Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter Chapter 45

Raven's POV

We are a bonded pair now, and I could not be happier. I can feel how much Brandon loves me. I am over the moon at the second chance mate that the Goddess gave me, I am so thankful to her for giving me such a good man. He carried my bags downstairs and put them in the SUV for me. Stella has quite a bit more stuff than I do, so it was a good thing that I only had a little carry-on and a full suitcase for all my stuff. They had to set the back row down to get it all loaded in, and they still had to Tetris it in to get it loaded. I feel much calmer today than I did last night, but I already know that I am going to cry again when we go to leave. Carter and Simone will be following us back, as she needs to pack and come back with him.

Everyone seems so blissfully happy this morning with their new mates. We all had breakfast together, and our dry eyes remained until it was time to leave. But we needed to, word didn't need to get out that the Alpha and Beta were both away. Truett's dad the former Beta, Edward Logan, was in charge along with the newly appointed Gamma, Leander, who apparently was Cheryl's little brother. I don't know what to think about that yet. No one expected anything bad to happen, but you also don't want to give an opportunity for anything bad to happen either. Dad understood, and Stella and Lanie were super excited about going to see their new pack. I was a little less enthused, but I was happy to go with Brandon to his pack. I love and trust him, and I know that he will not allow anything bad to happen to me at my new home.

I hugged Austin and told him to come and visit me, and he promised he would. He just got his license too, when I did, so he will be getting a vehicle of his own soon. Dad had told both of us that we would each be getting one. I had been practicing in the SUVs for the driving test, and dad wanted us to have big vehicles to protect us. As children of an Alpha, sometimes we can be used as bargaining chips for deals, or money. I see a shiny new SUV in front of the pack house, and dad and Olivia take me over to it. Carter is standing there with Simone and he is grinning at me. Dad explains that he got two of them, one for me, and one for Austin. Carter still likes his flashy sports car, but I loved the new SUV. I already had a name in my head already picked out for her, Black Beauty. "I will drive your SUV there for you, Raven, and we will bring Simone's car back with her stuff. Well, as much stuff as we can load in it. Then next week when her parents come to visit, they will bring the rest of it with them" Carter said, and Simone gave him a small push on his arm. They look so cute together and they make me smile. Simone was very nice when I got to speak to her last night and at breakfast, and she was excited about getting a new sister too. Simone is already 1000% better than Reagan ever was. "Thanks, dad, thanks Olivia, I appreciate the new car, but you didn't have to do that for me," I told them both as they smiled at me, and tried not to cry.

"I know that we didn't have to, but we wanted to. This way you can come back to see us when you want, or need to, without having to wait to get a ride. I wanted you to have control over what you can do. Plus, Austin got one too, it is only fair. I did add something to yours though. I got a protective grill, a good one, installed on the front of it. If anyone you don't know ever tries to stop you on the road, just go ahead and hit their car, the grill is designed to push their car out of your path. Just call me, or Brandon, so we can come to help you. We are going to miss you so much, my baby girl. Even with knowing that this time would eventually come, this is so hard for me" my dad said, and I can see his eyes shining with tears that he is refusing to let fall.

"I am going to miss you too. You two have been the best parents ever, and I was going to see if Olivia was OK with me just calling her mom, from now on. I don't want to upset her, or my brothers though" I said, and cut my eyes over to Olivia to gauge her reaction to what I had asked. Olivia gave a muffled cry and said, "Yes! Yes, sweet girl, of course. I considered you to be my daughter already the moment I meet you. You don't even have to ask, I was just giving you time to get to know me, I didn't want you to feel forced or pressured into thinking you had to. But you are mine, just the same as the boys are, I didn't have to give birth to you for me to love you like I do"

Now she has got me crying too, and I feel Brandon's hand on the small of my back rubbing it, to help to calm me down. I love that he can feel my emotions, and loves and cares for me to help me when I need it. I love the bond between us, as I will know when he needs me as well. There is no guessing, the bond is a powerful thing, and I am so glad for my second chance mate. I have never felt so loved and cherished. I knew that Justin felt something after he touched me, I had felt the tingles on my face when he touched me too, but it was nothing like what I felt with Brandon.

