Begging for survival

Chapter 3 - Mother

Alexandria POV

“Well, that’s rich coming from you, considering who your Luna is… Hello mother” and the room falls silent, the queen keeps opening and closing her mouth like a fish gasping for air, her eyes are as wide as they can be, I guess now she remembers where she saw me before.

She left when I was 10 and I never saw her again, even when my brothers were shunned and she came for Alison, my baby sister, she didn’t ask to see me or give a s**t were I was, so she doesn’t really know how I look like, although I look like her, I guess that’s why my father took his frustration on me, just imagine being the king of hunters and your wife runs away with the king of werewolves… she really destroyed that man and our family along with him.

“Dismissed, all of you … GET OUT” the king says slamming his hands and I can almost see a thin line of smoke coming out of his ears, everybody except Derek, me , the king and of course the queen, stands up and hastily find their way out of the room.

“Lexi? … my daughter? Is that really you?” queen Charlotte says with tears brimming her eyes, yeah right as if she cares.

“Daughter?...You don’t have the right to call me that, not since you ran away and left me behind, and don’t call me Lexi” I start to say but someone cuts me off.

“Because she doesn’t like nicknames” my head snaps to the direction of the person who said that, and it’s Alison, coming into the room or court or whatever the f**k we are in now, with a huge smile on her face then she comes running in my direction, I shoot out of my chair, Derek following my move …I raise my hand stopping her in her tracks.

“Don’t, if you have anything to say, you can say it from over there” I say coldly, she is almost as guilty as her, when mother left, Alison was just 8, I practically raised her, I was a mother to her for all those years before Charlotte came and took her, and she didn’t even say goodbye before she left, didn’t call to check on me, didn’t even look back, like I never existed to her… so she means nothing to me.

“ Alexandria, It’s me, Alison, don’t you remember me?” she says with a frown like I had amnesia or something.

“Do YOU remember me? Do you remember having a sister? Or did you forget all about me like she did when she ran away with him?” I say pointing to William and that seems to shut Alison up with tears rolling down her check.

“Alexandria, he is my mate, now that you have a mate of your own, you must understand the pull of the bond, I couldn’t resist it long” she says and I dry chuckle.

“It’s because I have a mate I know that this is a bunch of crab… I resisted the pull; I resisted it so hard that I actually made him reject me, you didn’t even wait for a week before you cheated on dad and ran away a couple of months later, it wasn’t the bond, you were just a w***e” ,

“YOU WILL NOT TALK TO THE QUEEN LIKE THAT OR I WIL-” William starts with his growling threat, actually trying to alpha command me and Derek takes a protective stance in-front of me but I cut the almighty king off.

“Are you seriously trying to alpha command me?... you are not my alpha and sure as hell not my king” I say mockingly almost laughing , is he for real?

William’s eyes turn black, his fangs bared, Derek hides me behind his back with one hand on my waist, holding me tightly, eyes black as well and I can feel his claws digging into my side,

He is not looking directly in the king's eyes or challenging him but he is stating his position, that he will die protecting me if that’s what it takes and I will never let that happen, I’d rather die first.

William almost launches at me before Charlotte stops him; finally she is good for something.

“William, please stop” she says wrapping her arms around him, he looks at her and takes few deep breaths before he finally calms down.

“Alexandria, for the sake of everyone’s safety starting with your mate, choose your word” she is not warning me, it’s more like an advice and to that I just roll my eyes.

“Listen, you talk like you know what you’re talking about but you were just a kid, you don’t know all what happened” she says calmly.

“Oh, I know enough, I f*****g SAW YOU” I yell, stepping to Derek's side.

“What?” she says shocked.

“Yes, I was a 10 years old kid who saw her mother f*****g another man that’s not her father… and I wasn’t the only one” I say remembering the disturbing memory, I feel Derek’s hands wrap around my shoulder and I’m thankful that he is here with me,

Charlotte’s face turns red in shame and I can here William gulp as well, I think they actually have some morals after all.

“What do you mean you weren’t the only one?” Charlotte asks with a heavy breath.

“I mean that first time that I… followed the voices until I saw you… I guess Jensen and Jacob heard it too because they were the ones to take me away from that horrid scene and back to my room, after that they took turns every time you snuck out of the house…one of them would stay at our room making sure me and Alison stay asleep and not follow you while the other distracted dad as if he didn’t already know”,

Charlotte’s hand covers her mouth and she almost collapses to the floor crying before her mate catches her.

“Mom… is this true?” Alison asks with a broken voice but Charlotte doesn’t answer and cries even harder just confirming what I said, Alison just stands there stunned, I guess she believed that she is a good mother or even just a good human being … oh wait, she is not even that anymore.

“Imagine a couple of teenaged boys carrying the burden of protecting their father and baby sisters from knowing what their mother really is… but we knew already and you were so lost in your lust to even notice or care” I say not able to hold my tears anymore,

“Let’s just go love, I think that’s enough” Derek says trying to lead me out of the room.

“No, I want to get this over with, all of it” I say and he nods, he’ll always have my back.

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry lex- I mean Alexandria that I put you through this” Charlotte says standing back on her feet and her mate remains silent avoiding my gaze, I think he is equally mortified.

“Sorry for which part exactly? Sorry that I saw you or that you did that in the first place or for the fact you chose to take my sister but left me behind?” I ask feigning confusion.

“Dad forbid it, he said he will come after her and kill her, he said he will start a war if she tried to take you too” Alison coming to her mother’s defence, still clinging to hope of proving that she is a good mother and not just a selfish b***h.

“Is that what she told you? Because from what I remember she didn’t even ask for me… yes, I was listing in” I say looking directly in my so called mother’s eyes daring her to say otherwise .

“I couldn’t” she says just above a whisper.

“Why the hell not mom?” Alison says through gritted teeth realizing who her dear mother really is.

“Because her mate told her not to, he can’t have a pure blood hunter in his house, he can’t raise her as one of his own, so she chose him over me yet again after she spilled all our secrets…isn’t that right... Mother” I say the last word sarcastically.

“And it turned out I was right not to do so” William says almost disgust, the mother fucker.

“Is it because of the premonition?” Derek finally speaks and the king clenches his jaws.

“So you know” William stats.

“Yes, we also know it’s the true reason behind this summoning” Derek says.

“What premonition?” Alison oblivious as always asks.

“The king and the Salvatore will produce the strongest alpha in generations and the alpha and the hunter will end the king’s reign” Charlotte says coldly, her remorse gone.

“You see Alison, your mother thinks we are the alpha and hunter from the premonition, she thinks I’m going to kill my own brother… so she wants to kill me” I say with a sad smile.