“We are not done with this!” I shouted, and marched from the room.
I was furious, and I wanted to go back to my father and rip his throat out, but I couldn’t let myself lose control again, I was actually surprised my father hadn’t locked me up for hitting him.
I tried to calm down as I walked through the orphanage, but it wasn’t working, I was already on edge because of this horrible attack, and seeing Madelyn hurting herself, but now this bullsh*t with my father, it was all to much, I felt like shifting and going for a long run and Knox felt the same way, only we couldn’t just take off.
By the time I reached Ryker outside, he was already ordering a group of guards to attempt to track down Eugene, but I already knew he was long gone.
“I want hourly reports” Ryker ordered, before the men bowed to me, shifted and ran off in different directions.
“Lets go” I said, and walked towards the car.
We stayed silent while we went to the prison. This was unbearable, allowing this b*tch out of prison early went against every fiber of my being. I knew it hurt Madelyn to give in, but I would make it up to her.
“NO, KODA AND FLYNN NEED TO MAKE IT UP TO HER!” Knox shouted furiously, before curling up in my mind, and hiding under his thick fluffy tail.
I rolled my eyes, Knox rarely spoke directly, preferring to send me his thoughts, like a small inner voice in my mind. He only ever voiced his real words out loud when he was truly pissed, a fact Koda and I found out wasn’t normal when we were around 25.
All the Lycan’s we spoke to would talk constantly to their hosts, but our Lycan’s were silent unless absolutely necessary, but our father assured us this was normal for Alpha’s, as they preferred to conserve their energy for other things, and truthfully didn’t care about the mundane lives of their hosts.
Ryker and I went to his daughter’s cell and found her curled up around one of the toilets throwing up, her father rushed to her, but I didn’t care about her morning sickness, I hoped she was suffering.
“Are you done?” I asked lazily, as she sat up, and leaned into her father.
Ryker glared at me, but I ignored him “Madelyn has agreed to let you out under house arrest, and you should count yourself lucky that my mate is a better person than you are” I told her “Although, if it were up to me, you’d already be dead, you will speak with Sky, and see if she’ll give you the blood, after which, you will be released into your parents care, but if you step one foot off their property, I will have you killed, pregnant or not, is that clear?”
“Yes”
“YES ALPHA!”
She jumped a little, and held her father’s arm in fear “Yes, Alpha Jaxson”
“Good, now get the f*ck up!”
Ryker quickly helped his daughter to her feet, and after she washed her mouth out, we went to the cell Sky was being housed in.
The girl was angrily pacing in the small area, but upon seeing me, she growled and charged at the bars “YOU CAN’T KEEP ME HERE FOREVER!” She shouted, and reached through the bars, trying to claw at me, but I simply stared at her without much interest “I HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MY FATHER AND BROTHER’S ACTIONS!”
“Shut up girl” I looked at her in disgust “We are letting you out, but on one condition.
“What condition?” She asked cautiously, and looked at Blake.
“There’s an issue with my grandchild” Ryker lied to her “And we need a blood transfusion to help her. Neither my wife, nor I are a match to help, because we’re Lycans, and this child is part werewolf. You are the only match. If you choose to help, you will be released”
Sky looked at Blake, and smiled “Do you think I’m stupid enough to give you my blood?”
“I don’t care how stupid you are” I told her “But this is the only chance you’ll get to be free, I will let this child die, and I will make sure you rot in this cell, and seeing as your father clearly wants this child alive, I will make it known that you are the reason it’s dead, I wonder what your father will think of his precious daughter then?”
Sky looked at me with anger and I suspected fear in her eyes, but then she looked at Blake again for a moment “Fine, I’ll give my blood, but if you don’t release me after, I’ll”
“You’ll what?” Ryker asked in amusement “Just shut up, no one here is afraid of you child, we’ll do the transfusion tomorrow”
“Why wait?” Sky asked, this time, she smiled happily “Too busy burying your dead, I heard about the orphanage, what a tragedy, all those children lost, such a waste. I hear that you Lycan’s burn your dead. I wish I could be there to….. show my respect”
I glared at the b*tch, before turning back to Ryker “Put your trash daughter back in her cell until the transfusion tomorrow”
I walked off, before I reached through the bars and broke Sky’s neck.
KODA’S POV
As I walked into the manor, still holding Maddie to my chest, Julia came running and looking alarmed, but I held my hand up.
“She’s fine, just drained” I assured her, as Molly came over to us “Molly, go into our bedroom and start the fire”
“Yes sir” She turned and went to rush off, but Julia quickly grabbed her arm.
“We may be in private, but that doesn’t mean protocol goes away” Julia scolded her.
Molly looked upset at being reprimanded, but quickly looked over at me, and bowed, before going off to perform her task.
“I will make the Luna a tonic to help restore her energy” Julia told me. She then bowed, and went to the kitchen, while I followed after Molly.
The girl was already by the fireplace, adding some logs, but I continued on to the bathroom.
“Don’t let Julia get you down” I told the girl, who looked up at me with a sad puppy dog expression “She’s a stickler for rules, you’re doing a great job so far, and I know Maddie likes you alot”
“Really, Alpha!” She exclaimed in delight “Thank you”
I carefully squatted by the tub, and put the plug in, before running the warm water, and then looked down at Maddie.
She was very pale, and had a light layer of sweat over her skin, but thankfully, she seemed fine, and her heart beats were steady.
I sat her in front of me, to remove her clothing, before I checked on the wounds that she’d endured to save the girl, but they had all healed. She was only left with some bruises, and I hoped they’d be gone by the time we got out of the tub.
Once she was naked, I pulled off my own clothing, and lifted her into my arms once more, before stepping into the bathtub.
I washed the blood from her skin, and for the first time, she started to fuss, she seemed like she was having a nightmare, and I hated that she now had Lilah’s memories, she already had enough of her own horrific memories to contend with.
I wrapped my arms around her, and hated how cool she still felt, despite having a scolding hot back to warm her up, so I quickly finished cleaning her off, before climbing back out of the tub.
This movement must have registered to her, because she groaned, and jumped slightly, as she woke up.
“Easy baby” I hushed her, and carefully sat her on the vanity “We’re home”
“Am I naked?” She asked, as she leaned into my shoulder with her eyes still tightly shut.
I laughed softly, grateful that she was okay, and nodded “Yes, you were covered in blood, so I gave you a bath, how are you feeling?”
“Tired” She murmured, but then she gripped my arms tightly and winced in pain.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, it’s just the aftermath of taking the memories” She told me, her voice strained “I can still hear the screaming, it’s just a little difficult to remember”
I wrapped my arms around her slim body and pulled her tightly up against my chest for comfort, and she seemed to relax slightly.
“I’m here” I assured her “I’ve got you, it’ll be alright”
“I want to check on the girl”
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