Chapter 42


    Gavin


    I couldn’t believe my luck when Quinn epted my date proposal finally. I don’t know what got her to


    change her mind about us bing more than just friends, but I will take it. I’m aware that her mind


    can change at any moment, and so I’m being as patient as I can with her. As much as I want to take


    her and im her as mine, I know she is far from ready for that.


    I’m not a good man like my cousin, Den, but I’m trying to be better, for her. I don’t know what it is


    about this she-wolf, but she’s different from the rest, and I don’t mean because she’s an Alpha. No, I


    noticed it the first time I met her. I was drawn to her instantly.


    She had been dead set on waiting for her mate at that time. Unfortunately for her, it’s been almost a


    year and still, she is mate less. I’m so d that I stuck around and waited her out, because now, I have


    a chance with the gorgeous Alpha. Our wolves get along too, making it so much easier to be able to


    im each other if the timees.


    My father has been *me for months now about closing the deal with the new Alpha, but what he doesn’t


    realize is that I’m not doing this for him. No, I care for the beautiful she-wolf, and I’m not going to use


    her just to please my father. If I have to wait until his death before I can im my rightful title, so be it.


    I’ve never been one to go against the Alpha of our pack, and because of that, I’ve ostracized myself


    with certain family members.


    Den, for instance, he hates my guts because of the things I’ve done in the past. I’ve always looked


    up to my older cousin, and I still do. It hurts every time he ridicules me on anything I do, and so I fight


    back, not wanting him to know how much his hatred for me hurts. Had I known back then what I do


    now, I would have fought my father harder, at least I like to think I would.


    When the situation between Den and his now crazy Luna first happened, I said a few things that I


    didn’t really mean, but I was still trying to keep up the pretense of being an *. Now, I don’t want that


    pretense, I want to be epted.


    Back when I was still a young pup, justing into myself, my father thought I should be a man. I


    wasn’t allowed to wait for my fated mate even if I wanted to, because it’s not what my father wanted.


    He wanted to see his son turning into a man, so when he brought me to the pack’s she-*, who so


    happened to be in love with my father, he ordered her to bring her only daughter, into the room. The girl


    was a year older than me. My father then abused his title and used his Alphamand on the girl,


    ordering her to spread her legs for me.


    Of course, being the tender age that I was, I was both nervous and excited. I couldn’t look the girl in her


    eyes, though. I didn’t want to see the tears streaming down her face as I stepped up to her spread


    thighs and ced my *at her entrance.


    I remember my father’s exact words at that point, “No sense in drawing it out, son. It’s going to cause


    her pain when you take her virginity either way, so just ram that little *of yours right into that tight hole


    and then *her like a real man.” My stomach turns now as I think back to that moment, but the memory


    continues, “She’s going to follow in her mother’s footsteps anyway, and as the Alpha heir, it’s your right


    to be the one to take her maidenhead.”


    I remember looking at my father at this point, “What about her mate, Alpha?”


    My father had scoffed, “No mate in his right mind will want a *as a mate. She’s going to take after her


    *mother anyway, so if it isn’t you turning her into the *that she is meant to be, then it will be someone


    else. Now, stop wasting my time and *the little *!”


    The girl’s mother had tears in her eyes, but she didn’t do anything except hold her daughter’s hand.


    When I hesitated, my father pped me upside the head, telling me that if I couldn’t *a simple *then I’m


    not cut out to be an Alpha. Mouthing my apologies to the young she-wolf, I plunged myself into her *,


    and *her as hard as I could with my father urging me to go harder.


    It hadn’t taken long for me to spill myself inside of her, but my *hadn’t softened yet, and so I was


    instructed to keep *her until my *couldn’t get hard any longer. We were there for three hours, and that


    poor she-wolf took everything I gave her. For a month after I had taken her virginity, my father brought


    me back to her every chance he had.


    It was really starting to eat at me, the way she wouldy there, silently crying as I *her over and over.


    Who could me her, though? My father would sit and watch each time, until the day came that he


    thought I was man enough toe on my own. He had made a schedule, what for, I haven’t the


    slightest idea, but I was to go to the girl three times a week.


    The first time I went to her on my own, I had decided before I had even gotten there, that I would not


    touch her, not unless she wanted me to. This went on for two weeks, where I would go visit her and we


    would just sit and talk. We slowly became friends, somewhat, but one day when I went to see her, she


    informed me that she was pregnant. I felt bad, but I knew that I was responsible for her condition, and


    so I would be man enough to ept it and take care of her and our pup.


