Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter Chapter 16

Alpha Graham

At 558 Justin entered the packhouse, just as I knew he would. He has no one to blame but himself, no one put a gun to his head to get him to agree with this plan. I greeted him with a smile and went to clap him on the shoulder in greeting and he sidestepped to avoid me. That made my smile even bigger. I enjoy it more when my prey gives me a fight. There is no way in the world that he can get free of this, he is on the hook, and no matter how hard he fights, he is already caught. He and Reagan will be the next Alpha couple of the Silver Blade pack. I watched him as we sit down for dinner and Reagan pours him a glass of wine. All of our glasses were poured from a separate bottle that was next to me. The one next to Reagan had been treated. He only need one glass to dose him, but I told her to try to get two in him.

We need his wolf to go along with this, and one glass might not be enough to get him to agree to finish this. We need his wolf to participate, as there is no other way for Reagan to receive his mate mark. She put a double dose in the bottle too. I think she is planning on taking it with them upstairs. I had spoken to her again and told her that it would be best for her to get pregnant as quickly as possible. That will be the final nail in his coffin. There will be no coming back from it.

We all engage in small talk as we eat and sip our wine, everyone is relaxed, and Reagan even dressed up for dinner tonight and was dressed more conservatively than she normally is. While Justin eats, Reagan is smoothly topping off his drink, over and over again. He doesn't even notice that he is about to finish his third glass. We can all tell the difference in him soon. He started to sweat like he was getting really hot, and then he started looking over at Reagan a lot. His interest in her is back again and Reagan asked him in a soft voice, "Would you like to come up to my room to watch a movie with me?"

Justin nodded to her and got up quickly from the table to follow her up to our floor. I was glad that Reagan was smart enough to take their glasses and the treated bottle of wine. She should be able to keep this going for at least an hour. Hopefully, this night will result in a pup being created. Cassandra is looking at me thoughtfully, I have no idea what she is thinking about until she said, "Graham, have you ever thought about the reason that we could get pregnant was that the Goddess was punishing us? What if she punishes Reagan for what she has done? She might not be able to bear a pup either. She rejected her true mate the warrior she met after she phased, she tricked Justin, and she almost killed Raven. She has done a lot of wrongs, I can't see her getting blessed for her actions."

I have put some thought into that very thing, but about us. I never thought about the consequences for Reagan. We may get Justin as Reagan's chosen mate. But Cassandra is right, the Goddess will never bless this union. There was too much pain caused by their actions, she will reject them as mates, and they will not be able to bear the pups that they need to, take over this pack. This is bringing up so many bad memories for me, the years, and years of frustration as we kept trying to get pregnant again. All the tests that were run on us to see if there was a problem. I can't dwell on it. This is done, and this step had to be done. They will complete their bond tonight and mark each other. It needed to be done and I am glad that it will be over with. They will be mates, and he will be staying with Reagan. The Council will not be able to do anything against them, or us, once they get here.

We stayed downstairs as our room is next to hers and at 8 pm I get a mindlink from the gate. It appears that Alpha Cole has arrived and wants to speak with me. Why do I have to keep dealing with issues popping up? Cassandra and my Beta come with me as we head to the gate. I have no idea what is going on this time, but I need to remind him that the council will be dealing with this, he needs to stay on his land, and not come here. I smirk at that, I can't wait to tell him that too.

I see he isn't alone when we park and get out of the car and walk to the gate. I motion the guards off because I don't need for them to hear something that is none of their business. When we are alone, I can't resist it and told Cole, "Look stop coming here, Cole, let the council investigate, and you stay in your pack. Do not return to Silver Blade whenever you get mad at me. We have nothing to say to each other."

