Semua Bab My Stepsister's Betrayal: Bab 31 - Bab 40

StephanieAs exhausted as I am, as devastated as I am about the loss of my father, it’s impossible for me to fall into a depression when I have my daughter, my beautiful, perfect daughter, in my arms. As much as my heart is aching and as much as I know I need to contact Elena to find out exactly what happened and what the plans are for my father’s funeral service, I know I have to take it slow. Ema is still quiet in my head, and my body hurts worse than anything I’ve ever felt before.Yet, when I hold my daughter in my arms, all of that fades away and it’s just her, Will, and me.“How are you doing, beautiful? I can feel how sore you are,” Will says.“I am, but it’s worth it. She’s worth it,” I say, barely able to tear my eyes away from my sweet daughter as she takes a bottle. I’m hoping Dr. Reynolds will give me the all-clear to start nursing her later today.Will and I watch, completely enchanted, as our daughter makes her sweet, sucking noises while she eats. I look her over, memori

StephanieI knew something was wrong. Will doesn’t get angry like what I felt rolling through the bond from him. When he walked into our bedroom, I could tell I wasn’t going to like what he was going to say.He scooped me into his arms and sat in the rocking chair holding me.“It’s that bad, huh?” I ask.He rocks me for a moment without speaking. Since it almost feels like he needs our closeness as much as I do, I lay against him and tuck my face against his neck.“There are three things you need to know. First, do you remember Benedict’s previous Beta, Ellis?” he begins.“Yes.”“He’s Elena’s mate. When we talked about it before, I didn’t see how the two of them could have met, and I still don’t, but apparently, they did and he’s the one she’s mated to.”Okay, that’s not ideal, but if Elena chose him as her mate, that's her problem, not mine.“I called Benedict to tell him that his previous Beta is back and calling himself ‘Alpha’. He looked it up while we were on the phone and found o

StephanieMy mind is spinning out of control as Will talks to Benedict and tells him everything that just happened.How could they have gotten my father to sign a new will? I know he was angry with me at that end, but this doesn’t make any sense. Now they’ve banned me from the pack?“Ellis is a fucking snake. Don’t trust him. If he signed that will as a witness, then Alpha Steph was coerced,” Benedict growls.“But how?” I ask, before Will can respond.“Your father was sick, right? First, I think you need to get ahold of your father’s attorney, Stephanie. Find out if what Ellis said was even the truth. Then, I’d say you have a good case to say your father WASN’T of sound mind and body when he signed that new will. I agree with you, it’s entirely too convenient that Ellis witnessed your father signing the new will, then he and Elena accepted each other as mates, and he becomes Alpha. Do we even know if that timing is right? Maybe they had already marked each other before they got him to

StephanieTwo days after the reading of the will, Will and I arrived at Mr. Lewis’ office with the will that my father had given me, a copy of the will that Mr. Burch read, and the timeline of everything that happened since I met Will and left my father’s pack.Will was right about my father’s signature. At best, it was shaky. At worst, it was forged.After Mr. Lewis looks over the documents, he looks at us.“First, the will that you have and the will that I have are identical. This is the most recent will that I’ve seen and I was never contacted by your father at any time to fire me or to request that this will be made obsolete. I think you definitely have grounds to contest the will that was read by Mr. Burch. Not only is it highly suspicious that the witness of that will is now petitioning to become the Alpha of your father’s pack, but no where are you even mentioned in this will. I don’t care what transpired between you and your father at the end, he was very clear with me that any

JamesonAfter I left Lindsay and Jalen, I continued heading east, trying to draw off the warriors. My hope was that they would stay on the road where we were traveling, but that was just my hope.When I reached a fork in the road where I could continue going east or head north, I hid the car, and shifted, heading north. Everyone in our region knows the story of the demise of the Brenner pack. Everyone heard how nine-year-old Samara Brenner made her way from the Brenner pack to Alpha William’s pack by following the river. If she could do it, so can I. At least, that’s my hope.I’ve only been running a few hours when I hear the howl of the hunt behind me. That wisn’t what bothers me. What bothers me is the answering howl that comes almost directly west of me. I’ve already crossed the river twice, trying to force Ellis' warriors to slow and find my trail again.This time, I know I’ll have to cross and stay in the water for a while. The second group of trackers are much closer than the one