Alpha Owen (Broken Series)

2. Alpha Owen's baby?

Erika

As soon as I crossed the boundary line of the Silver Moon pack I knew that all the relationships, friendships, and links with the pack were going to break. I knew that after the rejection I should have been broken, a shell of a wolf like other rejected mates. But Adam, who was sleeping peacefully in my arms, had given me the motivation to keep living. Even though I was not able to feel my wolf, who had just abandoned me after the rejection, the beautiful ray of sunshine in my arms was keeping me alive. This was the life that I had chosen, and had always desired. Yes, I wished to live this life now because Adam was…

"Erika!" Someone shouted my name just as I was about to cross over the territory boundary line. I turn around to find Dan's soon to be Beta, Jack, who had also been my friend, running to catch up with me. I noticed my luggage in his hand. I had been not expecting him here because if Dan discovered that he had come to meet me then Jack would be in big trouble.

"Luckily, you have not crossed the boundary line yet or I would not have been able to deliver this letter to you," he handed me a letter while taking deep breaths as he had apparently been running for a long time.

"A letter?" It was a white color envelope, and I noticed my name was written on the front of it. It was for me.

"I found this letter in the trashcan near your dad’s house. I witnessed your father throwing it away because it was with Emma. I quickly stole it and came here to deliver it to you," I again looked at the envelope in shock and quickly hugged tightly. Dad had not even bothered to read it, he just threw it away like he had both his daughters. He had not wanted me to know that she had written something to me.

"Thank you so much Jake!" I exclaimed as I gave him a tight hug. If he had not stolen this letter from the trash then I would never have known that Emma had written this letter for me. He smiled and hugged me back.

"I am very sad that you are leaving the pack. I am ashamed that Dan, my best friend, did something that horrible to you. I came to know he had been living with Emma! He is a piece of s**t! But I am happy that you were finally able to stand up to your father and make your own decision. If I had been in your place, I probably never would have dared to leave the pack for just a child," he placed a kiss on Adam's soft cheeks then quickly left before someone saw us together. I did not want to get him in trouble because of me so I had asked him to leave as soon as possible. But I was glad that there was at least someone in my old pack had cared about me.

"But Erika, Dan is not someone who would let anyone his child take away. No matter how low he is he would Emma's child. Dan should have gone crazy when he had heard about the child lying next to Emma but he just didn't care. This child also doesn't look like Dan or Emma. is this child really theirs?" Jack asked, reading my expression. my body was cold by his questioning eyes.

"I don't know Jake. I need to go," I said, looking away from him.

Before leaving Jack had given me my luggage that he had hurriedly packed before my father had arrived in my room. He also handed me the cash from his wallet, there was a good amount of money there. As soon as I crossed the line everything between the Silver Moon pack and I was severed. It felt empty inside my mind. It was a horrible feeling. I felt abandoned, orphaned, and sick. I took a deep breath but did not look back at the pack, instead I gazed down at Adam. He was still sleeping and it was bothering me.

At the pack he had been crying non stop but it had been a long time since he had woken up. I was worried. Was he sick? His temperature was normal but I had this feeling that something was wrong. I made my way to the bus stop in town. Keeping my luggage beside me I finally sat on the bench waiting for the bus. The next bus would arrive in fifteen minutes. I did not know what or who I was after leaving the pack. My father had kicked me out but I had not been banished by the Alpha. I was neither a rogue nor a lone wolf. A small movement from Adam on my chest reminded me that I was a mother. I kissed his forehead, again holding him tightly. My little boy.

My eyes moved toward the letter that Emma had left me. I wonder why she had written me a letter? The bus would not arrive for another ten minutes, so I decided to read the letter. While unfolding it my heart beat like a drum in my chest. I had no idea what was written inside.

"Erika," I stopped as soon as the first word that I saw was my name. I was unable to read further. I still cannot believe that my sister had died so painfully. Why had rogues killed her? Why had she not tried to defend herself? She was a great fighter so how did she end up dying so pathetically? There were so many unanswered questions about her death that I could not understand. I was not even sure that my father would let her be buried on pack lands. I hoped that the Alpha would allow it. I fixed my eyes on the letter, deciding to find out what she wanted to tell me.

