Blake’s POV
Who does this fucking vampire think he is? First that stupid doctor, and now this blood demon is after my mate. I will not give her up, and I will fight both of them to the death over her. I am standing here fuming as Cheryl tells Graham the full story of what he put her through. Every heartache, and abuse that she suffered in silence. She went through so much here, things that I never even knew about. But I would be straightening it all out soon. I felt like the biggest asshole that has ever lived listening to it come pouring out of her. Her raw pain as she spoke, her tears sliding down her face, but she never sobbed. She spoke through the whole thing. She is so strong, and we hurt her so much. She was devastated by what we had done to her. I honestly don't see her wanting to come back here after the blows that she was dealt. I know that the whole group was hearing this, and they are judging me for my part in it. How in the hell is she supposed to forgive me, when I hurt her so much? I refuse to accept the fact that she won't come back to me, to our family, to our pack. She has to, and I will make sure she knows that I will do whatever she asks of me, to get her to love me and come back and take her place beside me again. Graham just lay there with his back to us and ignored the whole conversation. But I knew what she was doing. She was putting it down, and leaving the whole thing here. When she was done and went to go upstairs, I wanted to go with her and see if she would be willing to go up to our apartment to talk and see the children. She loves our pups as much as I do, and I was hoping to soften her heart by her seeing them.
I have to fix this as soon as I can. Men are coming out of the freaking woodwork wanting her, and they can't have her. She broke my heart when she almost mentioned the times that I took her choice away and forced her to sleep with me. I didn't mean to push her like that, but I need to feel like we were a true couple again. I thought it would work, she has always reacted well when we are together. That had happened before the cheating, back when she would still sleep with me. It would anger me that she would not comply with what I wanted from her. I just wanted her to confess her actions, and I wanted our relationship to be how it was before. It wasn’t and with each passing day, it got worse. I know she stopped herself to keep the rest of the group from judging me for my actions against her. It was not my finest moment, and it only happened a handful of times, but I still carried the guilt over it. It wasn’t sex, it was brute force. It was me showing her who was the boss, even if she refused to acknowledge that I was the boss. That she could deny me nothing, and I showed her exactly what her place was here. But it didn't work out as it should have. she just pulled even further away from me.
That was how I knew just how upset she was over Kara and the other girls. After I cheated on her, she refused to sleep with me again. She let me know quickly that it would be a fight to the death over it. We fought several times over that very thing, with the bulk of them ending up with both of us bleeding from the fight. I knew that she was serious about it, as she fought hard against me. I didn't want her to stop sleeping with me, she was the one who meant the most to me in my world. It was only her for me, and my fury at what Graham took away from me, reignites inside me. I wanted to strangle him with my own hands over this. I had decided to leave it alone as I figured that one day she would forgive me, and we would be together again. She always forgives me, because she loves me, I just had to be patient and wait for her to calm down. That day never came, and then she left. When I just tried to approach her she flinched away from me, she didn’t want me to touch her. I can see that this is not going in the way that I thought it was going to go. I honestly thought that after I sincerely apologized to her, she would forgive me, and I was so wrong about that.
I could tell that Anton had asked his brother to take her upstairs. I was glad he was doing that, but I didn’t want her to be up there with the doctor either. That jerk refused to listen when I told him to leave her alone. The lack of respect that was being given to me, was really pissing me off. I was half listening to what was being said now, my only focus was on what could be happening upstairs with the doctor tending to Cheryl. I am sure that he takes every opportunity to take care of her that he can. I am sick of him, and I will be glad when she decides to let go of the anger that she is holding over this. I need her to realize that everything I did, was only because I loved her so much. The quicker she comes to grips with the fact that I will die without her, I am sure she will snap out of her petty little annoyance with me. I just need to keep showing her how much I truly love and care for her. After a while, she will come around and forgive me. Even when I was not a good mate to her, she forgave me, this should not be any different than those times. I was glad that one of the she-wolves felt bad enough about what she had done to Cheryl, to apologize to her for it. I will not punish her as badly as I will the rest of them. They have shown no remorse at all for their actions against my Luna.
Brandon and Justin had nothing at all to say to Graham. They had no interest in speaking to him at all. They knew he was done for now, inside my cells. They were content with whatever I ended up doing to him as punishment. Reagan and Raven were done now. They seemed fine with telling him what they really thought of him. I am glad that it is done now, as I would like to get the hell out of here and go see my mate. I see that Raven and Reagan are both looking at Anton and wanting to get his thoughts right about what Graham was truly feeling, instead of what he had been saying. I can see that Anton was looking back towards the stairs leading upstairs as if he wanted to go up now too, but he did as they asked him to.
