“Please don’t do this.” I begged over and over, but no one was listening. “I am your luna.” I screamed at the top of my lungs, but then his laugh from the other room broke all the fight in me.
“Luke please.” I begged once more time, my voice horse.
“Take it once it’s done. Toss her out. She will have to survive on her own from here on out.”
He can’t mean that. This was our baby.
“Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess. One I will rectify.” His voice called again from the other room. He wouldn’t even face me. “Now do it. That’s a command.”
“Yes, Alpha.”
“Oh, and doctor?” Her sweet voice called from the other room. My stepsister, Shannon. I gritted my teeth. “Don’t use any anesthetic. She should feel everything.”
“Yes, Luna.” The doctor turned back to me with sad eyes, but when he picked up the scalpel, I knew I was screwed.
I’m sorry, baby. Momma couldn’t save you. I tried to rub my stomach, but the nurses had strapped me down. When the doctor approached, I realized he was using a silver blade.
“Silver?” My whisper was almost silent, but he nodded. I knew then that Shannon didn’t want me to survive. She wanted my life so badly that she lied about me cheating on my mate, showing photos as proof.
I cried silently as the doctor cut into my abdomen, and I felt my baby thrash inside. He knew it was too early to be born. This was a death sentence for both of us.
“Bring me the body of the pup.”
“Yes Alpha.”
I felt every slice as he cut into me, and finally I could take it no longer. I thrashed against the restraints. But the silver had made me weak.
“Doctor, now.”
“Yes Alpha.” The doctor picked the baby up and rushed out, leaving me spread open to the elements.
I felt my life slipping away as the door opened and Shannon came in. Her smug smile was firmly in place.
“I told you I would take your life, Amy. I would have your mate. ” Shannon walked over and laid a kiss on my face as I snarled. “He is perfection. And don’t worry. I will give him another son.” She laid her hand on her stomach and I started to laugh. “What’s so funny?”
“I can smell the beta on you. That’s Derek’s child, and it’s a girl. Nice try though.”
She snarled and raised her hand, growing her claws to deliver the final blow, but the door was ripped open and my mate, the man I now hated most in the world, stepped inside. His eyes were red, and I started to laugh again.
“You runt!” He snarled and struck out, whipping Shannon to the other side of the room.
“Brandon!” Shannon shrieked as she hit the wall. “What’s wrong?” She staggered to her feet, but more blood dripped out of me and I closed my eyes.
“You lied!” He screamed, shaking the walls as his aura struck out, but I could barely feel it. I felt the silver travelling in my veins getting closer to my sluggish heart. “This was my pup. I can smell me on him.” Brandon’s eyes grew redder as the tears gathered. “She did cheat on you. I guess I was wrong about the pup.”
“You said you smelt it.” From the sound of it, he lunged for her again, but him clutching our baby in his arm was the last thing I saw. And I wanted to never see it again. He did this to us. Not Shannon.
She played her part well, sure, but him not believing me, not waiting for a few more days to smell the pup, that was his fault. And all of our downfalls.
I prayed for the moon goddess to take me. I no longer wanted to be here. I wanted to be with my pup.
“Save her.”
“No!” Shannon screamed. “I am the Luna now, you marked me last night.” Ah, so that was the pain I felt last night.
I cracked my eyes to see my mate, Brandon, hovering next to me. “Stay with me Amy.”
“No!” I slammed out, putting all of my power in it.
Brandon looked down at me, pleading. “Let me save you.”
“I am descended from the Moon Goddess, and you don’t deserve to save me. You don’t deserve our pup. You were weak. And now you lost everything.” I smiled up at him as I felt my life from my body.
Chapter Two
I opened my eyes to find myself surprisingly alive. “Amy hurry, you’re going to be late.” I jolted up and look around, confused. What was going on? Where was I? “Amy!” The voice called again and I shook myself. I stood up from the bed and looked around again. I recognized this room. It was my childhood bedroom.
I hadn’t stepped foot in this room since I found my mate, Brandon. I heard a knock on the door and my mother opened it. Before I could process what was happening, I ran into my mother’s arms. “Mom, you’re here.” I started to cry. “I’ve missed you so much.”
“Amy. My girl.” She laughed as she patted my back. “I saw you yesterday.” She pulled back and I looked into her amber eyes that matched my own. “Happy birthday, baby.”
I leaned into her hands and realized that today was the last day I spent at home. I found my mate on my eighteenth birthday. “Thank you, mom.”
“Hopefully, you will meet your mate today and start your new life.” She smiled at me and I felt my blood freeze. I didn’t want to meet Brandon. Not when I knew what was going to happen.
“I’d rather stay here with you.” I smiled as I kissed her cheek. “I don’t want to miss you and Morgan.
And I knew that when Brandon thought I cheated on him, before he treated my baby and me like that. He also did the same to my mother for her involvement. Shannon’s father, my mother’s husband, watched her die.
“Baby. You won’t miss us. We will be there every step of the way.” She kissed my cheek, and I wrapped my fingers around hers.
“Mom, can we just leave? You and me? Leave Shannon and Morgan and move back to daddy’s pack?” My father, the Alpha of the Silvermoon pack, wasn’t a good husband, but he was a good man. He cheated on my mother, betraying her when he was drunk.
His betrayal cost the life of my brother growing inside of her, and she refused to move past it.
“No baby. I can’t go back.” My mother’s face fell as she turned away.
“I don’t want to be betrayed, mom. Not like you and not any worse. I don’t want a mate.” I whispered my new truth.
“What do you know?” I watched as her eyes searched mine.
I pulled her back into my room and away from the door. “I don’t know for sure, but I am terrified that if I am mated to Shannon’s boyfriend, I will die after we are mated. Mom, the chances that he will match with an Alpha far outweigh the chance that he is mated to the daughter of the beta.” I pulled back. “I don’t want this for me.”
She weighed my words, and I watched as she came to the same conclusion. “Okay baby. But you can’t leave. It would be too conspicuous. You will have to mask your scent whenever he is around.”
I tossed my hands in the air. “How would I do that?”
“There is much you don’t know that I would leave in the past but if you are sure…” She trailed off and I just nodded my head. “Then let me make a few calls. You don’t have to go to school today.”
I lept back into her arms. “Thank you, mom. I don’t know what I would do without you.”
“I love you, baby. You will never be without me. That I can promise you.” She kissed my cheek and then left me alone in my room.
