Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter Chapter 30

Raven's POV

I am standing with my brothers at the top of the stairs as we wait for our cue to come down. I felt Austin squeeze my hand to give me comfort, and I looked over at him with my eyebrow arched in question. I wondered how he knew I needed support and he linked to me, "I heard your heartbeat. Don't be nervous sis. We will stay with you the whole time." His affectionate nickname calmed me as we stand there. I have never been called sis before, and I have to say that I love it. Reagan had never wanted to admit that we were even sisters. The pack only knew because mom gave birth to us at the same time, or they would have probably tried to deny it.

Carter said, "It's time to go" and we started down the stairs. I can feel hundreds of people looking at me, as I descend the stairs arm in arm with my brothers. I want to, but I can't manage to make myself look up to stare back at them. I hear a low growl that sends a shiver up my back, but I try not to be obvious about it. I had to focus on other things, like getting down this stairwell alive. I was scared of making a misstep and tumbling down the stairs. I am not the most confident in my heels just yet. I know that I will be just fine on the main floor, I just don't want to embarrass my family with my actions. I stepped carefully and tried to calm the beating of my heart. I want to present myself in a positive light and make my family proud tonight. I hope that this night will go smoothly and that no one will start any problems or try to embarrass me tonight.

I still can feel the sting from the embarrassment and hate that my family at Silver Blade had for me. I would do anything for my current family's affection to stay where it is right now. I am actually thankful for what Reagan did now. Justin was weak, and I would not have found my family if I hadn't been in so much pain that I had to leave Silver Blade. I actually feel the support and affection that they already have for me coming to me through our bond. I feel the pride that dad and Olivia have for me. That is something that I have always wanted in my life, and no matter what I did to please Alpha Graham and Luna Cassandra, they were never proud of me, for any of my achievements. not being Valdadictorian, and having the highest GPA. Never causing problems in or out of the packhouse. I know that tonight will be fine, no matter what happens. There is nothing that Reagan can do to ruin this for me, she is just one person, and she can't control everyone. I doubt that she will be able to put a dent in the happiness that my family gives me. We reach the bottom of the staircase and Stella comes running up to me, squealing in happiness. She had found her mate and pulled him forward to meet me. He was very handsome and clearly strong. His power poured off of him, and I could tell that he was a ranked wolf. I was happy for her but worried as I didn't know how far away she would be from me. She was my best friend, but I can understand the pull of the bond. The way his hand hung possessively on her waist I could tell that he was not letting his mate get away from him. His love for her was clearly showing on his face. He was 6'3" of solid muscle, dark brown hair, and sparkling hazel eyes that were already looking at Stella in a doting way. He was clearly just as happy with having found his mate, as she was with him. He looked to be in his early 20s but they looked great together, and Stella was almost vibrating in happiness from finding him.

"Nide to meet you, Raven, I am Truett Logan, Beta for the Black Adder pack," he tells me as he holds his hand out to me to introduce himself. I smiled up at him and shook his hand.

"I have heard good things about your Alpha Brandon from my father. Dad is clearly impressed with how he is running things there and had told me that he would be here tonight, I look forward to getting to meet him. You have been blessed with a wonderful mate, Truett. I hope you love and appreciate her, she is my best friend, and she deserves all the love in the world. I will miss her terribly" I told him, and I saw a small frown on his forehead before he smiled again.

"I know, my mate is wonderful. I was blessed by the Goddess, but we are very close to Blood Walker. You are always welcome there" Truett told me. Yes, it wasn't that far, I can always visit, that was probably what the confusion was for. I am still learning how to drive, so as soon as I can get my license I can get there quickly, without having to ask for a ride. He probably sensed my warning in what I said, I didn't go the extra mile and tell him that he better treat her well, or it will not end well for him, but it won't if he doesn't take care of her properly.

