Filed To Story: Their Bullied and Broken Mate by Teri Petry
The anger, the lust, and even the sexual assault on my sister. I don’t know what overcame me that night, but I don’t regret it. Not even hurting my mate in the process. That night, when I got home, she confronted me about it. She said she couldn’t live like this anymore. She said this time it felt….different and demented. I blew her off and went about my business. I wish I could say I was a better father than a mate, but I would be lying. Maddix is 1 years old and saw my brother, Thomas, more than he did me. Jenna worked for Thomas, and he allowed her to take Maddix with her, so he was able to build more of a bond with our son. I usually never have regrets, but that is probably the only one. Fuck it though. If my death doesn’t kill her, hopefully the goddess will give her a second chance to get a mate. I close my eyes and try to embed her and Maddix’s faces in my memory. They are truly the only good thing about me.
Two loud bangs startle me from my thoughts, and I hear Jason’s voice. “Did you miss us, baby brother? It’s time to come for a visit, daddy will be there. It should be a smashing time.” He mocked. I don’t understand how he escaped the same fate as the rest of us, but his gloating is pissing me off. I continued to ignore them, but was jerked out of my cot. The instant jolt of pain from the stab wound on my side caused me to growl in pain. “Pretending to be asleep thinking it will stop your fate is comical. One way or another, baby brother, we all pay the piper. Your payment is coming due.” Jason continued to taunt me. I refuse to walk, so I am basically dragged down the hallway. I could hear my dad yelling from the room I was being taken to. “Fuck every single one of you pussies! Do your best, because I have zero remorse, and ain’t telling you shit!” he screamed. I was strapped into a chair next to him and everyone left us. They were waiting for a surprise, they said. What kind of surprise was yet to be seen. Goddess knows it couldn’t be a good one.
Dad tried talking to me while we waited and I ignored him. He held no authority over me anymore, not as long as I was locked up. Even if we weren’t, he still wouldn’t. Not that he bossed me around or anything, but he liked to give me guilt trips all of the time about my infidelity to Jenna. It’s not like he was faithful to Constance, but she was also not his fated mate. Our mother was, and he was devoutly faithful and a totally different man when she was alive. Makes me wonder if she was still alive if things would have turned out differently with us boys and dad. . With me, probably not. I have always had urges to hurt things. My earliest memory was at 4 years old and tormenting my brother Thomas’s hamster. I would put it in that little ball and kick it around hoping it would die. Then shooting birds with a BB gun, other random animals with sling shots, that sort of thing.
Once, dad taught us how to use a bow and arrow to hunt. I used to try and shoot out tires as they were driving down the street. I managed to get a car one day and got in big trouble. It was Alpha Scott’s car. I lost my bow, and got the beating of my life from both my dad and Scott. The door finally opened and the Alpha twins walked in. Their Beta and Gamma followed, but in between them, being pushed in a wheelchair by Jason, was my little sister, Melian. She was my prey and my unnatural lust. She had a cast on her arm and her leg, and the bruising on her face was gone. She had a small scabbed area on her cheek still, but that was all that was visible. She stiffened when she saw us, and the twins made sure she was OK.
Jason stood protectively behind her like we were going to break free and hurt her again, even if we were doped up with wolfsbane and no wolf. I couldn’t help the smirk that developed on my face, and I finally looked at our dad. “Look at what we have here pop. Our little girl looks like she’s healing nicely.” I said with a manic laugh. He just looked at me and smiled. The long-haired Alpha walked up and punched me in the mouth and then smacked my dad in the face. Melly told him to stop, that we weren’t worth his anger yet. I found that amusing. Jason wheeled her in front of us, and her face was as hard as stone. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before reading our judgment and sentencing. She also had a few choice words for me and Dad, and she had no fear when she spoke them. What took years for us to break, the Alpha twins started to heal in a matter of weeks. For some reason, that really pissed me off!
Pitstop
*Melian POV*
I was released from the hospital, but didn’t want to go straight to the pack house. I wanted to be outside for a while because the air felt amazing after being cooped up for so long. Cabin fever is a real thing. The twins wheeled me around the pack grounds, and showed me their favorite places. I got to meet a few of the pack members along the way. They introduced me to Mrs. Larsen, the librarian. She was born in Norway, and only moved to Blood Moon when she met her mate at an international pack meeting.
He used to be one of the head warriors, but ended up dying in a rogue attack some years back. I really enjoyed speaking with her, and I told her I would visit the library often. There is nothing like a good book to help escape reality sometimes. She told the twins to stop by her cottage soon, and she would make sure they left with lots of homemade Norwegian goodies. That seemed to make them happy, and they promised once I was settled we would stop by. We got to a little park and I asked them to stop by this bench near the playground. There were lots of children playing, and I wanted to enjoy the sound of their laughter.
