Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter - Chapter 95: Chapter 139
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Aaron’s POV
Holy s**t, they brought vampires with them into my pack.
I have fear for my children who were currently upstairs, and I am hearing some of them heading our way.
Before I can even mindlink them to stay upstairs, I see my two oldest sons come down to the landing. They froze at seeing Raven standing next to their mother.
They had never been told that their mother had a twin and the shock of seeing someone that looked almost exactly like her had them stop and do a double-take.
I moved closer to the stairs to try to protect them by stopping them from coming down the next set of stairs. I do not know these men and women at all, and our children are defenseless against them.
“No one is here to harm you. They are actually here to protect you. You need a vampire Aaron, to go against a vampire. We all thought it was best not to mention the vampires coming with us.
We knew that after your experiences with them, you may be fearful about having them here. This is the only real way to get rid of a vampire issue.
Plus, you will know why they are here, in just a few minutes. They are here to help you and your pack, Aaron.
You need to be introduced to them, I think that you will be quite interested in who they actually are in relation to your vampire problem. They are more than what you think they are.
I have known them for a long time, they are good and I trust them with my own family” Brandon stepped forward to speak to me, as he saw my movement to go and protect my sons from them, it was an automatic response.
Trevor and Henry have a lot of curiosity for the vampires standing in their living room and do not seem to be afraid of them at all.
They stepped the rest of the way down the stairs and headed right for them, as I was reaching out to stop them. “Dad, we researched vampires, these are not the ones you need to worry about.
Their eyes are yellow. That means that they drink from animals, or from blood bags. Not from people. They are safe” Trevor said and Henry nodded in agreement.
“Are you sure?” I asked them before I thought about it. I am quite sure I offended their whole group, it was unintentional, but I was worried about my family.
I don’t see Brandon’s children here to prove to me that they are safe to be around my children. I have never dealt with vampires, other than the ones who just showed up killing off pack members.
That is all I have to go by right now, and all I know is that I cannot trust the ones who will be coming back to attack us and attempt to take Reagan. “Your sons are correct.
We do not feed from people. We run a business where people can donate blood, but we pay them to donate it. The blood gets tested, and if it is disease free, they will be paid for the donation.
It works for them, and us. We will drink from the bags, but not people. Your sons are very intelligent” their leader spoke.
In his comment, he clearly complimented our children but called the rest of us who were scared of them out for our ignorance of that fact.
That was embarrassing, but I was glad to hear that they were safer to have around. I just didn’t know, I hadn’t done research on them, and it is in my nature to want to protect my children.
“Oh, NOW you want to protect them, after what Eloise put them through” I heard my wolf, Roman, ask me through our link. “Shut up Roman, I get it, I just didn’t know.
I was wrong for allowing her the opportunity when I could tell what she was about from the moment Austin was born.
I just never thought she would go that far” I answered him back through our link and then paid my attention back to our guests. “I am sorry for offending you, and your people.
I appreciate you coming here, especially not knowing us at all. I have never met or dealt with vampires before, only the three that showed up this week.
I am sorry for my lack of knowledge of your people. I truly did not mean to offend any of you. I was only trying to protect my sons” I told them and they nodded to me.
It doesn’t seem like I truly offended them. It seemed like they let it roll off of them, as I am sure I am not the only one to have made a careless comment about them.
“My name is Alexei, but you can call me Alex while we are here. I understand that when you haven’t been around us, it can be scary. But you are all much safer now than you were, with us here.
I know you have tried to prepare for their return, but the honest answer is you can’t. You will need us to take care of the problem, and we will.
I had Raven call earlier as I wanted to make sure that it was him. It appears that our half-brother Draven is the one here causing you problems. He has lied to you from the start.
He had a mate, and he killed her, over 200 years ago. He has quite a violent temper. He probably saw your she-wolf and fell in love, or wanted her to make hybrids.
He would sense the power you have, and he wants to create strong babies. He wants to have more control, and power than he currently has and will do anything to make that happen.
He is prone to doing exactly that, lying to get the upper hand, I will help you with this, as he is our problem as well.
He is my and Anton’s half-brother” Alexei motioned to another man near him, one who also had blonde hair and honey-colored eyes. Anton nodded and gave a slight bow toward me, and straightened back up.
I cannot read any of them. I can tell that they are indeed killing machines. They all stood there tall, and confident as they looked around the room. They were sizing us up as well.
They stood watching us as carefully as we were watching them. That seemed to shake Reagan out of her frozen state and she stepped forward and said, “I am sorry.
I was caught off guard, I didn’t know you were coming.
Please have a seat and we can go over what we have been doing so far, and what we have settled on to do, for us to be as safe as we could be for the last few days.”
Reagan brought them up to speed, and they nodded some at her choices that she had made and nodded at the stake ideas.
They nodded at Trevor who was proud that his idea had merit. They were surprised at our buying the swords.
One of the women said, “They are very effective to remove heads, but you have to swing very hard with a sharp sword to be able to do that.
It was smart on your part for you to think to incapacitate them before you attempted to remove their heads.” There were a total of 5 male vampires, and 4 female vampires in their group.
They all seemed to move with grace and looked fairly normal, and all were strangely attractive. Other than their paler skin tones, you would not know that they were vampires.
The leader Alexei, his second was called Dmitriy, but they don’t call them that. Both men look very strong but are built more like a swimmer’s build, rather than bulky with muscles like we are.
We learned that they all live in the same coven and that they don’t make up even half of it. Alexi and his brother Anton both had blonde hair and honey-colored eyes.
Dmitriy had dark brown hair and eyes that looked more yellow, than golden. These three men were the biggest of the group. Ivan had brown hair and seemed to be younger than most of the group.
Adrik had dark hair and the same yellow eyes.
He was the quietest of the group and was still a fledgling, he had only been a vampire for about 10 years, and this seemed like his first big opportunity to participate in something like this.
The four women were all beautiful, but their paler skin seemed to suit them better than it did the men.
It gave them a more delicate look, whereas it had given the men a slightly unhealthy appearance, with them not being able to tan.
The women all stood up to be introduced and the one that had spoken earlier was introduced as being named Kira. She had long red hair, that she had fashioned into a long braid.
Her black one-piece outfit made her seem like a total badass. She was not concerned about what they were about to be doing.
She seemed rather bored with it all like it was already done, and they could leave. Irina was next, and she was the shortest of all of them at either 5’7 or 5’8.
She seemed fragile and delicate and smiled a lot, which put people at ease.
Polina was the next woman in line, and she had brown hair, she had the same one-piece outfit on and she also seemed ready to fight.
The last woman was the tallest, and she had long black hair, to her waist. Her pale face worked well with the black hair, and she was the tallest of all the women at 5’10”.
She was introduced as being named, Nadia, and I had already seen some of the warriors from Blood Walker checking her out. She ignored all of the looks in her direction.
She was ready to get this over with too. I do not think that she is a big fan of werewolves, but she is not being rude, just quiet.
Hearing that they were brothers to the vampire here causing problems made me feel better about this.
Clearly, their brother was the problem child, and that was probably the reason that they would drop everything to come to help us. I am absolutely glad for their help.
I heard more noises coming from the landing as Clive and Reagan’s oldest, Tatiana, with her younger brother Atlas hot on her heels came flying down the stairs.
I bet her older brothers told them that there were werewolves here and they wanted to see them too. Tatiana was not scared at all as she came down the stairs, just as bold as her mother.
I see Clive give them both a look, probably telling them to be good but never stopping them from coming down. He just moved closer toward the vampires.
He knew where they were going, straight up to the vampires, to get a look at them. I see the women’s mouth twitch almost in a laugh as Tatiana came right straight to them to introduce herself.
She had no fear and even held her hand out to shake their hands. From the looks of it, they had never seen such a forward little she-wolf in their lives.
