Mated to Alpha Hunter

Chapter Five

“Isabella, one more thing,” my uncle said a little insurely. “I am sorry to do this but…” he started as I looked over to see a weird expression on my cousin's face and a confused look on my aunts. “I am sorry to do this but… I, Alpha, Antonio Russo, of Blue Crescent pack, hereby denounce you Alpha Female, Isabella Russo, as a member of this pack.. You are now I rogue” my uncle finished defeated. 

I tried stopping him but there was no point. It was said… it was done… and now I was considered a rogue? My uncle took an oath to my father to protect me and he just made me a rogue before sending me off to live with my mate… I looked over to my aunt who was shocked and reeling. Well at least she didn’t know anything about it I thought to myself to make myself feel better. When I looked over to Ry he also looked defeated but it’s weird… he doesn’t look shocked, surprised, angry, just defeated.

All of a sudden I collapse to the ground holding my head screaming in pain with the most terrible headache I have ever had. “WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!?!?!?!” I scream out. My uncle tries to come forward but I just scream at him holding my head. It feels like hundreds of people are leaving my mind at once. Until I realize that is what is happening. My uncle just denounced me from the pack, he made me a rogue, and this is the feeling that comes with it. First leave the people I didn’t really know who I addressed only through pack wide announcements. Next go the people who I had a little more of a connection with. And then my friends and lastly my family. I tried standing but couldn’t at the pain of my family leaving me through mindlink. I no longer had a pack connection to anyone. Not my uncle, not my aunt, not even Ry. The pain subsided slightly and I was able to stand. All I had left was my parabatai bond with Ry.

“Did you know?” I whispered to Ry through mindlink.

“Yes,” he whispered back.

“Why?” was all I could say

“Alpha Hunter. He said that he didn’t want you to feel you could run away from him and come back to us.”

“Alpha Hunter did this” I sneered back angrily.

“Well kind of. All Alpha Hunter said was to make it known that you were not welcomed back unless on a planned visit accompanied by him or his men. He didn’t suggest that we denounce you from the pack. That was Antonio’s idea.”

“And you didn’t stop him?”

“No, because I actually agreed with him. Hunter opposed. He didn’t want you to be a rogue; he knew what would happen with the pain. But Antonio and I agreed that it was best for you, for us, for the pack. You aren’t welcome here without the approval of your mate.”

All I could do was cry. I had no response. I couldn’t even look at my family. My aunt had left to go inside the pack house because she couldn’t bear to see me like this. All that was left who could actually do something to help me were Antonio and Riley and they were the ones who did this to me. I slowly turned around not saying anything and I got in the passenger seat of the car. Earlier Hunter had gotten into the car trying to give me space.

When I got in all I could say to him was “You knew?”

He looked down trying not to make any eye contact. “Yes. And I tried stopping them but they wouldn’t hear it. They thought it was the only way. That’s not what I meant when I talked to them. I made my point known that I meant to have a conversation with you not denounce you as a rogue.”

“Can we please go” was all I could say back.

Thankfully Hunter started driving off, silently, leaving me to my own thoughts.

My own mate, my own family, my own pack did this to me. And for what? To keep the peace? To make sure I didn’t try to flee my new so-called pack that I still didn’t know the name of? To make sure that everything went good for them? What about me? What about what is good for me?

“I’m sorry, okay. But I still think it’s what’s best for everyone involved. At least we still have our bond. We can still talk and you can talk through me to the others.” I heard through mindlink as we neared the border.

I was so angry. How could he? How could he reach out and say that after everything that just happened. I needed to start fresh. Whether I liked it or not this was my new life. May as well embrace it right?

“Just remember one day when you look back that you started all of this.” I replied

‘What do you-” was all he could get out before.

“I, Alpha Female, Isabella Russo, rogue” I choked out “hereby end my parabatai bond with Riley Russo” I finished feeling the bond between us snap in half. Like before, I immediately felt a stabbing pain in my head feeling him leave my mindlink. Just like before I started screaming and crying.