Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Chapter 165

Raven's POV

I called ahead to let Cheryl know that we would be there in 5 minutes. I knew she would want to meet us there. Justin notified the gate guards to open the gate for us, and the correct number of SUVS needing to come through with us. They knew who was driving the last one, just in case. They already knew to secure us back to both gates, and the retractable barriers were put back into place after we came through. I gave a sigh of relief that we made it back here safely. I had been worried all the way back, expecting them to find a way out and try to catch up with us. But we had no problems on our return to the pack, other than worrying about Anton, and how he was doing.

I had been praying for Anton to be OK, but we hadn't gotten a response from Alexei yet. Dmitriy was driving, so he couldn't respond to me asking how Anton was. As soon as we pulled up to the packhouse we were out of our SUV and running back to go check on Anton. Cheryl was busy hugging Kevin, and Robert, so she didn't notice our anxiety as we went to the vampire's SUV to check on him. Alexei opened the door of the SUV and we could see Anton sitting upright in the seat next to him. He looked weak, and even paler if that was possible, but he was OK.

"We need to get him to your pack hospital. We have the supplies, with us, but he needs to be put on an IV to get a transfusion of venom in him. He lost a lot before Kira could get his wounds fully healed" Brandon nodded and called out instructions as he headed right back to our SUV for them to follow him. Cheryl heard what Alexei said and she climbed in next to Anton, holding him to her side on the seat, with concern written all over her face. I could see the tears on her face before Alexei shut the door. I stayed with the boys and was going to let them head up to my son's room as I was going to let them have a sleepover tonight. It would help the boys get to know Robert better and take the weight off of Cheryl. I mindlinked her what I was doing, and that I would be staying with them, so she could stay with Anton. She thanked me, and Justin stayed with me, while Brandon and a few of the warriors went with him to the pack hospital.

Polina and Irina had come inside the packhouse with me, and I had rooms made up for all 6 of them to use tonight. Nadia and Kira had gone to the hospital with the rest of the group. They were fine to stay here overnight, or for as long as they needed to, I don't know how long it will take for Anton to heal. I had Reagan, Clive, and the children come inside with us too. I wanted them and the warriors with them to be able to grab something to eat or drink before we went to the new packhouse. It is just not fully functional yet. It had been built and set up, all the rooms decorated and filled with furniture. It was a pretty big packhouse at 7 stories tall, and we built it like a resort. The bottom floor was an entry and seating area designed just like a lobby. It also included the dining, kitchen, dry storage, and freezers. Plus the housekeeping and laundry were on the other end. We had built it into a squared-off U shape. It had a great deal of function and kept the workers from running into each other. We also built an industrial elevator in the back area near housekeeping and laundry. It also helped to get furniture moved in a lot easier.

The laundry from each floor got done on specific days, so there was one day off each week for the work in the laundry area to be more manageable. The housekeeping team also had a day off and they, followed the laundry tram by one day, so linens were done one day, and the general cleaning was done the second day if the occupant needed it. Most of the families didn't use housekeeping, but the single warriors needed additional help with cleaning and their clothes getting washed and returned, it was only $20 a week for the service, and the extra money went to the laundry employees and it seemed like it worked out very well. It is the same thing that we were doing in the main packhouse. We had 260 rooms in the new packhouse. Some were single bedrooms, for the top two floors and 850 sq. feet. Some had two rooms, and those were on the middle two floors and were 1300 sq. feet. The three bedrooms apartments were on the first two floors and were over 1600 sq. feet. Reagan and Clive were getting two of the apartments and would be keeping the younger children with them, and the older children could have their own rooms, with one of the bedrooms always set up with twin beds.