“Cole, you were right Graham has lied about almost everything. I am sorry for speaking fast, but I need to run this down quickly, as I am needed upstairs. Graham knows he was wrong for taking Cassandra from the mating ball. He didn’t realize that her true mate was you when he was trying to talk her into leaving with him. He assumed that he could provide her with what she wanted, more so than her mate. Once he learned that you were her mate when they ran into you, he knew he would look weak if he backpedaled. He knew that every decision that he made after that, is exactly what got him here. He was actually sorry that he didn’t return Raven. The longer that it went on and the older she got, he felt it would just be worse for him to return her. He also knows that he was punished by the Goddess with no more children because he disregarded the mate bond by lying to her to get her to come with him. He is fully aware that taking Cassandra like that was the start of all his problems. He knew he pissed the Goddess off, but didn’t care because he got Cassandra, and that was who he wanted at his side. He will never admit that he knows that he was wrong for it, and will never apologize for his actions. But he is very jealous that Cole was blessed by the Goddess with more children. Graham knew that he was being punished for not being able to have more children himself, as there was nothing wrong with him, or Cassandra to have prevented it. That is the bulk of what you needed to know, Cole,” Anton told the group. I am amazed at his gift. It must be a lot of pressure to be around people, especially those that do not like you, with this kind of gift, but at least you will always know when you are being lied to.
“Raven, he actually feels somewhat bad that he allowed his pack to hurt you. He treated you badly, and they saw it. So they did it too, thinking that is what he wanted them to do, and it was. It did hurt Cassandra that he never punished them for it. She did speak to him numerous times to stop it, but he never did. He was trying to push you into running away from the pack, but not to Blood Walker. He wanted her to either stay locked up forever at Silver Blade, or run away from the pack, but not to Blood Walker. He never wanted Cole to find out about her. Not returning you to your father after you were born, is actually his biggest regret, but it is 50/50 with it being for what all happened to you, and fear of Cole. He also feels bad about all the plans they made to make you look bad, and cause you harm. Mostly because of how badly it went, and just made them look bad. Cassandra was the most disappointed in him for all the pain he put you through. She blamed him for it, and she was angry at him for everything that he allowed to happen to you. After Reagan tried to kill you, Cassandra finally put her foot down and told him if it happened again, that she would take you and leave. She also told him that she would tell Cole about what he had done to you. That was why he stopped Reagan from attacking you again” Anton told her, and this guy is moving through everything, and quickly. I hate to be impressed, but I am. He would be a great asset for any pack, and he can see intentions from a mile away.
“Reagan, he is most upset by knowing that he trained you to grow up and be like him. At first, he liked it, but in the past 15 years since you got hurt, he realized the mistakes he made. He created you to be a narcissist just like he is. He spoiled you and gave you big ticket items when you would do what he wanted. Like tormenting Raven, to run under the radar after Cassandra gave him the ultimatum. He did feel guilty about what happened to you at Blood Tracker, but he did not start his vendetta because of it. He felt guilty that he hadn’t trained you to be able to protect yourself. If he wanted to punish the wrongdoers over your attack, he would have started with Garrett and Marc. He knew he couldn’t take over the pack if he didn’t start with Blake, and that is the real reason why he didn’t start with them” Anton told the group. Blake, Cole, and Justin had moved in closer as this was more interesting to see him tell exactly what was inside Graham’s head than listening to him lie with every word he spoke.
“Blake this involves you and Reagan, as you need to know the reason that he started with Cheryl and Blake. It was because he was angry at Blake for taking his $250,000 and not doing as he asked. Graham wanted you to let Reagan stay here without punishment for what she did. He was ashamed that Blake made you a breeder. He was more ashamed that you were no longer perfect after you were attacked. Graham has always placed great value on appearances, and that was why his true mate, a warrior who was not up to par with his standards had to be rejected. Seeing you scarred up made him more ashamed about what you looked like now. More so than being angry at your having been hurt, and almost killed. Since Blake disrespected him, he came up with this plan against them. He is only upset about two things. The first was that he couldn’t get Blake to cheat on Cheryl sooner, it threw his timeline off. Kevin got stronger and stronger and Forest couldn’t beat him in a fight anymore, even with his friends helping him. The wait caused the problem that Forest would not have been able to take Kevin down. The second reason was that Blake managed to get control of his finances, and he has no more money. That has hurt him to his core” Anton told Reagan, who nodded as if that was what she thought.
“Finally, what his thoughts are about Cassandra. He knows that his drugging her was wrong, but he wanted to be with her again, and he felt that she was taking too long to forgive him. He was tired of waiting for her to give him another chance. He used the same thing on her, as he gave the girls to use on Blake to get her to bend to his will. He also is aware that he is indeed the reason that she was killed. He knew something was up the night before when Cheryl came to his table. It was the look she gave him. Letting him know that he had not completely won, but he didn’t know what it meant until after it was over and done. Also, and this is important, on their last night together Cassandra told Graham that she knew what he had done to Blake and Cheryl, and their son. She told him that she had never been more disappointed in him, in her life. She also told him that whatever happens in the future, was directly on him. So she herself told him that it was his fault the night before it happened. She did know that she would die and was OK with what the Goddess had told her was going to happen as a result of it. She probably felt like she had to atone for all she had done and allowed to happen when she knew it was wrong. Most of that guilt was over Raven, and how she was treated. Lastly, he does actually want to kill Cheryl. I will have to say that you will have to get past me to do it you disgusting reprobate” Anton finished up.
