BOOKSDRAMA Chapter 47
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Xavier POV
“Regan, will you let us in?” I knocked softly on the bedroom do but there was no answer.
Not that I had expected there to be but there was always the fai lingering hope that she might decide to answer me or Xander. I
was growing frustrated by her lack of response and feeling helpless as I tried to decide where to go from here.
I tried the door, but as usual, it was locked. I gave a frustrated growl, feeling on edge. Regan had been avoiding us since she
had been brought back to the pack house, aligry that we had marked her without consent. We had been trying to give her space,
but this was becoming beyond ridiculous. How long was die going to remain there, without speaking to us? We had tried
apologizing, but she wasn’t ready to hear it. Who knew if she would ever feel ready or prepared enough to hear it?
“Regan” I shouted again, my voice louder than before.
Frustrated, I slaumed my hand on the door and knocked it off its hinges, with my Alpha strength. My eyes widened and then I
moved the door aside and stepped inside, ignoring the chilly glance that Regan shot my way. She was seated on the bed, staring
blankly out the window, her gaze directed at the forest that surrounded our property. Her lips were flattened and there was
nothing but a bleakness in her eyes. She had looked like that back at the hospital, after the sedation. I put my hands in my
pockets, uncertain how to begin now that 1 had made it into her bedroom.
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“Regan,” I said, my tone a lot softer, and she didn’t move from her spot, let alone move her head.
Damnit, this was infuriating. I could feel my jaw twitching as my anger began to rise. She was acting as though what we had
done was the end of the world when Xander and I had no choice if we wanted to save her life. I reached out and grabbed her by
the shoulders, violently shaking her in my frustration. I could hear her teeth chattering together but it didn’t stop me.
“Damnit Regan. You can be angry, you can hate us, but for fuck sake, talk to us. We did this” I motioned to her neck. watching
her blink in shock, “to save your life. We didn’t want to see you die” I roared, feeling myself lose control of my temper.
To see her die would have made us want to die along with her. Couldn’t she understand that?
She looked at me and I inhaled sharply at the look of betrayal on her face, mixed in with devastation. “You marked me” she
whispered, while I nodded, standing over her, feeling more miserable than I had in my entire life, my wolf devastated by h mate’s
continual refusal to talk to us. “You.” She trailed off, her eyes widening as her body suddenly fell to the ground and she brought
her knees up in pain
Something was wrong. I could feel a sense of dread inside me as moved to be by her side.
“Regan” my voice was sharp as I bent down, feeling her forehead as her cheeks grew flushed.
She was hot, so hot. Like she had a fever. Now that I looked more closely, I could see that she had a fever as well. Shit. This
was bad. Xander ran in, alerted by my shouts, his foar palpable on his face as Regan groaned, her face contorting into an
expression of pain as she clutched at her stomach in desperation
“She needs the hospital” I began to say, when her leg jerked and then broke, eliciting a scream from Regan as I gritted my teeth
at the sound.
The other consequence of us marking her. An early transformation. It wasn’t her birthday yet, but it didn’t matter because we had
intentionally marked her before her time. She was shifting, whether she wanted to or not. I glanced at Xander and both of us
knelt down, putting our hands on her head, and stroking her hair as we fought to keep her calm. There was very little we could
do, but we could touch her and take some of the pain, but she would still feel the majority of it.
“It’s going to be okay Regan” I whispered, knowing full well how painful the shift could be.
Just breathe okay” Xander whispered, as Regan began to whimper, “don’t fight it, it will only make it worse” he added.
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She opened her mouth and let out a bloodcurdling scream. I wined, wishing I could take her place and take all of the pain from
her. I knew it would be worse if we weren’t touching her, or if we weren’t so close to her. My hand shook slightly as 1 stroked her
head, Regan’s eyes closed in pain. I could hear the sounds of her bones adjusting and breaking and I could feel nothing but
sympathy for our mate. This was agonizing to listen to
“She’s shifting fast but not as fast as we did” Xander murmured beside me.
Ours had only taken minutes. This was taking much longer.
“She’s not an Alpha wolf. Naturally, she’s going to be slower” I warned him “not to mention we brought the shift on early. Who
knows what kind of effect that has on the amount of time?