We had put a lot of thought into the new packhouse. Pups have a lot of energy and run around a lot, so we put them on the lower floors and added different security for the doors. Like deadbolts at the top of the doors, out of reach of children. We didn't have any issues with break-ins or thefts here. It was ready to go, but although the kitchen was set up, the staff had not been assigned to work in them yet, nor had the food been added to the pantry, industrial refrigerators, and industrial freezers. Deliveries had been ordered and were scheduled for next week, but until we get the crew in here to get it working, we were just getting everything set up to be functional and prepared to work correctly once we were ready to go, I think that we will be ready with everything in about week's time. Everyone wants to transfer over to the new packhouse because it is all nice and new. So we are trying to be fair with what we are going to do. We also needed workers for the laundry area, and housekeeping as well. They would all be getting their own rooms in the packhouse. We knew we needed about 40 people to work in all those areas. We pay them for their work, and their room and meals were just a bonus for them included in it. They do train, but they are exempt from having to fight in battles, the training is just for them to be able to protect themselves, in case they needed to do so. There were four families already living in it, and I was putting Reagan's family all on the third floor, so they would have it to themselves while they were there. The families that were already here were on the second floor.

Justin and I would be going out there to get them settled. I had mindlinked our children that we were back and that we were all safe. The boys had immediately come down to get with Kevin and Robert for a snack. I swear the boys all have hollow legs because they are always ready to eat. My son's then asked if Henry, Jon, and Atlas wanted to spend the night with them too. They were Reagan'ss oldest boys, and they were instantly on board, excited about the welcome. Clive went out and grabbed their duffle bags for them to have some of their clothes with them. I was glad that they were up for it, as it is stressful to have to leave your home, especially under these circumstances. They have visited here before, but only for short visits. It was hard to not know what was in store for them, and I know that they already miss Trevor and Aaron too. We all knew how vindictive Graham was. He will probably burn their house down when he goes to try to locate Reagan and get his money back. He will be furious that she got away, and will want to hurt her, it is what he does. It isn't right, but I have rarely known Graham to do the right thing. We already had it set up to where the warriors were taking the other 2 SUVS back to Blood Tracker tonight. Aaron cannot leave, he is the Alpha and had to stay. Trevor, Reagan, and Aaron's oldest child stayed with his father because he has a part to play in this.

Since he and Forest are good friends, Trevor has a bigger part to play going forward. I know that both Aaron and Reagan are both so worried for him. I have to admit that I am worried for him too. Graham is vicious and would kill him if he ever suspects that Trevor is not as good with Forest as he appears to be. Even with Trevor being his own grandson. I know that Reagan and Aaron will both be waiting with bated breath until he comes back from his first solo trip to Black Moon here in a few months. Trevor will be getting his license in two months, and he can start going alone to visit Forest. That is when the trick will begin. He will be playing up his jealousy at Forest for getting to take over his birthright at Black Moon so early. Especially without having to find his mate first, or any other hoops that are usually set up for incoming Alphas. Trevor will play it up, so he can visit and get some intel on what they are doing at Black Moon. Everyone is concerned for his well-being, but Trevor downplayed the dangerous part of it. Trevor told us, "If I can't fool Forest, and the men following Graham, then I have no business becoming an Alpha."

It isn't Forest and the ranked wolves that he has to worry about. I think that he knows it too. He is aware that the problem has been, and will always be Graham. I asked Reagan if she warned him about how devious Graham is, and she told me that she had, but that doesn't stop the worry we have for him. He is literally in the lion's den, and he is a lamb. I am aware that Graham is his grandfather, and that may help him some on his visits. Graham will be asking questions about where Reagan went, as he needs to get her back. It is the easiest route to take to get his money back. Aaron and Trevor both will be acting like she ran off and left them, during the night, and don't know where she went. Darren and Judy still have their three children with them, but Graham doesn't care anything about them. He didn't really interact with any of the grand pups. He only went because Cassandra wanted to go, and he liked to get out of Black Moon as he would get bored. He would occasionally speak to them, but only in passing. He had no real interest in any of them really. He was upset that Reagan had changed so much and that none of his grandchildren would follow in his footsteps.

