You Wouldn't Dare (Khaos Trilogy Book 1), стр. 95
She ignored me.
I changed tactics; I raged at my dad for believing her insanity. I told him he was being fucking ridiculous, giving merit to her wild accusations that the baby was doomed and evil. All babies are innocent. There wasn’t a curse on Khaos’ bloodline!
He ignored me.
My last shot was to try to call out to my brother, reminding him he was soon to be Alpha. My blood would be on his hands if he allowed this to continue. My baby deserved a life, just like his did.
He ignored me.
Everyone that was meant to love and protect me pretended that I wasn’t here, that they couldn’t hear me.
Knowing it was useless, I opened up the bond with Khaos and tried once again to contact him, all the while praying that he was okay.
This time, however, the minute I tried to tune into him, I was hit with a searing pain that brought me to my knees and had me clutching my side. It was unlike anything I had ever felt before and I knew, just knew, that his mother was behind this. It was too much of a coincidence that I was stuck in this cell at the same time as Khaos was having this pain inflicted on him – and we were miles away from each other.
Somehow, Nyx must have gotten wind of what was going on. She had to have found out about Khaos meeting me and completing the mating. She had got the upper hand and orchestrated the entire thing. It would explain the pain I felt in the cabin when pack bonds were breaking. I was more than convinced now that it was an attack and my wolves were dying. She had also succeeded in brainwashing my mother, and I knew without a shadow of a doubt that she was responsible for Khaos’ current pain.
No one else would want to do this.
Nor would they dare.
I gritted my teeth against the pain, my heart breaking as I realised it must be nothing compared to what my mate had actually experienced, and tried once more to call for help.
Clinging to the bars of my cell for support, I yelled for my brother, figuring he was the best chance I had out of here. Despite ignoring me earlier, he would come through for me. He had to. There was no way he was as disturbed as our parents.
“Violet,” he called to me over our sibling bond, “relax, Violet, please. I can’t come to you. Mother is sitting outside your door mumbling like a madwoman. She truly believes your baby is cursed and will be the downfall of us all.”
“She’s lost it!” I snapped back, my hands cradling my slight bump protectively. “This is what happens when you spend your life with your head in the sand, caring about nothing other than remaining young forever, your social standing and reputation! She was bound to snap! This is not my fault Junior, you know this!”
“Vi... She’s not completely insane, is she? Your mate—”
“Yes! My mate has done bad things, but he’s not a bad person! Believe me when I say the man has experienced more pain than we ever knew existed! We’ve lived in luxury, everything at our fingertips! He has had to fight to live every second of the day, every day of his miserable life! Believe me when I say that he had to beg and plead for scraps of the table – scraps we wouldn’t even give to our dogs! And even then, more often than not he was denied them. He’s never had anything of his own until I came along! How would you like it if someone had refused to allow you to mate with Jenny? If they had accused her of such heinous crimes?”
“Jenny never killed anyone, Vi.”
“Would she if she had to?” Junior was silent as he contemplated this. I pushed on, not waiting for his answer. I hated to betray Khaos in this way and reveal his story, but if it got me the fuck out of here and back to his side where I could see for myself that he was safe, well, it was worth it. He would understand and forgive me,
“If someone had raped and murdered her choice mate, don’t you think she would have done something? If someone had forced her into a torture chamber filled with blades for days on end until she was swimming in her own blood, you think this wouldn’t make her thirsty for revenge? Or if someone had orchestrated a gang rape on her as a teenager? Especially if that someone was the only parent she had ever known. Do you think Jenny wouldn’t be bitter about this?! Do you think Jenny wouldn’t want to kill everyone involved? Answer me!” I was screaming over the bond, my breathing becoming heavy and laboured even though I hadn’t uttered a word.
“I… Fucking hell, I don’t know what to say. He really went through all that?”
“Trust me, I’m barely scratching the surface of what he’s been through. You need to help me, please. I can feel him, he’s hurt, and he needs me. Something is going on, something huge. You know once he gets out of there he’s coming here. He will tear through this entire pack like a man possessed, and Goddess help anyone who stands in his way. Don’t be an idiot, Junior. Don’t sentence yourself to an early grave, because Khaos will kill you too, and I will be powerless to stop him. Don’t let my baby grow up without his only uncle. Please!” I was openly sobbing now as
I pleaded with my brother to set me