Page 61 of Knocked Up By My Fated Alpha
I placed a hand on Alpha Matt’s shoulder, knowing my words were a cold comfort.
“She doesn’t seem to remember any of it. Or anything at all.”
When questioned, Rielle just stared, her gaze as empty as her mind.
Piecing the puzzle of where she’d been all this time had taken seconds of analysing the small den of sorts her wolf had created in the storm drain network.
All those years we’d thought her dead, Rielle had been closer than we’d ever expected, existing and hunting on the fringes between Alpha Matt’s territory and mine, incapable of returning to her home, yet unable to leave.
Alpha Matt’s sentry must have happened upon her, and she’d killed him. Matthew had tightened the border security after that incident, leaving her no recourse but to flee into human territory. And thus the murders began.
Alpha Matt collapsed to his knees at her bedside, silent tears falling.
“I failed her,” His voice broke on the words, as he reached out totake Rielle’s small hand in his. “Twelve years, Damien. She was out there for twelve years. All alone.”
I bristled.
“There was no way we could have known she didn’t die with Tyler.”
His name left a bitter taste on my tongue. Tyler was Rielle’s older brother. For years, he had been the presumed heir to the Sky Pack’s alpha seat. But power unmuzzled is dangerous. The pack saw through him…his excess, his arrogance, his appetite for blood. In time, they chose Matt instead, Rielle’s adoptive brother. A steadier hand.
Tyler didn’t take it lightly. What followed was no mere tantrum. It was a coup. He didn’t just try to take back the Sky Pack. He dragged us all into it, my pack included, reigniting a war Matt and I had tried so hard to end. And Rielle stood by him. She stood against me.
That betrayal carved itself into me. Tyler met the end he earned, violent, final. And for a time, I thought Rielle died with him.
“I should have known,” Alpha Matt interrupted sharply, his tone self-flagellating, but in between those words was an emotion, a love that had nothing to do with love between siblings.
I nodded once, my words leaving me stiffly.
“I’ll inform the human authorities tomorrow morning. You can say your goodbyes tonight.”
I turned to leave, but Alpha Matt was on his feet faster than I could draw a breath, standing between me and the door.
“No,” he said firmly.“I will take care of the human authorities.”
I frowned, beyond confused.
“What are you saying?”
There were no signs of tears on Alpha Matt’s face now. His semi-permanent hateful sneer returned like it had never left.
“I entrusted my sister to you to be your mate,” he spat out, index finger jabbing at my chest. “I want her returned the exact way she left us.”
I stared at him.
“Her mind is broken, Matthew.”
“Fix it,” Alpha Matt growled, his tone holding a thread of bitterness as he continued. “I heard she only lets you touch her. Your matebond is still strong despite the rejection. If you take care of her, she will recover.”
I stiffened, my mind flashing to that moment Rielle had broken our bond and betrayed me.
“I can’t.”
“You will,” Alpha Matt took another step closer to me, desperation sparking in the depths of his gaze. “You owe me a life debt, Damien, and this is the payment I want.”
I shook my head.
“I can’t.”
