in alarm. Chapter 54
Raven’s POV
I was sleeping peacefully when a loud growl filled the room.
My eyes flew open, and I am scared. Scared for my baby, as I need to protect us, my hand protectively moves to cover my stomach. I see Brandon standing at the door, and I am so happy to see him.
I feel a hand in mine, and see that Justin had stayed with me the whole night. Dad had told me that I would not be alive if it hadn’t been for him. I am really grateful to him.
He saved me and my pup, and for that, I am willing to forgive him for what he did. Now that my anger has lessened, he seemed to have been a victim in a lot of this whole thing too.
I don’t think any of us were prepared to see exactly how far Reagan was actually willing to go. Simone showed me the video last night while Justin was gone to take a shower and change clothes.
His parents are joining my dad’s pack, and I was OK with that too, none of them had ever tormented me. They were the only exceptions in Silver Blade, and Dad seemed relieved about that.
They had packed Justin some clothes too, so he came back in fresh clothes, and thankfully didn’t smell like Reagan anymore.
I was going to have to talk to him, about a few things, but for right now, I needed to speak to Brandon.
Before I can open my mouth to tell Brandon to calm down, Justin is up, and now standing protectively in front of me. This did not make Brandon happy, and I knew it wouldn’t.
I need to speak to each of them, privately. They were going to argue every step of the way if I didn’t, and right now I cannot take the added stress.
I will not allow them to cause me to lose my baby, because of their pride. “Justin, can you give us some time to talk, please? You can go grab some breakfast for yourself, I will be OK.
I just want to speak with Brandon in private” I asked Justin. I can tell from how he is standing that he is really thinking about fighting with Brandon, and he doesn’t need to do that.
He is still holding my hand, and that seems to be the catalyst for Brandon being upset. “Justin, just give us 15 minutes.
I will be here when you return.”
He releases my hand, but before he steps away from me he asked, “Would you like anything from the dining room?” I can see that he is fighting with his wolf, who does not want him to leave me alone with Brandon.
I can feel the worry for my safety pouring off of him. “You can bring me a coffee and a muffin back, thank you, Justin,” I told him and gave him a smile. He needed to relax, Brandon won’t hurt me.
“Do not hurt her, Brandon. I will be back, soon.
I don’t care if we are in a hospital, or not, if you hurt her, we will fight” Justin said as he walked past Brandon to exit the room, and deliberately bumped into his shoulder.
That was not a smart move, Brandon is an Alpha, and does not like to be disrespected, he had already turned around and taken a step to go outside with Justin now. I have to intervene.
“Brandon” I called out to him softly, and he froze in his steps, came back into my room, closed the door behind him, and walked up to my bed. He looks bad.
His hair is a mess, and he clearly hasn’t slept. I feel bad for him, as the bond is telling me exactly what he is feeling.
But he didn’t care about what I was feeling yesterday, he needs to know what he did yesterday.
He came to the side of my bed and kissed the top of my head, and then bent down to take in a deep breath at my neck. He seemed to relax a little at that time.
He walked to the other side of my bed and I was sure he didn’t want to sit in Justin’s chair. He sat down and motioned to my hand, to ask permission and I nodded at him.
I was still angry at him, I have not forgiven him. What he said to me was disgusting and incorrect.
He would not listen to reason, and it showed in the type of faith he had in me, which was clearly not much. “I am so sorry, baby. I am, I am ashamed of what I said to you last night.
I am sorry for pulling my arm back from you like that. I didn’t mean for you to fall. But I was so upset, I mean, she looked exactly like you.
I can show you the video, I swear that I thought it was you, Raven, I am so sorry. I thought that having seen it, right there in front of me, it was true. I was wrong. Stella straightened us all out.
She and Laine are disappointed in us too. I cannot help the jealousy I felt. I love you, you are my mate, and I got crazy jealous.
I saw how much love he had for you, Justin believed it was you too, it was clear in the video. His every touch, everything he did, showed how much he truly cared for you.
That did it for me, it broke my heart to see you two together.
It seemed like you had betrayed me the same way that Liza did, and I was so angry that I just couldn’t see the truth” Brandon told me and then buried his head in my legs.
Letting go of my hand and then hugging my legs tightly. I can tell he is being honest, but that is not the problem. “I know you love me, Brandon, but it is now clear to me that you don’t trust me.
You want me to trust you completely when there are girls at Black Adder that are still after you since I arrived. They have never stopped their pursuit.
Stella told me about the viral video, about how the girls were coming on to you as a way to “get back at me” for cheating on you. The thing is, Brandon, you never shut them down.
You announced me as Luna, but your fan club still gathers daily, to watch you guys train.
Stella and I are jealous women, we know you love us, but it seems like you have a set of rules for you, and a set of rules for me. You know I had been hurt too, I have trust issues too.
I have seen a few instances in training where they are pretending not to “get it” just to get you to put your hands on them, to show them. Still, I left it alone.
