***Dimitri*** I spent several hours in my office just thinking. Mostly about Chastity. I thought of all the things Aurora told me she had done to the girl. It broke my heart that I had been so blind, and selfish to treat my daughter as I had. Also to allow others to treat her as they had. I was a terrible person, and a terrible father. She didn’t deserve anything she had been put thru, and it was all because of me. She was innocent. A baby, a child, but I opened the door to allow her abuse. Now I needed to figure out how to make it up to her. Eventually I opened my top right hand desk drawer, and pulled out the photo and folder I had been ignoring these past weeks. I set up the photo on my desk, then opened the folder. I read through everything, twice. I had no idea that despite what Chastity was experiencing at home she was a shining star. She was very intelligent, dedicated, and driven. According to all of her recommendations she was also caring, compassionate, and loving to those

***Chastity*** Yesterday I was finally released from the hospital, after 6 days there. I still hurt, a lot, but Doctor Deb said I was healed enough to go home. She, again gave me care instructions, and food recommendations. I knew not to expect to be able to follow any of it. I did what I could not to get used to the three meals a day I’d been receiving as well. My mattress in the attic wasn’t really supportive enough for healing either. I appreciated her thoughts, but I knew I would be back to work the second I walked back into the house. I had been shocked when Beta Jax, and his mate Molly came to get me from the hospital. I know he’s my brother, but the rest of my family has turned their backs on me, so why he hasn’t is a mystery to me. The fact that he carried me from my bed to the wheelchair than from the hospital to the pack house made me very uncomfortable. He is a Beta while I’m only an Omega. He should not have been carrying me. In all honesty, everything that has happened

***Chastity*** I jolted awake when someone gently shook my shoulder. My eyes shot open to find Molly standing by my bed. She was smiling at me, and pointing at the table next to my bed. I looked over to see a tray there with a glass of water, and a bowl with steam coming out of it. I could smell chicken soup. Slowly I sat up, and Molly moved the tray to my lap. It was indeed chicken soup with a glass of water, crackers, and cut up strawberries. Tentatively I reached for the soup, and took a sip of it. It was very good. I found my self eating everything very quickly. Eating as much I have been for the last few days has caused me to have more of an appetite than I ever remember having. Once I had eaten everything, Molly moved the tray off my lap. “Do you think you can handle taking a shower, or do you need my help to take another bath?” Molly asked, kindly. “I….I should probably take a bath again, but you shouldn’t help me. I should be doing it on my own.” I answered softly. “It’s n

***Chastity*** When Aurora moved to the center of the courtyard, I began to tremble, badly. Everything could change in an instant because of her. She was Beta Dimitri’s mate, and Beta Jax’s mother. They could change their minds about everything that happened today, and my circumstances, with one word from her. I was very scared. If they changed everything she would kill me, no questions asked, and get away with it. I was shocked to see Beta Dimitri take over “Aurora Goldrind, you are charged with abuse, degradation, neglect, starvation, humiliation, false imprisonment, and attempted murder of a minor, as well as a female pack member. How do you plead?” Beta Dimitri asked. “Like you care.” Aurora snapped. “It is not a matter of caring or not caring. It is a matter of the law. Now I ask you again, how do you plead.” “Not guilty. I did nothing that trash didn’t deserve, and had coming to her.” “Even as a pup?” “She wouldn’t have been abused if she had never been born. She deserved

***Jax*** I quietly closed the door to Chastity’s room, and hung my head. I slowly shuffled toward my living room. Today had been harder than I ever expected. The things we learned were beyond anything I could have imagined. I still couldn’t process all of it. I knew most of what my mother had done, but what she did to Brinna. I just couldn’t wrap my head around it. How could she look any of us, especially my dad, in the face all these years knowing what she had done? It made me sick. She made me sick. She murdered someone, and gloated about it. My heart broke for Braxton. At least a little bit. He had been badly manipulated by a sick woman. He was also about to lose his mother. At the same time, his behavior, the things he said, I worried he suffered from what ever was wrong with Aurora. I guess time would tell what happened with him. What I did know is I could not stomach being anywhere near him at this point. I smelled my unwanted guests before I reached the living room. I wasn’