Axel

Chapter 11

-Forrest P.O.V.- 

I jumped off of Axel's lap when Opal ran out of the office because I knew that she would need someone. I was right behind her as she was walking fast towards her room, I suppose. 

"Stop following me, Forrest." Opal snaps at me as she walks down a hallway. I could hear in her voice that she was holding back tears. 

"No, I will not. You need someone to be with you right now, so I will not stop." I say back to her as I catch up to her. 

I put my hand on her shoulder as I turned her around to face me. I could see in her eyes that she was about to break down, and I pulled her into my arms as she clung to me. Her knees gave out and we both dropped down to our knees as we still held onto each other. She shoved her face in my chest as she let out a heartbreaking sob. I had one hand on her hair as I, sort of, petted her hair up and down, and my other hand was on her back. 

"It is going to be okay, Opal. I know that Axel will fix this." I tell her as I let her sob into my shirt. 

"I...cannot believe that my father would do something like this. I don't want to go to that man, and I know that my brother will do something about it, but I feel bad. He is already having to deal with that man who killed your parents and now he has to do this." She sobbed out and I just held onto her. 

"Don't worry, I will be helping Axel with this as I am now the second Alpha of this pack. Your brother/my mate is not going to deal with this alone. Got it?" I tell her with nothing but seriousness in my voice. 

She pulls back from the hug and smiles at me. "Thank you." She whispers. 

"You are more than welcome." I tell her with a smile. 

I help her off of the floor, once I get up, and I walk with her to her room. I want to make sure she is going to be okay before I go back to Axel. She is now my family as Axel and I are mates. I help Opal to her room as I can tell that this is weighing down on her, and I can also feel that Axel is currently in a fight with his father. I can now feel his emotion now that we have marked each other and I want to go to him, but I also want to be here for Opal. I want to make sure that she will be fine before I leave her. 

Once we enter her room, it is like some dam broke because she crawled into her bed and cuddled into her pillow, only to completely break down. My heart broke seeing her and I crawled into the bed with her as I wrapped my arms around her. She clings to me as she sobs in my arms, but then it was like something switched in her....I could feel anger and sadness just radiating off of her. 

"You know, I sat back when my father used to beat my brother and belittle him, and I never did anything. I would sometimes tend to my brother's wounds as the beatings would be so bad, and he always took the blame for anything that I did. My father treated me like a princess, but it was my brother who actually raised me. My brother was there when I got my period, and even though he didn't know what he was doing.." She started chuckling a bit. "He still went out to buy me what I needed and helped me with my cramps and he would hold me when I cried over nothing. He also took the wrath of my father when it was me, who broke something or did something that I was not supposed to do. My brother would step up and take the blame. He was there for me when I got my heart broken, when I got a boyfriend, when I almost got r**ed, when it came to just growing up, and everything else I have ever been through. I owe my brother so much, and I was foolish to ever show my father kindness." 

"Opal, stop. You were not foolish." I quickly cut her off. 

"YES I WAS!" She screamed at me as she tried to break away from me. 

I just grabbed onto her as she sobbed and hit my chest. She completely broke down while trying to break away from me, but I was having none of it. I knew that she needed me here and I will stay with her until she fell asleep. After a few minutes, she stopped trying to break away from me and just clung onto me as she sobbed into my shirt. My shirt was now soaked, but I didn't care. 

30 minutes later...

Opal had fallen asleep as she clung to me, and I carefully removed myself from her hold. I laid her down on her bed, and put a pillow in my place. She clung to the pillow as she curled up in the bed. I looked down at her and I just sighed. Her eyes were puffy as she had red blotches on her face from her tears. Her brown hair, which went down to her shoulders, was a mess and her small body was curled up. I pulled the blanket up to her shoulders and made my way out of her room and to my mates office. I was going to help him with this as I am now the second Alpha of this pack and I am not some weak man. I will make sure that I help by bringing a smile back on Opal's face. Once I was close to Axel's office, I heard yelling coming from his office and I knew that his father must be starting a fight because he is a rotten man. 

I burst through the door to see Axel's mother slap Marcus right across the face before she looked up at me.