Do you know why Brandon?” I asked him, and I can see by the guilt on his face, he knew exactly where I was going with this. But I don’t think he does yet.
“That I didn’t trust you,” he said in a low voice. “Not entirely, it is that you can do whatever you want, and I need to “get over it,”.
That you can still be admired and hit on and I still need to trust you about it. I had given you a pass because I didn’t feel it, the betrayal pains.
Believe me, once you feel them, you will remember them. That was what I was trying to ask you, when you jerked your arm back, causing me to lose my balance. I could have lost our baby.
Our innocent child who has done nothing to anyone could have lost their life yesterday because you didn’t trust me enough to listen to me for 1 minute to ask you that.
You kept trying to leave me at the door, and I just wanted to ask you that, It just took me a second, because at first, I honestly didn’t know what you were accusing me of.
Then when I heard you call me a w***e, I figured it out” I told him. I saw him flinch when he heard the word. I imagine he had been up all night sick about what he has said to me.
“You know I didn’t mean that, I was just acting out of rage and anger,” Brandon told me, and I feel his pain increase through the bond.
He knew he really screwed up, but he is not telling me that he is going to change anything. I hope he is hearing what I am saying to him.
“I know that you didn’t truly mean it, I knew why you said it, you were hurt and lashing out. But people heard what you said to me like you believed that video, and people gossip.
I don’t know if I can go back there with everyone having such a low opinion of me. One that you had given them, as you believed it, without allowing me to defend myself.
If you had stood by me, and believed in me, we could have gotten through it faster, together. You did the same thing to me that I have had to live with my whole life.
You assumed I had no value to you, after seeing that video. That I was now worthless and didn’t want me anymore.
You believed a lie, and now that you know it was a lie, you want me to just forgive you. Without trust, what happens the next time? Or the next? Will you be able to sit down and talk it out?
That is what I asked for yesterday, and all three of you refused to listen to us. I think that in some way, you had to actually believe that I was capable of doing such a thing.
Like with your groupies, let them hang on, why? Is it because you need a backup, in case I mess up? Having options “just in case” because I am no longer what you really wanted,” I told him.
I can see how upset he is, he is vehemently shaking his head no, but that is what it felt like to me. I just need to get this all out now because he really wants to tell me I am wrong, but am I?
This is how I feel. How he can tell me how I need to feel, that I am mistaken about it?
“Just because you don’t believe it right now, Brandon, what came out of your mouth yesterday after seeing the video, was something you were thinking. I am as hurt by your words, as I was when I fell.
You wrote me off, right then. You were in so much pain you didn’t want to add the rejection to it. But we both know that you were planning on coming and doing it later on, right?
You had all my stuff all packed up. You were cutting me loose before I could say a word to defend myself. You saw me laying there on the ground, carrying your pup, bleeding and hurt.
Instead of just putting me in another room to investigate the video, or to give yourself time to calm down to listen to reason, you just got rid of me” I told him, and I can feel the tears running down my face.
We both knew what he was probably going to do, and that hurts the most. That someone who said they loved you, wouldn’t listen to your side of the story.
Despite the fact that you have witnesses to the fact that you were innocent of what you were being accused of. “No baby. I was never ever planning to reject you. I was angry and hurt.
I flew into a rage and I was scared I was going to end up hurting you. Yes, I f****d up with packing your stuff up, but that was a miscommunication.
I told Truett I wanted you to leave, and he assumed, with all your stuff, he didn’t realize that I just meant until I calmed down. Sending you away was for your own safety, baby.
I was so angry, and I just didn’t correct it when I saw your bags. I will die without you, Raven, I will do anything to keep you.
Do you not realize that an Alpha seeing that kind of video, about his mate, 9 times out of 10 would kill? I wanted to, I was barely hanging on, but Axe was refusing to do it.
I think in the back of his head he knew that there was something wrong with the whole thing, we just didn’t know what it was.
Stella pointed out to me last night that was exactly what Reagan wanted me to do, was kill you. Baby, I love you and trust you, but I am telling you, I swear that it looked like you in the video.
Between that, and the fact that Justin still clearly loves you, it was the very worst day of my life. I will make sure this doesn’t happen again. I am going to attack Silver Blade.
I am not going to wait for approval from the council. This almost cost me my mate and my pup, and that cost is way too high.
I am going to end your sister myself, so we don’t have to ever go through something like this again” Brandon was begging me. I can see he was telling me the truth, and I am able to calm down.
I was so worried that he was planning on rejecting me, and that was going to play into my decision. If he had been going to reject me, I was going to make him do it now.
I was in the clear as far as the pup was concerned, the baby was fine. They were releasing me later on today by noon.
I need to think of a plan, as I have heard about how the video is making the rounds. It is even showing in the human world now, as it just keeps getting shared.
