Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter Chapter 61

Alpha Cole's POV

I just got a link from my men at the gate. There was a problem at Silver Blade and I need to get there quickly. The men advised that two murders had been committed, and wanted to head into Silver Blade, but I told them to hold until we arrived. I don't trust Graham at all, and this felt like it was a setup for them to escape when the men left the gate to go investigate. I went to leave with Beta Timothy and a team of 20 warriors, half mine and half Brandon's. Brandon also insisted on going, and Justin did too, he said that he knew the place better than us, so he might be helpful.

Things were tense in my SUV as we headed there. I made the trip quickly and we had linked the men to have them open the gate for us, as we were coming in now. One of the gate guards ran alongside us in his wolf form and took us to the scene. It was behind the packhouse, and near the woods. I had brought two trackers with me, but seeing where this was, I was starting to suspect that Graham had already left. I had Brandon and Justin go check the packhouse for the Sullivans or Peters family. These girls had been shot and I think that Graham and his family were out in the wind now. I am furious. I only gave him a heads up to cause him anxiety, and to cull the group down to a more manageable number. Giving people who tormented Raven an option of going rogue, or us dealing with them. I sent the trackers out into the forest to see what they could find. Within five minutes I had an answer, and it wasn't good. Blue Moon had found their two missing warriors and they had both been shot as well. Just like the girls at Silver Blade. I knew for sure that Graham had gotten away. I was pissed at Blue Moon, but I couldn't act on it as they had the same thought that I did which was to increase the warriors at dusk when we thought Graham was going to escape. None of us thought that he would be bold enough to do it in broad daylight. I am kicking myself. I should have sent some of my men to help Blue Moon, but they said that they had it covered. I believed that they did, I hate the loss of their men, and I wish it had been prevented. It hurt to lose your pack members, and I can tell that they will be helping us try to hunt them down.

We tracked them to an area where there had been SUVs parked and left for them. They planned a getaway and managed to be successful in it. I linked my men at the gate, and they advised that several people had left today, but that there was one group of women who had left with just one she-wolf, and a packed SUV. Right under there noses, the plan was executed right under their noses. I will have to speak to my men about this, I won't punish them, they were new warriors, and this will be a learning experience for them. I was bringing in my more seasoned men at dusk, I should have blended the groups together. That was on me, how can they learn if they don't get trained by the more experienced warriors?

We headed back to the scene and Brandon and Justin were back from the pack house. The safe had been cleared out, and Justin estimates that Graham had kept between $200,000 and $300,000 in cash in there. I do not keep that kind of cash on hand at Blood Walker. It is less than $75,000 in my safe, but then again, I don't go around paying people off either. I mindlinked all the nearby packs and asked them to be on the lookout for two black SUVS driven by Graham and his Gamma Silas. I also told them that a reward would be given to the pack that managed to give us the correct location of where they were hiding. I need to find them, right now with them being public enemy number #1, most packs would turn their back on them, scared to help them at all. They all know that would be calling both my pack, and Brandon's down on them. Most weren't dumb enough to do it.

I linked Beta Timothy and told him to start thinking of packs that would accept them. That list would be pretty small. I told him to go ahead and make it within a 250 miles radius of our pack. We will expand it if we get no results, but we have to have a starting point. They are desperate and in need of shelter. I also sent three vehicles into town to check for them too. If Graham was leaving at 2:30 in the afternoon, then he might be wanting to make a few stops. I asked Justin which bank the pack used and then linked them back to make sure that checked all of the Chase locations in the city, for the two SUVs. He probably won't stop, he will probably head straight to where he was going and hide under a rock, but we need to look for him.

I was sick over what had happened, I was planning on being here tonight myself. I was planning on killing him as he tried to escape. I wanted him to think that he was going to be able to taste freedom, and then yank it away from him. That was my goal when I made the video. I was trying to give him stress and grief like he gave Raven. Then kill him when he made a break for it. He took that away from me, and now that they are free, I am worried that the very place where they may find safety, is with one of the two packs that will become a problem for us in the future. I don't know if they are even aware of the slippery path that they are on. What if this situation with two of the slimiest men that I have known, will have something to do with it? The unknown aspect of it was chilling to me. I wanted, no, I needed to take care of this problem with them. I felt like I had failed my daughter, and I cannot stop the roar of frustration that rips out of me. I am so angry, and knowing what Emerald said about the upcoming war, I should have just come here first. I should have taken care of them, and THEN did the video to clear Raven's name. But I couldn't resist messing with them, wanting to cause them some of the same anxiety that they had caused my Raven while she lived here.

