Mated To The King’s Gamma
Chapter 83

Gannon POV

It was hard explaining everything but she demanded to know and I was done keeping secrets fromher. She knew about Sia, knew about her grandmother but not the full extent so i told her what shewanted to know.

“It's fine, it will be okay.”

“No, it won't,” she murmurs. I know she was worried about Azalea knowing her family’s part in it,worried about everything including me. “You won't do that again,” she murmurs. My brow furrowsat her words as I watch her walk toward the bed.

“Do what?

Try to change me, you stole my choice. Just like everyone else did,”

“I wasn't going to watch you die,”

“I was ready to die!” she tells me. Her words made me sick to my stomach.

“No, you promised me and Azalea, you promised us, Abbie. More than my life, remember?” she rubsher eyes that were red raw from crying.

“I know I know but everyone decides for me, I don't. I don’t want my choice taken Gannon and thatis what you did You tried to force me to live, to live with everything,” she tells me.

“I won't promise that, Abbie,

You will or we are done, I won't try it again. Whatever Azalea did helped, but I won't live with you ifyou are just going to force me to change, I can't sleep wondering if I am going to wake up to youtrying to kill me,” she says I swallowed, remembering the look of fear on her face.

1 don't want to fear you, so promise me,” she pleads and my eyes go to Tyson.

“Gani?’ My heart beat in my chest hard as I glanced at her.

“Please” i stare any head I can't lose her, I need her, I love her. I don't want to be here without heryel i found myself saying what she wanted to hear to risk not losing her

I promise I won't try to change you.” I tell her and she exhales

“But you have to promise to come to me when you're upsel, don't bottle that shit up,” I tell her ands ew her lip

*Abte

Fre, promise’ ste says, appug her han and i sit down on the couch watching her as she settlesnext to your

She now knew everyoung everything was out in the open I had her back but I worried for howlong I watched her lay on the bed with Tyson I was too scared to leave her side Yet a knock onthe door had me pulled from my thoughts. Getting up I quickly answer it to see it is Liam. He lookspast me into the room at the bed.

“Is she okay?" he asks and I sigh glancing over my shoulder to peek at her. I nod before steppingout the door and shutting it slightly, leaving it open just a bit so I could see her where she slept.“Are you okay?” Liam asks me. I shake my head. Her words haunt me.

“She made me promise not to change her,” I tell him not liking that part of the deal. Yet she feltbetrayed by me, I could feel that much through the bond that was slowly forming after I markedher.

“You're worried she will try it again,” he said, gripping my shoulder. I look up at him and nod beforeglancing back into the room

“I will handle it, you won't lose her again,” he says and my head whips to the side.

“What do you mean, if you change her and she would never forgive me,” I tell him.

“Not what I said, but you don’t need to worry. She will be fine, I will ensure it,” Liam tells me.

"What do you mean?”

“Best you don't know, she can“t catch you out on a lie, if you don't know what it is,” he tells mebefore walking off.

“Liam!” I hissed, worried he was going to replace some witch to perform some ritual on her.

“It will be fine, Gannon. The less you know the better, I won't let you lose her,” he says beforewalking off. I grit my teeth regretting saying anything to him when I hear arguing. Damian’s voicereaches my ears and I turn to give him some privacy while he dealt with his mate.

Fuck me it was drama after drama around here and I was about to lose my head. Yet as I wentto close the door I heard Tandi's voice.

“Oi, what a face,” I freeze looking back into the hall to see Tandi pass hunter to Damian.

“What are you doing?” he demands reaching for her arm.

“Getting fuck away from you, watch your step son!” she snaps at him.

“Tandi!”

“Fuck you, call me a whore and think I will play nice,” she snaps at him and I bristle. Yep I will stickwith Abbie. Damian had his hands full with her. He can have her!

I quickly go to duck inside not wanting to get involved. “Gannon right?” Tandi says and Iinternally groan. She was Damian's problem why she suddenly gotta become mine.