It is embarrassing to think that people are believing that it is me. I feel humiliated, and I am not going to take this one, and not pay her back.
I am going to announce to the world that it was not me, and I will be doing that soon. “Brandon, I am willing to come back with you. But we need to talk about something else.
As you said, you saw Justin and his emotions in the video. I need you to stay calm in this. But I will need to talk to him as well when he gets back in here.
I am going to need time alone, with him too” I told Brandon.
“As long as it is to tell him that you and he are done, I am good with that,” Brandon told me, and I can tell from his crossed arms and the huff that he gave when I asked him, that he was not going to cooperate with me on this.
“We need to talk as well, Brandon, before he gets back. I don’t know what is going on with me and Justin either. But when you woke me up growling the place down.
I felt it, I felt the tingles on the hand that Justin was holding. I need to see if he feels it too. I know that the Goddess had broken our bond.
But it looks like she is giving it back to us, for some reason. I cannot explain it, I didn’t ask for it. I don’t know how in the hell it is possible, but I know what dad told me.
He said that Justin told him to slow down, and where to stop at. My SUV was buried, it was blocked by shrubs and small trees.
Dad told me that as fast as he was driving to get to me, he would have never seen it. They would have flown right past me. Who knows how long it would have been before they would have found me?
I Justin hadn’t sensed me, I would have died, and so would our child.
I need to talk to dad about this and get him to check with the council because it is rare for the Goddess to give a broken bond back. It has happened before, but it is exceptionally rare.
I don’t know what is going on, or why, but I felt it. It is the same tingles that I feel with you” I told him and waited for his reaction. “I know why.
I begged her every day for the last 2 months to restore it. I screwed up, badly. But I do love you, Raven. I wanted another chance with you.
I don’t know why she did it either unless the big bad Alpha over there is planning on rejecting you or something” Justin said quietly from the door. I have never heard it open.
He obviously heard everything that I just said to Brandon. “I am not going to reject her. I love Raven. I will not let her go” Brandon growled out to Justin. I watch him stand up and hold my hand.
I felt the tingles very strong at the contact. “I am taking back my rejection, Brandon. I was forced to do it under duress anyway. I never wanted to reject Raven.
I had to do it, or my family would have faced the consequences of my actions. I messed up, but I still love her.
I will not be letting her go either, Brandon” Justin said and walked over to put my breakfast onto the rolling table, and then he gently took my other hand, into his.
I felt tingles on both of my hands. Faint on Justin’s hand, they were not as strong as with Brandon, but they were definitely there.
“You had already lost her Justin! Raven is MINE, and you need to back off. The sooner you accept that, the happier we will all be” Brandon yelled across the bed at Justin.
“Well, well, well, is this the “no stress” environment that you guys were supposed to be leaving Raven in?” Stella said as she entered the room.
She is already up to speed on what is going on as neither of them was quiet about staking their claim. I just don’t know what is going on right now.
I was fine with leaving Justin before, but I feel our bond growing stronger and stronger, even though Brandon has marked me.
I need to get with dad as soon as possible to figure out just what the hell is going on now, to avoid the fight between them that I know is coming.
                
            
        Holy s**t! Stella was right, I was so angry at the video and that she allowed that a*****e to touch her, that I lost my mind. I sat there stunned.
She called me on my bullshit, and I was the one really in the wrong. Why didn’t Raven argue with me, tell me. Make me believe her? “She tried to i***t. She did tell you.
Couldn’t you feel her confusion at what you were saying to her? She didn’t know what you were talking about. Mate also didn’t smell like him, she carried her scent, and yours.
You hurt mate, and our pup” Axe linked me, and I am sick over my actions. “I was thinking that it might be his pup, which pissed me off even more.
I was angry, and I wanted her to be as hurt as I was, so I lashed out. I thought that she was just saying it was mine to get to stay in the pack.” I linked him back.
“She never left the pack, except for today to meet her family for lunch and a free day. How could she have gotten pregnant by anyone else? Stella was right, about the horrible things you said.
I was upset too, but I would never have called mate what you did. There was something off with it, but I didn’t know what it was until Stella mentioned it. You had no proof of Raven being unfaithful.
You have a mole, and Cheryl needs to be taken care of too. Mate needs to be safe if she comes back” Axe told me, and that is when the real fear crept up. What have I done?
What did I say to my sweet mate? I am disgusted by my own behavior. How can I fix this? Goddess, she wrecked leaving here. Is she OK? Clearly, Cole knew, and yet he didn’t come here to tell me.
I feel like I need to call him, to see how Raven is, but I caused this whole thing. I cannot bear the consequence of losing my pup, my baby, over my jealousy. Goddess, what do I need to do?
I have to call, that can’t wait. I need to call and check on her. I deserve the a*s-chewing that I am about to receive, but I looked at the video, and there was glaringly obvious in my face.
