Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
“You have been watching us?!” Luna Ava says shocked.
My eyebrows come together in a look of disbelief. “Now that the tables have turned, you are surprised? Someone has been manipulating you both for years. Of course I have always had my suspicions, but no proof. You both allow too many things to go on unchecked in your pack. I figured it was blackmail and was trying to get proof to set you free.”
I shrug.
“How dare you?” Dakota slams his fist on his father’s desk. But Alpha Lucas stops him.
“You are onto something, but I have my reasons for my actions and you are not privy to them.”
He is direct in his answer, not accusing or mean. I just move on, I need to get away from all of them.
“Next, as I have already shown you, they do not work, they are dummy cameras. There are no lights or wires to indicate a power source, basic point that anyone could look for. And whoever took it down should have had trouble detaching it from the wall, but it was probably put up there with double sided tape. You were duped.”
I roll my eyes. “As for the beacon, when were you told it was in my room?”
“After Kaley was released, she and Kevin had a meeting here to discuss what she had heard in the tunnel.”
Alpha Lucas looks uncertain. “We found it while we did a full search of the packhouse today.”
“Was it only warriors that helped with the search or was it all hands on deck, except for my team?” Their looks tell me everything I need to know, but task anyway. “Who searched my room? Was shot bet herself since ‘she probably wouldn’t find anything anyway and it will keep her busy?” I air quote. “So you let the one person who hates me the most, and is not quiet about it search my room for something planted by a potential traitor?” Now I’m the one disgusted.
The screen flashes again. Nathaniel speaking from his prison. It’s the feed from my room this morning. Kaley walks.in and closes the door and starts to look around, touching literally everything in the room. She picks up one of Cam’s sweatshirts and smells it before shivering. After examining for way too long, she moves to my window and opens it, pulling the device out of her pocket, not being secretive at all.
She places it on the window sill and then starts calling for someone. There isn’t any sound but Alpha Lucas, my dad and a few pack warriors come in. I can see the smug look on her face at my dad’s reaction. He is angry, yelling who knows what and pointing from my bed to the device, to outside. Clearly emphasizing his distaste for me.
I just stand there letting tears run down my face. I don’t know why this let down feels any different than the last time. I make a circling motion over my head. My signal for my team to pack their stuff. We can’t leave the pack yet, our orders were to stay here until the threat has been neutralized. We will just take one of the houses on the pack border and continue doing our jobs as assigned.
“I have never done anything except work to protect this pack. I was abused and neglected and I still kept going. I left to get stronger, hoping it would be enough.”
I start in a whisper, but I can feel my anger grow and my voice begins to match. “I have been here for months, allowing and helping your warriors to get stronger. My team is the best team the Alpha King has. We have busted our asses and helped plan the extra patrol routes and the evacuation routes. I designed and implemented the tunnel build as an escape or a safe space for the pups and your Luna. All as assigned by you and the Alpha King himself. Who I will remind you I CAN’T DECEIVE.”
I show my warrior brand to them. “If I wanted to harm the pack, I would have done it when I first got here, when you all were weak and disorganized, not months later.”
Alpha Lucas hangs his head, Luna Ava has her hand over her mouth. The twins are frozen, and I can’t find it in me to feel bad for any of them. I can’t feel a thing, my tears have stopped and I am numb, except for anger. And in anger, I do the one thing I never thought I would.
I rip my shirt and sports bra off and turn away from them. “This is what you are rewarding. You are rewarding a serial abuser and narcissist. I was twelve when Kaley had me dragged to the old greenhouse. She had two guys string me up by my wrists while she whipped me with a silver tipped whip, then for good measure used silver powder in the wounds hoping I would die slowly. Then she dragged me out to the woods where I was for two days, because no one looks for the girl no one wants around anyway. When I did survive she just made sure I was in a constant state of injury.”
I pull my sports bra back on, I’m not hiding anymore. “The night of the ball two years ago, I was changing in the locker room when I was attacked. There was no scent to warn me. This time she was only there to give instructions. She didn’t want to get her dress dirty, she needed to be presentable for the Alphas when their date stood them up and she needed to rescue them.”
I pin the guys with a look. “Everyone’s problem is they still see me as weak and they see her as stupid. Neither of us are what people believe and your pack is suffering for it.”
I turn as the knock on the door sounds. I open it to see my team seething on the other side.
“What’s going on?” Mateo sounds distraught as he and Oliver run down the hall followed by Sierra and Sam. They were left out of this too.
“I think your Alphas have pressing pack matters to discuss with you, there is a traitor in the pack. Let’s move, we have patrols to run.”
I say to my team.
Lil hands me my bag and we all walk towards the front door.
“Wait, Bitty, what’s going on? Where are you going?”
“Don’t leave, I’m sure this is a misunderstanding.”
Mateo shouts.
I don’t look back. The ranks are being divided. The guys never used to keep secrets from each other. This is really bad, but I can’t save them from themselves. We make it to the front door, with everyone following based on the sheer volume of the footsteps.
“Oliver, tell Lily I had a mission and I’m sorry I didn’t say goodbye.”
I look over my shoulder at him. He looks close to tears, shaking his head.
“Don’t do this Bitty, not again.”
He whispers.
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