Piss Off, Alpha! You Lost Me Forever novel Chapter 282

Chapter 282: Chapter 283 Repeating Patterns

DAMIEN’S POV

I’d never spoken to my mother the way I was about to.

Even as I walked through the halls of Stone Villa, I felt something heavy sitting inside my chest. The Council notice was in my hand, but it felt heavier than any document I had ever carried.

For years, everyone in this family had acted as though we were untouchable. Now I knew we weren’t.

The moment I entered the sitting room, I found my mother exactly where I expected her to be.

Helen Stone sat elegantly on the sofa with a cup of tea in her hand. She looked calm. She looked comfortable. Looking at her now, nobody would ever guess that she had walked into a hospital room and slapped a woman who had just lost a child.

My wolf growled. The sound rumbled through my mind.

For the first time in a while, I didn’t silence him.

"Damien." My mother looked up and smiled slightly. "You’re up early."

I didn’t answer.

Instead, I walked forward and threw the Council notice onto the coffee table between us. The paper landed hard.

Her smile disappeared "What is this?"

I folded my arms across my chest "You tell me."

Her brows furrowed as she picked up the document and began reading. At first, her expression remained calm. Then it changed. The color drained from her face.

"What nonsense is this?" she asked.

I stared at her "Nonsense?"

She threw the paper onto the table "This Council has no business interfering in family matters."

The words made something inside me snap.

For months, I’d excused everything and looked away. For months, I had convinced myself that things weren’t as bad as they seemed. Not anymore.

"No." My voice came out cold. "You don’t get to call this a family matter. The council is above all royal families. They have every fucking right to interfere."

She blinked.

I could see surprise in her eyes. She wasn’t used to me speaking to her like this. Nobody in this family ever challenged Helen Stone. Nobody except me.

"You assaulted Sophia in a hospital bed." I said coldly.

My mother’s jaw tightened "She provoked-"

"Don’t." I cut her off immediately. The force in my voice shocked even me.

I stared directly at her "She had just lost a child."

My throat tightened. The words felt like glass.

"She was bleeding." I continued, clenching my fists "She was injured....and you hit her."

My wolf paced restlessly. Images kept flashing through my mind. I thought of Sophia lying pale in a hospital bed, Sophia bleeding and crying all alone.

Then another memory appeared - My hand around her throat.

My stomach twisted hard. For weeks I’d been forcing myself not to think about it.

Now, I couldn’t stop. I’d choked her. I’d put my hands on her. The realization made me feel sick.

Meanwhile my mother sat there without an ounce of remorse, without guilt.

"I was protecting this family." She said. The words left her mouth confidently.

I laughed "Protecting us? You call that protection? Hitting a woman hours after she lost her child. You’re a mother yourself. How heartless could you be?"

She stood abruptly. Her eyes flashed with anger.

"That woman was destroying everything."

I stared at her in disbelief. For a long moment, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

Even after everything, she still believed she was right.

“You’re fucking heartless” I said.

My mother’s eyes widened "What?"

"You heard me." I said. "You’re heartless."

My wolf felt strangely satisfied.

Nobody had ever spoken to Helen Stone this way. Nobody ever dared yet I couldn’t stop.

"Because of you, Sophia was beaten in a hospital bed." I pointed toward the Council notice. "Because of you, the Council is investigating us."

For once, my mother didn’t have an answer. For once, she looked uncomfortable. Still, she refused to apologize. That told me everything.

I looked at her for several seconds, then I turned and walked away.

I was done. Completely done.

-

An hour later, Declan arrived.

He entered my office looking nervous. The bruises Zade had given him were still visible. His face remained swollen. His nose looked crooked.

Part of me almost felt sorry for him. Almost.

"Sit." I ordered.

Declan obeyed immediately. That alone told me how serious the situation had become.

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