His Little Wolf
Chapter 44

Bethany

I know Cal and Liam are talking but I can’t hear a word they are saying, my mind and body only wants to hear Marcus right now, there are things I need to say and know before he dies.

While I’m trying to unravel the whirlwind of emotions that’s rushing through my body, I catch one sentence that brings a part of me back to life, the relief I feel from hearing that Sarah has admitted to Liam not being the pup’s dad is insane!

I don’t have much time to think about it as soon enough we make our way to Marcus’s cell, Liam joins us and before I know it, I’m once again faced with Marcus, with the man that murdered my family!

“Have you come to finally kill me?” Marcus looks tired and as much as he tries to mask it, I can see the fear in his eyes, good he should be f*****g scared!

“Today is not your lucky day Marcus, we’ve not quite finished with you yet!” Cal calmly speaks but I know he’s only holding back for me.

“No, that’s not why we are here, I wanted to talk to you, I have more questions that you need to answer, and before you ask why you should answer them, remember what you have done, I think I deserve a few answers!” He doesn’t say anything for a few moments but then nods his head for me to continue.

“Why Marcus? Why did you kill the entire pack? Why all them innocent people? My family even your own?”

“I told you why Beth, that t**t of an Alpha wouldn’t give me what I was owed, he was warned but he chose not to take the sensible option!”

“What makes you think you were owed the pack? You weren’t the rightful Alpha nor do you hold any Alpha b***d in you, I don’t understand why you think you were owed it!” I don’t think he really knows the reason either, to be honest.

“It doesn’t matter what you think Beth, it’s the truth but because he wouldn’t hand it over quietly like a good boy there had to be war, it’s his fault everyone dead not mine!”

“Did he kill them with his bare hands or was that you?”

“Me of course!”

“Then it isn’t on him Marcus, you need to face up to reality and accept what you’ve done!”

“I don’t give a f**k what you think I need to do Bethany, no one tells me what I need to do no one!” His voice starts getting louder at my disrespect but I don’t give a f**k, Liam lets out a low warning growl and Marcus is quick to back down and silence himself.

“Was it worth it Marcus? Was it worth killing everyone to gain the title?”

“Absolutely! I don’t regret a f*****g thing!” I can see he’s telling the truth and it’s taking all my control not to tear him to shreds right now.

“I’m glad you got what you wanted out of it Marcus and I hope that while you’re dying a very slow, very painful death that the guilt slowly eats up at you! I hope to know your mate will suffer just as badly as you tears you to pieces or knowing that you will never meet your child feels like a stab to the heart or-” He lets out a vicious growl at my words but before he’s even finished Liam is in front of him with his hand around his throat and venom in his eyes.

“Growl at her one more time and your death will be dragged out even longer, long enough to watch your mate die right before your eyes, do you understand me?” He is furious and Cal doesn’t look any better, Marcus is too late to cover his fear, he looks like he’s about to have a f*****g heart attack and I feel a bubble of laughter form in my throat but I swallow it back down. Marcus nods before Liam lets go of him and heads over to me leaving Marcus gasping to get his breath back.

“Do you have any idea of the complete and utter destruction and heartbreak you caused that day Marcus?” The laughter in my throat has quickly turned to a sob but I keep it held inside, I need to be strong! He doesn’t say a word just stares at me looking confused.

“You killed almost an entire pack, a whole generation of wolves, men, women, children, innocent people including my family and even worse you killed your own family!”

“I never killed any of the women or children in the safe room, them Rogues done that not me!” Does he think that makes any of this any better?

“You didn’t kill your mother either did you?”

“Huh…how did you?” He looks confused and slightly shocked.

“Because I spoke to her Marcus, I held her in my arms as she was dying! She told me that you had caused it all, she watched you kill your own sister, her daughter, MY BEST FRIEND!… She was the one who told me to run with Bella because she knew you’d be back and would kill anyone who got in your way. Her dying wish was for me to get away from the pack with Bella, I had to leave her to die alone, all on her own suffering because her own son is an EVIL f*****g MONSTER!”

All my strength is slowly fading and I’m barely holding on to my emotions, I’m using everything I have to hold in my tears but I don’t know how long I can keep them in, but I’m not done with him yet not by a long shot and for the first time since I stepped inside this room, maybe even the first time since the attack I actually see a shred of remorse on his face, not that it matters it won’t save him or lessen the suffering that he will be doing.

