Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
It’s my turn to lose my temper with Alpha Reggie. I want to see Mike and whoever this Alpha King is, burn. There is no reform for anyone who has gone to their dark lengths for power.
“I thought you knew your place, Little One?” He does not get angry with me the way he did with Wyatt. He looks at me curiously.
“I do, but, with all due respect, sir, you were not there. You didn’t have to suffer at Mike’s hands. His violations alone deserve death at best. At worst he deserves to be put through the same torture he inflicted on others.”
I clench my hands together under the table. “If the Rogue King is anything like him, or Goddess forbid, worse, they both deserve to die.”
I close my eyes and take a deep breath, controlling my heartrate and my anger. If I can’t keep my emotions in check, I will not be allowed to be a part of this mission.
“Would you inflict that punishment?” I opened my eyes at the question. “Would you be capable of looking at another person and watch them tortured, or deliver the blows yourself? You are not that kind of person. Would you force someone else to torture for you? That would make you no better than those you want to punish. What about any children that they may have conceived? Do they deserve punishment because of their blood ties? Where does the punishment end? This is why we hold trials, why we have a council, so emotions can be heard and felt, but logic is also a part of the solution too. The Moon Goddess will also be a part of those trials through all of the Luna Queens. She will be the ultimate deciding factor for their fate. If you want them punished, you need to find them first and bring them in…alive.”
I squeeze my eyes shut, again hating how his logic makes sense to me. I wouldn’t be able to do to Mike what he did to me or Jena or the countless other girls he took.
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I nod my head, my eyes still closed. I want to cry at the idea that someone could possibly get away with the kind of crimes against our kind that the Rogue King has done.
“I did notice my dear that you said Mike and the Rogue King, reports have indicated that they are the same person. Why do you think differently?”
“Mike’s sole focus with us was to sire an heir. It was almost an obsession.”
The thought sends a shiver down my spine. “If he was only intent on taking over, he would not have focused quite so much on that part of it. Yes, if he was an Alpha King, he would need an heir to continue the line, but continuing the line doesn’t matter if you don’t first have the throne. I am not sure if he thought that part through, telling me he is not the total brains of the operation, but he is clearly the front man, which makes the Rogue King more dangerous if he’s hiding behind lieutenants posing as higher leaders. We don’t know how many ‘leaders’ he’s hiding behind making capturing him more difficult. That’s what I would do if it were me. Set several layers of protections up, giving my adversaries work to do and wearing them down in the process.”
“That’s my girl.”
He says proudly. “I know you want justice, but I don’t want you to burn the world down to get it. You all have your assignments, the more quickly we can sift through information and follow concrete leads, the faster we will get through these layers of protection that the Rogue King has set up. You are all free to roam the castle and the grounds until lunch. We have one more obligation today then we will get started.”
Alpha Reggie claps his hands and rubs them together. The smile on his face is one of mischief and trouble.
Our group was somber as we left. So much information was revealed and I think each of us was emotionally raw. I was ahead of the group not wanting to explain my time with Mike, not wanting to explain my scars. I don’t want to focus on what happened to me, on the things I can’t go back and change. I won’t be the victim. These things happened to me, but I will learn from them and get better, nothing like that will happen to me again. I won’t allow it, I can’t allow it. If I ever make it home, Kaley will not dictate my behavior, that Skylar is gone. This new Skylar is strong mentally and physically. This Skylar has seen too many things to be afraid of a useless bully. This Skylar will not hesitate to put that bully in their place, publicly if it will send the message that it won’t be tolerated any longer. This Skylar needs to stop this Rogue King and get home to fight off the demons of her past.
I didn’t even realize I had walked outside until I blinked as I came up to the entrance of the hedge maze Alpha Reggie showed me when he first told me about my connection to the royal family. I took a deep breath and moved to step in, longing for the comforting silence the magical plants brought, when two hands grabbed me and spun me around, enveloping me into a tight hug, his scent wafting around me, warm and secure like a blanket right out of the dryer.
“You know I want answers, but you know I won’t ask. When you’re ready, please tell me, don’t suffer alone anymore, you don’t have to. Okay?”
I just nod into Xander’s chest. He releases me and takes my hand and we walk into the maze, our friends following.
“So cousins, huh? Does that mean I’m going to have to start bowing to you and calling you princess, Midge? Wyatt is teasing me and it has the effect of breaking the negative path my mind was on. “Or should we just stick with ‘Elite Warrior Midge’ or is it ‘Luna Midge’? Or maybe ‘Her Highness Warrior Princess Luna Midge.’ Damn, if you get any more titles or distinctions it’s going to take multiple breaths to introduce you to people.”
He laughs as he jumps out of my reach as I try to kick him.
He runs into the maze and I chase him with the rest following, laughing at our antics. Once we all get to the center we are playing some sort of chase tag hybrid thing, then Wyatt dodges Oscar by diving to the ground and taking out Mina’s legs. Effectively changing the game to sparring. Somehow Xander took off his suit jacket and button down shirt. I don’t even remember that happening, but he wasn’t shying away from the fun. Who knows how long we were messing around, but at some point we all ended up on the ground looking up at the sky, panting.
“So, real talk. We all have jobs to do, but we are all working toward the same goal. I know neither of you want to say anything, because, clearly, you both went through hell while you were captured. But, is there anything that we need to know? Any details that might help us find these f*ckers and get rid of them faster? We know they want to take over and this Rogue leader, I refuse to call him ‘king,’ wants to take the Alpha King’s position. We know they feel inferior and are trying to take the female’s powers. Is there anything else about these guys that we can use against them? Do they have a weakness, a vice, something that makes them vulnerable?” Wyatt asks.
“Sky is their weakness.”
Jena whispers.
“Huh?!” I tilt my head to look over at her.
“You are their weakness. Especially if they know you have royal ties. The Rogue K..leader,” she stutters her words at Wyatts grunt. “Will want your powers, but Mike wants an heir, he wants a son to carry on his line, he was most obsessed with that while I was there. For some reason, with you he hesitated, he didn’t do what he did with every other girl he brought in. You are a weakness, you made him change his behavior. I still don’t know the connection between the two, but I think you are right, Mike is not the leader, but somewhere at the top and you will be a point of contention between them if they both want something from you.”
She shrugs.
“So, is he going to continue looking for females or is he going to come after Sky or both? What are you saying?” Nathaniel asks.
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“I think both. He made it clear he was having s*x with several girls, trying to get them pregnant, but he was different with Sky.”
Jena clears her throat.
Xander rolled over so fast, it was a blur and he was hovering over my face before I could even react.. “You said he didn’t touch you!” He spit at me. “Doc Sylvia said she didn’t see any sign of…that!”
“And she wasn’t wrong, I didn’t have s*x with him, if that is what you are asking, he never got that far with me.”
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.