Chapter 14-The Truth

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Chapter 14-The Truth

Sydney Carrington's POV

I stepped onto the North American pack territory line and immediately, a guard stepped out of the shadows.

"Who's there?"

I licked my lips and stepped into view. "Sydney. Sydney Carrington." Now that I had lived in the European Pack for more than three weeks, the pack territory here in the North American pack seemed small.

Even though the European continent was the second smallest continent, they had the largest territory due to a major pack war between the European pack and the Asian pack in the seventeenth century. The Asian pack had lost more than half of their territory and had never claimed it back to this day. Thus, the European pack had the largest territory.

"Carrington- I mean Luna, how are you back?" An astonished voice questioned and I saw one of the more well known guards of the North American pack.

I swallowed harshly, "I came to visit my siblings." I didn't dare talk about Will. Despite missing him, I was afraid of what his reaction would be when I would see him again. During the Mating ceremony during the season, I had been unable to look at him due to grief and sadness of our lost future.

Would he hate me for that?

"I-I should really alert the Alpha-"

"No! Please! I need some alone time with my siblings first. Please! I need to see them!" I said forcefully and pleadingly.

Sensing the authoritative tone I had used that came with being Luna of the most powerful pack, the guard nodded his head jerkily and stepped aside to let me pass.

"Thank you." I said gratefully and tipped the brim of my hat even lower to conceal my face. I didn't need anyone seeing me now so that they could alert the Alpha that a trespasser of sorts was here in pack territory.

I walked casually, concealing my scent with heavily scented perfume and walked towards my old home. Glancing around inconspicuously to see if I had been noticed before knocking on the door.

Moments passed and nobody answered. Frowning, I became confused. It was a Saturday night and Sarah and Sean should be home. Pressing my lips together, I bent down beside the potted plant and dug for the spare key that we had kept there.

Picking it up, I inserted it into the keyhole and unlocked the door and stepped in. The house looked the same. Dirty dishes were piled up in our sink due to Sean, flowers were all around, the floor was clean and tidy but somehow, the house lacked something. And I didn't know what it was.

"Sarah? Sean? Are you home?" I called out as I walked around the house. Climbing up the stairs, I entered my room and nostalgia hit me. Looking at everything, it seemed that it was untouched since the day I left with Will for the ceremony.

But yet, everything in the room didn't seem like me anymore. The old me was gone. Forever. I was now a little more jaded in life. More grounded in reality. The old me always had her head in the clouds, fantasising about a white knight that would sweep her off her feet. Now, I realised that you couldn't rely on a white knight that isn't real to help yourself. In fact, you had to depend on yourself to get out of trouble or any issues you were facing.

Shaking my head from the depressing thoughts in my mind, my eyes lingered on my paint sets and my thoughts went back to Kingston. Unconsciously, I touched the mark on my shoulder and shut my eyes as I leaned against the wall.

I knew I couldn't really escape from Kingston. Especially after he had marked me along with the Blood Exchange. But I just needed some time away from him. Away from the European pack. Just away from my life. I needed a break from reality, no matter how crazy or stupid it sounds. I just wanted to see my family again. They were all I had.

Pushing myself off the wall, my eyes swept across all my old possessions in my room and turned to leave when I caught sight of a framed photo of my family before my parents had died. Heading towards my desk where the frame lay, I picked it up and brushed the dust away from the glass as I looked at my parents in the photo.

This I couldn't leave behind. I took the photo with me and shut my bedroom door. As I walked down the hallway, I opened Sarah's door and looked around the room in horror.

It was bare of her items. Sure the furniture was still there but her belongings weren't. My heart started to beat even faster and I turned and sprinted into Sean's room. It was exactly the same, some of his clothes were gone and so was his favourite baseball cap that he never wore but treasured as it belonged to our father.

What had happened? My stomach flipped and I wanted to throw up. I quickly bolted to the study room where I knew Sarah kept a stash of money for a rainy day.

Frantically, I pushed the carpet back and lifted a wooden plank from the floor and swallowed harshly. The small bag of money was gone.

What on earth happened? Had any sort of harm come upon my siblings and I didn't know? I felt ill and I breathed harshly. Nothing could happen to them! Nothing!

Or had Kingston taken them? I scoffed at that thought and shook my head He couldn't. Even though he was ruthless, kidnapping wolves from another pack would be like declaring war. And nobody wanted that.

But if that didn't happen? What did? I was left with no choice, I had to face Will now. With the photo frame in my hand, I left my home anxiously. Nerves were eating away at me and butterflies were swarming in my stomach.

I slid the photo frame into the duffel bag I had brought with me and packed it carefully by sliding it in between the layers of clothes in it. This way, the glass of the frame would not crack and the photo would not be damaged in any way.

Walking to the pack house, I kept my eyes on the ground but my head was swarmed full of thoughts. What was going to happen when I spoke with Will? What could I say? Or what should I say?

I didn't even know what to say or how to start. And honestly, now that I thought about it really well. I didn't think was in love with Will at all. I loved him but I didn't really think I was in love with him.

Now that I had reached the pack house, I stepped in cautiously and looked around. My wolf howled and moved away from the back to my mind as if to protect me. Frowning, I walked up to Will's study and knocked once and then twice.

Hesitating, I knocked once again but received no answer and opened the door, "Will, I-" I cut myself off when what I saw made me inhale sharply before gasping.

