“Which is a special type of insanity….but I think we all know it’s better if I find him before anyone here does. You KNOW that’s true. I may be deadly, but these people… they have skills I couldn’t dream of having.”
Edward snorted, “Since I’m missing an arm that was cauterized by a fire hands Fairy I’ll agree. They know how to do things you don’t.” I warned dryly, “I’d address the King of the Fairies with more respect if I was you. From what I know King Aiden is well liked around here.”
Jean paled asking, “That was King Aiden?” I groaned, “Seriously? Learn about other Supernatural's while you are here, since you have NOTHING but time until you die… Wow…umm you look bad too. What happened to you, Jean?” Jean snorted, “Ask your dad.” My dad did that to him? For me?
My anger fired on all cylinders how he casually said my dad. I growled, “My dad who you KNEW was my biological father this ENTIRE time! My dad who you let me watch die in an illusion, and BLAMED me for? That dad? Is that who you mean? You piece of literal trash!”
Jean sighed, “Yes, that one.” My hands were shaking, and I felt rage threatening to burst through the box I had carefully contained it in. I demanded, “Give me where Booker would run before I attack you with a rage you’ve never known for that lie about my dad. That is the LEAST you can do for me. You owe me.”
Stephanie yelled, “Don’t tell her!” I snorted, “Hey bitter old hag… you do realize they knew everything was going Topsy Turvey and they left you in the dust. Your loyalty to them is unfounded. They cut and ran… which means they left you. Use what is left of your brain cells to recognize that. They won’t have gone anywhere you’d know about, because you’d be the first to turn on them.”
I turned to Edward and Jean adding, “I know thinking isn’t your strong suit either, but they left you too. They even spelled you, Edward. Find an ounce of decency in that pinky toe of yours and tell me.” Edward sighed, “I don't know where they’d go. I did hear your little speech that got that woman killed last night.”
I snorted, “You of all people know I don’t like people like that. Just because Eric has more integrity in one of his hair follicles than you do in your entire body, doesn’t mean you get to pout about it. That’s a personal choice. You threw away your soul mate, and he protects his with his life.”
Edward snorted, “What about people like you?” I shot back, “Last I checked, you were the jerk who tried to have sex with me a week after I arrived in your pack…. not the other way around. I was the one who turned you down for almost seven years now because you refuse to take no for an answer.”
I added, “You were the one who drugged me so you could try to rape me. People like me. Seriously… what do you mean by that? What about people like me?” My blood literally hurt thinking of all the times I’d wanted him to be a real Alpha, and he wasn’t. I had to go against him, and it nearly killed me because of the blood in my veins.
I yelled, “People who don’t lay down and accept your worthless behind as an Alpha? People who challenge you for being gutless and spineless? Or people who refuse to have sex with you? Or people you can’t even beat drugged to force yourself on them? Exactly which one of those things do you mean?”
I heard a snarl of anger… several actually. I jumped six feet, whirled around, and came face to face with my dad, Alpha Kyle, Grandpa Ben, Levi, Eric, and Tristan. Well, at least Jason wasn’t here. I stammered, “Ummm… since when do you walk quietly Tristan?”
I linked, “Freya! Why didn’t you tell me they were coming?” Freya linked, “I’m napping because I’m tired. I need more strength and talking to those wastes of wolves was something I needed to not listen to unless they gave you locations.”
I winced but let her be. She had just growled a second ago. At least she had the ability to fall asleep quickly. That was nice… and I was jealous. Maybe if she could fall asleep fast without working herself into exhaustion first…I could do that. That would be cool.
Tristan growled, “What the HELL were you just talking about?” I answered, “Well… I asked my wolf where she was at with you all coming up behind me. I have become VERY lax since getting here. I am normally FAR more attuned to my surroundings.”
