Rejected, but not Broken
Chapter 56

Taylor’s POV

I cannot wait to be able to see the look on Gabi’s stupid face when she realizes that Tanner cheated on her. I have been planning this for the last month, and it is a perfect plan. I will be at Red River, with Piper and Heather, when Dana carries it out.

Dana will be the one getting killed as Tanner will have to have someone to punish for him messing up, and I will have an alibi, and witnesses. It is perfect.

I took what they told me as truth, I fully believed that Tanner or Gabi, would indeed kill me if I messed with them and tried to break them up. But it won’t be me, will it? It will be Dana. My stupid parents went off on me about”

Endangering the whole pack”, “Your actions could get us all killed”, “Don’t be messing with your sister and her mate”,

“Why can’t you be better?” That last one hurt the most, as I know they really wanted to say, “Why can’t you be more like Gabi?”

I have to respect Gabi, a little, she knew mom and dad were just gonna blow smoke up her a*s, and basically told them that they could save it. She meant it too, I kind of liked how she wasn’t scared to cut them loose. The look on their face was the BEST.

They were both shocked. I guess with me and Stone following their orders so much, well, maybe not following for me as much as not getting caught disobeying. If they hadn’t Alpha commanded me, I would still be their perfect little princess in their eyes.

They have always thought I was the best daughter that they could have ever had. Now that they have seen Gabi, and then me getting busted with lying, and almost starting a war. I mean, who would have thought that Gabi would get another set of parents and Alphas at that?

She must have some kind of wonderful luck on her side. I swear that b*h can get away with anything. Who would have thought that Tanner and Alpha Heath would throw in so freaking quick to defend her like that? I swear that Alpha Heath can smell a lie a mile away.

He saw right through me and told mom and dad I was lying. Dad didn’t listen to Tanner at all. He didn’t really respect him much as he hasn’t had the Alpha position for very long, about a year and a half now. Dad is going to make Stone wait until he has his mate before he turns the pack over.

Dad never understood why Dawson and Aria just handed the pack over to Tanner like they did. But Tanner is strong, I remember him in bed with his shirt off and my mouth is almost watering thinking about that 8 pack. That Dana was lucky that she got to sleep with him before he stopped cold turkey.

I wish I had gotten to try him myself at least once, but I can still have a taste. I know he will come to me because I look just like Gabi, and I was totally serious about dying my hair.

I am going to call Piper today, to see if she was OK with me coming in early, on the pretext that I could help her with her Luna ceremony. It is actually because I needed to be somewhere else when the sh!t hits the fan at B***d Rose.

I am sure they were going to show up here, to try to come and get me, but I won’t be here. I am hoping that Piper vouching that I was not even here, will keep me from being Alpha commanded for me to tell the truth.

I am also going to stop on the way to Red River and get the vial from my dark witch friend who is making up two vials for me right now.

She said that she could make it where I could drink one of them before I was to be Alpha commanded again, and I would be able to keep lying, and not have to tell the truth. She is not a big fan of wolves, but I pay her well, and she has done what I have asked so far.

She assured me that the spell was strong enough to keep me from having to tell the truth the next time. Maybe if I get bored, I will tell Beta Jared that he doesn’t have to worry anymore, because I can beat the Alpha command now.

No, he ghosted me after the first hint of trouble. Jared is totally avoiding me, in case I nark him out for sleeping with me. Dad would try to kill him. Doesn’t Jared even realize that I am more likely to tell on him, if he isn’t doing what I tell him to, duh?

Maybe I will give the Gamma, Caden Adams, a shot, he is hot and younger than Jared, at 22 years old. He has always kept his distance from me since he got here at Crimson Shadow three years ago. I don’t know why he steers clear of me? I haven’t done anything to him.

I think he is really cute with his brown hair and piercing gray eyes. He is a strong fighter, and a great strategist too. We are going to need him if we do end up going to war. I head into the dining room for lunch and see Caden getting his food too, and I wander up to him to say hi, but he turns around, sees me smiling up at him, and he takes a big step to the side and walks away from me without saying a word.

What is the hell was that? I can have any man I want, well except Tanner so far, and THIS guy is going to ignore me. I am the daughter of the Alpha; he cannot ignore me. I take off after him and follow him to his table.

He turns to go get his drink, and I get in front of him, and he jerks to a stop.

“What do you want, Taylor?” Caden asks me.

“I just wanted to say hi to you, we haven’t really spoken to each other, and I was about to go out of town for a few weeks. I was just saying hi to you Caden” I told him.

“OK, hi,” Caden tells me. “I hope you have a nice trip, Taylor. Please excuse me” Caden tells me and then walks away. I stand there stunned. What the hell? Is there something wrong with his eyesight? I am beautiful, he should want to be with me. He should count himself lucky that I would want to be with him, and he treats me like this? I go to follow him again, and I heard my brother, Stone, call out to me from the next table, “Taylor, leave Caden alone. He is busy and has things to do after lunch. Please, leave him alone”. I turn my gaze on Stone and walk up to him.

“Why are you in my business, Stone?” I asked him.

