It's Called Revenge

The End

"You invited him here to see our daughter?" Pierce snapped angrily.

"It's his daughter too." I growled lowly, not wanting to put up with Pierce's anger at that moment.

Pierce sighed, looking annoyed with me. "What he did to you was wrong, Cindy. I don't want him near you or the kids."

"He's changed." I responded, feeling desperate now as I tried to make him see things from my view. "Why can't you see that? And Susie is his child as well. I'm not going to keep my child from knowing who her father is."

I watched as a look of hurt filled his features, though he quickly covered it up with a glare.

"Fine. Have it your way." He turned his back to me, causing me to sigh as I grabbed his arm before he could leave our bedroom.

"I didn't mean it that way, Pierce." A part of me was afraid he'd lash out if I said the wrong thing, so my voice came out softer than intended.

Pierce turned to face me with his lips pursed. "Then how did you mean it?"

I flinched away from his harsh tone, causing his gaze to instantly soften.

"You're afraid of me." He stated, causing me to shake my head quickly. He moved his arm from my grasp and took a few steps back away from me. "I just need some time to cool off."

I crossed my arms across my chest, unable to think of anything else to say to him that wouldn't be a lie, because I was still afraid of him. I couldn't lie about that.

I sighed as he left the room, sitting down on the edge of our bed and putting my head in my hands.

"Trouble in paradise?" My Mom's voice broke through my thoughts, causing me to look up as she walked across the room, planting herself beside me on the bed.

"I don't know what to do anymore." I sighed. "I'm still afraid of Pierce and I don't know why. I know he won't hurt me."

"Are you sure about that?" Mom asked with a raised eyebrow.

I shook my head. "I know he won't hurt me physically."

"But?"

"I'm afraid that if I say the wrong thing that he'll tell me to leave or go sleep with another girl."

"Cindy, you know he'd never do that to you." Mom said, wrapping her arm around my shoulders so that I could lean on her.

"He's done it before, Mom."

"He didn't have a choice."

"What do you mean?" I frowned at her.

"As an Alpha, if Pierce goes without his mate for a short period of time thinking he's been rejected, it's part of his wolf's nature to be with rejected female wolves until he finds the one who would fill his mates role." She explained. "But since I'm doubting you ever rejected him, he still saw it that way."

I sighed. "What do I do?"

"Find a way to forgive and forget. And if that boy ever hurts you again, your father and I will take care of him." She held a knowing tone in her voice now as she narrowed her eyes at me.

"How'd you find out?" I asked lowly.

"You remember Ginger?" I nodded. She was one of my Aunt's, but not by blood. She was always close to my mother but had separated from the Royals in order to settle down and raise her and her mates children in a quiet area. "Her daughter, Leanne, and I have been in contact."

I felt my eyes go wide in surprise. "Leanne is Ginger's daughter? But she's human."

"She is human for now. She is just a late shifter, like your grandmother." I nodded at her. "But she told me everything about how Pierce showed up drunk at the cafe you worked at and everything."

I nodded mutely, unable to find my words.

"How did you know where she was?" I asked after a few minutes.

"I knew where you were going the second you left Pierce's pack house. And Ginger told me about her and Zayn moving in together."

"How did you know?"

"You'll figure it out when your girls get older and try to run. It's a Royal thing." She smiled secretively at me and kissed me on the cheek before getting up and leaving the room.

I sighed and stood from the bed, exiting the room after my mother, intent on finding Pierce and apologizing.

He was my everything. He saved me when I needed saving. There was no reason I had to be afraid of him.

He was out back sitting beside the pool, his legs in the water. He had a distant look in his eyes and a pained look on his face that almost broke my heart just seeing it.

I went and sat beside him, dropping my feet into the warm water.

"I'm not afraid of you." I said after a few minutes of silence.

"I find that hard to believe. There are many reasons that you should be." He responded.

"Well I'm not afraid of you."

"Then explain the look of fear on your face when we were talking earlier. Explain to me why you flinched away from me."

"Because I was afraid to lose you." I responded, which earned no response from him. "I was afraid that you wouldn't want me anymore because I can be very stupid most of the time. I was afraid that you'd want someone else to be your mate."

A slow smile made its way onto his face. "So you were jealous is what you're saying."

I felt my cheeks heat up, because that was exactly what I was saying. Seeing all of the girls undressing him with their eyes made it that way.

I bit my lip and nodded, looking away from him.

Pierce chuckled and gripped my chin gently in his palms, turning me back to face him.

"I don't care if Tyler comes to see Susie. But I am her father. Okay?" He said softly.

I nodded at him as a smile stretched across my lips before pressing them to his, kissing him softly.

"And you need to understand that you will always be the only girl for me." He said as he broke his lips away from mine momentarily. "I don't see any woman the way I see you. I'm all yours."

"I know." I breathed, feeling truly whole and complete then as he brought his lips back onto my own.