Chapter64
“Will you just get on with it Zoe, nobody cares what your feelings are ok! My mate was attacked today and to be honest I wish it had been you!” he snapped, his anger getting the better of him and while I knew he didn’t mean it the words hit me hard.
The entire room was silent as I simply stared at my brother, no one knowing what to say as I found myself frozen in place. His unwavering glare in my direction had my heart clenching in pain but I hid it well, feeling myself closing up and rapidly trying to re–build my inner walls as to try and block out the sudden emotional pain I was feeling over his words. I could tell Hunter saw me doing this, his anger filling the room to an almost suffocating level that had every shunning back away from him. Everyone but me, but I was too stunned to move.
“What?” was all I could get out, my tongue suddenly feeling too big for my mouth as my nails dug into the palms of my hands in an attempt to restraint from smashing something like I wanted to. I couldn’t help it; I needed to get out all of this emotion I was feeling one way or another.
“I said ” he started but Hunter cut him off, his powerful form appearing in front of me in a flash, effectively blocking my view.
“I heard what said and how dare you! She saved your mate when none of us could, and this is the thanks you give your own sister!” Hunter snarled, it hitting home for Jack but the damage was already done. Never would I have ever thought that the last of my family would turn on me like he was doing now. I felt sick, used and broken all over again.
With that on my mind I knew I needed to get out of here, I needed space. But before I ran with my tail between my legs I snapped my head in my parents amused direction, not wanting them to be in the clear when they were a hundred miles away from being innocent. It was almost amusing to see the fear replace the humour when they
saw my narrowed eyes, that’s right, I may be wounded but that didn’t mean I was going to be the only one crumbling down.
“Why don’t you tell them, tell them all how you planned this happening, how you wanted to drive me away? I dare you!” I snarled before turning on my heel and running, leaving them all frozen into place as my comment seemed to stun them all. I didn’t know why, mean was it really that much of a surprise of what my parents were capable of?
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My bare feet hit the softness of the grass before anyone knew what was happening, my toes digging into the slightly damp ground as legged it into the forest. I wasn’t crying, I didn’t want to cry anymore but my hands clenched at my sides as I tried to control my anger. I would take anger over hurt any time of the day. Just the thought that my brother, the only person I considered my family would so willingly prefer me to be attacked cut me deeply. I knew that he was only protecting his mate, but to freely admit that the thought had crossed his mind made me want to do nothing more than disappear into the night and never come back here again. I wouldn’t of course, if it wasn’t for Hunter none of them would ever be seeing me again and that was the honest truth.
I felt my body shimmer and vibrate before my large white paws hit the ground with a gentle thud as I took off running, my legs burning with the sudden strain of it but I didn’t let up. The pull in my chest was almost painful as I ran from my mate, it wasn’t his doing but I needed to get away to think. All I knew was that it hurt, it hurt so much that my brother had verbally attacked me for no other reason than to make himself feel better about Chloe having been in danger. It was the sort of thing my parents would have done was the only thing on my mind as I disappeared into the trees, knowing that it wouldn’t be long until Hunter would start tracking me down. I could only hope that he sorted out my parents first; karmas a really bitch when she wants to be.