I ran to my phone and checked the date to make sure. It was twenty eighteen; I went back six years. Six years to the day that I met Brandon. I could relive everything, make better choices. I could live, and maybe this time around, so would my pup.
I went into my ensuite and jumped into the shower. No way was I going to face today, looking like I just crawled out of bed. I stood in side my closet in a towel trying to figure out what to wear when I heard my bedroom door open.
I was about to turn and call out to my mother, but I heard a soft step, which my mother wouldn’t do. So I hid behind my winter coats and I waited.
“I’m telling you, if she is Brandon’s mate, I’m going to destroy her.”
“You can’t mean that, Shan.” The nasily voice of Megan, Shannon’s best friend, came from the cell phone pressed to her ear.
“Of course I do. Brandon is mine.”
“Only because you put out. He was hoping Shannon would notice him.”
“You shut your mouth, Megan.” Shannon snarled and her eyes flashed. “He’s mine.”
“Whatever I gotta go,” Megan called, and then the line went dead. A honk sounded from outside and Shannon was snatching something before I grabbed her hand.
“What do you think you’re doing in my closet?”
“Amy?” Shannon’s mouth dropped out. I squeezed her hand until I heard a crack. Her scream was muffled by my hand.
“You’re lucky I only broke one finger. You just threatened to destroy me. Didn’t I hear that correctly? A beta’s daughter threatening an alpha.” I tsked.
“I didn’t do anything.” She snarled back at me as her hand reformed.
“Lie again and I will break all of your fingers and hold them while the bones heal.” I couldn’t stop my grin as I felt her tremble. “Did you threaten me?”
“Yes.” she screamed at me. “You’re going to take Brandon from me.”
“I don’t want your pathetic alpha now or ever. Keep him.” I pushed her away. “Now get out of my room before I change my mind about maiming you.” I turned back to my clothes and picked out low-rise jeans and a tank top.
“What is your problem?”
“You. Now leave.” I let my wolf come forward and my eyes flashed. I pushed my alpha command into my words and forcing her out of my room. Foolish girl. How dare she come into my room to take something of mine? My wolf growled lowly. This was our den. I shook myself and refocused. Closing the doors, I hopped back into bed, pulling out my phone. I tried to remember everything that happened in the last six years that could help me with my plan. Because make no mistake, Brandon and Shannon would pay.
Chapter Three
“Pack your bags, Amy.” My mom came in, surprising me from the list I was making.
“What?” I looked up. “Why?”
“You are going to spend the summer with your father. I already got the approval from the Alpha.” Mom smiled down at me. “Come on, baby. Pack your bag and get ready.”
I jumped to my feet and ran to my mom. “I can go?”
“Just for the summer, baby, then you will be back here with me. I had to promise that you would be returning here.”
I pouted. “Mom, I really don’t want to be here.” I wanted to make them pay, but I wouldn’t risk him finding me.
“It’s okay baby, you will understand once you see your dad.” She patted my hair and kissed my cheek. “Now get ready.”
“Okay mom.” I kissed her back then she left me alone. I grabbed my phone to lock it and then turned back to my closet. I packed my bag and then headed into my bathroom when I heard the downstairs door slam open.
“I knew it.” I heard Shannon scream down stairs. I ignored her as I grabbed everything from my bathroom and then I grabbed my laptop and chargers. I stuffed everything in to my backpack and headed downstairs.
“Shannon, why are you screaming?” Morgan was at the table with his coffee, and my mom was running around when I pushed my suitcase into the room.
“I’m not Brandon’s mate, daddy.” Shannon flew into the room and dove into his arms.
“How are you so sure?” Morgan wrapped his arms around her, but I just snickered. She snapped her eyes to me and she flew at me.
“It’s you.” Shannon tried to claw out my eyes. But I just sent her flying with a backhand.
“Amy!” Morgan got to his feet but my mom tsked.
“Morgan, you can’t yell ay Amy for protecting herself. Shan attacked her first.” My mom placed my breakfast on the table. “Amy, come eat. You have a long day ahead.”
“Babe? Why does Amy have a suitcase?”
“She is going away for the summer. To her fathers.” My mother turned to me and opened her arms. “Come baby. Come eat. The car is coming and you need to be ready to go.”
I walked over and sat down, and dug in.
“Why is she going to her dads?” Morgan walked over to pick Shannon up.
“She wanted to spend the summer with her dads before college and who am I to say no?” My mom smiled down at me and I smiled back at her. I didn’t know what was going to happen this summer to protect me from Brandon finding out I was his mate, but I needed it. Whatever it was, I needed it.
“Yeah, my dad called me this morning and since I haven’t seen him since Christmas break and when he offered to fly me out, I asked my mom.” I smiled sweetly over at Morgan, and Shannon smiled.
“You’re leaving?” Shannon stood up.
“Yup. I’ll be gone the full summer.” I smirked over at her. “But my room is locked, and it will stay that way.” My smile dropped away as I stared at her and used my alpha command.
“Amy!” Morgan yelled out. “You know you’re not allowed to alpha command your step sister!”
“And I wouldn’t have Morgan, if I hdn’t found her in my room this morning, trying to take things out of my closet.” I turned and raised my eyebrow, daring her to try to lie.
“Is that true?” Morgan looked down at Shannon and I just stared at her. I watch her open her mouth to deny it.
“I wouldn’t lie. I’ll just command you to tell the truth.” She screeched and stomped her foot.
“Yes!” she screamed. “Are you happy? Yes, I went into her closet to steal some clothes because I know she is Brandon’s mate.”
“How?” I threw up my hands, playing like I didn’t know the truth. “How could you possibly know that I am his mate? Neither of us has scented each other.”
“Because he scented you on me!” Her voice was hitting a higher octave, and my ears were starting to hurt.
“Calm down. You’re hurting everyone’s ears and just explain yourself.” My mom sat next to me at the table, rubbing her head.
“Last month, Brandon turned eighteen, and I was wearing Amy’s dress. He scented around me and said I smelt divine. But when I’m not wearing her clothes, he has zero interest in me.” Shannon pouted.
“So he likes the way I smell, doesn’t mean we are mates.” I pointed out. Completely and utterly denouncing Brandon as a mate. If I didn’t accept him, he would never be my mate anyway, and I would never accept him. That was the only thing I was sure of.
Brandon would be the last male I would ever touch this time around.
