Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter Chapter 65

Raven's POV

I find myself in a lovely garden with colorful flowers all around me. I was lying on a small patch of grass, and looking up at a gorgeous blue sky. I am alone as I sit up and look around. In the distance, I can see that there is a lady sitting on a bench swing at the top of a nearby hill. There is no one else around, but the view is stunning, I could lay here all day and enjoy the peace and beauty around me. I got up after a while and started up the hill towards her. She continues to swing slowly on the swing, acting like she doesn't know that I am coming, but I believe I know who this is. I see her long black hair like mine, and I am looking forward to seeing her face. I have heard a lot about the Goddess, and I know that actually getting to see her is a blessing in itself. She doesn't usually show herself unless it is important, and I guess I know what she wants to speak to me about.

I am wondering why it is taking me so long to get to her, and it seems like I am moving in slow motion, this uphill climb is taking a very long time. I have to wonder what this is all about now as she wasn't very far away from me, but it is like I am walking at about a third of my normal pace. I finally make it to the top and she turns toward me and smiles. I am stunned at how familiar she looks to me. Like an older sister, with her twinkling blue eyes being the only difference to my own face. I am startled. How does she look like me, and my biological mother and sister? I see her smile at my confusion and then stand up from the swing to walk over to me. She is about an inch taller than me, at 6 feet tall. She is the most beautiful woman that I have seen in my life. Every step she takes is graceful and effortless as she steps up to me. She gives me a hug, and I feel a total calm rush over me from it. She is happy to see me and motions me back toward the swing. We swing for a little while in peaceful silence and she finally asks me, "Are you still mad at me Raven?"

I freeze because actually, I am. I was not going to mention it or question her decisions about what she is doing in my life. She is much wiser than me, and she knows best between us. That said, I am, I am still mad at her. I stayed silent, as I don't know how to respond. She will know that I am lying if I say no, and yet, I don't have the will to admit it to her. She gives another soft laugh, and said, "Yes, I thought so, Raven. You have had a hard life growing up, but I know that the last hour at Silver Blade was the worst one for you. I am sorry for that. I really am, but I am not the only power in our plane of existence. There are always evil forces at work as well. All I can do is when those evil plans come to my attention, I try to prevent them from happening. I put the best option for success in play to make sure that my children are as safe as they can be. I know that you have doubts, and concerns, about what is about to happen. I can tell you this, it had to be you, Raven."

"What do you mean it had to be me? Out of all your descendants, why would my being involved in this make any difference at all? I am just a regular girl, I am not important in the grand scheme of things. Hell, my own mate didn't even want me. You know this, you should have seen this yourself. If my own mate didn't even want me because I was weak and wolfless, how can you possibly think that I am valuable to you?" I asked the Goddess.

"You are anything but weak my sweet girl. Do not forget that Emerald is very strong, and so are you. Your birth mother, Cassandra, is a distant relation of mine. So distant in fact, that her own family has even forgotten it themselves. They still have strength in their line though. Didn't you think that you learned to defend yourself rather quickly? Learned to bake quickly? Things that you care about, and are passionate about you learn quite well, and very quickly. Your sister will share some of the same traits. So far, because of how she was raised, she only cares about getting more for herself and having things. She doesn't care about others, and this leads her down a dark path. Even though you had the same parents growing up, you were kept to yourself. She was spoiled and coddled, but her pups will be strong, just like yours will be. She and your former family have already found the pack that will help them. The plan is already in motion, your children will be fighting each other in the war" the Goddess told me.

"Reagan has fully escaped then. Can we not just go now and find them and take care of them? Without them knowing that we are coming?" I asked her.

"We cannot change the outcome that has started. It is already set, the minute Reagan pulled that last trick of hers with Justin at the hotel, it was set in stone. I cannot interfere with it. Once that happened, I did the only thing that I could do. Allowed Justin to have his mate bond back, to be able to find you in time. I protected you and your baby until he found you, and they could get you to the hospital. I know that you are angry with him, but I want to share something with you, that I think will help you. I know how much pain you are in, and you are my special child. I know how badly you were hurt by all of this. So let me show you a few things" the Goddess told me.