Everyone loads up and I get into the front of the SUV with Brandon as he goes to take us home. Stella and Truett are in the backseat, and they take every opportunity to touch each other. Holding hands, giving a quick kiss, a hug, and it is so sweet. Stella got what she had always wanted too, and I couldn't be happier that we would still be in the same pack together. There was a great deal of comfort in knowing that I wouldn't be alone in my new pack. That while I was still learning and meeting new people I will still have a group of people there to make it easier. Angie was ecstatic and wanted some grand pups as soon as possible. I was thinking that it will be great for the children to be so close in age, more like siblings, than cousins. Stella talked excitedly all the way there, and Black Adder did not disappoint.

It was a huge pack. Brandon had filled me in on a few of the things that had happened due to what Cheryl and Silas did. Things that cost him and the pack so much, and I could tell how frustrated he was about it. He felt like it made him look like a liar in front of his pack, as that is what they went around implying. He told me they said that he was not dependable, and didn't have the pack's best interest at heart. He was the angriest that the original promises that he made, had still not happened. He wanted his pack members to be able to enjoy themselves inside their own pack on their day off. To be able to spend time relaxing on their own land, without the danger of being discovered if their child had an incident at the playground. He cares about his people and I reached over to squeeze his hand.

"We will get it done together. We will make the pack exactly what you want it to be, Brandon. Our pups will play on that playground with their packmates. We will make that happen. I can see your vision" I told him and I can. I can also see us going even further. It rains a lot in our area, and I think some indoor options would be a great idea too. A center with a bowling alley, arcade, and maybe a rock climbing wall in it, and a separate building for movies would be nice. It would give the pack members options on other things to do here inside the pack. I will have to run it by Brandon, but I remember how boring it was for me to stay in my room all the time, with no other options for me, other than the occasional books that I could get my hands on. That is another thing, I would like to see the library situation too. I would love for us to have a large library, one with a kid's corner, and comfortable places to read in it.

The pack house was large, and there was a group outside when we arrived. The former Alpha and Luna, were in the SUV in front of us, with Krew and Lanie. We were in the second SUV, and Carter and Simone were behind us in my SUV. The Alpha family was greeted warmly, and for the most part, Stella, Lanie, and I were as well. There were of course some jealous she-wolves in the bunch, but they just watched us and then walked away. Nothing bad was done or said to us, and I can take a little heat, especially since I won the best mate prize. They will get over it eventually.

I stayed with Brandon until everyone had left, and got my bags out of the back of the SUV. Carter had given me the two keys that came with my SUV and I had given one of them to a warrior to move it to the garage for me. I wasn't planning on going anywhere anytime soon anyway, so it was not a problem to get it parked. Simone and Carter went up to get her packed, and Brandon took me up to his room for me to unpack. His room was really big and very nice. He had decorated it in a smokey blue and dark gray color, which I recognized as the pack colors on the gate. It smelled like him, and I was glad to not scent any she-wolves in here. I know what he said, but sometimes guys downplay when it comes to other women. I was glad that he was serious about staying away from anyone that wasn't his mate after Liza.

Brandon hugged me and gave me a kiss before he excused himself to go to his office and get caught up with his paperwork. He had done it yesterday before he left, but there is paperwork every day, and he didn't want it to get behind. He promised me he would be done in two hours or less, and told me that the pack knew that I was there, and I was free to go wherever I wanted to. I decided to go check out the rest of the packhouse for myself. I wished I had asked him where his office was, that is, which floor it was on. There were 5 floors to this massive packhouse, and it was pretty large. I could smell his scent until I got on the elevator, and from there I would lose it as I didn't have a floor. No matter, I was not scared to be alone anymore. I can defend myself pretty well now, I knew that Stella and Lanie were busy with their men, and then unpacking, so I was content to go on this little adventure by myself. I am the Luna here, despite not having my ceremony yet.