“Stop being obtuse Amy. We all know what it means when a wolf likes your smell.” Shannon started to cry and buried her head in her hands. “He’s the male I want, daddy. The only one I would ever accept. But he wants her.” She pointed to me.
I scoffed. “I don’t want your sloppy seconds, Shannon. Even if he was my mate, and I am not saying he is. It would be a cold day before I accepted him as a mate. I would take the Lycan King over Brandon.” I threw my head back and laughed when she gasped.
The Lycan king was the bogeyman of all wolves.
The last Lycan to exist and one who lives in the wild. It’s said the only wolves that ever see his face are the council that oversees the packs.
But either way, I wasn’t lying. I would take the King as a mate before I would even look in Brandon’s vicinity.
“You’re lying. He’s the alpha.”
“And?”
“Everyone wants to be the luna.”
“Idiots want to be the luna.” I turned back and finished my food as Morgan calmed her down. My mom stood when she heard a horn.
“That’s for you.”
I nodded as I stood and kissed my mother goodbye before I left.
Chapter Four
I slipped into the back of the car after putting my bags in the back and buckled in. I had barely takin a breath before I launched myself over the seats and into the driver’s arms.
His laugh made my eyes prickle. “Hey love bug.”
“Uncle Ronnie. I’ve missed you.” I climbed over the seats and sat up front. “What are you doing here?” Ronnie was my dad’s beta. Not related, but he had been there for most of my life.
“You think I was going to let my cheeky niece come to pack lands alone? Not on your life.”
“Dad sent you?” I laughed.
“Dad sent me. He is a worry wart your da.” He smiled over and laughed with me. “As soon as your mom called, he sent me with the jet.”
“He didn’t have to.” I just shook my head and buckled my seatbelt.
“Of course he did. He never gets to see you enough, and now you’re sending in the summer. What’s going on?” My uncle looked at me and I just shook my head.
“I don’t want to be here.”
“Why?”
I looked down at my hands that were twisted. “I’m afraid that my mate is here and I don’t want to be right. I figured if I ran away, I could push off the inevitability.”
“Why wouldn; t you want your mate?” My uncle asked as he zipped down the highway toward the airport.
“I’ll tell both you and dad, just not now.” My uncle looked over at me, searching my face and then nodding.
“Fine, but I want the full story.”
“You will get it, I swear.” I nodded back to the road. “Now focus on driving so you don’t ruin us.” I grabbed the wheel, swerving back into our own lane.
“Heck!” Uncle Ronnie grabbed the wheel from me and focused back on the road. “I just worry about you, pup.” I couldn’t stop the laugh because wolves stopped aging at twenty-five, and he looked barely older than me.
“I know you do.” I settled back into my seat and sighed. “I promise, what happened isn’t going to make that feeling any better.” I wiped at my face. “I don’t even know why my mom is sending me to my dad. She just said that he could help me.”
“Well, let’s hurry and get back so we can figure out what you need, Sugar.” My uncle hit the gas, and we ended up at the airport in no time.
We loaded my bags and headed up to the jet, settling in there. “Close your eyes. You look like you barely slept today and we have a few hours.” My uncle patted my head before he sat across from me and opened his laptop.
“Work?”
“Work.” He nodded.
“This summer, can you teach me some stuff?” A plan was forming in my mind, a plan not only to keep myself away from my pathetic mate, but one that would make me a lot of money.
“Of course, Sugar.” My uncle smiled up at me. “You know, your dad would teach you just about everything he could if you were open to it.”
“I asked to move to your pack.” I snuggled into the blanket the flight attendant handed me, and Ronnie froze.
“What is going on?” His eyes flashed.
“I’ll explain later. Just promise you will try to believe me and not judge me.”
“Of course, Sugar.” He smiled and then turned back to the laptop on his lap. “Now get some sleep.”
“Will do.” I turned away and fell asleep almost instantly.
I woke up to Ronnie shaking me. “We are here.”
I gave an enormous yawn and cracked my jaw before wiping my eyes. “Okay.” I handed off the blanket and wiped my face again. “Thank you.”
“No problem, Princess.” The flight attendant smiled down at me, and I realized belatedly that she was from the pack too.
“You don’t have to call me Princess.”
“You are the Alpha’s daughter.” She bowed and then left us to our own devices.
“Come on, your dad has already linked me three times since landing.” Ronnie laughed and whisked me off to the waiting car. With in thirty minutes we were at our pack lands. “You dad would allow you to move here if you wanted to, Sugar.”
“I know. But Alpha Dan won’t allow me to leave…” I looked over and blew out a breath. “I think he assumes something I am running from and won’t let me leave until he knows for sure.”
“You going to tell me yet, Sugar.”
I hesitated as we pulled up out front of the pack house. Before I could answer the door was ripped open and I was surrounded by powerful arms and a smell that made my quaking insides settle.
“Dad.”
“Hey my pup.” His deep voice calmed me further, and I could feel my eyes prickle.
“I’ve missed you.” I sniffled as he unbuckled my seat belt and I was in his arms fully.
“As I have missed you.” He kissed my temple. “Now we have much to discuss.” He was running with me before I could utter another word, with Ronnie following behind.
“Slow down, jack ass. Some of us can’t move that fast.” Ronnie struggled to keep up and my laughter filled the halls of the pack house. We settled in my father’s office with an out of breath Ronnie, who was scowling. God, I missed these two.
“Tell me what’s wrong, pup.” I looked around and still I stumbled over my words. My father grabbed my face and shook his head. “Nothing you tell me will change anything, pup. I believe you, no matter how crazy it seems.”
“Agreed Sugar.”
My insides settled when I saw how resolute he was. He would believe my craziness. I could tell no matter how crazy my story was, my father and Ronnie would believe everything I said.
I never had to second guess if I was going crazy here.
So finally I settled fully and told my story.
Chapter Five
“I lived another life, and I died.” I stumbled over my words and I felt my father freeze. A quick look to Ronnie had him locking the door and waving his hands. I felt the air still, but I was focused on my father’s eyes. “This morning I woke up six years in the past after living until I was twenty-four, and growing my own pup only to have my mate to rip him from my body.”
My father’s and Ronnie’s snarl shook the walls, but I raised my hands. “He betrays me for my step sister who convinced him that I cheated and the pup wasn’t his, so he brought death to us both using silver scalpels, and burying any love I had for him at the same time.” I looked up at my father and the tears rolled down my face.
“Pup.” His voice was choked up, but I raised my hand.