“I did kill Carly and if it makes you feel any better it was quick, she wouldn’t have felt much pain, I didn’t get to kill my father, someone beat me to it and I’m not going to lie I did want to kill him and my mom but then when I saw my mom, she knew straight away I wasn’t there to help them.”

“I ended up telling her the truth and then, even then when I had admitted to killing everyone, she still didn’t show any sign of hatred towards me instead, she gave me that look that only a mother can give her child and I lost it, I couldn’t do it, I was weak and pathetic and I ran like a p***y and left to others to deal with her. I didn’t know she was left to die like that, I assumed it was quick and painless!” He looks slightly broken as he speaks to me and I hope he is.

“Well, she didn’t die quick Marcus, her stomach was torn to pieces, she couldn’t move because if she did, she would have bled out in seconds, I couldn’t save her, she had to die a slow and painful death and I hope you live every single second you have left with that on your mind, to know you caused that, I hope it breaks you, I hope it eats you up inside.”

“She was your mom Marcus, she loved you and Carly with every bone in her body, she would have laid her life down for you without any hesitation and the saddest part is I don’t even think she hated you at the end of her life just hated what you had done, she still loved you despite the monster you turned out to be!”

By the time I’ve finished talking my body is heaving with anger and pain, I feel tears prickling the back of my eyes but I fight to keep them in.

“Marcus that day you destroyed so many lives, you changed people’s lives forever, you left Bella without any parents, a 6-month-old baby lost her mom and dad, she’ll never be able to remember them, to remember the love they had for her, they’ll never get to see her grow up, her first steps or words, meeting her mate, marriage, kids, NOTHING!”

“You took mine and Brooke’s parents from us too, our brother and sister-in-law, my best friend, they won’t get to see either of us with our mates, married or with pups, they never got to see Cal and Brooke together or her ceremony and for what? What has it achieved? You may have become Alpha but not for very long, people died for your course and now you will die for it too!” By the time I’ve finished my hold finally crumbles, tears stream down my face and I know I’m going to completely break soon!

“I’m sorry Bethany, I am I guess I never thought about any of the outcomes other than me becoming Alpha!” He looks down to his feet, the coward can’t even look me in the eyes anymore, he’s a pathetic coward and I’m not having it. I storm forwards, grip him by his chin and jerk his head up until he’s forced to look at me, while I’ve been doing this both Calvin and Liam have followed me,

Liam is standing so close to me I can feel his chest on my back and Calvin is stood to the side of Marcus looking ready to attack.

“You destroyed a pack that day and you destroyed me, Marcus, every goddam night I dream of them, my parents, Josh, Harley, Carly, I even dream of your mom… One moment she is in the kitchen making her famous muffins then the next…she’s laying in her own b***d dying. There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t think of them, miss them, there’s a hollow in my heart that I don’t think will ever heal!”

“I think of how I had to leave their bodies to be tossed about and burned, there’s nowhere for me to go visit them or to talk to them, I miss them so much that most days I feel like I’m struggling to breathe, I feel like I’m drowning and there’s no one to save me!” At this point the sob that has been lingering in my throat breaks free followed by more sobs that I didn’t even know were there, Liam puts his hands on my shoulders, gently squeezing as my body tremors with the force of my sadness but I’m not quite finished with him yet.

“they say that times a healer but it’s not, you just replace ways to live with the pain, you broke me that day Marcus, you tore me apart and I don’t know if I’ll ever heal and one day…one day we’ll have to tell Bella why her parents and grandparents aren’t around and she’ll to be broken from what you have done, of course, I’ll hide as much as I can from her but she’ll still feel the pain. You said you wanted me as your Luna, to be by your side, but instead, you ruined me Marcus and because of your selfish wants I will forever be broken! that day is a forever reminder of the worst day of my life!”

I let go of his chin and Liam Swifty spins me around so I’m facing him, at the same time my legs buckle from below me but Liam grabs me before I can fall and holds me close to him, I bury my face in his chest while wrapping my arms around his waist and I let it all out.

I sob into his chest while he gently strokes my hair, whispering soothing words to me. Soon after I feel hands come down on my shoulders and a k**s is placed on top of my head and I know it’s Calvin, I’m not sure how long we stay like this but finally, I calm down enough to focus on keeping my legs upright.

Liam and Calvin take both my hands and start leading me out of the cell, no one speaks but we don’t need to, this is one of those times when silence speaks volumes and I couldn’t be any more grateful.