"You are never alone, Raven. You have me, and I guarantee you that I can take care of any problem we run into here" Emerald mindlinks me, and she makes me smile. She is right, she was my first friend, and she will take care of anything that happens to us. I had seen the dining hall on the first floor, and I knew that he was going to meet me there at noon. So I decided to check out the other areas instead, as I would see the dining area at lunch. I walked around outside for a little bit, the landscaping was gorgeous, and the flowers were lovely. I saw a vision of where I would like the buildings to go out there, from the playground to the other things that I wanted to get built as well. Dad had put some money into my account. Ever since he got me back, he has been nothing but wonderful to me. He said that he had spent money on my brothers for everything he had bought for them their whole lives. So he put the finds in there for emergency and had estimated what he had spent on my brothers and halved it. Austin is much more lowkey than Carter, and his tastes, as dad said, were less expensive. He was so upset that I had been neglected and punished. He was convinced that it was his fault for not confronting them sooner.

It was never his fault, it was always Graham, and Cassandra's. They started the downward spiral of my life by deciding that I needed to be punished for existing, despite it being their choice on how it played out. I had no responsibility or blame for it, but just my being born made them instantly hate me. That shows the lack of understanding that they had. They caused this whole train wreck, their own bad decisions. It never had anything to do with me, it was all on them regardless of whether or not they were willing to admit it. I am glad that the therapy I received allowed me to think this through, and know that it had never been my fault. The blame always lay on them, for their own bad choices.

I had been getting a few curious looks, mostly from the unmated warriors. But thankfully no one had approached me yet. I had gone out much further than I intended to, but I was just trying to get the lay of the land here. Brandon was very proud of his pack and was telling me about the new land purchase as he had chatted excitedly on the way here. He wants to do the upgrades he was mentioning and a new packhouse. He also wants to add more homes on the land so his people have options, to live in the packhouse, or to have some space away from the busy packhouse. I liked that he wanted them to be able to decide for themselves and that he wanted his pack members to be happy.

I was heading back to the packhouse and passing the training grounds when I saw trouble coming my way. This is not my first go-around with confrontation, and honestly, it probably won't be my last, but I had a good minute before they can cut me off, so I continued on my path to the packhouse. They managed to stop me about a thousand feet from the back entrance.

"So, I see the pride of Silver Blade is our new Luna. How in the hell did you manage that? From what I have heard, you are not worthy of getting an Omega as your mate" The leader of this group of four girls spits out at me. She is really angry at me for some reason, and I have no idea why. I have never met her. I hope that this is not going to be the way my new pack treats me. I hope that this is an isolated incident. But if she is implying that I will just take abuse as I did at Silver Blade, this girl is in for a surprise.

"I am sorry, I do not know you. You are?" I asked her as I arched my eyebrow at her. She is wrong if she thinks that she and her little group are intimidating me. They would have before, but I am not the same girl I was at Silver Blade. The information that they got on me is outdated, and they are about to find that out.

Two of the girls with her, go to stand behind me, flanking me with one on each side of me, waiting on their ringleader to tell them to start. I already know what they are planning to do. They are going to try to hold me for the angry one to hurt me. OK. I guess the time for talking is now done. The leader steps up to me, and we are almost nose to nose now. She is just a little shorter than me, and I can tell that is it pissing her off to have to look up to me. She was at a high point when she stopped me, and I guess when she stepped down to where I was she realized that I had been standing in a low spot. I can see her eyes glaze over and the two girls immediately grab my arm that was closest to them, and the fourth girl keeps a lookout for them. They all know that I am the new Luna and that what they are doing was punishable, yet they are doing it anyway.

"You hurt my friend, my best friend. You got her kicked out of here, and she let me know last night that you were coming. It is only right that I do to you what you did to her" the girl said to me and I see a little paring knife in front of my face.

"Ah, you are Cheryl's friend. It all makes sense now. She attacked me, she got some bad information and thought she would hurt me. Looks like you got some bad information too. Or do you not get in trouble for assaulting your Luna here at Black Adder?" I asked her. I felt the girls holding my arms stiffen up and their holds loosen on me, before she hissed at them both, "Hold her, you know what Cheryl said." Their hold got tighter on me again and I almost wanted to laugh at them. They must have lost their minds. This was a really bad idea, but I will play along.

"What did Cheryl say?" I asked them in an amused tone. I really wanted to hear this.

"That you had Brandon spelled, and that by taking away your beauty, he will realize that Cheryl is his mate. Then she will come back here, as Luna, and let me have anyone that I wanted as my chosen" the girl said. It was so messed up, I had to laugh. She cannot be serious. This girl is just as delusional as Cheryl is, but that knife was real and getting very close to my face.