Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 111

Vincent’s POV

B***d Rose pack

I want to kill that woman. I will have no issue at all killing her if they will allow me to carry out her sentence. I will be sure to make her suffer. I was mad enough at her actions at Sloan. But just hearing that monster admit and then laugh about killing my granddaughter, Sera. I was going to kill her right then, but King Sebastian stopped me. Out of respect for him, I did stop, but I know that I can kill her without anyone here being able to stop me. Just because I appear to be a gentleman, and I am kind to others, doesn’t mean that you can mess around with me, or my family. I only stopped because King Sebastian and I, have trust and mutual respect for each other. He let me know that he was going to let me be the one to carry the sentence out after the verdict is complete and in whatever way I wanted to do it. That was enough for me, I have no reason to not trust him, he has never betrayed me in the time that we have worked together.

I was going to make sure that it actually happened too. This woman plotted to kill my Sera, this woman is vile and does not need to continue existing. Don’t get me started on how she had horribly abused my Sloan after she got the one person who was protecting her out of the way. I really want Luna Meghan to be bound in a chair first, so I can read her thoughts, either me or Beth. I may have Beth do it, as I might just kill her as soon as I touch her. Beth is mentally stronger than me, and she already told me that she would do it if we can get them to agree to it. I cannot stand this woman, and I will not allow her to get away with any of this, whatever we see in her memories, I will make sure it gets taken care of. I may even mention being able to read minds to them, so they can see what Sloan had to deal with at Golden moon too. I am just glad that they won’t disrespect my granddaughter by desecrating her body by digging her up. That was the only good thing that this hateful woman has done, was to admit that she had indeed killed her in cold b***d.

Luna Meghan is going to be in for a world of hurt, I already had Moira, Morgana, and Dominic all thinking of the best way for her to die by my hands. I will of course remind her before I do anything that I was the one who kept her plan of killing Sloan from succeeding at the gate. It will be my pleasure, to do it because I AM going to make her suffer more than she ever thought possible. I think I will make the offer to help Gerald out, even though I didn’t care if he died along with her from their mate connection. I have to admit I don’t think he is bad like she is, but I need to know why Sloan had been so abused, and he didn’t even lift a finger to try to help her.

I see him looking at me funny. I guess Rob hadn’t had time to tell him that he had family members here. I can see the surprise show on his face, at the mention of family. I know he appreciates the offer of us unbinding him, but I am only going to do it after he rejects her. I have heard about the pain of rejection, and she deserves to have to bear that pain for the night, a little tiny taste of tomorrow. She will not let him go by accepting it, that woman is vicious, and he is just now figuring that out. But I do want him to try to reject her, even if she doesn’t want to accept it. I will still get them unbound IF I can verify that he was not aware of the abuse.

“What do you mean that Meghan was abusing Sloan in her room? What are you talking about? Meghan told me that she only locked her in her room to keep her safe from harm. Anytime Sloan came down to the dining room to eat, she had problems and issues with some of the pack members. So, to protect her, Meghan locked her in her room, it was for her own safety” Gerald replied, but after just finding out what all Meghan had done behind his back, he was much less believing of what she had previously said now.

“Both Vincent and I have seen her memories, Gerald. So, we know what happened to Sloan. Wait, I am sorry, let me start over and introduce us both, I am Lilibeth Ash, and this is Vincent Ash, Seraphina was our granddaughter. You are our Great grandson, Rob and Sloan are our great, great, grandchildren” Beth told him calmly, and we watch his expressions change rapidly. A few minutes later he is clearly mindlinking someone, probably Rob, for verification of this information. It is funny as he has my eyes, and so does Rob. Just like Sera, and Sloan, have Beth’s eyes. I see it when it hits him, he is happy to have family, even if we are witches. He is moved by emotions, and he doesn’t know exactly what he needs to do. I see him stand slowly and walk over to us, we stood as well watching carefully as I didn’t know if he was happy or not at getting to meet us. I see the tears falling from his eyes as he hugged us both at the same time and then buried his head in my shoulder.