"Erika, I am sorry…" I c****d my eyebrow. Was she apologizing to me because she was in love with my ex mate?

"I have kept a huge secret from you. I know you have always doubted that I was in love with Dan even though I had always denied it. When Dan turned 18 he discovered that you were his soon to be mate. You were going crazy, telling me that your dream had come true but what you did not know was that on the same day I had also found my mate. It was none other than Dan," my hand instantly went to my mouth, I pressed it hard to hold in any noise that might escape. My hand was shaking in shock as my eyes widened. They were not ready to tear away from the words that were scrawled across the page. They returned to where it said that Emma was also Dan's mate. So Emma and I had both received the same mate? Why hadn't she told me? Why had I only gotten to learn this truth years later?

I felt as if someone had cursed me. Cursed me to stay alive with the blame, regret, and stigma that I had stolen my sister’s mate from her.

"It was the worst nightmare of my life when I discovered that we both had the same mate. I did not want to be the cause of your broken heart so I decided to hide it from you. But I was not able to control my wolf. I could not control my heart or my love for Dan. I wanted him. I had already mated with him on the same day that I realized he was my mate but no one knew.

“You do not have any idea how hard it was for me to pretend that I did not love him. It was a living hell for me everytime that I used to see the two of you together right in front of me but I had to act like I was just the third wheel. There were times when I felt like I should just kill you so that I could have my mate back. I started to hate you even more when dad learned that you were Dan's future mate. He approved of your relationship with him, but what about me? He was also mine but only his relationship with you was made public. Jealousy, anger, hatred, and every single unbearable emotion took over my heart, I made a decision. I totally neglected my love for you. I forgot that you were my beloved younger sister who had always supported me, the one who stood up for me in front of dad since our childhood. You were no longer a sister to me, just the female who had snatched my mate. So I made the selfish decision to steal my mate back from you.

“I ran away from the pack but with a plan that was made by Dan and I. After I ran away Dan also left the pack to continue his education but in reality he and I both were living in the city far away from the pack completing our studies together. No one knew that we were living our lives together happily. I had him completely to myself, I did not have to share him with you. In truth he had always loved me from the beginning even though you were his other mate.

“You had not let yourself touch him, you only thought about saving your virginity until the proper time. You only cared about yourself, you never cared about his needs as a male. I was the one who gave him my everything. I fulfilled his lust, his desire of mating, and love. I satisfied his every longing that you had denied for so long. I really loved him and he had always loved only me. He wanted to reveal everything to you so that we could live freely and tell the pack about our being mates but I kept stopping him thinking that by doing that I would be able to protect our relationship as sisters.

“I thought that I had gotten all the happiness that I had deserved in my life but in the end everything had been ruined, Erika. I lost even though I have Dan. The Moon Goddess has punished me for my crimes against you, for cheating my own sister, snatching her mate, and ruining her life. I have blood cancer and Now I only have four months left to live. I am going to die but even now when I should repent for my actions and apologize to you, I can not gather courage to face you. I am not strong enough to tell Dan about my cancer because I am scared that he would leave me and go back to you.

“At this stage where I don't even have four months left, I am still not willing to let Dan go back to you. I know Dan is back at the pack and I am terrified that he will mark you because you are beautiful. The mate bond could change his mind then I would be left with nothing in the end. I could not bear that, Erika. I will never let Dan go. I am truly sorry but I am here to reveal your secret to dad. I also told Dan before he left but I am still insecure so I am returning to the pack. I will come back to tell everyone your dark truth, your dirty secret that you hid from everyone. I will leave this letter in your room before leaving the pack. At least you deserve to know why your sister treated you this way. Your only fault was that you were also a mate of my love. Please forgive me and please understand I did it for my love, Dan,”

The letter ended then slipped out of my hand. I did not try to catch it as it flew away on the wind. Fat tears escaped from my eyes as it was still hard for me to accept the depth of Emma's betrayal of me over Dan. Why had it been so hard for her to tell me the truth from the beginning? She came back to destroy my life even further but she has died in the end. I sobbed, clutching Adam tightly to my chest as he was the only one who could understand me, feel my pain, and was going to stay with me forever. During my whole life I had trusted my sister blindly and she had taken advantage of me. My mate and my sister had both played with me for more than two years. I had been waiting for my mate like an i***t while he had been living with my sister, making love with her, and planning to reject me.