If I had been thinking clearly I would have remembered it myself because my mate did not have a mole on her lower ribcage like that. Stella was exactly right, in all of her points.
Truett should be proud to have such a strong, smart mate. “They left. They just left our packland” I heard Truett say before his voice broke.
I see Krew stiffen up and I see both of them mindlinking their mates. I can see the pain and frustration as they tried to reach out, and were obviously being blocked. I caused that too.
We all thought we saw Raven in that video. We were all so justifiably upset, that we never pieced it together.
Stella was angry, and she was right, they were telling all of us that they had been with her all day.
Either all together or one or the other with Raven, but we all three ignored them thinking that they were just trying to cover for Raven. I know why. It was because I believed it so completely.
I should have known if it was Raven in the video to not. Seeing it with perspective, Raven has bigger breasts, than Reagan, and she is much more toned than Reagan.
Reagan is slim, but Raven is cut, she has definition from all the training that she does. They are not exactly the same.
I just saw her face, and then Justin, and by then I was so angry I wasn’t able to see that it wasn’t my precious mate. I picked up my cell and tried to call Alpha Cole.
It went to voicemail every time. I tried Carter a few times, also with no answer. I then finally Simone.
She did answer but was speaking in a very low tone like she didn’t want anyone to know that she was on the phone with me.
I don’t blame her, I am probably public enemy number #1 right now with Blood Walker. “What?” She asked in a sharp tone. I know I am putting her in a spot, but I need to know if Raven is OK.
“I am sorry. I will come there first thing in the morning to apologize. I swear I didn’t realize that it wasn’t Raven. It looked like her in the video.
I was jealous and possessive of her, and it hurt me so much to see it. I was in so much pain, that I wasn’t thinking clearly. I love her, I would never want anything bad to happen to her. Is she OK?
Is our baby OK?” I asked her. I was scared to hear the answer to the last two questions. If they weren’t, it was absolutely my fault. “They are OK, for right now.
It was touch-and-go for a little while, but her whole family donated blood for her. They are keeping her overnight and will see about letting her out tomorrow.
But you sent her away when she was hurt, Brandon. What in the hell were you thinking? She could have been killed, and the baby too. How could you do that?
You could have asked her, and yet she said you refused to talk to her. You condemned her like she was Liza when Raven never did anything to you. I saw the video.
If you can prove it was Reagan, you need to do that. The comments are terrible. Justin’s phone is totally blowing up too over the video” Simone told me. “Wait, Justin is there? At Blood Walker?
With Raven?” I asked slowly. How? Why? “Yes, apparently he discovered that it wasn’t Raven while he was still there with her. He saw his mark on her shoulder.
He knew what she was planning to do and was worried about Raven. He helped save her. He insisted on going with Cole, and they found her because Justin knew where she was.
They would have driven right past her if he hadn’t been with them. She got treatment in time to save them both, only because of Justin” Simone told me, and I am stunned. How the hell did he know that?
From the sound of it, she was not in a place that they would have seen. The chill comes over me as I realize that she could have bled out, and died, if not for Justin.
I cannot control my emotions and I start to cry, for my mate, and my precious baby, for me and my stupid actions. They didn’t deserve that. I will kill Reagan for this.
I cannot allow them to do anything else to Raven. She has been put through too much. This is going to end, even without the council’s approval. “Brandon, are you OK?” I heard Simone ask me.
I know she could hear me crying on the phone. “I am not. I almost got my mate, and baby killed. I will be there in the morning. Please tell Carter and Cole that I am coming.
Tell them that I don’t want any trouble, and I don’t want to start anything with them. I will just be there to see Raven if she is willing to see me.
I also want to get plans together with Cole for the war. We need to take care of Reagan, Graham, and the Peters family. They have done more than enough, and they cannot be allowed to get away with it.
I don’t care if it is sanctioned, or not. I will ask for forgiveness from the council after I deal with them. But Reagan won’t be getting another shot at Raven, ever again” I told Simone.
“I will text you what they say. I don’t want you to get hurt. Alpha Cole is pretty mad” Simone told me. “Thank you, Simone. Please let them know that Krew and Truett will be with me.
Good night” I told her and got off the phone. At least I knew that Raven was stable. The anger comes over me quickly. How dare Reagan pull this?
Did she really think that there would be no payback for her in this? I warned her. I owe her. This is the third time she had crossed the line.
I think that she has earned everything that she is about to get. “Get packed, we will all be going to Blood Walker in the morning.
We need to earn our mates back, and I wish I could tell you that it is going to be easy, but it will not. I deserve it. I just hope that you two have an easier road of it.
But whatever it takes, that is what I am going to do to get Raven back” I told them.
We all headed for our empty rooms, and the full weight of my actions settles on me the second I stepped into our room. I stare helplessly at her side of the bed.
It has only been a month since she arrived, but her scent already clings to my room. She is supposed to be here with me. She is mine, and yet, I caused this.