He looked grim as we watched in silence, murmuring in our mate’s ear and doing our best to soothe her as she cried out and
screamed. It was nerve–wracking. Soon she had almost shifted and Xander and I were forced to move away, in case we got
injured by her claws. I could see the desperation in her eyes, and bowed my head, feeling guilt–stricken. This was all our fault.
Another blood–curdling scream. I flinched. Then silence. Xander and I shot each other uneasy glances and then turned our
heads, looking at Regan’s wolf in astonishment. She was beautiful. Her wolf was a gorgeous white color, her fur pure as the
driven snow, her eyes a clear crystal blue that reminded me of the blue lakes around here and there was a mark on the middle of
her forehead. A crescent moon. The marking on her neck now made sense. She was a white wolf. Such wolves were
extraordinarily rare. I remembered Regan’s mother and knew she hadn’t had a white wolf, but such wolves were said to be
blessed by the moon goddess themselves and had nothing to do with lineage or bloodline. I swallowed hard, feeling myself
overcome with a myriad of emotions, even as Xander slowly and cautiously moved forward, his hand reaching out to touch her.
The wolf snarled and he hurriedly brought his hand back before she bit it off. Xander chuckled softly.
“I guess our mate has not forgiven us just yet” he murmured sounding slightly saddened by it.
I shook my head, my eyes still on the white wolf, awed by its presence and its sheer magnificence. No but she’s beautiful,” I said
softly, as the wolf sat down on its hind legs, glaring at the both of us.
“Beautiful and rare” Xander frowned “If other packs get wind of this, they might want to claim her for themselves.”
I shrugged. “She’s already claimed” I pointed out nonchalantly,
“Not fully” Xander pointed out as I stiffened, realization dawning
we will be careful and keep a close eye on her. Nobody has to know she is a white wolf just yet. We’ll keep her safe and bide our
time until Regan forgives us for what we’ve done.”
“What if she never does?” Xander pointed out dryly.
“She can’t remain partially claimed,” I said, feeling disheartened and Regan knows that too. What happens next will be her
decision though. I think we’ve already done enough and caused her enough suffering for a lifetime. Don’t you?” I asked quietly.
Xander nodded before we heard the sound of shifting, our glances automatically going to our mate. To our surprise, Regan lay
there, collapsed on the floor, her clothes still intact.
“Must be part of her powers” Xander breathed as I strode over and picked her up.
She was unconscious. Perhaps from the strain of shifting or the amount of energy shifting had taken. I placed her carefully on
the bed and put her bedcovers back over her. I met my brother’s eyes. “Nobody knows what she is, not even Father”
He nodded, mutually agreeing with me. Regan’s safety was paramount. As angry as she was with us, we would still do our best
to keep her away from harm. I looked down at my mate thoughtfully and stroked her face.
“So beautiful” I whispered longingly, my throat tightening “I wish she would just let us in.”
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“She will” Xander promised, also eyeing her “Just give her time)
But I briefly wondered how much time we could afford to give her and if she would ever change her mind about us.
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Regan POV
I woke up feeling groggy, running a hand through my hair, tired and feeling beyond exhausted. I staggered to the bathroom,
eyes rose to look at myself in the mirror my eyes widened in shock as I looked at my hair. While my hair had been a lovely
gorgeous earthy brown colour, there now remained a single large white streak down one side of it, causing me to look at it in
shock. My hair had changed and I felt as though knew why that might be.
1 frowned, remembering that before I had gone back to sleep, I ad shifted into my wolf. It had seemed like a dream or maybe a
nightmare would be a more accurate description. The pain was unlike anything I had ever experienced before. Excruciating, I
had been grateful, if not angry, for my mate’s prefence as they took some of the pain from me, doing their best to calm me as I
shifted before my birthday. My wolf had been pure white, I remembered distantly, a crease in my forehead as I turned away and
walked into the room, changing my clothes absently and then heading slowly downstairs, but the only thing I remembered before
darkness consumed me was a name that had entered my very consciousness, ringing in my mind and louder than if it had been
shouted.
“Snow.”
A fitting name for a white wolf, I thought slightly amused by it.
