KATHY
The first thing I registered as I came to was the hushed whispers of my mate.
He sounded furious and I felt my stomach tighten in apprehension.
I fought the urge to open my eyes to see who he was conversing with– the voice sounded somewhat familiar– and tried to focus on what they were talking about.
“I can't believe she's a whore. Pregnant?!! Looks really can be deceiving. You'd never believe such a sweet innocent face could be so so…..”
“I should have known but I was so lost in my passion for her. The Luna is supposed to be pure, virginal, untouched. It's how it has always been.”
I heard my mate let out a groan of frustration and for a moment I wondered who the hell they were talking about.
Definitely not me. I was in denial.
“You should have seen how shocked I was when the result of the test came out.”
“I thought there must had been some kind of mistake and I ran the test two more times.”
“I watched Kathy grow up. You know….. she always seemed like she had a good head on her shoulder, quite unlike most of her mates”.
“But I guess it's true what they say about the quiet ones who look so innocent; they're the most rotten.”
I opened my eyes in time to see the Pack Doctor, Kendrick, Rosa's dad, who also happened to be a friend of my late father, widen his eyes at his careless words.
“You must forgive me Bryson. I didn't mean to refer to your mate as rotten”.
I watched in a quiet mixture of disbelief and confusion as Bryson's eyes darkened in anger.
“She is no mate of mine.”
Kendrick's sharp intake of breath at the alpha's declaration mirrored mine.
They both turned to regard me. I saw disgust in my mate's eyes and a wave of nausea hit me hard.
I got off the bed and ran straight into the bathroom.
Bending over the toilet bowl I threw up the little I had had for breakfast.
I walked back slowly into the room trying to clear the dizziness that plagued me.
Bryson flared his nostrils in irritation as I stood right in front of him.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"I should be asking you that Kathy. Who's the father because it sure as hell isn't me?"
I bit back the urge to burst into tears and said calmly, "What do you mean? You're the only man I've been with."
"I…"
"Liar"
The hate in his eyes was like a physical blow and I felt myself sway at the force of it.
"You're just a deceitful slut."
"Bryson how could you say that to me." I sobbed.
"How can you be so sure that you're not the father?"
"Is it because we…. we made love just once?"
"We can run a test to prove that you're the father Bryson."
Kendrick cleared his throat loudly and looked at Bryson as though seeking his permission to speak.
"Kathy, Bryson cannot father a child."
"What?" I muttered in disbelief not sure I had heard him correctly.
He took a deep breath and glanced apologetically at my mate.
"Our alpha is impotent." He said with the patience of one speaking to a child.
I looked my mate in the eye, saw the painful truth written all over his expression and shook my head in disbelief.
"How? There must have been some kind of mistake or something."
"You don't look infertile." I added foolishly.
I grabbed his arms. "We must run some more tests. There's definitely a mix up somewhere." I said fiercely.
"Scientific tests do not lie Kathy." Kendrick said softly.
I rested my head on my mate's hard chest and sobbed. "I'm telling the truth."
He shrugged out of my grasp and I gasped at the coldness in his eyes.
"I, Bryson, reject you, Kathy, as my mate."
The pain of his rejection brought me to my knees and I wrapped my arms around my belly in grief.
I turned my head to watch as my alpha walked out of the room without sparing me a second glance.
Kendrick stopped to give me an apologetic look before shutting the door firmly behind him.
I sobbed until I had no more tears left to shed and mindlessly moved my things out of the room.
A guard was already waiting outside to help get me back home.
"How sweet of you Bryson." I thought sarcastically.
Thankfully the guard took in my distress without comment.
Downstairs, Rosa was sitting on one of the plush sofas in the tastefully designed living room.
She took in the sight of me and smirked. Unfortunately, she wasn't going to let me get off so easily.
"Thank the goddess your mom is not alive to see what a disappointment you turned out to be."
"You've always acted as though you were better than everyone else with your annoying miss-goody-two-shoes attitude."
"Who would've thought you are just a cheap slut."
She gave a mirthless laugh.
"To think of the fact that my mom was always comparing and wanting me to be like you, act like you……?"
"She'd be so disappointed."
Her words cut through me like a knife but still I remained silent.
She moved closer to me, so close I could see the faint dusting of freckles across the bridge of her nose.
"If I were you I'd just disappear. Or I'd just kill myself. Because no one will ever want you now."
She placed a kiss on both cheeks and sashayed out of the living room.
I clenched my fists, took a deep breath and turned to the guard who had suddenly found his shoes interesting.
"Take me home now!!!”
