Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter Chapter 43

Justin's

POV

I cannot believe Raven. I just wanted to freaking talk to her for just a little while. To let her know how I was forced into this deal with Reagan. She doesn't even want to hear my side of it. This is complete bullshit, and I am no longer willing to just sit back and wait for her to realize that it is me that she needs in her life, not that i***t Brandon. She is probably going to mate with that overgrown Alpha tonight. He is not better than I am. I could take him if it really got down to it. I feel my heart tighten at the thought of my precious Raven sleeping with him. I just pray she won't. She needs to be with me, I need her. I am her mate, and I don't want to let go of her. I was forced into that rejection. But I still wanted her, very badly.

Reagan and Cheryl continued to b***h and gripe all the way home. They are driving me crazy, but I refuse to listen to either of them. They both disgust me. These girls, although really pretty, are the two worst she-wolves that I have ever met. They only care about themselves. No one else is important to them, and for Reagan about to be the Luna of the pack, that is very concerning. It should be to the whole pack, as they have got to realize that she will never put their needs first. She just wants the position because she wants the power, prestige, and money that she can spend on whatever she wants, that is going to come with it. I kept running over everything in my mind. What I could have done differently, what I SHOULD have done differently. Hindsight really is 20/20. I am sick over losing the best thing that could have happened to me, all because Reagan wanted to be a Luna, and she wanted me to be her Alpha. She could have picked someone else, but by picking me she was able to get a strong Alpha for herself AND hurt Raven at the same time. It didn't matter that no one knew that we were mates yet. Reagan's happiness and laughter when she found out, should have had me running for the hills. I should have jumped onto the Blood Walker packlands right after Raven. Even if I died, I would be in a better situation. But I think that Alpha Cole might have spared me, he likes me, and I could feel it. But he was still angry at me for falling into the trap that Alpha Graham and Reagan set for me.

Raven was just mad at the time, but she would have gotten over it. I know she would have because our bond was strong. Then I wouldn't be completely miserable right now. I glanced over at Reagan in the passenger seat and she is spewing so much hate for Raven right now. Reagan and Cheryl have been making some vicious plans for Raven, and I am tempted to tell on her again if it is still another vicious plan. But I know that Reagan, although not the smartest person I know, is pretty good at figuring out deceit. Plus after the last plan failed they will be watching me for the next while. I know that Reagan is trying to test me and that whatever they decide to do in the car with me, is probably not what the plans are actually going to be. I could care less right this moment though because keeping Raven safe is Brandon's problem now. He is her mate, she has shot me down for the last time. I am giving up, I have to, I know that she will never be with me now.

Just thinking about it causes another squeeze in my chest. It hurts so much, I was so close to her being mine. Reagan deserves to be sentenced to death for what she has done to me. I drive behind Alpha Graham's Mercedes as we speed back to our pack. None of us will feel better until we are safely behind the gates there. As Reagan and Cheryl start making plans to get onto the Black Adder land, I suddenly realize that they are deadly serious about this. They are willing to cross onto packland that they can be guaranteed of being killed on, all to get to Raven. I am shocked at the level of hate that they carry for Raven. She doesn't deserve any of it, I just cannot understand why they hate her so much, other than they are just sick with jealousy. They really are going to go to his pack to try to kill her. I cannot allow that to happen. I still feel like if I could sit down with Raven, and tell her the whole story, she will end up forgiving me. She is a sweet girl, she cares about others. I have seen her time and time again be the nicest person in our pack. Plus, I was her mate, she will have to forgive me. I have to speak up because I cannot allow these two bitches to hurt her. I need to convince them, and if I can't talk some sense into them, I will go to Alpha Graham about it. I will not let them kill Raven. Whatever it takes to keep her safe, I will gladly do it, because I love her.

"Wait, Reagan, not 30 minutes ago you swore to Alpha Cole that you would not do anything else. That you would leave Raven alone, so you could be allowed to leave Blood Walker. Your dad told you to leave her alone. Why are you making plans like this? Isn't it best to lay low for a while and make sure that the council is going to leave us alone? Wouldn't it be better to learn how to be Luna from your mom? To learn your duties and responsibilities before we take over Silver Blade. I have to learn too, we can do it as a couple. I really think that right now, we need to keep our noses clean, and not cause more problems" I told Reagan.

