Damien's POV (Brentin and Kip's father)
I know you are all wondering, why Kip? Why not Brentin? Why not keep them both? Why didn't we adopt them both out? Well, the thing is, I wanted to keep them both but didn't want Jasmine to feel weigh down with responsibilities. Which one we kept was up to her. But I will try to answer all the questions. Why Kip? Well, he was the younger of the two and we needed an alpha heir, so Kip was the one Jasmine decided to let go. Why not Brentin? Well, that's easy; he is/was the heir to alpha. Why didn't we keep them both? Jasmine didn't want all the responsibility that would come with raising twins and running a pack. Why didn't we adopt them both out? Well, we needed an alpha heir, of course, but we also wanted to keep one of our children. If I had it my way, I would have kept them both.
Was there something wrong with Kip? No, he was perfect. Just like Brentin was. But, what Jasmine wanted she got. She still does to this day. Do I regret getting rid of one child and not both? Of course I do. Brentin reminded us every day that we had another child out there. Not by words, but by his looks. Does Jasmine regret it? I think she does, but she doesn't want to appear 'weak' in front of others so she doesn't really let it show. Do we regret keeping it from Brentin? Yes, we do. He should have known the moment that he was old enough to understand. But, we never told him for our own selfish reasons. Since he found out, he hasn't talked to us or anything. Since the attack he has detached himself further from us. So now we have to work on fixing our relationship with our son.
What about Kip? He is still our son, but only by blood. We don't know anything about him. What does he like? What does he dislike? How was his childhood? Was he treated well? Did he get the love and attention he deserved? Was he pushed away because he wasn't their child? Was he bullied? Does he have any children? Who is his real mate? Did he pick a chosen mate in case he didn't find his true mate? What's his favorite food? Favorite drink? Favorite music genre? Favorite movie? Etc. We don't know anything about him besides his name, birthdate, adoptive parents and simple things like that. We didn't know the major things though.
I know that Aaryana has had him chained to a wall in one of the cells. I just never went down to visit because I don't think he would want to see me. But, I asked her earlier if I could go visit him, to explain things to him before he is killed or whatever is going to happen to him. Which is where I am heading now. To talk to a son that I only seen on birthdays. Hopefully he will listen to me and not hate me for all of eternity.
I slowly made my way down into the dungeon and to his cell. I looked in and saw him sitting on the floor, unable to move his legs because it looked like his knees were shattered. Who did that to him? I finished looking him over, checking for more injuries but seeing none, I looked up to meet his eyes. He looked at me with so much anger, hurt and disgust that it almost brought me to my knees. "What the hell are you doing here?" He sneered at me. I looked around and finally found a seat. I dragged it over to his cell and sat down.
"I came to explain everything to you." I told him. He looked at me in disbelief.
"Why? What things do you need to explain? What the fact that you were a piss poor father? The fact that you chose one child over the other? Or the fact that you now feel guilty about giving me up?" He snarled.
"All of it." I replied. When he didn't say anything, I continued. "I didn't want to give you up, but you mother couldn't handle the responsibilities of having two babies in the house and being a new Luna. We couldn't give both of you up because we needed an heir, so we kept Brentin. Do I regret adopting you out? Yes I do. I have every day for the past twenty-three years. But I couldn't force her to take on all that responsibility. That's why we came to your birthday. Every year we came to your birthday. We would sneak out of Brentin's and come to yours." I told him. He looked at me in utter disbelief.
"Did you know?" He asked.
"Know what?" I asked confused.
Kip's POV
"Did you know?" I asked.
"Know what?" He asked completely confused.
"Know that I was being bullied by the other kids for being adopted? Know that I was always the outcast in that pack? That the only person who really cared for me, was the Luna? Her mate didn't even care about me." I told him. He looked at me in shock and disbelief.
"I didn't know that. I didn't know any of that. If I did, I would have gotten you out of there. I would have brought you home and showed you how a real pack treats you." He said.
"What? Like Aaryana was treated? Lied to by everyone? Being left in the dark? No thanks I would rather know everything that is coming my way instead of finding out after two years." I sneered at him.
"Aaryana was treated like a princess. The only reason everyone lied to her is because they were commanded to. Brentin alpha commanded everyone to keep him and Julie a secret." He said.
"Yet, you were an alpha yourself. You could have overridden that command and forced them all to tell her. What did you do? You sat back and then got mad because she left. So mad in fact that you disowned your son." I snarled. He paled.
"How do you know all of this?" He asked.
"Julie was my mate. She gave herself to Brentin before finding out if he was her mate or not. She gave herself to him not caring if he was her mate." I sneered.
"I can't help that. The thing is Brentin knew he wasn't her mate. Well not true mate anyways. But, he still felt the tiny sparks you feel with your mate." He said. "Anyways, I just wanted to tell you all of that before whatever happens, well happens. I didn't want any bad feelings between us, but I can see that you are too far gone for forgiveness."
I watched him walk away from the cell. I then listened as his footsteps slowly faded away. Once I knew he was gone I relaxed and let myself think about everything he said. Would he of helped me? Would he leave me there? Would he bring me back here? How would the pack treat me? Would they be better or worse than my old pack?
