Page 193 of Caged Between the Beta & Alpha
“You killed several innocent people, tried to kill a few more, and framed Owen. Quite the plan,” I asked quietly.
“He saw me at the grave one day, but he didn’t like her anyway, so he didn’t care, but I couldn’t risk it,” she hissed, glaring at Raven with pure hatred on her face.
“The graveyard, is that where you bury the teeth and eyes?” Raven asked sharply.
My eyes didn’t leave the omega, not trusting her. If she was the daughter of a Delta and had managed to kill several people, she may have something up her sleeve.
“Yes. I bury them all there… do you want to know exactly where?” She shuffled closer, her eyes fixed on Raven. “In that precious little coffin that you love to visit!” She laughed maniacally.
I felt the flash of pain through the bond as my gaze snapped to Raven, seeing the hurt in her eyes.
“What?”
Nina cackled, “Your so-called brother? I threw his remains in the river. His coffin is just full of teeth and eyeballs.” She burst into another fit of deranged giggles, and Raven sprang up. Her eyes flashed as she rushed forward, punching Nina across the face as a vicious growl left her lips.
“How dare you!” She shouted, the hurt in her voice tugging at my heart. I pulled her back into my arms. She struggled, but I didn’t let her go, kissing her neck.
I could feel her pain, sadness, and hurt. Once again, she had lost something, the last she had of her brother.
“It’s going to be okay,” I whispered to Raven, holding her tight.
The flash of anger and jealousy in Nina’s eyes was strong, so I instantly moved Raven behind me protectively.
“The pictures… that was your doing, wasn’t it?” She frowned and nodded, wiping the blood from her cut lip.
“I went to the mating ball, hoping you’d be my mate. But you weren’t… you weren’t…” she said. Her eyes looked haunted. “So, I needed to break you apart, and with her father already not wanting you two together, it helped.”
“So, the attack last night, I’m assuming you bargained with him to target Damon because of your infatuation with Liam,” Dad said in realisation.
“He has to be mine! Only mine. I’ve done so much for you, Liam….”
“You’re deranged…”
“If I die, you die, too!” She spat, lurching to her feet. She growled, lunging at me, something flashing in her hand. My eyes blazed with anger, but I didn’t even move. A wave of my aura threw her against the wall hard.
“Hatred… bitterness… resentment... it just gives birth to more... the circle never ends...” I didn’t know if I was talking to her or in general, but there was never an end to the pain and darkness… “You committed more than one crime, and for it, you will be tried. Your father was scum, but it didn’t mean you had to be the same. You were treated well in this pack, yet that didn’t matter to you, did it?”
“If they knew who my father was, they would have killed me!” She screamed.
“No, I wouldn’t have,” Dad said quietly.
“Exactly,” I said icily.
“Don’t act noble, you are not perfect, either!” She screeched hysterically, her eyes full of burning hatred.
“No, I’m not, and I’m not the Alpha of this pack right now, but it’s still my pack, my family, and my people. I’ll always stand for what’s right, and when I’m wrong, I know those around me will show me the right way.” I stepped closer to her and struck her neck, knocking her unconscious. I’d had enough of her. “I’ll throw her into the cells. I think we are done here.” I turned away from her, looking at Zack and Taylor. Zack’s eye was bloody, but it would heal. “Dad… could you take Raven home? Damon, could you get Zack and Taylor to the hospital?”
They nodded, and I looked at Raven, who approached me, her eyes still simmering with rage and pain. I was about to cup her face when Nina jumped up, but before she could even do anything or I could react, Raven plunged her hand into her chest, ripping her heart out. It was a reflex, and her eyes widened as she stared at the heart in her hand before dropping it and looking up at me, realising what she had done.
“I… I didn’t mean-”
“It’s fine,” I sighed.
It was over… but to think someone so seemingly innocent had sowed discord into our pack…
I wrapped my arms around her tightly, kissing the top of her head.
“That was fucking weird,” Zack said.
