Mated in the Shadow of My Sister novel Chapter 140

Chapter 0140

Dr. Miller’s explanation was doing very little to quell my anger. To prevent myself from attacking him again, I decided to ask a different question. "Was there a reason that Margie and my mother kept saying that Lily was helping Stephanie with luna training?

That does not make any sense to me."

"Because she was, Jessica responded for Dr. Miller. "What?

Why?"

"Learning how to torture people she cared about was one of the skills Margie told Stephanie she needed to master if she really wanted to be like Luna Jane."

I shook my head, trying to wrap my mind around what I was hearing. "What the f&&k are you talking about?

My mother has never tortured anyone in her life."

"Except for the whole Tyler situation,"

Luke reminded me. Sh&t. "I am just telling you what Margie said,"

Jessica said softly. "No, I was there, remember?

My mother was in charge of Stephanie’s luna training, not Margie. And luna training sure as f&&k does not include classes on torture. That is the alpha’s responsibility, and even alphas hardly ever do that anymore."

Jessica took a deep breath. "You are wrong. Your mother should have been in charge of Stephanie’s training, and she definitely did train Stephanie on various aspects of the position. That is what you saw. However, what you did not see is that Margie requested that she be able to teach Stephanie self-defense and what a luna should do in case of war. That soon became the biggest focus of Stephanie’s training. I do not know if Margie ever ended up teaching Stephanie anything having to do with self-defense and war. But I do know that Margie used the training as a cover for some of Lily’s injuries, and as a cover to teach Stephanie how to run Margie’s business and torture people that caused problems for it."

I prompted him, sensing a "but"

coming. "And then Margie had a miscarriage while the alpha and beta couples were gone at a conference. It happened not too long before you were born. After that, Margie just was never the same. It was almost like Margie blamed your mother somehow."

"Dr. Miller does not know about what happened with Tyler,"

Luke linked me. "No, it appears not,"

I replied. "After the miscarriage, Margie began doing things and saying things. It was like she suddenly started hating your parents and especially your mother. When Margie got pregnant with Stephanie, I thought things would get better. And they did for a while. At least publicly. But behind the scenes, Margie never stopped doing things to undermine your mother and the pack generally. In retrospect, I really think Margie’s business, Stephanie’s luna training, and the whole torture thing was some sort of weird power and control fight. It seemed as though Margie wanted to know how far she could push your parents before they would break. And yet, for whatever reason, they never did. It was like they were afraid of her."

I sighed. Luke was right. Once again, things have looped back to Tyler.