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Confrontation With Inner Demons and Learning The Full Truth

Sebastion

The fire crackled and popped, people were laughing, all noises that were just static to his ears as he sat watching the dark forest beyond: Arianna sat beside him a few minutes ago. He knew that she wanted to talk to him, but he wasn’t ready just yet. She sat silently with him, waiting. He was grateful that she wasn’t pressing for conversation just now, that she would wait for him to talk when he was ready. Sebastion also knew that he couldn’t keep her out. They shared a bond like no other, their twin bond.

They had always spoken to each other through their minds before they could ever use that pack link at thirteen. When they were young, they didn’t know how to control it; they read each other’s thoughts unknowingly, caught the other’s emotions when they didn’t know how they did it. As they got older they both learned control of the link, how to close it down or open it at will, though even then they still caught each other’s thoughts or emotions during times of distress or extreme emotion.

During the past three weeks, he had tried hard to keep his end of their link closed tight, but he knew the still felt some of his rage, heartache, and loss as he spun out of control. Knowing his sister the way he did, it surprised him she hadn’t tried to talk to him until tonight. She must Like the control he was losing Arianna had taken initiative when they got back to Redwood by getting all the projects he started under control, something he wasn’t in the state of mind to handle right now. She was becoming the Alpha that he was hoping for. He wanted them to lead together, as they always should have.

Now it was his turn to get his shit together and help her do what they planned while they were away. There were houses, a school, and a new medical facility to get build. Sebastion new in the back of his mind that by spinning out of control as he had been, he was letting his pack down again, even if no one said anything. Hell, he was letting himself down by focusing on things out of his control Rayne was out of his reach, even though she was just twelve–hour drive away. She had made her intentions clear, so he would respect them.

For now.

Sebastion turned to look at his sister as she was watching Flynn and Calista catch fireflies, “I am sorry that I have been locked in my head the last three weeks.”

Arianna looked at him after he spoke, “Given the way things are with you mate, how things played out down there, I can understand why you have been this way.

“I know Ari, but wallowing in my fucked up situation doesn’t help this pack. It doesn’t get any of the things we have planned, accomplished, though I know that they are getting started with or without me. Thank you for letting me work my shit out.”

“You are done now!

“Just about, and I think a good start to helping me along the way would be to deal with Gia. Tonight.”

“Can that not wait until tomorrow? Sebastion she isn’t going anywhere, we can do it in the morning.”

“No, Ari,

1. ri. I need to do this now. I have put

e put it off long enough, but I want

you with me. you

“You go get started, and I am going to take Callie up to get her ready for bed, take Flint with you and I will meet you guys down there when she is asleep.” Arianna stood from her chair, give his cheek a peck, then left him to go tend to her family.

Sebastion stood after she left and mind linked Flint to meet him in the cellars. He would go down there alone until they both joined him. It was probably better that way. Gia would probably try her damn best to convince him to take her back. They were far past that now. He had seen her for all she was now, there was no way he would even consider letting her worm her way back in his life. If only he had known all of what she had done years agn, though there was nothing he could do about that now.

He walked towards the pack house, waving at those who waved at him as he walked. Everyone was in full party mode. As the pack house came into view, he saw Flint leaning against the wall next to the cellar door, prompt as always. Sebastion stopped in front of the door, looked at his best friend for a moment, then opened the door. He paused before walking inside.

“Can you wait out here until Ars gets here? I think I need a few minutes alone with Gia first before you guys come down.”

“Don’t let her twist your head again, Seb, she is crafty.”

*1 will be fine Flint. When Ari is here, let me know and I will tell you when to come down.”

Sebastion clasped Flint on the shoulder as he nodded, then proceeded down into the cellars, Hint closed the dour behind him. There was no use the

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down in the holding cells but Gia. He had her placed in the biggest cell they had since she hated tight space. Even in his anger towards her, he had thought of her fears. They had grown up together, confided in each other long before they became lovers. If anything she had ever said to him was true.

He

ked to the door of her cell and just stared at her. She was thinner, her dirty blonde hair was unkempt and greasy looking. Her once vibrant brown eyes were dull, but the minute she spotted him they filled with rage, then quickly she blinked her eyes rapidly. Fat tears rolled down her cheeks. Crying used to be a swift way for her to get anything and everything that she wanted from him. Suppressing a smile, an idea formed in his head. He would play her game to see just how far she would go to convince him to set her free.

“Oh Bastion, baby, you have finally come to let me out. Can you take me home now?” She stood from her little cot, walked to the bars of the cell, pressing the breasts he paid for up against the bars.

“I am so sorry that I had them put you down here, I know now that it was all a misunderstanding.”

“He was forcing himself on me, I would never do anything like that with anyone but you, I love only you Bastion.” She purred at him.

“As soon as Flint gets here, I will have him unlock the door, I am sure you could use a nice long bubble bath”

“Oh

yes. that would be lovely, then I want you with me in our bed. I am pregnant Bastion, we are giving face a sibling. Take me out of here so we can spend some time together before the new baby arrives. This time I think it will be twins.” She pressed closer to the bars, her tits on display through the thin white cotton shirt she wore, her perky nipples standing out against the material.

It pissed Sebastion off at her mention of their son and the thought of her trying to use another child to win her freedom. Her scent was the same. Being as far along as she claimed to be he would detect the pregnancy hormone on her, her smell would include the baby growing inside her. How stupid did she think he was to not think he knew the difference in her scent now and when she was pregnant?

“Gia, my love, why didn’t you tell me sooner? I would have taken you out of here right away. He continued to make her think he was falling for her tricks.