“Why are our ranked members your business? You usually keep to the warriors who don’t mind you messing with them, but mom and dad will be pissed if they find out you were with Jared, so why don’t you leave him and Caden alone, and go find your mischief somewhere else” Stone tells me. I didn’t know that he knew about Jared, Stone is giving me an out right now, without the threat of telling mom and dad. I know it is to protect Jared, and not me, but I will take it. I grab an apple and leave the dining room. I need to pack anyway. I call Piper on my cell on my way up.

“Piper, hey girl, it’s Taylor,” I tell her.

“Hey Taylor, how are you doing today?” Piper asks me.

“Fine, Piper, thanks. I was just wondering if it was OK if I came to your pack a couple of days early. I can always help you with the last-minute details for your Luna ceremony” I tell Piper.

“Great Taylor, sure, you know you are always welcome anytime. I can sure use the help too. Derek’s mom is no help at all to me, and mom doesn’t like driving over here. She knows she can just phase and run over here, but she acts like she is scared of the rogues.

I can’t depend on anyone right now. So, thanks, Taylor, I appreciate having a friend here to help me out.” Piper tells me, and I smile. I already knew she was struggling and needed help, plus, the Omegas are doing the work, so I won’t be having to really work.

“Great, I will see you either Monday or Tuesday this week,” I told her and get off the phone. I am so glad my friends are so easy to work. I am also glad that she didn’t know that I met Derek at a Christmas party, last December, and slept with her chosen mate.

That would lead to a really uncomfortable situation at the dinner table if she knew that juicy little piece of gossip. I know Derek, and I will NEVER be telling her about it. Piper can hold a grudge. He approached me anyway, and now I know it is because he knew Gabi was his mate, and we look alike.

He wasn’t bad, but I am not going to repeat that mistake, Piper would lose it, and I need all the friends I can get right now.

I head up to my room and start getting packed for my trip. I head to my parent’s office to tell them that I am going out of town. I need dad to send one of the guy’s into town to get the tank filled up and the oil changed in it. I don’t have time to be hanging out at the dealership like that.

I sat down in one of the chairs in front of their desk and told them I was going out of town and what I needed to be done, to my Mercedes.

“Where are you planning to go, Taylor?” my father asked. He has been really concerned lately as he saw the Video of me smiling at Tanner and Gabi when the st hit the fan, and he knew I wasn’t going to back down from my plan.

He even showed mom, and then she got mad because she said I made her look stupid for believing me and my act. Everyone in the pack is on edge, and blaming me for getting us into the situation, but I mean, I didn’t ask for war. That was Tanner, and Alpha Heath, overreacting. “Piper’s Luna ceremony is in a week, and she needs help with all the last-minute things going on.

I am going to leave either Monday or Tuesday to go and help her. I am not going to Tanner’s pack or Alpha Heath’s pack. I am just trying to help my friend” I told him in my practiced voice.

My dad looked at me for a while and then said, “I have heard that the Red River pack and the River Bed pack have been getting threats for 5 months about this ceremony and that rogues have said that people will be dying over it.

I also know that Luna Liz said that Heath’s trainers will be going in to train their two packs if another attack occurs. I know you think that your mom and I are both stupid Taylor, in case you forgot that was one of the questions commanded you to answer.

I just want you to know that I believe you need to stay here. You will only be safe here. Your sister has a nickname that is NOT cute or precious, they call her “Little Terminator”. Like that movie, I showed you.

Gabi is a killing machine, and you obviously don’t know when to quit, Taylor. We have already lost one daughter already, Taylor. Gabi won’t even talk to us or hear our side of it, we only have you and Stone left. I do not want you to go there, you could be killed” my dad tells me, and my mom nods her head in agreement. Well, st, I had all, but this, planned out.

Dad was right, I do think that I am smarter than they are. I should have realized that they would have heard about this, as all the packs have been watching the rogues attack Red River and the River Bed packs for the last several months. The Rogues have only lost a very few people, but the two packs have lost about 30 total so far from both packs.

“What if Stone goes with me to keep me safe. I won’t poke the bear if she shows up, while I am there for the Luna ceremony. If it becomes a problem, Stone can make me come back with him” I ask them and give them a smile. I up the ante, “Piper said that she isn’t getting help, and she appreciates me being such a good friend that I would go there and help her with her ceremony” I told them, and I can see that they are torn.

It really looks like I am trying to be a better person, but I just want to be there so. I can see Gabi collapse when she feels Tanner betraying her. I lied when I told Dana I was going to be coming back to B***d Rose.

I won’t be crossing their borders again. I just needed to get his focus off of Gabi, and onto the fact that someone was able to get onto and off of his land, effortlessly, and he couldn’t stop them.

Like everything started to go wrong for him when he met Gabi. I go ahead and stick my bottom l!p out a little to pout, and I see from my mom’s expression that they are going to let me go.

“You can go with Stone, but we are also sending Caden with you both, for added protection. We would normally send Jared, but since we may be going to war soon” Dad stops to give me a hard look, but I keep my innocent face on, “We will need him here.

I will also call Alpha Monty to tell him that you all will be coming and to make sure you stay protected while there” my dad finishes, and I am happy because I won. I’still get to go and see Gabi be completely crushed, plus this gives me time to work on Caden too. My day is looking up.