Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 73

Peyton’s POV

Ever Green Pack

I am so worried for everyone at B***d Rose, not knowing what happened there is really messing us all up. Von and I were both relieved to have finally gotten a call from Gabi to tell us what had happened. She said that she would call back later on today, but that they wanted us to know that they were all safe right now. Elena had told Gabi that she had already called Heath, and they knew that he was en route at this time, and they wanted us to rest easier knowing that no one had been hurt at B***d Rose, and they already had a plan in place to get the person, well the person’s responsible, punished. Obviously, Luna Meghan was the main culprit, but Brandi placed a big part in it as well, and it was all noted on a disc, with both audio and video. Brandi probably thought that she could dodge this, but Gabi said that Tanner had mentioned both their names to the werewolf council, and we were just waiting on a call back to tell us what was happening now.

I went to training like I always did. I felt safe and secure at Ever Green, and nothing bad had happened to me here. Unless you count the big scene with Stephanie, as I still counted that as a bad thing here. I usually train with Evelyn Ledger, Jameson’s wife, but she had left with the elite team. Starting today I will be training with their oldest child, Jasmine who is 17 and a very good fighter, as well as with Eden, the Gamma’s wife. Jasmine doesn’t enjoy fighting, but she is very good at it, especially for not putting in 100% with her training. With both of her parent’s elite fighters, she probably has it in her genes. She knows that she needs to know how to protect herself, but she doesn’t have any real interest in being on the team. I have heard that disappoints her parents, but she is still young and can change her mind later on. Jasmine is in great shape, with a curvy figure. With her mocha skin, her mother’s blue eyes, and her long curly hair that is currently up in a messy bun, she is absolutely beautiful. Add in her charming personality and sarcastic wit, and she is a great person to hang out with, and I enjoy her company. She is much more mature than others her own age, she used to stay with Von when the elite team started going out to help other packs, and since both of her parents were on the team, Von is like a bonus grandmother to her. Von and Heath both adore her as well, and she even has a room on the Gamma floor available for her whenever she visits. Since she is still 17, she can’t sense her mate, but from the group at the fence watching us, or rather, watching her, many of them are hopeful to be her mate after she turns 18.

Eden on the other hand always encourages me to work hard, and she is the sweetest thing, but she is absolutely serious about women being able to protect themselves. Eden wasn’t always strong, as she was formally an Omega. Her getting her mate, and him being the Gamma helped both her strength and her confidence increase. Her daughter, Faith Adams, is training me today. Faith is 20 years old, and she is training to take a spot on the elite team. She is gorgeous with her long brown hair and her cornflower blue eyes. Her face is stunning, and she has her mother’s features and eye color, and her father’s brown hair. I can see the pride in Eden’s eyes as she watches Faith take me through some new techniques. Eden has just kind of supervised the training and let Jasmine and Faith take me through the training. Everybody trains differently, as each has their own strength, and it is good to have Faith keep up her training, so they asked her to help train me while the team was gone. As strong as Faith is, the test is just a formality, she is one of the best fighters here at Ever Green. She had been compared to Gabi because of her focus, on numerous occasions, she takes training very seriously. She is 5’10, so just an inch taller than me, and she has a strong build. Her core is evident, as she has a 6 pack, and just by looking at her, you can tell that she isn’t to be trifled with. I got to talk to her during our downtime, and part of the reason that she is training so hard was that in making the team, she can visit other packs to try to find her true mate. Her eyes got dreamy and far away as she told me her reason why. I truly hope that she does because there isn’t anything in the world better than having your true mate. I also hope that he is able to come back here to Ever Green, as she is really nice, or at least be at a nearby pack, so I can still visit her. I know her mom wants the same thing for her.

We get back to finish off my morning training, and then take a break for lunch. We got 2 hours in on this, and we will get back to it at 3 and work out for another 2 hours as Percy wants me to be able to protect myself as quickly as I can. I acknowledge that I need that too, as I know that I need to worry about Timothy and Jasper. They are the reason for me knowing that I don’t need to leave the packlands for any reason. My parents are planning on coming in this weekend to visit, so they are getting caught up with paperwork to do that very thing. I head up to my room to grab a shower and change my clothes. I am glad that I have so many exercise clothes as training twice a day makes me go through them quickly. I was just lying down to grab a nap when I get a phone call. It was from an unknown number, and I frowned before I answered the call.

“Hello?” I said into the phone, getting ready to drop the call if it was Timothy or Jasper.

“Peyton?” a familiar voice comes from the phone, but it isn’t Timothy, and I don’t believe it is Jasper either.

“Yes,” I answer back.

