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“You saw all that?” I ask.
His eyes well with tears, his lips quiver, and he pulls his face from my grip, looking back at the counter. “I wanted to help her, I tried, but Dad said if I did, he would kill them both. He hit me with his belt because I bit him trying to get him to stop hurting her.”
My heart breaks for him, knowing his pain all too well.
“There is nothing you could have done, Luke. He is a grown man. You’re just a child,” I remind him.
Luke sniffles, wiping his nose on his shirtsleeve before looking up at me.
“Why did you do it? Why did you leak that video?” he asks.
I run my fingers through my hair and let out a breath. “Because I wanted to get back at your father.”
“Because you’re a fucking twat!” Khan snaps.
“Do you regret it?” Luke asks.
There is nothing I regret more. “Every day.”
Luke nods, sipping his drink, and goes to leave.
“Don’t you want to see your sister?” I ask him, and he stops.
“You’ll still let me?”
“I said I would let you.” I point to one of the plates. “You can carry her food up to her.”
His eyes light up, and he races to grab her plate. Luke follows me up to my room, and I set my plate down on the hall stand, retrieving the key. Luke watches me for a second, speaking just as I set the key in the lock.
“You’re worried she will run again?” he asks.
“I know she will if she gets the chance,” I tell him.
He glances away, staring at the door.
“What?” I ask, knowing he is judging me. It makes me wonder if he thinks I am the same as his father. In a sense, I suppose I am no better.
“Elena only rejected you because Dad would have killed her. He promised her the pack; she’s trained all her life for the position. Even I thought Dad would let her be the first female Alpha, and you expected her to give it up? Give up something she’s worked her entire life for?”
“I am her mate, Luke,” I tell him.
“But she was also yours,” he whispers. “Pack is family. Elena didn’t want to reject you, but she had no choice. You did what you had to do for what? Your pack? Because my dad refused to give you more land? She rejected you because her people needed her. Only difference is she only hurt you when she rejected you. You destroyed all our lives.”
“You seem to know more than you let on,” I tell him.
“Elena is my best friend. When it comes to her, I always listen, even when I’m not supposed to. Not that it mattered. Dad was just keeping her prisoner, so she would do all the work for him without him losing his title. Using her position in the pack to his advantage. Now, you are doing the same thing, keeping her hostage because you want something from her.”
I shake my head. I don’t want it to be this way. “She has my sons, Luke.”
“And they’re all she has, Axton. Everything else you already took from her,” Louise says behind me, making me jump.
I hadn’t even realized she followed us up. Turning, I find her standing on the stairs.
“Come, Luke, you can see Elena in the morning. You need to get to bed.”
Luke huffs but sets Elena’s plate down on the hall stand before stopping and looking up at me.
“Are you going to send us back to my dad?” he asks, and my eyes dart to Louise, who is listening and waiting for my answer.
