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Chapter 29 - Willow

Earlier that night.

I followed Trip through the house, and then outside. My stomach was screaming and I could feel that faint trace of something inside growing bigger, warning me. Was it my wolf? 

"Trip, where are we going? Why would the alpha want to see me outside this late?" 

"Just shut up and follow me!" he growled as he continued. 

As he reached the tree line I stopped, I wasn't going to go any further. I didn't care if I insulted the Alpha. 

"Trip, I'm going back. You can tell your father I will wait for him in his office. Whatever he wants to talk to me about can happen there."

I didn't give Trip a chance to respond before turning on my heel and walking back. A part of me wanted to run but I didn't want to show that idiot that he'd scared me. From experience, he liked it when that happened.

"Where the fuck do you think you're going?" he growled before I felt his hand on my arm. 

I went to scream but he placed something over my mouth. Struggling was pointless but I wasn't going to give up without a fight. However, I felt my head get dizzy and I had to fight to stay awake but it was no use. 

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God knows how much time had passed but when I woke up I didn't recognise where I was. I was no longer outside, no longer near the pack house. 

"You're finally awake!" 

I jumped at the growled words. Trip was sitting in a chair next to the bed that I was lying on. My heart raced as he stood and moved closer. What was he planning to do?

Quickly, I scanned the room and noticed a bannister which meant stairs. Without waiting for him, I raced off the bed and made my escape. I had to pause at the base to see where to go next. I managed to make it to a door before Trip caught up with me and grabbed my hair. I screamed and cried out in pain as I tried to scratch him but he grabbed my hands and laughed. 

"You've gotten sexier now Daddy isn't around. Maybe I'll keep you after all. What do you say, you can stay here and I'll come around now and then and you can service me. Julie won't be happy but she can deal with it."

He smirked at me as he leaned down. His face was too close to mine. Instinctively I jutted my head forward and crashed it into his face. He cried out and released me. Again, I tried to flee but he caught me and dragged me upstairs. 

Trip threw me onto the bed and stood looming over me. My heart thudded in fear as he slowly removed his shirt. 

"Willow, I've always thought you were pretty but pretty was never enough for me. Well … until now. Now, I'm thinking, you can stay here as my mistress, I'll take care of you. I'll buy you anything you want. If Julie bothers you, I'll take care of it. What do you say?"

Trip smirked at me. Did he actually think that was a tempting offer? Did he think he was all that?

"Are you crazy? What planet are you living on? Why would I want that, want you? After everything you have ever done to me, I'd be stupid and pathetic to even consider it."

Trip's smirk fell and a scowl started to form. 

"Why would I want to be with someone as pathetic as you? For years, you and Julie have picked on, tormented and tortured me. Look what you did when you realised I was your fated mate. Instead of rejecting me, you made me feel the pain every time you were with Julie." 

A flicker of regret flashed over his face, but it went so quickly I thought I'd imagined it. 

"That was all Julie's idea, she was the one pulling the strings, I just went along with it," he shrugged as he tried to make excuses and I laughed. 

"Oh well, that makes it all ok then!" I scoffed

"Willow!" he growled warningly. 

"Can it, Trip! Do you think I actually believe it was all Julie's idea? You chose to not reject me before Julie knew who I was to you. You're just as much to blame for the way you've treated me. Now you expect me to be with you! For years I've endured what you, Julie and my family did to me. Now that I have the chance to live my life the way I dreamed, to be free of all of you and to be with someone who wants me. You expect me to crawl back to the shadows to live as your mistress … Fuck you Trip!"

"Who wants you?" he demanded. 

I sat up and tried my best to sound strong, well at least less scared than what I felt. 

"Max! He wants me as his mate. Since my fated mate is a dick and he lost his, he wants me to be his second chance mate."

"Have you agreed?" he hissed. 

"Of course, why wouldn't I? From the moment we met, he has been good to me, helped me and even made me feel safe and cared for. Something you've never done."

"Bitch!" he yelled. 

His fist flew through the air and I reeled backwards at the force of it. It was so hard I blacked out. The last thing I heard before the darkness took me was someone calling Trip's name. 

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My jaw throbbed as I slowly came around. I felt a gentle hand on mine and knew instantly it was Max. My body relaxed as I realised I was safe now.

"Max?" I croaked. 

"Yeah baby, I'm here."

"Where's Trip?" I had to ask. 

He growled and I smiled, well as much as I could. 

"He's with his father."

I nodded as I slowly sat up and looked around the hospital room. 

"I've sent for the alpha, he wanted to be told as soon as you were awake."

Just as he said that, Alpha Jesse walked in followed by Alpha John and Beta Louis, Max's father. Max moved from the chair he'd been sitting on so Alpha Jesse could sit down. 

"How are you feeling Willow?" he asked. 

I gave him a weak smile. 

"Ok, I guess."

"Understandable. I need to ask you some questions if you are up to it."

I nodded but looked towards Max. Instantly he moved to sit on the bed next to me so I could take his hand. Maybe he was my second chance mate, he knew what I needed without me asking. 

"I need you to tell me what happened. Don't be afraid to leave anything out. I have asked Trip but he insists he didn't hurt you. I need to know for sure." 

"After Julie came for me, Trip was waiting. He told me you weren't in your office and to follow him. When he went outside and got close to the tree line I told him I was going back. He grabbed me and put something over my mouth. When I woke up I tried to run but he stopped me. Then he said, he found me feisty and sexy and told me to become his mistress. I would live in that cabin and he would come to see me to service him." 

Max growled next to me and I squeezed his hand to calm him down. 

"What about his mate?" Alpha John asked. 

"He said Julie wouldn't be happy about it but he would 'deal with her' whatever that means. Trip said if I agreed he would give me everything I could want and keep her from bothering me. He wanted me to live as a dirty secret hidden away for his pleasure."

"What happened next," Alpha Jesse asked with clenched fists. 

"I asked him why he thought I would want to be with someone as pathetic as him. Especially after the way, he has treated me all these years. He tried to blame it all on Julie. I told him he was just as much to blame as she was."

I smiled up at Max before turning back to Alpha Jesse. 

"Then, I told him that someone else wanted me and made me feel safe. He wasn't happy when I told him who, he punched me. I blacked out after that."

Alpha Jesse nodded and rubbed his face with a sigh. I knew this must be hard for him. So, I stood and surprised everyone by wrapping my arms around his shoulders and hugging him. He froze for a minute before hugging me back, squeezing me tightly.

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So this is what it feels like to be hugged by a father.