"What did you do Graham? My daughter is in the hospital, if something happens to her, I will hunt you down and tear pieces of you off your body until you bleed to death. They won't find enough of you to take me to trial" Cole tells me in a very calm voice. "What do you mean? How did she pass out? Why did she pass out?" I stuttered out in real fear. Raven was strong, the only time she passed out here was the bridge incident and then when she fell out of the tree this morning. Reagan told me that she had told Justin to reject Raven when Raven woke up. Didn't he do it? Are Justin and Raven still bound? I believe what Cole was saying and I also believe that if he doesn't make good on it, then one of the other four with him would. Why wouldn't Reagan tell me that they didn't reject each other? That was why she was so nervous. Justin was still bound to Raven and wanted her, he really didn't want to give her up. Raven was weak from their sleeping together and malnourishment. There was a real chance that Justin marking Reagan might kill Raven.

They all saw it when my face went white. It is done. They have been upstairs for almost an hour. I know that he has already marked her as his. s**t, this is the worst case possible. Cassandra was walking slowly back toward the vehicle, but Randolph grabbed my wrist and asked, "What did you do to Justin?"

"I, I thought that after Raven woke from her fall that Justin was going to reject her. That is what Reagan told me. Reagan never told me that they hadn't rejected each other. I thought that he just needed a little push. This is all your fault for calling the Council on us, Cole. I had to move forward with their pairing. It is too late. Justin will be marking Reagan any second if he hasn't already. There is nothing that we can do to stop it" I told them, and Randolph took off towards the packhouse.

Cole is shaking in anger, and the men with him are just as angry. I motioned for the gate guards to come back to us and then mindlinked in more warriors, as Cole looks like he is ready to kill all of us standing here at the gate. I can see his Beta mindlinking and then looking over at Cole. Whatever he said got the four men heading back to the SUV to load up. Cole stops and comes back to the gate. Anger is coming out of every pore, but he spoke in a low tone and said, "We will be here at 1030 tomorrow morning if my daughter ever wakes back up. Have Justin at this gate, so they can formally reject each other, or I swear to you that tomorrow morning I will s*******r the whole Sullivan family. I will see you in the morning, Graham, oh, and don't try to run away, I already have warriors stationed in place to stop anyone from leaving your pack until we arrive in the morning. Like I said before Graham if your actions hurt or kill my daughter, I will make good on what I told you. But I wanted to tell you this, if my daughter dies, yours will too. In just a painful way as mine did. See you in the morning, Graham, you should have thought this out better because your bad choices may end up costing you your life."

I stepped back away from the gate and walked stiffly back to my vehicle. I got in and left the area immediately. I have never been so scared in all of my life, not even when I found out that I had stolen Cole's true mate out from under him. We don't speak as we park in front of our packhouse. We see Justin coming down the stairwell with his dad assisting him, as soon as we enter the foyer. I see a fresh mark on his shoulder and see Reagan at the top of the stairs in her robe watching Justin leave. She moves the neckline of the robe slightly to show me the mark and her bright smile is clear for everyone to see. She is blissfully happy now, but she seems confused as to why I am not smiling and happy with her. I motion to my office with a jerk of my head and head in there first. I am shaking in fury, and Cassandra is furious as well.

"Why didn't she tell us that they were still bound, Cassandra? Is she trying to start a war? I thought she wanted to take over this pack this pack. There will be no pack left if they come for us. Cole is pissed, they will kill everyone, and burn the place to the ground. We got a pass before, but Cole is out for blood now." I tell Cassandra as we wait for our daughter to come into the office.

"I don't know Graham, she told us both in the link last night that as soon as Raven awoke, that Justin was going to reject her. She never mentioned to me that he didn't. She is smarter than that. She may have been trying to kill Raven by having Justin mark her while they are still bound" Cassandra said, and I turn slowly towards her as I realized that I got played, by my own daughter.

Fury rises up in me and when Reagan finally opens the door to step in, I sat down against the front of my desk with my arms crossed across my chest, to ask her some questions. I make sure to control my breathing and my tone. If I tip my hand she won't answer truthfully.

"So you are marked now? Everything went fine?" I asked her as if that was the most important thing now. I saw both of their marks. I already knew the answer. If Reagan was smarter, she would have realized that I already knew the answers to these easy questions. "Yes very smooth, his wolf didn't balk at all, in fact, he seemed to think that I was Raven at the time. I had one of her dirty t-shirts from her room on my pillow, so her scent was there, just to push him to mark me. Justin wolf was glad to mark me" Reagan smiled again and stood up to admire her new mark in the mirror on the far wall.

