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I stared at him in disbelief.
Huw chuckled.
“Hard to believe what I said about you,” he said, which my eyes widened. “How?” I asked, but he shook his head. “I guessed,” he said. “As I said, I heard the rumors about you, but I also have eyes, and seeing is believing more than anything.”
I looked in front of me.
I felt like I wanted to cry.
There was too much going on here, and it was getting to me slightly.
“Who mind linked you?” I asked as we came closer to the entrance of the forest. I looked at the pack house.
No one was around as we walked a little faster.
“Your Dad,” he murmured.
I was about to say something, but as we approached, my father came into view and stepped out of the pack house, carrying someone.
Who the hell was that? I wondered, which made Bex move closer to the surface as my father looked at me. His eyes widened. “Bex,” he whispered.
I closed my eyes and stared back at her.
Her eyes bore into mine as a low growl rumbled through her chest. “She smells like mate,” she said.
I frowned.
“Bex, calm down,” I murmured. “You don’t know what is going on.”
Bex stared at me, but before she could say anything. I moved her back with everything I had and placed a block on her.
This mate bond has a lot to answer for, especially concerning Bex and my feelings. I shouldn’t feel jealous, and Lex won’t do anything.
I sniffed the air, and Bex was right; Lex’s scent was on whoever was under the blanket.
I opened my eyes as my father placed a young girl on the steps.
Her eyes widened as she stared back at me.
I knew who she was, but how could she be here in this pack? She was meant to be back home with her father in her own pack.
“Malia,” I said. “Is that you?”
I could feel eyes on Malia and me, but I didn’t care.
What the hell happened to her?
TRIGGER WARNINGS
ROXIE
Malia stared at me.
“Malia,” I whispered. “What the hell happened to you?”
I moved and knelt before her, placing my hand on her knee.
Malia started to shake but calmed down a few moments after.
Malia looked at me and gave me a small smile. “I met him,” she murmurs. “He was charming and told me he would be my chosen mate.”
I frowned.
Malia came to one of my fights last year and even stayed for a few days later. I only knew about her due to Alpha Gareth. He introduced us, and we became close, but she left after a week.
My mind was racing over what she told me the last time I saw her, but something came back. She was texting someone.
“It was Alpha Trevor,” I said. “He was the one you were messaging when you came to see the fight.”
Malia didn’t say a word but nodded.
“He told me that I was pretty,” she said. “He gave me his number and asked me to meet him after the fight.”
Malia’s eyes rounded, and a lone tear escaped. “Rox,” she whispered. “I should have listened to you and returned home to my father’s pack.”
“He picked me up from outside Alpha Gareth’s pack and took me here,” she said as she placed her hand in mine. I gently squeezed her to let her know to carry on, and also t was there for her. “Alpha Trevor was charming for the first day,” she said. “He made room for me and ensured I was fed.”
She gave me a small smile, but it faded when the reality of everything came crashing down around her.
“Everything changed,” she said and looked at me. “He locked me in that room for a few days, telling me that it wasn’t safe, but after four days, he opened the door and walked in with three rogues. They beat me and threw me in the cells for a few days.”
Malia sobbed as she continued. I couldn’t help but feel heartbroken for her.
People were around us, but Malia’s eyes were on me as we talked. It was like no one else was there between us. She wanted to get her story out, and I was the one to listen to her.
“Alpha Trevor became obsessed,” she said. “He was obsessed with finding what other alphas had and wanted everything they had, even if it was taking everything by force. He placed spies in amongst packs and started getting information against people. He wanted power, money, and all the women in the world.”
Malia’s eyes stayed on me, but they hardened, which made my stomach drop as she told me the rest. “Alpha Trevor found out that he had a sister, a mistress of his father’s had a daughter, and he wanted her dead, but when he met her, she was as crazy as he was,” she said. “She had this thing for an alpha of hers, even tormented someone that knew him.”
I gulped but kept my face neutral.
I knew Bex was listening, but she never said a word. She wanted to know what had happened to her.
Bex and Malia’s wolf were friends back then, but something was wrong, and I needed to know.
“That person was Roxie,” muttered my father from the side, who pulled me from my thoughts. I looked at him and looked back at Malia, whose eyes widened. “I didn’t know,” she said. “Not at first. Alpha Trevor never spoke about Alpha Lex or you, not until a few months. He moved me from the cells and made me stay in his room. He had me there to keep my father in check.”
There was a growl from the side from my father.
I turned and gave him a questioning look, but my father was pissed. “He knew that you were taking,” he shouted. “We asked if he knew anything about Alpha Trevor, and he flat-out denied knowing anything.”
I stared at my father and placed my hand on his, which made him look at me. “Take a walk Dad,” I said. My father shook his head, but I let out a low growl. “Don’t,” I said. “She has suffered like all of them; this pack and everyone involved has suffered. We need to know so we can all move on.”
My father stared at me and backed away slowly from us.
I turned back to Malia. “What did he do to you?” I asked but immediately didn’t want to know. Her eyes glazed over, and she gripped the blanket, pulling it tighter around her. “I don’t…” she said, shaking her head.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered, regretting asking the question. “What else happened?”
Malia took a few deep breaths and stared at me.
“Alpha Trevor planned everything in his room; no one was to disturb him,” she said. “I wasn’t the only woman he had in there; he only took me as the last one who killed herself. She wanted to be with her mate, but he tortured her to death, and she was in pain. She couldn’t handle it anymore and used the chains too…” she said, but she stopped and closed her eyes.
I could only imagine what that woman went through.
Malia opened her eyes, and a lone tear escaped. “I want to go home,” she whispered. “I want to be with my father.”
I nodded.
“We will get hold of him,” I said. “But he needs to tell us what Alpha Trevor did to make him turn his back on us.”
Malia looked at me. “Alpha Trevor threatened my life daily to him,” she said. “He would make videos and send them to him, things no father should see.”
Another lone tear escaped, and I felt pain in my chest.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered and moved toward her, pulling her into me. Her head went to my chest, and tears fell as they landed on my top.
I didn’t care.
This was all messed up.
Everything was a mess, and all because of one man.
I looked up and noticed a silhouette standing in the front doorway.
I stared at him.
Lex, his face was challenging but full of pain. He felt and saw so much; all I wanted to do was take everyone home and try to help them recover.
Lex’s eyes bore into mine, but there was something there.
“Did you hear everything?” I mouthed, making sure no one heard my voice.
Lex stared at me for a few seconds but nodded.
I closed my eyes as I let everything flow through me.
I could feel Bex’s pain for everyone.
I looked back at her, her eyes were ushering tears, but she never said a word.
I knew how she felt. I felt the same.
Everyone suffered, but now we have to help them move on.
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