Mated To My Brother ✔

Chapter 25 ✔

"In order to save myself I must destroy the person I use to be"

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Scarlet woke up in the morning with the help of loud birds. She smiled to herself, maybe she could get out without Cliona giving her tea and breakfast.

Dressing quickly Scarlet rushed down the stairs and to the doors, Cliona awaited her with a cup of hot tea and a plate of breakfast. Eggs, pancakes, Bacon and a smile played on her lips. "Eat up darling" she pushed the plate into Scarlets hands "I'm not hungry" Scarlet pushed it back, she tried to hide her shock and managed it well.

"You are, you haven't eaten anything this morning and yesterday you managed to slip pass dinner. Eat." The demand didn't set will with Scarlet, she watched the plate turn red from Cliona's anger "no" she shook her head, stepping back Scarlet headed for the back door. She should have used it first.

"Scarlet!" The back door slammed shut and locked, the metal melting against the door knob. The rest of the doors around her slammed shut, Scarlet stopped in fear, her heartbeat increasing. "Eat before I make you" the clear loathing could be heard behind each word but still, Scarlet refused.

"I said EAT" the plate slammed against the wall next to Scarlets head. "See I knew you'd act out if you came back here! I just knew you'd refuse my love and care all because of your boy toys and friends, maybe I should get rid of them, ya? Would that help? Maybe I should rip your little girlfriends family apart, hmm I wonder what their blood would taste like" Scarlet shook.

Jenna? She thought, Cliona would really kill a family because she wouldn't eat the food given? "No" Scarlet squared her shoulders "you will not touch them, nor will you go after anyone else in my pack!" Scarlet hissed, she shook with fear and anger small bits of frost covered her knuckles.

"Then eat darling" as if knowing this morning would go wrongly, Cliona took another plate of cooked food and tea out. "Eat and they'll be spared" Scarlet reached out with shaking hands. Eat and save her friends and their families or not eat and possible kill them along with punishment.

From the corner of her eye Scarlet saw little movement, Rushika stood there hiding behind a slightly cracked door. They made eye contact.

Rushika nodded solemnly, she didn't want Scarlet to eat but if she didn't her friends would die. So scarlet ate and ate and ate until there was nothing left in both the tea and plate. She handed it back "feel better?" Chuckled Cliona, Scarlet nodded a smile on her lips yet inside she felt like shit. She had no control of herself.

"Now go search the town sweetheart, pick out anyone you'd like and find out where they live. We've got less than three weeks until the full moon and we've got no one" Scarlet did as told, she walked around town for hours. Her body present and aware of what was going on around her but not her mind. She tried to call out for help tried to write it down as she picked the people that wouldn't be here in a months time but nothing came out.

Her voice was stuck within her throat and her hands piled from the pen when she got close to writing help.

Scarlet walked down the street, many of her pack members eyes snapping to hers and then her collar. Each was shocked for different reasons. One is that she was back and that she was wearing Xavier's collar. Scarlet ignored their stairs and continued down the streets, her heels clicking against the pavement. Many men looked her way, drawn to her beauty.

Scarlet smiled and waved at them then continued her stoic walk down the street. Pain vibranting her bones from her actions. The collar shocked her long and hard when Xavier felt her actions. Her sadness worsened.

"I'm sorry" she was able to whisper ever so gently. Her mouth shut tight afterwords.

"Scarlet?" A voice exclaimed, Scarlet turned her head to the saleswoman, scarlet instantly recognized her. This women was one of the adults who didn't treat her like an outsider. She always gave Scarlet the first pick of new clothings, helping her have a wardrobe better than the others.

Scarlet smiled "what are you doing back!" She didn't judge that Scarlet had left for so long, instead she asked why she even came back. This pack was never good for a young mind like hers. She had spirit and belief, she kept to the moon goddess no matter what the others said and she would go somewhere someday. If she hadn't met Cliona.

Scarlet as able to answer with ease, "I'm just visiting" because you won't be here by the end of the month, she wanted to finish. "B-" the women cut herself off, her eyes dropped to Scarlets collar. "Your our true Luna?" She muttered shockingly, Scarlet rubbed her collar self-consciously.

"Yeah" she meakly replied, she hoped Naomi didn't see her differently now. Would she hate Scarlet for holding in her secret for so long? Did she connect the dots and realize scarlet left after she found out she was Luna? Does she hate Scarlet for being Luna and not the other women?

"What a coincidence" Scarlet raised an eyebrow "huh?" She asked confused "I mean, if you think about it you becoming Luna is a coincidence. You were dropped off at Mary's doorstep when you were younger, the Alpha kept you a secret and when Xavier found out he wouldn't let you go, he kept watch of you when you didn't know it and you had Alpha blood in you. Only a true female Alpha can have an Alpha mate, whether they were born with it or not" Scarlet frowned.

"I'm born of Alpha blood" she never thought of it before. I mean, she knew she wanted to be an Alpha and that she reeked of some higher force but she never realized it was Alpha blood. "Yep, darling, I always wondered who you'd mate with" Naomi chuckled.

"Never thought it'd be tough old Xavier, ya know when you left and never came back he became depressed. He refused to look for another Luna and the pack had to choose for him, although we didn't know who our Luna was we knew she'd left us. We picked Ashley because she was beautiful, strong and could keep Xavier in check for however long but we didn't want her as our Luna. We wanted our real Luna. Around that time everyone noticed that you'd disappeared, your friends nor family would say anything about your disappearance so we thought nothing of it. Now that your prancing around town with his collar we know better than to mess with you" Naomi motioned around the room.

"Pick out whatever you like, Luna, it's on the house" Scarlet liked the sound of that, the sound of Luna ringing through her ears. She gladly picked out clothes she liked but insisted on paying for half the stuff.

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Author's Note:

So many Author's notes, I know. Normally I don't write notes but after realizing how many authors connect with their readers I decided to do the same. I'm socially awkward so I normally don't know what to say but I'm trying! That's all that matters.

Anyone else like me out there?

Socially awkward with little to know friends, finding relief in a book instead of communicating?