Page 77 of Taming the Alpha's Daughter

The girl also stops. She watches me for a second before tugging on Eziah's hand. He whispers something to her before lifting his gaze to me, making me wonder if she recognizes me. But I never saw a girl out there before, yet I did see a picture of one, and this girl has the exact same eyes.

“She can't be here,” I panic, grabbing Casen’s arms as he approaches.

“Calm down, who are you talking about?” Casen asks, looking alarmed.

“Her, he'll come for her, Satish will come for her,” I blurt and Casen tenses, regarding me carefully, yet my attention is on the girl.

“Did you say Satish?” Casen asks me, but I can only think about the danger she brings to this pack. “Rose!” Casen snaps, shaking me as I see Dominic Octavian step out of another car.

“How do you know Satish?” Casen demands, and my eyes go to him when I see my mother freeze as she approaches me. My eyes move to her behind Casen, and my lip quivers, knowing I just triggered something in her with his name. I hoped she would never know, never find out that I endured for her, to keep her safe from the man responsible for destroying her.

“Where did you hear that name?” she stutters before staggering forward. I shake my head, taking a step back, but her fear turns to anger at the action and she grabs me. “Where did you hear that name, Rose!” she commands.

“I'm so sorry, Momma,” I whisper, and her eyes widen slightly. Her mouth opens and closes, and I can tell she is trying to find words. My father moves toward us along with everyone else, trying to figure out what the commotion is about.

“What's going on?” my father asks, touching my mother's arm. She jolts, looking between me and him. “Rose?” My father questions.

“She shouldn't know that name, how does she know his name?” my mother stammers, earning her a confused look from my father.

“Whose name?” he asks, looking expectantly at me. Yet, I dare not utter it. It haunts me like it haunts her. I've seen the tape, seen what he did to her, what he did to her mother as he beat her head in with a rock.

“Satish Thana,” my mother says when I hear a voice I haven't heard in years.

“Did you say Thana?” Comes the voice of Dominic Octavian. I swallow, knowing why that name sounds familiar to him. Just like my mother had fallen prey to the Reaper Wolves, so had his wife.

“Yes,” my mother answers, turning to face Dominic. “He was a member of the Reaper Wolves.”

Dominic shakes his head. “No, there are no Reaper Wolves left, especially none that go by that name, I made sure of it!” He shakes his head, and I swallow.

“What do you mean?” my father asks. Dominic holds up a hand, looking rattled.

“Thana was the last name of the woman who was running it, Lorelai Thana. I killed her husband, Dior Shivani, and they never had kids, and there were never any other Thanas I came across; believe me, I checked. I made sure to eradicate both bloodlines!” Dominic states when Casen turns to look at the girl while everyone else turns to look at me.

“How do you know that name, Rose?” my father questions again.

“Vince put the pack down as collateral for a debt he owed, it's why I never took my position as Alpha. His debt would have fallen to me,” I answer, and my mother gasps, her hands cupping her mouth. “As long as I never took over, he couldn't touch our pack,” I murmur.

“Wait, that's why you wouldn't let us help you?” my mother asks, tears brimming in her eyes. I chew my lip to stop it from shaking.

“He said he'd come for you and Casey,” I choke on the words and my father growls.

“No, you must have the name wrong,” Casen argues, looking at Eziah.

“No, it is Alpha Satish Stell. That's his name. It must be a coincidence,” Eziah argues, shooting a concerned glance at the girl clutching his arm.

“Temperance Stell, Satish Stell right?” Eziah asks the girl whose name I now know. She tries to hide behind him. “Your last name, your brother's last name, you can tell them. They won't hurt you,” Eziah says softly, and her wide eyes peer around at us worriedly when she finally speaks.

“Satish is only my half brother. Thana was Daddy’s original name. Lorelai refused divorce when he left his mother for mine, so he took on my mother's name to help hide Satish when he took him from his mother.”

“You're his sister?” I gasp in shock, horrified. She nods, looking away.

“So, Stell was your mother's maiden name?” Dominic asks her. Temperance nods again.

“Yes, only Daddy shortened it. He told me Satish's mother was crazy, and that he had to hide us before she ruined him, so he took the pack to the mountains and changed his name,” she murmurs.

ChapterFifty-Six

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