As I was thinking, I heard a softer set of footsteps coming down the stairs and towards my cell. Thinking it was Aaryana, I started smirking. I was getting ready to say something sarcastic until I seen who it was. My 'mother'. "I came to talk to you." She sneered. Ok, rude much? Well, if she wants to be rude, so can I.
"What do you want 'mother'?" I sneered.
"I know that Damien came to talk to you. So I want to tell you my side of the story. First of all, I never wanted you or Brentin. The only reason I came to see you on your birthdays is because of Damien. Second, I could never bring myself to love you, or Brentin for that matter. Third, and this might make me sound heartless, but I hope Aaryana kills you so I never have to look at you again." She all but growled at me. I looked at her stunned. How could any mother say that to any of her children?
I quickly went from stunned to angry. The next thing I know, I am lunging at her. The only thing that stopped me from killing her was the cuffs that were attached to chains, and my knees being crushed. I felt wolfs bane entering my system and heard her laughing. Before my wolf went into a 'temporary' sleep state, he took over and said, "You will regret those words. I will get out of here. When I do, I will kill you." Then he disappeared.
"Oh Kip, there's nothing you can do. Nothing Brentin can do either. Once he mates with Aaryana, I will kill them both. Including their three brats. Then I will kill Antoine. I will gain the three packs that you failed to gain." She said smugly yet sadistically.
"YOU WILL WHAT?!?" I heard an angry yet angelic voice say. I watched as the blood drained from my 'mothers' face.
"N-n-no-noth-nothing." She stuttered out.
"Don't bother lying 'mother'. I heard the whole thing. As did Aaryana and Antoine." Brentin said. "You are hereby sentenced to death for treason against your Luna, alpha and future alphas."
"You can't do that! I'm your mother!" She sneered.
"But I can." I heard another voice say. Seeing how Brentin said that he, Aaryana and Antoine all three heard her, I'm guessing it's Antoine. "You will be in one of my cells. The best part? I get to torture you along with Aaryana."
"What about me?" I asked.
"Would you really torture your own mother?" Aaryana asked.
"Of course. After what she said to me, then threatening you, yes I would." I answered truthfully.
"Antoine? Brentin? What are your thoughts?" She asked.
"He'll need to be supervised twenty-four seven and to live in one of my cells as well. Even after the attack. Since you have the kids, Ryah and I can do it." Antoine said. "Kip, one wrong move out of you, I will rip out your heart." I nodded to let him know that I understood. "This is only until after she's dead. Do you understand that?"
"Yes, I understand." I said. He then turned to Brentin.
"Brentin, you need to go get your father and tell him what your mother has done. Tell him where she will be as well." Antoine told him. Brentin nodded and walked away to find his father.
I then watched as Aaryana cuffed Jasmine, aka my mother. She started leading her away as Antoine came in my cell. He unlocked the cuffs then pushed me out in a wheelchair to his pack house. I was, of course, put in a cell there as well, but there were no silver cuffs. The cell was made out of silver though, so no matter which way I go, I can't get out of here unless they let me out. But without having the cuffs, I could rest better. Well, until that bitch Jasmine is dead anyways.
I laid down on the bed inside the cell. Next thing I know, I was dreaming a dream I haven't had for a while. Well more like a flashback/nightmare.
Dream
I was sitting on the porch steps. I had just gotten home from school where all the kids bullied me. Why did they bully me? I had no clue. I had bruises and cuts all over my body. If I walked into the house, my adopted mother would wonder what happened and then I would have to explain. I didn't feel like explaining so I looked for another way into the house. Then I saw it. My bedroom window. All I would have to do is climb the tree beside it and jump through the window. They would never know I was home.
So, I quickly climbed the tree. I jumped in the window with a little 'thump'. I then went to get a shower and change clothes so that no one would know what I went through at school. After my shower, I got out, got dressed and then started to quietly make my way downstairs. When I was halfway down there, I hear my father and mother talking.
"You can't keep letting those kids get away with that!" My mother said.
"Why the hell not? It's not like he's our biological son. The only reason that I took him in is because he has alpha blood. If he can't defend himself then he's never going to amount to anything. I never should have adopted the little bastard. I mean hell, it's bad enough that his parents didn't want him. Now I see why they didn't want him." My father shouted. Wait, I'm adopted? How come I never knew? I decided to finally make my appearance known.
"Hey Kip." My mother said.
"Hey. How come you never told me I was adopted? Is that why all the kids bully me? You wouldn't have taken me if I didn't have alpha blood? My biological parents didn't want me? How do you know all of this?" I threw question after question at them.
"We never told you because I was raising you like my own son. Yes that's why all the kids bully you. Mostly because this sick man commanded them to. I took you regardless. I can't have children and I always wanted one child. Your biological father did, your mother, I don't know." My mother said.
I stared at them for a while and then I went out for a run. While I was running, I fell and was captured by....
End of dream.
I jumped up and looked around. They made my life hell. My biological mother and father did. My adopted father was a bastard and my biological mother is a cold hearted bitch. Yet they both got great mates. My adoptive mother, she was one of the sweetest people you will ever meet. I say was because she was murdered, by who we never found out. Her mate always said it was by rogues but by the sinister smile he wore, I think he did it. My biological mother was going to kill Brentin, Antoine, Aaryana and I, so who is more twisted? My adoptive father or biological mother? After laying there for a few more hours, I finally fell into a dreamless sleep.
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