Chapter 171
Chapter 171
Crystal’s P.O.V.
“I am grateful to you and Alpha Adam for saving me, Luna Crystal. If it weren’t for your efforts, I would have died there that day.” Victoria, William’s mate, said to me in a weak but sincere tone.
“You don’t need to be so formal with me, and any other family members of our family, Victoria. You are my brother’s mate. You are already a part of our family,” I tried to make her comfortable. with me. It was so weird listening to “Luna Crystal” from her mouth.
She lowered her head while pursing her l*ps into a thin line. “She is still not convinced that she is suitable for our brother. I don’t know why it is so difficult for their mates to accept them.” Luna informed me, and I frowned in the end.
“What is it, Victoria? Are you still thinking about leaving William?” I asked her in a low tone while tilting my head lightly. She gulped hard and her nose reddened. She was trying hard to control her tears. Just like Ivory, she was also a subject of torture and abuse. The only difference was that they abducted her when she was about to reach the age of getting her wolf.
I took a deep breath and both I and Luna decided to comfort her and make her understand that our brother would never let her go. He didn’t mind what her past was. Her future and her present were what mattered the most.
I stood up from the chair where I was sitting beside her bed, and slowly sat down on the bed, facing her. She was in the half–sitting position right now. I took her hand, and she immediately lifted her head up in surprise. I smiled and patted the back of her hand gently.
Luna was now trying to comfort her through her aura. “For our family, the mate is someone who is blessed to us by the Moon Goddess, and our parents taught us to accept our mate wholeheartedly no matter what her or his past is Victoria,” I said to her in a calm tone, looking straight into her
eyes.
She didn’t say a word, but she listened to me with all her concentration. “The night he found you, he was already ready to kill the whole vampire species to avenge you. Since that day, he has been eagerly waiting for you to open your eyes, and even look at him once. He did everything to cure you, Victoria,” I continued and paused when I saw tears in her eyes.
“He even punched Adam for feeding on you,” I continued and I winked at her in the end with a faint smile on my l*ps. She smiled weakly, but it made her look more pitiful than she was already.
“William is not someone who will open his heart quickly, but he cares about everyone related to him… including… his family…. His friends…. His pack members…. His relatives….. And,” I paused while raising my brows, and she blinked harder.
“His mate, Victoria… And his mate is you…. So don’t think too much, and never doubt his love for you. Let him give you the love and care you deserve, Victoria.. I… I assure you that you will be one of the happiest women in this world,” I assured her with all my sincerity.
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She whimpered lightly and lowered her lashes once again when tears streamed down her cheeks. She tightened her grip on my hand, and I let her cry. She needed to come out of her grief and fear so that she could accept my brother. Vincent’s relationship with his mate was already complicated and filled with insecurity. I didn’t want William to face the same situation with his mate.
“Give him a chance, Victoria. You will never regret your decision,” I said in a very low tone while stroking the back of her hand, comforting her soul in the process.
She didn’t say a word, and I also didn’t speak again. I could only request her, and explain to her how wonderful my brother was. Whether to accept him or not was still her decision and William had to accept her decision. Still, I wanted her to accept my brother. William would be devastated if she chooses to reject him at this juncture.
“If you want some time to think… come with me to my pack. You will feel better,” I gave her an option but thought about how to convince William to let her go with me, as I hadn’t discussed it with him before coming here.
“I… I don’t think th.. that it would be appropriate for me to… to go to your pack, Crystal,” she answered me in a cracked tone, and I took a deep breath. Finally, she responded to something. “Do… do you know… a… about my family?” she suddenly asked me in a hesitant tone, and I knitted. my brows in confusion.
“I… I am sorry, Victoria… but none of us know anything about your family, Speaking of which…. We still don’t know to which pack you belonged previously before being abducted by vampires, should. I say given to them by Ruben on a silver platter? Did you say anything about your family to William?” I replied to her sincerely and asked her in the end.
She shook her head negatively while looking at me with a painful gaze. “How did we forget this important information?” Luna grumbled and I couldn’t do anything but agree with her. “Will he reject me if he comes to know which pack I belong to, or who were my family members, Crystal?” she asked me in a cracked tone, but my heart skipped a beat.
“I am not getting good vibes, Crystal. But… No matter who were her family members…. I can assure you that she is innocent, and has nothing to do with anything bad that happened to our world. She is also a victim,” Luna said to me in a serious tone.