"I wanted you to know first, Raven. I am going to go and introduce him to my parents and Joshua now. I am so happy" Stella tells me, and I can see her eyes are shining with love. She is happier right now than I have ever seen her. I am happy for her and smiled back at her, I won't let my going to miss her, take any of her happiness or joy from her. She will realize it soon enough when she goes to pack, and it will be a bittersweet moment. But I am so happy for her to have found her mate. Carter told us that he would be right back and started heading in the area toward dad. I could see dad's head across the room, and he is caught up in a conversation with a few other men who have their backs toward me. Must be some pack business, I will get with dad later. Austin puts my arm through his and he leads me around to the other side of the room from dad as I am greeted and exchange pleasantries with a great number of people. There is no way that I can remember all the names, and faces. There are about 400 people here at the ball, and I am starting to get overwhelmed. I keep smiling and greeting people and then met someone who clearly has an issue with me. Her face looks like she stepped into a pile of dog poo, and I knew that this conversation was not going to be a very good one.

"Raven, I have heard a lot about you," a tall blonde said to me as she looks me up and down. The sneer on her face was unnecessary, her words and tone already let me know that she has contempt for me, even though I am positive that we have never met each other before today.

"It is wise to make your own conclusions about someone. Listening to others just gives you their opinions, which may not always be correct. It is best to get to know someone before you judge them" I told her in a calm manner.

She is angry with me, I can feel it, and I have no idea who she would even be. Maybe this is one of Reagan's friends from another pack, that makes sense. Reagan has been taking crap about me for years. They even look alike. Must be friends, and I no longer want to speak to her anymore. She is here to cause trouble, and I am not going to participate. Austin can feel it when I turned to walk away, and as soon as we take a step to leave, she starts up again. Only louder this time she is much louder. Her goal is clearly to discredit and embarrass me. She is here to stir up and cause problems, and I will not allow it. Dad and Olivia worked hard to get this done, I will not let this petty princess cause an incident here at my party.

"Running away again, Raven? I heard that is what you do best. But I haven't even done anything to you yet? Why run? Can you not be pleasant and courteous to your guests?" the tall blonde taunts me, and my back stiffens. I know now that Reagan sent her, but Reagan has no idea how much I have changed in the last few weeks. I turned back to her with a smile and notice that although some have stepped back to give us room in case of a fight, they are all standing there to see what was about to happen. I look at her beautiful face and just like with my sister, it can't cover up her ugly heart either. The spite and anger radiate out of them both. I slip my arm out of Austin's and I heard him sigh. He wanted me to let it slide, but I have let enough slide in my life. I need to start letting people like this know that I am not going to run when people obviously have an agenda.

"Oh, I am sorry. I thought you were through. We don't know each other, and clearly, you have an issue with me. Why would I waste my precious time with you, instead of meeting these lovely people who came here to meet me? So please, say whatever it is that you are wanting to say, so I can continue on with my party. I don't want to look at your angry face anymore. Haven't you been told that a smile makes you more beautiful? Well, at least better than how you look right now" I told her, and she gets even madder. Good, that is what I wanted. I want her to hit me, I wanted her to try to hurt me. I know Reagan and the Sullivan family are around here somewhere, pulling the strings for this one, and I want them to see the show too.

"You b***h, I heard about you trying to steal my friend's mate. It is clear to me that is who you are. Acting so high and mighty because you just managed to show up in the middle of the night to claim to be Alpha Cole's daughter. You are just trash. Trash that wants to take other she-wolves mates. You are trying to take mine from me too, but you won't succeed. He will be mine tonight. I will win, and you will lose" the girl said, and I have to frown, not one word of that is true. I can see Reagan's influence in some of it, but not about me trying to steal her mate. I have no idea what she is talking about with that. I don't know her, or her mate. How could I possibly be trying to take her mate, if I don't even know either one of them?

"Don't pretend to be dumb you slut. Brandon is going to take me as his chosen, you can't come up and try to take him away from me. I have been after him for over three years, he is mine, you need to leave him alone" She screams out even louder in her fury, and I see what is happening now. She is paranoid that I was going to take her mate away from her. I realize that she said chosen, that is why she is so pissed off. She is clearly paranoid, or just crazy, as I still don't have any idea why she thinks that I was trying to take her

man.

