It’s time to finally get her out of our lives for good. I’m tired. So fucking tired of having this reminder of my past, of all the bad things that happened to me. Of the times I felt too fucking sick to eat or helpless to do anything.
I have a life now. An Omega. A family. A pack. I’m happy. So fucking happy. And I can’t let her take anything else from me.
“Alright. She’s tied up, gagged and ready to be dealt with when you are.” Ian says. “Not going to lie, I’m kind of excited. I’ve always hated that bitch.”
“What was going on before we walked in?” Nick asks, his calculating eyes on me. “Why was she back?”
“Because she had this delusion that we were going to end up being her pack.” I sigh heavily, head pounding, body just defeated. I’m both done and enraged at the same time. I don’t want to give this person anymore of my energy.
“What?” Ian snorts out a laugh. “You’re not being serious?”
I just glare at him.
“Shit, really? She was serious? I thought she said that before just to piss off Nova. She actually thought she could be with us?” I nod. He blows out a breath. “Why? We fucking hated her. She knew that.”
“I don’t think it was you and Nick she wanted to be with.” Nova says. “It’s Will, but because you’re a pack, you two would, by default, be her Alphas.”
“You?” Nick’s brows furrow. “Why the fuck would she want you?”
“I mean, now that I think about it, she was always really sweet with you. It was fucking weird if you ask me.” Ian says.
I want to tell them, but at the same time I don’t. Opening up to Nova, telling her the details, was one of the hardest things I ever did in my life. I don’t think I can do that again.
They don’t need to know the details, but they do need to know what she did.
“Will.” Nick pushes. “What is going on?”
Nova wraps her arms around my waist, smiling up at me. “You got this.” She whispers and fuck me, I need this. I need her strength.
Taking a deep breath, I nod before looking at my brothers. “When I was fifteen, she started coming to me, seeking me out for comfort. She saw me as the one with the kind soul because I never stood by and watched when our father beat her.” I huff out a laugh. “More like she saw me as a weak person who she could easily manipulate.” I clear my throat. “I don’t want to go intodetails, but to sum it up, from the age of fifteen to eighteen when I presented as an Alpha, Julia was assaulting me.”
Both of them stare at me, faces morphing into anger.
“Assaulting you, like hitting you?” Ian asks, his voice void of any playfulness.
“No.” My throat feels constricted. “Sexually assaulting me.”
Nick’s nostrils flare, his fists at his side clenching. My heart pounds in my chest as I wait for their reactions. Every second is fucking torture.
Then Nick is closing the space between us and wrapping his arms around me. I stiffen, not sure how to react.
“I’m so fucking sorry.” He rasps. “I should have been there to protect you. I’m your older brother. You should have come to me.”
“It’s not your fault.” Tears sting the back of my eyes as I hug him back. “You didn’t know. I didn’t want you to know.”
“Why not?” Ian asks, brows furrowed. “We would have been there for you.”
Nick steps away, standing off to the side.
“I was a teenage boy who believed the bullshit she told me. That no one would believe me, that I was a man and this is what men do. And there was the fact that if you knew, and you defended me, you both would have to pay the price. I didn’t want to see you get hurt because of me.”
“We’re brothers. Family. You didn’t have to go through it alone.” Ian looks hurt. I pull him into my arms and hug him tightly.
“I know that. And I’m sorry for not telling you. But that's in the past.” I step back. “It’s been in the past for a long time now. I just want to get rid of her and never think about it again. She doesn’t deserve any more of my time or energy.”
“Then let’s go kill the bitch.” Ian growls.
I follow them as Nova takes my hand. “I’m proud of you.” She tells me.
