Chapter 22 - Whore?

- Sensitive wording used within this chapter.

******Leoni's POV******

"B-But I can't be..." I stutter out in complete disbelief.

"You are... but there's nothing wrong with that at all angel! You have me to protect you!" Kane tries to tell me assuringly but I'm still completely stunned at what he just said.

"But I'm Alpha blood... my wolf isn't even that small!" I say hastily and he shakes his head.

"Leoni, your mother was a runt... that's why both of you are more quiet and shy compared to the others... and regardless of your wolfs height, you are still weaker." He explains sadly and I gasp.

That makes sense...

"My mother?" I breathe out, trying my best to take it all in.

Why didn't they ever tell me?

"Yeah, I guess they didn't want you to think that you were too weak to run the pack but that's probably the main reason for your father being so desperate to find your mate..." He explains and it all began to make sense now.

Why else would my father back up Carter so much? He knew I was too weak and that people would take advantage of me for being a "runt".

But let's not forget that my own father did abuse me, knowing I was weak, he used it against me which is horrible!

I feel helpless now. It's in my blood to be weak. Great.

"Oh my! Kane we can't even have any children!" I suddenly yell, causing his mouth to fall open in shock.

"Whys that angel?" He asks, raising a curious eyebrow at me.

"There's a chance that they could be runts and that's not fair if they have to live a life like I did!" I say, my eyes beginning to tear up at the thought of my children being abused and picked on.

"Over my dead body would they be abused!They have me, I wouldn't let anyone hurt them and they have a high chance of being strong since I'm the King angel... but runt or not I can promise you that nothing bad will happen to them!" He assures me and I nod. I still do feel a bit worried about it though.

"So does that mean you want to have children with me then babe?" He suddenly asks cheekily making me blush a deep red.

"I never meant it that way! So uh... anyway does that mean that Claire gets to live here with us?" I ask excitedly causing him to roll his eyes at my attempt to change the topic of children.

Let's just say that Kane doesn't like new people. In fact he doesn't like anyone that much.

"Well If she's Adams mate then I guess we have no choice..." He huffs out and I grin.

"Stop being so grumpy and let people in!" I remark and he rolls his eyes.

"Your the only person that I care about." He states and I smile at him.

"You also care about Adam..." I say smugly, earning a groan.

"Maybe..." He huffs out.

"...And little Bear..." I grin wider.

"Yeah, yeah... fine." He jokily rolls his eyes at me again causing me to laugh.

"Leoni... I love you." Those words made my heart swell with joy. He loves me. The Alpha King- my true mate- loves me.

It felt like time had just stopped for a brief moment as I looked into his eyes seeing the sincerity of what he had just said.

"I love you too Kane." I tell him confidently causing him to grab my two cheeks and kiss me directly on the lips.

Butterfly's and fireworks erupted inside my stomach and I felt my body temperature rise feverishly.

When he finally pulled back for air he grinned at me seeing the flustered state I had gotten into over my first proper kiss.

There was a sudden knock at the door breaking us away from our perfect moment and Kane quickly pecked my cheek one last time before going to answer it.

"Sir you are needed in your office by the security head." I hear one of the guards tell Kane before he looks back at me apologetically.

I smile at him to assure him that I don't mind him going and he smiles back sadly. "Your phone is in that bag over there if you want to set it up." He tells me and I grow excited remembering that I got a new phone today!

He rushes out of the room to his office leaving me to sit and set up the iPhone myself.

I remember I used to have an Instagram account before my life took an unexpected turn for the worst...

I quite liked my Instagram since I could post pictures of myself pretending to be this confident girl with the perfect life. The complete opposite of how I actually felt on the inside.

I had quite a lot of followers too since I was the Alphas daughter despite the fact that I only had Willow as a true friend.

I logged back into my account to see that nothing had changed which made me laugh. I've been gone for weeks and nobody on here even noticed either.

I decided to send Willow a message since she's probably been worried sick about me this whole time-

Me- "Hey Will, hope your doing good, I'm sorry that I left so soon at the ceremony... as you saw, things got a bit complicated but I'd love to catch up sometime... I'm missing you."

I sent the message, suddenly missing Willow a lot more now since I only have Kane and Adam these days... not that I'm complaining because I love them both so much but It's nice having a girl to talk to sometimes.