“I don’t want him to be my mate, daddy. I know I won’t survive it. I need to change it. Everything, and it starts with hiding my scent. I told mom what I needed, and she called you. How are you going to help me?” I was starting to panic. “I don’t want to die. I don’t want my pup ripped from my stomach only for him to smell himself on him. I don’t want to create life just to have it ripped from me daddy. I can’t.” My soul was ripping and even though I want revenge, this was the first time I was given to truly grieve the lost of my pup.
“Sugar.” Ronnie’s voice was barely a whisper and then I felt my father lose control.
“Who?” His voice was pure darkness. His fist slammed into the desk, creaking the thick wood, and I looked up to find my father’s wolf looking back at me. “Who hurt you, my pup? Who did those my grand pup?” Loki’s voice was deeper than I had ever heard and his eyes promised retribution.
“Brandon, the alpha’s son.” I whispered the final piece and everything seemed to click. The air rushed back in and my father’s wolf shifted into his black form. I screamed and Ronnie dove in front of the door.
Loki snarled, but Ronnie held firm. “You can’t go for him for something that hasn’t come to pass yet, Loki. You know how this works. You have been through it yourself.” But Loki just snarled.
“Daddy, please.” I begged. I knew if he got out, Brandon and Shannon were dead and the council would be on his doorstop. Loki whirled on me and softened at the devastation he saw on my face. He padded over and licked the tears from my face before going back behind the desk and shifting again.
“I’m sorry Amy, I lost myself for a moment.” He opened a door and slipped into some shorts. He wiped at his face before he sat back down. “I guess its our turn to come clean.”
“Daddy?” I sniffled and looked up at him.
“I’m not just a wolf, although, as you can see, Loki is very much a part of me.” His laughter was weak, but I just smiled. “My mother was a shaman of our people, a witch, and my father had to have her. Even if it was just for a night. And I was born.”
“A witch?” I dropped my hands, and he just had a small, sad smile.
“Yeah. You would have loved her, but witches don’t live like us. They have the lifespan of a human, a flash in the pan. She was gone long before I met your mother.” He shook his head. “One of her powers was exactly what you explained, a second chance. The moon goddess passed us down with the same powers. I had mine when I was your age as well.”
I jolted back as he nodded. “What?”
“I never cheated on your mother.” His words were soft. “I alpha commanded a wolf to pretend I did when she came to me and told me she was with pup. You see, in my first life, I stayed with her and we had three wonderful pups, but one night, my enemies attacked and the four of your were all murdered.” His swallow was thick.
“Daddy.”
“I couldn’t lose you, not all of my pups, so when I woke up four years in the past, I acted. You were just a babe. I never got your brothers or sister, which broke me for a time. But I had you.” He swallowed back his tears as I reached his side. “I told your mother I betrayed her.”
“She said she felt it.”
He nodded slowly. “When a wolf betrays their marked mate, the mate feels the worse pain imaginable.”
“Yes, he does.” Ronnie growled out and I darted my eyes back to his face and I realized something.
“Mom and Morgan.”
“It doesn’t happen often enough to make it a big.” My dad growled out.
“But it happens enough that you feel the pain.” Ronnie growled out.
“Mom doesn’t know.” I wrapped my arms around my father. “She wouldn’t ever if she knew.”
“I know, princess, but you can’t tell her. I’m sure I passed the fate, since I made it past my death…but now, now it would break her to find out the truth.” My dad squeezed me.
“So she felt you take another female?” I hugged him back, but he just shook his head.
“I used my power to fake the pain. She was crying inside of our room, and I was in the next room, breaking my own heart.”
“Daddy?”
“It was losing her and you, or losing everything. And I knew I would still get to see my little girl.” My dad pulled back. “But anyway, I didn’t tell you so you would feel bad for me, but to know that you have power too. Power to hide your scent, at the very least. But I will teach you how to wield it this summer.”
“Thank you, dad.”
“Don’t thank me yet. This summer will probably be the worst you have ever had, but it will save you in the long run.”
“Once everything is done, I need you to promise me something, daddy.”
“What is it, pumpkin?” My dad always called me new nicknames when he was worried.
“After I have done what I need to do, we are going to tell mom the truth.”
“Baby, we can’t.”
“She is stronger than you think. And she never moved on. She only got with Morgan because she thought I needed a male’s protection in the new pack. And she didn’t like the attention she was getting from the Alpha.”
My dad growled and hit his desk again and then nodded. “Fine. We will tell her.”
“Thank you, daddy.” I kissed his cheek.
“Now go get settled, we will start tomorrow morning, but I know a certain someone who is pounding down the pack house doors to try to see you.”
I smiled and shook my head. Cass was my best friend and soul sister. “Cass?”
“Has been champing at the bit as soon as she heard you were coming, so go see her.”
“I love you two.”
“And we love you, sugar.” Ronnie kissed my head. “I’d ruin your alpha mate if I could.”
“You would start a war.” I shook my head and left with a last hug from my dad.
Chapter Six
I walked to my room and screamed when I was tackled to the ground. I started laughing as Cassie got off me. “Why the heck didn’t you tell me you were coming?” She punched my shoulder as I stood.
“I didn’t know until this morning.” I hugged her to my side. “I missed you.”
“I missed you too.” She pulled back and tossed me a small box. “Happy birthday.”
I laughed again. “With everything that has happened, I had pretty much forgotten that it’s my birthday today.”
“The big eighteen. Have you shifted yet?” Cassie jumped up and down with excitement.
I just shook my head. “I don’t shift. You know that.” My face fell. I heard chuffing inside of my head.
“I think you are just blocking it. You have a wolf. We all feel her.” She bumped her hip into mine. “I can feel she wants out.” My wolf chuffed in agreement.
Cassie is smarter than you. My wolf’s voice ricochetted in my mind and I just smiled. There are things I cannot tell you, even now, but eventually, if we are lucky, you will find out your answers.
I rolled my eyes. Yet another non answer from Nix, my wolf. She snorted back to me and then receded into the back of my mind.
“Nix still not answering you?”
“She is, but it’s more of her non answers.” I grabbed my bag and opened it up. “You will never guess what happened today.”
Cassie flopped on my bed. “Tell me everything.”
I opened my mouth to tell her I lived before and my father’s voice sounded in my mind. Baby girl, I know you might want to tell Cassie what happened with your first life, and I understand the need, but don’t tell anyone yet. You can’t seal their tongue and our heritage is dangerous.
