The Wolf's Prey (12 page)

"Jocelyn and
Marta aren't twins." Dad responds quietly. I feel the air sucked
out of my lungs. What is he talking about?

"I don't find
that shocking. What else?" Lennox asks calmly.

"She's not our
daughter."

"Again, I don't
find that shocking. Why are you telling me this now?"

I feel
lightheaded. They aren't my parents, I'm not a twin. Lennox's arms
wrap around my waist and he carries me inside. He caresses my back.
"Breathe." I do as he says, my lungs starved of oxygen.

Lennox sits on
his white sofa with me on his lap. "Tell me everything." Lennox
orders.

"Alpha Chris
Rhys, before he stepped down to his son, Brett, took Jocelyn from
the Griffin Wolf Pack. He took her as retribution. Jocelyn's mom
was supposed to be claimed by him the day of the challenge but a
month before the challenge she ran off. She met and fell in love
with Alpha Travis Griffin, they mated. Rhys found out about it and
paid to have Jocelyn taken. He brought her to us when we were still
in the hospital. He told us to tell everyone they were twins or
he'd kill us all. That's one of the reasons we decided to leave so
quickly when Alpha Brett Rhys left for those two months. If we were
away from him, we could tell her who she really was and she'd have
the option to go home."

"What happened
when you went home to see your sister?"

"I told Alpha
Rhys that he could have her and that I didn't tell her what his
father did. That night, my sister left and the Griffin pack took
her in."

"Why didn't she
come here?"

"She knew it
would start problems." He pauses then continues reluctantly. "She's
also there to tell them where Jocelyn is, if you
refuse."

I sit listening,
feeling my tears fall. I missed out on my real family for almost
eighteen years. Did they miss me?

Alpha Lennox
Hall

I'm not surprised
these people aren't her parents; she doesn't look anything like
them. I am surprised at who her real parents are. I have met them
before. I was even considering mating with one of Griffin's
daughters. However, unlike Jocelyn, they're chatty and annoying.
They're nice girls, very beautiful, but never held my interest. I
declined the offer offending Griffin slightly. In the end, I think
he saw the differences between me and his daughters and
understood.

I'll have to
contact him and tell him what I know. I don't want him finding out
from Theo Robinson's sister. The question still remains. "Why
didn't you just take her home? Why did you bring her
here?"

"Protection. I
couldn't guarantee Alpha Griffin wouldn't hurt us for keeping her
away from him. You and Alpha Griffin have the two most powerful
packs, in numbers and in wealth."

"You think I'd
protect you from him?" I question his stupidity.

"If you hurt us,
you hurt your mate." He states.

"I think you
overestimate her love for you." I get satisfaction from his paling
face. I want nothing more than to rip him to shreds. What kind of
animal doesn't do the right thing until eighteen years later? I
detest weakness. This man and his wolf are weak.

"Liam, bring me
the phone." I order. A minute later, after staring holes in the
wimp of a wolf in front of me, Liam hands me the phone. I see he's
all ready put the number in so I hit send.

"Alpha Griffin."
I hear him answer.

"It's Lennox.
I've changed my mind about mating one of your
daughters."

"Happy to hear
it." He responds merrily.

"As a matter of
fact, I've already mated her. I have Jocelyn." I state playing with
her hair.

"Explain." He
demands, his voice breathless.

I tell him about
the Robinsons' role in Alpha Chris Rhys' plot for revenge. He
listens quietly, not saying a word. "I'm assuming you'd like to see
her?" I ask.

"Yes." He replies
gruffly.

"We'll fly out
tomorrow." I reply. "What do you want done with Theo
Robinson?"

He sighs deeply.
"I want to kill him for not coming forward." He growls. "Did he
take care of her?"

"As far as I can
tell." I reply.

"Can I talk to
her?" He asks nervously.

I look down
seeing her body shaking slightly from her quiet sobs. "Babe, would
you like to speak to your father?" She brushes at her wet cheeks
but nods yes. I hand her the phone.

"Hi." She answers
crying loudly.

"Oh, my God,
sweetheart. I'm so sorry I didn't protect you." I hear him say,
causing her to cry harder. I'm about to end the conversation when
she responds.

"It's not your
fault. I can't wait to meet you." She hiccups and plays with the
collar of my shirt.

"I can't wait to
meet you either. The whole family will be waiting to see you. Your
mother and I mourned losing you, you have never been forgotten.
I've thought about you every day." He says brokenly.

Jocelyn buries
her head in my chest and I take the phone. "I think she's had
enough. We'll fly out early and be at your place around
ten."

"We'll be
waiting. You better be comforting her." He states.

I chuckle. "I
barely let her leave my arms." I reply.

"I don't need to
hear that." He retorts disgusted. "Thank you for bringing
her."

"Not a problem.
See you tomorrow." I end the call and put the phone on the sofa,
holding Jocelyn tightly in my arms.

"Get out of my
house until I decide what to do with you." I order Theo. He leaves
shaking with his family following behind him. I won't do anything
to the man. It's up to Travis to decide what he wants
done.

***********

Straight
Jacket

Jocelyn
POV

I don't even know
what I feel, I'm confused and broken. My life has been a big lie
and I don't know what to do to put myself back together. Thinking
about my dad, I mean Theo, makes my blood boil. All this time I
disappointed him and tried to make myself better and it would have
never changed his opinion of me. I wasn't his daughter. It all
makes sense. I would have never been good enough. Even knowing all
of this, I have to speak to him, confront him. I won't let anything
happen to him or the rest of my family. I love Marta and I will
never take her father away from her. My mom too, I mean Missy,
doesn't deserve losing her husband either. It's not like they could
have helped it. I don't even know if they knew or not.

