A few days after Nora’s death, Justin went feral, he became a murdering machine. He would kill any rouge, harmful or not, that came into his gaze for months. Gilbert somehow had to end his rampage, he tied Justin up in a dungeon for days. He would kept on chanting Nora’s name or declaring his love for her. He had gone insane, Gilbert made him swear on Nora’s love to stop all the madness. And he did, like a love sick puppy.
After a year there was a big rogue attack on us, we were caught off guard. It was utter chaos, death was pouring in our pack. The rogue came back because of the loss of their own, this all was because how Justin had killed their loved one’s mercilessly months back. The rouge were viscious, they killed anyone to everyone that came in their sight, no matter of what age or gender. Thomas and Alice had twins not long after Nora’s death and they too were lost in that fight. While fighting a couple of rouges, they managed to powerfully claw Thomas’ lower stomach, resulting in tearing of the reproductive organs from his body. Though Thomas came out alive, a part for him died. Alice too was injured but nothing very severe. They both were devasted when they lost their child, for months they couldn’t speak to anyone about it without crying.
But that wasn’t the only thing what was the worst at least for Gilbert my love. I lost him too. No he didn’t die but something more brutal happened, a rogue had used wolfsbane laced silver to claw his back when he was in his wolf form. I don’t know what nerve or bone he ripped off, but he became paralyzed from neck down.
The future alpha of the TealRiver pack was doomed and so was the pack’s future.
“Baby Nora?” His voice rang out, I closed my eyes in humiliation and answered back, “Here Justin, in the bathroom” I said pained. He came inside the bathroom looking at me sadly, I sat in the tub looking up at him, “It’s okay baby. Everything will be alright. I know the loss of our baby again is a huge trauma to you but we all have to move on” he said caressing my cheeks lovingly. Bile rose in my throat and tears threatened to leak out of my eye. Move on? It hasn’t even been proper 3 days and he wants to move on? As I said. It’s MY loss, nobody’s but mine. I nodded my head knowing better than to start arguing with him, I never do.. never did. Once I did and it ended up with me in the hospital.
“As long as we have each other, we need nothing else” he said lovingly and cupped my face, “I love you Nora” he said and pecked my lips, I faked a smiled, “I love you too Justin” I said into the kiss. Pulling back he striped himself naked and joined me in, degrading me but for him, he was showing me his love.
I laid wide awake on the bed next to a naked Justin. He was spooning me from behind, silent tears slid past my eye as something weighed heavy in my heart. As I said things have changed, drastically.
After the rogue attack, Gilbert was left paralyzed from neck down and goddess knows how but even his wolf wasn’t able to recover him, no medicine really worked. His father who was the alpha spend every dime he had to recover his only child, after months he finally found a healer witch from India who informed it’s more than just an injury, it’s a curse by the goddess for the sins he committed and there is no cure untill the goddess sees he is finally redeemed or maybe not even that. There is a huge what if in that.
His father was still the alpha, it was his duty to secure the future of the pack no matter how much it hurt him or his family. It was about the pack. So as a result the pack as well as the title of alpha was taken over by Justin. One of the wort mistake Gilbert’s father committed. Gilbert was heart broken and all of that was a huge dent to his self esteem. The big bad alpha was now totally dependent on others, even for the smallest thing like sitting up.
But I loved him, I still do. He would cry his nights away and put up a smile during the days. I know he was in pain, every trauma everyone had gone through changed them drastically.
A year after Justin took over the pack his obsession with Nora only managed to increase in an unhealthy manner. He would bring home big woman who either had grey eyes or had black hair and would moan Nora’s name throughout the night. Things took turn for the worst when in the morning he’d realise that those woman were not Nora. He would either beat them till they were black and blue or hospitalized. Reporting Justin was out of the question, for them it was treachery. Pack members would go to the hospital and threaten them if they reported Justin. But even after that he was reported at lest a dozen times.
The pack members were convinced that, their alpha needs a mate and as his destinated mate died years ago there is only one way, chosen mate. But no parent was ready to give up their daughter to a monster like him. So they did what was easiest for them, they pushed me to be sacrificed. Some pack members came to my house that I shared with Gilbert and first nicely asked me to mate with Justin. When I refused, they pulled out a knife and pushed it on Gilbert’s neck. A pack for whom their alpha’s made so many scarifies, they tried to kill their alpha’s son, one who was supposed to lead them. They had no remorse in their eyes, they would have killed him in a heartbeat.
Gilbert yelled at them but they just punched him making him call of his wheelchair, he cried and told me that he’d rather die than to see me with someone else. But I couldn’t I was selfish. I wanted my Gilbert alive. I love him, how could I let them kill him knowing fully well that if he dies. Not only will I be too broken and bend to whatever they ask me to do but also they would force me to mate with Justin.
After a long retaliation and fights I agreed. That day was my doomsday. The day I was married to Justin, he forced me to dye my blond hair black and gain a lot of weight when I refused to do so he beated me untill I was half dead and admitted into the hospital. Having no other option, I had to do what he told me, he even started calling me Nora. The first day when he did, I immediately stopped him saying it wasn’t my name, he punched me square in my jaw and told me not to lie.
It’s been 9 years since then, he got me pregnant several times. All those time I either had a miscarriage or an accident within the first month. Only this time I almost had my baby. Gilbert was distraughted, he was the one to suffer the most. He had given up the will to live and be happy. He refused to see me in any circumstances but I still go to see my real mate.
Through I was the one to stay alive between us two sister, I am dead. I am living someone’s live, having someone’s else fate and misery. A part of me is glad that she is dead, at least she wouldn’t have to go through the things I am going through. I wouldn’t wish this life even on my worst enemy. My life is a lie, my identity is a lie, my smile is a lie, everything is a lie. Now that I am in Nora’s shoes, I realised how much we took advantage of her, how far we went to break her. We, her own blood killed her in cold blood.
If you can hear me Nora, I just want to say that I am sorry and whatever I am going through, I deserve ever single bit of it.
Sebastian’s POV
Nora was jumping in joy as we stood outside our date place. Her grin wouldn’t didn’t phase, she bounced excitedly clutching my arms, “I love it! I love it! I love it!!” She squeaked and ran inside the bowling alley. I chuckled and went behind her. Her sister, Arora told me how much she liked to play blowing and it was one of the places she was herself.
I had booked the entire place for the evening because… Well we like privacy. And I was in no mood of killing people who looked at my woman. She looked absolutely beautiful.
Her feet kept on bouncing as she wore the shoes and looked up red faced with excitement, I was in awe of my Erastis. My woman, my little alpha. She went to the an alley and wrote our names on the screen while I went to the cafeteria that was inside the alley and ordered a few tacos and hot dogs. Who knew the world renounce chef, a millionaire, likes simple things.
I joined her in the game.
I sat on the bench looking sourly as she beated me for the 3rd time in a row. She threw her head back and let out a musical laugh, I looked at my love wonderstuck. How on Earth did I land up with such a precious Erastis?
“Don’t be such a pooper, baby. You’ll win the next time” I looked at her with soft eyes.