Their Secret Obsession (A Reverse Harem) by Pippa Moon novel Chapter 196

Lottie POV

I loved my alpha, I always had. Damn, I respected him more than I did my own father and not just because he was my Alpha, but because he had earned my respect and loyalty. So finding out now that the pair of them had let Knox down so fucking epically was infuriating. I got it, they wanted the pack to be strong, but at what point did their need for power and control come before their own family?

"Are you OK?" I heard Knox ask as we took the stairs up to our rooms. We had left Chase to check in on Adam and Liam, so we could get some time together before we had to make the hardest decision of our lives.

"Am I ok?" I laughed, turning to face of the man I loved, his eyes filled with concern.

"We can feel the pain suffocating you." Kane answered, stepping into Knox's side, his eyes locked on me, those two were filled with the same desperation Knox's eyes blazed with. They were right. It felt like a beast was clawing at my insides, and that beast was called devastation.

"Guys, I am OK. I am just so angry that you have been lied to. Led a merry dance by the two people that were meant to protect you." I explained, truthfully. I couldn't fathom their decisions to not only lie and hide Knox's true self from them but to be so blazay about it afterward and even try to say they did it for Knox and Kane's own good.

"Bullshit." Sage hissed and I found myself agreeing with her.

"Agreed, they did it to strengthen their claim on the packs they had just seized." I replied to my wolf as she hovered behind my eyes watching the twins as they waited for an answer from me.

"Packs which they have since lost!" Sage added, something that had not even dawned on me.

"So, it was all for nothing! Knox and Kane might be blinded by their love for their parents, but I see it for what it is..." I inwardly seethed to Sage, my body humming with outrage "A calculated and manipulative volition of their power."

"Absolutely." Sage agreed, but her attention was now solely on the twins and the handsome faces they were making as they watched me with sad and worried expressions.

"They let you down too." Kane offered his fingers interlocking with mine. Smiling, I squeezed his hand because, honestly, as much as it sucked to find out they had offered me up like a prized cow, I was not their child, I was not their priority-Lilly had to be. And now I was carrying the twins- I understood that.

"I know, but it's OK. I get it." I shrugged because I did. "When these two are older" I started to say, lowering my hand to my stomach with a gentle caress. "I already know I would do anything to keep them safe, even if it meant stepping on others..." I admitted. "Tell me you both wouldn't do the same?"

"Would we have done what our parents did?" Kane asked, his tone filled with arrogant insult.

"No." Knox growled, the pair of them, stepping closer to cage me in the solid walls of their body. Kane's finger fell under my chin with a breathy growl. He lifted it to look up into his eyes, as Knox rested his lips by my ear, his hot breath making my stomach explode with butterflies.

"We would NEVER have agreed to offer you up in return for a match for Lilly." Know explained.