"Are you okay?"
Lennox asks.

I shake my head.
"No."

"What can I
do?"

"Nothing." I
reply honestly. I don't know how to make myself feel better. I feel
cheated out of a loving family. I want to kill Chris Rhys myself.
My emotions are making me go crazy. I'm depressed yet, I want
revenge. I'm happy I found out the truth yet, I hate knowing what I
missed out on. I feel like pulling my hair out. I'm in need of a
straitjacket and a padded room.

"Let's talk about
it." Lennox says.

"I don't know
where to start. I'm all over the place and my thoughts keep
switching from one thing to the next."

"Let's start with
facts. Theo, Missy and Marta are not your true family."

"Marta will
always be my sister. I know she had no idea. She would have told
me." I state defensively.

"You're right.
She didn't know." He agrees nodding his head.

"I don't want
them hurt in any way. It's not their fault." I say
quietly.

"Theo should have
done more. He waited until he had to tell you the truth and he lied
to me, he deserves to be punished."

"No, don't hurt
him." I state firmly.

"Your real family
is great. I'm good friends with your father." He says ignoring my
statement.

"He's nice." I
reply.

He chuckles. "He
can be, but he can also be very mean. He'll kill Chris Rhys for
this. If he chooses to fight Rhys, my pack and I will fight with
him."

"I don't want to
start a battle about this. What's done is done. Alpha Rhys may just
give up his father. From what I've seen of their relationship,
they're not close."

"You're very
tenderhearted but Chris Rhys will die and so will Brett Rhys. This
will start a fight no matter how you look at it. They will be held
accountable for this and lose their lives. It's
unforgivable."

"I understand
that but I don't want anyone else hurt. It's not worth it and it
won't change anything."

"Well, you can
try telling your father that." He smirks.

"What are the
rest of my family like?" I ask shifting on his lap.

"You now have an
older half-brother and half-sister from Travis' first mate, she
died giving birth to Rachael. About a year later, he met your
mother and had you and then Jessica, who I believe just turned
seventeen or is about to, then twin boys, Josh and Jason. Your
sisters talk a lot and your brothers fight all the time. Your
mother, Jenna, is very nice, but honestly, you're nothing like her.
She is very loud and bubbly. You're a lot like your father in looks
and personality."

"I had a grandpa,
at least, I called him grandpa. I have his eyes, did they lie about
that, too?"

"I don't know
babe. You need to talk to them about that."

"I can't. I won't
be able to lose that part of my past too. I idolized my grandpa, he
was everything to me. I don't want to know." I start to cry again.
If I'm not a Robinson and I'm not Miles Stanford's granddaughter,
who am I really? I belong to a family I never met and I'm mated to
an Alpha I barely know and struggle to understand.

"This is a lot
for you. Why don't you rest?"

"I don't know if
I should go see my real family." I blurt out.

"What do you
mean?"

"I would have to
leave them. I don't want to lose anyone else. I just lost a father,
mother and a sister today. It's too soon." I explain sobbing into
my hands.

"Your family
wants to see you. You can't turn away from them."

I nod, knowing
it's not fair to stay away from them. I'm not the only one hurting
right now. They mourned the loss of their daughter. I couldn't
imagine the pain of not knowing if my child was dead or
alive.

"We'll stay for a
few days, maybe longer, depending on what Travis wants to do with
the Rhys’. I'm sure he's calling on other alphas for
backup."

He rubs my back
and I feel my eyes getting heavy, I'm vaguely aware when he gets
up. I keep my eyes closed and fall back asleep, escaping from
reality. I'm woken up by Lennox kissing my neck. I open my eyes and
see him fully dressed. My eyes are dry and I'm sure they're puffy
and red.

"It's time to go,
baby, get up and shower. I'll be waiting in the office. I already
packed your bag."

My heart pounds.
I'm going to meet my family in a few hours. I watch him leave and
get up seeing he left out a pair of shiny jeans, navy v-neck tee
and matching bra and underwear. I go to the bathroom to shower
quickly. I brush my teeth and hair and notice my makeup on the
counter. I smile, he even left out a tampon. I apply mascara to my
red rimmed eyes. I put on my lip gloss and walk to the closet and
pick out a pair of navy blue flats. Leaving the bedroom, I go to
the office. I knock and the door opens to Lennox standing
there.

"Ready?"

"Yep." I reply
nervously.

He pulls me into
his arms and kisses my forehead. "They already love you. Don't be
nervous."

I nod in response
and we walk out the front door where Liam is waiting with one of
Lennox's vehicles. I see he left the garage door open when he
backed it out. We get in the backseat of the car and Liam drives
away. I rest my head on the window watching the scenery pass.
Fifteen minutes later, we pull up to a private air strip with a
small white and blue Cessna plane already running.

I'm confused when
we get out of the car and Lennox helps me into one of the front
seats and buckles me in. He walks to the other side, getting in and
shutting the door. He hits a few buttons and leans over putting a
headset on me. He does up his seat belt and puts on his own
headset. I watch in amazement. He's actually flying us? I get my
answer when we head down the runway.

Along the
journey, he radios a couple of control towers and I watch him in
awe. I've never been in a plane before, this is incredible. I feel
us dip and look at him alarmed.

He smiles. "We're
landing soon."

I watch our
descent. I see the strip of flat pavement he's going to land on. He
handled every part of the plane expertly and when the plane stops
I'm almost disappointed. I turn when I see three vehicles headed
our way. A man comes out of a steel plane hangar and waves at
Lennox. I see there are already two planes in the
building.

The man in blue
coveralls asks how the ride was and Lennox tells him it was fine,
no trouble. All he needs to do is a basic maintenance check. I turn
back to the fast approaching vehicles. Is this my
family?