Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter Chapter 136

Raven's POV

I was having a great visit with Cheryl today. She has felt a lot better after getting to see Blake the other day. Anyone looking at him could tell that he is not sleeping well, and is clearly missing her very much. He looked absolutely miserable, and I hate saying it but I was glad to see it. It meant that he realized just how badly he had messed up. He looked like a man desperate to make things right for Cheryl, and I hope he does. Knowing that he was just as affected by her leaving made her feel better, I am sure. She obviously still loved him, and I know that it lifted her spirits to hear him begging her to come back. He had started off right, he had put Graham in his cells. I already knew what he was going to find when he went back to check out what I told him had happened. Justin and Brandon both agreed with me and said that they were sure he had been drugged too. For Blake to have held out against Graham who was full tilt pushing him to cheat. It showed us all how much he loved her, for him to hold out for over 2 years. He held out because he knew that he couldn't come back from it, if he did cross her bottom line. We knew that he would have liked to stay and speak more with Cheryl and Kevin, but once he realized what Graham had done, he had to go back home immediately to check. Cheryl is still shy around the doctor, and he is already giving her some gentle flirting as he comes by the check her vitals. For some reason she has it in her head that he just said that in from of Blake to try to dissuade him from coming back here for Cheryl. But I know the real reason, and it has nothing at all to do with Blake. I was proud of Doctor Max, and I was wondering how he got so bold as to directly challenge an Alpha. Most men would have listened to an Alpha ordering them to back off, but not Dr. Max. He took it in stride, and deliberately tried to piss Blake off. If it hadn't been such a serious occasion, I might have laughed when it happened. But I will not be supporting one over the other. That choice is Cheryl's alone and she is the only one who knows the route to take. Blake is trying to win us over, and he was off to a good start. He repaid the funds, even though we hadn't asked him to. It was a nice surprise and it went directly into the weapons budget. I consider it ironic as we very well may be using the new guns, and ammunition against his own pack. But we are getting closer to the end, and things can turn very serious any time now. We need to be prepared, as we don't want to lose any of our pack members in this upcoming war. But with monthly training it is a good thing to have a surplus on ammunition as we need it for the trainings. it was a nice surprise just falling into our lap like that.

Justin loved his new weapon that Blake had sent, and had been out there training with it the same day it arrived. He had the "Fab 5" with him, as I like to call them now. Jax, Liam, Chase, Dex, and Kevin are all joined together at the hip. If you see one of them coming, the others will soon be in your line of vision. They all loved the crossbow too, and Justin was great at teaching them on it. They all wanted one now. Brandon was very happy at the benefit of him being able to use some of the "free" money that Blake had given him to be able to make that happen.

Cheryl had been given two beautiful azalea's and she loved them. Clearly he knew her favorite color, as sometimes I see her looking at them, with a smile on her face. They made her happy, and I was glad that she liked them. She was less happy at the cards that came with them. Just two short messages, but she didn't throw the cards away. She kept them with the plants on the cardholder, and seemed to be thinking sometimes when we are sitting in an easy silence. I liked my plant too and as soon as Brandon and Justin saw how much I reacted to them, they had more delivered from a local nursery. I do love purple, and he must have got that from my workout outfit I wore that day. At least he was observant, that will play in his favor for Cheryl, as he is clearly paying attention now. I hope it can work out between them, but it is going to be a long hard road to get them straightened out from all that had happened between them. I see he is willing to try, and as hard as he possibly can. We all know a bribe when we see one, Blake just isn't aware that we will not be stepping in to intervene for him. He is trying to make amends. I can support Cheryl while she navigates her way through this. I think that she, and Kevin, will both be needing counseling for them to attempt to work through this. He really did a number on them both, allowing Graham to get into his head like that. Graham was dangerous, and I have no idea how he managed to worm his way in like that. He should have known how dangerous he was from him having to run from the counsel. There was a reason he was being hunted down like he was. Blake was foolish to trust him, and learned a hard lesson for it.

Cheryl knew how he was and should have warned him. She said she did, but she also said that Graham was different after they arrived at Black Moon. He was not his normal cocky self, maybe them being on the run, helped him realize he was not bulletproof, like he thought he was. His waiting so long to put a plan in play, and going so slowly on this was the most dangerous part. He wanted to dig his roots in deep, and it worked out for him. This was a devious plan from the start, but for Graham to have targeted Kevin in this, had us all pissed off. It was disgusting what he had thought of doing, and he deserved whatever punishment that Blake gave him for it.

