Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
“Stop! I am not the favorite, and I’m tired of double standards all the time. I didn’t want to, okay! I have been the weak little sister, the weak second born Beta my whole life. Then everything revolved around my attachment to you guys. I was noticed because of you t and
Sierra being my friends. I was only seen as good at fighting because of you guys. Not because of my own talents or hard work. I needed this for me.”
My tone is getting higher as I talk. “I was always going to go to training no matter how many tantrums you threw. How I got there sucked ass, but I got there and have done nothing but bust my ass.”
“Just answer this, because Alpha Reggie flat out refused to even talk about it. When you were captured and imprisoned for a month.”
He took a deep breath and let it out harshly.
There’s that growl again. “Yes we was know about your capture, and no, Alpha Reggie did not want us to know about it, but dad thought our reaction would have been worse if it kept from us. Did he, did they, did that asshole touch you, while he had you? From what we got of your friend Jena’s story, there was a lot of mistreatment of the women who were captured.”
He almost choked on the words.
“No.”
I whisper and close my eyes. “Not me.”
I look behind me out the window at Jena. “But I witnessed more than I wanted to, but it’s not my story to tell.”
Cam’s shoulders relaxed a bit and his anger seemed to simmer down a bit. I lean on his shoulder and reach for Dakota’s hand.
“I’m okay, and for now I’m home, can you work with that? I promise we’ll talk, some stuff is just hard and I don’t want to say it more than once.”
He huffs, reaches for my hand and laces our fingers together, keeping his gaze forward and the other hand on the wheel.
The rest of the drive was silent.
There was no way I was going to be able to have any more conversation with them right now. Emotions were too high. Apparently me leaving was still a point of contention. Even when my intentions were very clear Maybe after we have been here a couple days and my returning stops being a new novelty we can talk, until then I have to keep my focus on the job. Mike and the Rogue King are the target, the top priority.
I am dozing on and off as we drive about an hour and a half before we get to the stretch of land that connects the island to the mainland. Once we cross it will be another half hour until we get to the packhouse A realization hits me suddenly. “Does your mom know I’m coming? Should I link her?”
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“Are you kidding? Everyone knows you’re here. Sam practically melted everyone’s mind shouting it over the link.”
Kota laughed at me.
“I’ll have to figure out where we are all staying. I didn’t even think about being this close to the pack. We weren’t sure what these guys had planned.”
“You have been gone too long. Your team will stay at the packhouse, like all important guests.”
“Okay, that works. I’ll talk to Mateo about my room at the Beta house. That is if my dad hasn’t converted it to something else.”
“Again, are you kidding? You’ll stay in your room at the packhouse. No one has touched it since you left. We actually all kind of avoided it.”
Kota looks pointedly out the window so I can’t see his face. “Umm, Okay. That works, as long as we aren’t in your way. Like you said, I’ve been gone a long time. I’m sure things have changed, just let us know if we are in your way, or anyone else that is in the packhouse now.”
We pull into the driveway and a hot pink clad figure is standing on the porch tapping her foot. I take a deep breath. This should be fun. We all pile out of the truck as Sam and my brother unload the rogue and Oliver pulls up on the curb with our SUV.
“What’s going on out here? You boys are never home in the middle of the day.”
Her dramatic gasp is audible. “What the hell is she doing here?! I thought you kicked her out of the pack.”
She snarls at me. My wolf raises her hackles and I let a small growl rumble out of me. “I have been training with the Elite Warriors…”
“Don’t lie to make yourself sound better. You aren’t old enough to be an Elite Warrior and you’re a weak little second born Beta, who can barely defend herself.”
She steps towards me, a smirk on her face. I’ve never called her out on her treatment of me in front of the guys and she’s never been so blunt in her hatred. She probably thinks it’s because she scares me and the guys won’t do anything..
I move to step forward, but Kota wraps his arm around my waist and Cam steps in front of me.
“Might I remind you that you are a guest in the packhouse out of courtesy. You need to show respect to our pack members and our guests.”
Lillian and Jena walk up beside me, flanking me, looking stern but not unpleasant.
“This is the b*tch that has been messing with you isn’t it?” Lil links the two of us.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.