Okay, dad. I won’t.
I love you. Then his voice was gone and I had to reorganize my thoughts.
“Tell me.” Cassie threw a pillow at me and I shook my head.
“I think the alpha’s son is my mate, and so does Shannon. She lost her ever loving mind, and was stealing my clothes so that he would pay attention to her.” I shook my head in disgust.
“She was trying to steal your mate?” Cassie’s eyes flashed.
“She can have him. I don’t want or need her sloppy seconds. Even if she hadn’t already did with him, which I am sure she has, I wouldn’t have wanted him. He is mean and vindictive. And just…small.”
“Like small, small?” Cassie held her finger and thumb close together and I bent over laughing, tears springing to my eyes as she joined in.
“I have no idea.” I wiped my eyes after I calmed down. “Nor do I want to. I just mean even as an alpha, he gives off small man energy? I don’t even know how to explain it exactly. Just that even when he is pushing his alpha aura, I feel nothing, not even a little bit, not even a fraction of what my dad does.”
I sat down on my bed. “And you don’t want to be with a mate that is weaker than you?”
“No, it’s not that.” I shook my head. I wasn’t explaining it right. “I know that if given an excuse, he would betray me. His devotion would be weak, just like his aura.”
“Ah. Now I understand.” Cassie rolled on to her back and huffed. “That would be the absolute worst thing. I don’t know how your dad is taking the pain.” She took her eyes to me and grimaced.
“Did everyone here know the truth?”
Cassie shook her head. “No, but once you guys left, and the Alpha never stayed with the she-wolf. With any she-wolf, we figured something was wrong, and then the wolf was born and we could all smell the girl’s mate on the pup, and we knew they lied. We just don’t know why.” Cassie rolled over. “Do you know?”
I nodded. “My dad told me the truth today when I told him I wanted to reject my mate.”
“Well, this is just depressing. Let’s go out and do something?” Cassie sat up and I just shook my head. “C’mon.”
“I have training in the morning and my dad said it was going to be brutal.”
“So you can’t go out today? Bull. Get up. We are going shopping and then I will parade you in front of everyone to make them jealous that my best friend is the Alpha’s daughter.”
I perked up. “Has anyone been giving you issues here?” Cassie shook her head, but I could see someone had. “Cass?”
She huffed and then nodded a little. “Just a few she-wolves that think their sweat doesn’t stink and have a higher rank.” Amanda and her little posse, I could only assume.
“Do they give you a lot of trouble?”
“Only a little.” She just grabbed my arm and pulled me to the door. “Enough of them, I don’t care. I just missed you, and I want to parade around with my best friend.”
“Okay.” I couldn’t say no to her when I knew she was being bullied. Cassie was weaker than me, but then again, everyone was. But she was sweet and had been by my side since birth. Her mom and my mom used to be best friends. “But you need to point out who is bullying you.”
“No way. I can handle it.”
“I know you can, but you shouldn’t have to.” I could feel Nix coming closer to the surface. My anger was already rising.
“You aren’t here enough.” Her whisper had me pulling her to a stop. “I don’t mean to make you feel bad, but you aren’t here enough to start something with them for me. Because it will only get worse once you leave again.” She looked back at me with sad eyes. “So, can we just drop it?”
I nodded my head but swore to myself that I would figure out this situation. “Let’s go have some fun. Parade me all you want. I’m here all summer.” I smiled and pushed the Amanda to the back of my mind. I would handle her as soon as I could.
Chapter Seven
When we got to the mall, we walked into the clothing store. “I need a new dress.” Cassie pulled me to the back and started to go through the racks.
“Why do you need one of these dresses?” I pulled a dress off the rack and held it to my body. The form fitting dress flared out at the bottom. It was a beautiful mermaid formal dress, but white wasn’t my color.
“Your homecoming ball.” Cassie grabbed a short pink number that would look horrible with her skin tone.
“Put that down and what do you mean homecoming ball?” Cassie froze and then slow turned back to me.
“Don’t tell your dad I told you.” She rushed back to me and grabbed my hands. “Frick, I knew I was going to mess this up. You are my best friend and I knew I would mess this up.”
“Calm down.” I laughed. “I would never tell my dad you messed up.” I wrapped my hands around her shoulders and shook. “Cassie, calm down and just tell me.”
She smiled and nodded. “I was supposed to take you dress shopping for a surprise home coming party tonight. You know your dad.”
“I do. Which is why I shouldn’t be surprised.” I smiled and then forced the pink dress out of her hands. “But this, this needs to go back and you have to promise me you will never touch it again.” I put it back on the rack. I started to go through the dresses and pulled a pale golden sheath dress that would look absolutely amazing on her. “Here try this on.”
“I don’t know Amy.”
“Listen to you best friend.” I pushed her back toward the change rooms and then I looked through the rack of myself. I was blissfully window shopping when I heard a voice that made my hackles rise.
“Take it off now.” I could feel the power in the tone and then I heard Cassie’s sweet voice waiver.
“You aren’t supposed to command another wolf. You aren’t in a position to demand anything from weaker wolves.” Cassie’s voice sounded pained.
“Well then, take off the dress and I wouldn’t.” Nix was in a full rage as I rounded the wall and saw Cassie being held face first into a wall with snarling red headed she wolf behind her with her cronies.
“And why would she do that?” I pushed my hand outward and checked my nails as fear scented the air.
Slowly the she-wolves all turned and then finally Amanda turned with a sweet smile. “Amy, welcome back.” I smiled back at her.
“Why are you touching Cassie?” I smiled at her slowly. “Specifically, why are you trying to take a dress I picked out for her?”
“You picked this dress? It’s amazing.” I nodded.
“I know. That’s why I picked it out. It matches Cassie perfectly.” I walked over and pulled Cassie away from the crowd of women. “Let me look at you.” I saw the fear in her eyes, and Nix snarled. No one touched our friend. Cassie’s wolf, Nora, was a timid brown wolf that Nix took a liking to. “You’re stunning. This is the dress.”
“Wait.” Amanda walked over next to us. “I saw this dress on Cassie and thought that it clashed with her usual style.”
“And you thought it would look better on you?” I smirked as Amanda tried to stare me in the eye and failed. I felt her aura punch up a notch, and Cassie whimpered. “Well, too bad. We had it first.” I tried to handle this without any arguement, but Amanda punched up her aura again.
