Chapter 28 – The Revelation

“Pain is easier to deal with when it’s left untouched.“–Tammy L. Gray

(Content Warning: Mentions of Rape/S*xual Assault. Reader discretion is heavily advised)

Neron

Fire turned to ice. Raging hellfire turned to the arctic tundra.

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The summer heat lost the war to the gradual chill encompassing the foyer–the chill that enforced the thunderous shock booming through the entrance hall. Seconds that trickled by felt like hours with Kiya’s lingering absence. The red–fiery rage of my mate burned brightly yet was snuffed out upon her tearful revelation. Her words are the iron, her anguish is the flame, and they’re forever branded in my mind.

“He raped me, Neron.”

Averting my eyes from where Kiya once stood is punishing. I’m not blinking or breathing. Hell, it’s like I’m in an alternative dimension; a dimension riddled with sorrow. Everything is so heavy, but I don’t have the right to complain. I’m standing on the floorboards above the torturous prisons. Her rape happened below my feet.

Bile entered my mouth as nausea sucker punched me in the gut.

“I never expected a superhero,”

Kiya revealed the darkest secret she kept for years. My chest threatened to tighten like a knot with every inhale. The possibility of rape never crossed my mind; it was unheard of in my pack. We merrily walked through these halls unbeknownst to the heinous crime happening underneath us. Who are the monsters here; the rapist or us?

How many signs passed between us, but went ignored? How many times had Kiya walked the halls after the assaults, but we didn’t care to notice the changes? Goddess, how many times had she tried to reach out for help, but was shoved away?

The amount of courage it took her to speak the unspeakable is astounding. Her bravery is to be admired, but at what cost? Something tells me that if she had a choice, she’d tell no one about Tristan out of self- preservation.

Everything about this place is and always will be a trigger. How can I be proud to call this place my own? Every step she takes across my lands reminds her of the assault and how nobody helped her. And she shielded her pain behind a mask. No one knew the burden of hiding it for so long…

I wanted to scream, break glass, and burn this place to the ground. I’d toss my sorry ass in the flames as well because we’re all are responsible for Kiya’s pain–directly and indirectly. And I’m her mate, so it makes it

worse.

My head slowly turned to Tristan’s broken form and the growing red pool under his head. An unfathomable amount of rage rushed through me like an erupted volcano. He deserves to melt in the scorching lava.

This was the man I trusted with my life. I thought he was a man with an unshakable moral compass. Tristan was the type to obey an Alpha’s orders without question. He’s a long–standing guard, passed to me from my father! I’ve patted this man on the back, smiled with him, drank with him, and let him around children. I

Chapter 28- The Revelat

f*cking assigned the bastard to monitor Odessa when I should’ve been monitoring him!

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he still dared to pledge to protect her and her friends for

their stay!

his crimes, he’s wrong. Because I’m going to make him suffer once I get

body. Turning to the Garnet Moon

claws threatening to sprout. My heart sank into a pool of gre

time hearing about this too. “If we knew, we wouldn’t have let Kiya come here! My Goddess,

the f*ck?!”

He disgusted me. I felt the

didn’t know…” Valerian whispered

wouldn’t have done anything, and you know that! None of you cared back then! Why the hell do you care now? Beating her wasn’t enough but allowing her to be raped?!

love, please…” Abigail’s touch to her bicep worked its magic. Her mate is noticeably calmer, but still boiling with vehemence. “Don’t do anything reckless.”

what’s going

streamers stuck in her hair. In a panic, Valerian stood in front of her but was too

the party.” My Beta pleaded with her. “This is

Donny.”

searched the crowd, looking for something. When she hadn’t found it, she asked a question that made my blood run cold. “Where’s my sister? I thought she went to change

and Galen is about to blow a gasket. Beta Jacqueline scoffed in disgust

in offense. “Is there something you

say to a worthless

smug smile rested on Jacqueline’s face as Abigail gently pulled her back into her arms. Raina isn’t the type to take insults but insulting her status as Kiya’s sister is a definite way

have this situation handled.

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the bloody, unconscious man on the stairs. They approached but didn’t

I believe Kiya with my whole heart. Tristan raped her.

nurses hesitantly took their leave, my eyes narrowed at my Gamma. “Take him to the dungeons. Shackle him up with silver and don’t tend to

him?” Kwame questioned despite being on board with my plan. “It

he suffers for his crimes against Kiya.” I didn’t voice it, but I also wanted to hear him admit to the rape. And I know how to make him confess. But I wonder, will he lie like a coward or be foolishly brave enough

the

f*ck are you talking about?!” Raina demanded. I forgot that

he do to

Sapphire bellowed as she marched to Raina. There’s not much of a height difference between them, but the warrior carried more bravery than a thousand armies combined. “Tristan raped Kiya while she was a slave.

can’t expect you to care.”

But Valerian couldn’t bring himself to do it. His

are cared for without the world tainting. their innocence. But, in the foyer, everything crumbled under the darkness of

pack.” Galen snarls at us. “You’re all pathetic.” One by one, the members of the greatest warrior pack left the foyer with disgust permeating

deeply, my resolve

her.”

with emotion–from either feeling Raina’s sorrow through their bond, this f*cked up situation, or both “There’s nothing any of us can say to make this shit any better.” He’s Kiya’s brother–in–law. But

different shapes, sizes, and colors. And it affects us

debacle with front–row seats! “Won’t we still be abandoning her if

she needs someone.”

The

want to see

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