Once Rejected, Thrice Accepted
Chapter 17

"Ok, time to spill sis." Draco said from his seat across from me.

We had met in the meeting room with my mates, Draco, and their beta, Cass. We figured it would be better if they all heard them and we could make the best decision on moving forward. I had stuffed myself full of donuts, coffee, and hopefully courage. "Ok, I know I am sharing those secrets today but," I took a deep breath. "It is hard to share when it has been shown that if I do I get hurt or I die. My anxiety is at an all time high and... I just..."

Leo got up and walked out the door. He didn't even look back. I looked at Lucas questioning what was happening. Did I say something wrong?

"It's not you, baby. He will be right back." Lucas soothed me from his seat beside me. Duncan was on the other side rubbing my leg.

I nodded and took another breath. "Ok, time to get this shit rolling. There are so many, and I don't know what all will be important so I will say them all no matter how embarrassing or stupid, deal?"

"Deal. And I like embarrassing stories as long as they aren't about me,." The beta chuckled.

Leo walked back in with the most amazing blanket. It had different wolves all over it and it looked so fluffy. I am pretty sure my eyes almost fell out from how wide they were. He walked it over and wrapped it around me.

"I had a safety blanket as a kid, so I had another made once we started our pack here just in case. I never needed it, but you are part of me so its yours." He whispered.

"Thank you." I gave him a sweet, soft kiss before turning back to the rest of the group. "Ok, first off, my mother and father haven't slept together in years. Mom is working her way through the young guards. She even makes them screw her as part of their hiring process. The Luna and Alpha sometimes watch like the perverts they are."

"What?!" Draco growled. "I knew they were sick f***s but that is r**e and is forbidden in all worlds."

"I know but no one had taken it up with the elders or even another pack, so no one knows." I shrugged. "The only guard who didn't have to screw mom was Dennis. He had to please the Luna with the Alpha watching instead. I might have smiled at that information." "Gross, sis." Draco tried to scold me, but he was smiling just as big.

"Ok, next before I lose my breakfast." Beta Cass warned.

"You better not waste those sweet donuts, mister!" I fake warned him. "So, another secret is that the soon to be Alpha isn't the son of our current Alpha. He shoots blanks so his father screwed his mate for him so it would 'stay in the family."

Silence around the room. Everyone looked like fish with their mouths opening and closing with no noise coming out and their eyes so wide they almost looked all white. I let the information sink in before continuing.

"The Luna and Alpha are planning to attack someone named Charles in the next few months. A few other packs are joining them, and they are just as evil as them." I shuddered thinking of the times they visited. Duncan must have noticed. "What did you shake when talking of the other packs?"

"Umm reasons I would rather not discuss." I found a crack on the table very interesting and began following it with my finger over and over. It was best to ignore the anger wafting off of the mating bond. Lucas lightly pulled my face to his. "Spill so we know who dies for making you feel scared."

"If she doesn't, I could just visit those packs in the middle of the night and take out a few guards here and there. I don't mind seeing an enemy pack bleed for my Luna." I threw my head over and was shocked to see it was Cass speaking and he was dead serious. "Shoot. Fine. No one touched me but it wasn't because they didn't try, no, demand they got a piece of the freak." I felt the tears hit my cheeks before I even realized I was crying. "If I hadn't of figured out the best hiding places or pissed my family off enough to beat me extra hard, I wouldn't have gotten away."

"Who?" Draco demanded breaking his pencil in half from how hard he was gripping it.

"I'll give you a list of the packs they are with. It will be the same for mine." I pushed on. "Now whoever Charles is he is someone that needs to get out of their way so they can run things like they run their pack. They also have mentioned several of the unmated teenagers making trips to other packs to help rub palms, but those girls never come back."

Leo stood up so fast his chair went sailing behind him before landing with a thud against the wall. Survival instinct took over and I slid down out of my seat onto the floor. I wrapped my body around the leg of the table, closing my eyes tight. "Please don't take me. I didn't do it. I didn't do it. Please, no more." I whispered over and over as the shouting began above me.