Cassie whimpered and looked at me. “I can pick a different dress. It’s okay.” She turned to take the dress off, and I saw a flash of triumph on Amanda’s face.
“No. If you don’t want it, I’ll get it for myself. I picked it up first. So it’s mine. Amanda, you understand, don’t you?” I smiled down at the other she wolf and I could scent her frustration.
“Okay Amy. It’s yours.” Cassie smiled at me before hustling back to the change room and taking off the dress before handing it to me. “Did you have anything you wanted to try on?”
“No, I am just going to take these two dresses and we can go look at jewelry.” I smiled over at the huddled group of women. “I hope you guys find a dress for tonight.” Then we left.
Once we were out of earshot, I let out the snarl; I was holding. The air rumbled between me and Cassie ducked her head. A little bit of my aura leaked, and I felt guilty, but I was livid.
“Don’t be mad, Aim.” Cassie grabbed for my arm and I watched her eyes flinch when she saw Nix’s golden eye staring back at her.
“She is not mad, little one.” Nix’s smokey voice came from my mouth. She had taken over as I when I lost my temper. “I am though. For such a weak wolf to think it is okay to wield her power in such a way when she is not even ranked. What has become of your pack?” What was wrong with my father’s pack?
“Without a Luna the she wolves the are unmated all act this way. They think the more power they wield, the more likely they will be able to find a mate.” Cassie bowed her head.
“None of that, little one. You do not bow to me.” Nix pulled her head up and rubbed our cheek against hers, rubbing our scent on her. “You are ours. The other she-wolves should not demand things from you. It is not the way of wolves unless you are ranked. Everyone else is equal.”
“Not here.” Cassie wiped her eye and then turned to smile at me. “Can Amy come back, Nix? We have to get set for tonight.”
“Of course.” Nix receded to the back of my mind. But she was already deep in conversation with Loki. I knew we would have an interesting conversation with my father tonight.
Chapter Eight
“So, do we walk to talk about it?” I looked over at Cassie, but she was staring straight ahead. “Cas?”
“Can we pretend like it never happened?” Her voice was small when I pulled her over to the side of the mall and leaned in.
“Talk to me.”
“What do you want me to say?” She threw up her hands. “It’s miserable being this weak. Every she wolf with more power out of the ranking demands we do their work, or their chores, or if we get nice stuff, they take it.” Cas looked at me and I could feel her pain. “We have no alpha female that protects us here. The beta and gamma try, but they have their own duties.” Cas wiped her face. “We have learned to make it, and when it really gets bad, then you dad gets involved.”
“Cas…”
“You aren’t here, and neither is your mom. If you get too involved, then we just suffer when you leave.” She looked at me and then shook herself. “C’mon, let’s go pick out jewelry for your dress. Which one are you going to wear?”
“Don’t worry about it. You are going to come over and get ready with me, right? So I can do your makeup and hair?”
“I don’t have anything to wear.” Cassie looked to the side.
“Nonsense, you will just borrow something of mine. Let’s go pick out some jewelry.” I wrap my arm in hers and pull her to the store.
“I can wear something of yours?” Cas smiled up at me as we walked into the store.
“Of course you can. You are my best friend.” I bumped her hip and walked up to the counter. A set with onyx stones caught my eye. It was stunning. And then a soft golden number with diamonds. “Excuse me?”
“Yes?” The shop woman walked over and I pointed to the two sets. “You have a good eye.” She pulled out the sets, and I was amazed.
“I’ll take them.” I smiled.
“I’ll just wrap them up.”
“Hold on a moment.” A new she wolf I had never seen before walked in with Amanda in tow. “I want that golden number for my niece.”
I turned and smiled at the group of women. “Sorry. I already decided to have it.”
The new she wolf puffed out her chest and raised her eyebrow. “Are you the one that bought the dress before my niece?”
“There must be a misunderstanding. You see, we had the dress first.” I smiled over at the new wolf, but she curled the corners of her mouth and pushed out her aura. She was strong for sure, but she didn’t even reach the gamma level.
“You don’t speak to me that way, little girl.”
“Auntie…” Amanda started, but I cut my eyes to her.
“If I were you. I would be very particular about who you speak to like that.” I smiled at her and cut my eyes to Amanda.
Nix, speak to Amanda’s wolf and forbid them from speaking who I am to her aunt.
Smart.
Nix pulled away and I watched as Amanda jolted and I smirked.
“Who do you think you are?” She snarled before she looked at the human woman. “I want that necklace for my niece. This little girl can’t afford it.”
“Who says that?” I raise my eyebrow, surprised at the audacity of this wolf.
“I do! Do you know who I am?” She stomped her foot like a child and I just turned away. I didn’t need nor want any talk with her anymore. “Don’t you turn your back on me.”
“I don’t care, nor do I want to know who you are.”
“I’m the future…wife of the man in charge here.” She looked smug, and Cassie and I burst out laughing.
“Please wrap these up for me.” I smiled at the poor woman and handed her my black card. The card was my fathers, but this time around I would make my own money. My mind drifted back to my previous life, where my father’s pack went bankrupt due to Brandon and Nix snarled in my mind.
This time, he won’t be able to force us to watch as he wipes out this pack using our mate bond.
No, he won’t. I promised, this time around, he would regret everything he did to us.
“I said no.” The woman grabbed for me but I moved out of the way.
“Do not touch me.” Nix growled in my mind. But I held my power in check.
“Here you are, miss.” The shop woman handed me the bag with both sets and my card back.
“Thank you.” I smiled and wrapped my arm around Cassie’s again. Then I turned to face the group of women.
I forbade all of them from speaking of us.
Good.
“I will see you all tonight.” I smirked and turned to leave, but the aunt, the mindless woman, grabbed me again and I let out a low growl. “I already told you once not to touch me. Soon to be wife or not, I know the man in charge and he would not want you touching young girls.” I flashed my eyes at her.
“You would do well to give me that necklace.” She growled out.
“And you would do well to remember this interaction tonight.” I ripped my arm out of her grasp and pulled Cassie out of the store. Once we were a ways away, I turned to her. “Who was that?”
“Aurora. A she wolf who moved to the pack last year. She has the hits for your dad and he did seem interested last time I saw them.”
“There is no way.” I shook my head as we headed to my favourite sushi place. “My dad would never.”
“Well, some of us think he will. And she would be the worst choice for all of us. She is the one pushing the unranked wolves to push us around. The gamma and beta won’t step on her toes because the attention you father is giving her.”