I began to head downstairs. I was still angry with both of my mates. So angry that I refused to let them touch me while I was in
my wolf form. I blamed them for my early transformation, for taking me away from my mother in the meadow. It seemed that all I
did lately was blame them for my unfortunate circumstances. The more they tried to get close to me, the more I pulled away and
the angrier I got. I reached the kitchen and began to grab some food, wandering out to the front of the pack house and blindly
heading onto the grounds, munching on a banana and idly looking towards the forest.
Would it be so bad to shift back into wolf form and go for a run solo? Isn’t that normal once you’ve shifted? It was everybody else
did when they changed. Usually, it wasn’t because they had been marked early though.
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Don’t get ahead of yourself. Your anger is driving you to cast distance between yourself and your mates. What they did was not
the kindest thing, but it saved your life and it saved mine. Snow’s voice was quiet but also firm. I jolted, not used to hearing
another voice inside my head and feeling unaccustomedly warmed by the thought of having a friend, one that I could reach
whenever I needed to. Already it seemed as though Snow and I were in tune with one another.
Do you think I’m being too harsh on them? I asked her, feeling curious and also wondering what she might say from her
perspective.
I think that you’re letting your anger get the best of you. Your shift was unavoidable, and your birthday is in two days. You shifted
only a few days early. Your mates are suffering from the coldness that you continue to show them.
I never said that I accepted them as mates I told her silently, even as Snow sighed in resignation.
Whether you like it or not, those boys are your mates and mine. They would go to hell and back for you. It would not kill you to
just let them in, even a little. Put down your walls Regan. You’re only hurting yourself she advised me.
I was indignant. Those walls kept me safe. Was Snow demanding that I just forget everything they had done to me? I heard
footsteps behind me and tensed, even though I could now smell them, my nose lifting in the air as I smelled the delicious. scent
of chocolate and mint. One of my favorite smells. My mouth began to water as I turned, meeting their eyes and feeling as though
I had been struck hard with something in the chest. Mate. I felt the bond for the first time ever. I could feel the desire 1 had to be
with them, as well as the longing from Snow to be with their wolves. It was unlike anything I had ever experienced before and
now I understood why the boys longed to be with me and why it hurt them when I refused.
“Mate” I whispered, even as their eyes began to light up in hope that this time, I might accept them.
“Regan” Xavier looks timid, standing there uneasily, his jaw clenched as he fights his natural instinct to go to me, his breathing
shaky. “We got worried when you left the pack house without telling anybody where you were going.”
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His voice is slightly admonishing, even though I have never had to tell them my whereabouts before. Was I expected to now for
some strange reason?
“I thought I might go for a run” I whispered, even as my gaze cut to Xander, taking in how handsome he looked, the darkness of
his eyes, the hardness of his jaw.
Both the twins were handsome. Annoyingly so. It made it so much harder to resist them.
How had I managed to keep away from these two for so long without going insane? My feet remained firmly planted on the
ground even as I felt the inclination to walk up to them and feel their bodies pressed against mine.
“That’s only natural” Xander’s voice is taut. “Most shifters want to go for a run when they’ve shifted but Regan...” He trails off and
glances at Xavier who is worried.
Their scent is overwhelming me. I have to fight the urge to fling myself at them. I remind myself of how angry I am towards them,
but the anger has faded away with the happiness of feeling the bond of my mates. I grit my teeth and then see the look that the
twins shoot each other. They are hiding something from me. I can sense it.
“What is it?” I asked confused.
“Your wolf, Xavier said hesitantly
Snow? What about her? She was beautiful and unique. Amazing I could hear her purring at the compliments. didn’t understand
their trepidation. Snow would be able to keep up with their wolves easily. Was that what was upsetting them?
“You have a white wolf Regan Xander’s voice is quiet as he glances around.
There’s nobody but us three outside at the moment. I frown at him, not comprehending what he’s trying to get at. “I know that my
wolf is white” I snap “Her name is Snow for heaven’s sake. Shouldn’t that be telling you something?”
Xavier puts out a hand, as though pleading with me. “Your wolf beautiful,” he told me, and Snow perked right up, swishing her tail
excitedly. “But we have to ask you to remain in human form and not shift for now” he added as I stared at him incredulously.
Was he insane? First, he and his brother bring about my shift and now he’s trying to take that very ability away from me. I could
feel myself beginning to seethe. What on earth is he or Xander thinking?