I am overcome with emotions too, but I will not be letting him completely off the hook until we get this hammered out. I can see how much he loved his mother by how angry he was when he told King Sebastian and the Council members what Meghan had done. I hugged him back tightly and let him calm back down. He then sat on the couch next to Beth and asked, “OK, what do you mean? She told me it was for her to protect Sloan. I love my daughter, but Meghan told me that looking at me, looking so much like Sera, was hurting Sloan to see me. I would never hurt my daughter, ever. I just allowed mom to raise her so Meghan wouldn’t hurt her. The only hateful act I ever did was in trying to get Meghan to focus on something else, as Rob was with me so much. That was the only thing I can remember doing wrong by Sloan, I used the wrong wording when I talked Meghan into trying for another child. I thought it would knock her out of her funk, give her something to do, something else to focus on. But I would never intentionally hurt my child.”

“Gerald, this will go quicker, if you will allow us to check your memories. It will not hurt, and it lets us see the unvarnished truth. Kind of like a movie that just plays memories, if you will. It will go much quicker for us to just do it that way if you are OK with it?” Beth asked him. Gerald nods and I stand up to walk to his end of the couch so we can both place our hands on him to read his memories. We scroll through everything as the office is totally quiet. Only the sound of breathing is heard in the room as we go through them all. He is telling the truth, he wasn’t aware of what she was doing. Meghan was actually very smart, she had an answer for everything, but she never showed him what a truly vicious woman she was. It is going to hurt him very much for us to have to tell him, but he has to know who he was mated with. I am glad that I searched his memories, because frankly earlier today, I didn’t care if he lived or died. Now I see what he had to go through to try to take care of his children, Rob, and Sloan because Meghan only wanted to help Brandi out after she was born. She didn’t care about the older children after that. Probably because Rob was the oldest and set to be Alpha, and Sloan was a witch, so she didn’t want to deal with her.

“I will help you break the bond with Luna Meghan, but I wanted you to reject her first. She will probably not accept your rejection, but you need to see what your former mate does. She is vicious, and I want to cloak you so Meghan can’t scent you. If Sloan is up to it, I want to let her speak to her mother tonight. I also wanted to see your memories too. With the memories playing out like they do it is easier to read what happened from your perspective. I can then believe you because I saw it happen like I was there. Just like I believe what I saw happen to Sloan, because I saw that play out in front of my eyes as well” I told him, and seeing the look on his face was hard, he looked sick. I am going to ask that we be able to lay hands on Meghan tomorrow before her trial, to view her memories. I wanted to see if there are any other laws broken that she has memories of that we were not aware of. I needed Gerald to understand everything that had happened to Sloan. I just want Gerald to understand that Sloan was told that her father hated her and that was why Luna Meghan kept hurting her. He never stopped the abuse, so I am quite sure that Solan believes what her mother said to her.

“Have we gotten anywhere on finding Brandi yet?” Gabi asked out loud.

“I haven’t even tried to get a hold of her. I can mindlink Rob to see if he had gotten to hear from Brandi. It was hard to think that I was going to betray my mate, by turning her in, but she broke the law. I wasn’t thinking about anything else but getting her here and turned over to the Council for punishment. She was wrong, about a number of things, and I want her to get her punishment for her actions. I never knew she abused Sloan. Sloan never said anything to me about it. I would have helped her if I had only known” Gerald told them, and they nodded in agreement. Anyone would have helped her if they had known.

“I have an idea, to get her out of hiding. But I don’t know if Percy is willing to play along to get it done” I said to the group.

“What do we need to do?” Heath asked me.

“She liked Dawson, but Dawson has already told her in no uncertain terms that he and Sloan are mated. Brandi has been holed up wherever she is hiding, but I think she is around here somewhere. We had put out feelers for her after the incident at the gate, and we only had one pack admit that Luna Meghan had asked for Brandi to stay there but after what they did, the pack refused to help them. I think that if Rob tells Brandi that he is going to meet up with her to give her some money and that Percy is coming with him, she will either meet them or tell them where she is just to get to see Percy. She may not know that he has met his mate yet, so Rob can feel her out when he talks to her” I told them.