“I will handle him.” We sat down at the booth that the server sat us at and I clapped my hands. “Now I won’t let her ruin our day. I haven’t had conveyor belt sushi in so long.” I squealed and Cassie laughed.
“I don’t know why you like this place so much.”
“Because it’s amazing.” Then I grabbed for my plates. “Let’s eat, then we can go back to the house.” So that’s what we did.
Chapter Nine
“There are my two favourite girls.” My dad walked into my room as we just got back.
“Hi Daddy.” I walk over and hugged him and bowed her head.
“Hi Alpha Devlin.”
“None of that Cassie, when it’s just us, I’ve told you just to call me Dev.” Cas blushed and nodded. “Can I speak with my daughter alone for a minute?”
“Of course, Alpha.” Cas looked at me with a tiny bit of panic in her eyes as she turned away. I tried to reassure her, but I couldn’t do much. She knew exactly what this conversation was about. I followed my father to his office and sat down with Ronnie and him. “Talk.”
“What is going on in this pack, Dad?”
“What do you mean?”
“Why are unranked she-wolves lording their power over the weaker wolves?” I looked over at Ronnie and he looked away. “You obviously know what I am talking about. The beta and gamma female here are doing what, exactly?”
“Hey!” Ronnie looked at me. “That isn’t fair.”
“I’m not saying it’s fair.” I looked back at my father. “You are letting your pack crumble from within and I want to know why.” I stared my father in the eye until Loki was growling back at me but Nix growled right back.
I refused to back down when a pack I loved was falling apart. The rumble of his threat got louder, but I held firm. My dad finally smiled and Nix receded. “You have grown up.” I nodded, but I raised my eyebrow and my father huffed. “It wasn’t supposed to fall so quickly.”
“What are you even talking about?”
“It was Ronnie’s plan.” My father started, and I cut my eye to my uncle, who went a little pale.
“Look, I thought it would work.”
“What exactly?”
“I thought if your mother saw her friends and family falling apart, she would come back.” My father’s voice grew quiet with each word.
I threw up my hands in frustrations. “She doesn’t speak to anyone here anymore. She asked the Alpha to forbid anyone from speaking to her about your pack so she could have peace.” I shook my head. “What were you thinking?”
“I wasn’t.” My dad put his head in his hands. “It’s been years, Amy. Years without my mate.”
“I know.” I got up and hugged him from the side. “Mom thinks you betrayed her, and she is pretty broken up about it still.”
“I know. But I thought her luna duties would override the betrayal.” My dad looked up at me and I laughed at his face.
“You are a silly man, dad.” I just shook my head and sat back down. I turned on Ronnie. “And so are you, uncle.”
“Hey!” He called out, but I just looked at him until he nodded.
“We have to fix your pack this summer, too. I won’t be able to go back to mom’s pack without knowing this crack has stopped.”
“Okay sugar. We can fix it.”
“No, no, you can’t.” I felt Nix agree with my thoughts before I voiced them. “This is for the women to fix. I want the beta and gamma to meet with me before the party tonight.” My dad jolted back in surprise and I laughed. “You asked my best friend to keep a surprise from me, dad. First off, wrong move. You know she can’t keep a secret. Second, even if she hadn’t blurted out the truth, I would have figured out something from Aurora.” I cut my eyes to my father, and I watched his cloud over.
“Ugh, now you’ve done it.” Ronnie huffed out a breath before sitting back.
“What?”
“Any time someone says her name, or he sees her, his eyes glaze over and he won’t shut the heck up about her.”
“She is so beautiful. The most beautiful woman I have ever seen.”
“Even prettier than my mom.” I threw it out without a thought, knowing he would say no, but to my surprise, without even hesitating, he said yes.
“Of course, your mother doesn’t even hold a candle to the beauty of Aurora.” I got to my feet and walked over, grabbing my dad’s face as I felt something was amiss.
His eyes were still unfocused. “Is it always like this when her name is mentioned?”
“Yup. For at least five minutes, then he goes back to being normal like nothing happened.” Ronnie rolled his eyes.
“And this is normal to you?” I looked at Ronnie over my shoulder and noticed his eyes were unfocused as well.
“Yeah, why wouldn’t it be?” Ronnie’s eyes looked through me. And I knew something was wrong.
“Dad?” I pulled his face to mine and swiped my cheek against his, sending a little of my aura out at the same time, and my dad pulled away.
“Sweetie, how did you get over here?” My dad smiled, and I felt my knees go weak. Something was horribly wrong here. And I didn’t have long to figure it out.
Chapter Ten
I walked back to my bedroom with everything just whirling in my brain. The she-wolves were staging a coup. My father was looking the other way to lure back my mother. Now there was a she-wolf that was doing something fishy. Knowing witchcraft is real, maybe there is something is going on with that.
I walked back into my room to see Cas in tears. “What happened?” I rushed over to the bed.
“Nothing. I just don’t want you to leave.” I wiped her face and laughed.
“Why are you already worried about the end of summer when I just got here?” I collapsed next to her on the bed and I listened to her sniffles.
“I know, it’s silly.” But I could scent the slight tinge of fear in the room, and I knew something was said.
“Who came here while I was gone?” I watched her tense, but she relaxed.
“No one.” She looked away and the fear disappeared. Like she got control of her emotions.
“Talk to me. I can’t help unless I know.” I whispered to her as I wrapped my fingers through hers.
“You can’t help, anyway. You will be gone soon and we will just be here again, alone.” Her hand tightened on mine.
“Not alone. I will be speaking to the beta and gamma females and together we will get this pack in check before I leave.” This wasn’t going to continue if I could help it.
“Really?” I could hear the tiny flair of hope in her voice.
“Really. I already talked to my dad. This is all going to stop.” As an alpha, this power shift went against everything we stood for. The only ones with enough power to wield should be in the power structure. Everyone else was equal. That’s how the Moon Goddess intended it. That’s how it should be. “Now tell me what is going on with you.”
“I can’t.” She whispered back to me and finally it all clicked.
“Who said what to you?”
“No one.” Fear leaked from her again, and she sat up. “Don’t push this Amy. Please.” I watched my best friend, my soul sister, beg me not to push.
“Fine.” I relented. What else could I do? “Let’s get ready.” I pulled her up and over to the chair in front of my vanity. “No peaking.” Cas just shook her head and closed her eyes while I got to work.