“Yes!” I growi turning around the face when she barges past me. “Good, I am stealing yourmate!” she says, slapping my chest before moving toward the bed. I glare at Damian out inthe hall before rolling my eyes, “Fine,” I mutter knowing he wants me to keep an eye on her.She rips the blanket back and grabs Abbie’s arm making her wake up startled.

“Tandi?" Abbie murmurs.

“Yeop get up, I need a drink and away from all these fucking men!” she snaps tugging on her arm.“I have Tyson.” she says quickly and Tandi looks back at me.

“Nope, the man beast standing in the door can watch him, now get up. Let's go replace Azalea. Time tolet loose,” Abbie’s eyes go to me and my shoulders drop but I see the ghost of smile grace her face.She loved Tandi, loved her confidence and no fucks given attitutude. I just hoped it didn't rub off onher too much.

“Go!” I tell her and Tandi yanks her out of bed hurrying her to the door.

They take off and Damian glares at me.

"What the fuck!” he says, glancing down at Hunter in his arms. The boy begins to wake and he rockshim.

“You're letting them just leave?”

“It's fine, I will make one of the guards watch them,” I tell him before mind linking Liam and taskinghim with the job.

Damian growls and I sigh. “Coffee?” I ask him. His shoulders drop. “Yeah fine,” he says movingtoward my room and I believe half the reason was because he had no idea what the fuck to do withthe kid in his arms

Azalea POV

Opening the door, I replace Abbie and Tandi. Tandi peers past me to look at Kyson asleep beforereaching in, grabbing my wrist.

"Ah, you said you needed to speak to her, not kidnap her!” Trey hisses at her.

“Either come with us and shut up or stay behind. No party pooper’s allowed" Trey looks at me, and Ishrug.

“Where are we going?” I ask as I nearly stumble down the steps.

“To raid the liquor and replace the deserts,” Tandi tells me. Abbie giggles and shakes her head.

“I heard her giving Damian hell in the halls and went to see what the commotion was and waskidnapped too,” she shrugs.

“Tyson? And Hunter?” I ask the girls, though I was glad to see a smile on Abbie’s face afteryesterday.

"Hogging the bed. Gannon is with him,” Abbie tells me. “And Damian is playing Daddy daycare,”Tandi says as we reach the bottom of the stairs. Tandi scouts the hall before jumping in frightwhen Liam comes around the corner.

Liam glances around before ducking behind the corner of the staircase with us. He peersdown, then peeks around the corner toward the kitchen. "Who are we hiding from?” hewhispers, and Tandi giggles.

“Idiot, we are raiding the kitchen!” she snaps, pushing past him.

“I could do with a midnight snacky poo,”

“This is a girl's breakout only,” she tells him.

“Then why does ferret face fuck get to come? And him?” Trey huffs at Liam, calling him names, andTandi looks over her shoulder at Dustin and Trey dressed in the typical black uniforms, looking everypart of my guard.

“Dustin, don't count. He is one of us.” He huffs as if to say he is not a part of this escape. “And he isthe fun police that decided to tag along,” she growls.

“Well then, count me in as the corruption! I know where the hard liquor is kept. Besides, I am herguard,” he says, pointing to Abbie.

“Since when?” Abbie demands.

"Since you did a jailbreak on my best friend in your rainbow pajamas and bunny slippers. You looklike you're up to mischief.” Liam tells her, sending her a wink. Tandi sighs loudly.

"So much for keeping this a small gathering,” Tandi says, stomping off toward the kitchen. We flickthe light on to replace no one down here, and I can't help but laugh as Liam makes himself at home,raiding the pantry and coming out with a huge armful of sweets and chips that he dumps into Trey'sarms. Trey shakes his head but says nothing, accepting his role in our escape.

“Do you girls drink?” she asks, and Abbie and I shake our heads.

"Oh, Clarice made Mudcake!” Liam states, spotting it on the top level of the fridge.

“Dustin, grab some glasses while I steal this,” he says.

“Clarice will murder you,” Trey tells him while Liam kidnaps the cake.

"Shush you! You saw nothing, and don't you snitch,” he tells Trey.

