Astor’s PoY
“Alice, my voice was a low growl, a clear warning. “Show them.”
She flinched her hand and immediately went to the necklace around her neck, as if to hide it. My mother–in–law–to–be Luna Ovelia was still recovering from her shock because Faith had taken her off guard by mentioning the
initials.
I don’t think I will be able to understand this family and how they work because they are undoubtedly on Alice’s side. They are intentionally making it seem like Faith is a liar, which is not the case.
I don’t understand why Alice turned into a liar and a thief. I’m starting to think that maybe I didn’t know her at all.
‘Faith, dear, what is this nonsense? Of course, there are no letters,” Luna Ovelia began, trying hard to get back control and smooth over the lie falling apart. But her words stopped as Alpha Connor took the necklace in his hand.
I’m glad he understood that defending Alice isn’t going to help because they can say whatever they want to say about faith. After all, she’s their daughter, but I’m not to be messed with.
I was angry when I bought her that jewelry, and it was only a contractual obligation because that’s exactly what my father wanted me to do, but it doesn’t change the fact that I was the one who purchased it, so I know it better than anybody.
I saw him widening his eyes in understanding. He then reached for Alice’s wrist and turned the matching bracelet.
“They’re here,” he said, his voice flat, no longer sounding so sure. “F.G. For Faith Gracelyn.”
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Alice’s world seemed to spin, her fake tears turned into real ones of shame and anger. She hadn’t scratched the letters out. She hadn’t had the chance, or maybe, in her arrogance, she hadn’t thought she’d need to.
Luna’s carefully calm face fell apart into shock and growing panic. She looked at Alice, then at Faith, then back at me, as if searching for a way to
escape the truth that had suddenly surprised them all.
“Astor, please,” Luna Ovelia practically begged, her voice breaking, all pretense of being the mother in charge gone. She turned to me, her hands clasped. “You must understand. Alice, she’s just a girl. She’s young, she’s silly. She was just looking into her sister’s closet. She made a mistake. A big, regrettable mistake. Please, for the sake of the family, please forgive her.”
Alpha Connor nodded strongly, his earlier support for Alice now replaced by
a desperate need to make me happy.
His eyes darted to Chase, who was still slumped against the broken table, holding his jaw, a trickle of blood staining his shirt a clear reminder of what
happened when Faith was wronged.
My gaze was cold, unmoving. They wanted me to control Faith’s feelings, to say her pain and her right to justice didn’t matter? This was her fight, her
truth, and she’s the only one who can decide that.
“My decision doesn’t matter,” I stated, my voice strong, leaving no room for
argument. Every eye snapped to me. “This is not about me. Faith was the
one wronged. Faith was the one you all accused, shamed, and made to
doubt herself. The choice of what happens next is completely hers.”
I shifted my weight, turning my full attention to Faith, a silent promise in my
eyes.’I will stand by whatever you decide.‘
The power shifted, landing squarely on Faith’s shoulders.
“Faith, darling,” Luna began, rushing to her, trying to take her hand, but Faith
pulled back slightly. “You know Alice loves you. She just get carried away She’s always looked up to you, admired your things. We’ll make sure she
returns the jewelry immediately. And well buy you a new set, even grander
Just… please forgive your sister. Don’t let this run everything”
My father–in–law, surprisingly, was more dired. Fat, be sensible. A slap and some borrowed jewelry, it’s not worth breaking the family apertoer Mete
all adults here. Let’s more pest mis
I watched Faith, my heart swelling with strong price. Her chin was high her eyes clear, no trace of the scared women who had been made to doub
herself moments before.
“No,” Faith said, her voice quiet but firm, camping roe weght thenay
shout. “I refuse. There is no forgiving this. Not now. Not after everything
I don’t think everything just means whatever happened here today and maybe not even what happened between me and Alice, but a lot more, and it’s one of the things I will never understand about their family, but him hoping
in time, show open up to me and tell me.
Alice was utterly shocked by being caught and by Faith’s “no” glaring at Fath
in anger.
“I
‘I didn’t mean to steal them!” She cried, her voice still holding a fake
innocence, though it was now much thinner just. I just want the life you stole from me. I just wanted to feel special just for a moment!
Her attempt to bring this up again was pathetic.
Before I could correct her, before I could remind her that Faith didn’t steel anything from her Chese moved, pushing himself up from the table. His lip was swollen and bleeding, his face a bruised mess, but his loyalty to Alice, or
perhaps his sheer stupidity remained.
“See?” Chase slurred, his words heavy with pain and anger pointing a shaky
finger at Faith. ‘She’s always like this! Always so unforgiving, so dramatic! Everything has to be about her! Alice will never be happy with her around. You’re still a crazy, violent beh, Faith, always have been!”
The air froze. The growl was back in my throat, this time a deeper, more primal sound. My fist, which had just delivered a bone–jarring punch. denched again.
Crazy. Violent. beh. These words repeated in my mind. They were insults to Faith, attacking who she was. He had learned nothing. They had learned
nothing.
They called her dramatic. They called her unforgiving. They called her a
both.
They would soon learn the true meaning of drama. Of unforgiving. Of a
power unleashed.
They have awakened a storm. And I was the storm.
My eyes, still burning gold, settled on Faith. They hadn’t just wronged Faith. They had wronged my Luna. And that was a sin that could not be forgiven.
I was perhaps more to blame for this than everybody in this room because I
could have spoken up sooner. After all, this isn’t something that only
happens today, but all along I’ve been turning a blind eye to it because I
thought she needed to stand up to everybody.
The truth is that I need to protect her, and I failed to do it but not this
time.
*Chase, you are hereby stripped of your position as my gamma, and I am banishing you from my pack with immediate effect,” I said, and I saw him crumble down in pain and disbelief, but wasn’t done. “Alpha Connor, I respect you as an alpha and my mate’s father, but I don’t stand by what you just did. If you still have any intention of being my ally, then I want Alice gone.
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I don’t know where you send her, and I don’t even care, but I don’t want her
near my mate or my pack ever again.”
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