She begged me to listen to her, my refusal was like a slap in the face. I hurt her because I was weak and sent her away.
My chest is squeezing me to death and I grabbed her pillow as I let all the pain of today come out. It was me. I knew how vicious her sister was, and I just assumed my sweet Raven had betrayed me.
If I had been in my right mind I would have known, I didn’t feel the pain. The pain you feel when your mate sleeps with another.
I watched the video, and yet I had never felt any pain to prove my mate had betrayed me. I am a smart man. I should have known right from the start, but I didn’t.
I am just hoping that her knowing my background will help her to be able to forgive me.
To understand that I went right back to the pain of my previous experience, and thought that Raven had betrayed me the same way Liza had.
Stella was right, we lumped them all together, branded them guilty, and never listened to a word that any of them said. Why did we do that?
Have we gotten so arrogant, that we believe that we cannot make mistakes? Were Krew, and Truett just following my lead on this? They didn’t listen to their mates either.
I think the shock value of the video, just pushed us into a really bad place. Made us make some really bad decisions from the jump.
This is really bad, they knew we wouldn’t just let them go, and they tricked us all. I have to say that I am very impressed, especially with Stella. She is not scared to call an apple an apple.
She put me in my place, and she should have. I was totally in the wrong. I should have the same faith in my mate, that she had in me.
I should have done the same thing that Stella did and looked at the video to disprove it like she did, and it took her like 10 minutes.
I just watched it, and believe that my sweet mate was capable of the ultimate deception.
Scenting my mate from her pillow is helping to calm me, but then I remember, I need to get her back and quickly. Justin is apparently at Blood Walker, he fully intends to get her back.
He already told me that, he pulled no punches, and he knows what he lost. He wants her back and will do anything to get her back. I am very curious about how the hell he knew where she was.
How does he still have any bond at all with her? That isn’t supposed to happen. I have heard about twins, or triplets having one bonded mate, but they carry similar DNA.
So the children could be said to be “theirs” but that was not like this. I have never heard of it occurring with two different, unrelated men being fated to her, at the same time. He gave her up.
She is mine now, I will not let her go. I need to find out exactly what is going on here. Maybe I can get some of the elders on it because I am struggling here.
I will not let that jerk touch one hair on her head. The only thing that is bringing me any comfort at all, is the fact that Alpha Cole is not a big fan of Justin either.
“I bet he isn’t a big fan of yours either right now” Axe linked me. He is right. “You are not helping, at all. We need her back. I need her Axe” I liked him back. “I know we do.
You need to make this right Brandon. You are putting your pride at the front of this, and not looking at the big picture. We need to wait and find out what is going on before you make any big moves.
I cannot believe that I am calmer than you are about this” Axe linked back. He is right, but it seems like he is aware of something that I am not.
I know that he is close to Emerald, but this secretive stuff is really getting on my nerves. I could not sleep, so I packed a small bag and waited in the lobby.
At 7 am, I see Krew, and Truett exit the elevator, and head for me. “Did you get any sleep?” Krew asked me. “None, but I need to see my mate, so I am ready to go,” I told them.
“I got a few hours sleep, I will drive,” Truett said, and we all grabbed a breakfast sandwich from the breakfast bar and a bottle of water for the drive.
I wanted to go straight to her when we got there, and I didn’t want to stop for anything. I fired off the emails about if it was even possible for a phantom bond to exist.
I guess anything is possible. We are going to find out. I asked them to reach out to other elders, to try to hear if any of them had heard of it before. I need to know what I am dealing with here.
I won’t be able to relax, as this whole thing with Justin is very irritating. I know that he still wanted her. That was the entire problem. Anyone watching that video could see it all over his face.
He believe that he was with Raven, and he was looking at her with love. He made love to her on the first round in their video, and the love he had for her was written all over his face.
He did love and care for her, and that was the most dangerous part. He will not stop, he as good as told me that he wouldn’t ever stop at the party, not until he got her back.
We pulled up, and I was expecting problems at the gate. I wasn’t wrong. We were told to park in the visitor’s area, outside the gate.
Alpha Cole was sent a mindlink from the gate guards to advise him that we were here. Yea, he is pissed. We figured it out at the 30-minute mark when he and Beta Timothy finally arrived.
I was expecting the looks I got from them. Truett still seemed surprised by the look Beta Timothy gave him.
They were both giving off a “Try me” vibe today, but I wasn’t here to fight or cause any problems. “I am sorry. I am so sorry Alpha Cole.
I love Raven, but seeing her and Justin together in that video. It hurt me on another level. You heard about my scandal 7 years ago. You knew I had baggage from it.
Seeing them together, and him so clearly in love with her, Hurt me to my core. I just asked her to give me some time, while I dealt with my emotions. I still love and want her. Please let me see her.
I came just to see her, and to speak to you about the war with Silver Blade. I cannot allow what they just did to Raven to pass.