We had stepped back, and dad had spoken with council member Emerson about Graham. They took down the monthly BOLO on the group, because they knew exactly where they were now. It will not be sent out in the coming month anymore. I still feel a ping in my heart when I think about my mom. She could have reached out, with a letter or something, if she wanted to. I kind of ich she had, it would have meant more for me to hear it from her own lips, than to come from Cheryl. Not that I didn't appreciate her telling me, I did. I guess I would have just liked to hear her voice one more time, and in a positive light. I have never heard her speak kindly to me, and now I never will. She could have mailed a letter with no return address on it. But I know that she always deferred to dad on things like this. What he said goes, and he would not have wanted her to do that. I was a mistake from the beginning, as far as he was concerned. If he had known I existed in the first place he would have probably left mom back at the mating ball he found her at. I realized right then how completely different my life would have been, if Graham would have knowm that when she mated with my father, that she was carrying his pup. He would not have taken her, or accepted her, because he would have considered her tainted. I think that her having a pup from each of them, bother him way more than any of us knew.

I would have had both my parents if Graham had left her alone, and I would have been loved. I would have been cared for and treated well. I would not have had to run and hide on the way to and from school. I wouldn't have had Reagan as the bane of my existence. I wouldn't have had to hide in my room to be safe from the pack. The thought of that reminds me that all Graham had to do after I was born, was just give me to my father. It would have been over for him the moment he did. No more living in fear of what my father would do to him if he ever found out that he kept me at Silver Blade. He wouldn;t have to worry about being punished for his own dumb choices he made by keeping me hidden there. But I cannot live there in regrets and what-if's. I know that the Goddess had plans for me, and that I was molded into the woman that I have become, because of what I went through. I knew how to be a better mother because of Olivia accepting and loving me from the moment she met me. She is my mother now, and has been for the 15 years that I have known her. I am better for having Olivia as my mother, as my biological mother, was just not the outgoing or friendly type.

Maybe if she had not been looking for what she thought were green pastures, she would have realized why the Goddess put her with my father. That between her bloodline, and his, that they would have created some of the strongest pups around. I heard my name being called and I looked at Cheryl who was looking directly at me, with a frown on her face. I wonder how many times she had to call my name before I heard her speaking to me.

"Are you alright? You seem to be far away right now" Cheryl said to me.

"Yea, I am fine. I just got caught up in my thoughts. The thing with Graham and what he has done. What he has done to you and Blake. He needs to be killed for all the wolves he has hurt. He has cost a lot of people different things, money, their packs, and worse of all, their lives. I hate that Cassandra had to pay the price for him, but I understood why. I honestly do, please do not feel like that was aimed at you at all, it wasn't. I know that the Goddess herself probably had her hand in it. It finally caught up to him, as he has lost everything now. He will have to live with what he has done, and hopefully Blake will let him know that the only person to blame for him losing his mate, is himself. He made up this whole misplaced, evil plan out to get you, and I hope that he is pleased with how it actually played out, as he will die in Blake's cells, at Blake's hands" I told Cheryl. Knowing that this has got to be the very worst of all of his plans he has ever attempted. I am glad that Cheryl was the one to defeat him, when he tried to ruin her life like he had. He got quite a few blows in of his own, but she defeated him, and got the last laugh. That is the best part of it, and if we can get it done, I would like to go see him, in the cell's with Cheryl. As soon as she is heatlhy again. I think that would help her get past all of this, much quicker, if she were to see him being the one suffering the consequences of his actions now.

"Yes, I would love to get to see him in the cells myself. I know for a fact that Blake is going to make him suffer. I think that Graham got used to how Blake is now, instead of thinking about how he used to be. I am no longer there to keep him calm. I still can't believe that he thought the pack being punished if he were to go on rampage for me running away, was a valid reason for me to come back. It is not, they showed their true colors after Blake announced I had cheated on him. From that moment on, it was like they all hated me. Like they had just been waiting on a chance to let me know that they were glad I had finally been found out. Especially the she-wolves that had crushes on him. They were coming out of the woodwork, and that was the hardest part. Seeing them throwing themselves at Blake, right in front of me. He didn't shoot them down either, he liked the pain that it caused me, he just didn't cross a line with them, not then. He used them as tools to hurt me more, as he waited for me to finally lose it. That was the worst part. The years of being told I was not worthy of him, how he made a mistake in choosing me. It tore me down piece by piece. I know what his plan was, but the years of being bullied and disrespected, were worse than the physical betrayal. At least that pain was temporary. The pain of his words, on a daily basis, year after year, that is what really hurt" Cheryl told me, and I could feel her pain.