She didn’t seem to be worried about them at all. They were impressed by her boldness, as it was clear on their faces.
They even introduced themselves to her, and Atlas, who stayed behind her, and didn’t shake hands, but did want to meet them.
“You do not fear us?” Nadia asked her when she got to the end of their line. “No, you do not drink from humans. You are the good vampires.
Why would I be afraid of someone who is good?” Tatiana answered her back.
Nadia gave a laugh at Tatiana’s innocent, but truthful response, and said, “An excellent answer, but you must always be cautious little one.
Some can never be fully trusted.”
“I agree,” Reagan said, and the room seemed to relax even more. When they were told how the pack had been split up into being secured in three areas, they nodded.
“It is better to have only three places to guard, rather than 50. That was very smart on your part. What we will do, is have two guarding the hospital.
We will send Nadia, and Polina there, just in case they get in there. Kira and Irina will go to the packhouse, in case one of them gets in there.
Irina tends to make people feel more comfortable being around her than the other women. I will have Anton stay here in your home with you, Reagan.
He will have the strength that you need to beat Draven, if he does manage to get past us, to get to you. The rest of us will be out there with Justin and Brandon.
We will take care of whoever he comes with, he should not be able to get past us to leave your land. Draven is smart, but he will not know that we are here.
The outcome is going to change for him and his people because of it. Our scent is masked, and he will not be expecting us.
We need to make sure that Justin and Brandon take them out if they try to get away from us. I will tell you now as soon as they are aware of our presence, they will be trying to escape.
That is why we need to stay back until we have a count on exactly how many of them there are. We need to dispatch all of them tonight, they need to be neutralized here, and not allowed to escape.
I am sure that you want the same thing, for them to never be able to return. I plan on us taking care of each one of them tonight, so you do not have to worry about them anymore.
Anyone who comes running back out the way they came in, needs to be shot with the arrow. We need to dip the arrows in wolfsbane, as I know you have some, and it works on Vampires too.
It will take them down, and give us enough time to kill them” Alexei told us, and I feel a whole lot better he is here now.
He is probably correct in his thinking that it takes a vampire to end a vampire. But I just want my pack to be safe from now on. I believe with their help we can make it through the night safely.
One of the warriors from the Blood Walker pack, one of the men who had been eyeballing the female vampires asked, “Don’t the females need a male with them, at the packhouse, and the hospital?
Won’t they be at risk of being attacked?”
Laughter was heard from the group of vampires, and Alexei responded, “I am sorry for the laughter. It’s just that they are almost more ruthless than we are.
They will fit in better in the pack house and hospital because they are less threatening than we are to you. You were probably thinking the same thing yourselves.
He was just the one to ask the questions on all of your minds. Do not worry about them, they will not be hurt, and it will be easier for your pack to stay calm with them being women.
I brought 9 of us, we will be fine, even if he brings double digits, we have the element of surprise. He will most like have fledglings or Neonates with him.
They are newer vampires and are not as experienced in what needs to be done, as the rest of us. It is Draven himself that poses the most threat to you in this.
He is our brother, and his mother was one of the few humans who could carry a baby for our father. He is strong, but nowhere near as strong as Anton and I are.
He will probably come with more than half his coven as he has his sights set on your beautiful she-wolf here. He will want to take her, and he will come early, you were right to get prepared.
If he gave you three nights, and he gave you the first night of peace, you will be wanting to catch up on your sleep tonight.
You probably stayed up half of last night waiting for him to show up, so you didn’t get much sleep. He is very intelligent to plan it out this way.
After you got the first night off, he will come the second night, and you will have lowered your guard.
It just makes sense, because you are exhausted from him coming this week, and then having to prepare for their return during the day. He hasn’t been in California for over a hundred years.
We banished him for his actions. I am actually glad he is back, we need to end him. He is one of the reasons that vampires get a bad name, with what he and his coven does”.
The children edged even closer to the female vampires, even though they were warned that they were just as dangerous and Alexei’s smirk at me let me know that what he said was entirely correct.
The pack members would not like any of the vampires being here, even with them here to help us.
The women staying at the other locations will allow them to stay calm, while they are being protected from the group that has singled us out for attack.
The women seem to be very patient with the children while the kids fired off question after question at them. They seemed amused by how interested the children were in them.
Reagan mentioned that the children down here were the same ones to help her research vampires with her.
The men were basically silent, just watchful, as they watched the interaction of the children getting closer and closer to the women, with no fear showing on them at all.
Their clear interest in them washed away any fear they might have had toward them. I was glad that Anton would be staying here to help Reagan, as Draven has claimed her as his own.
I didn’t want her to be left alone without one of them here to help protect her. I was thankful now for Reagan reaching out. We did need more hands on deck for this.
I was not expecting the bulk of the hands to be attacked to actual vampires, but I can see where this will work very out in our favor now.
I approached Alexei, Brandon, and Justin who were speaking to each other. I had a few more questions that I wanted to ask, and not where everyone could hear me.
I know that Clive had the same questions to ask. We had fought them, they were not weak by any stretch of the imagination.
Clive fought Draven and I fought the other male, and neither of them was weak. I could have gone longer but I got that punch to the side of my head, and that was it for me.
These vampires must be very strong indeed for them to consider Draven and his coven to be weak. I am even more thankful that they are here now, as I had no idea the kind of strength that they had.
No wonder they didn’t look worried about fighting Draven and his coven. Who knows how many we would have potentially lost tonight without them here?
I guess it was the Goddess herself that set this up. My friend who lives in a nearby pack, the ones who were going to help us out, decided earlier today that we were on our own.
He said that he would take the chance on them coming to his pack, but that he would not be coming to help us out. I guess our treaty means nothing to him, or he was just too scared to help.
I can’t blame him. This whole thing scares the hell out of me too. I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that I have 9 vampires inside my pack, and I am not terrified.
After speaking to them, I know that the only way that we have any chance at all is by them being here to help us out. If we succeed tonight, it will only be because they were here to help us out.
Otherwise, we would probably be just as ruthlessly killed as my mate and son were. Chapter 140
Cheryl’s POV
I knew that we were traveling with vampires, and I was nervous, to say the least.
I have never had any experience with them, and I was glad that Kevin didn’t know that I was going to be with them. He would have worried this whole time.
He was already worried about my coming here, without being healed. It was a choice I made, with Raven, who knew what the whole plan was.
She was completely confident that the people who were coming with us would be able to handle the problem that they were having at Blood Tracker with no problems at all.
Her confidence in them, along with Brandon, and Justin, allowed me to be willing to come along. I was actually looking forward to getting to see Reagan again.
I had mentioned to Raven wanting to stop on the way back to see Graham, and that was actually my primary reason for coming.
I knew I was still weak, but I was a lot better than I had been when I arrived at Black Adder. Max, my doctor, is amazed by the progress that I have made over the course of a week.
He mentions how strong I am to me every day. I don’t fully believe him, but he reminds me that he thought I would be on the feeding tube for weeks, not days.
He said that I am on course to be at 100%, by the time a month is complete. I think he might be right, as I do feel much stronger than I have in a long time.
I have the wheelchair in the back of the SUV, but I walked in from the garage with help from Max.
I assumed that Blake was coming, but until we got here and I saw him, I didn’t know if he would show up or not.
He knew I was coming and my wolf, Akayla, had told me on the way here, that he would be there waiting for me. Her bond with his wolf, Kona, was still very strong.
They were 100% mates, and that never changed. It was the stupid decisions made by Blake himself that messed things up for both of us.
Kona condemned Blake for what he did, as Kona himself tried to tell Blake the truth too. He wanted to warn Blake what was happening, and that he was being tricked.
