-Cameron POV-
“If you were me would you stay?” Sky asked before walking away. She hasn’t looked at any of us since she finished her story and I can guarantee she will go back to avoiding us at school Monday. It felt like my heart was ripped out of my chest. I looked at my twin and I knew he felt the same. She’s not wrong though. I wouldn’t want to be in a place where almost every interaction was with someone who told me or showed me I wasn’t wanted. And to find out she was literally being tortured, right under our noses. Even to an extent by her own father. My wolf could tell she wasn’t lying or even exaggerating. Alpha wolves can sense deceit. He was also pissed at hearing the ways we haven’t been taking care of our pack from her point of view.
“What do we do? She can’t leave, we can’t let her leave.” Kota asks me, sounding almost panicked. “Let’s get the rest of the guys, I think we need to talk to dad and all of those guys. Somebody has to know something. With everything she said, it can’t have all gone unnoticed, right?” I turn and head back to the edge of the forest where they were all waiting.
“What did she say?” Mateo asks. He looks so broken right now. I’m sure we all do. I can’t imagine the guilt he is feeling for not, at least, protecting her from their dad.
“She wants us to make the pack better for everyone else. She said it’s too late for her, just to make sure nothing like this happens to anyone else. She wants to graduate, find her mate and leave.” Dakota barely got the last part out. It hurts to even think of her leaving.
“She can’t leave!” Sam bursts out. “She makes us all better, she keeps us calm, sane, all of us. I know you guys feel it too. We are all drawn to her. She’s like our center of gravity.”
“I agree, what I want to know is why all of a sudden there is this powerful draw to her, and for all five of us.” Oliver scratches his head. “I dont think it’s a mate thing, because it affects Mateo and we are all too young for a mate bond to show anyway, but something is going on. Like she said we have been around her her whole life and never needed her around like we do now.”
“We need to talk to dad and the guys, maybe even mom.” I look at Kota. “Mom spends extra time with her.”
“You’ll want to start with Luna and Delta Kyle. They don’t know much but they both have helped her heal from some of the worst beatings.” We all snap our heads to Sierra. I didn’t even think to ask her. Sky has let her in more than the rest of us. “I believe things at the school are being covered up too. Sky told me that she stopped going to teachers, because they can’t do anything without being punished or fired. And the administration seems to find a way to put the blame on her or there isn’t any evidence to back her claims. She’s been sent to the office plenty for being involved in disagreements and somehow she has been targeted as the bad kid, the spare beta looking for attention, so they stopped taking her seriously and just punish her if she’s a part of an issue, without even taking a look into the incident. It would probably be a good idea to hack into the school computers and see if we can get security footage. There has to be some way to find out who is doing this and be able to prove it. Maybe talk to some of the kids she trains, they love her and she has always said most of the abuse she takes is in place of someone else. I think she is protecting those kids. I think that’s why she works so hard to train them, so when she leaves they can defend themselves. Because you’re right, she wants to leave. She’s going to graduate early and get out of here as fast as possible.”