“So why are we doing this again?” I ask, and everyone stops looking at Tandi

“Ah, because we can! You're the Queen. You can do what you want!” she shrugs, and I giggle. Shehad a point, kinda. I doubted any of the guards would step in unless I was putting myself indanger.

We sneak down to the ballroom where the orphanage was initially set up, but it is now clear sinceonly a handful of children remained and were on the servant's floor with Clarice and the otherservants so they could be watched over.

"So, what did Damian do that you made you ditch him?’ Abbie asks, accepting a glass of wine fromher. Liam sips his bottle of whiskey, not bothering with a glass.

“Nothing really just irritated me.”

“Fascinating. Tell me more about your domestic squabbles,” Liam says, and she rolls her eyes athim.

“I wanted to go to the archives and replace my daughter. He wants me to wait.”

"Why?" I ask, thinking it was a little odd of him. He knows Tandi wants her daughter back, as anymother would after learning they were alive all this time.

"He wants to be sure. He said he is worried Larkin is lying and she is dead. He wants to check it outhimself first,” she sighs.

"Yeah, I would say he is just looking out for you,” Trey tells her, coming over with a blanket. Hedrapes it over my shoulder, eyeing the wine glass in my hand that Tandi gave me. I sip it, replaceingthe taste somewhat bitter.

"What about you and Gannon after last night?” Tandi asks Abbie. The room fell quiet at herquestion, and I definitely didn’t want to think of the state we found her in. Abbie leans into me,resting her head on my shoulder.

I'll be fine. Though I learned a lot about Sia, who was Gannon'’s real mate,” Abbie tells us, and I hadquestions of my own about this woman. Liam clears his throat awkwardly.

“Liam was with Sia when Gannon was,” Abbie says.

“Damn! And you think I am trouble? First, the Gamma’s mate and then the Beta’s mate. I'm startingto see a pattern with you,” Tandi laughs.

"So what about Sia?” I ask Abbie.

"She was my aunty,” she tells us, and my brows furrow and Tandi stares at her before downing herglass.

“I'll get more wine than, shall I" she says, about to get up and retrieve the bottle off the small Legotable leaning against the wall.

“I'll do it,” Liam says, plucking the glass from her fingers and wandering off.

“So your aunty then?” Tandi asks.

“Dead. Gannon and Liam killed her,” Abbie answers.

“And you are still with him?” she asks. “I don’t remember her. It was before I was born. All i know iswhat my mother told me about her.”

“And what was that?” Tandi asks curiously.

“That they had a fight. It was why my mother and father left the pack. So I have no memory of her. Ionly remember my grandmother when mum would sneak me to see her when I was little.”

I had hardly any memories that I could recall of Abbie. In fact, I could scarcely remember a timewithout Abbie.

“I don't remember you ever leaving?” I tell her, confused. "What?" Abbie asks, looking at me, justas confused.

“You and Marrissa came with us a few times. My grandmother! She had curly red hair andalways wore those bone things around her neck. You told me she looked like the wicked witch,”Abbie laughs. My brows pinched together as I tried to recall this memory.

“She used to have the giant tire swing out the back under the banyan tree?” Abbie tells me. Ishake my head.

“Well, turns out you were right about her. She was a witch and human,” Abbie tells me with a laugh,yet I was still wondering why I had no memories of this. Liam comes over to us and hands Abbie aglass, making me sniff the air.

I looked at Liam, swearing I could smell blood, but he looked fine. I shake my head, believing Iimagined it, and sip my glass of wine that I still hadn't finished. Abbie sips her glass and pulls a faceat its bitterness.

"Wait, your grandmother was a witch?” Trey asks, sounding curious. “That's what Gannon said.Why?" Abbie answers him.

“Nothing, just the name Sia sounds familiar to me for some reason” Trey tells her but offersnothing else.

“So where is your grandmother now, then? Maybe she can do a location spell on my daughter”Tandi says, mumbling the last part.

“Dead. We killed her seven years later when she came after Gannon for killing her daughter,” Liamsays matter—of-factly as if Abbie wasn't sitting across from him. “Woah, hold up! You killed hergrandmother too?” Tandi asks, shocked. “Yep, and...” Liam's words suddenly cut off when the dooropened. The lights flicker on, and we turn toward the doors.