Kona knew from Kevin’s scent, that Kevin was his, but Blake was just adamant that Kona was being led astray, and lied to by Akayla.
Due to the window tint on the SUV I was in, Blake didn’t know I was in there until he saw me enter Reagan’s home from the garage. He was not happy to see Max’s arm around me assisting me as I walked.
His anger was coming off of him in waves. He was approaching us to start an argument, when Raven entered with her mates, followed by the vampires.
I wasn’t surprised because Alexei and Dmitry had been in the last row of the SUV that we were riding in.
They were back where the tint was darkest to keep them out of the sun as we traveled to come here. They also wanted to discuss what we needed to do to get the desired outcome tonight.
We had to get here before the sun went down, so they could all get in position. Draven and his group do not need to see them coming, or us preparing for their arrival.
They were much nicer than I expected them to be, but Alexei was the talker out of the two of them.
Apparently, he knew who they were going to go and fight with, and I knew that he was confident in his people winning.
I just wasn’t aware that he would be fighting his own half-brother, not until he mentioned it.
I believe that they can speak to each other in their minds as well, as Dmitry never open his mouth the first time, but they seemed to be able to communicate just fine together.
My thoughts were confirmed when they were discussing how to let people know how many were in the group.
It was determined that Brandon, and Justin, would be the ones to mindlink Raven with the total number of Draven’s group.
Raven would tell Clive who would tell Aaron at the packhouse, and Jeremy the warrior at the hospital. Anton would then relay the information to the rest of the vampires in their assigned places.
We will be working out of Reagan’s home like it was command central for the night. I was glad that she had cameras on her home, and I felt safe there.
Anton doesn’t seem concerned at all about this turn of events, but I guess if I was almost 450 years old, it would be the norm for me too.
He seems ready to go right now and is calmly sitting there playing something on his phone. He must feel my eyes on him, as his head comes up and he stares right at me.
I know he heard my heart rate increase because he gives me a slow smile, and I nodded at him as I blushed. I wasn’t checking him out, but it may have looked that way to him.
I guess it did to him and others as I heard the growl from the chair next to the couch that I am sitting on. Blake is glaring a hole through Anton, whose smile grew even larger at Blake’s warning.
Before I could lower my gaze Anton gave me a wink and went back to his phone. I tried to hide my smile from the response that Anton gave me, but I couldn’t.
He is very attractive, and I haven’t had anyone flirt with me for a long time.
Blake is now looking at me like I was trying to flirt with Anton, but honestly, I have very little experience with vampires, and I was just interested in watching them.
I heard a loud “clump” next to me and it was Blake, who had picked up his chair and moved closer to me, dropping it back down on the floor. It was almost like he was daring anyone to come over to me.
I don’t think that Anton is really concerned about Blake being jealous, at all. He was back playing whatever game it was on his phone and ignoring us all.
He must have a lot of confidence in himself and his abilities to not be concerned about how this is going to play out.
His brother, Alexei is still making plans with Brandon, Justin, and Aaron, and I guess when they get it nailed down, they will announce to everyone what will be happening.
I keep my head down, and I know that Blake wants to talk to me, but there is no need for us to speak to each other. He decided that Graham was the one that he wanted to listen to.
So, as far as I am concerned, he can just drive back there to Black Moon and speak to Graham right now. We have nothing left to discuss right now. He needs to do as I have asked and give me some time.
We both need some time alone to gather our thoughts. Even if he realizes what he did now to the both of us, it just doesn’t constitute an emergency on my part.
I am in no rush at all to get back together with him. I warned Blake over and over again, and he couldn’t hear me.
Now the shoe is on the other foot, and he wants me to just let it all go, and I just fall into his arms like a good mate. I can’t do that, I won’t do that. Do I still love him?
Yes, yes I do, very much so. Does that negate all the s**t he put me through? No, no it doesn’t. Does that mean that his telling the whole pack that I was unfaithful to him, didn’t hurt?
Because it truly did, each and every time it happened. The disrespect that the pack members gave me, was hard enough, but what Blake ended up doing, hurt me the most.
No, I won’t just drop all the anger, pain, and frustration that I felt for the last several years because he suddenly “figured” it out.
I had told him, again and again, that what he was doing was going to cost him. How could I just fold after a week and be OK with all he did to me?
Or forget what he did to our son, as a son who is convinced that his own father hates him. The answer was that I wasn’t. That is not who I was at all. I had forgotten how strong I used to be.
But in the last week, I am starting to remember. I will be strong for both me and Kevin. Max made sure to sit in the chair opposite Blake’s.
He didn’t want to cause Blake to lose it, as Blake is an Alpha, and it would cause a problem in the home. We already had enough going on already with the looming attack tonight.
I was seated on the end of the couch, with the end table in front of me. There were lone chairs on opposite ends of the table, and another large couch facing me.
I forgot Reagan had 9 children that lived here with her and Clive.
This seating arrangement was pretty large, and I was glad when Raven stepped up to sit next to me and asked me to move to the middle of the couch.
She sat down by Blake at the end of the couch he was sitting on. She is taking the pressure off of me by doing that. Reagan dropped down on the other side of me, near Max.
I see her look at the chair that Blake moved, and I knew she was going to mention it when her eyebrow lifted up and she said, “Blake be sure to put it back where you got it from.” She didn’t say it loud, but everyone in the room could hear her, our hearing is excellent.
The glare he fixed on her was scary. They didn’t have a great relationship, and I didn’t want her getting on his bad side again so I felt compelled to bring down the drama in the room.
“I will put it back,” I told her trying to keep the peace. She shook her head no, but before she could speak Max said, “You do not need to lift it. If it needs to be moved, I will do it.
You are better than you were, but I will remind you that you passed out completely when you arrived at Black Adder.
You are nowhere near as strong as you need to be” OK, I guess it will be shots fired then, as Blake’s eyes snapped from me to Max, very quickly. “You don’t need to give that look to me, Blake.
You are the one who hurt her so much that she couldn’t eat. Look at her, look at what you have done. She was your mate, and you mistreated her for years. Kevin is physically OK, but not emotionally.
You did a real number on the ones you say you love” Max said, in a low tone. He was playing with fire. He knew Blake was going to pull a “but I love you” out of his hat to downplay all he has done.
It also pointed out that it was a long time since he started trying to hurt me, so it was serious. So serious that all the talk in the room had stopped.
I turned to look and most of the people in the room are looking at us. My face is red now, as this was embarrassing, and I would have rather avoided it.
Blake is furious and looks like he is spoiling for a fight with Max.
“She IS my mate, not was, so get that straight first doctor,” Blake said, and his way of saying doctor with so much contempt in his voice was appalling.
Max worked hard to save me, Blake doesn’t need to downplay it so much. I did almost die. “We do not need to discuss this in front of everyone here.
This is a personal matter, and Blake we can speak on the phone about it later. Now is not the time, the whole room doesn’t need to know what happened” I hissed at Blake in a low tone.
I was ashamed of what had happened, and I didn’t want to speak about it in front of these guests.
“I would like to hear what happened” a voice comes from behind us and Kira is standing there with her head tilted as if she wants to engage with Blake.
She is giving him a look that said, he needs to tread carefully here. He seems surprised that Nadia is right next to her. We never heard them move, they were suddenly just there.
I can tell that they are here in support of me, but I do not want to cause any problems tonight. I have even changed my mind about stopping to speak to Graham now.
He might take the opportunity to try to kidnap me or to cause problems with Black Adder, and I just can’t take that chance. I live there, and Kevin is waiting on me.
I do not want Blake’s actions to get me kicked out. He knows I have nowhere to go. I might have to return to him, at least in his mind. I wouldn’t.
We would be leaving the state, and I can guarantee him that he would not be hearing from either of us if he forces my hand like that. “I don’t really want to get into it” I started to say.
