Rejecting The Alpha Twins (Regan)

Xavier POV

I admire how Regan manages to keep herself together, even as begin to worry about my father and his emotional well-being. Xander is strangely quiet, his expression contemplative del while I tried to keep myself subdued. I made every effort to reassure my mate, holling her hand, tone hing her, trying to be near her as we transversed the corridor until we found ourselves in front of the cell that had mine and Xander's mother in it. Regan had dealt tremendously well with the punishment she had doled out to Beta Johnathon, her father, but I wondered how she would go now, my own eyes feeling heavy as my mother rose gracefully to her feet and regarded us all with a cynical expression. I felt my father blanch as the directed her eyes towards him and stopped.

"You finally decided to grace me with your presence" My mother smiled but it did not quite reach her eyes.

Even now, she tried to resemble the persona of a Luna, althought would do her little good to act this way now. She could not escape what was about to happen, no matter how much she might wish to.

My father pushed his way through all of us to the front of the cell door staring down at her as she blinked at him in surprise. I could see Regan's face drain of color while I and my brother stared down at the ground, knowing instinctively what our father was about to do. We would do the same in his shoes. I had dreaded this moment and now that it had come, there was nothing that I could realistically do to stop it. Not unless I wanted to prove that we were nothing more than hypocrites who would go to any lengths to save our family while condemning others.

"1. Alpha Jackson of the Blood Moon Pack, reject you, Luna Jennifer Dominion as my mate now and forevermore" my father growled the words out, causing all of us to flinch, my mother's face going white as snow as she gave a scream that was bloodcurdling, dropping to her knees as she felt the bond between herself and my father sever.

She would be in constant pain until she chose to accept it and I doubted she would be foolish or najve enough not to. My father was not about to change his mind this time. His expression was deadly serious as he stared down at her.

"1 accept your rejection" she sobbed, clutching at her neck, and we all watched as the mark disappeared from her neck and our father's.

They were no longer bonded to each other. My father was once again, without a mate. This had to be killing him inside and yet, he made no sound.

He stepped back instead, looking awfully weary. I saw Regan gently touch his arm, questioning if he was alright. My mother glared at us, forcing herself to stand back upright, stiffening her spine as she attempted to regain her prideful look.

"You were never much of a real mate anyway" she sneered at my father, as I clenched my jaw and Xander shot me a that spoke volumes about how angered he was.

"We're not here to discuss that, we're here to witness your punishment" my father's voice is terse

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We all look towards Regan. My mother looks taken aback. "You can to tell me that you gave the decision to her" she said gesturing with her hands, her tone loud in disbelief, Regan remains silent which further provokes my mother's anger

"We decided to give the one whose life was affected the most by your treasonous acts the decision, yes," my father said quietly and without apology,

"You have got to be joking. A little girl, playing and pretending to be Luna" she scoffed, causing me to flinch and Xander to glare at her.

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looked unaffected by our mother's blister. Because that's all it was, bluster. She was nervous and doing her best to hide it. Perhaps she was considering the repercussions of her actions and wondering just how far Regan would go in regard to her punishment. I could see her jaw ticking in nervousness, 10.18 Sat, Jan 11 DG.

"Laina Jennifer" Regan's voice is barely above a whisper, and we have to crane our heads to hear her properly, even with our sensitive shifter hearing. "You committed adultery against your fated mate, the Alpha of this park and then continually ed about it. You hired an innocent girl into the forest during a rogo attack and as a direct result, her mother dieil protecting her. That girl was later declared to be a murderer and treated like an outcast by the pack and abused by many, including her father. Your crimes are numerous" she breathed, looking at my mother in condemnation.

"I am the Luna, you can't do this to me" our mother shouted, looking between us all. "This was just a mistake, a careless misunderstanding. You can forgive me, can't you" she pleaded na shaky voice.

"No Mother," I told her, shaking my head "we can't. We have always looked up to you as a leader and today, we discovered you are nothing but a coward. You had a chance to make things right, years ago and instead, you covered it up, to save your own ass. You let them think Regan was to blame because it suited you."

She framed an innocent little girl rather than take the fall. That was more shameful than anything she could have done.

Her face contorted and she looked on the verge of tears.

"For the crimes ou have committed" Regan's voice is wooden and emotionless "I hereby sentence you to be stripped of your title. You will be banished from this pack and turned into a rogue. To step foot onto these pack lands will mean to forfeit your life" she advised quietly.

It was a lesser punishment than my mother deserved, and my brother and my father looked at Regan, recognizing the compassion she was showing. She could have asked for the death sentence, and we would have granted it because it was within her rights. I had the feeling she was doing this for us,

"No" my mother whispered, her lips quivering "I can't leave this pack. Where would I go?" she turned and appealed to us, her hands separating in a helpless gesture.noveldrama

"That will be up to you mother. Asa Luna you have an advantage most shifters who are condemned to become rogues don't and your wolf is stronger. You have a good chance of being able to survive out there" I told her tightly,

She had been given the same sentence as Beta Jolinathon, minus the whipping. Regan had shown true mercy. I looked at my mate with nothing but gratefulness in my eyes. I hoped she could see how much I valued her in that moment and how much I wished I could thank her for this bit of kindness,

"But this is my home." My mother protested, her voice rising as my father turned his head and avoided looking at her "I don't know anything else. I can't do anything else. I wouldn't know how."

I hardened my heart. "Then you will have to learn. Step foot back on these pack grounds once we release you as a rogue and we will be forced to kill you" I said, glancing at Regan who stood deadly still, her eyes watching every move that our mother made. Teamed, launching herself at the bars and wincing as the silver burned the flesh of her hands, "I am your mother" she causing her to drop them in a hurry "I gave birth to you boys, I raised you. I was loyal to you for years" she yelled at my father who stiffened "and this is how you repay it? You are all monsters" she screamed hysterically "I did everything in my power to keep you safe. I made one mistake" she screeched, glaring at Regan "and for that, you would condemn me."

"Your mistake killed my mother" Regan's voice cuts through my fnother's screeching and causes her to fall silent. "Had I made the same mistake you did, would I be granted the mercy that I decided to extend to you today?" she asked meaningfully.

We all knew that our mother would not have given the same leniency. It was written all over her face as she glared at Regan. Her lower lip-curled as she stared at our mate who refused to be intimidated. "I should have known that you would furn them against me" she sneered "You're more like your mother than you think. But I'll be the last one laughing, you just wait and see" she threatened, as Regan blinked at her "if you think this is the end of me then you don't know the first thing about me. I'll survive" she hissed, as we glanced at each other "and I'll come back, no matter how long it takes."

"Good luck" Regan murmured unfazed, and then turned on her heel, moving unsteadily away as I grabbed my father and began to help him along, Xander glancing sorrowfully at our mother and then following in resignation.

"I will come back" my mother screamed, but we all ignored her making our way to the exit and towards Regan who was blindly stumbling and looking on the verge of collapsing.

She had been through enough for now. Our mate needed to restond we needed to plan our next move of action.