CH 16

Hector He couldn’t believe it, all the horrid things his own sons and heirs to this very pack, had done to Jessica. He’d ordered the truth from his boys about not only why they didn’t recognize her, but how they had s*x with her as well. He’d kind of just stood there and stared at them, horrified by what he heard, had let his own Mate shove him aside and beat the pair of them right there in the Alpha’s office. She had a right to, hell, he and Graham had a right to. They’d missed everything about what their own sons did to their Mate. A she-wolf, that yes, was wolf-less but had been gifted to them by their own Goddess. Something like that wasn’t to be taken lightly by any that would have one Mate between them. He watched them both try to defend themselves, but their mother, the pack's Luna, had been in a fury and he nor Graham were getting involved. If she killed them, then so be it. The pack, Gamma and Delta, had blocked both exits to the room to make sure they couldn’t get away from the beating they were taking. Steph had stopped after she’d given Gregory a hard kick to his nether region and the boy had gone down in screaming agony. They were done inside this pack. They couldn’t be the next generation of leaders, not ever. The words they’d said about their own Mate to others inside this very pack, were cruel and heartless. It was no wonder Jessica was so very thin, it was now very likely she’d dwindled away to almost nothing at the hands of her own Mates. That thought stopped him. She didn’t look unhealthy today, thin, but she’d smiled and was practically glowing out there. This was he knew, her plan all along, to out them and have him and Stephanie agree to a rejection being issued. Forcing them to accept it, she was only coming home to get her freedom from them. He looked at Stephanie as she stood there and turned away from her own sons. Graham was standing there with her, his arms around her, trying, he thought, to not only calm her down but console her. They’d thought they’d raised their boys well. Told them all the things they needed to understand about a three-way mate bond where they would share one Mate between them. Told them it was a blessing if they got one Mate. To cherish her when she came along, treat her with respect and love her. Allow those things they’d want to do to happen over time, not to rush it upon her. If she wanted to sleep with them separately first to get to know them, then that was to be respected, and would show her they loved and respected her and this would bring about what it was they want to happen more often. It was what they’d done with Steph. She’d been a stranger to them, met her in an affiliated pack, but her pack hadn’t been affiliated with theirs. They’d taken their time with her and, within just two weeks, she’d wanted to have them at the same time together, and now she did it all the time. It was something she actively asked for, and they got to have multiple times a week. But no, their boys hadn’t even been the slightest bit considerate, had been out to humiliate Jessica even for the marking and mating, had taken her one after the other and then together that very night uncaring of the fact that she’d never been with anyone before, and then told her cruelly that was what she got for humiliating them. She was something they could just f**k and get off in. Were Gregory’s actual words about their Mate, he’d dug deeper when his own Gamma had tilted his head, ‘There’s more there.’ He’d stated into the room and abhorred words had come from Gregory when he’d pushed harder “She’s my c*m bucket, only good for filling up and over flowing.” Had been his son's disgusting words. Those had been the very words that had set Steph off into an utter fury, and no one inside this room had stopped it, not even her Gamma. He didn’t know what to do with the boys' unit at this point. They clearly had to be in the know of what these two did and said. He was standing in his office just staring at them. He’d not had the chance to push that question at Marcus as of yet. To see if he’d ever spoken those words and a part of him didn’t want to, and not because he was his son and heir to the pack, but because he didn’t want to ever hear that phrase again in his life. He found Marcus’ eyes on him. “Have you ever voiced those abhorred words?” Hector bit out. “No.” Marcus shook his head. Hector didn’t know if he believed that, couldn’t believe anything either of them said ever again and he knew it. Only Jessica’s words were going to be something he believed from this point forward. “I don’t believe him,” Steph muttered. “Order the truth from him, I’ll burst his c*m sack, just like I did Gregory’s,” she stated in a cold, hard, emotionless tone. He’d looked at Gregory who was lying there in agony, sobbing on the floor, tears pouring out of him, and he was holding his groin, and there was blood coming from it. She likely had just ruptured the boy's testicles. He saw Marcus look at Gregory and realize just why his twin was in so much