Kira nodded, and then looked right at Blake and said, “But, you do, right?”
“Well, he sure looks like he does, doesn’t he Kira? This poor woman is clearly not doing well.
I have never seen such a frail-looking she-wolf in my life, and I am over 300 years old. What did you do to her?” Nadia said to Blake.
Raven and Reagan each slide over to the edge of the couch, for Kira and Nadia to slide in on either side of me. Blake stayed silent, and I did too, as the women continued to stare at Blake.
“I bet I can guess what happened, Kira. I can see the doctor likes her. I can sense it, he is interested in her, and according to what was said, this one is her mate.
Aren’t you supposed to love, protect, and take care of your mates? I could be wrong here, but I doubt it, so what did you do to her, Blake?
You get a beautiful, and strong mate, and you hurt her, why?” Nadia asked him and leaned forward on the couch.
She sat closest to Blake, and she was letting him know to get froggy if he wanted to jump, but we could all tell that it was not going to end well for him if he did.
“You are not involved in our private conversation. Cheryl said to stop talking about it, and I am respecting her wishes. I will wait for her to be willing to let me speak to her.
Hopefully, in private later on tonight” Blake said and looked pointedly at Max.
“I can assure you that will not be happening for you tonight, Blake” Max fired back and stayed reclined in his chair in a comfortable position.
He was acting like he was not worried at all about what Blake was going to do to him. “Right, because you are in charge of my mate now. Is that what you are saying?
She is mine, we are having some issues in our relationship right now. But one day she will forgive me, and come back to me” Blake growled out to Max. “I am her doctor.
She needs to keep her stress levels down, and speaking to you causes her stress. So yes, as far as you are concerned, I AM in charge of her.
If you want to cause her to get upset, then yes, you will be answering for it. Because I won’t allow you to bully her right here in front of me” Max said back to Blake, and the room went silent again.
This was really embarrassing, and I didn’t want this to be playing out in front of everyone like this. I can see that Blake is pissed off at the lack of respect that Max is giving him.
He is about to phase into his wolf, Kona, and tear into Max very soon. “I knew it, he said to forgive him, you know what that means Kira” Nadia said, and she is pissed.
I can feel the heat on my cheeks, and I really wished that I just left it to Raven, and her mates to save the women. I should have stayed behind in the hospital.
I just felt since Blake was doing it to prove that they meant nothing to him, so he was killing them off in the worst way he could think of.
I felt like I needed to stop it from happening, and I am kicking myself for it now. I should have relented, and I would be safe and sound in my bed at the hospital right now.
Not here getting totally embarrassed in from of the vampires, with Max about to be attacked by Blake. I felt ashamed, and heartbroken as I felt like they knew exactly what had happened.
That my own mate didn’t even want me, and was willing to let the whole world know it. I can feel the prick of tears in my eyes, as I feel like this embarrassing situation will never end.
“Doctor, can you please go with me to escort Cheryl upstairs? I can feel that she needs to rest now. She is worn out, and she needs some peace” a strong masculine voice sounded from behind us.
I turned to see Anton standing there, and he is much more intimidating up close.
I felt one of my tears slip out, and run down the side of my face, and Anton stepped closer to me and held his hand out for me to take. I reached out and took it before I even thought about it.
I did need to get out of there. I didn’t want a room full of people seeing me cry at being exposed as not having been enough to my own mate.
Blake stood up from his chair to stop me from walking away, and then he started floating up to the ceiling.
He looks around stunned and Nadia smiled and waved at him, so he would know that it was her that had stopped him. “No, I think she needs a break right now, Blake.
Please do not go too far tonight with her, while I am at the hospital. I would hate to have to speak to you after I return. It takes me a while to dial back down after a fight.
I wouldn’t want to take it out on you for hurting her” Nadia tells him, and she is dead serious. The threat was in the air, but he brought it on himself.
He is very angry but I do not turn back to look at him, even on the landing I just keep my eyes down, so no one can tell that I am crying. I am embarrassed at how weak I am appearing in front of them.
I really made a mistake in coming here. Reagan had come up with us, and led us to her room. “I changed the sheets today. Go ahead and have a rest. I will speak to Blake.
He is on my turf now, in my home. If he wants to clown, then he can stay in the packhouse with his cousin Aaron and his men for the night.
I will not allow disrespect in my own home” Reagan said as she goes to exit the room. “Doc, did you bring your bag here with you? I can tell that Cheryl’s heart rate is elevated.
She is upset and she needs attending. I will stay with her, and run interference for her. I am quite sure though that Nadia is probably still toying with him in the living room.
I will watch over Cheryl until you return” Anton said to Max, and I can see that Max doesn’t want to leave me alone in the room with a vampire.
Anton has a comforting presence around him, and he does not scare me. I nodded and told Max that he was good to go out to get it.
As soon as the door shut, Anton approached the bed and sat on the end of it, “Just like you saw Nadia has special powers, I do as well. She has telekinesis, and I have telepathy.
I already know what happened between you and Blake. I could feel your emotions and you were unintentionally drowning me in them. You are still in a great deal of pain.
I just want you to know that I read his mind too. Sometimes people lie, and after we have been lied to, or are grossly mistreated like you were, we build up our hearts to protect ourselves.
I want you to know that as much as you still love him. He loves you too. He is sick about what he has done. He does want to win you back and is willing to do whatever you ask to achieve it.
I know that you cannot believe him, and I do not blame you at all for it. I have seen the highlight reel, and what he has done is off the charts in hurtful and disgusting behavior.
I just want you to know, from an impartial 3rd party, that he wishes he could take it all back. Whoever Graham is, is a dead man. He plans on torturing Graham every day of his life, but not to death.
He is going to make him suffer. He will make him suffer until the day you come back home to him. He wants either you or Kevin to do the honors when the time comes to put an end to Graham.
He wanted to tell you a few things that he has planned for you, and that he was wanting to step down, as soon as he can, and spend the rest of his days with you.
I am only going to tell you one part of it because I wanted him to surprise you with the rest of his ideas.
I wanted you to know that I could read his mind, so I gave you a part of what he was going to say to you.
Some of it was for you to have the upper hand when you do go to speak to Graham tomorrow on your way back home. If you want me to keep him away from you all night, I will.
I just wanted you to know that as much as the doctor likes you, your mate still loves you. It was why he got so hurt by the lies Graham told him.
It is your decision in the end Cheryl, but I wanted you to know what I saw when I read his mind” Anton said and rose from the bed.
He brushed the tears off my cheek as he stood above me with a gentle smile on his face. I feel like I have made a good friend today.
I smiled back at him through the tears and told him, “Thank you, Anton. I am glad you told me that. You were right. I feel like I cannot trust him, at all, anymore.
I gave him my heart and he shattered it and then kept stepping on the pieces until they were ground into dust. I will speak to him later on tonight. I just might stay close to you when I do it.
I do not know how the talk will go, but you are right, I do still love him. I just can’t trust him anymore. I don’t know if I ever can again actually.
If you can read minds, then you know that too” I told him. “It is all up to you. Blake is not your only option.
You need to stop being so mired in your emotions and pay a little more attention to the people around you. You are the only one who can make this decision.
I felt like you needed to hear it for yourself. But I wanted you to know how he truly felt, from someone who doesn’t have an agenda for either side.
He is miserable without you, and he misses you both and does want you to come back” Anton said and stepped back away from me about 10 seconds before the door opened, and Max hurried back in.
He looked scared when he rushed in, but slowed down when he saw that I was fine. He had obviously hurried to get to the SUV and back. I smiled to let him know I was fine.
As Max came to check on me, Anton gave me another wink and a half bow, before turning and exiting the room.
I will give Blake an opportunity to speak to me, after all the excitement for tonight, is over and done.
