Shattering Control #2
Liam shrugged, ripping open the chocolate wrapper with his teeth.
My stomach fluttered, and I swallowed; I had to admit, he looked sexy…
Goddess, why did something so simple make me feel all funny?
Liam bit into the chocolate, but it was clear his parents saw his attitude as disobedient, no matter how hot he looked biting into it.
His eyes flicked to me. I felt my cheeks burn when he gave me the faintest hint of a smirk before glancing back at his parents.
“I guess I’m just stronger than your typical alpha,” he said.
“Inhumanly strong,” Damon said quietly. My eyes snapped to him. Did he have a death wish?
We need them to know… and we can’t tell them, he said through the link, his soft blue eyes staring into mine.
True…
“That’s not fucking possible. Only Alejandro could possibly do that,” Uncle El said icily.
“Guess he’s not the only strong one around then,” Liam remarked, shrugging as he licked his soft lips, taking another bite of the chocolate.
“And Raven’s wrist, was it due to you not knowing your strength that you ended up hurting your own mate?” Uncle El hissed. Aunty Red snapped to him, poking her eyes out at him. I had a feeling he wasn’t meant to have said that. I knew she had told him!
“Oo! Mate?” Azura jumped up as she stared at Liam and me. “Waven! Wiyam! You’re mates?”
I gave her a small smile, but I didn’t reply. I glanced at Damon, and he gave me that small smile he always did. I hated this…
“Okay, Azura, come on. Aunty Moni is in the other room. You can watch TV there,” Aunty Red said before motioning for Azura to follow her. Uncle El glared at his son as Azura followed Aunty Red out, still giggling as she looked between Liam and me.
“We are going to have Waven and Wiyam babies…” Was the last thing she said before she disappeared? Goddess, that child!
“I… I didn’t realise I was hurting her.” His ‘I don’t care’ attitude vanished, and he looked down at my wrist. “I’m… I’ll make it up to you.”
“Yeah, you will. But before that, how did you not realise? You ripped Haru’s arm off Liam.
That is no joke! You are Alpha. You can’t do things without a trial.
Without your Beta, your Delta, and your pack knowing why,” Uncle El said as Aunty Red returned, motioning for Damon and me to take something from the tray.
I reached forward, taking a packet of white chocolate buttons and a bar of chocolate.
I passed the bar to Damon, giving him a smile before ripping open my packet and putting a button in my mouth.
“Your father is correct,” Aunty Red said, sitting next to Uncle El and draping a leg over his thigh. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders, caressing her thigh as he leaned over and kissed her.
Mates… that is what a relationship is. One for one. How the fuck do you think anyone can be happy when the dynamics are so fucked up? Liam’s cold voice came into my head.
I didn’t reply. I got that, and even if somehow it worked, we weren’t a trio of mates. It was the two of them for me, so I didn’t get it either… I pushed the thoughts away.
“About Dad… he flipped when he found out I visited Renji’s grave,” I said, sighing as I ate another button and let it melt on my tongue.
“Care to elaborate? I am done with you kids hiding stuff. I want it all laid out on the table,” Uncle El said, his eyes flashing. I swallowed. He was as scary as Liam at times… or even scarier… I looked at Liam, who nodded.
“Start from when you were little because there’s a lot you keep skating around and hiding,” he added.
“You got this,” Damon added softly. Aunty Red sighed.
“Sometimes sharing isn’t easy… I’ve been there… but it feels better when that burden of secrets is lifted from you,” she said encouragingly. I frowned, staring down at my knees.
“Well… Dad has always never… liked me. I was always annoying and-”
“You were never fucking annoying,” Liam cut in, his eyes flashing as he reached for my chin and turned my face towards him. “Stop saying that.”
“Okay, he found me annoying. It was the small digs, pushes, and shoves here and there. In their eyes, I was useless and, apparently, the one whose fault it is that my brother is gone. He always referred to me as trash. There’s not much to tell.
.. he’s just... I will no longer refer to him as Dad anymore.
I am done with him. As for his mate, she would just stand by and didn’t care.
In her eyes, he was always right.” It wasn’t easy talking about it.
I didn’t want to go into it deeply. “It’s done.
I’m done with him, his mental abuse and sometimes physical.
Although it was never anything big, just a shove or a push-”
“That is not something small, Raven,” Uncle El said quietly.
“I can’t believe we didn’t pick up on it,” Aunty Red said. I could see the guilt in her eyes.
“I don’t want sympathy; some people have it so much worse.
I’m okay. Besides, I was here so often you practically were forced to have me,” I said, waving my hand.
“So don’t feel bad. If it wasn’t for you guys, maybe things would have been different and far worse.
.. he never left a mark or bruise, so I’m okay… ”
“Why is there never an end to fucking dickheads?” Uncle El muttered.
“Because that’s how humans are,” Aunty Red said. “Killing him is not an option, Liam. Revise your punishment and hold a trial for them both, then set a punishment that they deserve.”
“I don’t need anyone to tell me what to do. If I say he’s staying down there until the day he fucking dies, then he is,” Liam said icily.
His eyes blazed, and I felt that dark aura surge around him once more.
My heart thumped as I looked at the alpha couple in front of me.
Both had tensed, their eyes sharp and calculating as they stared at their son, who I didn’t even need to turn to, to know that his eyes were probably a few shades darker…