"First of all nothing that you just said was true. My true mate decided to make a deal to become the Alpha of Silver Blade and took my sister Reagan as his chosen mate. That didn't have anything to do with me. He was mine, and SHE took him, so you got that totally backward. So try to get that straight in your little brain. Second, I don't even know you, let alone this Brandon person. Never met him, do not know him. So don't assume in your paranoid little pea brain that this is anywhere near the truth either. Obviously, you are listening to Reagan's little lies. Try to think for yourself, OK. Go find your man, and leave me alone. I am not involved in your little drama, so leave me out of it. Approach me again and I will not be nice about it. Please feel free to stay the hell away from me the rest of the night, no correct that, the rest of my life. You are clearly unhinged" I told her and turned away to go to tuck my arm back through Austin's. When I felt her try to rush me.

I was glad for the slit down the side of my dress now, as I kicked her in the stomach as she was about to jump on me. The kick knocked her back with the crowd quickly splitting apart to let her land on the hardwood floor. She growled loudly and came at me again this time with her claws extended to try to cut me. She wants to end me, and I am not going to allow it. I sidestepped her and bent over causing her to sail past me, and hit the floor again. She had her warning, she wants to do this, so I will grant her, her wish. When she rushed back at me, I kicked her again and this time I felt my heel cut into her face on her cheek. She was going to receive a permanent reminder of her mistake to carry with her for the rest of her life. Her wolf would heal her, but it is going to leave behind a scar. Maybe she will remember to not attack people for no reason after this.

Her scream of fury rang through the entire place. People were looking down from the second floor and watching us. That embarrassed her even more and when she went to attack me again, Olivia stepped in front of me. "Who the hell are you? Who invited you to the ball?" Olivia asked in her Luna tone.

"Cheryl Peters, I am the daughter of the Gamma for the Black Adder pack. I came with them" Cheryl told Olivia but was refusing to keep eye contact.

"That is a lie. You were banished along with your parents yesterday. Do not try to lie or drag us into it. You are not a member of our pack anymore. I can scent that you have a new pack now, but I am not familiar with the scent of it" Truett said in a loud tone, with Stella wrapped up at his side. He was holding Stella back actually, as she wanted to join in, but he could tell I had it. Although, to be honest, I would like to hit her a few more times. But I had done enough damage to her, her cheek had been cut open, and blood was steadily dripping down onto her beautiful baby blue dress. Her dress looked terrible now, and her formerly attractive face didn't look quite so good anymore.

He is right, that scent is familiar to me, and I stepped forward to take a deep breath and announced, "She is now a member of the Silver Blade pack."

Olivia let out a roar of anger and stepped forward toward Cheryl. She was angrier than I have ever seen her, and I was glad to get a first-row view of this playing out. "I didn't invite you. Raven only invited four from the pack, did you come with them?" Oliva asked calmly. Wow, that was fast, and Cheryl would be stupid to think that Olivia was suddenly calm. I can see my Dad and Carter heading this way.

"Reagan told me that I could come with them. I am sorry Luna, I meant you no disrespect" Cheryl said and tilted her head in submission.

"Reagan cannot invite people to OUR event. You dare to come here, trespassing, and then speak lies about our family member for whom the ball is. Are you insane? How could you have thought that you could get away with it? You won't, as a matter of fact, you are very bold to just stand there and lie right to my face" Olivia motioned two warriors forward and Cheryl was drug away screaming for help while she was escorted to the cells.

"Alpha Sullivan, Luna Cassandra, please step forward from wherever you are hiding in here, and clear this situation up" Olivia's voice bounced off the walls in her anger.

I see them coming up from the back of the group near us. They are walking proudly with their heads up, but they know that this is not going to end well for them. From the blush showing on her cheeks, Luna Cassandra is totally embarrassed about the situation. "Let me clarify Luna Olivia, we did not invite her. Reagan did. She came here with Reagan and Justin tonight. We didn't have anything at all to do with it" Alpha Graham started out.

"Where is Reagan then? Do you know?" my dad asked.

"She is here somewhere," Luna Cassandra said quietly.

"She is indeed here somewhere, I will be glad to take you to her," Alpha Cole said to them.

"Where is she, Alpha Cole?" Alpha Graham asked.

"In my cells, waiting for her punishment to be decided." my dad said, and gasps of shock, and some in outrage, were heard all around the room.