Holy s**t, they brought vampires with them into my pack.
I have fear for my children who were currently upstairs, and I am hearing some of them heading our way.
Before I can even mindlink them to stay upstairs, I see my two oldest sons come down to the landing. They froze at seeing Raven standing next to their mother.
They had never been told that their mother had a twin and the shock of seeing someone that looked almost exactly like her had them stop and do a double-take.
I moved closer to the stairs to try to protect them by stopping them from coming down the next set of stairs. I do not know these men and women at all, and our children are defenseless against them.
“No one is here to harm you. They are actually here to protect you. You need a vampire Aaron, to go against a vampire. We all thought it was best not to mention the vampires coming with us.
We knew that after your experiences with them, you may be fearful about having them here. This is the only real way to get rid of a vampire issue.
Plus, you will know why they are here, in just a few minutes. They are here to help you and your pack, Aaron.
You need to be introduced to them, I think that you will be quite interested in who they actually are in relation to your vampire problem. They are more than what you think they are.
I have known them for a long time, they are good and I trust them with my own family” Brandon stepped forward to speak to me, as he saw my movement to go and protect my sons from them, it was an automatic response.
Trevor and Henry have a lot of curiosity for the vampires standing in their living room and do not seem to be afraid of them at all.
They stepped the rest of the way down the stairs and headed right for them, as I was reaching out to stop them. “Dad, we researched vampires, these are not the ones you need to worry about.
Their eyes are yellow. That means that they drink from animals, or from blood bags. Not from people. They are safe” Trevor said and Henry nodded in agreement.
“Are you sure?” I asked them before I thought about it. I am quite sure I offended their whole group, it was unintentional, but I was worried about my family.
I don’t see Brandon’s children here to prove to me that they are safe to be around my children. I have never dealt with vampires, other than the ones who just showed up killing off pack members.
That is all I have to go by right now, and all I know is that I cannot trust the ones who will be coming back to attack us and attempt to take Reagan. “Your sons are correct.
We do not feed from people. We run a business where people can donate blood, but we pay them to donate it. The blood gets tested, and if it is disease free, they will be paid for the donation.
It works for them, and us. We will drink from the bags, but not people. Your sons are very intelligent” their leader spoke.
In his comment, he clearly complimented our children but called the rest of us who were scared of them out for our ignorance of that fact.
That was embarrassing, but I was glad to hear that they were safer to have around. I just didn’t know, I hadn’t done research on them, and it is in my nature to want to protect my children.
“Oh, NOW you want to protect them, after what Eloise put them through” I heard my wolf, Roman, ask me through our link. “Shut up Roman, I get it, I just didn’t know.
I was wrong for allowing her the opportunity when I could tell what she was about from the moment Austin was born.
I just never thought she would go that far” I answered him back through our link and then paid my attention back to our guests. “I am sorry for offending you, and your people.
I appreciate you coming here, especially not knowing us at all. I have never met or dealt with vampires before, only the three that showed up this week.
I am sorry for my lack of knowledge of your people. I truly did not mean to offend any of you. I was only trying to protect my sons” I told them and they nodded to me.
It doesn’t seem like I truly offended them. It seemed like they let it roll off of them, as I am sure I am not the only one to have made a careless comment about them.
“My name is Alexei, but you can call me Alex while we are here. I understand that when you haven’t been around us, it can be scary. But you are all much safer now than you were, with us here.
I know you have tried to prepare for their return, but the honest answer is you can’t. You will need us to take care of the problem, and we will.
I had Raven call earlier as I wanted to make sure that it was him. It appears that our half-brother Draven is the one here causing you problems. He has lied to you from the start.
He had a mate, and he killed her, over 200 years ago. He has quite a violent temper. He probably saw your she-wolf and fell in love, or wanted her to make hybrids.
He would sense the power you have, and he wants to create strong babies. He wants to have more control, and power than he currently has and will do anything to make that happen.
He is prone to doing exactly that, lying to get the upper hand, I will help you with this, as he is our problem as well.
He is my and Anton’s half-brother” Alexei motioned to another man near him, one who also had blonde hair and honey-colored eyes. Anton nodded and gave a slight bow toward me, and straightened back up.
I cannot read any of them. I can tell that they are indeed killing machines. They all stood there tall, and confident as they looked around the room. They were sizing us up as well.
They stood watching us as carefully as we were watching them. That seemed to shake Reagan out of her frozen state and she stepped forward and said, “I am sorry.
I was caught off guard, I didn’t know you were coming.
Please have a seat and we can go over what we have been doing so far, and what we have settled on to do, for us to be as safe as we could be for the last few days.”
Reagan brought them up to speed, and they nodded some at her choices that she had made and nodded at the stake ideas.
They nodded at Trevor who was proud that his idea had merit. They were surprised at our buying the swords.
One of the women said, “They are very effective to remove heads, but you have to swing very hard with a sharp sword to be able to do that.
It was smart on your part for you to think to incapacitate them before you attempted to remove their heads.” There were a total of 5 male vampires, and 4 female vampires in their group.
They all seemed to move with grace and looked fairly normal, and all were strangely attractive. Other than their paler skin tones, you would not know that they were vampires.
The leader Alexei, his second was called Dmitriy, but they don’t call them that. Both men look very strong but are built more like a swimmer’s build, rather than bulky with muscles like we are.
We learned that they all live in the same coven and that they don’t make up even half of it. Alexi and his brother Anton both had blonde hair and honey-colored eyes.
Dmitriy had dark brown hair and eyes that looked more yellow, than golden. These three men were the biggest of the group. Ivan had brown hair and seemed to be younger than most of the group.
Adrik had dark hair and the same yellow eyes.
He was the quietest of the group and was still a fledgling, he had only been a vampire for about 10 years, and this seemed like his first big opportunity to participate in something like this.
The four women were all beautiful, but their paler skin seemed to suit them better than it did the men.
It gave them a more delicate look, whereas it had given the men a slightly unhealthy appearance, with them not being able to tan.
The women all stood up to be introduced and the one that had spoken earlier was introduced as being named Kira. She had long red hair, that she had fashioned into a long braid.
Her black one-piece outfit made her seem like a total badass. She was not concerned about what they were about to be doing.
She seemed rather bored with it all like it was already done, and they could leave. Irina was next, and she was the shortest of all of them at either 5’7 or 5’8.
She seemed fragile and delicate and smiled a lot, which put people at ease.
Polina was the next woman in line, and she had brown hair, she had the same one-piece outfit on and she also seemed ready to fight.
The last woman was the tallest, and she had long black hair, to her waist. Her pale face worked well with the black hair, and she was the tallest of all the women at 5’10”.
She was introduced as being named, Nadia, and I had already seen some of the warriors from Blood Walker checking her out. She ignored all of the looks in her direction.
She was ready to get this over with too. I do not think that she is a big fan of werewolves, but she is not being rude, just quiet.
Hearing that they were brothers to the vampire here causing problems made me feel better about this.
Clearly, their brother was the problem child, and that was probably the reason that they would drop everything to come to help us. I am absolutely glad for their help.
I heard more noises coming from the landing as Clive and Reagan’s oldest, Tatiana, with her younger brother Atlas hot on her heels came flying down the stairs.
I bet her older brothers told them that there were werewolves here and they wanted to see them too. Tatiana was not scared at all as she came down the stairs, just as bold as her mother.
I see Clive give them both a look, probably telling them to be good but never stopping them from coming down. He just moved closer toward the vampires.
He knew where they were going, straight up to the vampires, to get a look at them. I see the women’s mouth twitch almost in a laugh as Tatiana came right straight to them to introduce herself.
She had no fear and even held her hand out to shake their hands. From the looks of it, they had never seen such a forward little she-wolf in their lives.