Her scoff tells the tale. She was never planning to stop, she is probably laughing at me for believing that she would. She was making plans while she was in the cells. She is the most spitful person that I have ever met. I cannot believe any words that come out of her mouth, she has shown me repeatedly that she cannot be trusted. She is an i***t for going ahead with this. We cannot win against the Blood Walker pack, or the Black Adder pack, let alone if they both attack us. I can tell that even without me telling them that they already know this and it is not going to end well for her or Alpha Graham. Reagan sneered at me and said, "Don't tell me what to do Justin. Just don't forget that we are in this together. It is you and me, against the world. You are going to be noted as my accomplice, so even if I do go down, guess who will be going down with me?"

"I don't even know what you did back there at the party, but I do know that I had no part in it. No, Reagan, I will not be going down with you. If you want to go down in flames, so be it. But I am not going down with you. Just remember when you do, and the council kills you, I am free of the contract. Just stop, let's make the pack stronger together. Get our packs businesses running more efficiently and then you can get that upgraded car that you always wanted. I will take your old one, won't that be better than what you are planning. You already have me. I am telling you that if you continue on with your plans for Raven, you are going to lose" I told Reagan. I am serious. I hope she listens to me in this. She is not thinking clearly at all.

"I will give it a little time, but I am telling you, just like I told dad, if she keeps it up, I will end her," Reagan tells me.

"You know that it was Alpha Cole who called the council right, not Raven. I overheard him talking when I came back to the venue to see if I could get you all out of the cells. I swore to him that you would leave Reagan alone. They wanted to let the rest of us go, and keep you there. Alpha Cole is not an i***t. He knows that you are not going to stop. Did you even stop to think that he KNOWS that you will try again? I feel like no matter what the council says, he is mad enough to start an unauthorized war with us. Make no mistake about it, it is one that we cannot win. The whole pack will lose if you continue playing this vicious game to pay Raven back for some imaginary slight. You have been the one to hurt her, over and over. We cannot beat them, if you piss them off bad enough and they kill everyone, you will never be Luna, Silver Blade will no longer exist" I told her. I wanted to beg her to stop. My family lives here. I don't want anything to happen to them, because if they get killed in a war over Raven, what in the hell was my point for agreeing to go ahead with the contract? It was completely pointless because I would end up dead either way.

I am going to get with Alpha Graham first thing in the morning if I can't catch him tonight. I will go ahead and suit up and sleep with Reagan too. That may calm her down, or at least slow her down. She is always much happier after we have s*x. I think that it will make her change her mind about what to do. Maybe I can get her to stop for at least a little while. We need to focus on what I said to her a minute ago, and not anything else. Strengthen our pack by training, and get our businesses working better. We may need to pay for help, especially if what Alpha Graham said was true. He had mentioned that Brandon was going to tear up our treaty between our packs. He seemed like a big enough jerk to do it too. He completely disgusts me, and my heart clenches as I imagine what he is about to do to my Raven.

Goddess, she was gorgeous tonight. I have never seen such a beautiful she-wolf. I could close my eyes and see her walking down that stairwell with her brothers, shyly looking at the floor. That flash of leg, her face lifting up as she stepped down to the main floor. There were several who took in a deep breath, the majority of them unmated males, who were undressing her with their eyes. They have no right to look upon her with lust in their eyes. She will never be theirs. She is mine. That is the other reason for the building up of the businesses. Reagan spends about $20,000 a month on her stuff. Clothes, her vehicle, shoes, purses, jewelry, and going out with friends to eat. I should start getting the same amount as her, and I will put it in an account for me and Raven. I will save my money up, plus any other money that I can get my hands on, and plan for the day that I can escape here, with my love.