Gia broke out in sobs as more tears streaked down her face, “I tried to get one guard to go get you, they said that you were not in the territory. Where did you go Bastion? How could you leave the mother of your child down here all alone?”

“I went to aide Jade Moon.

That was all it took for her to go from sobbing to screaming at him, “Did you go back to that pathetic little girl you left crying in the dirt five years ago? Did you leave me down here pregnant and alone to go back to your little mate? You LIED to me Sebastion!! You told me to I was the only one for you! That the pathetic piece of trash you left behind was not worth your time or attention! Yet the minute I am out of your way you run straight back to her???”

Sebastion sucked in a deep breath to fight Aries for control. He wanted to come out and hurt Gia badly for insulting their mate. Sebastion just stood there as she raged at him. She was swearing profusely, pacing back and forth in the cell.

“Was she a magnificent piece of ass? Must not have been if you are down here with me. Did she not want you after you fucked her? Is that why you. came back to me? Well, fuck you Sebastion!!! I will not play second to her, I will not be your whore.” Her face was red with her anger, spit flying out of her mouth as she screamed at him.

“Yet you will whore yourself to any wolf that will fuck you?”

His words stopped her in her tracks. She stumbled like he had slapped her, her brown eyes wide as what he said sank in. Gia opened and closed her mouth like a fish gasping for air. He knew her mind was trying to come up with a way to turn it around on him, to make her look like the victim once again. She hadn’t yet realized that she had lost the game she had been playing since they were teenagers. Soon she would.

“But…you said….you said that you believed me. Bastion he attacked me!!!! Blinking again, tears sprang to her eyes.

“Oh, I believe you”

h

“Then let me out of here so we can raise this baby together,” She pressed a hand to her very flat stomach.

“I believe that I was a pussy–whipped fool to believe a single word out of your lying mouth,” he growled at her, stepping back as she tried to reach for

him

they can never

“What the fuck? Who has been telling you lies again? Flint? That asshole Justin? They are just jealous that you have something that they have.”

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“No, Gia, i had something that they never wanted. A whore who did everything she could to keep me blind of everything and everyone but her.”

“Baby, that isn’t true at all, I love you.”

“Na Gia, you love my power, my money, and most of all you love all that my title brought you.” He looked at her with a blank expression.

is not true.”

“That…is

Sebastion linked Flint and Arianna to come down, but told them to be silent so she didn’t sense them right away. He wanted them there for the next part. When they were in place he continued.

“Did you ever love me? Truly love just me? Was it all always a lie to get what you wanted? Was everything you did worth it for you to one day get the title of Luna?” After he finished studied her as she tried to come up with how to spin the situation.

Gia straightened her spine, wiped the tears off her face, then with her eyes glittering with anger she spoke, “No, I could never love a weak–willed man like you. Someone so easily controlled by pussy, that he would ignore all those who warned him of what he would not see himself All I had to do was show you some tears, flash my tits, and you were putty in my hands. How could I love you when you were so pathetic, so easily manipulated with sex?

Even knowing these things for himself, hearing her say the words out loud felt like a punch to the gut, making him feel like he did when he walked in on her having sex with someone else. He was weak; he was a fool, and he was stupid for never once seeing all the signs of her true nature. He was in love with the girl who had been his best friend, in love with the idea of what they could be as they grew up, in love with the illusion she painted for him.

“Well, that will no longer be something for you to fake. In the morning you will be escorted off pack lands, banished from Redwood to go where ever you want.” Sebastion turned to look at Flint and Arianna as they stood at the bottom of the stairs, “Flint, she is to take nothing with her but the clothes on her back, let her find her way with what she does best.”

“What about our son? He needs his mother! You can’t separate me from Jace!!”

“You barely interacted with him Gia, he will be better off without you,” Arianna walked to stand next to Sebastion, “I was more of a mother to him than you were. Getting him up in the morning, dressing him, feeding him. All the things his mother should have done. Where were you tonight when he asked for you? When I read him to sleep? I did all those things for him as I would for my child.”

Gia looked at Sebastion, “I will not have that slut mate of yours raising my son. MY son Arianna, not yours!”

“You are in no position at all to make demands of me or anyone here. You will be gone in the morning, I will tell Jace, one day about you, but don’t worry, I won’t tell him the truth. That his mother was a conniving whore. I will tell him you loved him, but you had to leave because you found your true mate. Who knows, maybe you will. That is not something that I will do for you, but for our son.”

“He isn’t even yours, I have fucked so many wolves, he could be anyone’s.” Gia spat at him.

“That goes to show how much you paid attention to your son,” Sebastion pulled out his phone, finding the picture he took with face on his lap, his little foot in unobstructed view. The birthmark was right there on his foot for all to see.

“What does a stupid little mark on his foot prove?”

He kicked his loafer off as he sat on the chair that Arianna provided, lifted his foot for her to see the matching mark on his foot. “He has the same birthmark that I have, that my sister has, that all my father has. It is a family trait, a mark of the Drakos family. Jace is my son, and he will stay here with his father.”

Seeing that they defeated her, Gia stomped her foot as she screamed in rage. Sebastion stood after putting his shoe back on, took one last look at her, then turned to leave. “Rayne didn’t come back with you, did she? Did she sense how weak you are? Or did she find someone else that could do for her what you never can?”

He ignored her words as he continued to walk out of the cellar. What she said reminded him that Rayne had chosen another man. Maybe he was weak. He hadn’t fought for her five years ago. He had followed Gia blindly like always. Well, time for that weakness was over. Once things settled down in Redwood, he was going back to claim his mate.

Rayne belonged to him.

She was his mate.

Parker would learn that lesson the hard way if he continued to stand in Sebastion’s way.

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One way unother, Rayne would be coming back to Redwood with him