Chapter 41

Chapter42

LILLY: “It's Keska, she is giving me orders now." “What do you mean?"“She just linked me **to tell** me I have to convince Mom and Dad to go on that graduation trip. That she wasn't going to be blamed for Jessie not going." I just chuckle at that. "Think of it as a way to get into her good graces, after all the punishments she has taken for you, don't you think 6 you owe her?" "Did you know?" “Yes, unfortunately, I did." I tell him.“Why didn't you tell Dad?" "Wasn't my place, you needed to come to that conclusion on your own, as an Alpha heir." “Why does she want us to go on this trip so bad?" “I don't know, that is something you will have to ask her."I tell him.

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KESKA: “Yes, Dr. I understand." I say to him. He leaves my room. "See,you have to have special food anyway, dear, Drake, we need to stay and take care of her." Mom says. I am pissed to say the least, I get hurt by someone that is not them and now they pay attention to me.F*ck no!“Look, I will be fine, Nana and Sarah will look after me, and I will be good as new when you get back." I say with a bit of sarcasm, letting them know what I think of the fuss they are showing. "We will discuss it." Father says."What is there to discuss? Jessie will throw a fit if the trip gets canceled because of me, and she will be relentless." I say to them. “It will be better if you just take James, Jessie, Wyatt, and Star to High Crest and Dutch Wood, Mackie anad I can hold down the fort with Beta Gleeson, it will keep the peace." I say."I said we will discuss it!" Father says a little of his Alpha's aura slips out. Opps, I pushed a little too much, I bow my head and offer my neck to him. There was a knock on the door. Father released his aura and answered the door. It was dinner, so they left my room. "Can Mackie and Liam come in?" I asked, Father just nodded his head. Mackie

and Liam came in and sat with me while l ate. We just chit-chatted about nothing and everything. "Mom and Dad took Wyatt and James home."Liam tells me. "Liam, I am sorry you probably should have gone with them,you are going to miss dinner. Same with you, Mackie. I'm sorry.I'm being selfish." I say to them. "Forget it. We would rather be with you than with them anyway."“Thank you, but I will be home tomorrow, and you need to have dinner too." I say to them. "Kes, why are you so adamant about Mom and Dad going on that trip?" Liam asked me.“Well.in part. I would prefer to have Uncle Carson to ourselves, without the two of them always butting in on everything." I tell him. “In Part, what's the other part?" “I want to talk to him about his sister-in-law, and find out what he really thinks of her, because I have heard Nana mumbling and calling her a gold digging statis climbing bitch." “Keska!” “Yeah, I know I swore.Opps!" There was a knock on the door, and the kitchen aide came in to take my tray away. And the nurse came in right after. “I need to take your vitals. and visiting hours are now over." She tels me Mackie and Liam leave.

LISSA: I have been waiting to hear from my brother for hours. I am so angry at him right now that when I see him. I am going to hit him for making me wait. I would have linked him, but Jessie said that they would be home soon. I have so much pent-up nervous energy that I have to get it out, so I go to the kitchen to ask Sarah I there is anything I can do to help. She put me to work setting the table for dinner. I was in the family dining room when Mom, Dad, and James came in. “Where's Liam?" I ask as they come through the door."He will be here a bit later,he stayed with Keska." Dad says."Is Kes ok? She said she would be right behind me, but she never came!" I was near tears. Dad came over to me and just held me."Kes will be ok, it will take her a little bit of time to heal from what happened to her, but she will be just fine." "What did happen to her?"I asked. "She was stabbed with a silver knife. You were there watching

today?"“Yes."“Tell me everything you remember, ok?" “Ok, I got down to the field at about 8ish, they had started the second round of switching offense and defense. Kes was paired with Brent Charter,and there was 1other pair close, because Frank would have them switch partners. So, it was Kirk Anders paired with Ronnie Briginhall. Then someone shouted,rogues north border. Everyone stopped what they were doing, then everything turned chaotic. Frank told Kes to get me and get to the house,she linked me to run to the house, I was on the bleachers, and that she would be right behind me. But she wasn't, and by the time I realized she wasn't, everything had already happened. I am so sorry. Daddy." I started to cry.“Sshh sshh sweetheart, it's not your fault, we don't know what happened. Like you said, everything was chaos."

LIAM: Mackie and I walked together on our way home, "Oh crap, Lissa is going to kill me.""Why would Lissa want to do that?"“Because I was supposed to let her know what was going on with Kes, and I just forgot about it, until now."I tell her. "Sorry about that, but go home and take whatever she says or does like the Alpha born you are and show James how it's actually supposed to go." She tells me. I chuckle at her meaning and just nod my head. We hit the split where she heads to her house, and I have about 2 more blocks to reach home. It was after dinner when I walked through the front door, and I got punched in the shoulder.“OWW.”“You said you would link me!" Lissa seethes at me. “I know, I am sorry.I got caught up in everything that was happening with Kes, I just forgot."I tell her. "Is she ok?” "She will be, and she will be home sometime tomorrow." I tell her. "I was so scared,Liam." I had to hold back my sarcasm, because just a week ago, she couldn't have cared less about what happened to Kes. "What happened? Why the change of heart all of a sudden?" I deadpanned the question to her. She punched me again."OWW! What was that for?" "I am not Jessie; I care about what happens to Kes." "You couldn't have proven it by me, the way you were always

sticking up for Jessie." I tell her. I notced that both James and Jessie were in the game room as I walked by, headed to the kitchen to get something to eat. So. I know they heard our conversation, but I don't care. Jessie caused this mess. trying to be too much like Mimi Sutter.