    Telling my father hadn’t gone over so well, and to this day, I wish I had never mentioned it to him,


    because that night, he took me to the girl’ s house, and had me *her onest time before he strangled


    her and then strangled her mother, making it all look as though they had a break in. Since he’s Alpha,


    nobody questioned him when he made the decision to burn their bodies and send them up to the


    Goddess right


    away


    A few short months afterward, he had me do it all over again with a different she-wolf, although that


    time, it was an orphaned she-wolf whose parents had died in a car ident, and she was taken under


    my father’s wing. She lived in the pack house, and eventually my father made her sleep in my room


    with me. I had started to have feelings for the she-wolf, and she had feelings for me.


    Den was visiting the day it happened, and since he was family, my father brought him in on it as


    well. My cousin knew of my feelings for the girl because he always teased me about it, but when she


    came into my father’s office to tell us about her pregnancy, my father sent my cousin out to wait for us.


    Without making me *her this time, he pretended to sympathize with her and when he walked behind


    her, he wrapped his hands round her neck and strangled her as well.


    Tears burned my eyes, but there was nothing I could do to stop him, I was too young to fight him off.


    My father then called Den back into the office and he saw what had happened. My father made it


    sound as though I was the one that murdered the innocent girl. He alsomented on how this was


    the second time that I had to take care of my mistake.


    Once my father made Den take an oath to never speak of it, my cousin left and never came back for


    another visit. It’s also when he turned his back on me, but it’s partially my fault because I never once


    corrected the false usations against me. I think it’s because I was hurt that my own cousin would


    think that I could do something like that.


    ANANDONNNNN


    “How was your date with the Alpha *? Did you get any *?” My father’s voice yanks me back to the


    present.


    “Don’t talk about Quinn like that, and no, we are not there yet, Father. It was only the first date.” I roll


    my eyes once I turn away from him.


    “Don’t use that tone with me, Son, and I will call her whatever the **I want.” He stands, looking outside


    the window with his hands behind his back, “You will do what you must in order to im her. I want to


    combine our packs.”


    “I can’t im her if she decides that she doesn’t want me.” I argue.


    He turns back to me, “Well, if you ever want to be Alpha, then you better figure out a way to im her!


    Knock her up if you have to, you’re good at doing that.”


    I flinch at my father’s words, “I will do no such thing. I like Quinn, and I respect her too much to deceive


    her. Why do you want tobine our packs anyway? Dark Moon is still a small pack.”


    My father ignores the first part of what I said but responds to thest part, “They may be small, but they


    have connections that I will never have. They have the ears of many packs and if that Alpha *knew how


    to rule, she would know that her pack is pretty much at the top of the list for being one of the best


    packs. It doesn’t matter how small they are right now. Why do you think they are growing so fast?”


    I never really thought about that, but none of that matters to me. Not that it will do any good to tell my


    father this. I will just continue letting him believe that all is well and on track. I’m older now, and I can


    protect her from him this time around. One of the reasons why I never brought any girlfriends around is


    because I didn’t want to see them turn up dead, but then again, I learned to wrap my *up when things


    turned intimate. She-wolves aren’t required to take the birth control until they turn eighteen, so as


    teenagers, I always carried condoms with me.


    “I hear another body was found, this time on Den’s territory, but close to Dark Moon’s as well.” My


    father’s statement has me whipping my head his way


    “What are you talking about? When?” I ask as I stand up.


    He shrugs, “Last evening, I guess. I received an email about it this morning from Den’s Beta. They


    are wanting info on any possible disappearances of she-wolves with auburn hair and blue eyes.


    Apparently, the body was not recognizable.” He says all this like it’s nothing. like the poor she-wolf


    wasn’t anyone important.


    The fact that this is the second body that has been found on or near Quinn’s territory and that thisst


    one had the same color hair and eyes as Quinn, is not a coincidence. I turn and go to leave, but my


    father stops me.


    “Where do you think you’re going? You mother has her friend and their daughtering to visit. You


    should be here to woo the daughter in case it doesn’t work out with the Alpha **”


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    I clench my fists, “I’m going to see Quinn, to make sure she doesn’t need Blue River’s support in this


    latest find. It will help with bringing us closer, and that’s what you want, isn’t it?” I know I shouldn’t, but I


    y on my father’s own greed just so I’m able to go see Quinn without going against the Alpha. I can


    only fight so much, but going against your Alpha can get me punished, even as his only heir.


    “Yes, yes, you are totally right! Go on then and work your magic.” He waves me off.


    I grin as I walk out. The *doesn’t even know when he is being yed by his own son. I guess he taught


    me well after all.