She didn’t seem to be worried about them at all. They were impressed by her boldness, as it was clear on their faces.
They even introduced themselves to her, and Atlas, who stayed behind her, and didn’t shake hands, but did want to meet them.
“You do not fear us?” Nadia asked her when she got to the end of their line. “No, you do not drink from humans. You are the good vampires.
Why would I be afraid of someone who is good?” Tatiana answered her back.
Nadia gave a laugh at Tatiana’s innocent, but truthful response, and said, “An excellent answer, but you must always be cautious little one.
Some can never be fully trusted.”
“I agree,” Reagan said, and the room seemed to relax even more. When they were told how the pack had been split up into being secured in three areas, they nodded.
“It is better to have only three places to guard, rather than 50. That was very smart on your part. What we will do, is have two guarding the hospital.
We will send Nadia, and Polina there, just in case they get in there. Kira and Irina will go to the packhouse, in case one of them gets in there.
Irina tends to make people feel more comfortable being around her than the other women. I will have Anton stay here in your home with you, Reagan.
He will have the strength that you need to beat Draven, if he does manage to get past us, to get to you. The rest of us will be out there with Justin and Brandon.
We will take care of whoever he comes with, he should not be able to get past us to leave your land. Draven is smart, but he will not know that we are here.
The outcome is going to change for him and his people because of it. Our scent is masked, and he will not be expecting us.
We need to make sure that Justin and Brandon take them out if they try to get away from us. I will tell you now as soon as they are aware of our presence, they will be trying to escape.
That is why we need to stay back until we have a count on exactly how many of them there are. We need to dispatch all of them tonight, they need to be neutralized here, and not allowed to escape.
I am sure that you want the same thing, for them to never be able to return. I plan on us taking care of each one of them tonight, so you do not have to worry about them anymore.
Anyone who comes running back out the way they came in, needs to be shot with the arrow. We need to dip the arrows in wolfsbane, as I know you have some, and it works on Vampires too.
It will take them down, and give us enough time to kill them” Alexei told us, and I feel a whole lot better he is here now.
He is probably correct in his thinking that it takes a vampire to end a vampire. But I just want my pack to be safe from now on. I believe with their help we can make it through the night safely.
One of the warriors from the Blood Walker pack, one of the men who had been eyeballing the female vampires asked, “Don’t the females need a male with them, at the packhouse, and the hospital?
Won’t they be at risk of being attacked?”
Laughter was heard from the group of vampires, and Alexei responded, “I am sorry for the laughter. It’s just that they are almost more ruthless than we are.
They will fit in better in the pack house and hospital because they are less threatening than we are to you. You were probably thinking the same thing yourselves.
He was just the one to ask the questions on all of your minds. Do not worry about them, they will not be hurt, and it will be easier for your pack to stay calm with them being women.
I brought 9 of us, we will be fine, even if he brings double digits, we have the element of surprise. He will most like have fledglings or Neonates with him.
They are newer vampires and are not as experienced in what needs to be done, as the rest of us. It is Draven himself that poses the most threat to you in this.
He is our brother, and his mother was one of the few humans who could carry a baby for our father. He is strong, but nowhere near as strong as Anton and I are.
He will probably come with more than half his coven as he has his sights set on your beautiful she-wolf here. He will want to take her, and he will come early, you were right to get prepared.
If he gave you three nights, and he gave you the first night of peace, you will be wanting to catch up on your sleep tonight.
You probably stayed up half of last night waiting for him to show up, so you didn’t get much sleep. He is very intelligent to plan it out this way.
After you got the first night off, he will come the second night, and you will have lowered your guard.
It just makes sense, because you are exhausted from him coming this week, and then having to prepare for their return during the day. He hasn’t been in California for over a hundred years.
We banished him for his actions. I am actually glad he is back, we need to end him. He is one of the reasons that vampires get a bad name, with what he and his coven does”.
The children edged even closer to the female vampires, even though they were warned that they were just as dangerous and Alexei’s smirk at me let me know that what he said was entirely correct.
The pack members would not like any of the vampires being here, even with them here to help us.
The women staying at the other locations will allow them to stay calm, while they are being protected from the group that has singled us out for attack.
The women seem to be very patient with the children while the kids fired off question after question at them. They seemed amused by how interested the children were in them.
Reagan mentioned that the children down here were the same ones to help her research vampires with her.
The men were basically silent, just watchful, as they watched the interaction of the children getting closer and closer to the women, with no fear showing on them at all.
Their clear interest in them washed away any fear they might have had toward them. I was glad that Anton would be staying here to help Reagan, as Draven has claimed her as his own.
I didn’t want her to be left alone without one of them here to help protect her. I was thankful now for Reagan reaching out. We did need more hands on deck for this.
I was not expecting the bulk of the hands to be attacked to actual vampires, but I can see where this will work very out in our favor now.
I approached Alexei, Brandon, and Justin who were speaking to each other. I had a few more questions that I wanted to ask, and not where everyone could hear me.
I know that Clive had the same questions to ask. We had fought them, they were not weak by any stretch of the imagination.
Clive fought Draven and I fought the other male, and neither of them was weak. I could have gone longer but I got that punch to the side of my head, and that was it for me.
These vampires must be very strong indeed for them to consider Draven and his coven to be weak. I am even more thankful that they are here now, as I had no idea the kind of strength that they had.
No wonder they didn’t look worried about fighting Draven and his coven. Who knows how many we would have potentially lost tonight without them here?
I guess it was the Goddess herself that set this up. My friend who lives in a nearby pack, the ones who were going to help us out, decided earlier today that we were on our own.
He said that he would take the chance on them coming to his pack, but that he would not be coming to help us out. I guess our treaty means nothing to him, or he was just too scared to help.
I can’t blame him. This whole thing scares the hell out of me too. I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that I have 9 vampires inside my pack, and I am not terrified.
After speaking to them, I know that the only way that we have any chance at all is by them being here to help us out. If we succeed tonight, it will only be because they were here to help us out.
Otherwise, we would probably be just as ruthlessly killed as my mate and son were. Chapter 140
Cheryl’s POV
I knew that we were traveling with vampires, and I was nervous, to say the least.
I have never had any experience with them, and I was glad that Kevin didn’t know that I was going to be with them. He would have worried this whole time.
He was already worried about my coming here, without being healed. It was a choice I made, with Raven, who knew what the whole plan was.
She was completely confident that the people who were coming with us would be able to handle the problem that they were having at Blood Tracker with no problems at all.
Her confidence in them, along with Brandon, and Justin, allowed me to be willing to come along. I was actually looking forward to getting to see Reagan again.
I had mentioned to Raven wanting to stop on the way back to see Graham, and that was actually my primary reason for coming.
I knew I was still weak, but I was a lot better than I had been when I arrived at Black Adder. Max, my doctor, is amazed by the progress that I have made over the course of a week.
He mentions how strong I am to me every day. I don’t fully believe him, but he reminds me that he thought I would be on the feeding tube for weeks, not days.
He said that I am on course to be at 100%, by the time a month is complete. I think he might be right, as I do feel much stronger than I have in a long time.
I have the wheelchair in the back of the SUV, but I walked in from the garage with help from Max.
I assumed that Blake was coming, but until we got here and I saw him, I didn’t know if he would show up or not.
He knew I was coming and my wolf, Akayla, had told me on the way here, that he would be there waiting for me. Her bond with his wolf, Kona, was still very strong.
They were 100% mates, and that never changed. It was the stupid decisions made by Blake himself that messed things up for both of us.
Kona condemned Blake for what he did, as Kona himself tried to tell Blake the truth too. He wanted to warn Blake what was happening, and that he was being tricked.
