Roxanne’s POV:
I sat on the floor in the clinic, sobbing, while my mother’s arms were wrapped around me. Angelina was rushing back and forth, attending to all who were injured, despite them already being healed.
“Mother, he let me go,” I whispered in a cracked voice.
“I know, honey, and I’m sure it is for the best. At least we all came out alive,” she answered as I stopped crying and looked at her coldly.
“Sweetie, I know you don’t think that way, but with time you will. Roman was very different from Garren; that man was a monster,” she said as I stood up and ran outside the clinic, grabbing Uncle Lee’s hand as he was walking to the pack house.
He looked at me seriously, then sighed sadly and shook his head.
“That witch’s ability and level are way above me and Lexi. Even if we were to try and trace where they are, it wouldn’t work. If she’s going to use an invisibility shield on the territory, then no one could ever find the place besides those who are part of the coven and vampire clan,” he answered before I could even ask for help.
“Then Aunt Samantha, she can since she’s a vampire,” I said in a cracked voice.
“That’s impossible because she stopped being a part of that territory the very day she took part in killing her own parents,” he answered.
“Then Tamara. We can call her and-”
“Child, stop,” my father’s voice came from behind. I refused to look at him and focused on Lee.
“Tamara can’t be granted access to that territory because she’s not part of that territory,” he whispered.
“Uncle Lee, please. I just want to talk to him. Just once, I’m begging you,” I sobbed as I tightened my grip on him.
My father grabbed my hand, pulling me into his embrace as I cried loudly.
He wrapped his arms around me, patting my back gently.
My throat was badly hurting as I cried louder, and my eyes were blurry from the tears that couldn’t stop falling.
All I could hear in my mind was Garren’s voice as he talked about the future he wanted with me.
I knew he and Roman thought differently, and perhaps they wanted different things, but why did they leave me? Just that thought made me hurt badly.
My own mate shut the only door that would allow us to ever be by his side. My wolf was going through worse pain than I was, and she couldn’t stop whimpering.
No one understood our pain, no one.
“Roxanne,” Kyle called loudly.
I pulled out of Father’s embrace and ran to him as he ran to meet me halfway.
He sadly wrapped his arms around me as I tried to explain to him how I was abandoned.
My whole body was badly trembling, and my breath was labored.
“Roxanne, I’m really so sorry,” Larson’s voice came from behind Kyle.
I slowly raised my head and looked at him as he moved closer.
“You,” was all I could say before jumping on him and pushing him to the ground.
Before he could move, I wrapped my hands around his neck, choking him as my wolf pulled through to finish him off.
I groaned in pain when I was pushed from him, hitting the cold ground. My sides instantly began to hurt badly.
I growled loudly in warning and looked up only to meet Axel in his wolf form, standing in front of Larson in a protective stance.
Larson was now sitting upright and touching his bruised neck while coughing out blood.
“Father Axel,” I called softly in disbelief.
Why was he taking his side when he was the cause of it all? That time he confessed his feelings to me and made Roman angry. What if he was the reason he chose to leave me behind?
“What have you become? This is not how we raised you. Look at everyone right now, they are terrified because of you!” he growled through our mind-link.
I slowly looked around and noticed how the pack members were looking away and avoiding my gaze. They really did look terrified.
When I looked at my mother, I felt horrible. She looked very disappointed, while Neo’s expression was filled with sadness.
I forced myself to my feet and gave a low bow.
When I looked up, my vision was clouded by tears again.
“I know I have disappointed you, Mom and Dad, and for that, I’m sorry,” I said sadly, then moved my hands to my face, wiping off my tears.
“I will try my best to act as you all expect of me, so please forgive me, everyone,” I said loudly, then limped to the pack-house.
Each step I took felt like I was stepping on needles.
I got in, and I was about to take the stairs when Kyle called out my name.
I stopped moving and waited for him.
When he stood beside me, he grabbed my hand and put it around his shoulders, then he wrapped his arm around my waist and smiled at me.
“I’ve got you,” he whispered with a smile as I nodded.
We slowly moved and walked to my room.
Once we were in, he helped me sit down on the bed, then he immediately sat down next to me.
“Sis, you know, I may not seem like it, but I understand what you are going through,” he said softly as I wiped off the tears that were rolling down.
Was I now becoming a bad child and sister? I was even making Kyle lie because of the way I was acting.
“I will be okay, alright,” I whispered softly.
He grabbed both of my hands, looking serious.
“You don’t understand what I’m saying, sister. I’m not trying to make you feel better by lying, no. I’m actually telling you the truth. I understand exactly how you feel because I was in love with Tamara,” he said, then pulled away his hands.
“I know it’s wrong because she has a mate and she is way younger than I am, yet I couldn’t stop myself or even help myself. The more I got closer to her, the more I fell for her. Yes, I am disgusting, but I truly did love her, although she felt nothing for me but her mate. She left me behind without a thought, and it destroyed me then and even now it still hurts like hell,” he whispered, then sniffed and lowered his face to the ground.
I shifted and wrapped my arms around him as I silently sobbed.
I wasn’t a good sister to him at all. Because if I was, I would have paid much more attention to know how hard it was for him too. How could I not know who he loved and if he was hurting?
“It will be okay, little brother, because Alphas don’t cry,” I whispered in a cracked voice, hoping it would cheer him up, even if it was a little.