The kids got their snacks, and each one picked ice cream, and they were all excited to get to pick their favorite toppings too mainly the younger ones. It was 8 pm, and I know that they will be full of energy for a while tonight before bed, but I think it will be good for them to get this chance to be together. I know my children are glad to have their cousins here to visit and train with them. I can see the younger children getting tired, so we headed out to get them set up. The warriors helped to bring the extra stuff in, like photo albums, and stuff the children had made, and drawn over the years. We both knew what Graham was going to do. He is the pettiest and most spiteful person that we know. Aaron has some stuff saved and stored as well at Blood Tracker. But Reagan knew that she couldn't save all of it. I know that their rooms weren't as nice as her home was, Graham had spared no expense when he built it for her. But they can build again when they return to their pack if they wanted to go back, or they can build here if they would like. We notified the gate that there would be 2 SUV's leaving, for the night, as they were heading back right now. No one wants Black Moon to find out that they had been tricked, or where to find Reagan. She was safest here with us. Aaron and Trevor were safest with Graham not finding out they were in on it.

After we got them all situated in their rooms at the new packhouse, Justin and I stopped by the hospital. I was glad to see that Anton was looking much better. Cheryl looked very relieved at Anton's improvement, she was laying in his bed next to him, pulled tightly to his side with his hand that didn't have the IV in it. He had to remove his shirt to be checked and treated, as it was ruined anyway. I noticed a stranger in the room with him, speaking with Dr. Max. Alexei saw I was looking at him and he said, "Raven, this is Dominik Gurin, he is the doctor at our coven, and he brought over what we needed to heal Anton" Alexei told me. "Dr. Gurin, it is nice to meet you," I told him and he nodded at me as they continued to speak excitedly together. Apparently, Dr. Max was very interested in the inner workings of vampires and was asking question after question to Dr. Gurin.

I saw that Alexei had his arm wrapped from donating some of his blood to Anton. Dmitriy, Kira, and Nadia were all still there, and they had donated, as well. I have to say that Anton did look remarkably better, and I was thankful that they had the means to be able to start healing him from when he was injured. Alexei looked a little rundown right now. I know that he has to have been drained from both saving his brother and giving some of his blood, wait, that is wrong, they all had donated their venom to help heal Anton. They actually have very little blood inside them, most blood, at least for the men is used during s*x to get and keep their erections. They are surprisingly very s****l creatures.

"I knew that they would be needing blood to help them recover from today, so I already had my cooler packed and I got here about 10 minutes before you did after Alexei reached out to me. Everything went very well. They all played a part in healing him, and getting here quickly so he didn't lose more fluids than he had already lost. He will be completely healed in the next 30 minutes" Doctor Gurin told us. I am amazed by how quickly his healing time will be. I looked at him again, and he seemed fine, his skin showing no signs of the wounds that I knew were there earlier.

"The doctor is also here to aid with getting you changing over to one of us as well, Cheryl. Alexei will be the one to do the actual ceremony, but I will be with you the whole time. That is if you still want to do it?" Anton said as he looks down at Cheryl. I could tell that he was concerned that she might have changed her mind about becoming a vampire.

"I still want to make the change, Anton. I love you. I want to be with you forever, I have never been happier in my life. I just want to make sure that your brother and coven are OK with it. I know that they like me, but that was before I was going to become a vampire. Will everyone still be OK with it now that it will be forever?" Cheryl said to Anton. I could see how delighted Anton was that she still wanted to be his mate. I could hear murmurs from the rest of the group affirming that they were good with it as well. "We are all excited about you becoming one of us, Cheryl. I have never seen my brother so happy as he is now. We had noticed it at the start, Anton is very serious, and seeing him warm up to you, and defend you, was wonderful to see. The process will come with pain, but with our having royal blood in us, it will not last as long as it would if someone else performed it. I am so happy to make you an official member of our coven, Cheryl" Alexei said to me, and I was happy to see how truly welcoming they are to her into their ranks. They all seemed satisfied with her becoming one of them.

