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

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

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pledge

their stay!

with his crimes, he’s wrong. Because I’m going

Garnet Moon members slowly, I’m taken aback by their unyielding fury. They look ready

sprout. My heart sank

hearing about this too. “If we knew, we

the f*ck?!”

from his hands as if the crimson burned him. Tristan disgusted him. He disgusted me. I felt the violent need to ram my heel into his broken face, but

didn’t know…” Valerian whispered shamefully. “We could’ve-!”

back then! Why the hell do you care now? Beating her wasn’t

Abigail’s touch to her bicep worked its magic. Her mate is noticeably

what’s going on?–

a panic, Valerian stood in front of her but was

the party.” My Beta pleaded with

Donny.”

she asked a question that made my blood run cold. “Where’s my sister?

bit her lip, and Galen is about to blow a gasket. Beta Jacqueline scoffed in disgust

there something you want to say to me, Jacqueline?”

a worthless

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

ordered again. “We have this situation

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man on the stairs. They approached but didn’t get far when Kwame stopped them. “Don’t you03:21 want us to take him to the

with my whole heart. Tristan raped her.

about him.” As the nurses hesitantly took their leave, my eyes narrowed at my Gamma.

questioned despite being on board with my plan. “It takes

deserve a quick death. I’ll make sure he suffers for his crimes against Kiya.” I didn’t voice it, but I also wanted to hear him admit

tell the

about?!” Raina

do

more bravery than a thousand armies combined. “Tristan raped Kiya while she was a slave. And

expect you to

her body, heavy and merciless. She turned to her husband with the silent hope that what Sapphire said was false. But Valerian couldn’t bring himself to do it. His silence was all the Beta Female needed. It’s like her entire

laughing and are cared for without the world tainting. their innocence. But, in the foyer,

all pathetic.” One by one, the members of the greatest warrior pack left the foyer with disgust permeating with their every step. Behind me, I hear Kwame grunt with effort as he slung the bastard over

and me alone. Inhaling deeply, my resolve grew despite my arduous sorrow. “I need

her.”

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 neither were close. However, his emotional Intelligence is high

and colors. And it affects us

undoubtedly watched the debacle with front–row seats! “Won’t we still be abandoning her if no one

she needs someone.”

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want to see anyone now.”

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