Chapter 27 – Betrayed From Birth

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I managed to get my feet working again, and took a step into the room, with an intake of breath coming from a large man sitting next to Beta Timothy. I can see him move to stand up, but Timothy just held his hand out and gave him a look. I am pretty sure that they are mindlinking each other. The large man, clearly Alpha Cole, settles back onto the couch that he was sitting on. Even sitting down, I can tell that he is an imposing man. He has black hair, and I can only see a little of his face, as there is a light right behind him, but I can tell that he is a very handsome man. I see an arm come out to touch his leg between his knee and thigh and I glanced over and see a beautiful redhead sitting next to him. She has an easy smile, and I couldn’t help smiling back at her in return. I bowed slightly in respect to them before glancing over to look at the last two on the couch. There are two teenagers sitting next to the Luna. They both looked to be around my age. They are both pretty big, like their father. Their frame was much larger than mine, and they both exuded power from them.

I could tell that they were the Alpha couple’s children and I nodded in respect to them too. The older of the two was on the end of the couch and he also had black hair and green eyes. He had a slight frown on his forehead, but I didn’t feel any anger from him, just some confusion. I could tell that he was the reason the Beta’s son had an issue with me as Joshua is standing right behind him, with a smirk on his face like he is going to enjoy what is about to happen. He is clearly showing me whose side he is on, but I am not here to disrupt anything, so he can throttle down with his bad attitude. I looked away from Joshua and look at the teenager sitting next to his mom.

He has a smile on his face as if he is truly happy to see me. I cannot help but smile back at him. He is just slightly smaller than his brother, but he had a very calming aura coming from him. I felt like he was excited that I was here, which was weird, as he doesn’t even know me. He had black hair too, but he had his mother’s brown eyes. They were a beautiful soft brown, and he seemed to be very relaxed, compared to his brother next to him. He and the Luna are clearly both kind people and want me to feel supported in this situation. I try to force myself to relax, with Emerald piping up in a mindlink and reminding me that

“If you were going to be hurt, they would have taken you to the cells already. Not up here to the Beta’s home where injuring you would result in a large amount of money to fix the problem. It is a lot cheaper to just hose a cell down than to replace a sofa and carpet with blood on them.”

She had a good point, but she is not relieving my stress with her comment.

I heard a throat being cleared and I glanced back over at the Alpha who was still staring at me intently. Like he was trying to look into my soul to see who I was at my core. Amanda and Stella headed to the couch, and Amanda motioned for me to sit between her and Beta Timothy. I admit that I was glad to be there, as I felt comfort from being with them. Stella sat next to her mother on the end of the couch, and there was silence as no one knew what to say at first. I heard a throat clear again and the husky voice of the Alpha asked,

“What is your name, young lady? And how did you happen to come to be on our land?”

“My name is Raven. I was in the Silver Blade pack. I had to leave that pack and was only looking for a way to get away from them. I was not trying to cause a problem in your pack, or trespass. I was actually trying to go to a human city to find a place to live. I told Beta Timothy that last night. I was just trying to get away, if I hadn’t, I would have probably been killed”

I told them, trying to keep the embarrassing parts away from Joshua. He clearly would be happy at my suffering, and they didn’t all need to know my personal business. There was silence for a few more minutes, but I wasn’t scared.

“It may be for the best if she just passes through. I think she is right. The human city might be the best place for her”

Joshua said, and I felt Beta Timothy tense up next to me. He is entitled to his own opinion, he didn’t offend me, but I could tell from just how tense Beta Timothy became, that Joshua should have kept his mouth closed at this time. The low growl of warning caused Joshua to give a quick look at Alpha Cole. He was furious and barely able to contain his anger. I can see the Luna linking him and trying to calm him, which caused me to wonder what in the hell was going on.

“It is OK, he did not offend me. Believe me, I have heard much, much worse said to me at Silver Blade. I don’t think he was actually trying to antagonize. He was just stating his truth. I would much rather people be direct and truthful to me than be a fake friend, and just wait to stab me in the back”

I told them.

I see the Alpha, and the older son on the far end of the couch both look at me in surprise at my words. The Luna and younger son are grinning at me and nodding in agreement with what I said. Amanda pats my hand and said, “You are too kind, Raven. I am still going to have a talk with my son later about his manners. As I know that I raised him with some, and he must have forgotten or lost them along the way”. “You don’t have to do it on my account. I think most people think as I do. I like to be honest and truthful with people, and I would like the same in kind. I don’t have time for people who wish me harm, or to be deceitful” I told her. I don’t want him punished, especially since I might be willing to stay and work here if I can. It would be hard to avoid him if I were to stay here. It is best to think and make good choices now. He may not be aware that he pissed the Alpha off, but I was. I could tell the Alphas son was about to defend his friend and soon-to-be Beta, but since the offense was given to me, I decided to try to defuse the situation. Plus, the Beta couple had been nothing but wonderful to me, and I didn’t want for Joshua to be reprimanded or in trouble for his thoughtless words. I wanted a good relationship with them and Stella. I can just avoid Joshua.

“Raven, can you tell me who your parents were, and why you felt you had to leave?”

Alpha Cole asked me.

I closed my eyes and sighed. I knew this was coming, but I am trying to figure out the best way to tell what happened without going into all the details. I finally opened my eyes to look at him and say,

“I was the firstborn child of Alpha and Luna Sullivan. I had a twin sister named Reagan. We had a falling out early this morning and I could no longer stay there anymore”

I told him and tried to keep my voice as even as possible. I did until I said Reagan’s name. I did not expect the feeling that I got when I said her name and could not stop my pain from flooding back to me.

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