Will pulled away from the girl he was kissing and stopped as he looked at me. "Sydney..." He trailed off stunned. The girl on his lap scowled and turned to me and I took a tiny step back in shock. "You! What are you doing here?"

"I-I'm sorry. I-I knocked." I said stunned beyond words. "Oh really? Why the hell are you here?" Giselle demanded and stalked towards me angrily.

"Giselle stop." Will spoke out and he looked at me passively. Giselle was the Alpha's daughter here in the North American pack. She was the popular kid even from young and I knew she never liked me.

Will came up to me and Giselle scoffed and turned away from me. "What are you doing here Sydney?" With my wide eyes, I turned to look up at Will astounded beyond words.

"I-I came to see my siblings but they're not here. Where did they go?" I asked quietly and Will sighed and shrugged, "I don't know. They just vanished a week ago."

"What do you mean you don't know?" I demanded shocked but a little angry. He was the Beta wasn't he? "Look Sydney, they are just two members that aren't significant enough to worry about."

I gaped at him, horrified beyond words. "They're my family. They're all I have left. And you liked them! How could you say that?"

Will sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, "Look-"

"He never loved you, you stupid little bitch. He only pretended to like your siblings because they were related to you." Giselle scorned as she downed a cup of red wine.

"What?" I breathed out disbelievingly as I looked at Will who glared at Giselle before exhaling heavily. "I'm sorry Sydney. It's true, I never loved you."

My jaw dropped and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Sure I wasn't in love with Will but I loved him dearly as a friend. "I-I don't understand." I said stupidly.

"Don't you get it? He used you to become Beta. I mean, he chose to be with you, the pathetic little orphan girl whose parents died in an accident. And people saw that and thought that Will was an amazing candidate to be Beta. Because he could be with someone who actually meant nothing to anyone."

I could not believe what I was hearing. I turned to Will in shock and he looked away from me and remained quiet as he looked out of the window.

"Yes that's right. Will had to be Beta so that we could be together. My father would never let a non-ranked wolf be mated with me. And so we planed to take advantage of you." Giselle said with a smile on her face, clearly enjoying the crushed expression on my face.

My heart was breaking and I glanced wildly between Giselle and Will disbelievingly. I couldn't believe the cruel and hurtful words that was coming out of Giselle's mouth but Will's silence confirmed everything.

"I can't believe you!" Tears of hurt, betrayal, anguish, sorrow and a lot more emotions rolled down my cheek as I stared at Will with my heart at my feet.

Giselle smirked at me and grabbed her glass of wine and circled around me as she continued to taunt me with those poisonous and cruel words of hers. Those words were wrapped around my bleeding heart and continued to squeeze it as if they were trying to kill me.

"We had planned this for years. And we figured that if you were actually stupid enough to not figure this out and mate with Will, we were going to have you killed. You're just a tool for me to have Will." She leaned towards me and smirked smugly.

"Looks like blondes really are stupid." She sneered and I swallowed harshly. It felt like tears were clogging my throat and I couldn't seem to really breathe properly. I wanted to shut my ears and block out whatever Giselle was saying to protect my already tattered heart but I was frozen.

"Oh right! I forgot! Will had also been with me the entire time he was with you. Like for example if he called you, it usually meant that we had just fucked. I also remembered the day that he first told you he 'loved' you, we had a good laugh about it for days."

My already tattered heart shattered and more tears poured down my cheeks and my lower lip trembled. Had everything been a lie? Of course it was. How could I have been so blind?

"You used me." I breathed out, my voice full of hurt and betrayal. Will met my horrified gaze and turned away guiltily.

"Oh good! Could you keep that expression of total heartbreak on your face for a minute? I need to get a picture of that."

"Giselle!" Will snapped as he turned back to us. I could feel myself growing numb. "That's enough!" He growled and Giselle scoffed, "Don't tell me what to do! You had a part in this the entire time as well. And honestly, you're the one that hurt her the most. Pretending to love her while being with me, that's cold. So cold." She mocked and I choked.

I couldn't take it anymore. My siblings-my only family-was missing and realising that you were being used because you were an orphan for years without knowing, along with all the emotional turmoil I had been feeling for the past forty-eight hours till now made my heart give way.

My knees weakened and buckled. Breathing became difficult and my vision turned blurry. I could feel my body slacken.

Suddenly, a loud roar resounded and before my body could hit the ground, hands caught me and cradled me against a familiar body. My wolf howled in pleasure and happiness from being near the person that was holding me.

"I'm sorry Sydney. I'm so sorry I hurt you. So sorry." A rough but familiar voice spoke out and a light kiss was pressed onto my forehead and I shut my eyes and drifted into oblivion. Away from the emotional turmoil I was experiencing.

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A/N: Hey guys! Thanks so much for the votes and comments in the previous chapter. I hope that all you had an enjoyable holiday so far. Here is an update for you amazing readers. And I know some of you are feeling annoyed at Sydney for jumping to conclusions but she's 20 years old and she's still learning about life and such especially after all the horrible things that has happened to her. Also, would you really ask a guy that you've been forced to be with and you're not really together if he's cheating on you? I wouldn't, so please understand. But it's okay if you disagree and stuff. Everyone has their opinions.

Also, some of you have been hoping for Brendon's POV in this chapter but sorry to disappoint, that will be coming out in Chapter 15. Because Will has to be shown as a douchebag first. AHAHAH. So once again, if you liked this chapter, please vote and comment to show your love for this baby. AHAHAH Thanks so much for reading! :) <3