“Why not?” I asked, glaring at them. “You just said it’s normal to go for a run when you shift.”
“Yes, but your other packs”
wolf is rare. We don’t want anybody in the pack to know that you have a white wolf in case it gets spread to the
“Who cares,” I said in disbelief, dismissing their concerns. “I’m ready marked it’s not as though someone’s going to try and
kidnap me.”
“You’re marked Regan” Xavier agreed with a slow look at Xander but not fully claimed.”
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“I have news” My fuber is nervously adjusting the rollar on his shirr as we stand there, looking at him expectedly.
“Well? What is ” I asked pointedly.
Whatever it is it’s enough to make him nervous and that means important I glance at my brother who has evidently come to the
same conclusion
He exhales slowly. “The elders are coming, and I’m being put orial for the death of your mother, Luna Jennifer be confessed
slowly as we stared at him horrified
“What” I exploded, “you killed her to rescue our mate and to prevent her from killing us. What right do the elders have to interfere
in such manners?” I demanded icily.
Trust the elders to interfere in business that was not any of theirs. It was infuriating to think of how much time they would waste,
doing a trial for something that was justified, putting our father through a pointless endeavor to show off the power they had.
My father sighs “Evidently they are on their way here to hear about the mistreatment of certain pack members as well.”
“Mistreatment” my gaze swung to an equally stymied Xander. As far as we know, nobody else besides Regan was ever
maistreated in this pack and that’s been dealt with.”
We both felt immensely guilty over that. No other pack member has suffered at anybody else’s hands though, we have ensured
that. We’ve carefully kept a close watch on every pack member and even set up a hotline for anonymous tips. My father gives a
grim smile. “Isabelle and Heather Ramona are claiming they have been mistreated and ostracised by the pack for something that
is not of their doing and is demanding the elders reinstate their access to the pack house and grounds.”
Why was I not surprised that it was Babelle and Heather behind this? I had a sneaking suspicion they were behind the trial the
“Can they do that?” I asked, fuming. “Their punishment was just. They might not have personally laid hands on Regan (although
I suspect they did) but they certainly didn’t defend her either. Regan could have died because of their silence” I pointed out and
my father nodded but didn’t look surprised as he continued to speak.
“They are claiming to have been abused by Beta Johnathon as well, leaving them too fearful to alert the Alpha and Luna about
what was happening and claiming that they were also innocent victims.”
We fell silent. Xander let out a low whistle, his expression one of admiration. “I’m impressed,” he said lowly. “They’ve come with a
sure way for the elders to feel sympathy towards them and to explain their behavior towards Regan and a way to justify it. The
elders are sure to think they are telling the truth.”
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“They’re lying though. Heather Ramona certainly didn’t look afraid of her husband and neither did Isabelle. Neither one of them
has hospital records” I growled, “we checked remember.
“They will claim theirs were destroyed like Regan’s was meant to be” Xander shrugged looking nonchalant and further provoking
my anger.
“Regan has never specified that Isabelle and Heather were hit physically by her father” 1 growled, feeling frustrated and more
than a little exasperated.
Surely everybody could see that this was just another way to manipulate us all into giving them what they wanted? Isabelle and
Heather Ramona were smarter than I had given them credit for
“She has never denied it either, nor has Regan ever told you her full story.
angry
with the two of you, to the
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point that we don’t know the full story of what she has personal endured, other than the was hurt and what we rondd glean from
her hospital records. What if Isabelle and Heather are spring the truth!”
My father’s voice is cautious as he glances between the both of o
I know the truth already Heather and Isabelle are simply looking for sympathy and the means go get back into the park house.
There is no way they were hurt by Beta Jolinathon and never said anything. That man favored the both of them on re Regan and
he showed that whenever they were in public. I waud about to be tricked so easily by these conniving woMETL
“Not possible” I interjected, folding my arms across my chest and shaking my head adamantly
“Will Regan testify to that?” my father asked, his tone knowing. Bis expression threwd
1 hesitated. Since we had spoken outside after her shift and told her she couldn’t go for runs, Regan had spent most of her time
upstairs away from Xander and me. We could ask her to tell the truth, but there was every chance that Isabelle and Heather
would still be able to twist it.