“This is Alpha James. I just wanted to let you know that I tracked down Fallon. She was in Texas, and we got her and her mate’s sentence carried out yesterday. I was almost all the way back to B***d Claw and I was originally going to stop to give you the good news in person. But I didn’t know if you were up for me to visit you in person yet. Just know that you will never have to worry about her again. It has been done, and their bodies cremated, as her parents didn’t want her coming back for burial. Her mate didn’t really have family left, which was why he took the chance on freeing Fallon. He had learned of how she was though, as the Alpha there had said that warriors had to split them up two days ago after he learned of her telling Alpha Jasper where you were to get money from Jasper, and because he felt it when she cheated on him. He had only known that she cheated on him, and they said that when he was yelling at her for that, she decided to tell him that since she was with him when she got money for giving away where you were. He flew into a rage and hit her for her actions. He felt terrible that she tried to hurt you again after she swore she would change if he helped her. He was foolish to believe her. The couple in the next house are the ones who reported the argument, and what was said to the Alpha. The Alpha had a good look at her, when he came out to get it all sorted, he recognized her, even though she was now a brunette, and sent me a picture for confirmation. Timothy verified that it was her, so I left right then. The Alpha gave instructions for them not to leave, and since he is their Alpha, they had to stay to wait for me to get there the next day. Your father’s Beta, Harrison Burns, went with me to document it, so your dad would know that the sentence had been carried out. I actually felt very bad for Chris, but she had broken his heart with her lies and deceit, so it was just merciful to put him out of his misery as well. He took a chance on freeing her when he knew the kind of person that she was. But the mate bond is strong and makes us do crazy things. Your dad was going to call and tell you, but I asked if I could do it myself” Alpha James told me, and I have to say that after her causing me to almost be kidnapped, I did feel better knowing that I would never have to look over my shoulder for her again.

“Thank you for letting me know Alpha James. I appreciate you finding her, I have heard about how hard you were working on my behalf. My father let me know that every call that he or his Royal Beta made, they advised them that you had in fact already called and sent an email with several pictures included in it, for them to be able to be caught. I know you put a lot of effort into it, and I do thank you for helping me to not fear leaving the pack anymore. I would like to be able to one day travel to my parent’s pack, without an entourage, and this gets me one step closer to that day. So, thank you for all that you have done. It was not in vain, and I cannot thank you enough for doing it” I told him, and it was dead silent on the call for a full minute. I looked at my cell to see if he was still on the line, or if he had dropped the call.

“It is me that is grateful, Peyton. I have been praying to the Goddess for forgiveness for all of this since I found out how I allowed my pain to overcome my common sense. For my weakness at losing Luna Tori, for my behavior with what I did to you. I am an Alpha, and I have completely no excuse for my behavior in what I did to you. I will never be able to make this up to you in my lifetime, but I will continue to keep trying. I will say that you have saved me twice now, Peyton. You speaking to the council on my behalf was the first time, and in my effort to find Fallon and Chris, I was blessed again. I have found a second chance mate, and I am going to accept this blessing. I realize that the Goddess is forgiving me for my actions. I will appreciate this opportunity and make very sure that I am always thankful for this second chance at happiness. I have to say that I was stunned about getting a mate, and she is excited about finding me as well. Her husband was a warrior, and he was killed in a battle about 5 years ago. Neither of us thought that this would happen to us, but I am glad that the Goddess knows better than we do. I can’t wait to tell Timothy, but he isn’t at the pack right now, and he isn’t answering his phone. I hope he accepts my mate, I know how much he loved his mother, so this can go either way” Alpha James told me, and I can hear the nervousness in his voice there at the end.

Timothy is indeed high-strung, but I would hope he would take into account how much this means to his father before he acts badly. I hate to say it, but Timothy is a selfish person, who cares primarily for himself. That may have been because he didn’t have his mother to help steer him correctly in his teenage years. With his father so mired in grief, he basically just did whatever he wanted, with no punishment or consequences for his actions. I didn’t like how Timothy looked at me when I finally accepted his rejection at the gates, and I saw the hate he had in his eyes for me when the bond was fully broken. He still had love for me at first, but after I accepted his rejection, as Peyton, instead of Katrina, I saw the change in his eyes. He was angry for me to still be standing, and for him looking weak in front of everyone. I could tell that he was making plans against me before he stomped off to go somewhere else when he left the office while we were figuring out how Fallon had escaped from her cell. That smirk on his face when he saw how scared I was after finding out that Fallon had gotten away, was just disgusting. So, until I get some confirmation that both Timothy and Jasper have calmed down, and moved on, I am perfectly content to stay here. They would be an i***t to try to come after me now.