Reagan needs to die, I cannot allow her, or Graham or the peters family to come back on Raven ever again. With or without the council’s blessing. I need to get this done” I told Alpha Cole.
“I agree with you, Brandon. We will be moving forward. I need to tell you though. Justin has not left her side all night. He is still in there with her right now. Do not cause a problem.
I allowed it because the doctor told me that she probably wouldn’t have made it if we were 15 minutes later than we were.
If Justin hadn’t made me stop, she would have died last night probably in my arms, he saved Raven’s life. She needed three full bags of blood last night.
Thankfully my blood and Carter’s blood were a match. Olivia and Austin’s blood were a match too, as they are both O. So we were able to donate for her.
She doesn’t need to be under any stress right now. Please respect that. I will let you in, but you need to fix this.
You broke her faith last night Brandon, you broke her, I am telling you to tread lightly, and fix this, for both of you.” Alpha Cole told me. I nodded in agreement. Whatever it takes, I will do it.
I will just keep reminding myself. I remained calm, as we drove over to the pack hospital. The closer I got to her room the more Axe was up and excitedly turning around in my head.
I could not wipe the smile off my face as I was about to see her again. It hadn’t been a full day apart, and yet this day has been the worst time frame in my life that I can remember.
Even worse than what happened with Liza. I walked into her room and saw her lying on the bed, with the machine tracking all her vitals. I have to take a deep breath to steady myself.
I go to take a step towards her when I noticed a brown head lying on the blanket covering her. Justin is asleep, and he is holding her hand while they sleep, like she was his lifeline.
His head is lying on the side of her mattress not touching her, just lying next to her legs, but that doesn’t make it any better. I tried to hold my growl of displeasure in, I really did.
But I couldn’t stop it. I watch as my mate’s eyes fly open, and her heart rate monitor goes off in alarm. Chapter 54
Raven’s POV
I was sleeping peacefully when a loud growl filled the room.
My eyes flew open, and I am scared. Scared for my baby, as I need to protect us, my hand protectively moves to cover my stomach. I see Brandon standing at the door, and I am so happy to see him.
I feel a hand in mine, and see that Justin had stayed with me the whole night. Dad had told me that I would not be alive if it hadn’t been for him. I am really grateful to him.
He saved me and my pup, and for that, I am willing to forgive him for what he did. Now that my anger has lessened, he seemed to have been a victim in a lot of this whole thing too.
I don’t think any of us were prepared to see exactly how far Reagan was actually willing to go. Simone showed me the video last night while Justin was gone to take a shower and change clothes.
His parents are joining my dad’s pack, and I was OK with that too, none of them had ever tormented me. They were the only exceptions in Silver Blade, and Dad seemed relieved about that.
They had packed Justin some clothes too, so he came back in fresh clothes, and thankfully didn’t smell like Reagan anymore.
I was going to have to talk to him, about a few things, but for right now, I needed to speak to Brandon.
Before I can open my mouth to tell Brandon to calm down, Justin is up, and now standing protectively in front of me. This did not make Brandon happy, and I knew it wouldn’t.
I need to speak to each of them, privately. They were going to argue every step of the way if I didn’t, and right now I cannot take the added stress.
I will not allow them to cause me to lose my baby, because of their pride. “Justin, can you give us some time to talk, please? You can go grab some breakfast for yourself, I will be OK.
I just want to speak with Brandon in private” I asked Justin. I can tell from how he is standing that he is really thinking about fighting with Brandon, and he doesn’t need to do that.
He is still holding my hand, and that seems to be the catalyst for Brandon being upset. “Justin, just give us 15 minutes.
I will be here when you return.”
He releases my hand, but before he steps away from me he asked, “Would you like anything from the dining room?” I can see that he is fighting with his wolf, who does not want him to leave me alone with Brandon.
I can feel the worry for my safety pouring off of him. “You can bring me a coffee and a muffin back, thank you, Justin,” I told him and gave him a smile. He needed to relax, Brandon won’t hurt me.
“Do not hurt her, Brandon. I will be back, soon.
I don’t care if we are in a hospital, or not, if you hurt her, we will fight” Justin said as he walked past Brandon to exit the room, and deliberately bumped into his shoulder.
That was not a smart move, Brandon is an Alpha, and does not like to be disrespected, he had already turned around and taken a step to go outside with Justin now. I have to intervene.
“Brandon” I called out to him softly, and he froze in his steps, came back into my room, closed the door behind him, and walked up to my bed. He looks bad.
His hair is a mess, and he clearly hasn’t slept. I feel bad for him, as the bond is telling me exactly what he is feeling.
But he didn’t care about what I was feeling yesterday, he needs to know what he did yesterday.
He came to the side of my bed and kissed the top of my head, and then bent down to take in a deep breath at my neck. He seemed to relax a little at that time.
