Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter Chapter 54

Raven's POV

I was sleeping peacefully when a loud growl filled the room. My eyes flew open, and I am scared. Scared for my baby, as I need to protect us, my hand protectively moves to cover my stomach. I see Brandon standing at the door, and I am so happy to see him. I feel a hand in mine, and see that Justin had stayed with me the whole night. Dad had told me that I would not be alive if it hadn't been for him. I am really grateful to him. He saved me and my pup, and for that, I am willing to forgive him for what he did. Now that my anger has lessened, he seemed to have been a victim in a lot of this whole thing too. I don't think any of us were prepared to see exactly how far Reagan was actually willing to go. Simone showed me the video last night while Justin was gone to take a shower and change clothes. His parents are joining my dad's pack, and I was OK with that too, none of them had ever tormented me. They were the only exceptions in Silver Blade, and Dad seemed relieved about that.

They had packed Justin some clothes too, so he came back in fresh clothes, and thankfully didn't smell like Reagan anymore. I was going to have to talk to him, about a few things, but for right now, I needed to speak to Brandon. Before I can open my mouth to tell Brandon to calm down, Justin is up, and now standing protectively in front of me. This did not make Brandon happy, and I knew it wouldn't. I need to speak to each of them, privately. They were going to argue every step of the way if I didn't, and right now I cannot take the added stress. I will not allow them to cause me to lose my baby, because of their pride.

"Justin, can you give us some time to talk, please? You can go grab some breakfast for yourself, I will be OK. I just want to speak with Brandon in private" I asked Justin. I can tell from how he is standing that he is really thinking about fighting with Brandon, and he doesn't need to do that. He is still holding my hand, and that seems to be the catalyst for Brandon being upset. "Justin, just give us 15 minutes. I will be here when you return."

He releases my hand, but before he steps away from me he asked, "Would you like anything from the dining room?" I can see that he is fighting with his wolf, who does not want him to leave me alone with Brandon. I can feel the worry for my safety pouring off of him.

"You can bring me a coffee and a muffin back, thank you, Justin," I told him and gave him a smile. He needed to relax, Brandon won't hurt me.

"Do not hurt her, Brandon. I will be back, soon. I don't care if we are in a hospital, or not, if you hurt her, we will fight" Justin said as he walked past Brandon to exit the room, and deliberately bumped into his shoulder. That was not a smart move, Brandon is an Alpha, and does not like to be disrespected, he had already turned around and taken a step to go outside with Justin now. I have to intervene.

"Brandon" I called out to him softly, and he froze in his steps, came back into my room, closed the door behind him, and walked up to my bed. He looks bad. His hair is a mess, and he clearly hasn't slept. I feel bad for him, as the bond is telling me exactly what he is feeling. But he didn't care about what I was feeling yesterday, he needs to know what he did yesterday. He came to the side of my bed and kissed the top of my head, and then bent down to take in a deep breath at my neck. He seemed to relax a little at that time. He walked to the other side of my bed and I was sure he didn't want to sit in Justin's chair. He sat down and motioned to my hand, to ask permission and I nodded at him. I was still angry at him, I have not forgiven him. What he said to me was disgusting and incorrect. He would not listen to reason, and it showed in the type of faith he had in me, which was clearly not much.

"I am so sorry, baby. I am, I am ashamed of what I said to you last night. I am sorry for pulling my arm back from you like that. I didn't mean for you to fall. But I was so upset, I mean, she looked exactly like you. I can show you the video, I swear that I thought it was you, Raven, I am so sorry. I thought that having seen it, right there in front of me, it was true. I was wrong. Stella straightened us all out. She and Laine are disappointed in us too. I cannot help the jealousy I felt. I love you, you are my mate, and I got crazy jealous. I saw how much love he had for you, Justin believed it was you too, it was clear in the video. His every touch, everything he did, showed how much he truly cared for you. That did it for me, it broke my heart to see you two together. It seemed like you had betrayed me the same way that Liza did, and I was so angry that I just couldn't see the truth" Brandon told me and then buried his head in my legs. Letting go of my hand and then hugging my legs tightly. I can tell he is being honest, but that is not the problem. "I know you love me, Brandon, but it is now clear to me that you don't trust me. You want me to trust you completely when there are girls at Black Adder that are still after you since I arrived. They have never stopped their pursuit. Stella told me about the viral video, about how the girls were coming on to you as a way to "get back at me" for cheating on you. The thing is, Brandon, you never shut them down. You announced me as Luna, but your fan club still gathers daily, to watch you guys train. Stella and I are jealous women, we know you love us, but it seems like you have a set of rules for you, and a set of rules for me. You know I had been hurt too, I have trust issues too. I have seen a few instances in training where they are pretending not to "get it" just to get you to put your hands on them, to show them. Still, I left it alone. Do you know why Brandon?" I asked him, and I can see by the guilt on his face, he knew exactly where I was going with this. But I don't think he does yet.