“I am eager to know this part of your past, Victoria… still I assure you that it doesn’t change the fact that you are also a victim,” I assured her in a firm tone, after confirming with Luna that Victoria was innocent all these years. This was also one of our powers: we could assess the emotions of other wolves.
“Something that we are not going to like,” Luna grumbled in a serious tone. I also felt that, apart from being a victim of an abusive past, there was something else that she was afraid of revealing to
“What is it, Victoria? You can trust us,” 1 encouraged her in a low tone, slowly moving towards her. She was still looking at me with a fearful gaze, as if she were contemplating whether to say something or not..
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I waited for her to answer me patiently. She needed time, and I was ready to give her that time. I sniffed harder and asked Luna to dictate the presence of any other werewolf around us, including all our family members.
“This room is soundproof, Victoria. No one else can listen to our conversation. So, you can tell me why you are afraid,” I asked her again while reassuring her about the secrecy of our conversation.
“I… I am f… from the Night Lotus Pack,” she said while looking to me fearfully. I clenched my teeth, but nodded to her, giving her assurance through my eyes that it was okay to me. I was still slowly stroking the back of her hand.
“I am th… the illegitimate daughter of… of Alpha R… uben,” she continued, and my heart sank at the bottom of my pit. Luna didn’t react, but she was pissed. “And?” I asked her in a low tone, scooting closer to her.
I was angry that William was mated to Ruben’s daughter, but I didn’t know why, I felt that there is more than this in her story. She had tears in her eyes, and through her aura, I felt her true feelings. The feeling of being abused, torture, harassment, humiliation, pain……
“My… my parents were… were the.. the former beta couple, b.. but my father died during a battle. wh.. when m.. my half–brother was only two years. The pack members said th.. that Ruben had ulterior motives towards m., my mother, an.. and that’s why… he… he got h.. his beta killed,” she continued while crying silently.
I wanted to embrace her, but I needed to see straight into her eyes while listening to her so that I was assured that she was stating the truth. I knew it was not fair to her, but this was about my brother… the person who was now a father figure to me after Warrick, my father.
“He… he for.. ced her to.. be his mistress wit.. with my brother’s life. He… he lo… ost interest in my mother a… after my birth.. he.. he tre… treated us as his personal slaves. He.. he kept o.. on tormenting us… an.. and let all h.. is minions tormented us un.. until the day wh.. when the.. the vampire king, Marcus, a.. asked him to give s.. some werewolves w.. with higher bloodline,” she stopped and whimpered aloud.
Her eyes were now lifeless as she was recalling all those bad memories. “She is telling the truth,” Luna informed me, and I took a deep breath of relief. “He… he killed my m.. other in front of my eyes, Crystal…. He.. he killed her wi.. without any hesitation… he.. he even laughed whi.. while kicking h.. er dead b*dy like he.. he was kicking a ball,” she continued and this time, I couldn’t stop myself.
My heart was now hammering hard against my ribcage. When Adam rejected me, I thought that I was the most unlucky she–wolf in this world whose Mate didn’t want her. Now, I was glad that I had a loving family, and a protective pack that gave me not only a good family, but cherished me in
every way.
I suffered nothing in comparison to Ivory and Victoria. I couldn’t even think about facing such situations, whereas they lived them. I pulled her into my embrace, and she wrapped her hands around my waist while hiding her face inside the crook of my n*eck.
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“I.. I am an alpha blood wh.. while my brother was beta blood… Robin… he.. he killed him wh… when he tried to protect me too. The.. they were the only on.. one in my life wh.. who always tri.. tried to cheer me up whenever t.. they beat me.. to.. torture me.. h.. humiliate me,” she paused again. and continued crying without lifting her head.
I didn’t know what to say to her to comfort her right now. She was purely a victim here. So what if she was Ruben’s daughter? She was also her mother’s daughter. Her mother endured everything but died in the end while trying to save her. It showed how brave she was. “How can William accept me… a.. as his mate w.. when I.. I am related to.. to the person who… who is the r.. reason for his parents‘ death?” she asked me while crying.
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. I kept on stroking her back, giving her time to let her sorrow out of her chest. I couldn’t make a decision on behalf of my brother, but I knew that he would never blame her for our parents‘ death. She also lost her family by Ruben’s hands. So what if she was his daughter? She was just like us in the other way.
“If… if you allow me… I want to share your story with my brothers, Victoria,” I asked her in a low tone after some time when she calmed down. She stiffened immediately. “As your mate, he has every right to know what you endured all your lives. Why you were not willing to live when he rescued you?” I continued but her b*dy trembled hard in my embrace.
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