Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter Chapter 39

Reagan's POV

My father's roar wakes me up from my sleep, I am scared to hear it. I was worried that he was being tortured and immediately jumped up to check on him. I see Justin standing there, looking handsome, and the only one of us that was not currently locked up. I then remember that I owe him a punch. I walked up to the bars on my cell and tried to connect with his face when another guy walked past and starts to speak to Cheryl. Great, I swear that Cheryl just can't stop making problems wherever we go. She has caused enough problems already, but at least this one is going to really cost her, I should know.

She rejected her first mate, to see if Brandon would be her second chance mate, and that didn't work out for her. This guy was really attractive, and in normal circumstances, I would have flirted with him, but dad and Justin were both here. He was pissed and clearly disappointed in his true mate. Plus, with him being a Blood Walker, it just wasn't going to work out. I gnawed on my bottom lip, Goddess, I really hate that, as I can tell by how he moves he would be good to get tangled up with. I looked away when he glanced over at me, as I didn't want to get caught staring at him.

I was actually surprised that Justin was the one to yell at her and tell her to accept the rejection. I know that pain, and so does Justin, it hurts. It hurts waiting for them to accept it, and it hurts when you do accept it. There was no real way to get around it, it was going to hurt you to your core. I knew she wouldn't want to accept it, as this would mean that she had lost lose her second chance mate. I am quite sure that she didn't want that to happen. I know I hadn't, but I had trapped myself in it. I am still kicking myself for it. I would have loved to try to get a hold of Carter, at least for a couple of days. Just to get him out of my system, but he was right, he was her half-brother. I could not stand to be around Raven, and it would have just been a train wreck. It would never have worked out, but it would have been a good week. The hot guy passes me after getting his rejection, and he is really angry but glad that she had finally accepted it.

I was hoping that he would notice me when he passed by but he didn't, he just nodded at Justin for his help, and went out of sight. I knew he was still around as Alpha Cole wasn't an i***t, and knows better than to trust dad. Dad happened to notice me checking the guy out and looked up at the ceiling in frustration. What? I was just looking. Even dad strays, mom doesn't, but she knows better. Dad is more of a "Do as I say, not as I do" sort of person. He needs to calm down, watching him as I grew up, it just seemed like he had a better life for it, doing what he wanted, and with whom he wanted. I just kind of copied him. So far, I was right. It is a better, and certainly a less boring, life.

"Reagan, you need to show more respect. Justin was truly worried about you and came down to check on you, and this is how you repay him? Trying to hit him?" my dad said.

"Dad, he totally ignored me as I was literally being drug away like a criminal. I needed his help and he stood there talking to Alpha Brandon. He should have been helping me" I cried out in anger.

"Alpha Brandon was speaking badly about you and our family. He was defending us, and immediately went after you, but the door they took you out of, was locked, by the time he got out of the place and started to look for you, you were gone. He did come after you" my dad told me, and it was plausible. They did have to unlock the door to exit it. This building was not that far away from the venue. It was very convenient, but also a good excuse. It sounded like he really did come after me, and I softened a little bit. "I am sorry, Reagan. I should have left Brandon immediately, and tried to stop Beta Timothy, but I had no idea that they were really taking you away like that. You are soon to be the Luna of Silver Blade. What possible reason could they have for putting you in the cells? I think that it is just a power play to embarrass the family. I will work on getting you all free, but I wanted to check on you first, to make sure you are OK. I was so worried after I saw that you had really been taken away" Justin told me. I can see the concern and sadness in his eyes. I believe him, he didn't know what Cheryl and I had planned. I had just guessed that it was him, as I know how unhappy he has been lately. He was not as affectionate with me as he had been before. He was easier to control back when he was sleeping with me. It seems like everything is blown all to hell lately. Maybe he will bend, and come back to our room to sleep in the same bed again.

"I will go speak with Alpha Cole, and see what can be done. I will promise him that we will immediately leave, as I feel like we need to get out of here, and as quickly as we can. I have no interest in participating in any more of this stupid celebration here at Blood Walker. This is all just an elaborate show, put on for us. They probably came up with the ball just to rub our noses in it. We came, we saw, we can just get the hell out of here, as I see no purpose for us to stay. Agreed?" Justin said, and I have to agree with him. I wanted to get the hell out of here. We have no strength here, away from our pack. There is nothing good to come from staying here at Blood Walker any longer.

"That is a great idea, Justin. I agree with you. We will leave as soon as Cole will allow us to" my dad said and I nodded in agreement. I was ready to leave right now.

"OK, I will see if they will at least get you some food or something to drink, while I go and speak with Alpha Cole. Don't worry, everything will work out" Justin told us and walked back to the stairs to be escorted out. Maybe things will work out between us. I believe what he said. I could tell that Alpha Brandon had an issue with me when I spoke to him. He had probably heard a lot of bad things about me from Raven. It is a pity, he is pretty attractive too. Justin is really stepping up here for us. He is calm, authoritative, and commanding right now, and he has never been sexier to me.