We were transported to a hotel room with Reagan and Justin sitting around and talking. When Justin excused himself and went into the restroom during their conversation, we watched Reagan put something in his drink. Fifteen minutes later, he could not control himself. The Goddess skipped to the next time, and the same thing happened. Over and over again, Reagan is having to drug him to get him to sleep with her. He did try to resist. He did the best he could, and even the night in the woods, she couldn't get him to do it in her room, so she dosed him again and then walked him out to the woods. She didn't know that the reason that he balked was that he had found me. He kept getting overly excited because she kept putting things in his drink to control him and make him sleep with her. All this mess and me being hurt so badly, and it was all because of Reagan. She did this deliberately because she wanted to hurt me, but he was so out of his mind from the drugs no wonder he couldn't focus to make plans to get me out of there. Every time he turned around she was drugging him.

The scene then changed to Brandon's office now. I see Krew and Truett in there with him. I see it as he stared in disbelief at the screen and begged for it to not be true. He did fight believing it at first, but then the self-doubt crept in. He expected me to do the same thing that Liza had done to him. To betray him, his howl of pain made me start to cry. I could hear his heartbreak in it. His pain and suffering to think that I would be able to betray him in the same way that she had. His pain was palpable in the room, and I know why they packed me up. Truett really believed it was me in the video, he was trying to protect his best friend. They had only known me a month and didn't know "me" all the way just yet. He had never been betrayed, so he didn't know about the pain that you would feel that accompanied an actual betrayal. I saw some of his memories, but to be here and experience it with him, seeing him shutting down because he couldn't handle the pain of it. He loved me, he loved me so much that he didn't do what a normal Alpha would have done. Reagan did this to make him mad enough to kill me. But he loved me too much for her plan to be successful. I am crying myself because we have all been so focused on what we were feeling that we couldn't see what the others were going through too. "Your sister did all that. That is the reason that we cannot allow her and her offspring to be successful here. She has found a very strong potential mate. He is not set in stone just yet, but there are many strong men in the pack she is in, she carries strength in her genes too. That is the reason that you have two, very strong, very different, mates. They each have their own strengths, as do you. You and the pups will need to be protected. Kept safe, because you, your mates, and your children all play a significant role in the war that is coming. I just wanted to show you that you can put your pain down, at least the bulk of it. You can allow them both into your heart. I have seen your future Raven, you do not have to worry about either one of your mates. They are true to you and will both love and protect you. I am not telling you this because we are on a timeline. I did it because I understand that you need to move at your own pace, to feel comfortable about this whole thing. I just wanted to call you here tonight, to show you that as painful as your side was, theirs was for them too. Justin is so guilt-ridden that he is accepting all the punishment that you can pile on him. But you can see, that in each instance, she drugged him. She took his choice away from him. He is just as much a victim in this as you are, but his pull to you, really never stopped for him. Your sister, for lack of a better word, is involved in something that is bigger than she ever dreamed. With people who are intent on their own goals and dreams. They want to control people, and for us to go back to the old ways, instead of moving forward. I created the council for a reason, to keep my people safe. They cannot be successful in their attempt, things will become very bad for not just my descendants, but for other supernaturals as well. You can always contact me, Raven. a descendant, you can call on me, and I can come to meet you in your dreams. I just cannot change the fabric of time to change the future, even to save my people. I cannot give you any further information, it has to be kept fair. Reagan knows about you, and your mates, so it was safe to tell you about her and her children as well" the Goddess told me.

"Won't she leave us alone, I mean she got away. Won't she just live her life, and leave us alone now? She could, we have no idea where so is, or with who. Wouldn't it be best for her just to live her best life now?" I asked in surprise. I mean I know she is terrible and cares about herself. That is not a surprise, but for her to hate us like that makes no sense, at all.