I finished the call with Alpha James, and I hope that one day I will be able to react to him completely calm, especially if he loses his temper, but that will probably not be anytime soon. I enjoyed getting to hear his excitement as he introduced his mate, Janine Henry to me on the phone. She sounded really nice and seemed to be very smart. She was in the SUV with him, as well as her 17-year-old son, Andre Henry, as they had just dropped off my dad’s Beta at the Royal Knight pack. Since Andre had just turned 17, he was going to stay with his mother at B***d Claw. She told me that she will allow him to go back to his original pack if he wants to later on if he ends up deciding that the B***d Claw pack is not for him. I am so glad that Alpha James was so happy, and I told him that I would indeed visit him to meet his new family. I am still going to therapy, but after seeing Alpha James lose his temper at the gate when he found out Fallon had escaped, I knew I still had a ways to go. I have been trained for years to fear his violent and angry reaction. He has caused me trauma for a long time, and I know what he is truly capable of. I know he has changed, I know he is not the man he was, but knowing it in my head doesn’t help me when my knee-jerk reaction was total fear at knowing I was about to be really hurt. If I weren’t a healer, I would have been dead, several times over, from his treatment.

I can’t sleep from thinking back to my time at B***d Claw. None of those memories are happy ones for me, at all. I am so glad I had friends that helped me escape. I make a mental note to call Amanda to thank her for all her help, and since Doctor Williams is here, I make plans to drop by the pack hospital and thank him as well. I would probably still be there at B***d Claw if it weren’t for their help. My life has gone from wishing for death, to complete happiness and they are the reason that I got a mate and a happy life. I already miss Percy, and I pulled his pillow into my face to inhale deeply. He hasn’t even been gone a few hours yet, and I already miss him so. I know he had to go, his whole family had been put in danger, and after what Gabi told us, they could have been killed if Vincent hadn’t been there. That takes precedence over everything, and I don’t mind staying here, I know that I am safe here, that Percy misses me as well, and will come back as soon as he can. With his scent all around me, I am able to finally fall asleep and take a quick nap. I wake up at 245 and wash my face off, use the restroom, and then head downstairs. I was missing Percy and feeling sad, so I grabbed his t-shirt from yesterday out of the dirty clothes hamper and put it on, over my workout gear. I go down to the dining hall and grabbed 2 bottles of water, and an apple to grab a snack before my next training. There is more water in the training building, but I like to bring my own with me.

I head towards the training field and get there right at 3 pm, for my training session. I am the first to arrive, so I sit and finish my apple while I wait. I let my mind wander as I think about Percy, and when we will start to have our pups. I am not on birth control, and I wonder if he wants to wait, or if he is OK with just letting nature take its course. I haven’t really sat down with him and asked what he wanted, or how many children he wanted. I take a sniff of his t-shirt, and I enjoy the calm that it brings to me, and I look around to see when Faith, Jasmine, and Eden are coming as it has been 5 minutes and usually someone is here by now. I see two of the newer warriors who had recently arrived in the pack coming towards me. I get up and head towards them, they may be coming with a message from the gamma female, Eden. My training may have been canceled for this afternoon, and they just forgot to tell me.

I walked up to them with a smile, and I am trying to remember their names, but with a little over 1,300 members in this pack, I haven’t gotten very many names memorized. I see Jasmine about 500 feet behind them, and she is walking towards us with two guys with her, one on either side. I am guessing that they are members of her fan club. The ones who hang out to watch me get trained, they weren’t here before since Percy doesn’t want any men ogling me. But these guys were clearly here to watch her train me, not to check me out. Before I can wave at her, the two men stop smiling at me, as they were now standing right in front of me, and the bigger of the two throws me over his shoulder and heads towards the forest. The second one follows along behind him, and I looked up to see Jasmine looking at us, and then running towards them after sending the two guys back to go get help. I know they were linking with others, and she was too, but she was really fast and caught up to us quickly. The second man stopped and punched her right in the face and then threw her body over his shoulder and caught right back up to the man carrying me.

The first guy sets me down and steps back to get a run at the 10-foot wall, to push himself up to the top of it. He sits on the top and I tried to get to Jasmine to check on her. She took a hard hit, and I don’t know if she is OK or not. But before I can the second man pushes her up to the first guy, who pulled her over the wall, and then leans over on the other side, dropping her the remaining 2 to 3 feet onto the ground. I start crawling backward away from the second guy, who was reaching for me but then I stopped. I can’t let them take Jasmine alone, no matter how scared I am. We will get through this together. She tried to rescue me, I will NOT leave her.

“Good decision, Luna,” the second guy said in a mocking tone, and then he punches me in the face too. Everything goes black for me in an instant, and I fell back to the ground.