Kona knew from Kevin’s scent, that Kevin was his, but Blake was just adamant that Kona was being led astray, and lied to by Akayla.
Due to the window tint on the SUV I was in, Blake didn’t know I was in there until he saw me enter Reagan’s home from the garage. He was not happy to see Max’s arm around me assisting me as I walked.
His anger was coming off of him in waves. He was approaching us to start an argument, when Raven entered with her mates, followed by the vampires.
I wasn’t surprised because Alexei and Dmitry had been in the last row of the SUV that we were riding in.
They were back where the tint was darkest to keep them out of the sun as we traveled to come here. They also wanted to discuss what we needed to do to get the desired outcome tonight.
We had to get here before the sun went down, so they could all get in position. Draven and his group do not need to see them coming, or us preparing for their arrival.
They were much nicer than I expected them to be, but Alexei was the talker out of the two of them.
Apparently, he knew who they were going to go and fight with, and I knew that he was confident in his people winning.
I just wasn’t aware that he would be fighting his own half-brother, not until he mentioned it.
I believe that they can speak to each other in their minds as well, as Dmitry never open his mouth the first time, but they seemed to be able to communicate just fine together.
My thoughts were confirmed when they were discussing how to let people know how many were in the group.
It was determined that Brandon, and Justin, would be the ones to mindlink Raven with the total number of Draven’s group.
Raven would tell Clive who would tell Aaron at the packhouse, and Jeremy the warrior at the hospital. Anton would then relay the information to the rest of the vampires in their assigned places.
We will be working out of Reagan’s home like it was command central for the night. I was glad that she had cameras on her home, and I felt safe there.
Anton doesn’t seem concerned at all about this turn of events, but I guess if I was almost 450 years old, it would be the norm for me too.
He seems ready to go right now and is calmly sitting there playing something on his phone. He must feel my eyes on him, as his head comes up and he stares right at me.
I know he heard my heart rate increase because he gives me a slow smile, and I nodded at him as I blushed. I wasn’t checking him out, but it may have looked that way to him.
I guess it did to him and others as I heard the growl from the chair next to the couch that I am sitting on. Blake is glaring a hole through Anton, whose smile grew even larger at Blake’s warning.
Before I could lower my gaze Anton gave me a wink and went back to his phone. I tried to hide my smile from the response that Anton gave me, but I couldn’t.
He is very attractive, and I haven’t had anyone flirt with me for a long time.
Blake is now looking at me like I was trying to flirt with Anton, but honestly, I have very little experience with vampires, and I was just interested in watching them.
I heard a loud “clump” next to me and it was Blake, who had picked up his chair and moved closer to me, dropping it back down on the floor. It was almost like he was daring anyone to come over to me.
I don’t think that Anton is really concerned about Blake being jealous, at all. He was back playing whatever game it was on his phone and ignoring us all.
He must have a lot of confidence in himself and his abilities to not be concerned about how this is going to play out.
His brother, Alexei is still making plans with Brandon, Justin, and Aaron, and I guess when they get it nailed down, they will announce to everyone what will be happening.
I keep my head down, and I know that Blake wants to talk to me, but there is no need for us to speak to each other. He decided that Graham was the one that he wanted to listen to.
So, as far as I am concerned, he can just drive back there to Black Moon and speak to Graham right now. We have nothing left to discuss right now. He needs to do as I have asked and give me some time.
We both need some time alone to gather our thoughts. Even if he realizes what he did now to the both of us, it just doesn’t constitute an emergency on my part.
I am in no rush at all to get back together with him. I warned Blake over and over again, and he couldn’t hear me.
Now the shoe is on the other foot, and he wants me to just let it all go, and I just fall into his arms like a good mate. I can’t do that, I won’t do that. Do I still love him?
Yes, yes I do, very much so. Does that negate all the s**t he put me through? No, no it doesn’t. Does that mean that his telling the whole pack that I was unfaithful to him, didn’t hurt?
Because it truly did, each and every time it happened. The disrespect that the pack members gave me, was hard enough, but what Blake ended up doing, hurt me the most.
No, I won’t just drop all the anger, pain, and frustration that I felt for the last several years because he suddenly “figured” it out.
I had told him, again and again, that what he was doing was going to cost him. How could I just fold after a week and be OK with all he did to me?
Or forget what he did to our son, as a son who is convinced that his own father hates him. The answer was that I wasn’t. That is not who I was at all. I had forgotten how strong I used to be.
But in the last week, I am starting to remember. I will be strong for both me and Kevin. Max made sure to sit in the chair opposite Blake’s.
He didn’t want to cause Blake to lose it, as Blake is an Alpha, and it would cause a problem in the home. We already had enough going on already with the looming attack tonight.
I was seated on the end of the couch, with the end table in front of me. There were lone chairs on opposite ends of the table, and another large couch facing me.
I forgot Reagan had 9 children that lived here with her and Clive.
This seating arrangement was pretty large, and I was glad when Raven stepped up to sit next to me and asked me to move to the middle of the couch.
She sat down by Blake at the end of the couch he was sitting on. She is taking the pressure off of me by doing that. Reagan dropped down on the other side of me, near Max.
I see her look at the chair that Blake moved, and I knew she was going to mention it when her eyebrow lifted up and she said, “Blake be sure to put it back where you got it from.” She didn’t say it loud, but everyone in the room could hear her, our hearing is excellent.
The glare he fixed on her was scary. They didn’t have a great relationship, and I didn’t want her getting on his bad side again so I felt compelled to bring down the drama in the room.
“I will put it back,” I told her trying to keep the peace. She shook her head no, but before she could speak Max said, “You do not need to lift it. If it needs to be moved, I will do it.
You are better than you were, but I will remind you that you passed out completely when you arrived at Black Adder.
You are nowhere near as strong as you need to be” OK, I guess it will be shots fired then, as Blake’s eyes snapped from me to Max, very quickly. “You don’t need to give that look to me, Blake.
You are the one who hurt her so much that she couldn’t eat. Look at her, look at what you have done. She was your mate, and you mistreated her for years. Kevin is physically OK, but not emotionally.
You did a real number on the ones you say you love” Max said, in a low tone. He was playing with fire. He knew Blake was going to pull a “but I love you” out of his hat to downplay all he has done.
It also pointed out that it was a long time since he started trying to hurt me, so it was serious. So serious that all the talk in the room had stopped.
I turned to look and most of the people in the room are looking at us. My face is red now, as this was embarrassing, and I would have rather avoided it.
Blake is furious and looks like he is spoiling for a fight with Max.
“She IS my mate, not was, so get that straight first doctor,” Blake said, and his way of saying doctor with so much contempt in his voice was appalling.
Max worked hard to save me, Blake doesn’t need to downplay it so much. I did almost die. “We do not need to discuss this in front of everyone here.
This is a personal matter, and Blake we can speak on the phone about it later. Now is not the time, the whole room doesn’t need to know what happened” I hissed at Blake in a low tone.
I was ashamed of what had happened, and I didn’t want to speak about it in front of these guests.
“I would like to hear what happened” a voice comes from behind us and Kira is standing there with her head tilted as if she wants to engage with Blake.
She is giving him a look that said, he needs to tread carefully here. He seems surprised that Nadia is right next to her. We never heard them move, they were suddenly just there.
I can tell that they are here in support of me, but I do not want to cause any problems tonight. I have even changed my mind about stopping to speak to Graham now.
He might take the opportunity to try to kidnap me or to cause problems with Black Adder, and I just can’t take that chance. I live there, and Kevin is waiting on me.
I do not want Blake’s actions to get me kicked out. He knows I have nowhere to go. I might have to return to him, at least in his mind. I wouldn’t.
We would be leaving the state, and I can guarantee him that he would not be hearing from either of us if he forces my hand like that. “I don’t really want to get into it” I started to say.
