Chapter 17: Chapter - 17: A Nasty Deal

(Faedra's Pov).

My eyes swelled up and my vision was blurry as I burst into tears and ran out of the room.

I shut the door of my room and buried my face in my knees and let the tears fall. It hurt, it hurt so much. Their words tore me apart and it hurt even more because I knew it was true. I was helpless, I had nowhere to go. I was going to suffer from it. I couldn't raise him, I couldn't raise a child on my own. At the end of the day, I had to be dependent.

I remembered how Castor and Shade had continuously bullied and mocked me over the years. How did I ever find myself in this situation? I thought after college I was finally going to be free. My life was finally going to be on the right path.

I was going to have the perfect mate and love him and he was going to love me too and we were going to have the most perfect family. I was delusional, I was a stupid young girl dreaming of the impossible.

The twins, they came every time to shatter my hope, to laugh at me and push me down. I was always inferior to them, and they could do whatever they wanted to me.

Castor's words and Shade's continuous mocking continued to ring in my ear and I broke down, I couldn't stop the tears from calling. I let it fall, I sat, my back against the door and face buried in between my knees.

At that moment I remembered Alpha Liddell's words to me when he found out I was pregnant and I shuddered. He had said he was going to experiment on my child. I suddenly felt chills. I bit my lower lip, I knew only the twins could protect me. If my father found me, he'd be sure to drag me to the pack and punish me. Then perform different experiments on me and my child and probably kill him off after he's born because he's the seed of his greatest enemies.

Somewhere in me, I knew it was only with the twins my child could remain safe. I knew I couldn't provide and protect my child, there was nothing I could do. I could only swallow my pride and take their help, it was the only thing I could do at this point. I sighed and walked to the bathroom to wash my face. I stared at my reflection, my eye bags which were already starting to disappear were evident. I had been crying too much. I needed to find Castor and make a deal with him.

Just then, I heard a knock on the door. "Faedra it is me Andreas, open up, I have a message for you" I heard the Beta's voice and i stood up to open the door.

"Hi," I said timidly, my voice a bit hoarse from screaming and crying. He held a note with him and pushed it gently into my hand. "Alpha Castor left this with me, In case you want to reach out to him, for anything, it's his contacts and emails." My eyes lit up, just what I needed at the moment.

"Thank you, Beta Andreas," I said with a soft smile and he smiled back and nodded.

I opened the note and his number was written boldly there. 'CASTOR WINDSOR, CALL ME WHEN YOU HAVE MADE UP YOUR MIND.'

I shakily dialed the numbers as I borrowed the phone from a she-wolf, and waited for him to answer. It beeped three times and on the fourth time, I heard his deep voice. "Castor Windsor here, who is it?" He said coldly, you could easily tell he was an alpha. I could feel his dominance over the cell phone.

"Hi, it's Faedra." There was a pause and sharp breath before he continued to speak. "You've finally made a decision huh?" there was no hint of mockery in his voice and I was thankful for that.

"Yes I have," I said, almost whispering.

"I'll text you my home address, I expect to see you soon, so we can discuss this better. Don't worry, we won't harm you, we give you our word." I didn't expect him to invite me over to his place, but I said nothing and only agreed in the end.

"Okay," I said to him.

"Good," He replied and silence followed, the line died, he hung up. I dropped the phone on the bed, hoping I had made the right decision. Soon I heard a beep, he had sent me his address, I took a deep breath and walked towards the shower to clean up.

Half an hour later I was ready, I walked down the stairs and bumped into the Alpha. "Alpha Zed." I bowed to him.

"Where are you off to?" he asked suspiciously.

"Business," I mumbled dryly.

"With the Alpha twins?" He asked and I remained quiet. He already got his answer.

"Let my driver drop you off." I raised my brows. "There's no need for that Alpha Zed, I can manage just fine on my own" I pursed my lips and he frowned. "I wasn't asking for your opinion, it's an order." I couldn't argue and only nodded.

In less than twenty minutes, Alpha Zed's driver parked in front of a huge white villa. I stepped out of the car and thanked him. He only nodded and said he was doing his duty. I stood and watched the car drive off, then I heard a beep. Castor had messaged me. 'I WILL SEND SOMEONE TO COME BRING YOU TO THE STUDY'. He already knew I was here.

Soon a female maid came to me and led the way. I only followed her quietly and let her lead me to where Castor and Shade were. Soon we stopped In front of a huge brown door. Before she could raise her hand to knock we heard Shade's voice. "Clara, you may leave. Faedra, enter, the door is open." He said authoritatively.

The maid named Clara just bowed at the door and mumbled "Yes, alpha" before scurrying away. I took a deep breath and pushed the door open. I was met with two pairs of Grey eyes. They stared at me, their eyes glued to my face, like a predator watching his prey's every move. I stood there awkwardly till Castor stood up and smiled. "Welcome Faedra" He offered me a seat. "Here sit here" and I sat obediently.

"You have thought about this and have agreed to our terms?" Shade threw the question at me and I nodded.

"Yes," I said dryly and he raised a brow at me, not believing I had agreed so easily. I ignored his look and placed my hand on my stomach. I was doing all of this for my child.

"Are you sure about this-"

"I have my own terms and conditions too," I interrupted Castor. It was beyond rude to interrupt or cut off an alpha while speaking but I didn't care about all of that. Castor frowned at me but I ignored it.

"Let's hear it," Shade hummed.

"First and foremost, you must protect my child and I," I said blankly and they both looked unbothered. We needed to be protected from my father, no former alpha, Alpha Liddell. He was vicious and cold-hearted. Most Alphas couldn't stand up to him but the twins were an exception.

"Done," Shade said coldly.

"We will protect you and the child while you are pregnant," Castor said slowly and I nodded.

"Secondly, I don't want you to conduct any DNA test on my child until after he is born and strong and healthy," I said, they looked surprised at first but clamped their mouths shut and nodded, not opposing the idea.

After they had approved, I nodded and moved on to the next condition.

"If the child doesn't turn out to be yours, then you can get rid of me permanently."

They were shocked but I sat there with a blank face.

"Get rid of you permanently?" Castor asked.

"End your life?" Shade was dumbfounded. I only nodded, not bothering to give an explanation.

"Are you sure about this?"

"I am," I said coldly. "And lastly, after the child is gone. I will have no relations with you. You will not disclose any information about me or my whereabouts and location to anyone and I will never see you and give up all rights as the mother."

They agreed to my conditions, thankfully with no problem.

"Anything else?" they asked and I shook my head. And with that, the documents were signed and finalized.