Once Rejected, Thrice Accepted
Chapter 40

Ring. Ring. We all rushed into the room, barely any of us able to sit down from the tension.

"Remember to keep your mouth shut. Any drama we just had we can deal with after." Charles gave one last glare to everyone before putting the phone on speaker phone. "Hello."

"Well, hello, King Charles. Who is with you?" An old voice that send a few shivers of fear down my spine spoke out.

"Like I told you before it is just myself, Erin, and Jackson here. Since you are going straight to the point who has joined us on your end?" I could see the anger in Charles eyes. Alpha Trevor should be scared but he is too arrogant for that. "I have my mate, my son, Gemma's foster parents and foster brother, beta and his son who was rejected by Gemma."

"That all?" Erin asked rolling his eyes. "Seems like a party. Not sure if I like that many people being involved in royal discussions."

I heard laughter coming from the phone. I knew that voice. Sylvia. "Oh, please. We have your pretty little granddaughter Erin. I raised her like my own daughter. You should be thanking us."

A growl erupted from my chest but was cut off by Draco pulling my face into his chest. "Shh, sister. Don't give yourself away. You can kill her later." He whispered. I felt his head nodd before letting me go.

"Who was that? Sounded like an angry pup." Trevor laughed. "You bring any pups to the meeting you didn't tell us about?"

"I didn't hear anything. Did you, Erin?" Jackson finally spoke barely hiding the anger in his voice. "How is my daughter?"

"Fine." Luna Cindy snarked. "A pain in the ass. Was her mother the same way or is that just her?"

"She must have learned it from you, Cindy." Erin replied smirking. "I remember the fuss you made when a certain royal didn't take to your advances."

"Stop it." Trevor yelled. I could hear the Luna screaming in the background. "Don't insult my Luna."

"Let's get this over with." Dylan, my fake kidnapping father spoke. "We have a few other demands that go along with the prisoner swap since you are getting the better end of the deal." Charles laughed crudely. "Bullshit. You just want to be greedy but get on with it."

There was a ping from Erin's cell phone. "We sent a list. Look it over, quickly. Gemma hasn't had food in a few days and the longer this takes the longer my cook will take on her food."

'Like the chef every made me food. Any of them would have spit in it or worse. I linked Draco and the twins. I saw their hands whiten from rage.

Jackson looked over at me with a question in his eye. I knew he was asking if they really did that to me. I just nodded and he lost it.

"You don't feed my daughter? You don't give her the basic fucking necessities" He snarled getting closer to the phone. "You treated one of the royal guard's family as a slave. Less than a slave if she isn't eating. You will pay." "Somebody put a muzzle on that mutt." Kenny teased. There was a sound almost like a slap.

"Ignore my son. He thinks he is a comedian." Trevor murmured.

Charles gave Erin back his phone and took a deep breath. "So you want part of our land, a few smaller packs to join you so you have more pack members, a mate pairing of one of the royals with your son, and you want Gemma to give her rejected mate a child who will be treated like family." He leaned back in his chair and latched his hands on his chest. "Is that correct?"

Don't say anything, Gemma. Don't say anything, Gemma. Repeating that over and over I missed whoever answered next, but I assumed it was a yes with the way everyone sat up straight. I didn't even hear the guys fighting back their anger.

"Would you like my answer?" Charles asked cutting everyone off and shushing us with his finger to his lips.

"Well, Duh." Kenny answered. He was going to be such a great alpha....

Charles pointed to me. Yeah, I get to go. I got up and walked closer to the phone so I was a hundred percent sure they would hear me.

"Well, come on. Gemma doesn't have all day." Sylvia laughed. "She must be starving in her little room. Especially after the beating she took today."

"Do you ever shut the hell up, Sylvia." I rolled my eyes. "I hope you guys know that Gemma has ate today and it was so much I had to waddle into this meeting room with cookies shoved in my pockets so tell your chef not to worry about it. Thanks though." There was a second of silence before all hell broke loose. "Gemma? What the hell are you doing with King Charles?" Trevor seethed.

"Get your ass home you ungrateful piece of shit." Dylan growled. "We never said you could leave, and you are our property."

I just laughed ignoring all their demands and questions. "You are all a bunch of idiots. Still thinking you have any say over me. And on top of that demanding I fuck the guy who rejected me after years of treating me like shit." I laughed so hard I had to hold myself up. "Just ask one of the pack females who spreads her legs like we spread butter on bread because my womb is only for my mates babies."

"Mates?" Eric piped up for the first time. "Bullshit. You are just opening your legs for any guy who gives you attention. I could bring you flowers before I take you." He purred.

I gagged. "I think I just puked in my mouth a little. Let's move on." Duncan walked back in the room with a few new scratches on his face. I glared at him. "Now let me tell you something. None of what you 'requested' is going to happen you lying sacks of shit. Your pervy friend, Alex, is going to stay where he is and if he is found guilty with the death penalty I will in the front row smiling. So go back to treating your pack like crap and being the shittest pack ever."

"Your dead." Dylan stated. "After everything we did for you..."

"NO! You did nothing! I raised myself. I fed myself. I healed myself after your psycho wife and pussy of a son tied me up in your dungeon and beat the shit out of me. You did nothing! You are nothing! And you will all die before me. I just hope I get to watch if I don't do it myself." Rage pounds at my chest wanting to consume me. "Get your shit in order because it will be sooner rather than later."

I chucked the phone against the wall, shattering it into pieces. "Those lying... torture.... Make them feel every bit of pain I did..... Who do they think they are...." I rambled on before noticing almost every baring their neck to me except Charles, but he looked close to it. "Umm. What's going on?"

"Your aura!" Charles shouted at me.

Oh snap. "How do I stop it?"

'Think of something happy. Where you are safe and loved.' Leo linked.

Ok, happy. It came to me instantly. My mates. Being in their arms, in bed cuddling. The pounding became softer until it was gone. I did a happy dance while everyone groaned and slowly found a chair to sit on. Oops.