Chapter 24
Evelyn’s POV
“My inheritance?” I ask.
How could he threaten to take my mother’s inheritance from me? I know I should be surprised by his continued cruelty, but I can’t believe that all he can do is take and take from me.
“If you keep this up, then you’ll tarnish the reputation of both packs,” my father states. “Is that truly what you want? To damn us all?”
“I’d be damning us?” I fire back at him. “You’ve already ruined my mother’s pack enough, anyway. The pack is on the brink of collapse! Do you really think me telling the truth is going to make things worse?”
My father is quiet for a moment, buying his time before his next words come out slow, cutting.
“You’d better mind yourself, young lady,” he tells me. “Or else someone is going to have to put you in your place.”
“Someone as in you?” I retort.
“Perhaps,” he replies with arrogance and I stop myself from letting out an annoyed grunt.
As the seconds tick by, I think about mentioning the medicine he’s been feeding me for years, how he stunted my wolf’s growth for so long. However, I decide to swallow the comment.
It’s better to keep it in my back pocket for now- to make sure I have solid proof if I choose to accuse him and use it to my advantage later.
So instead, I take a slow breath, willing myself not to cry as I release a breathy laugh instead.
“You’ve already taken almost everything from me – abused me for years,” I state. “I’ll never understand why you hate me so much, why you choose to be so cruel. But one thing is for sure – you’ve already said every horrible thing possible to me. Nothing else you say can hurt me.”
With that, I hang up on him and turn my phone off. I don’t want to hear from him or anyone else for that matter. I’m sure my phone will soon blow up with news articles and videos about tonight’s blow up if I leave it on. It’s better to cut my losses.
Plus, the only person I want to hear from isn’t here to help me. My mother – I miss her more than words can describe. I wish I could understand how sweet and wonderful as her could marry a man as horrible as my father. She is the sun and the stars while he was pure darkness – no light in sight.
I could use my mother’s now. I’d give anything to have her beside me.
I remember the days when she was alive, how she’d hold me while I cried and told me that I would always be okay. I was her fierce little wolf and I could handle anything.
I swallow hard as I think of her words, of the warmth of her arms. I need to be strong for her. I’ll find
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another way to reclaim my inheritance if my father is so keen on keeping it from me. And I’ll always find a way to protect my mother’s pack without the need of a political marriage.
I know my wolf is still weak and I’m currently married to an Alpha, which means I can’t be an Alpha myself. However, if I can get Kane to agree to divorce me then that will solve one problem.
Then I’ll need to continue to strengthen my wolf. Really strengthen. After all, my father is currently acting as Alpha of my mother’s pack and in order to reclaim it, I’ll need to challenge and fight him.
Not only that, but I’ll need to win.
Kane’s POV
When I return to the ballroom, all of the guests have cleared out. Now all that remains are the maids cleaning up the mess left behind, my parents, and fucking Bianca.
As soon as I come through the door, Bianca tearfully rushes up to me, speaking so fast that her tongue can hardly keep up.
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