He walked to the other side of my bed and I was sure he didn’t want to sit in Justin’s chair. He sat down and motioned to my hand, to ask permission and I nodded at him.
I was still angry at him, I have not forgiven him. What he said to me was disgusting and incorrect.
He would not listen to reason, and it showed in the type of faith he had in me, which was clearly not much. “I am so sorry, baby. I am, I am ashamed of what I said to you last night.
I am sorry for pulling my arm back from you like that. I didn’t mean for you to fall. But I was so upset, I mean, she looked exactly like you.
I can show you the video, I swear that I thought it was you, Raven, I am so sorry. I thought that having seen it, right there in front of me, it was true. I was wrong. Stella straightened us all out.
She and Laine are disappointed in us too. I cannot help the jealousy I felt. I love you, you are my mate, and I got crazy jealous.
I saw how much love he had for you, Justin believed it was you too, it was clear in the video. His every touch, everything he did, showed how much he truly cared for you.
That did it for me, it broke my heart to see you two together.
It seemed like you had betrayed me the same way that Liza did, and I was so angry that I just couldn’t see the truth” Brandon told me and then buried his head in my legs.
Letting go of my hand and then hugging my legs tightly. I can tell he is being honest, but that is not the problem. “I know you love me, Brandon, but it is now clear to me that you don’t trust me.
You want me to trust you completely when there are girls at Black Adder that are still after you since I arrived. They have never stopped their pursuit.
Stella told me about the viral video, about how the girls were coming on to you as a way to “get back at me” for cheating on you. The thing is, Brandon, you never shut them down.
You announced me as Luna, but your fan club still gathers daily, to watch you guys train.
Stella and I are jealous women, we know you love us, but it seems like you have a set of rules for you, and a set of rules for me. You know I had been hurt too, I have trust issues too.
I have seen a few instances in training where they are pretending not to “get it” just to get you to put your hands on them, to show them. Still, I left it alone.
Do you know why Brandon?” I asked him, and I can see by the guilt on his face, he knew exactly where I was going with this. But I don’t think he does yet.
“That I didn’t trust you,” he said in a low voice. “Not entirely, it is that you can do whatever you want, and I need to “get over it,”.
That you can still be admired and hit on and I still need to trust you about it. I had given you a pass because I didn’t feel it, the betrayal pains.
Believe me, once you feel them, you will remember them. That was what I was trying to ask you, when you jerked your arm back, causing me to lose my balance. I could have lost our baby.
Our innocent child who has done nothing to anyone could have lost their life yesterday because you didn’t trust me enough to listen to me for 1 minute to ask you that.
You kept trying to leave me at the door, and I just wanted to ask you that, It just took me a second, because at first, I honestly didn’t know what you were accusing me of.
Then when I heard you call me a w***e, I figured it out” I told him. I saw him flinch when he heard the word. I imagine he had been up all night sick about what he has said to me.
“You know I didn’t mean that, I was just acting out of rage and anger,” Brandon told me, and I feel his pain increase through the bond.
He knew he really screwed up, but he is not telling me that he is going to change anything. I hope he is hearing what I am saying to him.
“I know that you didn’t truly mean it, I knew why you said it, you were hurt and lashing out. But people heard what you said to me like you believed that video, and people gossip.
I don’t know if I can go back there with everyone having such a low opinion of me. One that you had given them, as you believed it, without allowing me to defend myself.
If you had stood by me, and believed in me, we could have gotten through it faster, together. You did the same thing to me that I have had to live with my whole life.
You assumed I had no value to you, after seeing that video. That I was now worthless and didn’t want me anymore.
You believed a lie, and now that you know it was a lie, you want me to just forgive you. Without trust, what happens the next time? Or the next? Will you be able to sit down and talk it out?
That is what I asked for yesterday, and all three of you refused to listen to us. I think that in some way, you had to actually believe that I was capable of doing such a thing.
Like with your groupies, let them hang on, why? Is it because you need a backup, in case I mess up? Having options “just in case” because I am no longer what you really wanted,” I told him.
I can see how upset he is, he is vehemently shaking his head no, but that is what it felt like to me. I just need to get this all out now because he really wants to tell me I am wrong, but am I?
This is how I feel. How he can tell me how I need to feel, that I am mistaken about it?
“Just because you don’t believe it right now, Brandon, what came out of your mouth yesterday after seeing the video, was something you were thinking. I am as hurt by your words, as I was when I fell.
You wrote me off, right then. You were in so much pain you didn’t want to add the rejection to it. But we both know that you were planning on coming and doing it later on, right?
You had all my stuff all packed up. You were cutting me loose before I could say a word to defend myself. You saw me laying there on the ground, carrying your pup, bleeding and hurt.
Instead of just putting me in another room to investigate the video, or to give yourself time to calm down to listen to reason, you just got rid of me” I told him, and I can feel the tears running down my face.
We both knew what he was probably going to do, and that hurts the most. That someone who said they loved you, wouldn’t listen to your side of the story.
