“Koda enough” Our mother said firmly and stepped towards the girls.
“You think you can make amends for something like this?” She said angrily “Her physical injuries will heal but not those words, people would have overheard you, rumours will already be spreading and now because of your petty insecurities, the legitimacy of any children she has with my son’s will be questioned, do you have any idea what you three have truely done, you think its just a prank to emply that she was passed around by men in her old pack and that she enjoyed it!”
“Which wasn’t even true!” Koda snarled “Jax and I are the only men who’ve touched her and that doesn’t make her a wh*re either, we are her mates!”
“We’re sorry” ?? whispered “We’ll tell everyone we lied!”
“Oh, well all is forgiven then!” Evet shouted
“I WANT THEM PUNISHED!” I shouted and pointed at them “OR I WILL DO IT MYSELF!”
“Daddy, I’m sorry!” Blake cried and grabbed his arm but he glared at her and pulled away
“The three of you will be taken to the prison” My father told them and all three burst into tears again “Where you will remain for the next week”
“WEEK?!” I shouted “NOT GOOD ENOUGH!”
“Two weeks” My mother overruled my father “And they will each take a hold of the necklace, I think they need to know how it feels to have the skin burn from their hands, then perhaps we’ll get a sincere apology from them!”
“Daddy, do something, I said I was sorry, please!”
“Take them!” Ryker said to the guards and turned his back to his daughter
The guards collected the crying women and pulled them from the throne room
“Ryker, inform the other girls parents” My father ordered “And then meet me in my office!”
My father turned angrily and left the room with Ryker behind him while I stood breathing hard
“Where is Maddie now?” Koda asked “I want to check on her”
“She’s sleeping but you can stay the f*ck away from her anyway!” I shouted “You’re the reason she was hurt in the first place, you don’t deserve to be anywhere near her!”
“YOU DON’T GET TO DECIDE THAT!” Koda yelled back “SHE IS JUST AS MUCH MINE AS SHE IS YOURS, NOW WHERE IS SHE!?”
“SCR*W YOU!”
“Jax, answer him” Our mother touched my arm
“She’s in the suite upstairs but she’s resting!”
“Then I’ll wait for her to wake up!” He snapped and left the room
“Jax, why don’t you go back to work and distract yourself” My mother suggested “Koda will take care of Maddie and I will go back to the party with Evy and try to do some damage control, goddess know’s what’s going to happen when your grandmother finds out how the event ended”
“Fine, what ever!” I threw up my hands and left
KODAS POV
I ran from the throne room, forcing workers to jump out of my way, I didn’t even wait for the elevators because I saw that it was still on the lobby floor so I ran for the stairs, taking them two and three at a time.
Finally I was at our suite and I rushed inside and followed Maddies scent but I found myself hesitating at the door with my hand outstretched to the handle.
What if she hated me, what if she didn’t want to see or speak to me?
I was so afraid my relationship with Blake had messed things up once more, would she try to reject me again?
She was marked now so rejecting me could result in both of our deaths, possibly even Jaxson but would she risk it just to get away from me?
I took a steadying breath and pushed open the door and found Maddie asleep on the bed in one of Jaxsons shirts.
I could smell instantly that they’d mated and I felt a strange twinge of jealousy I’d never felt before when it came to my brother.
Neither of us had been with her one on one yet and I don’t know why but I felt rejected
Was it just comfort s*x after such a horrible day or did she no longer want to include me in love making?
I hated how insecure I felt and I cursed Blake for what she’d done but I knew deep down it was all my fault, I’d been the one who started the relationship, I’d hit on her one night at a party and she’d told me she’d never be with me unless I was her boyfriend, so I’d agreed.
We’d known each other our whole lives, and we got along great, plus she was hot so I thought she’d be fun to pass the time with until my mate showed up.
But right now as I walked over to my sleeping mate, I wish I could take it all back.
I sat down on Jax’s side of the bed and looked at her hand that was resting on his pillow while she hugged it in her sleep.
Someone, I’m assuming, Jaxson, had applied the seal over the wound but it still looked really bad.
I lent down and gently kissed her burns, knowing she’d feel no pain and I felt like crying.
She’d been hurt because of me, I wanted to hit something, I wanted revenge.
I climbed off the bed and kicked off my shoes before walking around to my side of the bed and climbing in behind her.
Gently, so as to not wake her, I skipped my arms around her waist and snuggled up to her back.
I didn’t sleep, I wasn’t tired but I did want to hold her, she was safe in my arms.
It wasn’t long before she tossed a little and I knew she was having a nightmare so I tightened my grip and tried to calm her with some gentle rocking.
Maddie turned in my arms and curled up against my chest but her nightmare didn’t subside, she gasped and shot up, fully awake and looking alarmed but I quickly grabbed her arms.
“Easy baby” I said in a calming tone “It was just a dream, you’re safe”
Maddie pulled out of my grip and laid back down on her pillow and just stared at me for a moment before looking away from me and that tiny twinge of pain in my chest began to grow once more.
“Maddie, I am so sorry” I said, my voice thick with shame and regret “Please forgive me, I never meant for any of this to happen and it kills me knowing I am the reason you’re in pain”
Maddie looked up at me with tears in her eyes and I hated myself even more, but her response left me in complete shock.
“I don’t blame you” She whispered and looked down “Blake and her friends are to blame, and it was my own fault for not standing up for myself”
“What?” I frowned and took her chin to lift her face “None of this is your fault!”
“Ava wanted to kill them” She told me “I should have let her”
“Yes, you should have”
I reached out and ran my fingers through her soft hair “Are you in pain?” The words got caught in my throat, I’d sworn to myself that she’d never get hurt again, and I’d failed her
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