While I had been reading the letter I hadn’t even realized that my bus had come and gone. Everyone had left with the bus but I had remained seated there in shock. I looked at the board where it listed departure times. The next no bus was not available until tomorrow. I moved Adam to my other arm as I grabbed my luggage then I walked away.

I had no place to go, I also had no idea what I was going to do from now on but right now I needed to find us a place to spend our night. I knew that there was a lodge near the bus station where I could spend the night. On the way there was a little mobile shop where I saw the news on a television. A few men were hanging around in the store, they were all watching the breaking news that was playing over the news channels.

"The country's wealthiest man, billionaire Owen Browns, has mysteriously vanished from the largest trade treaty to be held in Italy in decades. In his absence, all meetings have been cancelled due to inability to reach an agreement, no one knows his current whereabouts."

The news segment ended, they were all talking and gossiping about it. I just passed by the shop.

Walking slowly on the road I was gazing up at the moon that was hiding behind the clouds. The atmosphere was changing rapidly. Strong winds were blowing in and there was a high chance of rain. The roads were deserted, I wanted to reach the lodge nearby as soon as possible. I was already worried about Adam being sick. I could not let him get wet in that rain.

I was near a broken phone booth. The air intensified even more. The only sound was my slippers tapping against the pavement as I walked and my luggage rolling down the road, when suddenly I saw four cars coming one after the other in front of me. The bright headlights of the cars before me flashed directly in my eyes. I kept my hand over my eyes as I continually tried to look at them. They had covered all the roads like the king was coming.

All the vehicles speed down the road quickly but as they approached me all of them slowed down. I was stunned when the cars stopped near me. I was surrounded by them as if I were their next victim. The front car that had stopped right in front of me was a Bugatti Veyron! I had never seen one before. One by one everyone stepped out of the vehicles, they were all males. They were all wearing expensive black suits. I could not understand why they had surrounded me like I was some kind of criminal.

But I could sense that all of them were werewolves! Yes, they were also from the same pack. Had they surrounded me because I no longer had a pack? Did they want to harm me, thinking me a weak, lone, packless she-wolf? Their eyes were on me and my Adam! I sensed danger, I was on high alert ready to fight.

“Who are all of you?” I inquired. I had no clue as to their intentions but I had noticed that they had not tried to make any moves towards me but just stood there like statues. There was a movement among these seemingly lifeless men as I watched the doors of the magnificent Bugatti Veyron that was parked in front of me opened.

A pair of expensive black shiny shoes appeared on the pavement before my eyes. Following the shoes my eyes moved upward following the form of the tall figure that had gotten out. Without the light of the moon in this stormy weather, it was very difficult to see anything. That was the reason I could not make out this male's face properly.

I was blinking my eyes to see him clearly as his large figure drew closer to me in the darkness, when it finally stood in front of me I realised how small I truly was. I looked up at him. The moonlight shone over our heads again making me aware of the appearance of this big sea blue eyed man. His eyes were breathtaking! He was staring right into mine. As soon as his gaze fell to my lips I also could not help but look at his red lips immediately. They were wet like he had just run his tongue over them. As soon as I looked at him again, taking in his whole face, my breath stuck in my lungs, my eyes widened when I saw the same face that I had seen on the news channel a few minutes ago.

"Owen Browns," his name slipped from my mouth. The news had said that he had disappeared from an important business meeting. What was he doing here? He was suppose to be in Italy, how could he have gotten here so fast? or Damn it he still looks the same, devilish and increase my hate for him more.

"Alpha, that child is your son!" A man with blonde hair and broad shoulders standing right behind him, who looked like an important member of his pack, informed him. Wait! what?! His child?! I took a few steps back from Owen in panic.

"Bring my son to me!" Owen ordered the blonde as he charged close to me so that he could snatch Adam from my arms.

"No wait! What the hell are you doing?" I pushed him away violently, not letting him touch Adam. He looked surprised to see my strength but I was a warrior, not a weak female that just anyone could rule over. I swiftly put more space between us. My heart was beating rapidly as I nearly buried Adam into my chest to protect him from them. I could not believe that I was going to lose him forever. The male who was going to steal my Adam from me looked back at his Alpha.