"That I didn't trust you," he said in a low voice.

"Not entirely, it is that you can do whatever you want, and I need to "get over it,". That you can still be admired and hit on and I still need to trust you about it. I had given you a pass because I didn't feel it, the betrayal pains. Believe me, once you feel them, you will remember them. That was what I was trying to ask you, when you jerked your arm back, causing me to lose my balance. I could have lost our baby. Our innocent child who has done nothing to anyone could have lost their life yesterday because you didn't trust me enough to listen to me for 1 minute to ask you that. You kept trying to leave me at the door, and I just wanted to ask you that, It just took me a second, because at first, I honestly didn't know what you were accusing me of. Then when I heard you call me a w***e, I figured it out" I told him. I saw him flinch when he heard the word. I imagine he had been up all night sick about what he has said to me.

"You know I didn't mean that, I was just acting out of rage and anger," Brandon told me, and I feel his pain increase through the bond. He knew he really screwed up, but he is not telling me that he is going to change anything. I hope he is hearing what I am saying to him.

"I know that you didn't truly mean it, I knew why you said it, you were hurt and lashing out. But people heard what you said to me like you believed that video, and people gossip. I don't know if I can go back there with everyone having such a low opinion of me. One that you had given them, as you believed it, without allowing me to defend myself. If you had stood by me, and believed in me, we could have gotten through it faster, together. You did the same thing to me that I have had to live with my whole life. You assumed I had no value to you, after seeing that video. That I was now worthless and didn't want me anymore. You believed a lie, and now that you know it was a lie, you want me to just forgive you. Without trust, what happens the next time? Or the next? Will you be able to sit down and talk it out? That is what I asked for yesterday, and all three of you refused to listen to us. I think that in some way, you had to actually believe that I was capable of doing such a thing. Like with your groupies, let them hang on, why? Is it because you need a backup, in case I mess up? Having options "just in case" because I am no longer what you really wanted," I told him. I can see how upset he is, he is vehemently shaking his head no, but that is what it felt like to me. I just need to get this all out now because he really wants to tell me I am wrong, but am I? This is how I feel. How he can tell me how I need to feel, that I am mistaken about it?

"Just because you don't believe it right now, Brandon, what came out of your mouth yesterday after seeing the video, was something you were thinking. I am as hurt by your words, as I was when I fell. You wrote me off, right then. You were in so much pain you didn't want to add the rejection to it. But we both know that you were planning on coming and doing it later on, right? You had all my stuff all packed up. You were cutting me loose before I could say a word to defend myself. You saw me laying there on the ground, carrying your pup, bleeding and hurt. Instead of just putting me in another room to investigate the video, or to give yourself time to calm down to listen to reason, you just got rid of me" I told him, and I can feel the tears running down my face. We both knew what he was probably going to do, and that hurts the most. That someone who said they loved you, wouldn't listen to your side of the story. Despite the fact that you have witnesses to the fact that you were innocent of what you were being accused of. "No baby. I was never ever planning to reject you. I was angry and hurt. I flew into a rage and I was scared I was going to end up hurting you. Yes, I f****d up with packing your stuff up, but that was a miscommunication. I told Truett I wanted you to leave, and he assumed, with all your stuff, he didn't realize that I just meant until I calmed down. Sending you away was for your own safety, baby. I was so angry, and I just didn't correct it when I saw your bags. I will die without you, Raven, I will do anything to keep you. Do you not realize that an Alpha seeing that kind of video, about his mate, 9 times out of 10 would kill? I wanted to, I was barely hanging on, but Axe was refusing to do it. I think in the back of his head he knew that there was something wrong with the whole thing, we just didn't know what it was. Stella pointed out to me last night that was exactly what Reagan wanted me to do, was kill you. Baby, I love you and trust you, but I am telling you, I swear that it looked like you in the video. Between that, and the fact that Justin still clearly loves you, it was the very worst day of my life. I will make sure this doesn't happen again. I am going to attack Silver Blade. I am not going to wait for approval from the council. This almost cost me my mate and my pup, and that cost is way too high. I am going to end your sister myself, so we don't have to ever go through something like this again" Brandon was begging me.