"Okay. I was woken up by a guard saying someone was messing around in my kitchen only to replacemy Mudcake gone, along with half the pantry!” Simultaneously, everyone points at Trey, who throwshis hands up, and I giggle.

"And no one thought to invite me?” Clarice demands, wandering over. She plucks the whiskey bottleout of Liam's hand and drinks from it before sighing.

"Fuck, I needed that! Those kids have been running rings around me all damn night,” she statesbefore falling into our little circle on the floor. She hands the bottle back to Liam, who smirks androlls onto his back on the floor.

“If you're going to raid my kitchen next time, an invitation would be nice, girls. Now, where is thatcake?” she says.

“I'll get it,” Trey says, wandering off. I watch everyone get wasted while I remain nursing thesame wine glass. They looked like they needed to let loose.

It didnt feel right, and I was still sober along with Clarice when the sun came up. Who, I think, wassticking around to supervise, so we didn't cause trouble. Meanwhile, Abbie could barely walkand was in fits of giggles, and her face was bright red from all the wine. She had also lost aslipper.

Tandi is dancing on top of a table with Liam, while Dustin is on the verge of having a heart attackevery time she gets too close to the edge. Liam was singing about some made-up song andkept calling Dustin his sweetpea, which ended with him being snapped at by Dustin.

Tlaughed, watching them make fools of themselves while sitting with Trey and Clarice.

“Always fun watching. Reminds me of when I was young,” Clarice says, sipping her glass of wine."How old are you?" I ask. As far as Clarice was concerned, I didn't know much about her. Only nowhad it occurred to me.

“too old,” she laughs.

“Have you always lived at the castle?” I ask her while watching Abbie hunt beneath one of the bunkbeds for her slipper. She comes out and jumps up victoriously, clutching it.

“Pretty much. When I had my mate, we lived in town, and I used to walk here, but after he died, Ipreferred being at the castle. It was lonely in the house by myself. This place kept me sane.” she tellsme. Just the thought of something happening to Kyson twisted my heart, so I couldn“t imaginelosing him

“What happened to him?”

"He was a werewolf. I had been holding off on changing him, knowing how horrific it is to do so?""What do you mean?” I ask, remembering that Gannon had tried to change Abbie. Clarice shakesher head. “That is something best explained by your mate.”

“So what happened to him, then?”

This was just before your parents’ deaths. The hunter attacks were quite frequent, but they usuallyhit the packs. It was as if they used the packs for training when they hit them. Anyway, when welearned of the attacks, he wanted to help protect them, that they were his people, and he had familythere. I refused at first, but he snuck off. Kyson found him dead and brought him home for me. He isburied in the cemetery by the river,”

“And you never thought to replace a new mate?” I ask her. “No, I loved my mate. After that, I focusedon helping here. Put all my time into this place.”

"When I first came here. I was hired as a nanny. I raised Kyson, Liam, and Gannon all here. Damian,100, I love all the staff as if they were my own. Then, once the King was older, he kept me on, and Istayed Then I found my mate, then lost him a short time later, and all I had was this place, so Imoved back into the castle.’ she tells me.

So you never had a chance to have kids?” she shakes her head,

“No, but I am hoping one day I will get to help you raise yours. When youre ready, of course, to tryagain she tells me isinile sadly and nod.

A short time later, Clance nises to her feet and says she had to check the boys. Yet moments aftershe left the fun abruptly stopped when Damian burst through the doors furiously

“lake it back Trey is not the fun police My male is!’ Tandi says, flailing her hand at him. Yet I had toagree with her because the look on his face was furious,

“You! Darntan snarls, and i glance between the table Liam and Tandi were dancing on andDamian However, he was not looking at landi but at Liam. Liam looks over his shoulder beforelooking at Darruan “Me? He says. Domling at himself when his eyes widen as Damian snarlsand

shifts. Tandi screams, flying off the table as it is upturned when Damian crashes on top of Liam.The air expelling from Liam's lungs was audible as he hit the ground with the angry Lycans weightcrushing the air from him. Tandi tries to separate the pair of them as they pummel each other,and Liam is far too drunk even to shift.