I feel Reagan hit my arm with the back of her hand, and I looked at her with a frown, why is she hitting me? "Are you even listening to me, Justin? I repeated myself twice, but you didn't respond to me. I said that I will do as you ask. I will stop, for now. But I already have a plan in place and we already know the council is coming. You know dad got a head's up about it, they ARE coming. They don't come out into packs for no reason. I know that we will be in trouble, as Goddess only knows what she said to them. Who knows what all they have on us, and what they will ask us when they are here to investigate? I want a favor from you in return though. I have a plan that will get Brandon to reject Raven, and kick her out of his pack. She will have to come back to Blood Walker, with her tail between her legs soon enough. The plan involves you, I have the whole thing figured out, and I am ready to go with it. I will be needing your participation in it since you are clearly still so obsessed with Raven. I am sure that once you hear it, I feel like you won't mind it at all. I will even allow you to get a great benefit from it. I will let you know what it is at the right time. I am pretty sure you will be all in for it though" Reagan tells me and then starts to laugh. Her laugh scares me, with a shiver running right up my spine. I think that Reagan is losing her mind, I really do. But since she is going to leave my Raven alone, I will most likely agree to help her. But, if it ends up being really bad, I will tell them that I won't be doing it. I really need to know what is going to happen first before I agree with having any part of it. I know that Reagan can go too far with her devious plans, and I don't want to be caught up in it. I am only willing to agree so Raven can get to safety somewhere else. I would do anything for Raven, despite her hating me now. I made a bad decision, surely she can't hate me her whole life. I just didn't have the information I needed at the time, for me to make the correct decision. I should have been stronger, and we wouldn't be in this mess.

We get back to our pack and I can tell that even though the girls are quiet, they are still talking to each other. The car was silent as we pulled up to the front of the packhouse, but I see that Cheryl and Reagan's eyes are both glazed over as they speak to one another. This does not bode well for Raven, at all. I only found out about the last plan because Cheryl was not a member of the pack and they had to talk to each other, and couldn't link with each other. Since then, The Peters have joined our pack, and the girls can now mindlink with each other. I guess since Reagan still suspects me, they are trying to keep me from knowing anything until they are ready to strike. This is not a good thing. Both of these women are dangerous, in completely different ways. Both girls exit the car, and without looking at me head into the packhouse together. Luna Cassandra follows them up the steps and I walked up to Alpha Graham, who was still next to his car, as this can't wait.

"Alpha Graham, I know that Reagan is planning something with Cheryl. They were making plans on the way back to hurt Raven. I know that they are not going to do as you asked. I have concerns about our pack members and my own family who live here. I am worried that the choices that Reagan is about to make, will result in war. I don't want anything bad to happen to Silver Blade. It has been my home, my whole life. I don't need to be the Alpha to care about my home, and Silver Blade" I told him. I see the surprise on his face again for the second time tonight. He is giving me another hard look, but I am being completely honest with him this time. He will not sense any deception with my statement, as I meant every word of it. I have lived here my entire life. I have friends, and family, here. I don't want them to die all because one evil person can't stop while she is ahead. She got what she wanted, why does she feel compelled to try to ruin her sister's life?

"Thank you for letting me know, Justin. Reagan is willful and disobedient. I figured that she would keep on the way she qualified it in the cells tonight. I figured that she wouldn't be stopping because the council hasn't even been here to question us about Raven yet. So at that point, Reagan would consider it to be another attack, even though we all knew that they were coming. I know that she was just going to wait until that time, and then start up again. I figured that she was planning something, but thank you for the heads up, Justin. Sometimes I wish that she could be a little more like Raven. Raven is smart and kind, and she will be a good Luna. I know that Cassandra and I spoiling Reagan so much created who Reagan has become. I was hoping that after you and she became chosen mates, she would get better, or at least calm down some. That she would realize just how good her life is, Raven immediately gave you up to her sister, and I thought it was a good thing. I thought that Reagan was going to stop, but I see I am going to have to step in now. But now that I think about it, Reagan wanted Raven to cry and react badly over losing you. Reagan has got to stop, or she is going to destroy Silver Blade. Thank you for letting me know. Please let me know if you find out exactly what Reagan is planning to do. It isn't just Cole that we need to worry about now, Brandon's pack is even strong than Cole's. If Reagan goes too far, we will never recover from it" Alpha Graham said to me, and he is correct, I absolutely agree with him. This is not going to end well for us at all. I don't want to be involved in it either, but I am bound to this pack until our bond is broken. I hope that Alpha Graham and I can talk some sense into Reagan. She has to know that her actions don't just affect her, they will affect the whole pack. If only she would use her plans for the betterment of our pack, maybe things would be better between us. I just know that all Reagan cares about is herself, not the pack, not her parents, and not me. I just hope that when Reagan pulls off whatever plan she has come up with, it doesn't destroy us all.