I can see he was telling me the truth, and I am able to calm down. I was so worried that he was planning on rejecting me, and that was going to play into my decision. If he had been going to reject me, I was going to make him do it now. I was in the clear as far as the pup was concerned, the baby was fine. They were releasing me later on today by noon. I need to think of a plan, as I have heard about how the video is making the rounds. It is even showing in the human world now, as it just keeps getting shared. It is embarrassing to think that people are believing that it is me. I feel humiliated, and I am not going to take this one, and not pay her back. I am going to announce to the world that it was not me, and I will be doing that soon.

"Brandon, I am willing to come back with you. But we need to talk about something else. As you said, you saw Justin and his emotions in the video. I need you to stay calm in this. But I will need to talk to him as well when he gets back in here. I am going to need time alone, with him too" I told Brandon.

"As long as it is to tell him that you and he are done, I am good with that," Brandon told me, and I can tell from his crossed arms and the huff that he gave when I asked him, that he was not going to cooperate with me on this.

"We need to talk as well, Brandon, before he gets back. I don't know what is going on with me and Justin either. But when you woke me up growling the place down. I felt it, I felt the tingles on the hand that Justin was holding. I need to see if he feels it too. I know that the Goddess had broken our bond. But it looks like she is giving it back to us, for some reason. I cannot explain it, I didn't ask for it. I don't know how in the hell it is possible, but I know what dad told me. He said that Justin told him to slow down, and where to stop at. My SUV was buried, it was blocked by shrubs and small trees. Dad told me that as fast as he was driving to get to me, he would have never seen it. They would have flown right past me. Who knows how long it would have been before they would have found me? I Justin hadn't sensed me, I would have died, and so would our child. I need to talk to dad about this and get him to check with the council because it is rare for the Goddess to give a broken bond back. It has happened before, but it is exceptionally rare. I don't know what is going on, or why, but I felt it. It is the same tingles that I feel with you" I told him and waited for his reaction.

"I know why. I begged her every day for the last 2 months to restore it. I screwed up, badly. But I do love you, Raven. I wanted another chance with you. I don't know why she did it either unless the big bad Alpha over there is planning on rejecting you or something" Justin said quietly from the door. I have never heard it open. He obviously heard everything that I just said to Brandon.

"I am not going to reject her. I love Raven. I will not let her go" Brandon growled out to Justin. I watch him stand up and hold my hand. I felt the tingles very strong at the contact.

"I am taking back my rejection, Brandon. I was forced to do it under duress anyway. I never wanted to reject Raven. I had to do it, or my family would have faced the consequences of my actions. I messed up, but I still love her. I will not be letting her go either, Brandon" Justin said and walked over to put my breakfast onto the rolling table, and then he gently took my other hand, into his. I felt tingles on both of my hands. Faint on Justin's hand, they were not as strong as with Brandon, but they were definitely there. "You had already lost her Justin! Raven is MINE, and you need to back off. The sooner you accept that, the happier we will all be" Brandon yelled across the bed at Justin.

"Well, well, well, is this the "no stress" environment that you guys were supposed to be leaving Raven in?" Stella said as she entered the room. She is already up to speed on what is going on as neither of them was quiet about staking their claim. I just don't know what is going on right now. I was fine with leaving Justin before, but I feel our bond growing stronger and stronger, even though Brandon has marked me. I need to get with dad as soon as possible to figure out just what the hell is going on now, to avoid the fight between them that I know is coming.