Caged in Labor novel - Episode 16

His voice trembled with fear. His legs gave out and he collapsed to his knees, slamming his forehead against the marble floor again and again. All his Alpha pride was gone. “T didn’t mean any harm, I swear. Elena and I are mates. I just wanted to bring her back to the pack. I’m sorry, Mr. Sterling. I had no idea Elena came from such a powerful family.” Damien was nothing more than a pathetic dog, groveling at my feet with all his Alpha pride stripped away.

My father, radiating pure fury, kicked him hard in the ribs. “Bring Elena home? So you can torture her to the brink of death again?” “Let me tell you, bankrupting your pack is getting off easy. I want to tear you limb from limb! I want you to feel the same pain my daughter went through.” I patted my father’s back, trying to calm him down. Damien, his eyes red and swollen, crawled toward me —- like a dog and begged. “Elena, I really was bringing you back to treat you right!

I was blinded by guilt over my brother, I know that now. It’s why I was so cruel. But when I thought you were dead, a part of me died, too. My wolf wanted to follow you. I can’t live without my mate!” “Please, forgive me this one time. The pack was built by my grandfather. I can’t let it fall apart under my leadership.” I looked at him with contempt. He was pretending to beg me, but he was really begging my father. He just thought he had a better chance if he played on my sympathy.

But Damien was wrong. I felt nothing. Not an ounce of pity. I kicked him away. “Too late.” Damien, who had lost all his former Alpha arrogance, started to sob like a beggar. He grabbed the hem of my skirt, repeating over and over for me to save his pack. Annoyed, I pried his fingers off my skirt with the —- same coldness he had once shown me. I took my father’s arm and walked him back to his helicopter. He was always so busy.

I knew coming here for me meant he had to postpone countless important pack matters. After my father left, I hesitated, but then I went back to find Damien. This needed to end, once and for all. When Damien saw me return, a light flickered in his eyes. “Elena, I knew you couldn’t be so cruel to your mate.” I stared at him with a cold expression for a moment before speaking. “Damien, the bond between us is completely and utterly broken.” “And there is nothing left to tie us together.

The baby died that day.” My voice cracked. “He was killed by his own cold-blooded father. If you had just taken me to a hospital that day, our child