Break up with her
BANE'S POV
The sun was barely on the horizon when I approached the place where Carlo, the new girl my father brought me to marry as my future luna.
I don't like her.
I don't like Renee.
I will always love Aurora.
Anxiety swept over me. I wasn't nervous about breaking up with her, just forcing her silence. She could be strong-willed when she wanted to be just like Beta Spencer and my father said. I had to ensure that she didn't say or do anything that would cause Alpha to look at Renee with even more suspicion or hatred.
I didn't care about Renee at all but the previous event was so worse. I saw the anger Beta Spencer had for her in his eyes. I knew it that he hated his own daughter but ordering the guards to beat her like that was so worse. I didn't expect anything like that from him.
But all in all Carlo was the reason as to why Renee was beaten like that.
For once I felt inwardly sad but I couldn't stop the punishment.
Currently Albert , my future beta stepped out of the doorway of Carlo's home before I even had a chance to knock. His countenance looked haggard like he hadn't slept. I suspected he hadn't. Knowing my best friend, he stayed awake and made sure Carlo didn't do anything to cause me harm. I'd been noticing more and more he carried himself with a level of maturity and understanding he hadn't before, growing into the adult he would be.
Albert's hand automatically came up to rub his neck, where the rogue's bite was hidden under the collar of his shirt. I didn't think he realized he was even doing it. It had just become a habit when he was stressed. He spoke quietly, "Your bitch is asleep now, but when she wakes up, she's gonna be pissed again."
.
"What did she do?" I asked with a frown on my face.
"Screamed at me for awhile. Told me I had no right to keep her here if she wanted to leave. I just ignored her...until she tried to break out of the bedroom window. After that..." he sighed heavily. "...I tied her to the bed and put a gag in her mouth."
My eyebrows rose. I hadn't expected that level of fight out of her. I asked tensely, " What did you tell her?"
"Only that you would discuss it with her when you got back." I nodded, thinking about the best way I should approach her.
He interrupted my thoughts, his features hard, jaw clenched. "We need to leave in two hours. Dad has been called to meet with three other packs. He wants us both to go."
"Why? What happened?"
Albert's body language was making me nervous. Whatever this meeting was for, he didn't like it.
He replied throughout gritted teeth, "The rogues. They're getting closer. Their pattern of movement seems to indicate they are looking for something."
"Fuck!" I hissed. I knew what he was afraid of now. The haunted look on his face said it all. I clasped his shoulder, forcing him to look at me. "I won't let that fucker anywhere near you!"
"But what if it's me they are looking for?" Albert's face contorted, fear and anxiety in his eyes as he whispered, "He said he would find me."
"We'll deal with this together. I will keep you safe," I growled. I meant it. If it was the last thing I did, I would make sure Albert wasn't hurt again.
He let the conversation drop, looking over his shoulder toward the door. "Do you need me to stay?"
"No, I'll be fine. Go home. Try to get some sleep. We'll take my truck, so you don't have to spend the time on the road with Alpha."
Albert didn't answer, just gave me a small nod and walked back toward the packhouse. I watched him leave. We still had a long day ahead of us. I needed to wrap up this conversation with Carlo so that I could get home.
I sucked in a breath to steady myself and then walked through the door. Silently, I drifted down the hallway until I reached her room. Carlo was still tied to the bed, but Albert must have removed the gag sometime after she fell asleep.
I methodically began to loosen her bonds and untie the knots. She stirred and then sat straight up on the bed, glaring at me. "What the hell, Bane?! Where did you run off to? And why did you feel it necessary to send your beta over here like some kind of guard dog?!"
I ignored her questions and got straight to the point, "We're over."
All of her anger deflated and her shoulders slumped forward as she understood my words. Her eyes opened wide, and her lip quivered. "You can't mean that."
"I do mean it," I replied with my lips set in a hard thin line. "We're done."
"But...but why?" A single tear rolled down her face.
"You have to ask?" I snarled.
She stood to her feet, her chest pushed out, and her eyes flashed, "This is about that little bitch, isn't it? You have feelings for her!" Her voice was thick with indignation...and accusation.
My Wolf shot to the forefront, growling savagely. He would show her who the little bitch was. I hated Renee but my wolf didn’t.
I clenched my hands into fists to keep him from jerking her head right off of her body.
"My feelings are no longer your concern. And no, it wouldn't matter if I had no mate or a hundred, your behavior, your thought process was despicable!", I gritted out, with my jaws clenching with anger
Carlo rocked back on her heels, mouth turned down in confusion. I waited for her to try to defend herself and then realized she was trying to figure out what behavior I was talking about.
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