Mated in the Shadow of My Sister novel Chapter 23

Chapter 0023

***TRIGGER WARNING: THE FIRST PART OF THIS CHAPTER WILL INCLUDE MOTHER–ON–DAUGHTER

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT MANY COULD FIND UPSETTING.***

(A few hours earlier)

(Lily POV)

On the rest of our way back to the packhouse, Rose and I worked out the details of our plan to leave West Mountain Pack for good. The plan was that we would leave right after Stephanie’s memorial events; this was to school anyway. Then, just before

when most pack members would expect us to leave to go! we crossed the border, we would say the necessary words to reject the pack. With that, it would be a

done deal and no one could stop us.

Given my age and the lack of financial reliance on my parents, we would not have to come back to the

West Mountain Pack unless or until we wanted to. To avoid becoming rogue, we would need to join

another pack relatively quickly, but I had developed a good relationship with several Red Rock pack

members, and I was hopeful that their pack would accept me. If not, Rose and I would research other

packs that might be a good fit.

As we discussed the plan, my stomach continued to have some painful knots in it, but I could not think of

a logical argument against the plan. It was eerily simple, and truthfully I was really excited about it. In

fact, Rose and I were already debating what drink I should order first on my 21st birthday.

I admit that the idea of leaving the pack permanently also felt a little bittersweet, but ultimately I knew

I said nothing. Experience told me that there was nothing good that could come out of responding to my

mother when she gets into one of her rages.

“Do you have any idea what Stephanie is eating right now? NOTHING. She is eating NOTHING because

SHE IS DEAD. Because of you!”

With that, my mother slapped me hard across the face. I stumbled back, trying to avoid falling.

“And do you know what I had to do this morning?” my mother continued angrily. “I had to meet with Alpha Randall, Luna Jane, your father, and James to discuss James TAKING A CHOSEN MATE.”

Something in me involuntarily recoiled at the thought of James taking a chosen mate. I thought my facial. expression was subtle, but my mother noticed it immediately.

“Does the thought of James taking a chosen mate disgust you? IT SHOULD! IT SHOULD BE YOUR SISTER IN HIS BED, NOT A CHOSEN MATE AND NOT THOSE WHORES HE USES AS A DISTRACTION. IT SHOULD BE YOUR SISTER!”