Despite the fact that you have witnesses to the fact that you were innocent of what you were being accused of. “No baby. I was never ever planning to reject you. I was angry and hurt.
I flew into a rage and I was scared I was going to end up hurting you. Yes, I f****d up with packing your stuff up, but that was a miscommunication.
I told Truett I wanted you to leave, and he assumed, with all your stuff, he didn’t realize that I just meant until I calmed down. Sending you away was for your own safety, baby.
I was so angry, and I just didn’t correct it when I saw your bags. I will die without you, Raven, I will do anything to keep you.
Do you not realize that an Alpha seeing that kind of video, about his mate, 9 times out of 10 would kill? I wanted to, I was barely hanging on, but Axe was refusing to do it.
I think in the back of his head he knew that there was something wrong with the whole thing, we just didn’t know what it was.
Stella pointed out to me last night that was exactly what Reagan wanted me to do, was kill you. Baby, I love you and trust you, but I am telling you, I swear that it looked like you in the video.
Between that, and the fact that Justin still clearly loves you, it was the very worst day of my life. I will make sure this doesn’t happen again. I am going to attack Silver Blade.
I am not going to wait for approval from the council. This almost cost me my mate and my pup, and that cost is way too high.
I am going to end your sister myself, so we don’t have to ever go through something like this again” Brandon was begging me. I can see he was telling me the truth, and I am able to calm down.
I was so worried that he was planning on rejecting me, and that was going to play into my decision. If he had been going to reject me, I was going to make him do it now.
I was in the clear as far as the pup was concerned, the baby was fine. They were releasing me later on today by noon.
I need to think of a plan, as I have heard about how the video is making the rounds. It is even showing in the human world now, as it just keeps getting shared.
It is embarrassing to think that people are believing that it is me. I feel humiliated, and I am not going to take this one, and not pay her back.
I am going to announce to the world that it was not me, and I will be doing that soon. “Brandon, I am willing to come back with you. But we need to talk about something else.
As you said, you saw Justin and his emotions in the video. I need you to stay calm in this. But I will need to talk to him as well when he gets back in here.
I am going to need time alone, with him too” I told Brandon.
“As long as it is to tell him that you and he are done, I am good with that,” Brandon told me, and I can tell from his crossed arms and the huff that he gave when I asked him, that he was not going to cooperate with me on this.
“We need to talk as well, Brandon, before he gets back. I don’t know what is going on with me and Justin either. But when you woke me up growling the place down.
I felt it, I felt the tingles on the hand that Justin was holding. I need to see if he feels it too. I know that the Goddess had broken our bond.
But it looks like she is giving it back to us, for some reason. I cannot explain it, I didn’t ask for it. I don’t know how in the hell it is possible, but I know what dad told me.
He said that Justin told him to slow down, and where to stop at. My SUV was buried, it was blocked by shrubs and small trees.
Dad told me that as fast as he was driving to get to me, he would have never seen it. They would have flown right past me. Who knows how long it would have been before they would have found me?
I Justin hadn’t sensed me, I would have died, and so would our child.
I need to talk to dad about this and get him to check with the council because it is rare for the Goddess to give a broken bond back. It has happened before, but it is exceptionally rare.
I don’t know what is going on, or why, but I felt it. It is the same tingles that I feel with you” I told him and waited for his reaction. “I know why.
I begged her every day for the last 2 months to restore it. I screwed up, badly. But I do love you, Raven. I wanted another chance with you.
I don’t know why she did it either unless the big bad Alpha over there is planning on rejecting you or something” Justin said quietly from the door. I have never heard it open.
He obviously heard everything that I just said to Brandon. “I am not going to reject her. I love Raven. I will not let her go” Brandon growled out to Justin. I watch him stand up and hold my hand.
I felt the tingles very strong at the contact. “I am taking back my rejection, Brandon. I was forced to do it under duress anyway. I never wanted to reject Raven.
I had to do it, or my family would have faced the consequences of my actions. I messed up, but I still love her.
I will not be letting her go either, Brandon” Justin said and walked over to put my breakfast onto the rolling table, and then he gently took my other hand, into his.
I felt tingles on both of my hands. Faint on Justin’s hand, they were not as strong as with Brandon, but they were definitely there.
“You had already lost her Justin! Raven is MINE, and you need to back off. The sooner you accept that, the happier we will all be” Brandon yelled across the bed at Justin.
“Well, well, well, is this the “no stress” environment that you guys were supposed to be leaving Raven in?” Stella said as she entered the room.
She is already up to speed on what is going on as neither of them was quiet about staking their claim. I just don’t know what is going on right now.
I was fine with leaving Justin before, but I feel our bond growing stronger and stronger, even though Brandon has marked me.
I need to get with dad as soon as possible to figure out just what the hell is going on now, to avoid the fight between them that I know is coming.
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