“Isabelle and Heather will paint themselves as the victims and it’s likely they will be granted their full status as proper park
members back. My father’s voice is sharp “As for me...” he trailed off, looking at the two of us, his face a reflection of anxiety.
“We’ll make sure that they realize you acted in self–defense” I assured him
Neither Xander nor I had any negativity towards him over the death of our mother, even though we still struggled to come to
terms with it now and then. He had done what he had to and if we had been in his place, we would have done the same thing.
We could not hold him responsible or blame him for that.
“I appreciate that, but from now on, I am no longer the Alpha in charge.” he told us as we stiffened. “You boys are. I’m taking a
step back in lieu of this. Until the elders have come and made their decisions, I will stay away and let you be the ones in charge.
You were going to become the Alpha’s anyway. Now we can say that you have the titles officially.”
He gave us a sad smile. “Now if you could just get your Luna to accept you and the role” he murmured wistfully as we flinched at
the painful reminder that Regan had yet to do either
“We’re trying” I murmured, “but every time we see her it’s like we make her angry all of suggestion?” I asked pointedly.
over again.
Unless you have some sort
He chuckled, running a hand over his chin. “I seem to recall that it’s Regan’s birthday in two days. You promised her a party
remember” he reminded us as our eyes widened “Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten with everything that’s gone on?” he said
incredulously.
I flinched. “We might have, what with the early transformation of her wolf. I trailed off, casting Xander a guilty expression “Her
wolf, what color was it?” my father asked eagerly, a small smile on his lips.
“Grey” Xander said hastily as we shot each other a warning glance.
“Lovely” my father smiled as I relaxed, “you should both keep your word and make Regan’s birthday a night to remember. It’s not
often you turn eighteen,” he said, smiling widely “and I have a feeling she’s never had all the attention on her. Forget about all of
this elder nonsense” he waved a dismissive hand at the both of us as we opened our mouth to object “and start showing your
mate that you care about her. Heck” he sighed “I have no idea how you’ve managed to gain her ire for so long,
“It takes serious commitment” Xander deadpanned, and my father flung his head back and laughed, tears coming to his eye at
his son’s brutal honesty,
I glared at Xander. “We’ll get started on this party. I’m sure that we can come up with something, although I suspect that she
won’t want a full–blown party now” 1 sighed, rubbing my eyes and feeling inexplicably tired for some strange reason
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“Doesn’t have to be with the whole pack, but maybe celebrating with those who claim to care for her, might be enough” my father
said wisely. “Sometimes all you want is the people you love to be with you on your special day.”
He looked nostalgic for a moment and then stood up, quietly making his way out of the room. I cast a sidelong glance at Xander.
“I think he misses having a mate,” I said quietly.
mate and
“I know he does, Xander said nodding in agreement “which is why we have to make up with Regan. He needs us to have our
present a Luna to the pack. It’s the only thing that keeps him going right now” he concluded, and I shivered. knowing that he was
right.
Our father was a shell of the man he once was, something else I blamed our mother for, I prayed the moon goddess showed him
mercy and granted him a second chance, but opportunities like that were rare and happened once in a blue moon. My father
might have given up on love for now, but Xander and I were determined to keep ours going, no matter how stubborn our mate
was proving to be. It was just a matter of time until she fell head over heels for us and fell for our charm. We were sure of it.
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was there to do than to mark and then mate... oh hell no. I shook my head in fury, “If you think you’re going to mate with me,
then you had better think again,” I said in a deadly whisper “Because hell will freeze over first before I even so much as consider
it.”
“Then you have to remain secret until you choose otherwise” Xavier’s voice is firm “I’m sorry Regan, but it is for your own
safety.”
I could just reject you, I thought, beginning to open my mouth, but the distress from Snow at the thought of rejecting our mates
was so overwhelming that my knees buckled, and I almost fell. I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I glared at them. “Snow doesn’t
want to reject you, but right now I can’t even look at you. You’re ruining my life” I snarled, turning around and stomping towards
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What use was a shifter who couldn’t shift into her wolf to delen he pack? I felt just as useless as I was before and just as
helpless. It wasn’t a nice feeling. I cursed these mates of mine even as Snow tried vigorously to defend them. Ar this rate, I felt
as though my life would have been far better off if I had singly been born as a normal human.
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