“Damian! What has gotten into you? Get off him! Tandi screeches, ripping on his back. Abbiegiggles as she drunkenly stumbles over to me with her bunny slipper in her hand, clutching it as ifit was some prized possession.

“Get “em, Tandi!” she squeals loudly beside me.

“I don't think Damian is playing, Abbie,” she looks at me before looking at them when Damianpunches Liam so hard his nose breaks. “Woah! Not the fucking face! Body shots only prick!” Liamspits at him. Just as Tandi hauls Damian off him, Trey strolls over to me, sitting next to me.

“You're not going to stop them?” I ask Trey, and he shrugs.

“Not unless you ask. Or they get too close to you” Trey yawns. I look at Dustin, who also just shrugs.“Liam can handle himself,” he says.

“Stay the fuck away from my mate!” Damian spits at Liam. And good old Liam just doesn't knowwhen to shut his mouth, and I eye-rolled so hard I swear I could see a glimpse of my brain.

“Not my fault. She likes me more than you,” Liam taunts. That Lycan had a death wish, and deathwas coming for him. As Damian spun on his heel so quickly, Liam only jumped out of the way of hisfoot as he went to stomp him.

Damian's foot misses him by mere inches when Liam punches Damian’s inner thigh as he reachesdown to try to grab him. Which makes Damian grunt, and he drops his head. Liam took thatopportunity to uppercut him. I heard the sound of his teeth gnashing before all hell broke loose.Dustin sighs, stepping in front of us.

My heart skips a beat, and I grab Abbie ripping her away as they come flying toward us. Treyquickly moves to block me as Liam comes flying toward us from a kick to the stomach. Trey grabshim, shoving him away and toward the doors, while Dustin shoves us behind him to the side.

"Out now!” Trey snarls, pointing toward the door while glaring at Dustin, and I feel Kyson wake, andby God, they want to run before he gets here. Liam bows and looks at Dustin.

“Come on, Dustin, you can kiss my boo-boo’s better,” Liam purrs. Dustin growls and watches as hesaunters out, and Trey blocks Damian as he follows after him.

“Go, Trey is with me,” I tell Dustin, and he sighs, rushing off after him.

Tandi appears to be in shock, and she gasps when Damian turns his head to look at her. Helooked menacing,

“Tandi now!” she shakes her head, eyes wide.

I'm good here. You go ahead,”

“It wasn’t a question. Now!” yet his demand of her made her eyes narrow. She clearly wasn’timpressed by him making demands of her, and it wasn't like she was doing anything wrong. Theywere only dancing, or was that not allowed? I wasn't sure what appropriate male and femaleinteractions were outside of my guards, so I wasn’t sure.

Then again, Kyson, I knew, easily becomes jealous, especially with Trey. Dustin, not so much, but hehas even had his moments with him. Abbie snickers behind me, cupping her mouth with her hands.She had been in fits of giggles since the first glass of wine. She couldn't even stand uprightproperly. Abbie was leaning against me, and I was sure she would topple over if I moved. Damian’shead twists at the noise she makes before recognition dawns on him. His eyes soften slightly as hepeers at her.

"Abbie, Gannon is on his way to get you. I sent Clarice to watch Tyson,” he tells her.

"What! You speak to her nicely while I get yelled at for doing the exact same thing!”

“You're older. You should know better! And she wasn't dancing with the man whose initial is carvedinto her damn thigh!” Tandi rolls her eyes and folds her arms across her chest, popping her hip,which was a big mistake from where her pajama pants had ridden up, exposing the white scarmarring her skin. Damian snarls at her as if she did it deliberately, and she realizes the mistake,quickly fixing her stance as his eyes lock on her.

He growls, stalking toward her, and my feet move when he grabs her. I shove past Trey as shesqueals. Her small body hit the floor as he pinned her.

