Chapter 43 – The Alpha’s Betrayal and Promise Novel

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(Scarlett)

I opened my eyes to find myself laying on Alexander’s c*hest. His heart thumped peacefully with each breath he took, and his breathing was cam, letting me know that he was still asleep, and it wasn’t until his arm which was wrapped around my waist, pulling me to his c*hest, and looking down at me, he smiled.

I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, recalling what happened last night; however, I didn’t have it in me to try and get up, wanting to enjoy it, at least, I knew here that I wouldn’t get beaten for simply crying due to being scared or in pain.

“Are you okay?” Alexander asked, rubbing my back gently. I looked up at him, recalling how he stayed up with me through the night, comforting and assuring me that nothing was going to hurt me, and though I didn’t trust a word he said, fearing that he might make me soften, or trust him before he let me go, I still nodded, embracing his gentle side.

“I am fine, thank you” I said, putting my right hand on his c*hest as I got up. His eyes were focused on mine for a few seconds before he nodded, and getting out of bed, he walked toward our daughter’s crib, lifting her in his arms as she looked at the two of us. I stayed quiet, watching as he took her to the changing table to change her diaper and clothes, and thankfully, he didn’t come asking me to help him.

“Do you want us to go out today?”

Alexander asked, making my heart drop. I shook my head, recalling the last time the two of us went out. The man took me to that place and left me there. I trusted him and wanted to try and maybe get him to t*ouch me that night, and instead, I was left at that place for months.

Noticing that I froze, Alexander lifted Anastasia in his arms after getting her dressed and walked toward me. His eyes met mine, and I wrapped my arms around myself, shaking my head at him as I sat under the blanket. He put Anastasia on the bed, and tears formed in my eyes when she sat between the two of us. It was something that I missed as well, but now was not the time to complain.

“Scarlett, you can’t keep locking yourself in the house, you do know that, right?”

“You are going to send me to that place again, aren’t you?” I asked, making him frown. He shook his head, and crawling toward me, my eyes widened when Anastasia stopped and sat beside me as she turned to look at her father. My heart skipped a beat, and looking at her, I couldn’t help but smile at the small, and yet, innocent action. “I am not going to send you anywhere, and that place was not to hurt you or get rid of you. You had to go there to learn how to be a Luna, had there been another omega or human, you would have found them there as well” he said, making me frown at his comparison. I was a wolf as well, and yet, he saw me as weak as he would have seen another human.

Humans were mostly accepted as mates by those who were omegas, maybe even gammas, but it was very rare when an Alpha or a Beta took in a human as their mates, and though I never understood why I never bothered asking. I nodded, and looked down at my lap, no longer knowing what to tell the man who was yet to be fed up of treating my like I was less than everyone. However, at this point, I couldn’t really blame him.

With my wolf being as quiet as she was, I believed that she had died, or was in a long hibernation that she was refusing to get out of; therefore, what difference was I from the other humans, right?

I could not shift, the last moon was my fifth without shifting, and now, I was just quiet. Therefore, getting out of bed, I walked toward the bathroom to get ready for the day, knowing that I was not allowed to stay in my pajamas. If anyone was to come to the pack or our house, then I had to look presentable at all times, and looking at me, Alexander frowned when he saw that I paid our daughter no attention. Yes, I missed her deeply, but I knew that what he has done was not going to be easily repaired She could have accepted me around her; however, I, or more specifically, my wolf, could not accept her as my daughter.

Who knew whose milk she drank, what she ate, how she slept. I certainly did not, and I knew that I wouldn’t be able to claim her from the person who has; therefore, I was going to stay quiet and distance myself until told not to. And it will not be something that I would be accepting, I would simply be doing it because I was ordered. They wanted things to get to this point, and needless to say, I hoped that they were proud of their achievement.

The love that I had for the man who was inside, myself, and my daughter seemed to be buried deep down inside me to the point where I did not know whether or not I was going to be able to get it back. Now, I was mostly just alive, waiting for my time to come, and until then, I knew to simply keep doing my duties as told, staying away from trouble, and making sure to satisfy my Alpha.

Why?

Because that was what I was taught. If not, I knew that I would be dealing with dire consequences, and that was not something that I wanted to deal with. Not for Anastasia’s sake, my wolf’s sake, or mine.

I didn’t know how much I was going to be living; however, regardless of the upcoming years. I just hoped that I would be able to live them in peace; but for that to happen, I personally had to be staying in the house that I lived in, in peace, and that meant in every sense of the word. Even if it meant killing off MY emotions to get that peace, and that was exactly what I was going to do.

Therefore, with that thought in mind.

I washed my faced, finished my morning business, and walked out of the bathroom to choose an outfit.

Alexander looked at me, waiting for me to say a word, and taking a deep breath, I wrapped my arm around myself, knowing that it was what he wanted me to do. I opened my mouth to ask the question that referred to his earlier one.

“What do you want me to wear, Alpha Alexander?” I asked “for us to go out, I mean…”

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