Filed To Story: Their Bullied and Broken Mate by Teri Petry
I gave her time with him, and just sat back and admired what I saw. I saw a mother who was madly in love with her son. Loved him as only his mother could. I couldn’t help to wonder if my real mother felt this way when I was born. However, I quickly shook that thought away. The mother I have now is my biological aunt, but she has never treated me as if I were just her nephew she was raising. I was always loved as if she had given birth to me, and that was more than I could ever want or need.
Riley lifted her head and asked me if I wanted a turn. I eagerly nodded my head and told her yes. She passed my son to me, and I laid him on my lap with my hands under his head. To me, he looked like his mother, but with a head full of curly brown hair. I had curls growing up, but I have always been blonde. I guess with Riley’s dark hair, the genetics combined and gave him something in between.
As I looked over him, I noticed a small silver patch in his hair shaped like a crescent moon. I pointed it out to Riley, and asked her what she thought it was. Neither of us could figure it out and assumed it was a birthmark. It was something I would talk to Grandma or Luke about.
Speaking of Gran, she isn’t doing well, according to Luke. She has been very weak lately. Maybe it was a blessing Sterling was born a little early. If he went full term, he may not have gotten to meet his wonderful great-great grandma.
*Melian POV*
I’m a freaking grandma. I can’t believe it. I am over the moon and so in love with this little boy. When Maddix explained everything to us, I wasn’t quite sure how to feel. Franz is a part of Ruby, and has been for many years. It felt different when he was with my son, but now that he is with Sterling, Ruby says Franz will be stronger.
Maddix is a strong Alpha, and now that he has Dakota, his aura feels stronger, but in a different way. Jack was very intelligent, and I always got the feeling that his wolf was also extremely smart. We will see in the long run how this works out, but I have faith in our Moon Goddess, and I know she knows what she is doing.
Grandmother is coming today with Luke, Marion and Ginger. She goes nowhere without Luke or Ginger anymore. Auntie Marion was explaining how grandma had grown very weak as of late. Walking takes its toll on her quickly, and she hasn’t had much of an appetite.
Luke has been having her drink a special tea to help keep her nourishment intake up, and Ginger fixes her a special soup or vegetable meal every day. They know that she won’t refuse them if they ask her to eat or drink it, so as of now, they have been her caretakers.
“Mom?” Maddix called out. I was brought out of my thoughts by his voice, and waved him in. “Hey honey, how are you today?” I asked him. He looked troubled, and I knew that this was going to be a hard conversation. “Mom, can we talk, and you be completely honest with me?” he asked.
I patted the seat next to me, and he sat down. “Of course, Maddix. I can feel it’s something serious, so how about we lock the door, so we continue to have our privacy. I will let your dads know so that they don’t flip out,” I told him. He nodded and walked over to lock the door.
He quickly came back and sat with me. He turned sideways and kind of lounged back onto the couch, getting comfortable. He took a deep sigh, and said, “I have questions about when I was born and up until the time my biological parents passed. These won’t be easy questions for me to ask, so please bare with me.”
I pulled my blanket across my lap, and grabbed my cup of tea. “You can ask me anything, and I will do my best to answer. You have to remember, I wasn’t around you much until you were over a year old, and when I was able to before then, my brother kept a close eye on me with you,” I told him. He nodded in understanding and started with his questions.
“Did either of my parents truly love me? I mean really love me. Like a parent should love a child. I watch Riley with Sterling, and it’s like he was always meant to be in her arms. She is very protective over him, and I could never see her letting him go, or putting herself in situations where she could lose him. I don’t understand how they could have put themselves in the situation they did if they truly loved me,” He said.
When he said he had difficult questions, he wasn’t kidding.
“Maddix, I want to believe that somewhere deep down, your bio dad had the ability to love another person unconditionally and fully. However, that wasn’t the person I knew. Not in the end, and not for a long time before then. All I knew and experienced from him was evil and cruelty for most of my life. There are very few good memories from before my mother passed away, and well, afterward there are none,” I started to explain.
He moved closer to me and held my hand. He was such a good boy, and has become an amazing man. We did something right where all of our kids are concerned, even when we thought we didn’t. I cleared my throat, and started to explain more.
“As far as your birth mother, when she first found out she was mated to Eric, she seemed like a completely different person. She was sweet and kind, and she loved him wholeheartedly. She would have done anything for him. When she got pregnant with you, she was elated. So excited, especially when they found out you were a boy. After a while, I noticed things changed within her. She was withdrawn, angry, and wanted to keep her distance from Eric as much as possible. He had been cheating on her throughout their whole relationship. After you were born, she became very reclusive. When I was around her, she would say the most awful things to me, and I always thought it was to appease Eric. I learned later that she would help him come up with ways to abuse me. However, she did seem to adore you,” I said.
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