I sat back down on my bunk, steaming over what happened tonight. Why is the Goddess blessing Raven with so many attractive men? She doesn't deserve them. Justin, and Brandon both, were way too good for her. The Goddess clearly messed up, and badly by giving her so many blessings. Raven was just a little pest that was truly undeserving. I deserved Justin, so I took him. Raven wouldn't have even been hurt like she had been if she had only listened. This whole mess has been caused by her not following the rules that my dad set in place for her.

If she hadn't been out of her room, disobeying dad, she would have never realized that Justin was her mate. She wouldn't have caught us together, and we would have been mated and marked without her getting hurt like she ended up being. That was all on her, I needed a strong mate to help me run Silver Blade. Yes, she had a crush on him, but none of us actually thought that they were going to be mates. Yes, I intended to take her crush, but the rest of the stuff was just a fluke, an accident. I just needed to make sure that I got my legacy, that pack was my birthright, not hers. This pack was hers. If she wanted one so bad, she could have this one, but not Silver Blade. That was mine, and if I need to, I will fight her for it.

"Why was Justin being so mean to me? Why did he force me to accept my mate's rejection? That wasn't fair." Cheryl called out from the next cell. I can hear her still crying about it, and she is really getting on my nerves.

"Stop crying, if you weren't so busy focused on getting Brandon, who is NOT your mate, you would have scented him when he brought us down earlier. Did you not even recognize him? He scented you, and yet didn't reject you. You did this to yourself, so stop crying. He said it himself, he was going to accept you, but he heard you going off on another tangent over Brandon, and that was it for him. I don't blame him, it is hard to hear your mate wanting another man. You belonged to him, and yet you were so pissed about Brandon, you lost your second chance mate. Brandon belongs to Raven, you lost, let it go. It is done now, and he was never yours. Justin did the right thing by telling you to accept it. We don't need any of our pack members to be involved with anyone from Blood Walker. Cole is looking to get anything at all on us, while he builds up his case. He might have used your bond to get information from you. Suck it up and stop the crying, we need to get a plan together. Hopefully, we will be out of here soon" my dad tells her. I agree, shut the hell up with the crying already.

"Yes, I think we will be getting out of here tonight, or in the morning at the latest. I know that Justin will get us out of here" I said, agreeing with dad.

"Reagan, just watch Justin. Earlier tonight he was very upset when I tried to slap him for bad-mouthing you. He went off on me about you trapping him, and him never going to love you. Just be careful, I don't want him breaking your heart" my mom interjects. She has been quiet this whole time, but I am glad she loves me enough to tell me that. Dad and I were both already aware of it, but she was trying to protect me.

"I know mom, I know that he doesn't love me as he should. He has said that to both dad and me before. Justin may have changed his mind when he realized that I had been kidnapped. The problem between us is all my fault. He hadn't forgiven me yet for drugging him. He didn't want to go along with the plan, and we had to use more forceful means to get it achieved. I will be watching him, but I think he is coming around now. I will make sure to keep an eye on him once I get out of here. The best news was that Raven is now claimed, and now that she is marked, Justin will have to let it go and move on. She is not his anymore, so I really think that Justin will be more on board with being an actual mate to me from now on. I will leave her alone dad, but if she starts to cause us problems, I won't hesitate to teach her another lesson. I already have the perfect plan in my mind, and I believe that Justin will be more than happy to help me carry it out" I told him and try to hide my smirk at the devious plan that I had just come up with.

As long as she stays in her lane, I will let her go. But if she causes me, dad, or our pack problems, I will make sure she gets the payback that she deserves. Alpha Brandon is known for flying off the handle sometimes, so I know that he will fight back, I needed to take him out of the equation. Make him mad at her, so he stays out of it, and my plan is absolutely perfect. Although his mood swings could be because he has been abstinent for 6 years too, that probably played a role in it as well. I think anyone would be snapping at other people if they hadn't had s*x in 6 years.

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I agree, Justin will be easier to control now that Raven is no longer available. His wanting her, and her being so close to Silver Blade, was not ideal. He will finally have to admit to himself, that she will not be accepting him. I think he just has a weird infatuation with Raven, probably because they had been mated. She didn't encourage him, she was clearly still angry at him for choosing you over her. No one knew that she would get a second chance mate so soon. I hope that this will end his own fascination with her. He doesn't realize that she is done with him, or at least he refuses to accept it. It is all in his head, him thinking that he still has a bond, or a chance, with her. He doesn't, he just has a lot of guilt over what he did, and what we forced him into. He had never done anything like this before, so the guilt is probably crippling him right now. That is all he actually feels, but he is thinking that it is love, he should be over it soon. We will just watch him, as he might try to do something drastic to try to get her back. Reagan, you just need to work your magic on him to bring him back in line again. We will need him to help us, especially if the council allows Cole to attack us" my dad said to us.

I agree with that too, we need as many strong fighters as we can get. Our pack needs to step up and train, we have to be able to protect ourselves, and soon. We have been lax, and now we need to get in gear if we are to survive. What was the point in all of this if the pack gets wiped out before I can even take it over? I would be so pissed off if that happened. Raven gets to be a Luna, how unfair would it be if I didn't? I was raised my whole life to run this pack. I am so close to grabbing that rung, only for it to be snatched away from me. I feel like I could cry. I have wanted this, and only this, for the last 8 years. I was born to be the Luna of Silver Blade, and I will let nothing, and no one, take it from me. I have come way too far now to just give up. Whatever needs to be done to make sure that Justin and I get the pack from my parents, that is what I will do.