Kira nodded, and then looked right at Blake and said, “But, you do, right?”
“Well, he sure looks like he does, doesn’t he Kira? This poor woman is clearly not doing well.
I have never seen such a frail-looking she-wolf in my life, and I am over 300 years old. What did you do to her?” Nadia said to Blake.
Raven and Reagan each slide over to the edge of the couch, for Kira and Nadia to slide in on either side of me. Blake stayed silent, and I did too, as the women continued to stare at Blake.
“I bet I can guess what happened, Kira. I can see the doctor likes her. I can sense it, he is interested in her, and according to what was said, this one is her mate.
Aren’t you supposed to love, protect, and take care of your mates? I could be wrong here, but I doubt it, so what did you do to her, Blake?
You get a beautiful, and strong mate, and you hurt her, why?” Nadia asked him and leaned forward on the couch.
She sat closest to Blake, and she was letting him know to get froggy if he wanted to jump, but we could all tell that it was not going to end well for him if he did.
“You are not involved in our private conversation. Cheryl said to stop talking about it, and I am respecting her wishes. I will wait for her to be willing to let me speak to her.
Hopefully, in private later on tonight” Blake said and looked pointedly at Max.
“I can assure you that will not be happening for you tonight, Blake” Max fired back and stayed reclined in his chair in a comfortable position.
He was acting like he was not worried at all about what Blake was going to do to him. “Right, because you are in charge of my mate now. Is that what you are saying?
She is mine, we are having some issues in our relationship right now. But one day she will forgive me, and come back to me” Blake growled out to Max. “I am her doctor.
She needs to keep her stress levels down, and speaking to you causes her stress. So yes, as far as you are concerned, I AM in charge of her.
If you want to cause her to get upset, then yes, you will be answering for it. Because I won’t allow you to bully her right here in front of me” Max said back to Blake, and the room went silent again.
This was really embarrassing, and I didn’t want this to be playing out in front of everyone like this. I can see that Blake is pissed off at the lack of respect that Max is giving him.
He is about to phase into his wolf, Kona, and tear into Max very soon. “I knew it, he said to forgive him, you know what that means Kira” Nadia said, and she is pissed.
I can feel the heat on my cheeks, and I really wished that I just left it to Raven, and her mates to save the women. I should have stayed behind in the hospital.
I just felt since Blake was doing it to prove that they meant nothing to him, so he was killing them off in the worst way he could think of.
I felt like I needed to stop it from happening, and I am kicking myself for it now. I should have relented, and I would be safe and sound in my bed at the hospital right now.
Not here getting totally embarrassed in from of the vampires, with Max about to be attacked by Blake. I felt ashamed, and heartbroken as I felt like they knew exactly what had happened.
That my own mate didn’t even want me, and was willing to let the whole world know it. I can feel the prick of tears in my eyes, as I feel like this embarrassing situation will never end.
“Doctor, can you please go with me to escort Cheryl upstairs? I can feel that she needs to rest now. She is worn out, and she needs some peace” a strong masculine voice sounded from behind us.
I turned to see Anton standing there, and he is much more intimidating up close.
I felt one of my tears slip out, and run down the side of my face, and Anton stepped closer to me and held his hand out for me to take. I reached out and took it before I even thought about it.
I did need to get out of there. I didn’t want a room full of people seeing me cry at being exposed as not having been enough to my own mate.
Blake stood up from his chair to stop me from walking away, and then he started floating up to the ceiling.
He looks around stunned and Nadia smiled and waved at him, so he would know that it was her that had stopped him. “No, I think she needs a break right now, Blake.
Please do not go too far tonight with her, while I am at the hospital. I would hate to have to speak to you after I return. It takes me a while to dial back down after a fight.
I wouldn’t want to take it out on you for hurting her” Nadia tells him, and she is dead serious. The threat was in the air, but he brought it on himself.
He is very angry but I do not turn back to look at him, even on the landing I just keep my eyes down, so no one can tell that I am crying. I am embarrassed at how weak I am appearing in front of them.
I really made a mistake in coming here. Reagan had come up with us, and led us to her room. “I changed the sheets today. Go ahead and have a rest. I will speak to Blake.
He is on my turf now, in my home. If he wants to clown, then he can stay in the packhouse with his cousin Aaron and his men for the night.
I will not allow disrespect in my own home” Reagan said as she goes to exit the room. “Doc, did you bring your bag here with you? I can tell that Cheryl’s heart rate is elevated.
She is upset and she needs attending. I will stay with her, and run interference for her. I am quite sure though that Nadia is probably still toying with him in the living room.
I will watch over Cheryl until you return” Anton said to Max, and I can see that Max doesn’t want to leave me alone in the room with a vampire.
Anton has a comforting presence around him, and he does not scare me. I nodded and told Max that he was good to go out to get it.
As soon as the door shut, Anton approached the bed and sat on the end of it, “Just like you saw Nadia has special powers, I do as well. She has telekinesis, and I have telepathy.
I already know what happened between you and Blake. I could feel your emotions and you were unintentionally drowning me in them. You are still in a great deal of pain.
I just want you to know that I read his mind too. Sometimes people lie, and after we have been lied to, or are grossly mistreated like you were, we build up our hearts to protect ourselves.
I want you to know that as much as you still love him. He loves you too. He is sick about what he has done. He does want to win you back and is willing to do whatever you ask to achieve it.
I know that you cannot believe him, and I do not blame you at all for it. I have seen the highlight reel, and what he has done is off the charts in hurtful and disgusting behavior.
I just want you to know, from an impartial 3rd party, that he wishes he could take it all back. Whoever Graham is, is a dead man. He plans on torturing Graham every day of his life, but not to death.
He is going to make him suffer. He will make him suffer until the day you come back home to him. He wants either you or Kevin to do the honors when the time comes to put an end to Graham.
He wanted to tell you a few things that he has planned for you, and that he was wanting to step down, as soon as he can, and spend the rest of his days with you.
I am only going to tell you one part of it because I wanted him to surprise you with the rest of his ideas.
I wanted you to know that I could read his mind, so I gave you a part of what he was going to say to you.
Some of it was for you to have the upper hand when you do go to speak to Graham tomorrow on your way back home. If you want me to keep him away from you all night, I will.
I just wanted you to know that as much as the doctor likes you, your mate still loves you. It was why he got so hurt by the lies Graham told him.
It is your decision in the end Cheryl, but I wanted you to know what I saw when I read his mind” Anton said and rose from the bed.
He brushed the tears off my cheek as he stood above me with a gentle smile on his face. I feel like I have made a good friend today.
I smiled back at him through the tears and told him, “Thank you, Anton. I am glad you told me that. You were right. I feel like I cannot trust him, at all, anymore.
I gave him my heart and he shattered it and then kept stepping on the pieces until they were ground into dust. I will speak to him later on tonight. I just might stay close to you when I do it.
I do not know how the talk will go, but you are right, I do still love him. I just can’t trust him anymore. I don’t know if I ever can again actually.
If you can read minds, then you know that too” I told him. “It is all up to you. Blake is not your only option.
You need to stop being so mired in your emotions and pay a little more attention to the people around you. You are the only one who can make this decision.
I felt like you needed to hear it for yourself. But I wanted you to know how he truly felt, from someone who doesn’t have an agenda for either side.
He is miserable without you, and he misses you both and does want you to come back” Anton said and stepped back away from me about 10 seconds before the door opened, and Max hurried back in.
He looked scared when he rushed in, but slowed down when he saw that I was fine. He had obviously hurried to get to the SUV and back. I smiled to let him know I was fine.
As Max came to check on me, Anton gave me another wink and a half bow, before turning and exiting the room.
I will give Blake an opportunity to speak to me, after all the excitement for tonight, is over and done.
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