Mated To My Brother ✔

Chapter 22 ✔

Rain.

Rain pounded against the window at a soft pace but Scarlet knew that by tonight it'd become a raging storm. Tilting her fork this way and that she let her thoughts wonder back to her pack's house. Could she do this? Could she betray them? Scarlet didn't want to but it was like something in her body made her. She signed.

"What's on your mind?" Asked the little girl sitting in front of her, Scarlet looked up and smiled, she shook her head. "Nothing" the girl reached and and placed her small hand in Scarlets "tell me what's wrong" Scarlet looked into her crystal blue eyes slowly turning white, then down to her midnight blue hair. She had a rare hair color, darker than night with blue hues in it. Scarlet looked back into her eyes.

"I'm fine Rushika" nodding slowly the little girl went back to eating her oatmeal. Scarlet was doing all of this for the little girl, she reminded herself but if she had to take so many just to give back one, does that justify her actions. If it meant saving many, would that wipe away her sins.

Scarlet picked at her pancakes as Cliona cooked away in the kitchen. The women hummed away with no regrets on what she was going to do in a months time. She had no regrets on making her own daughter do her dirty work with no say.

"Eat up darlings, we're heading into town afterwards" Cliona turned with a stack of pancakes, Bacon and eggs on her plate. She sat down and began to eat. Scarlet pushed her plate away "I'm not hungry" she stood up, Cliona's hand snapped out to wrap around Scarlets wrist. "Eat" she demanded, a small burning caught Scarlet's attention. She looked down at her reddening wrist before nodding.

She ate her food.

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Scarlet stood in front of her pack house with nerves clouding her thoughts. She fiddled with her nails nervously before finally getting the courage to open the large doors and walk inside.

The halls we're empty, dead silent from the way she remembered when she was younger. The halls use to be busy, people milling around but now, now it was dead silent with only the clicking of her heels to fill the halls.

Scarlet made her way down, she past the many open corridors and walked to the intersection and turned towards the wide stairs. She headed up, her wolf sniffing out her mate, the man she hoped wouldn't judge her about the events of this months. She past rooms, halls, some maids and stopped at his double doors. His and another's scent was strong.

She knocked before opening the door, her eyes focusing on the walls of books before they settled on the man sitting against his desk, in front of him sat a beautiful woman.

They stopped talking, their eyes snapping to Scarlet. Xavier stood shocked "S-Scarlet" he stuttered, pushing himself off of his desk he headed towards her until a hand grabbed his wrist. The women and him shared a look, one that Scarlet knew all to well. He was going to mate her.

Rage boiled up in Scarlet, she clenched and unclenched her fist trying to control what hadn't been let out in years. She took in a deep breath. "Leave" she ordered the women, the female stood up and crossed her arms against her chest "and who are you to tell me what to do" Scarlet took a threatening step forward. "Your Luna" she said deadpan, the women stepped back. "Luna?"

Scarlet nodded, a small smirk laying across her lips. "Did you really think he'd mate you and you'd become the Luna? Honestly, your just another hoe he can fuck and throw away in the end" Scarlet chuckled rubbing her temples "Oh my God how stupid are you! Your not the rightful Luna and you never will be, no matter how many times he's between your legs" the girl ran out with tears brimming her ears. Scarlet watched with a shed of guilt.

"You can't speak to my pack like that" Xavier walked over to her, "what are you doing here" Scarlet looked into his familiar brown eyes, the ones she'd dream about each full moon to satisfy her hunger. "I said I'd come back" she answered softly, Xavier gave a dark chuckle "after five fucking years" he shook his head.

"You need to leave" Scarlet touched his arm "no" Xavier shook with anger "you need to leave! I can't keep playing your silly games Scarlet, the packs already picked their Luna and I have too. I can't keep waiting for you only for you to disappear, I did that when you were I kid but we're not anymore" with no words to be spoken Scarlet reached up to wrap her arms around Xavier.

Draw him in.

"I'm worry Xavier, I didn't mean to hurt you but there are a lot of things you don't know about me and I thought you wouldn't expect me. I wanted to figure myself out before I came back. I thought it'd take a month maybe two but after those months were up I realized two months wasn't enough. I needed more time and I needed time away. You saw how the pack treated me, you heard father pick out my friends and give them to me. I was just a weak girl trying to be strong and now. . .I am" Scarlet rested her head in the nook of his neck, inhaling his scent.

"Give me a chance Xavier. I want to mate you and I'll do it by the next full moon if I have to. You know only the real Luna can save a pack from going crazy if she's still alive. You know soon enough this pack won't want that whore of a women by your side. They'll start looking for their Luna and if you don't take me they won't find one soon enough" Scarlet tried to hold sincerity to her words. She went to Xavier to know the consequences of not mating her, not only will her destroy the pack but her along with it.

Scarlet shivered at that thoight. Fear bubbling up.

Mark him.

"Please Xavier" reluctantly Xavier wrapped his arms around her waist. He heard the sincerity in her voice but he couldn't get weak, not again. Last time he trusted Scarlet, the pack almost died and she never came back.

"If I'm even considering this I've got some rules. You have to inform me wherever you go, you'll have to attend every meeting, tomorrow the pack will know that you are their Luna, no objections, you'll mate me by the neck full me and Scarlet, you'll be subjected to the collar" Scarlet pushed away, she gulped loudly at the last words Xavier said.

She nodded, "okay"

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Author's Note:

I know, I know, short chapters but they might become shorter. I'm going to try and make them long but they are going to more than likely become short. Sorry guys :'(

Changing the name Rakesh to Rushika