All Chapters of Fated to my Alpha Heir Stepbrother Dante: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

After a moment's hesitation, Aretha nodded, turning slightly and lifting her hair. Dante moved behind her, his hands surprisingly steady as he fastened the clasp. His fingers lingered at the nape of her neck, feeling the rapid pulse beneath her skin.“Issac exposed Fawn and her plans to the pack. It seems our parents had plans to show home videos of you growing up between the packs. Which means the truth of you being an Alpha’s daughter, not the gold digger's daughter, as I was led to believe. Issac found Fawn and two of her friends in the family apartments, and it was caught on camera, but what she might not have realised is that all camera footage is gone through with a fine-tooth comb on the day of the coming-of-age of a member of the Alpha family.”Aretha turned quickly, her face close to his "What?" she whispered, her eyes searching his. The revelation struck her like a physical blow. All these years, she had been painted as something she wasn't, not just to the pack, but to him.

Morning came too quickly as the dawning of a new day began to fully take hold. At some point during their sleep, the healers had removed Aretha’s IV. As the golden light of the sun began to shine in its warm glow into the mate suite.Dante slept on his back. Aretha curled up into his side with her head on his chest over his heart, her arm that had the IV was lying on his abs while his arms held her protectively.Aretha began to stir first, the light hitting her eyes, making her fingers twitch as sunlight streamed through unfamiliar curtains.As her consciousness slowly began to return, she could feel Holly’s contentment at feeling safe, but why did she feel so safe? Holly was practically purring. What was that all about? That’s when she started to notice the weight of something holding her close. It was warm and protective, that’s when Aretha realised that someone was holding her, but who?Her brow furrows until a familiar scent of cedar and forest hits her nose, and that only belonge

“I always wondered how that girl seemed to have such nice gifts for you both. I did find it hard to believe that one of the head warrior’s daughters had so much money to spend on such things. Now I’m starting to understand why.”“That’s the thing, Daddy, once that Fawn girl gave it to us, we didn’t want them anymore, knowing how they came to be. I don’t think I’ve ever worn the hairpins or Otto’s played with the plane knowing what we know.” Lola added. “In the end, Aretha bought us new storybooks for bedtime stories because Fawn couldn’t take glory in those because she wouldn’t be in the room when they were read to us.”Oscar looked around the room. A lot of pack members that were once here had disappeared, and the recount of Otto and Lola’s of past events had come to light about the marketplace, and the necklace that Dante had bought for Aretha now took on new meaning if sh

A voice that could only be Aretha’s came from the doorway of the Mate Suite. Dante’s arm wrapped around her waist, “That is simple, my father once said that a great Alpha knows when and where one's Alpha power should and shouldn’t be used. Alongside an Alpha should rest too, or he can’t defend his pack lands nor his family properly, although when I used to say that I used to drive an Alpha Heir insane with that statement.” Aretha paused, “A jealous she-wolf wasn’t worth wasting my Alpha power and proving others right that I should never be allowed to be Luna.”Dante’s face broke into a smirk at Aretha’s words, and, for good measure, he planted a kiss on her hair as he watched Fawn’s face for a reaction.Fawn’s expression contorted with fury, her carefully constructed mask crumbling under the weight of Aretha’s calm authority. The words struck like physi

“Public accountability,” Dante replied. “For everyone involved. Let the pack see the full extent of what was done, and let them witness the consequences.”Meanwhile, Holly purred with satisfaction in Aretha’s mind as she watched her mate with his father.But Fawn couldn’t help but try again, “You know that he’s never going to mark and mate you. You know that, don’t you, Aretha?”“Really, interesting you would say such things, definitely not what I caught in his scent last night when I woke up, or in his words or through our bond.”Fawn’s face contorted with rage, the last remnants of her carefully constructed facade crumbling completely. Pack members watched in stunned silence as the she-wolf who had always presented herself as sweet and demure revealed her true nature.“You’re lying!” she snarled, her voice