I started with her hair. I used my blow dryer to finish drying it, then I curled it. Once she was curled, I twisted her hair up and pinned it into a loose up do with curls falling out.
Then I got to work with her makeup. Soft browns and golds accented her bright blue eyes. Her soft blonde hair was styled, and she looked stunning. I finished her with a soft pink rouge and then I stood back.
“You look gorgeous.” She went to turn, and I pulled her back to face me. “No peaking yet.” I poked her face, and she giggled. “Close your eyes again.”
“C’mon.” She huffed, and I shook my head, like she could see me.
“Nope. No looking.” I pulled her up and put her on the bed. “You can open your eyes while I get ready, if you promise not to look at the mirrors.”
“Fine.” Cas huffed and opened her eyes and I laughed.
“I want you to get the full effect, but I doubt you want to sit with your eyes close while I get ready.” I walk back over to the vanity and quickly dry and curl my own hair in soft beach waves. Then I did a dark, smokey eye and a red rouge, then I was done.
“You look gorgeous. The dark hair and makeup really suit you.”
“I know.” I smiled back at her. “It’s time to close your eyes again.” I walk over to her and stand her up. I pulled her to my closet and rummage around for the new bra and under ware I picked out and had cleaned once we got home from the mall. “Put these on. Then close your and call for me when you’re ready.”
I close the closet doors and waited while tapping my foot. I was about to just open the door when I heard a soft I’m ready. I walk in and Cas is standing in her under ware and she is holding herself around her middle.
I pull out her dress and tell her to step into it, then I zipped her in to it. Then I changed into my own dress and pulled her out of my closet. “One last thing and we are done.” I slipped the necklace on myself and the matching bracelets and earrings. Then I slipped the second set on to Cassie and then I positioned us in front of my big mirrors. “There we are. Look.”
Cass opened her eyes and her hands snapped to her face. “Amy I can’t.”
“Sure you can, you are just borrowing it.” I winked as I gazed at the two of us. Her soft curves were held snugly in the golden dress, and the gold set with diamonds sparkled against her skin.
My dark hair shone brightly against the maroon dress that hugged my curves. The onyx set in silver really brought the look together.
We were stunning.
There was a knock on my door. “Time to go, baby.” My dad’s word jolted us back to the here and now.
This was going to be good.
Chapter Eleven
The room was full of wolves and my scent glands were going haywire. Gathering so many wolves in one place always did this to me. My nose was sensitive, and I had to take a few deep breaths to calm myself. “You girls ready?” I looked up at my father and nodded.
“Can we go without you guys?” I asked my father.
“Why?”
I smiled over at Cas, who was on Ronnie’s arm. “I…”
“You are planning something with the she-wolves, aren’t you?”
“Yup.” I smiled up at him and slipped my arm out of his. “If you hear a large fight, show up. But I swear, dad, if you fawn over another she-wolf in front of me, I will hit you.”
My dad laughed at me. “I promise I won’t and if by the smallest chance I do, you have full access to punch me in my face.” He smiled down at me and I stood on my tiptoes and kissed his cheek.
“Thanks daddy.”
“You’re welcome, my girl.”
I pulled my arm from his and held my hand out for Cassie. “Let’s go.”
“Are you sure Amy?”
“Yes, yes I am.” I smiled down at her and she shook her head with a small smile. “Chin up. Don’t worry. I got you.” She nodded and we opened the door and headed down the steps.
When we hit the middle of the stairs, everyone had stopped to stare at us. “They are staring.” Cas whispered to me and I smiled.
“It’s because we look so gorgeous.” I whispered back as the smell of lust hit her in the face. She stumbled, but I held her up and we kept heading down until we hit the bottom of the stairs. “Let’s go get a drink.” I pulled her to the bar and ignored the stares of all the men and woman around us.
“Why are they staring?”
“I already told you. We look amazing.” I handed her a glass of champaign and clinked my glass against hers. “Your birthday is in a few days, and these men are your potential mates. Take today and enjoy it. For your life will change when you hit eighteen.” I knew that Cas found her mate the day she turned eighteen, and he was a good man. I couldn’t remember who it was exactly, a guard or someone, but she was happy.
I stopped coming here once I accepted Brandon. He forbade me from coming. Saying he couldn’t live with me being so far. It sounded sweet at first, but later on I realized it was just his need to control me.
“What the heck are you wearing, you tramp?” A screech rent the air and the people around us grew quiet. I smiled into my glass as Cas paled, but I patted her back and I turned.
“Excuse me?” I took a small sip of my drink and faces Aurora. She was dressed in a pale white sheath dress and matching pearl necklace. Amanda was in a pale blue bodycon dress, with a matching choker necklace. They were stunning, but no match for me and Cas.
“That dress and necklace were supposed to go to my niece.” Amanda stood next to her aunt with her eyes staring at the floor.
I quirked an eyebrow. “I bought them, they are mind, I allowed my best friend to borrow it. What is the issue?” I tilted my head to the side and stared at the two.
“Nonsense. You bought them, knowing that Amanda wanted them, and allowed that weak wolf to strut in here in front of us.”
I took in a deep breath and then squared my shoulders. “So?” Aurora reeled back. She sputtered in front of me for a moment. And I took a step towards them. “Who are you to tell me what I am able to do? Are you my parents? Are you a gamma, beta, or an alpha? No. Then why does it matter?”
Aurora growled. “It matters because weaker wolves need to know their place.”
“I agree. Weaker wolves should know their place.” I growled out and Nix flashed in my eyes and Amanda started to shake.
Aurora didn’t catch my meaning. But she puffed up her chest and went to grab Cas, but I stepped in front of her. “Move.” She stomped her foot and let out her power. It crashed against me and I wanted to laugh. She was so weak, but she felt like she was a bigger threat.
“Don’t touch her.”
“Move.” Aurora tried to go around me, but I grabbed her wrist and flung her back until she was on her ass.
Her power lashed out again. But it washed over me. Cas whimpered again, but I kept her behind me. I growled out loudly and then the crowd opened up and my dad walked up through the crowd.
“What is going on?” My dad looked from me to Aurora. Once his eyes locked on to Aurora, I could see his eyes grow hazy.
“Devlin.” Aurora got to her feet and ran into my father’s arms. I wanted to growl, but I held myself in check. “This girl was bullying me and my niece.”
His eyes moved to me, and I could see he didn’t recognize me. I walked up to my father and stood in front of him.
“How dare you…” He growled out and I pulled back and punched him square in his face.
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