I look at her recent pictures on her Instagram page and see a lot of pictures with her and Mason. It's really cute and I'm happy for her actually. I wonder if Kane would take pictures with me for my page?

I look at more pictures and can't help but feel an ache in my stomach when I see pictures of her with groups of friends who I'm assuming she met at Masons pack.

At least she's happy there...

My phone finally lit up with a reply from Willow and I frantically clicked on the chat... but let's just say it wasn't really the reply I had hoped for or expected.

Willow- "I don't need you or your drama in my life anymore... you've caused so much trouble for your family and pack and I don't want to be friends with someone who would just run off with some random guy without saying anything... the whole pack thinks you're a whore and I agree! You fucked up Leoni and you better leave me out of it! Don't contact me again and I mean that..."

That broke me.

What else was I supposed to do after reading that?

That wasn't my best friend. It couldn't be!

A whore? Everyone thinks that I'm a whore? Does nobody see that Carter abused me! I was being forced to marry my abuser!

My best friend doesn't even want to be involved with me anymore... I wonder what's changed her.

"Angel I'm back... sorry I wa- Why the fuck are you crying? What's happened? I'll kill whoever did this!" I suddenly hear Kane enter the room, Bear now following in behind him.

I can't speak though so I just let him hold me whilst I cry.

"Talk to me Leoni, what's happened?" He asks gently and I choke back a sob feeling Bear cuddle up beside me as if attempting to help too.

"I-It's Willow..." I state and he raises an eyebrow in confusion.

Instead of saying anything else I hand him my phone and let him read the conversation for himself.

I watch as he concentrates for a brief moment, his face becoming angrier as he proceeds to read the whole message...

"What's that bitches problem?" He remarks angrily causing me to sob again.

"I don't know what I've did wrong Kane..." I choke out and he hugs me close.

"They are all just messed up! You have us now though and maybe you and Claire will become good friends? How about you spend some time with her tomorrow whilst Adam and I work?" He suggests warmly and I nod and wipe my tears.

I can't let Willow get to me. All I ever do is let people ruin my happiness so not anymore.

"Kane?" I ask him softly, trying my best to still calm down.

"What princess?"

"Can we take pictures together for my Instagram?" I ask curiously, causing him to burst out laughing.

"You want to post cute pictures of the big bad Alpha King up on your page?" He jokes and I just nod back shyly.

I know that he has a bad ass reputation but I'm sure his kingdom would love to see a softer side to him...

I stare at him for a further couple of minutes, giving him my best pleading look, looking deeply into his eyes with my own large brown ones...

"Yeah Okay! Fine... since it's for you princess... give me the phone." He states and I hand him my iPhone excitedly.

He begins to take a couple pictures of us on the front camera and I must admit that they are pretty decent pictures considering I was just crying my heart out five minutes ago...

I look at one of the pictures and see that I'm smiling widely whilst Kane is as straight faced as ever with one arm around me... clearly trying to look as intimidating as possible still.

I upload that picture to my Instagram feeling like one of those cringe couples- in a good way though- and when I see the very first comment, it startles me majorly.

"What is it?" Kane asks instantly, seeing that my face has dropped from a huge grin down in to a frown.

"She commented on our post." I say with a sigh.

This isn't Willow. She's not this mean.

"Whore." Kane reads aloud as he checks my phone.

A single tear falls down my cheek silently as I feel fed up with all the hate in my life.

"You are not, and never will be a whore! You haven't slept with anyone and your first kiss was with your true mate less than an hour ago! That does not make you a whore it makes you as pure as ever angel! I'll deal with this don't worry." He states assuringly and I shake my head.

"Leave it I'm okay... delete the comment and block her on Instagram..." I say and he nods and does so.

"It's been a long day angel lets get you in to bed." Now that's probably one of the best sentences I've heard all day.

I nod and allow Kane to fix the covers and pillows and smile when I see Bear sprinting up the bed trying to take Kane's spot.

"Not tonight pup!" Kane huffs out as he moves Bear to the other side of me.

"On the bright side you can see Claire tomorrow angel..." He trails off as he turns out the light.

"Yeah I guess... goodnight Kane."

"Night my pretty angel." He states back and I realise my life isn't all bad. I'm in a warm cosy bed with the boy I love and my little Bear...

I just wish I could work Willow out... something is off...