Chapter 45 – Betrayed From Birth

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 I don’t even know what she is talking about. I was so focused on my work, she completely has me stumped.

“What in the world are you talking about, Simone? Exactly where am I supposed to be taking you?”

I leaned back in my chair and asked her with a smirk on my face.

“Aren’t I your plus one to the ball at the Blood Walker pack? It is just a little over 2 weeks away. All the good dresses will be gone if we don’t go soon. Mom and dad are out of town, and Krew just got a new tux last month. He doesn’t need to go, and he won’t drive me to the mall. You need a new tux your old one is too tight. Probably because it is three years old. Seriously, you need a new one, you can thank me for reminding you later. So are you done with the paperwork? Can we please go now? I don’t want whatever is left at the store, they may have to make alterations to it. I need to go now, Brandon”

Simone tells me, and by the end of it, she was using a whiny voice.

She knows that I hate it when she starts whining, that is a bad habit that she picked up, and it needs to stop. She is 19 now, and she needs to start acting more like an adult, and not a petulant child. I picked up my keys and we head out the door to the elevator. As soon as we get to the lobby I hear Cheryl’s annoying whiny voice and it is like nails on a chalkboard. She is the daughter of the Gamma. His son isn’t old enough to take over yet, it will be two more years as he is just 18 right now. This is a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and I am going to take it.

“Look Simone, if I weren’t trying to find my mate, I wouldn’t even go to this thing. I was thinking that maybe you and Krew could just go to represent the pack, but I have a treaty with them. I don’t want to insult them by not coming myself. I am going to take you to the mall but please stop whining. It does not make you look cute, you sound like a whiny toddler every time you do it. You could meet your mate at the ball, so please remember that. No man wants an annoying whiner next to them”

I was being harsh, but I meant it more to Cheryl than Simone. Simone saw her and knew exactly where I had been going with what I said. She knows that I cannot stand Cheryl or her irritating voice. I will not be subjecting myself to a lifetime with Cheryl’s aggravating voice ringing in my ear. Even if she changed her whining ways, I still wouldn’t do it.

“Brandon, I would love to go with you to the ball. Can I go to the mall with you and Simone to get a dress too?”

she asked in a breathless voice, and although better than her usual whine, I am not going to play along.

“No, Simone is going to go to the ball with me. You know that I am looking for my mate, and I already know how you are. You will try to convince everyone that we are together when we are not. We will never be chosen mates if I have anything to say about it. I will not allow you to try to run she-wolves off like you have before. I know what you are doing, and I will not accept you as my Luna. Even if I have to do the Alpha and Luna duties by myself for the rest of my life”

I told her. Great, here come the fake tears. She uses them when she doesn’t get her way. I know her method of operation now, and she doesn’t fool me anymore.

“But I love you, Brandon. I would do anything for you, I have told you that time and again. But you ignore me. I just want what is in the best interest of our pack”

Cheryl’s voice rose higher and higher as she speaks. She is at it again, she wants the pack to back her, as they fell for her pretending that she cares for them. She does not, she only cares about herself. I am sick of it, and I am going to shut her down right now. Two can play this game.

“I do not love you, though, Cheryl. I also don’t believe you love me, you just want to be the Luna of the Black Adder pack. Do not mistake my patience with not knowing exactly who you are, and what you are doing. I do not want a chosen Luna, I want my mate. She will make me, and the Black Adder pack stronger just by being here. So it is not OUR pack, it is MY pack. If you truly cared for the pack like you say you do, then that is what you would want for it, for it to be as strong as it can be. So, stop the fake tears, I know how you are. They don’t bother me at all because I know you are just faking being upset. You may find me attractive, but you are wrong, you only love yourself. You should have become an actress with all that acting ability. You only want what you can get from becoming Luna. You care about your needs, and that is the primary reason that you would make a terrible Luna. If I hear of you starting up about becoming my Luna again, I will banish you, and your family. I tried to be nice about this Cheryl. I have been patient for years, but you still refuse to listen. Your father spoke to you about this too, and you didn’t listen to him either. You will understand once you meet your mate. That is who I want on my arm. So this is the last warning I will give you, either you stop, or I will kick the whole Peters family out of the pack, all four of you. You need to listen to this, it is your final warning”

I told her, and she is pissed that I would say that to her in front of so many people. She was the one who wanted to do this here, I just gave her what she wants.

Her narrowed eyes tell me that she would like nothing better than to rip into me for what I just said to her, especially in the lobby. At least 50 people in the lobby and the dining hall heard what I told her. She chose to engage here trying to undermine me, and pressure me into accepting her again. She does not realize that her tampering with the schedule was the last straw for me. I have a folder full of evidence against her. We each have our own codes that we have to use to log in to the system. She used her own cold when she changed the schedule, as the last one in the system leaves its code to show who updated it last. I have the proof that I need to show that she did that, as well as almost 20 other incidents as well, and I will be dealing with it tomorrow. She had been working to undermine me since she turned 18 and was disappointed that she wasn’t my mate. Over two years later she is still pulling this shit.

I suspected she found her mate last summer and rejected him because he wasn’t a ranked wolf. I would have to ask around to find out if that was actually the case, but I am pretty sure that is what happened. That rumor circled around the pack for over a year now, and that usually only happens when it is a known fact. He never came forward or told on her for her actions, so either he was OK with it, or immediately found his second chance mate or both. That is another reason that I didn’t want her as my mate. That was a ruthless thing to do, and another reason why she won’t be a good Luna. She cares about herself and what she can get. She wants a ranked mate, that is all that she cares about. She probably hoped that I would be her second chance mate, but I wasn’t, and I bet it killed her. I was never so happy to disappoint someone in my life. I cannot imagine how annoying it would be to be bound to her, just the thought of it, and I can’t hold back the shudder.

We exited the lobby with Cheryl staring daggers into my back at me having embarrassed her. She started it, and I needed to shut down her latest attempt to get the pack behind her again. We headed out to my car, as I like to use my car when I can, and not the bulky SUV.

It is way easier to park at the mall and gives me an excuse to tell Simone to not go crazy shopping, as it has less room to store stuff. Simone has a master’s degree in shopping. She is spoiled too, but she has a good heart and would give you the shirt off her back. She would then come to me, or our parents, and ask for a new shirt though. I remind her again as we approached the mall,

“Dress, and shoes, Simone”

in a stern voice, but she isn’t worried.

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