"She wanted Justin pretty badly, he just didn't want her. She had to change everything about herself for him to believe it was you in order to get him to sleep with her, without being dosed. That hurt her pride deeply. She truly believes that she is better than you in every way. Secondly, she was planning on going to Brandon after he had killed you and Justin in a fit of anger. She was going to try to see if he would accept her as a rebound, or chosen mate. She wants, what you have. All of it. She now has to live a life that is not the one she wanted. She is used to being spoiled, so every moment of her new life will make her madder and madder, at all three of you. Just don't rest on your laurels. You will need to continue to train the pups, in all forms of defense, both hand-to-hand, and weapons. They will each have strengths, but their strengths will be different from each one. Just keep training, and have Brandon and Justin train too. I will also increase your gifts as well. You three will all become stronger, heal faster, and have increased stamina. In addition, you three will each be able to learn new skills faster. That way your training will go by quickly, and you can continue to train your pack in a quick and effective manner. Your father will also be with you in this with Blood Walker, and his new pack, as well as Blue Moon. I will also try to help you with the pain that I know you have been holding onto. You are a sweet girl, who is very kind to others. The pain is now changing who you are, I will take it from you as a gift. I think now that you have been able to "see" what actually happened from their point of view, you will be able to get past this faster now. I will never tell you that it will be easy, but I will tell you that both of these men were created to love you. They both love you very much, and I have faith that you three will be able to navigate this together. I will send you back now. Take care of that pup for me, he is important" the Goddess told me, and I closed my eyes as sleep took over me.

"Raven, please wake up, Baby can you hear me?" Brandon sounded desperate, but I am struggling to open my eyes.

"Raven, I felt you move, are you back with us?" Justin sounded just as panicked as Brandon did.

I fought to open my eyes, and closed them quickly, there was a lot of light in the room. I heard the relief coming from both of them, as they saw me open my eyes. I am exhausted, I felt like I was up all night, maybe I was, and maybe time goes by faster with the Goddess. I felt them each take a hand and I feel a kiss on each one as they calm down now that I am awake. I am thirsty and hungry, and I opened my eyes again, and I am able to keep them open this time.

"Baby, we were so worried. It is 10 am, you never sleep this late, and we figured that you were just tired. Last night was rough on all of us. We were only waking you up because you said your doctor's appointment was at 11, but we couldn't wake you. You scared us to death" Brandon told me, and I can see the same fear mirrored in Justin's eyes.

"I was with the Goddess. She called me in a dream, and I was with her. But it seemed like I was just there for such a short time with her. I am still so tired, but I am also hungry and thirsty" I told them but headed into the bathroom to go get ready. I put on a sports bra and leggings. I will be putting a t-shirt over it from my closet. I brushed my hair into a ponytail and brushed my teeth to get ready. I have to admit that even though I am tired, I feel a whole lot better today. Like I have more hope for the future than I did yesterday. In fact, I had to check on Emerald to see how she feels.

"Emerald, are you OK?" I linked her.

"Never better" she replies.

"I feel like a weight has been taken off of me. I feel a lot happier today" I replied back to her.

"The Goddess took our pain away. I saw what happened to our mates when the Goddess showed you. The blame completely lies with Reagan, and I cannot wait to get my claws on her. One of these days she is going to pay the price for all that she has done to us, and to our mates. I will be glad to be the one to carry it out" Emerald told me, and I have to hold back my laugh. Emerald is happy, and I am too. This is a good day. I come out and head to my closet to grab a t-shirt. I see both of them watching me hungrily, and I smiled over at them, maybe soon. We will have to see how it goes, I feel better about both of them, but I will not rush into this until I am completely ready to do so. I slipped the t-shirt over my head and walked over to them. I walked over and gave each of them a hug, and then a kiss on the cheek. They were both really happy at the first sign of forgiveness coming to them. I am a lot less upset now that I have seen their side of it, from an unbiased standpoint. I was so focused on my pain and anger, that I couldn't see theirs. I know that this will help me be able to get over this faster. It also explained why he was so ready to go again so fast. He was so excited by the drug he was willing to do anything or say anything to get her to allow him to do it. It explained a lot, and even though I am still hurt, with the Goddess taking the bulk of the pain from us, I feel so much better about my mates. I will do better at showing affection. This was not their fault either, and now that the weight of pain has been taken from me, I can start to move forward. "I am ready," I told them and we headed over to the pack hospital. Today is going to be a good day. I already know what we are having, the Goddess told me. I will just keep it a secret for Brandon, as they were doing an ultrasound today, and I am over a month pregnant. They were going to see about measuring the baby, and seeing if we can tell the baby's s*x today, as I will only be pregnant for another three and a half to a little less than four months. I will mention the rest of what she said to my dad, and the rest of the group at lunch. They need to know, I think dad already suspected that they may be the packs we go to war with. So we know one is Reagan and I am pretty sure that her dad will probably be running the other pack, but we will prepare for the war as best we can. That is all we can do right now.