“That is a good plan. A lot of girls have a crush on one or the other, and sometimes both of the twins. It couldn’t hurt. She may be running low on cash now, as she would need it for food, so we can try to see if this works. It can’t hurt, She had been ignoring Rob when he sends his one text a day, he has been trying to find her since it happened” Heath said to the group.

“But wait, won’t Brandi be suspicious about Percy coming? I mean Luna Meghan’s actions have basically brought a war between the two packs. How is he going to explain Percy being with him?” King Sebastian asked.

“Brandi thinks very highly of herself. She will think that he wants to get with her by his coming with Rob. Rob can also tell her that since Gerald handed over Luna Meghan to pay for her crimes, the conflict is already over. Percy can just wear a shirt that covers his mark, and she will never know that he is taken. Hopefully, she is not aware that he is mated yet. From what I have seen of her she is only concerned about herself, even if the lure of Percy being with Rob is not enough, I bet her getting $1,000 cash to help tide her over, will” I told them.

“That is true, she is very self-centered. I didn’t know that Percy had found his mate, and she won’t be with a pack right now. She may not know. She will want the money, she goes through it like water. She has no value of money, or how to earn it, Meghan has spoiled her greatly through the years. Probably because she looks so much like her” Gerald said to the group. He doesn’t seem pleased about it, but we can all tell that Meghan was the one doing it, and he decided to pick his battles. He needs to be stronger, maybe after we get his bond broken, he can become the man that he once was. I saw him as being very strong when I saw her memories from when he met Meghan, and she has worn him down greatly over the years.

“King Sebastian, Leader Miller, I would like to ask that either Beth or I be allowed to see Meghan’s, and Brandi’s, memories. We can relay what we see, or we can have you see what we are seeing in their memories through our link. I think that will be the best way to go about it. I do not think that they will confess to what they have done to Sloan in the past. I have seen a small section of it, and even if I were not related to Sloan, I would want both Meghan and Brandi, to be punished for it. We can either do it tonight or tomorrow” I told them. They both nodded, and that is a good thing. They are both good men, and their being able to see it firsthand from their memories will get Sloan the closure that she needs from this. It will let her know that all her suffering what not in vain, because she never deserved the abuse that she received. You cannot control who you are born to be. She couldn’t make herself not be a witch when she was pre-destined to be one. That was always out of her hands. All she can control is her actions, not anyone else’s.

“I think we need to get a plan together quickly, and then give it to Rob to carry out. He is obviously closer to Sloan than he is to Brandi, but she should trust the offer coming from him. We can get a team up to be there and get her. I will see if Andrew can get something together to be able to get it all on video. I am quite sure that she will cause a disturbance or attempt to at least, so we need to figure out a way for her to willingly leave the diner, to come here. Best to cover ourselves, especially in case she says something that we can use against her. Her sentence has not been finalized, as we don’t fully know all of what she has done up to this point. I think that it is a great idea for us to see their memories. But I think that it would be best for both the Council members to be the ones to see her memories. I am here as a witness, and they are both more knowledgeable about the laws. I know that Teresa is very good at tacking on additional charges, so I would rather it be her and Anthony who get to view their memories. That way they can both speak to the other Council members about what they saw, so they can make the final decision on their punishment. They will have seen it first-hand if you will” King Sebastian said to me, and I agree with that. I was just trying to give him the respect he deserves, and the opportunity for him to see her memories, if he wanted to. He is wise to let Teresa view it in his place. His reply lets me know that he trusts us to get this done, he has faith in us, and I won’t let him down.

“OK, let’s see if we can figure out the best way to get Brandi out of hiding, and into a holding cell,” Tanner said to the group. We need to figure out the best way to do this, and I already know that using Percy as bait will be the best option. She will show up as she will need the money, and she won’t be able to resist trying to flirt with Percy either. I have seen her for who she is, and she won’t be able to help herself.