Chapter 289
I roll my eyes at him and look at my mother. “I found her.”
“Who?” She asks with a frown
“Daddy’s favourite little girl.”
Her brown eyes widen a little and she shakes her head. “That was a long time ago, Blair. You need to let go of the past.”
I had a feeling she was just saying it because Ryken was standing right here. If it had just been us, I know she would be smiling. It’s what we had both wanted. I knew deep down she wanted revenge for what my father had done to her, done to us. Ryken points a finger at me. “You are fucking nuts. You do realise who she is, right?”
“Yeah, everything that I should be.”
He laughs and I feel that white hot rage creeping up inside of me.
“You were never going to be an Alpha, Blair. Your dad wasn’t an Alpha, it was a fucking lie you stupid cow.” He prods his thick finger against my temple. “Why can’t you get that to go in that thick skull of yours?”
“He lied, Blair.” My mum whispers sadly. Where was her anger? Where was her rage?
“Are you really that stupid?” Ryken shakes his head, “You are an Everwood. You could have had a chance at leading this small pack, but you fucked that up by going on this wild goose chase of yours.”
I laugh, looking around at the houses. “There’s like thirty people in this so-called pack and my name is Blair Kitson.”
He laughs at me while mum just stares at me with a deep rooted sadness
“You would rather take your half sister’s name then be proud of our own pack?”
“If it gets me my place.”
Ryken laughs. “You are fucking delusional. Looks like the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. And I’m not talking about your mother.”
“You are saying I’m like my father.”
“Exactly like him. Why do you think your mother spent so long despising you?!” He mocks
“Mum?”
She turns away without uttering a single word and heads deeper into the house. Ryken throws a glance over his shoulder and then stares at me. “You had a chance here, Blair. A chance at a fresh start. I was willing to take you on as my own, to raise you into a loving family. Give you everything you missed when you were a child. But you threw that away because you can’t let go of this stupid idea of yours. Now leave, you are trespassing.”
He slams the door in my face and my heart drops into my stomach. I had really hoped mum would welcome me with open arms.
Slinking back to my car, I watch the house for a while, mulling over Ryken’s words. Every now and again I would see one of my brothers appear in the window. They never looked at me, but they were so damn happy. A million miles away from how I had felt growing up. Mum had changed, she had gotten everything she ever wanted. A happy, loving family and I wasn’t part of that.
A tear leaks from my eye. I’m quick to wipe it away. Crying was not happening. Mum had moved on without me. Speeding down the road, Neah’s voice vibrates through my head, telling all Lycans to come to Black Shadow. “Fuck!” My hands slam against the steering wheel. I knew this day would come, but why had she waited until now?
Turning the car around, I head back to my mum’s place. I needed to see if they would go. Neah’s request wasn’t an order, but that could change and then I would be forced to go too.
Would she have them killed because of me?
I stop at the end of the road. They were already loading up their car with bags. Mum had the baby cradled in her arms as Ryker moved back and forth, slotting things into the car like he was playing a game of tetris.
They weren’t the only ones either. Every house had people loading up cars. They were all going. They were all fucking stupid.
Slamming on my brakes, I block their car in. My mum stares at me with wide eyes and backs off towards the house as my sister startes to cry.
“You are making a mistake.” I mutter
“It’s our decision.” He snaps back at me and slams the car door shut with the boys inside. He goes to say something and instead shakes his head in disbelief. “What the fuck have you done, Blair?”
I had been fighting Wolves, Lycans and Rogues for years. I had been thriving on my own. Yet somehow he always makes me feel like a little kid with no power. A little kid who had done something really, really bad. The strength and confidence I usually have in any situation fades to nothing.
“BLAIR!” Ryken growls “What danger have you put the pack in?”
“1…”
“You didn’t just find her, did you?” He snarls at me
“Let me talk to whoever is in charge.”
“You are looking at him.”
“You are in charge?” I ask in disgust
“As voted by the others. Now I have to speak to the Lycan Alpha about the mess you created.”
“She will probably kill you.”
“Then the death of your family will sit firmly on your shoulders alone.”