"Give me my son back!" He demanded. Owen's furious face was clearly visible, when he began to take long strides closer to me, like a predator ready to take Adam from me for his own desires. His voice was deep, heavy, and dangerous. Before he could lay a finger on Adam I spoke up.

"This child is not yours!" I snapped, not caring about the dangerous aura that he was spreading in the atmosphere.

"I am the father of that child, he is my son. You are no one to stop me," he claimed the child as his. I clutched my palm as I held Adam to me at his words. How dare he?! He did not even know the meaning of this word. But i noticed a paper in blonde’s hand where Emma’s name was written. I tore my eyes from it and looked up to Owen.

"The baby's mother, my sister Emma, has died. Now I have taken responsibility for him. I do not care who you are, I will not give you my child," I declared. His facial expression changed as soon as he learned that Emma was dead. But it was not obviously not a sad one.

"Maybe she is dead but the boy still belongs with me. I am his father, no one can change that fact," he announced with authority. Rage nearly consumed me when I heard him saying the word 'father'.

"The child is yours?" I took a few steps closer to him. I stopped right in front of him as I looked deep into his angry blue eyes.

"Yes, he is mine," his voice was deep but low when he confirmed it.

"Where were you when the boy's mother was pregnant!"

"Where were you when she was giving birth to him!"

"Where was your fatherly love when she needed you most!!!"

I screamed at him venting all my rage at him. The scene of Adam crying beside a dead Emma was playing in front of my eyes. My poor little boy was lying in the dirt like an orphan. No one had cared if he ended up dying while he laid there and cried. He was not even there when Adam was born! Now he had come here to claim him as his on the basis of some s**t papers!

I saw changes in his eyes as if he was taken aback by my words. He was battling inside himself before he snapped at me.

"I don't owe you any explanation. Give me my son or bear the consequences," without giving me a reply he just demanded again.

"I will not!" I replied, staring deep into his eyes, making him aware that he would not get his way on this. He was a monster! A monster who had come back to claim the child after years. I felt his grip on my arms as he pulled me close to his chest.

"This is my last warning! Give. Me. My. Son!” He spoke together with his wolf as his wolf was also delivering to me this final warning. His pack members flinched at witnessing their Alpha’s wrath but I had not even blinked in the face of it. His hot breath fanned across my face, before I could say anything a few cars were heading in our direction had attracted their attention.

“Alpha, reporters!” The blonde informed him in panic.

“f**k!” Owen cursed in irritation as I watched his men quickly start to move. It was like they were trying to distract reporters.

“Come here,” I was dragged by Owen out of sight. He entered the phone booth first then pulled me inside. I could hear the reporters, I had not wanted any reporter to spot me with him either so this was fine with me. The booth was broken and there was no light inside. The place was too small for two people especially when one of them had a giant body. My back was glued to the door as I was caged between Owen’s large arms. The booth was so small for him that he had to hunch his head down close to my face in order to fit. His eyes were fixed on mine as if he was trying to figure something out. My heart was beating fast due to our close proximity. Luckily, Adam was between our chests so they were not touching or his body would have been rubbing up against mine. He tore his intense gaze from mine only to look at my hand that was resting on a sleeping Adam’s back. He again looked at me. His face was so close that I was able to feel his breathing against my skin. Only our heavy breathing was audible in the booth as I impatiently waited for the reporters to leave.

Owen glanced back at me, towards the blonde who was handling reporters. They were not ready or willing to leave! I was stuck in this narrow space where I could not move an inch. When Adam moved in my arms. I panicked when he made a sound. Owen also looked at him. Maybe he was feeling uncomfortable in this tight space but if he cried the reporters were going to find us. No, I could not let this happen.

“Shhh, baby,” I whispered while rubbing my hand on his back, I thought he was waking up. He was going to cry. I looked at Owen, he was also gazing down at Adam. I had no other ideas to keep him from crying so I just kissed his forehead. I smiled when he did not cry and stayed silent. As I opened my eyes I realized that Owen had also kissed his head to calm him. My lips were on his forehead and his on his head. Owen’s and my eyes met and locked with each other as Adam fell back asleep.