“Damian!” I snap as Trey races past me just as she screams. Trey tries to pry him away, and I seeblood spill on the floor just as Trey rips him back. The inside of her thigh is all bloody, and Treygrowls at him just as Kyson rushes into the room and rips Trey off Damian. Yet my eyes were onTandi's thigh, torn to pieces by his claws. Tears bubble in her eyes as she looks at where he carvedhis name, or half of it, in her leg with his claws.

“I think I am going to be sick,” Abbie says behind me, and I turn to see her face as white as a sheet.She staggers and is about to hit the ground when Gannon is suddenly beside her. He scoops herlegs out from under her, and she pukes all over his shirt the moment he does.

“Sorry,” she murmurs, wiping her mouth on the back of her hand. “But I feel better now,” she nods.Gannon blinks down at her before lifting his head to look past me at Kyson

“My King?"

“Go, Trey and I have him,”

“Night,” he says, walking off with Abbie, who was officially passed out. I grabbed the napkins fromwhen we had cake, pressing them against her leg, trying to clean it up. Trey taps me on theshoulder, and I move aside, letting him tend to her, and rise to my feet to see Kyson glaring at hisBeta while Damian was glaring at Trey’s hands on her leg.

“Enough!” Kyson tells him in a warning. He was livid, and I hoped it wasn’t directed at me. Whata disaster this night, or more morning as it was now, became.

Tandi hisses, and his claws got her deep, the napkins barely doing anything to stem thebleeding. “Damian needs to heal you,” Trey mumbles, looking over his shoulder at Damian.“He mutilated me! I don’t want him anywhere near me!” she snaps. “Just help me up; I willwalk it

off,” she groans as she holds her hands out to me, and I grab them, hauling her to her feet. Yet themoment she stands, blood cascades down her leg like a waterfall, Trey clutching her thigh in bothhands.

"Don't be fucking stubborn!” Damian snaps, shaking off Kyson's arm on his shoulder.

“No! You're not touching me!” she snaps at him when he pauses, looking around on the floor wheremushed-up cake and spilled drinks ruined the floor, and guilt smashed me at the mess we hadmade. Damian growls, snatches the cake knife from the floor and stalks toward her. She stumblesback, her leg still clutched in Trey’s hand.

"Get off her!” Damian snarls, and he holds the knife out to her. Her hands tremble as she hesitantlytakes it.

"Enjoy it. It will be the only time I let you carve me up!” he snaps at her before dropping to his kneesin front of her. He growls and looks up at her, and shakes his head.

"What? You don't get to act disgusted. You did it!" she snapped at him.

“I'm not disgusted! Look at it!" he snaps at her, and we all lean a little closer, and she narrows hereyes at him, pursing her lips.

"You best be bloody fixing it. I am not walking around with DAM on my leg!” she growls furiously.Damian looks over his shoulder at the King. Kyson shrugs, his eyebrows lifting almost into hishairline at her words.

“Well, you asked this time, so dont bitch when it hurts,” he tells her.

"Yeah, because you mutilated me! Now fix it!” she says, tapping her foot impatiently. He lifts hishand to her leg, his sharp claw slicing through her soft flesh, and she grits her teeth and bares itwhile I feel woozy just watching. Damian does it fast before running his tongue across it and quicklyhealing the damage he caused, leaving behind only faint scarring.

Tandi examines it, scrutinizing it before a wicked smile graces her face as she runs her thumb overthe knife in her hand, wiping the chocolate off it before sucking on her thumb.

“My turn! And you better not squirm,” she says, and I look away, noticing that he had shifted backand was now naked, kneeling before her.

“Your name only. You write something stupid on me, and I wil..."

“Do nothing. You cut me first!” she says, waving the knife in his face. He sighs, and Trey gets to hisfeet, reaching me at the same time Kyson does.

“That is not normal!” Trey says, shaking his head at them as Tandi carved her name above his pec,while Damian watched her, making sure she embellished nothing.

"Wait, I forgot to dot the 1" she says, stabbing the point into him and making him hiss.

“There,” she says, dropping the knife and walking off. She passes us and moves through thedouble doors, laughing to herself.

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