I waved my arms, “I mean… I know how Levi snuck on me. He’s a Hackura and stealthy. Did the rest of you get silent shoes? That’s an interesting concept… I should work on that…” My dad spoke in a commanding tone, “Melanie Jane McAlister, did you just say that the Alpha of the pack you were staying in, who is mated, tried to have sex with you when you were fourteen years old?” I made a face.
He wasn’t done with his questions though, “And when you declined, he DRUGGED you? FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS?!” I kicked the ground with my foot saying, “I mean that was mostly a conversation between Edward and myself... I didn’t hear you coming or I wouldn’t have said it. My wolf just needs to get stronger and….”
My dad yelled, “SO IT’S TRUE?! HE DRUGGED YOU TO TRY TO RAPE YOU BECAUSE YOU REFUSED TO SLEEP WITH HIM?” I frowned, “To be fair, a lot of people did that… it was a popular pastime in Black Path… he was just one of many.”
I admitted, “I even think there was a game… made out of it... I don’t know that for sure… I’m somewhat positive though….” My grandpa yelled, “To quote people in this pack, EXFUCKINGCUSE ME?!” Well, the probability of it being a game was over ninety five percent.
Jean sighed, “Melanie, will you stop ranting? Jesus Christ.” I gasped, “What good would that do? They already heard me say it. If any of you could’ve warned me, I’d have gone with one of the other million insults I could toss your way…. like someone who stands and fights while you hide in your dang office crying for your mommies to come save you.”
“The irony is... NOT EVEN YOUR MOTHERS LIKE YOU ANYMORE! Crying for them does you no good, because they’d probably unlock the door and tell someone to take you away because you treat them like dirt! You treat all women like dirt… which is a thing… I could’ve said instead…. So, it’s kind of also your fault… which is not surprising… since so much of what happens is literally your fault.”
Tristan growled, “Melanie Jane.” I turned picking my sleeve saying, “Seriously, you used to stomp around like an elephant… what happened to that?” He stared at me radiating fury. I greeted his friend, “Hi, Levi. Long time no see…and uhh good to see you again…another time probably would’ve been better…but here we are.” No one spoke.
I bit my lip, “SO… this is awkward and… I didn’t get any better at dealing with that since the last time you saw me… so… I’m going to go…. yeah…. go… going is good….” I walked past them quickly, but Grandpa Ben grabbed my arm.
Stephanie snickered and somewhere in me… I knew wasn’t good. That was something bad because she had nothing to laugh about. I couldn’t focus on it because I felt something snap inside me. I pushed Grandpa Ben away from me.
I shouted, “NO! Don’t you ever touch me! You don’t GET to care! You didn’t care for the last seven years! So, you don’t get to care now… you said you hated me… you DISOWNED me.” He argued, “I didn’t, and I never would.”
I cried, “It was your handwriting in the letters and your voice on the calls! I begged you to love me again and you never would! Nothing I did was good enough. You always wished I was dead! What do you want to hear now?”
“They played a game about having sex with me? The probability is over ninety-five percent it was a game. So… yes… .a lot of freaking men wanted to have sex with me. They are pretty direct in saying that too. I wasn’t worthy for them to date me in Black Path…they just wanted me on my back because I guess they’ve never heard of another position…I don’t really know…That’s…gosh…let’s not talk about positions…moving on.”
I continued, “Most men…or boys…I’d go with boys since they are not real men…even though they should be based on their age…said they wanted to possess me because chivalry is dead apparently. Also… a lot of people have drugged me, but I’m a freak….” They snarled at that.
I ignored them, “and it doesn't work. In case anyone was curious, Xander is the only guy I’ve been with.” I waved at everyone in the dungeons, “No matter what tricks or drugs they used… I came out on top. Part of that is honestly thanks to Cayden for protecting me while I was unconscious. So, thank him. Because while you couldn’t be bothered to be there for me… He and Micah were!”
I accused, “You ABANDONED ME! You left me there to suffer, and I did! So, you don’t get to be upset that I did actually suffer. You talked to some fake me who doesn't even sound like me and just accepted it!”
