Semua Bab Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?: Bab 141 - Bab 150

I arrived as requested to Obsidian Storm Pack in as much of a discreet manner as possible. Not something I had expected to be doing when coming to collect Mari, but I did as I was asked. Instructed by the guard at the main gate, who checked my papers, to head to the back door of the hospital. Something about the whole process felt unsettling for me. I was there to collect Mari, yet it felt more like a covert operation. One, that as time went on, I was beginning to wonder if Alpha Carter knew nothing about…I pulled up at the back door of the hospital, slipped out of the car, knocking gently at the unassuming door. Within seconds, a doctor, one I believed was the man both Leo and I had spoken to on a number of occasions, greeted me with a polite smile. The short space of time it had taken him to answer made me wonder if he had been awaiting my arrival. “Follow me.” He said quietly.The walk was literally a few steps from the open door, but within thos

I arrived home to a small welcoming committee. My brother. Alpha Aaron and his wife, Luna Rowan. All seemed more than happy to see me, yet there was something about the way they were acting that had me on edge. The sideways glances. The uncomfortable tone of their voices, and do not get me started on the way that they avoided any discussion of my father…Ever since I had been told that he had been caught and was set to be punished, I wanted to know more. No. I needed to know more. There was a deep-rooted desire to know details. I needed to know the exact ways in which he would be made to suffer. I wanted to know how they planned to punish him for all that he had done. Not just to me, but to the others too. I was not a fool. I knew there were many others. My mate being just one. And, I had hoped, that after everything that my family, those closest to me, would provide me with the answers I needed. Yet they remained closed off. Nothing was being shared. No information was given away. An

My brother sat before me, a changed man. I had not seen him since he was laid in the hospital bed. In his physical form, he was the same. He had healed, and for that I would be eternally grateful. But, as I looked down towards him, I could not help but notice there was something different about him. In the way he acted. The look behind his eyes. He was cold. Distant. Withdrawn. Refusing to tell me the things I felt I had every right to know. This was not how my return home was meant to have gone.“Leo. This isn’t fair.” I pleaded, hoping he would feel pity for me. He knew all the things I had been through. He knew more than any other all the reasons I should want to see our father punished. But to my surprise, my brother simply shook his head.“And as we both know, Mari. Life isn’t fair.” Leo came back at me. “Things are changing within pack, and I am not going to unbalance the ship just to please you. I am completing my Beta t

I had been back home for a matter of days now. I knew every inch of my new home like the back of my hand. I guess that was what happened when you had little else to do. I had explored the house from top to bottom in the first few hours. And since then, I had cleaned it from top to bottom. Learned all the little quirks of it. Basically, I think I knew all there was to know about the damn place! The promise to fix whatever the issue was that meant I had to stay inside had yet to be resolved, so, I remained a prisoner within my own home. In short, I was miserable.I was not unfamiliar with being a prisoner. My father had kept me locked within our family home many a time growing up. Locked in my bedroom. Locked in the basement. Locked in the closet. It all depended on his level of mood when the punishment was being given. I had become accustomed to things such as that. But I thought I was free of things like that. Admittedly, here, there was none of the fear of him returning. Tha

I would be home, and I would be free. I would not have the control I once did, but I would have freedom. I would no longer be a prisoner. In my own pack on house arrest. I would be back where I belonged. I smiled smugly at Aaron. He had done exactly as I had needed him to. Or as I had expected him to...“Dad!” Matthew snarled angrily, but his father slowly shook his head.“Matthew, I am still Alpha for now. And, everything Kian said was right. He may not be around much longer…”The fact that he used my words as his defense told me I had done exactly as planned. Manipulated my friend, as I had done many a time before. I nodded sympathetically, looking towards Matthew sadly as he interrupted his father angrily. “Just like Mari or Leo may not have been if we had not stepped in!” Anger flared within my veins, but I had to do all I could to dampen it down. Now was not the time to cause a scene. I had gained what I had needed