Chapter 20
Lysandra:
rolled behind me, its wheels clicking in rhythm with my stride. I could still hear my father’s voice in my head, harsh and unyielding, reminding me of the shame I had brought to our family by chasing after Damon.
The man that I knew that my father warned me against seeing or speaking to again. He didn’t even want me to mention his name, let alone see him, and yet, here I was, within his pack
because I chose to f*****g listen to my heart.
I was done.
My father was going to have my head the second I walked inside the house because of this.
Or at least, I thought I was until I caught sight of her.
Sienna.
The Omega who had shattered everything. The girl who had somehow managed to turn Damon’s world upside down and take away what was supposed to be mine.
The girl who managed to stab in, her pack Luna, in the back by spreading her legs to the man
that did not want her around. My lover.
She had dared consider him a mate to her. The pathetic story of any Omega who would believe that she can climb through the ranks to become something that she clearly will never
- be.
She stood by the glass window of the incubation room, her eyes fixed on the tiny figure inside. And though I knew better than to bother a mother, especially a new one, something in the way that she stood, her back straight as if she owned the place that made my blood boil.
I couldn’t help myself.
A twisted smirk curled my lips as I approached her, the weight of my luggage forgotten as I let
it roll to a stop behind me.
“Well, well,” I drawled, folding my arms over my chest. “If it isn’t the pack’s charity case. I figured that you would know to at least have the curtesy to not be around with those that you betrayed. It seems to me that I really did think you to be more educated than you are.”
Sienna didn’t move. She remained rooted in place, her gaze still on her daughter. I took
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another step closer, my reflection overlapping hers in the glass. It was as if, in her mind, I currently did not exist.
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“You know, you should be grateful,” I continued. “Most girls like you don’t get this kind of attention. An Omega? Bearing the Alpha’s child? It’s almost poetic, in a tragic, pitiful kind of way. Do you really think that you are going to be getting anywhere the way that
you are?”
Her silence only fueled my anger. I wanted a reaction. I needed to see her break, to see her crumble the way I had when I found out about her and Damon. I needed to make her understand what she made me go through. It wasn’t going to be an opportunity that I wanted to let go of.
“What’s wrong?” I taunted. “Cat got your tongue? Or maybe you finally realized you’re nothing but a placeholder. A temporary fix until Damon comes to his senses? Do you finally see your own stupid worth?”
Her fingers tightened against the windowsill, the knuckles turning white. A small victory. A small reaction was coming from her. One that was going to remind her of her place.
“You’re not going to stay, you know,” I said, leaning in so my breath brushed against her ear. Damon doesn’t want you here. He’s keeping you around for the baby, but you? You’re just an inconvenience. For now, until he finds someone else to nurse and take care of the child.”
Sienna’s chest rose and fell in slow, measured breaths. She didn’t look at me, but I could see the strain in her expression, the war behind her eyes.
“What’s the matter, Sienna?” I whispered. “Too weak to fight back? Or are you realizing that every word that I am telling you is nothing more than the truth that everyone is afraid to show
you.”
Her head turned, just a fraction, but enough for me to see the steel in her gaze. And then,
without warning, she moved. I put my finger on her shoulder, wanting to turn her to face me,
and that was when she reacted for the first time.
Her hand shot out, and before I could react, I was shoved back against the wall. The impact
stole the breath from my lungs, and I stared at her, wide–eyed and stunned.
“Touch me again, and I’ll make you regret it,” she said, her voice low and calm, but threaded with danger.
I let out a laugh, but it wavered. “You think you can threaten me? You, a low ranking Omega, think that you can stand against me?”
“I don’t need to threaten you,” she replied. “You’re already afraid. That’s why you’re lashing out.
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You’re scared because you know that no matter what you do, you’ll never have what I have.”
A sharp sting flared in my chest, and I gritted my teeth. “And what exactly do have, Omega? What do you think that you can do to scare me?”
you
think you
She stepped closer, closing the distance between us. I could see the exhaustion in her eyes,
the shadows beneath them, but there was also a fire that hadn’t been there before.
“I have her,” she said, nodding toward the incubator. “And as much as you want to, you can’t
change that. You can’t take away the fact that she is my daughter. And I believe that you know,
more than anything that just as she is mine, she is Damon’s,”
I opened my mouth to retort, but a new voice cut through the tension.
“What is going on here?”
Damon’s figure loomed in the doorway, his expression a mixture of confusion and anger. His
green eyes darted between us, taking in my position against the wall and Sienna’s defiant
stance.
“Lysandra,” he said, his voice edged with warning. “What are you doing?”
I straightened, brushing invisible dust from my sleeve as I forced a smile. “I was initially
coming to say goodbye. But there has been a minor change in my plans.”
Damon’s brows drew together. “Change in your plans?”
“Yes,” I said, my voice sweet. “I was leaving. But now I think I’ll stay.”
Sienna’s expression tightened, and I felt a surge of satisfaction at the flicker of uncertainty in
her eyes.
Damon took a step forward, his focus shifting entirely to me. “Lysandra, this is not a game for
you to be playing right now. You are the one who wanted to leave, and though I told you not to, you didn’t want to listen.”
I tilted my head, letting my smile falter just enough to play the victim. “Oh, I understand. You want me gone so you can play house with her. So you can pretend this is all normal.”
“Lysandra…”
“No,” I said firmly, dropping the pretense. “I’m staying. If you want to keep your Omega and
your little bastard child, fine. But I’m not leaving.”
Silence wrapped around us, thick and suffocating. Damon’s jaw clenched, his fingers curling into fists at his sides.
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Sienna didn’t move. She remained standing by the window, but the strength in her posture
hadn’t wavered. She wasn’t the weak, broken girl I had expected. She was something else.
Something I wasn’t sure I could break.
But I would try.
I turned on my heel, retrieving my luggage as I made my way back down the hallway.
This wasn’t over.
Not by a long shot.
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