Amelia POV
(BONUS CHAPTER)
Staring at the closed door for a few moments looking where my son and his new mate had left I fought the overwhelming urge to go and comfort my pup.
“We will go to him after Amelia, but for now we need answers” I hear my wolf, Lina, whisper soothingly to me.
Spinning I pin my gaze on my mate as he looks at the floor in shame. My eyes black with Lina holding herself forward in my mind I growl lowly at him to show my deep displeasure at what I’ve beared witness to.
“How could you?” I ask angrily.
“Amelia I’m sorry..” he starts but I hold my hand up to cut him off.
“Right now I don’t need to hear that you’re sorry, I need to hear what you’re sorry for. No more lies David” I demand fiercely as I stare at him showing I won’t back down to him any longer.
“You’re right” he says after a moments quiet. “Please sit down.”
“Just speak David” I growl without moving an inch. Seeing that I won’t budge he pours himself another glass of whiskey before gulping it down and sighing loudly. Sitting in an armchair he rubs his face as he does when he’s stressed and turns his attention to me.
“There are things you aren’t aware of when the pups were growing up” he starts making my breath hitch.
“What did you do?” I growl stepping forward making his eyes widen at my advancement.
“I was harsh at times in my treatment of them, not so much Mila but the boys had to grow to learn as Alphas that they could not fail” he says.
“Couldn’t fail?! They were PUPS” I shout, “of course they could fail at times, who doesn’t. Are you perfect?”
He stays quiet as he sees the fury blazing in my eyes. “You need to start talking David..now” I snarl.
“Fine..fine” he sighs holding his hands up in surrender. “If they didn’t perform well enough in training then Beta Andrew would give them a punishment that I found suitable, Jax soon took it upon himself to take the punishments not only for himself but for his brothers. They needed a drive to succeed so they worked harder.”
“Andrew hurt my pups?” I say deathly quiet.
“Nothing too physical, it was for them to work hard so it wouldn’t happen again” he explains.
“And you thought this was acceptable because?” I sneer.
“It worked for me” he shrugs, his remorse if he felt any was not showing.
“You hid it from me?” I ask quietly.
He slowly nods his head as he avoids my eyes, “I knew you wouldn’t agree. You were too soft with them Amelia, they needed to know life wasn’t designed to be handed to them on a platter. I made Jax throw himself into learning how to run a pack, he also helped with paperwork and gained more responsibilities when I deemed he had earned them.”
“Well clearly someone had to be a loving parent” I scoff at him. “How could you do this behind my back David? We are a team..or I thought we were. You caused my pups to endure physical pain when they made mistakes which is a natural part of life.”
“But it has made them into who they are today” he says looking at me confused as to why I don’t understand him.
“Did Andrew beat him?” I ask.
He nods his head in answer as a snarl rips from me, “he purposefully hit him where I couldn’t visibly see I assume?”
“Yes” he says quietly. “Jax took it everytime, not saying a word.”
“You know I could scent blood at times and Jax would always laugh it off and say he got the upper hand on someone and he needed to wash” I say gazing at him in anger, “that boy protected you even when you didn’t deserve it.”
Hearing that David looks up at me in shame, “he did” he agrees quietly.
“Did you make him?” I ask.
“No..no. I never said anything but he never told you” he admits. “I don’t think it was out of fear.”
Hearing that I laugh at him which makes him look surprised, “he’s made that clear, one thing I don’t ever relate Jax to is fear, he put up with it because you are his father and you were supposed to know best. But mainly because of his love and need to protect me, he knew it would hurt me..would hurt us.”
“When he got to 18, he finally broke. He beat Andrew so badly he was put in hospital for 5 days, I said it was a rogue attack” he says quietly.
“That was Jax?” I question remembering well how badly Andrew was beaten.
“Yes” he says quietly.
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