Chapter 9 – Betrayed From Birth

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I watched the shocked looks appear on everyone’s faces before Emerald took off toward the nearest border. We are flying and right in time too. I heard the howl from my father’s approach as we neared the border. He comes out of the trees next to us and changes his direction to the one that we are heading in, as he comes from the side as the rest of the warriors that he brought with him come in from behind, and the other side of us. He is trying to force me to stop, I know what that howl means, and we won’t be stopping. I would rather die than feel this pain ever again. I refuse to watch my sister play house with my mate for the rest of my life. I am done here. They can all rot for all I care now, death would be more welcome than for me to stay at the Silver Blade pack.

Reagan’s POV

When I led Justin out to the woods, I was just looking for us to be able to have s*x and spend some time together and not have to be quiet about it. I never thought that Raven would be out here with us or see us together.

I have to say that when she literally fell out of the tree about 30 feet from us, she scared the hell out of me. I hadn’t sensed her here at all. From the surprise on Justin’s face, he didn’t either.

He stopped thrusting immediately, and his passion for me wilted away in less than a minute. As we got quickly dressed, I could see that his wolf was warring with him over Raven. She was lying there, clearly injured as she fell hard from where ever she had been perched.

I know that it was not intentional. She had not meant to fall out of the tree, but just that quick a great opportunity fell into my lap. I was not going to miss this chance. I mindlinked dad immediately as I knew it could take him several minutes to get out here. He never even asked me why I was here, but he was furious about Raven being out here when she was forbidden to be in the forest. She was supposed to stay in the packhouse all the time now that we had graduated the month after we turned 18.

I was going to make Justin reject her right now the second Raven woke up. I prayed to the Goddess that the pain of the rejection would kill her. I had tried to kill her once before and it didn’t work out for me. She lived, she only got a little hurt from it. I had really hoped that I would be successful with it. That little b***h just has the best luck. I never got another opportunity to take another shot at it again as mom knew what I had done, but dad fully supported me in it. I have to tell you that I was really happy about his faith and trust in me. Oh, and the fact that he never punished me for taking the shot I did to end her. That is when I knew that it didn’t matter what I did to Raven, dad would always take my side in it. The bonus of what I did was the fact that it really hurt Raven when she saw that I was the preferred daughter. She still doesn’t know why, and I am not going to tell her. I like the fact that dad trusted me when he told me what had happened. I will never put her at ease by telling her why dad hates her so much. She deserves it, I am praying that today is the last day that she lives. My life will be perfect without her in it.

FLASHBACK   

We were walking back home from school in our 9th-grade year when Raven was suddenly shoved down to the ground. We were about to turn 15 years old, and I had had enough. I needed to get rid of her before we turned eighteen or figure out a way to make sure that the pack came to me, as it was my birthright. I will not rest until I become the Luna of the Silver Blade pack.

“You are disgusting, and my mom said that you shouldn’t even exist. You should have died at birth, and I wish you would have. You are so ugly and don’t belong here, it is clear to all of us that you don’t fit in here”

my friend Kristen Sanders said to Raven while she looked down at her in disgust. Kristen was a year older than Raven and me but was in our grade as she didn’t pass the 9th-grade last year and had to repeat the grade. She was a good fighter but wasn’t the brightest she-wolf in the pack. That was why I made her my best friend. She could fight, and would do whatever I told her, no questions asked. No matter what I asked her to do.

“I am not disgusting, you are. Leave me alone”

Raven boldly told her. It was a terrible comeback, but she didn’t actually even try to come back with a response most of the time. I don’t need her getting any ideas that she can’t be bullied. That is how I am keeping her down, and I will never let her be comfortable, or feel safe in this pack. Raven got up quickly as she knew better than to stay on the ground for too long, sooner or later she was going to get kicked. Our legs are pretty strong and getting kicked could result in being hurt pretty bad, as it is guaranteed to break a rib or more. I was surprised that Raven even tried to talk back when she knew that she was so outnumbered.

She knew that Kristen and I had been walking together at the back of the group we were in. I know that she saw the smile that I was wearing when she turned to look at who shoved her down.

She had to suspect that we had stayed at the back to come up with a plan. She knew that I was behind the rumor that the pack thought that they would be better off without her in it. I saw her looking over at me, and I know that she actually thought that I loved her until right at this moment.

I felt happy that I could finally let her know exactly how I really felt about her. I had to keep my feelings hidden for so long, and my mom was worried that Raven would be really hurt if things got out of hand. Mom didn’t realize that both Dad and I have been working for years to get us to this point.

Mom won’t step out to protect her though. Mom knows better than that, as Dad blames her all the time. I then gave Raven a smirk and said,

“Kristen is right, Raven. I wish to the Goddess that you had never been never born. I hate you, you are my sister in name only. Mom and Dad love me, and they both hate you, you need to just accept that fact. You might have been born first, but that will never matter, to them, or me. You will never be in charge of the Silver Blade pack or any other. I will make sure of that. You have been nothing but a curse to them their whole lives, and the sooner you are gone from here, the better their relationship will be for it.”

I see Raven shudder and that made my smile grow even bigger. She believed me, she believed that I really did want to kill her. The Silver Blade pack was MY birthright. I am going to be the one that will be in control of it, not her. I wasn’t the one who had proclaimed that the firstborn had all the rights. That is some stupid Werewolf Council crap. I am telling you now that it is complete and utter bullshit. I am much better than Raven, in every single way.

She is weak, and I will never allow her to have anything. I will take everything away from her before I finally take the pack over. Dad told me that he will help me do it because he will die before he allows her to run Silver Blade.

He already has a plan in mind for us to get it done. The werewolf law says that she is supposed to be the next Luna, but the law doesn’t take into account that there are extenuating circumstances with our pack. Dad had already told the pack when we were ten years old, that to be fair whoever found their mate first between us, then they would take over the pack with their mate becoming the new Alpha.

Raven had felt that was fair, as she was totally content to wait on her mate. I knew that I had a limited time frame to get it done, and was taking it way more seriously than she was.

Raven suddenly realized that she needed to run home right now and snatched her book bag off the ground while we weren’t paying attention. She was a really fast runner, and she really had to be with that target printed on her back. She took off with the group of kids that had grown even larger than before when Kristen and I started up on her. They were right behind her, hot on her heels. She was almost all the way across the bridge when I finally caught up to her and gave her a big shove over the side of the bridge. We were thirty feet up, and I assumed that it would be enough to get it done. But she was almost off the bridge, so the embankment helped her out. She hit numerous rocks on her way down. When she woke up, I was in her hospital room, telling Dad and Mom my version of what had happened because I couldn’t understand why she would

“Jump off the bridge like that.”

Raven had never hurt herself before then, and she immediately attempted to tell Dad what had actually happened. Our Dad got madder than I had ever seen him before as he looked at her in fury. I still remember him telling her,

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“I will always believe Reagan over you. You cannot be trusted Raven, and I will never let you trick me into believing any of your lies”

before he left her room with his arm around me. I couldn’t help but smile back at her as I left, because I had bested her, I had won.

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