"Whatever it takes to get us out of this mess dad, I will do. I doubt that they will make us give up our pack. I think that we just need to train our members, and focus on the business end of this to build up our funds. I honestly believe that they will just be fining us, and not allow war. War is not in anyone's best interest. I think that as long as we build up our money, then we will be able to handle anything that comes our way" I told him. I can hear him chuckling from his cell.

"Dad, what is so funny over there? Why are you laughing?" I asked him. Worried for his sanity now, as this was not a laughing matter.

"You are, Reagan. It really isn't funny, but you are now so into "fixing this" when you caused it. You don't take instruction, and you do what you want to do. I don't know how long the pack can survive after you and Justin take over. I told you to stop, and we are in this all because of your actions. You HAD to have Justin. You HAD to sneak out to have risky s*x in the forest. Which ended up tipping your hand and letting Raven know that not only did she have a mate, but that you were stealing her mate. You telling me that Justin had rejected her when he hadn't. Which resulted in my being threatened with death, was on you too. You assured me he had, even knowing who her dad was and that their bond still being in place could kill her. Now you pull something else. Cole is right, you are a real piece of work. You care about yourself, and what you can get, that is it. Justin was a means to an end for you. A way to get the spot you wanted, but most of all, a way to hurt your sister. You need to focus on keeping your spot and the pack now. You have got to leave Raven alone, or we will be destroyed" my dad tells me. I cannot stop my laughter from escaping.

"Why dad, give me one good reason why. She is weak, and yes she is getting back at us right now, but this is only because she is new to them. Her family will calm down soon. Her mate will too. A penny is only shiny for a little while dad. Soon life will be back to where it was for her, and she will be treated like the mistake she is. I will not cower away from her. There is nothing about her that impresses me, and soon others will figure that out as well. Stop worrying, everything will be fine" I told him, still chuckling at him being intimidated by Raven. That is hilarious, dad must be losing it.

"Everything is not fine, you spoiled brat. Are you hearing what I am telling you? Brandon is tearing up our treaty, he will no longer be our ally. He refuses to continue on with it, as he is now aware of some of what she went through. When he goes, so do about 60% to 65% of our allies with him. He just told me that he was going to make calls and let them know, that if they are with me, they are against him. He will tear up treaties with anyone who supports us. We will be almost defenseless, and now is not the time for this to happen. The council WILL be ruling against us. We need to all pray for it to be only a fine, but I live in the real world, Reagan. One where your actions have actual consequences, you have no idea how many times I covered for you. How many times I have kept you from being punished for things you really needed to be punished for? I should have let you experience the punishment, I have created the very person who will end up destroying our pack. Please, Reagan, for the love of our Silver Blade, do not do anything else to Raven. I don't think that we can handle the consequences of it" my dad said, and my knees were weak.

Realization set in. Brandon would do that for his mate. Just like I can feel Justin's emotions, and see some of his memories. I bet Brandon can do that with Raven too. So even if she didn't tell him what happened, he could see what she went through. I am so screwed, I already know with them being true mates it will be even stronger for them than it is for me and Justin. He may be able to see more and know more, about what happened to her at Silver Blade. I believe dad when he said that Brandon will be tearing up the treaty. He will do exactly what dad said. If that happens we will have very few standing with us in case of attack. The ones left would be weak packs, like ours, who will offer no real help or support for us. We could be wiped out if we get attacked, the very real option of losing our pack is positively frightening.

Where would we go? Where would we be able to live? This is going to affect so many things in our lives. We would no longer live as well as we do. The possibility of us being broke, and homeless is looming over me. I cannot live like that, I didn't deserve to live like that. I refuse to do it. I have had a very comfortable life, and I can't just go and lose it all. I won't do it. I start making mental plans now. Yes, definitely build the business up more. Get the pack in shape because a war is coming. I will train too, even if I am not going to participate in it. Someone has to lead the women and children to the shelter. Yes, I need to build a shelter and stock it with some non-perishable food, and water. I start to make plans in my head now as I am frightened of what is coming. I am their leader and I won't lose the only home I have ever known. Other packs are hesitant at taking in former Alpha and Luna ranks because sometimes their pack could get taken away from them when they do. I need a notebook, or my phone back, so I can make notes of what needed to be done. I have to make some drastic changes so Raven's family leaves us alone.

I cannot allow it. I will have to do something about this. I won't stand by and watch as Silver Blade crashes and burns. I won't take this lying down. My mind goes into overdrive trying to figure out a way around this. With half the pack members at our pack, then Alpha Cole has at his, we are done for. I am not even taking into account all the people that Brandon has in his pack. I really regret what I did to him now. I am quite sure that he will be furious with me and want to pay me back for it. He will have to suspect me of it, as I gave him the drink. We are going to have to lay low for a while and think of a way out of this. Because if I can't live in peace and happiness, then neither can Raven.