I have to stop, I need to focus and think about what I needed to do. I am so panicked that I am not thinking clearly. Graham had plenty of funds, and people who could carry out his instructions. He is desperate, that is clear looking at the bodies of these two young girls. There had been no gunshot heard, so he probably used a silencer, and that shows how prepared Graham was. Desperate people are ruthless, and this was not on me. They have been making each of these decisions, and what they did, was on them. I thought that the Blue Moon and the Falling Leaves pack knew how serious that this was to me. Why would they space the men out so far between each other? It was almost like they were aware this was going to happen, but I know that they didn't. I saw how upset they were over losing those two warriors. They were sick about it but second-guessing and hindsight won't be helping us out now.

I mindlinked Olivia to get another group up and bring Raven here. We will go ahead and sort the pack right now. I didn't have to heart to tell her that they had managed to escape. I didn't want to have to come back here for a while, and I needed to go ahead and get this done. Raven doesn't even have to exit the SUV, she can stay inside, and tell me yes, or no, on each person. I had the families of the two murdered girls collect their bodies to have their services done tonight. This way they can prepare their bodies, and say their last goodbyes. My children are even younger than these two girls, and it breaks my heart to see the pain that they are in. I am sure that this will help us find the girl's killers, we all knew who had done this. I told the Silver Blade warrior that was standing there with us, that tonight after the girl's ceremony, I would be speaking to the remaining pack members.

I see the SUVs arrive and I see that my wife had our new Gamma, Randolph driving and that he was the center vehicle in this convoy. He had driven, Stella, Amanda, and Raven here as well. He shook hands with the Silver Blade warrior that had been assisting us, and Olivia and Amanda got out to come and stand with us. I am glad that Stella stayed behind in the SUV to help comfort Raven. I am hoping that everyone who had caused a significant problem for Raven, had the common sense to get out of here, while they could. But again, common sense doesn't run rampant, so this could go either way. I had everyone here, with the exception of the immediate families of the slain girls to come and form a line. I had the warrior tell me the names of the family members that would not be attending, and we started there. Both families were not problems to Raven, but both the girls who died had been, so they would have been banished from the pack.

The line went quickly as I made sure they faced the SUV, not knowing that Raven was giving me the stay or banish instructions. I see a cocky she-wolf, clearly checking both Brandon and Justin out, and she wasn't trying to hide it at all. I heard Justin growl low in his chest, and I knew that she was going to be a banish before she even got to me.

"Look Alpha Cole, Raven was fair game at the time, according to Alpha Graham, and Reagan. We were told that it was fine and we were even encouraged to do it. I don't think that it is fair that I have to leave my home, all because of something that we were told was OK to do. You can't just come in here and make up some new rules that supersede what Alpha Graham had originally told us" the girl said and flipped her long blonde hair over her shoulder and tried to look sultry for Brandon and Justin.

"I am sorry, you are?" I asked her and brought her focus back on me.

"I was Reagan's best friend, Kristen Sanders. Justin knows who I am, we graduated together" Kristen said and looked back over at Justin.

"So, Kristen, do you know right from wrong? As a high school graduate, I would assume that you would?" I asked her. She manages to break her gaze away from Justin and looked back at me to reply with a short, and disrespectful "Yea." I can feel my anger building up as she looks back at Justin and then said, "I tried to go out with you in high school. You said that you were waiting on your mate. Then I find out today, no you didn't. I would still like to go out with you. I think that I am better in every single way than Raven. I think that if you gave me a chance, you would see that too". I am staring at this she-wolf in shock. How dare she insult my Raven like that. I am about to set her straight when Justin cuts me off.