"You thought of everything didn't you Reagan? You even had me force Justin's hand when you knew he wasn't going to come back" I told her, and she turned around pouting at me.

"If I didn't daddy, he wouldn't have come back. This was your plan, wasn't it? Why wouldn't you help me?" Reagan asks me like she was just an innocent young girl, that hadn't done anything wrong. She is indeed my daughter, that is pretty manipulative, and I was impressed. Calling me daddy to invoke protective feelings for her, was advanced, but my life was on the line now, and I was pissed off.

"Reagan, you told us last night that you had told Justin to reject Raven when she woke up. She was awake when we got there. Why didn't you tell us that he didn't do it?" I asked her and now she is closing up. She knows that I suspect something, and she doesn't want to talk anymore.

"Daddy, I did tell him, but he just wouldn't do it. Then she ran off. I didn't think that it was that important. So, I forgot to mention it, I have a lot on my mind. It isn't easy trying to keep Justin under control. Don't forget you started this, dad. I just went along with it. Don't get mad at me if we hit a little bump in the road" Reagan tells me coldly, and I finally see just how vicious she is. She is trying to put all of this on me, but she planned this part of it out. Yes, I did the contract for her and helped with the plan, but she wanted him and chose him specifically. She wanted to take him from Raven and rub it in Raven's face for the rest of her life. I see where she has been going with this the whole time.

"I thought you wanted to take over this pack. I thought that was your dream. Have you changed your mind about that?" I asked her, and she looked at her mark again stroking it lovingly.

"No I still want it, and I want Justin. My life is perfect now that Raven is gone" Reagan said, and I freeze knowing that she believed that Raven was now dead. She could be, and if she is. We all will be dead. I cannot stop myself from reaching out and slapping Reagan, hard. She fell into her chair and looked at me stunned. I have never hit her, never once in her whole life, and I see where my mistakes were.

"Mom he hit me," Reagan said while she holds her cheek with her hand. I see a flash and see that Cassandra had slapped her other cheek. Reagan is crying real tears now, and for the first time, she looks scared.

"What is going on?" Reagan asks while still crying.

"We had a little visit while you were upstairs forcing your dream man to mark you. Alpha Cole stopped by as apparently Raven passed out at dinner, from the pain of what you were doing to her" I see the flash of a smile before Reagan hid it.

"Oh, I am glad that you think it is so funny. We are surrounded right now. If anyone attempts to leave the pack they will be killed" I continued to speak, and she is shocked. She is trying to keep the fear off her face, but I have her complete attention now. "He will be back at 1030 in the morning. He wants Justin at the gate to formerly reject Raven at that time. You went too far Reagan. I will never help you again. Cole told me that if Raven dies, you will die, in the morning too. He will also be killing me as well. I can assure you that our deaths will both be bad. You want to play games and think that it is OK to keep at Raven. I already warned you. Justin was her mate, and you took him away. You are the bad guy here. You tried to kill her again, but this time it will come with consequences. Alpha Cole will be here tomorrow, we won't know until that time if he will make good on his promise to end the Sullivan family or not, so your big plan to kill Raven, might result in your new mate taking over the pack, and us being killed in the morning" I told her, and her face is now shocked.

"Dad we can't just stay here and wait for it. We need to get out of here, what if she dies? He being his mate and him marking me before rejecting her, could really kill her" Reagan said, and I looked at her like she is crazy.

"Of course it could, I am fully aware of it. Remember, Reagan, we did it, to Alpha Cole, who was your mother's true mate" I told her, and she is finally seeing the big picture. She is scared and wants to try to get out of the pack.

"I will let you go if you want to Reagan. But I guarantee you that if they catch you, they will probably kill you. He knows about everything Reagan. He knows you tried to kill Raven. He will welcome the chance to pay that back. If you want to live, you need to stay in the pack and pray to the Goddess that she lives. Otherwise, we will all receive our death sentence at 1030 tomorrow morning.