She glanced over at the plants he had sent her. I can see the tears in her eyes as she tries to hide them from me by looking away. Yea, he has got some mountains to climb before he is going to be forgiven. I can see how conflicted she is right now. She does love him, real love for your partner doesn't just go away quickly. You have to keep reminding yourself what they did, and the lack of care they had when they did it. Even today, sometimes the pain that Justin gave me will raise its head, and remind me. I know that it is not him any longer, but the fact remains that he had hurt me, and badly. Brandon hurt me too. those memories don't happen frequently, but they do pop up and when it does, the hurt is almost as fresh as when it originally happened. I love them both dearly, they mean the world to me. But sometimes when you have been hurt by the one you love, it just stays there in your heart waiting for the opportunity to remind you that it could happen again. The fear that comes with that warning, is where the real danger lies. Thankfully, I will not give it space to live there. I tamp it down again when it does pop up, and tell it that it is a liar, because I have faith in my mates.

"Raven, are you with Cheryl?" I heard Brandon's voice in my head through the link. He knew I was going to be here today, so I wonder what he needs. Before I can respond, he continues and he is speaking quickly.

"I don't know how to say this, other than to just come out with it. Reagan is on the phone. She wants to talk to you, and also to Cheryl. If you don't want to talk to her, I will take care of it. But she seems nice, but insistent, on speaking with you both" Brandon linked me. Whatever I thought he was going to say, it was not this. I never expected that I would ever speak to her again in my life. To say that I was stunned, is an understatement. I will allow it, but the first time she goes to be her usual self, I am hanging up, and blocking her number.

"I will speak to her. Go ahead and give her my cell number" I linked back to him. I took a moment to prepare myself before telling Cheryl that a phone call was coming, and it was going to be Reagan on the line. I can see her stiffen up. She already knows that this will not be good. Cheryl killed Cassandra, and since Reagan wants to talk to her too, we are almost positive that she is going to want to go off on Cheryl for killing our mother. Reagan will then probably want to go off on me for allowing her to stay here. But whatever it is, I will be nice, until she says something to push me to not be nice anymore. My phone rings a minute later and after taking a deep breathe, I answered the phone.

"Hello" I said.

"Raven?" I can hear Reagan's voice come out over through the speaker. She sounds older, but still the same.

"Yes, hello Reagan" I answered her back. Different emotions come flying back at hearing her voice, and the main one was all the bullying that she did to me. All the hateful comments that I thought had long been dealt with are suddenly right here on the surface. I am blinking back the tears from the bad memories that are now swirling around in my head. She has been the cause of more bad memories than I can count. I may allow the tears to fall, but she will never hear me cry over the phone. "Hey, Raven. I am sorry for bothering you. I won't take up a lot of your time, I just called to tell you how sorry I am for everything. I was a horrible sister, and I cannot tell you how regretful I am about it. I am calling the council next. I will be paying whatever fine, or accepting whatever punishment that they want to give me. But I wanted to start by talking to you. I know it is too late for you to forgive me. I have done so many things wrong to you, and I hate that I just followed along blindly to what Graham wanted. I finally saw today, just how warped he really is, when I gave him my goodbyes. I was picking up mom's body, she will be buried at my pack, Blood Tracker. I am just mentioning it in case you ever want to come to pay your respects. I heard what he had done, and I only agreed to speak with him because I wanted him to know that I knew he was the reason that our mom was dead. He was never going to acknowledge his fault and involvement in it. He needed to be told, he can deny it all he wants, but he is the reason, and I am disgusted by his actions" Reagan's voice rang out into the room.

Both Cheryl and I were too shocked to speak. This sounded like Reagan's voice, but I have never heard her acknowledge any fault of her own, or speak badly about Graham. She had him at hero level, as far as she was concerned. He never did anything wrong in her opinion, any punishment that I received, she made sure to mention that I earned it, just like he said. Whatever he mentioned to her, she tried to do. She wanted to be like him all her life, and she was, she became just like him. But right now, with her admitting her own fault and mistakes that she made. She didn't sound like him anymore. I have to say that it seems like she may have changed for the better.

"Raven, are you there?" I heard Reagan's voice cut into my thoughts.

"Yes, I am still here with Cheryl in the pack hospital" I answered her.

"Good, because I needed to tell her something too. Can she hear me?" Reagan asked, and I am almost too scared to respond to her. I know that we both want to know what else she is going to say, and we are scared for Cheryl as she is still very weak. I don't know if she can handle it or not. Before I can respond, I heard Cheryl's voice ring out strong in response, "Yes, Reagan, I can hear you. What would you like to say to me?"

No we both wait to hear if this is where Reagan shows her true colors again. Because we both know her, we know who she is at her core. If there is one thing that we both know it is the fact that Reagan has never missed an opportunity to hurt someone else, when she could. I am holding my breath as I waited for Reagan's response, as this will be the real test of whether or not Reagan had truly changed, or not.