pain and unable to recover. Then looked to him and shook his head. “I’ve never spoken those words,” he reiterated. Hector rolled his aura over his own son and forced the truth from him. “Never spoke them.” Marcus stated. “There is more there.” His Gamma stated, “Dig deeper. Hector pushed more. “Explain that, what the gamma is feeling?” he asked. “I laughed and… didn’t deny it to those… Gregory said it to…” he saw his own son close his eyes and knew by instinct alone there was still more. So he pushed harder. “Here in the pack…” came from Marcus, “The omegas who clean our room… say it too and… those in… our social circle.” He dropped the aura as he saw Stephanie turn and look at her son. Knew she was again about to beat him, do exactly what she’d done to Gregory to Marcus, and he saw his own son realize it and snap his hands together. “I’m sorry,” he begged. “I never said it myself, never touched any other myself. I even tried to contain Gregory, stop him from thinking about doing it. I didn’t know he was touching others.” He was pleading now with all he had and Hector knew it wasn’t going to save him. Nothing could. He saw it, the slight change in his Mate's demeanor and Graham stepped back from her. He knew she was about to unleash all hell on their other boy. They watched as he also tried to defend himself, to keep himself from ending up just like his twin broken on the floor, but nothing was going to save him. Hector didn’t look away, not even when she finally got him in the position she needed to inflict the injury she’d stated she was going to. He heard Marcus’ howl of pain and agony as his own mother ruined his chance of him ever producing off spring in all likelihood, just as she had Gregory’s. He walked over to her and slid his arms around her and held her to his body. “Take them to the shaming post, Quinton, Robert and then bring me their social group and the two omegas assigned to clean their suite. I want both your own heirs in this room as well,” he stated flatly as he watched Graham walked over and slid his hand through their Mate’s hair. Their bond was good and strong, they’d never once dreamed of hurting her, she’d also been a wolf-less she-wolf when they’d scented her out, hadn’t cared about that themselves because she was their Fate Mate. Something they wanted knew they’d love and cherish. She’d gotten her shift the full moon after their marking and mating. Their own mate was in distress now, but there was still more to come. He knew she was strong enough to handle it. Deal with it all, and they’d stand right beside her and let her do what all Luna’s did dish out punishment to those who dared to harm she-wolves of their pack. “They have to be de-ranked, aren’t worthy of their bloodline or title.” Steph spoke softly, and he could hear the pain in her words. “Corin and Layla will take over as the heirs.” “Alright.” Both he and Graham stated in unison, showing her that they were in agreement with her decision. “How did it go so wrong?” she whispered. “Why didn’t we see it?” “Likely it was mostly outside the pack,” Graham murmured. “Not an excuse at all, but it has to have been, or otherwise we’d have surely caught wind of it ourselves.” “Gerald, her own supposed Gamma, dismissed it all, and didn’t report it because those two out there never planned on keeping Jessica as their Mate and Luna, so to him, she wasn’t anything to be concerned with. They saw her as nothing but…” he trailed off as those disgusting words rolled through his mind. Knew they were exactly how not only the Gamma and Delta saw Jessica, but likely their entire social group as well. “I assigned those omegas to Jessica and the twins. One of them was to be Jessica’s personal omega,” Steph muttered. “Seems even they have no respect for even my decision. I chose them because they were gentle by nature, and I thought they’d treat her well, show respect and let me know if they saw something wrong inside that suite.” She huffed softly. “Not loyal to their own future Luna, or to me.” “I think we need to make sure those she-wolves on Jessica watch her closely today. She was more than happy today,” Graham muttered. “Because she’s done with her Mates. Likely knew what the ramifications are, so when she comes home tonight she’ll be able to reject them at will.” Steph sighed. “I’m going to let her, I can’t, however, humiliate her by stating those horrid words for all the pack to hear. Formalize it in front of the entire pack. That’s just wrong. “She doesn’t deserve that, everyone inside this pack knowing what those two out there say about her, thinks it’s funny to say about her. So that will be left out. Just tell the pack they were unfaithful to the mate bond. That is why we’re allowing the rejection to come from her and making them accept it.” He could only nod his head, he did not want to have to repeat those words ever again himself, but knew he was going to have to. For that social circle and the two omegas as well. To get to the bottom of it. To punish all of them accordingly.