"Kristen, there is no chance of that happening. Raven is my mate, the Goddess herself restored our bond. Even if she hadn't, I would never choose you. I allowed one evil girl to destroy my future and I won't make the same mistake again. I figured since I had gotten drunk and mistakenly slept with Reagan, it was fine to keep doing it until I met my mate. I allowed fear to help me to continue to make mistakes. I had just found my mate and was trying to figure a way out of what I had done when I got exposed. You are barking up the wrong tree thinking that I will lay a hand on you for anything except snapping your neck. You hurt Raven, over and over again. Alpha Graham didn't instruct people to hurt Raven, he just looked the other way and didn't punish people for it. You and Reagan however made it a daily activity. You won't be staying here, despite it "being your home", because it isn't anymore. You will be lucky to be banished, as I would rather end you now" Justin told her.

He was serious, and he looked like he was barely hanging on to keep from ending her life now. Hopefully, she is smart enough to listen to what he just told her. I don't think that she will get another warning. I was wrong.

"Don't think like you are so high and mighty, Justin. Even though you did not participate in it like we did, you were aware of it, and never stepped in. If you were "so in love" with your mate, why were you with Reagan? I swear you guys think with that little head, way more that the one on your shoulders. Let me guess, you are holding out hope that she forgives you right? Ha, you are an i***t. You rejected her, I know you did because Reagan told me. You f****d up stupid, and Raven isn't dumb enough to be able to forgive that. Goddess, you really are so much more stupid than I can believe. Anyone that saw the video can tell that you are the only one in love. Raven doesn't love you, you need to wake up and move on now before you embarrass yourself even more. You are seeing what you want to see, just like when you were tricked into sleeping with Reagan again" Kristen said and she is digging her own grave as I can see Justin's face. She may be telling the truth, but he loves Raven and will defend both her and him in this. "Don't get petty because you got shot down, Kristen. If you saw the video then you already know that I am with Raven, and so is Brandon. As you know only the Goddess gives multiple partners. So it isn't up to you. Yea, I messed up, and pretty badly, but I will spend the rest of my life proving to Raven that I love her. You even mentioned it too, you saw it. Now that we are marked she can sense my thoughts and my side of what happened. I will pray every day that the Goddess shows Raven my heart. I would do anything for Raven, waiting for her to accept me fully will be a pleasure to do, just for me to be with Raven. Go pack your things, you are no longer welcome here at Silver Blade. I can tell that you have angered my mate with your words. You are banished, do not return or you will be killed" Justin told her, and I am surprised that he is doing it himself. I am fine with it, I was going to do it, she clearly hates my daughter, and we don't want her here.

"Makes sense that the b***h is too scared to come out here. I beat her up back then, and I will do it again today. She knows that I am a warrior, and a great deal stronger than her. Probably scared to fight me, right? Raven, come on out girl. You are safe, I won't hurt you. How could I with so many men here to protect you? She was always a meek little mouse, she knows better than to come out" Kristen said and then sneered at the SUV behind us. I heard the door open behind me and I already know that Raven is coming. "Kristen, I see you are continuing on with your slutty ways. Haven't you and Reagan already worked your way through the warriors yet? Feel like you are trying to start up with men who are clearly out of your grasp. You can hang it up, I saw you checking out my mates. Make no mistake about it, they are both MINE. So you can stop flirting and checking them out now, it will never happen. You are indeed banished, but if you want to continue to run your mouth, I can settle this right now for you. What do you want to do?" Raven asked her.

"Well, the mouse has turned into a cat with claws. That is funny, but I am not scared of you. What can you do to me? You never trained, and I am not scared of you. Why don't you come over here and show me what you have?" Kristen asked and Raven took a few steps forward to come to show her. Brandon stepped forward and said, "Think of the pup, baby" and Raven stopped.

"You are pregnant? With his pup? Are you freaking kidding me? How, how did this crap she-wolf rank these two mates? It doesn't even make sense. Someone please, make it make sense to me. So you are alleging that you can't fight now, right? Are you sure you are pregnant? Or are you just too scared to fight?" Kristen said mockingly at Raven.

Raven was standing between me and Brandon when Kristen stepped forward and went to claw Raven in her face. Raven's leg kicked out before we could blink and kicked Kristen about 8 feet away. Raven just goes back to standing there calmly, as Kristen growls from the ground, and goes to phase into her wolf and attack Raven.