Sharing Beatrice A Luna To Her Stepbrothers by Alexis Dee

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"That son can exchange spots with him. He can be the al- pha of his pack," Lord Vasquez said, giving a

fake, sad scoff. My mom looked tense. I am sure she was wondering why Lord Vasquez was giving

Varisha's son so much importance.

"But why?" Sofia argued.

"Because that's the right thing to do. He is just as deserv- ing of the title as the other. And that will also

help everyone stay in check and take their duties seriously. If nobody is messing up, they shouldn't be

worried," Lord Vasquez shrugged, making everyone worried even more.

"Why not give him the Midwest?" Sofia said, and that was the moment when silence engulfed the air.

The way everyone just stared at Lord Vasquez's face was a sign that they caught him fuming.

"Midwest is not populated anymore. There is no--- you want my son to go and be the alpha king of the

Midwest, where no creatures exist anymore." Lord Vasquez raised his voice at Sofia. I turned to the

brothers, staring at their faces one by one.

What was the mystery behind the Midwest?

"The physical match will be too much; don't you think so? My son had not been trained like that."

Varisha went first be- fore anybody else objected. She unintentionally helped Sofia survive the glares of

Lord Vasquez.

"I am not talking about a physical test. I am talking about the ones who are incapable of performing

their duties and taking care of their region's safety," Lord Vasquez explained,

and it turned even messier.

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I could not believe he was going to do that to his sons. The regular alphas were not given a chance to

object to the duties of the alpha king and challenge them, but Flynn got the advantage, and from the

looks of the smile on his face, I could tell he was going to take full advantage of it.

"Anyway, let's eat." Vasquez filled his plate and even my mother's, and that was the only thing that

comforted my mother. Others couldn't eat in peace.

That dinner felt heavy. Every bite that everybody took was like a force for our existence. After we

finished dinner, I walked behind my mother to my room. I knew she had a lot to say to me after dinner.

"This Flynn is not going to sit around and let the brothers take the title. He seemed to have come back

for a mission," Mom uttered in a rush, watching Lord Vasquez gesture at her to be in his room through

the little ajar door.

"I think it will be stupid to give Flynn that power when the others have literally worked so hard for this

crown," I mut- tered under my clenched jaw. I wasn't in favor of Flynn ever becoming the alpha king. He

lacked those qualities.

"Anyway, why would we care? Just try not to get involved. Go back to bed, we will talk again in the

morning," mom rushed out of the room as if she had delayed another minute. She feared Varisha would

take her place.

Now that I was alone in my room, I couldn't help but think about everything going on. I wish my mother

had agreed to leave. Or maybe she could help me find my pendant, but all that didn't matter.

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My first priority was to free Colt, and then we could find

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my pendant and maybe what's left of our people.

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I was told several times that the weredragons attacked the werewolves and killed many of them. That's

where the hate train began. Many creatures developed a personal aver- sion to my kind. I didn't have

to wait till morning to talk to Maddox because while I was busy thinking through every- thing, I received

a text message from him.

you.

A.K Maddox: Sneak into the garden #4; I am waiting for

I knew we had a long conversation awaiting, and it was about time that I told him I knew about Colt's

identity, yet I chose to defend and protect him. I didn't believe he was evil at all, so he shouldn't get

punished for something his ances- tors did.

I nodded to myself and grabbed a baggy sweater to sneak out. I snuck out of the mansion and made

my way to the gar- den, where I once used to practice with Helel. Maddox could be seen from afar,

wandering back and forth and looking ex- tremely worried.

It had been some days since we hadn't seen each other, and it truly wasn't the same anymore. When

his eyes landed on me, I could tell it was going to be hard telling him the truth. He stopped pacing and

walked over to me with his hands in his cargo pants' pockets.

He stopped right when he was facing me and looked me in the eye without blinking. The awkward

silence persisted as he waited for me to say something.

"Save him," I whispered, feeling judged by the way he was staring at my face.

"Why? Why would you want me to jeopardize my crown for that creature?" he asked, folding his arms

over his chest and kept staring into my face.

"He is my friend," I uttered, making sure I didn't say any- thing that would upset him into not helping

Colt.

"But he lied to you. He didn't tell you he was a ---," I didn't let him finish this time and spoke up.

"I knew," I said and closed my eyes, and when I opened them again, his gaze was fixed on my face

and he was clench- ing his jaw.

"You knew?" he mumbled. "Of course you did. I was such a fool." He sighed, clenching his fists.

"I want you to convince your father to let him go. Just be- cause one weredragon messed up, doesn't

mean all of them are the same," I was now almost requesting him.

Being stern and showing arrogance wasn't an option at the moment. If anyone could save Colt, it would

be one of the

brothers.

"I did," he muttered, "I did save him when I hid him in the cabin and provided him food and shelter. I did

it all for you, Beatrice. But what did you do? You hid the truth from me." The way he explained how Colt

got into that cabin and sur- vived was Maddox's doing. I was left speechless.

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