KATHY “How ready are you son?” I asked. “I am,” Seth mused smiling at his reflection in the mirror as I stood right behind him and I squeezed his shoulders. “What do I do about those coming from Eleanor’s pack?” He asked and I could tell from the tone of his voice, that he was confused. I stayed silent for a couple of minutes, thinking of good advice to say to him and knowing fully well that I was going to have to deal with seeing people from Bryson’s pack, my old pack here in my pack. But then I was glad to know he wasn't here to cause any more trouble and so I was fine with all that was to happen afterwards. “What about having them all gathered at the pack house after the coronation, then we can introduce them as part of our pack,” I responded caring his hair. He shook his head in agreement almost immediately with a smile creased over his face. “They are family too, you know that right?” I asked as I patted his chin. “Okay,” He agreed. “Normally it's usually done sooner th
SETH “What have you done?!!” I yelled as I tightened my grip around his neck feeling so angry. The next thing I felt was the hot bullet right into my knee cap. I fell to the ground holding on to my bleeding knee as I cried out in pain. “Who's on top now?” He asked with a smirk on his face as he staggered holding onto his leg as well. I looked over to Eleanor who lay on the cold floor in her pool of blood. She can't die!! She just can't die!! Panic surged through me and I jerked up but went toppling back to Bryson as I struggled taking the gun off his hand. For a couple of minutes, we struggled as I tried my best to take the gun off his hands and then I gave him a nod making him lose his grip on the gun and then fall over to the floor. I didn't mind that I was going to have a swollen head afterward, but getting him wiped out was all that mattered. I cocked the gun and without having any more thoughts concerning having him killed, I pulled the trigger. Bryson held on to his
SETH Dread twisted inside of me, as he dug his fingernails deep into my flesh cutting through my arm. I whimpered in pain the minute I felt my arm loosening its grip. “Someone's been snooping around!” I heard Bryson say as he chuckled alongside. I looked up to find Eleanor in the hands of a guard as he pulled her by the hair taking her into the room where we were. I had wanted to attack but then the beast had me pinned to the ground. My eyes widened in shock when she had the guard tossed to the ground causing a bit of distraction. “Get her!” He yelled as I watched her run off down the hallway as the other guards ran after her. In the distance, I could hear some muffled sound but around me, it was utter silence like nothing was happening next. I groaned again holding on to my wounded arm and then tried pulling myself up. next But then he had already gotten up from the floor smiling at me like he had succeeded. My vision was momentarily blurred as I was slowly losing blood. “Ju
SETH “Isn’t this a full medical check result of Alpha Bryson?” Czar asked walking towards me with a surprised look. “I guess it is!” I replied reading through the result as I held it up to my face. I took a breath reading through quietly and then was shocked to find that all of what had happened in the past was based on lies. He had been lied to by Rosa’s father. He wasn’t an impotent Alpha male as pronounced by Doctor Kendrick in the past. Terror stabbed my heart as I could recall how badly treated our mother was at the hands of his lover Rosa. Even to the point that he had her rejected and humiliated. “She was right after all,” I said holding the result in my hand and staring at Czar who had his hands resting on his head like he was more than surprised over what was happening. “This is fucked up man!” He replied. “Would he be willing to call all of this off now that he knows?” Czar asked. I stood staring at him like I had lost control of my tongue and couldn’t speak for mys
SETH I hurried down the hallway as I tried not to call the attention of any guard around. I looked over my shoulders to find that the torches down the hallway were off as it made the whole area completely obvious that it's been void of humans for a while. I reached the 2nd ground floor, and as expected there were guards all over. And then I heard the sound of a door opening, at the far end of the hallway, and then a huge man came out looking like he had been upset from the onset. “Where the hell are they?” He huffed sounding so pissed. And from the sound of his voice, I could tell he meant us. “How did you let them escape?!” He yelled as his huge voice echoed down the hallway. “Search the whole mansion, they are hiding somewhere in the house and something tells me they are close,” He said. I bent to the ground watching every one of them leave through a particular door. I stood for a couple of seconds and then realized that happened to be the only way out to the main house. An
SETH It all happened so fast, that I didn’t see Sam come from behind us headed for the man in front of me. He had the head of the man blown out almost immediately as the sound of the gun echoed in the air. “Pouhhh!!” I was shocked the minute I found the man dead in front of me the next minute without me having to fight. “Common brother,” Sam said stretching his hands towards me. “You chose a gun as your defense weapon,” I asked shocked seeing that he could handle one. “Say nothing,” He responded with a smirk as he assisted in pulling me up. “Good thing you know how to use one though,” I said to him as I patted him on the shoulders. “You good?” He asked, his voice laced with concern. “Yes!” I replied. In no time we ran off joining the others and then my eyes traveled around searching for her but yet couldn’t find her anywhere close. Just then a hand came from behind pulling me over to the ground but then I got to my feet almost immediately holding him in the arm as I tos