A hand fell on my shoulder, and I shrieked. I let go of the table and crawled as fast as I could to the other side of the table climbing up the beta and latching on to him. I didn't know much about this guy, but he seemed the safest in the room to my wolf and I. "Help. Help me, please. I didn't do it." I shoved my face in his throat while my arms and legs latched onto him like a sloth. "No more pain. Please!" I begged.

He wrapped his arms around me and walked backwards slowly. "I got you. Let these idiots finish their shit before groveling at your feet. Nothing will happen to my Luna and new bestie."

I let out a small giggle at the bestie part. I kept my head shoved into his throat with my eyes pinched closed and my whimpers helping hide the yelling until the shouting went toward my savior.

"Fuck off, all of you. She ran to me and wanted to be kept safe, so I f*****g did. She is still whimpering thinking one of you fucking idiots is going to hurt her, but it would be over my dead fucking body." He growled out.

"Let our mate go before I rip her from your arms." Lucas ordered him.

"No!" I shrieked holding even tighter to Cass. "Please don't give me to them. I can't. No more. No more!" I yelled.

"Stop!" Draco yelled. He had gotten closer to us from how his voice sounded. "Don't touch them. You raging idiots did this. I know I have some blame in it, but you know what she has been through and even made several mistakes already. Think on what you should do next." "Draco wants to say something to you," He whispered. I whimpered. "It's ok. I won't let go."

I turned my head and put my chin on his shoulder as Draco came into sight. His face showed his pain and regret with his eyes brimming with tears and his mouth in a deep frown.

"I am so sorry. I have no excuse." He pleaded his case. "What they have done to all their pack members, especially my sister, is beyond horrible. I want to rip their heads off and my wolf is pushing me to end all this now."

"I know, bub." His head yanked back in shock from his nickname. "Sorry, I read it in a book once and I have always wanted the type of overprotective brother to use it for. Is that ok?"

"More than ok!" He nodded, smiling at me. "Now how about we let those fools of your mates make up for this shit?"

"Yea. Please." Leo shouted.

"Anything to show you we love you and that we are just big screw ups." Lucas added.

"Make us beg, baby." Duncan purred sending shivers down my body.

"Ok, don't make it awkward jerks." Cass teased. "You ready to get down, Luna?"

I nodded and let go enough that he could breathe again. "Sorry about that."

"Don't be. I will always protect you. Now handle these males before we plan a movie night."

I agreed and stood up on my own with my back still to my mates. I looked at my brother. Thinking of that book brought back a memory I didn't know I had. A girl about three lost in the woods shouting for her father. Being found by guards. When the little girl's face turned, it was me.

"Draco..."

He stepped closer and grabbed my hand. "What is it?"

"........" It kept coming back with the Luna giving me to my mother as a reward for something and some kind of promise. "I'm not actually related to mom and dad. A memory...I was found...lost...What?"

"What?" He grabbed my face and looked deep into my eyes. "Found?"

"I must have blacked this memory out. I was in the woods looking for my mother. I think I was about three or four." I searched for more but nothing. "I was found by guards and the Luna gave me to mom as a thank you and some kind of promise for later on in my life. Does that mean you aren't my brother?"

"I will always be your brother."

"Good. And earlier when I mentioned a Charles, they called him a king."

"The King Charles of werewolves? They want to attack him?" Duncan growled. "I have to make a call and then we are making up for being assholes before another meeting tonight hopefully with someone from the royals." He walked out with his phone ringing. I nodded. I didn't want to discuss it again, but I knew he was right. No one needed to die. And no werewolves should have to live through what I had. But the main question was who were my real parents?

"Wanna have your DNA ran against the system and see if anything is on file?" Leo asked, pulling me into a hug. I melted into his arms and nodded.

"Ill link for a nurse to head up with the supplies."