Rejecting the Alpha Twins

Chapter 36

Xander POV

I watched my mate leave, feeling stricken and heartbroken. I had never in a million years dreamed that my mother would be capable of such a horrendous thing. She left silence in her wake. My father looked devastated, putting his head in his hands. Warriors entered the room, mind–linked by a grim Xavies, taking hold of Beta Jolanathon who stared wildly at us all, unable to believe that he was about to be punished for a crime had committed years ago. I had no sympathy for him. He had known what he did was against the pack law and yet he hail ontinued to lie about it. His rate must have felt the betrayal pains as he slept with our mother, just as our father me have done, with neither of them understanding what they

were.

“Beta Johnathon adultery is a crime, regardless of how long ago i was and your actions led to the death of an innocent pack member, no matter how unintentional it was. You lied and betrayed the Alpha of your pack. You will be placed in the dungeon to await your sentence” Xavier’s voice is dull as he speaks to the Beta.

I watch as Beta Johnathon is dragged out kicking and screaming silver restraints placed around his wrists, preventing him from being able to shift. My father does not look up from his set, his face still in his hands.

“Isabelle and Heather Ramona” my yoice is quiet as I address the two women now.

They look at me terrified. “There is no evidence to suggest you had any knowledge about what transpired but I suspect that you have both been involved in hurting our mate physically. Since we too, are guilty of that crime, I will be lenient on this one occasion. Neither of you is to step foot in the pack house from now on and you will maintain a respectful distance from Regan at all times. Is that understood?” My voice is icy as I stare at them with a glacial expression on my face,

They nod vehemently, looking panicked. I wave my hand at them dismissively. “Then leave. We have other business to conclude. If you wish to see your rate, your stepfather, you will have to wait until his sentence has been decided.” My voice is heavy.

They nod and then quickly rush out of the room, practically dragging each other by the arm as they leave in a hurry. Silence. Xavier and I look at our father, both of us now sympathetically regarding him.

“Father, you should leave for this next bit,” I tell him quietly in warning.

This would not be easy on anyone, least of all him. But it had to be

done.

He gets up, his eyes red and puffy, and vanishes from the room I feel a pang for the man who has spent his life raising me, only to be betrayed by the very person meant to love him unconditionally. The very person who is his other half, his mate, and meant to be by his side forever. Nothing can ever redeem my mother from this. Not ever.

My mother holds out her hands, beseeching us both. Xavier cast a glance at me. Neither one of us wants to do this. For all intents and purposes, she is the woman who gave birth to us. She raised us. She loved us. She might not have always been the kindest, but she did her best. It’s hard to fathom that she was responsible not only for the death of Celeste Lourdes but that she lured an innocent child into the forest with the intention of the child being killed by the rogues. It’s so monstrous that I can only stare at her in disbelief.

“How could you be so selfish?” Xavier is the first to speak and I’m glad, not sure that Lcould manage to get the words out without losing control of myself completely.

He sounds just as betrayed as I feel.

My mother sniffs. “Tjust didn’t want to…”

“You didn’t want to get caught my voice is wooden. “You could have killed Regan. We would have lost our mate before we found her and it would have been your fault” I told her “As it is you murdered her mother, even if you weren’t the one to give the fatal blow. Do you have any idea how bad this looks, Mother? As the luna of the pack, you are meant to show an example, to adhere to the rules and the laws and you broke ther

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She was not the leader she had always told us to strive to be.

“I’m sorry” she whispered, her lower lip quivering “but it was so long ago, surely you can forgive me.

“Forgive you? Do you think that you’re about to escape punishment? Mother, Regan was correct. We can’t fail in our duties, simply because you are the Luna. It would only prove Regan right. You did something unforgivable, and you have to pay the price” I said, watching her closely as she began to cry in carnest, owing her head.

“You would condemn me? My own sons?” she sobbed, sounding Bitiful instead of the Lana that she was.

“Your own actious have condemned you” Xavier’s voice is tight. His body still. “You only have yourself to blame. Why didn’t you just come forward! Why didn’t you adrisit to what happened Why did you betray Father when all he’s done is love

you?”

not that simple Xavier” her voice broke “You judge me too

mistake that ruined a little girl’s life forever and

but condemning. There is no

and nodded subtly, feeling sickened by what was about to happen. The warriors came to the doorway and my mother’s head shot up. She began to instantly bite her lip and plead with us some more, attempting to persuade us to change our

I’m your mother” she whispered, tears

my chest tight, my heart hurting, my head feeling as though it was about to burst. “But

their own family while condemning others for

to the ground as she attempted to shift, the warriors rushing in and restraining her as she growled and buckled, her body flailing and kicking out

the day I gave birth to you both” she said with bitterness, pinning her gaze on

mutinous “I always thought you loved us but now I’m seeing you in a whole new light. Your

well separated from Beta Johnathon” Xavier added as the warriors nodded, “I don’t want them to be able to communicate with

our as

We

steadfastly out the window.

back tears and turned

I asked, feeling a

the packs laws, without breaking down? I felt as though I was betraying her, but if I didn’t subject her to the same rules as everybody else, then what

jaw clenches “but maybe we aren’t the ones who should be deciding her fate. We weren’t the ones most affected by what she did. She betrayed Father, but we didn’t lose a mother like Regan did. Regan is the one who has suffered the most. She should be the one who decides our mother’s fate” he said with a low growl and I couldn’t help but agree.

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of to punish the woman responsible for everything horrible in her life and the loss of her mother?

to let us be the mates she deserved. Right now, I wasn’t sure she would ever want us and my wolf was just as disheartened as I was by the prospect. Xavier’s expression showed he was feeling the same way. Neither of us had any inklings

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Chapter 37

Regan POV

knock ruined my contemplation, forcing me to glare at the door, knowing instinctively who I would find on the other side if I were to open it. I knew they would come looking for me eventually and I was

physically, I hall cried endless tears, grieving the loss of my mother as though it had happened new, with all of the fresh information that had come to light. I felt drained. Emotionally and physically drained. I bit my lower lip and then reluctantly crossed the room, reaching out to turn the lock and then opened the door, backing away and wrapping my arms around myself, as I stared at the Alpha twins as they

do you want?” I whispered, looking away from them and avoiding their

I didn’t know how to feel about that. Part of me was relieved that they were going to adhere to the laws of the pack, regardless of which pack member it was, but another part of me almost felt sorry for them, that they had to lock away their own mother. I would remember my mother’s death and the cause of it, and that sympathy would fade away instantly. Luna Jennifer deserved to be where she was and I hoped that she was learning a valuable lesson about what it was like to be looked upon with contempt and

eyes narrowing as he looks me over, no doubt seeing the exhaustion on my

to talk about?” I asked, my tone dripping with

they want to discuss, but part of me hopes they wont bring it up. I’m not

here to plead for forgiveness, but we do have to talk Regan, She’s currently in

me feel better? I rake my gaze over him, my

be alive

was

as I turn to him

and wait. “Your father is also in the dungeon” Xander

it” I muttered, shrugging nonchalantly as though it doesn’t

in there, the safer I am. He can’t hit me or hurt me while he’s confined to the cell, but I’m not

So can Xander. We’ve tried to give you your space he

now, I’m having a hard time even looking at you” I

do with what their mother had done and I was still using it as an excuse to put distance between us and as a mechanism for lashing out. They knew that too. They could have called me

and took my hand, gripping it firmly so at I couldn’t yank it out of his grasp. I

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