"Who shot you, Anton?" I asked him. Whoever it was got there within a minute of the panel being hit. It was not a coincidence at all. Someone had followed Robert into the woods, they knew we were coming, and had tried to kill whoever they could. "Graham was there with Forest and another man that I had not met yet. All three of them were armed. They were aiming at me because I held Robert, not because I thought that they were aiming at me. I was just moving fast at the time, and they missed. I don't think they even realized that it was me when they first shot. Thankfully one of Alexei's powers gives him control over animals, and even though they were in their human form, he spoke to their animal side. He commanded them to stop, and they were fighting it pretty hard, but they had to submit. We only had about another minute left before they would have broken the command that he had given them. We knew that it was only going to last a minute or two anyway since they were in their human forms. I think that it was a setup from the start. Not set up by Robert but by Graham. They knew that he had called someone, and they wanted to catch Cheryl. I am sure that they overheard the conversation and then knew it was Reagan that Robert was talking to. That was even better for them actually. They wanted to draw Reagan, or Cheryl, in so that they could gain control of the bank account again. They didn't care who they caught, as long as their objective was met. They had no idea that Reagan had already left Blood Tracker, and was now safe. They just wanted to catch whoever showed up" Anton told us all. It made sense, as Robert might not have been paying a lot of attention to who was following him. He was still young, and he has no idea how to be watchful.

"I bet you are right. It was unusual that this happened so quickly. I honestly thought that we had some time to make preparations, but that didn't happen. I bet with his dad locked up in the cells, and Forest being how he is, I bet Robert was honestly scared. He would have needed someone to help him, and they probably deliberately pushed him to get him to panic, and call for help. I bet they were all watching him, to see what he would do. He may not have even known that he was being followed. I know that means that they have been torturing Blake to get the information they want out of him. I know Graham very well. he is a monster. He recognizes other monsters. He will set himself up very well there. He just has to have the funds to buy their loyalty." I said to them. "They were probably just trying to lure Reagan into the pack to try to save Robert. I think that they thought I was Clive, and just wanted to hurt or injure me. They were at a pretty good distance when they started shooting, or they might have done even more damage to me. I honestly don't think they knew who they were shooting at. I think that they were just shooting at whoever came to Robert's aid, was going to be the target. I think that their plan was to get control of Reagan and force her to give them control of Graham's funds again. I am sure that it is just a matter of time before he gets the account back. He just has to go to a branch that knows him, to get control of it again. I know he doesn't want to do that because the council will definitely want to speak to him about what happened to Blake at Black Moon. Graham knows that he is only safe there inside the pack. Once he leaves he could be taken into custody by the council. They are just trying to figure out any way that they can to try to get his money back. They need it to be able to arm themselves to try to attack us" Anton told me. We agreed with him. They are desperate, and they used the only line they could tug in this, not expecting us all to show up like we did to rescue him.

"Just take Anton to your room when he gets discharged, Cheryl, we have the kids tonight, so don't worry. Everyone is set up where they need to be. I put the rest of you on the Beta floor, and Alpha floor for the night. I will make sure that you each get your key card for the visitor's rooms. The other members of your team already went up to their rooms. I think that all the work from today took it out of them. Reagan and her family are in the new packhouse, but you will see them in the morning for breakfast. I will get the doctor taken care of, and placed on the Gamma floor, he can be in the room next to Cheryl, and Anton, just in case" I told him.

"We can show you to your room, doctor, after Anton is released," Cheryl told him and he thanked her for the help.

"I still have the key card for that room. I can give it to the doctor for him to use. I never used the room and didn't even enter it, so it is still ready to go" Anton said.

"Thank you, I appreciate you doing that. This has been a long day, and I am sure that everyone wants to get some rest" I told the group.

"We will go with you now back to the packhouse," Nadia said as she and Kira straighten up from where they were leaning on the wall. I knew they were tired and suggested that Brandon drive us back to the Packhouse. So the SUV could be brought back for the next time we needed it.

"We will wait here with Anton, until he is released, then head over. We are good with waiting on them. It shouldn't be that long, and we can drive everyone over in the SUV to get there. We should be leaving here within the hour" Alexei said to us and the doctor nodded in agreement. It is still amazing to me how fast he healed. I thought our wolf healing us was super quick, it was amazing what they can do to help heal each other. It just showed how close-knit they were to each other wanting to protect each other. I was glad that Brandon had met them and encouraged them to be an ally with us. They were quite effective in a fight. I know that when the time comes, they will be a big help to us. I am glad that Anton and Cheryl found each other. I think that they both deserve to find true love, it is about time for them both to be happy.