We were all so busy looking at him as he relayed everything to us, that none of us noticed that Graham had gotten up from his cot. He was standing at the bars of his cell staring at Anton as if he has seen a ghost. Anton turned to him and gave him the same smirk that Graham had given to him earlier. Anton then turned and ran to the stairs, hurrying up them as fast as he could. I didn’t even have time to try to figure out why he was running when I got a mindlink from Garrett.
“We have a problem, Blake. We need you to come to your office” Garrett told me and I ran down the hall and up the stairs out of the cell area. I cannot believe my eyes as I hit the landing. It is complete chaos as there are 10 warriors currently floating in the air, and Silas is screaming his head off, as Anton slams him into the wall with his hand on his neck.
“What in the hell is going on here?” I yelled out as I have no idea what just happened up here. I heard the rest of the group coming up the stairs behind me.
Brandon, Justin, and Cole are quick to take protective measures standing in front of the vampires, and Clive steps up to protect Anton as he steps between him and my ranked wolves. Raven and Reagan both quickly walked around the line of vampires looking for Cheryl. I heard them both gasp and then a loud growl of anger sounds from Raven.
“Who hit Cheryl?” she roars out as she comes back around the line of vampires. The atmosphere suddenly changed in the hallway. This is her own pack, who would dare hurt her here? My roar of anger and frustration fills the area and I look around at my men, to hear what happened.
“He did,” Alexei said and pointed at Silas who suddenly is much less vocal and had stopped screaming. I guess he knows from my reaction, that maybe he made a mistake here. I am glad to see it when Anton digs his nails into Silas’s neck. I can tell that Anton is trying to calm himself down and not do some serious damage to Silas. I know from the look on his face, that he wants to snap his neck.
“Why Silas?” I asked him. Anton suddenly let him go and since Silas didn’t expect it, he fell down to his knees when he hit the floor. He glared up at Anton before standing up and his fury over the incident is filling him with self-righteous indignation. Anton stepped away from him and started to walk around the group to go check on Cheryl. I had to stay right here, if I see her hurt, I might kill Silas. I am trying to hold onto my own anger in this situation, as I already know how he feels about Cheryl. I left him alone as Silas is her father, and I knew when she had enough she would deal with him herself.
“She deserved it, Blake. She killed three pack members, and he tried to defend her after I slapped her. I had instructed the warriors to take them both down to the cells, but then these damn vampires stopped us. I was within my rights as she is guilty of murder, and needs to be punished. I am her father, and I felt what I did was appropriate. The slap should be the least of it. She left her mother on the side of the road, and she was in shock for days after the incident. There has to be some punishment for her actions. When I got the mindlink that she was actually here, I started to look for her until I found her. She should never have come back to Black Moon. No one wants her here,” Silas said and his chest is heaving in his anger.
“Alexei, what happened here,” I asked him.
“We were sitting outside your office talking to each other. Cheryl needed to rest and was sitting in a chair. She had her back to him when he walked up yelling at her. He slapped her hard, Blake. So hard her chair slid. I did grab him, but I had a reason for it. He should be glad that I didn’t kill him for what he did. She still has a handprint on her face, Blake. She is still weak and recovering. She cannot heal herself. We did stop them from trying to take us to the cells as Cheryl passed out for about a minute. Most likely, from the stress of this situation. We made sure we didn’t hurt anyone, but I would like to” Alexei said, and gave a pointed look at Silas. Silas was smart enough to step a few steps further back from me.
“You are a piece of shit, Silas, you always have been from what I have heard from your own son. How dare you put your hands on her? You don’t even have all the information to be able to have made that kind of judgment call on your own. You say she isn’t Luna anymore, but Blake still wants her to come back, and take her spot again. You are the one who holds no rank here, and you don’t have any authority to have them held in the cells either. The council is not going to punish her for what she was forced into doing to get herself and her son to safety. You would be bringing the council itself down on you for incarcerating her over it when they have already ruled in her favor on it. She had a reason, and it has been documented and recorded by the council as to why it happened. But if you want, I bet I can get the council here, very quickly in fact. I believe that they would be fine with talking to both you and Billie, about the crimes you committed at Black Adder. Plus, you can talk to Brandon as to what he would like from you personally, as recompense to Black Adder. You were the person behind all of it, and you should have to pay some type of penalty for it. I think we should get them here, so we can get this all straightened out, Silas” Raven told him, and she is pissed. I have never seen her this angry, but I don’t know her very well. I knew I had paid the funds to them myself, but I agree with her. He should make some form of payment to them, and hitting people in their wallets usually hurts them the most.
“You have no power here either bitch, so you can shut up too” Silas snapped back at her. Then all hell broke loose.
Silas starts a Fight