Rejecting the Alpha Twins

Chapter 33

Xavier POV

I fling the hospital folder onto my father’s desk without announcing myself, startling him as he stares at me wide–eyed. Xander walks in behind me, his expression just as grim.

“What is this?” my father stammers, grabbing the file and begining to peruse it while my mother glances at it over his shoulder, her own eyes questioning.

“Regan’s hospital records for the last few years. All of the abuse he’s suffered and the treatments that have been provided. They were meant to be scaled and destroyed, but luckily for us, ene of the other doctors kept a copy on their computer at home. Who do you suppose ordered that Father?” I said sarcastically, glowering at them both.

My mother was busy reading, the blood draining out of her faces she saw the number of fractures, broken bones, and various other injuries that Regan had endured over the years. My father looked at me and my twin brother in disbelief “Surely it cannot be true” he began. “There has to be some sort of reason for all of this… he trailed off

“Believe it” I snarled, pinning him with my gaze and refusing to look away from him. “Beta Johnathon has been hiding this from all of us, for the last few years. I know you don’t like Regan I know the pack doesn’t, but we at least had some sort of duty of care towards her as a pack member” I shouted, losing control of my temper and exasperated with my parents who continued to ignore the obvious even when it was right in front of them.

My father’s mouth opened and closed, gaping like a fish. My mother’s voice was strangled. “Boys it’s not that easy to just simply” She whispered.

“What?” I interrupted her coldly, eyeing her with condemnation. “You are the Luna, it’s your job to protect the children and mothers in this pack. Did you just figure Regari wasn’t worth it because you blamed her for killing her mother? I can’t condone this” I gestured to the file sitting on our father’s desk, my throat seizing. “I can’t believe the level you went to ignore

it.”

I was still in a state of disbelief. How bould we have all been so bind for so long?

“I didn’t know” my father’s voice is grim. “Believe me, I have no qualms with Regan. I have never blamed her for her mother’s death. That was a tragic accident he said perplexed and glancing up at his wife who tightened her lips and avoided.

his gaze.

“Then why are you and Mother so cold towards her? Why have you let the pack abuse her so much? Why haven’t you stopped it?” I spat out, glowering at them.

“I find it hard to look at her because she is the spitting image of her mother” my father confesses, looking shame–faced, “but I did not know that I was being so harsh or that I was coming across as cold towards her. I guess I have been lost inside myself and oblivious to how the pack has been treating her. That’s no excuse” he said tightly “and neither is the relationship we have with Beta Johnathon preventing us from exploring this now.”

“I’m sure it’s just a misunderstanding” my mother tried to protest and all of us stared at her.

Misunderstanding? What was mother trying to play out? She knew this was no simple misunderstanding. This was abuse. The worst kind. I could see my father regarding her in surprise and even Xander was studying her closely now.

“Abuse is no misunderstanding. Mother, why are you defending Beta johnathon so mich?” I snapped, feeling as though there was more to this than simply friendship but not sure if I was merely being suspicious.

She blinked. “It’s just that he’s a friend..” she continued to object

“Nonsense Jennifer my father growled, looking frustratedly at her. “If he’s abusing his daughter then it’s our job to step in and protect Regan. We cannot let friendship stand in the way of doing what is right and what is needed? he told her firmly.

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She flushed and bit her lip. “But think about what this will do to Babelle and Heather” she murmured.

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1 almost lost it right then and there with her. Where was her comer when it came to Regan, the one who had been abused Where were her priorities?

“Right now, my priority is Regan, who is my mate,” I told my mother icily, shaking my head at her “I do not give a damn about Heather and Isabelle

part of this. Even if they did not physically harm her, they were just as complicit by not saying anything” Xander’s voice is deadly

I see now that I have become too lenient in the role of Alpha” he said, looking at us both. “Perhaps stepping back from the role in the near future will be a good thing. For now, let us discuss this”

the more chance they had to concoct some fantasy instead of speaking the truth. We could use the Alpha tone, but

mother wrings her hands together. “Honey, don’t you think that we are dealing with this too harshly?” I mean, this hardly needs to be dealt

at her and she flushed, looking down at the ground, unable

better” I growled, beginning to feel enraged once more. “I don’t trust that man not to run or find some paltry excuse for his pathetic behavior.”

him Father, I will” Xander added in agreement, nodding vehemently and side–eyeing our mother warily

Johnathon or why she continued to

right there

to mind–link the Beta and his family. We waited feeling tense, while my mother folded her arms across her chest and avoided looking at all of us, I felt the

the meeting is about. Be warned, he is feeling on edge” he warned my brother and me “and therefore he will immediately be on the defensive. I am certain that he will be looking to place the blame elsewhere or to find excuses for Regan’s injuries, that prevent him from being punished. I wish I had seen this side of him sooner” he sighed, shaking his head and looking weary “but I am grateful for you both bringing

would have handled this in our own way and it would not be as merciful as I suspect you and mother are about

was about to prove me wrong in

him to.

he is a friend, then you have a lot to learn about being an Alpha. Friendships cannot get in the way when it comes to leading the pack, no matter what Your mother understands that he looked at his ashen wife, and then back at us “and I hope that you never have to feel

hardened while my mother blanched, her anxiety skyrocketing. I understood her trepidation when it came to pushing a friend, but this was dramatic even for her.

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coming his way. We were about to show him what happened to those who hurt our mate and make an example to those

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Johnathon’s eyes were shilly as he entered the room, along with his wife Heather and his stepelaughter Isabelle, his lips tightening as my father motioned for him to remain standing where he was, near the

he asked impatiently, while fought the urge to wrap my hands around his neck and teach him a lesson for being so

to catch my mother’s eyes while she pointedly looked the other way, as though she

come to our attention that you have been abusing Regan for the last few years. We have copies of her hospital records.”

“How could you Johnathon? Your own daughter? Broken bones, fractures, the list goes on” he roaged in disgust, causing Heather and Isabelle to flinch from the loudness of his voice, while Xander and I shot each other a

about time our father stood up to Beta Johnathon and showed him who was really in

only for my father to hold up the folder in response, his eyes chilly as he stared at his old friend and longtime Beta.

Did you also hit Regan he growled, looking at both of the women who began to look increasingly nervous.

constantly” he snapped “but she is the reason my mate died all those years ago and I retain the right to punish her for it, just like all the rest of you have done, no matter how much you stand there pretending you’re

of his wrath. “Regan is not to blame for her mother’s death. It was an accident. A rogue incident. Nobody could have foreseen it coming he snarled. The patrol were taken completely by surprise that

we all

in that forest” Johnathon snapped bark, seething. “She knew the consequences and she still entered it. If it weren’t for her, Celeste wouldn’t have died trying to protect her from a rogue

child” my father sounded incredulous as he studied Johnathon who looked as though he was beginning to lose it. “Have you been spreading this throughout the pack so that everybody blamed her?” he asked sickened.

just how far the Beta had gone to get his revenge on his daughter. “That she had purposely entered the woods, knowing rogues were attacking and putting herself and her mother in danger. But it sounds as though Regan didn’t

tell the truth.

stunned. “Either way she deserves whatever she gets. You loved Celeste, we all did he turned to my mother, spreading his hands out and appealing to her. “Why else would you have remained silent all these years? You agreed with

and bring

motionless, as though afraid to

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