Chapter 173
Dwayne stuffed his hands into his pockets and shook his head. “No, unfortunately, I didn’t. Life got in the way after we took our thrones, and we only s each other during meetings or functions. I mean, we did talk to each other over the phone and stuff, but it wasn’t like when we were younger, I don’t think i have ever got to meet your mum. I have met Lena and Jonathan, though. Your mum took off when she was so young; we didn’t get to know her. Michael disowned Bethany the day she left and made us all vow we would never speak of her. Eventually, her existence was wiped out.” Dwayne explained
“For so long, I craved a family. I wished I had grandparents, uncles, aunties, cousins, relatives. Little did I know that I had everything. I just didn’t know about them. Although, now that I do know, I still can’t have it.” I snickered.
“Who says you can’t have it?” Dwayne tilted his head to the side. With the way Dwayne was standing, you could see the handsome resemblance that ran from father to son to grandsons.
“Why would they want to accept their disowned daughter’s bastard? Why unearth the past they had worked so hard to hide?”
“Don’t believe everything you hear. Unless you’ve seen them turn their backs on you, I wouldn’t rule out anything” Dwayne reached out and squeezed my shoulder. He gave me a tight smile and walked away.
Did I want to see their rejection? The thought of contacting my mum’s family had crossed my mind, but after remembering the terms my mother had left in, I dismissed any desire to see them. Why would they want to see me? They had happily moved on with their life and buried every shame my mother brought on them; me showing up to meet them would turn their world around.
Sue called us all for dinner, and I made my way to the extravagant dining room. The table could easily fit 30 people, but right now, it was set up for 7. Unfortunately, Emily had gone out of town for a school research trip and wouldn’t be back for a few weeks.
Just as we all sat down to eat, the side doors flung open, and Max walked in.
“Okay, what’s going on?” Max growled as he walked in..
He walked over to me, his eyes scanning every part of me he could see.
Max pulled out the empty chair next to me and sat down, his hands immediately turning my chair to see the rest of my appearance.
“Did they hurt you?!” He demanded, his face and voice covered in concern.
They?! Who was he talking about?!
“I-.. I’m not hurt,” I stuttered. His reaction was a little overwhelming.
“Then?!”
“She’s decaying,” Blake simply responded.
“Decaying? Like a suppressant decaying?!” Max stood up and looked at his brother.
Blake nodded.
“Max, hunny, why don’t you grab a plate and sit down. It’s a long conversation, and you must be starving,” Sue chirped in, standing up and filling a plate for
Max.
Max walked around the table and pulled out an empty chair next to Dwayne, across from me.
“Old fart” Max nodded at his grandfather before sitting down.
“Obnoxious moron,” Dwayne replied, popping a piece of meat into his mouth.
“Alright, I’ve got food and annoying company, now talk. What’s going on??” Max stabbed his food and looked at Blake.
Blake proceeded to explain to Max about the suppressant and my heritage. It was the first time I had seen the brothers sit and have a civilized conversation.
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Chapter 173
“Damn, I missed out on the fun part, huh. Fucking Evelyn. She may be a strong witch, but she’s annoying as hell Why’d you have in sleep with Cyathar anyway? She’s a walking talking STD.” Max rumbled between his bites.
“You’re one to talk. You slept with her before and after I did.” Blake barked, rolling his eyes.
“Yeah, whatever. But this doesn’t explain why I’m here. What can I do to help? The witch that cast the spell is the only one that can lift it, Max was stating what we already knew.
“We know that. We need you to wake her wolf spirit. Rumors are you’ve had success before” Blake put his cutleries down and folded his arms.
Max stopped mid–chew. “I may know a thing or two” he narrowed his eyes and looked around the table.
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