I never got to play with other kids unless I was at school, and even then, I didn’t have many friends to play with. I had Madison, who is now my sister-in-law, but once she got older, she started to hang out with my brothers more. Now she is mated to Michael and I have a niece and nephew. They’re twins. As I was thinking about them, I let out a gasp. Liam looked at me with concern and asked what was wrong. “What will happen to my niece and nephews once their dad’s are no longer, you know? Jenna and Maddix have nowhere to go, and Madison will need to be arrested as well. She helped more than once with my lashings.
The twins will have no one. It’s not their fault, my brothers are animals,” I explained. Without hesitation, Loki said that if she wanted to, Jenna and Maddix were welcome here at Blood Moon, and the twins could be brought here as well. We would all talk to Rebecca tonight and ask her to handle everything since she was familiar with the situation. That gave me a little relief and I asked if we could walk closer to the duck pond. What I was about to ask them, I needed more privacy. I knew they were about to flip their shit, but I wasn’t taking no for an answer.
“OK, baby girl, spill it. Your emotions are all over the place and it’s making me crazy,” Liam joked. I tried to give my best smile and asked them both to sit down. “Fine, I’m sorry I don’t mean to make you crazy, but I want to talk to you both about something. Before you jump off the handle and start denying me, just know, I’m not taking no for an answer. It is something I NEED to do, and yes, I can handle it.” I started. Loki’s ears peaked up and said, “I’m listening, but I have a feeling we aren’t going to like it much.” I nodded and continued, “Before finally going to the pack house, I want to make one last stop first. I want to go to the cell house, and I want to be the one to read the judgement and sentencing for my dad and Eric to them.
Then, I wanted to watch while the beginning of their punishment started.” You would have thought I had grown 30 heads and a tail by the way they were looking at me. Liam jumped up and said, “Absolutely fucking not! Mel, you don’t want to see that. Scratch that….because you probably do. However, we don’t want you to see us like that. It’s almost like we change into something else….something scary. We don’t ever want to scare you.” I understood what he was saying and where he was coming from, but it didn’t change the fact that, with my dad and Eric, I needed to be there. “Liam, I understand it’s yours and Loki’s job to protect me from bad stuff, but I need this. I need to see their faces when they find out their fate is set in stone.
I could never look at either of you differently for carrying out justice. I promise to stay far enough where I don’t get hurt, but please, my love, I need this.” Slumping his shoulders he knew he was defeated and couldn’t deny me. He got his knees in front of me and looked me dead in the eyes. He took my hands and said, “Mel, I would never deny you anything you need. Neither would Loki, but I don’t like it. I know Loki doesn’t either, but we will agree to this. I want Nick and Rico beside you at all times in case things get out of control. If our wolves start to surface out of anger, you have to let them get you to safety immediately. Promise me.” I leaned forward and kissed his forehead, and said, “I promise, first sign of danger or get to the point I can’t handle it, I will have Nick or Rico get me out of there.”
They both came and kissed my lips and Loki started to push me towards the cell house. I heard Liam talking on his phone, first to Rico, and then to my brother, Jason. He called someone else, who I assume was Timmy, but wasn’t sure. We stayed silent until we got there, and Loki told me how this would play out. I told him I understood, and they left me with Jason until they were ready for me. Jason had gotten the call that they were ready for me, and Nick and Rico met us outside the interview room. I nodded that I was ready and the first thing I saw was my mates half dressed. Both in sweatpants and no shirts. They looked so good. The first thing I heard was Eric telling my dad, ‘Look at what we have here pop. Our little girl looks like she’s healing nicely,’ and my whole body went stiff. Jason touched my shoulder and I relaxed. I motioned for him to move me forward and kept my face as cold as ice. Sitting in front of the two people I hated more than anything, I couldn’t wait to watch them squirm.
Karma
*Melian POV*
“Are you done?” I asked Eric. “Because if you shut your trap for 5 seconds, it would make things move along much smoother. I have no interest in hearing anything you have to say, and your compliments don’t mean shit. Yes, I am healing wonderfully thanks to my amazing mates. Thanks to the awesome Dr. here at Blood Moon. Thanks to my only family who gives a damn about me, and NO thanks to you sorry bastards.” I continued. I could feel the anger rising, and I needed to regain composure. Liam and Loki put their hands on my shoulders to comfort me, and I appreciated it so much.
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