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“Raven, I need to tell you something that you may not be aware of. Just please listen to what I am going to say to you before you respond. Your mother, Cassandra, was my true mate. We mated immediately after I found her. We were both very attracted to each other. I was about to mark her when Timothy linked me with an emergency happening in the pack. I told her that I would be right back, before going outside to speak to him. As an Alpha I knew that it could have been another Alpha that was present there at the ball, causing the problem in my pack. You do not want to show any weakness as an Alpha. So, I excused myself as I knew it would be quick. I had every intention of accepting her as my mate. As soon as I was heading back towards the building, I was brought to my knees by incredible pain”
Alpha Cole told me, stopping because he was obviously overcome with those painful memories of that night.
I could tell that the memory of what happened, and the pain of that night were not easy to talk about. I have no idea why he would be telling me this, it seemed like a very private matter between him and his Luna. My heart breaks for him though because I understand the pain of your true mate betraying you like that. I feel a tear escape from my eye for what he went through. Timothy must have told him something about my embarrassing incident last night. I was not in a hurry to share my painful experience just yet, especially with Joshua in the room. I will not be giving him any ammo for him to hurt me with in the future. I think Alpha Cole wants to show me that it could happen to anyone, even an Alpha, and I appreciate him doing that for me.
Alpha Cole continues after calming down,
“When I made it to the door of the event, I saw your parents leaving, together, and they bore each other’s mark. She allowed him to mark her because I had overextended on the expansion to the pack house, and I was not able to get her the car, clothes, and jewelry that she wanted at the time we met. She thought I was broke permanently, and she wanted more. She wanted someone to take care of her, and let her live the life that she had envisioned for herself.”
Alpha Cole paused again, and I can tell that this was difficult for him to get out. I wanted to tell him that he didn’t have to speak anymore, that I understood his pain better than he could imagine. Maybe more than anyone else in the room. But he had told me not to interrupt him until he was through speaking to me. I cannot disrespect the Alpha like that, so I stayed silent. Clearly, his sons are familiar with this story, but Joshua and Stella are completely stunned by his revelation. Neither of them knew anything about this, and they were just as stunned, and sad for him, as I was.
“It is a big deal to do what they did, in the werewolf community. The pain of his marking her while we were still bound together could have killed me with her agreeing to take him as her chosen mate. But neither of them cared. It would have probably made it easier on them both if they had killed me. But I was strong, and the Goddess helped me too. I went to Silver Blade the next morning, and we rejected each other. I had told them both that if a child resulted from our union that night, I wanted the pup. They were both warned about what the consequences would be if they kept my pup from me. I know their character, he would not have taken his anger out on Cassandra, and they are still pretending to be true mates for Silver Blade. But they dared to cross me. They are about to pay for all the bad choices they have made for the last 18-plus years. I know that since they cannot attack me and live, that they took it out on you”
Alpha Cole pauses to look at me, trying to gauge my reaction, but I am too stunned to even move. Is he saying what I think he is saying?
Now I know why I was the bane of my dad’s existence. He had his child, but mom had gotten pregnant by both of them. We are fraternal twins, and everything is now crystal clear to me. I can see it all now, ignoring my birth and celebrating hers, not giving me anything but my essentials. Making absolutely sure that I couldn’t and wouldn’t be able to take over the pack. They knew this whole time, and instead of giving me to my father to be raised, they decided that I would be the one to pay for THEIR sins by allowing me to be abused all these years.
They have made me suffer so much at their hands and never felt bad for it, all because they refused to give me up. All because they were angry and wanted to punish somebody. They were too scared to do anything to Alpha Cole because they couldn’t beat him, but they could beat me, I was the easy choice. I cannot breathe right now. And I am having a panic attack. I can feel the tears pouring down my face and I don’t have any air. I see dots, and then my father looking concerned as he catches me when I fell to the floor. I see him looking down at me, holding me in his arms. I have his eyes, I think to myself, and I can see his mouth moving, but I can’t hear anything but ringing in my ears. Thankfully, I am released from all my pain, as I feel nothing else as I passed out in my father’s arms.
Alpha Cole’s POV
I didn’t think that the news would have affected her so much. Her passing out was upsetting to see, and I ran with her all the way to the pack hospital. My family and the Beta family followed me there. I mindlinked the doctor on my way, as I am worried sick about her. She is tall but way too thin. They clearly deprived my daughter while she was in the Silver Blade pack. She has no muscles and clearly has not had a day of training in her life. I almost put her up to the ceiling going to pick her up and over-estimating what she weighed. It is clear that she has suffered a lot, and my fury at Silver Blade rises up again. I will be speaking to Timothy about our next steps soon.
We will need to speak to Raven first though, privately with just me, Olivia, Timothy, and Amanda in the room. If she wants to ever tell Stella, or her brothers, what she experienced, she can. But after Joshua spoke up yet again against my daughter, I am really trying to calm my wolf, Flint, down. He wants to take that pup outside right now and teach him a lesson. Olivia is worried sick about Raven and is sitting next to the bed, stroking her free hand that didn’t have the IV in it. I am pacing. I cannot stop, I am anxious about what is wrong with her. When she wakes up, we will send all the kids away, so she can speak freely.
I look down at her sleeping form, and my wolf sense that she is his. He is furious at her treatment, and he would like to teach Joshua a lesson as well. She is beautiful. She looks just like her mother, with my hair and eye color. I know that I am partial, but I have never seen a more beautiful child before. I want to avenge her right now, but I know that I need to do things correctly. There are steps to follow, plus, Timothy told me exactly what he said to Graham this morning. Graham will be stressing out waiting for the shoe to drop, and that will cause him a lot of anxiety. That is a good start to what is coming, as I started to make mental notes now that I have seen her and know that she is physically OK. I will never allow them to hurt her again. I told Timothy through the link to step out and take the first step by notifying the werewolf council of what has happened. This situation was kind of unique, but the Silver Blade pack needs to pay for their actions. They crossed me and disobeyed my instructions, which comes with punishment. This wasn’t a low-level thing. They hurt my child and kept her from me for over 18 years. I had warned them of the cost of those actions.
I stood at the end of her bed so that when she opens her eyes, she will see me first. I want her to know that from now on I have her back and make no mistake about it, her being hurt is going to cause hell to rain down on them. I go to pacing again, and the kids all went to go grab drinks for everyone at the coffee shop in the lobby. I thought it was a great idea to have one here, as it is open 24 hours. With night patrols and injuries happing at all hours of the night, it was just a good idea to do it. I had seen it in a human hospital about 10 years ago and duplicated it here.
How did they manage to hide her from me all this time? I worried about Cassandra having my pup for the first two years. Flint was positive that she was carrying our pup after we had sex, but as time went by, I just assumed that my gut feeling was wrong.
“But I wasn’t wrong, Cole, I told you”
Flint growled out to me.
“No, you weren’t wrong, Flint. I am so angry I can’t even think of what I am going to do to them to get Raven vindicated. I would like to attack them right now and kill as many of her abusers as I can find, but I know I need to keep a clear head in this. I will not lose my pack for attacking without cause, and permission”
I linked him back and I can feel his agreement with me.
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