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143\u2013A Life For A Life\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kaylee:\u00a0<\/p>\n
I took her to the room, settled her on the couch, and wrapped a blanket around her small shoulders.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHere! watch this. I\u2019ll be back soon.\u201d I stroked her soft cheek as I handed her my tablet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she wasn\u2019t Madeline\u2019s child, people would have assumed she was mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was as adorable as I was, fluffy cheeks and all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stepped out quietly, stopping behind the hallway wall to listen. I needed to know what was happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou did what?\u201d Graham shouted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to take Madeline in for questioning,\u201d Eldon snapped back. \u201cShe carried children from three men. That isn\u2019t something we ignore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My stomach lurched. What did they mean by that?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd tell me something,\u201d Eldon continued. \u201cDid you, Baxter, and Elgin share her? Is that why she was always around you? You three were using her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I nearly gagged. The woman who walked around as if she were the definition of grace had apparently been warming the beds of three alphas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And then she carried their pups? How? Disgust washed over me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If I had known what kind of woman she was, I would never have let her near me, wouldn\u2019t have even shaken her\u00a0<\/p>\n
hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFather, it only happened once,\u201d Graham snapped. \u201cAnd we initiated it. She hesitated. We convinced her. We wrapped her in sweet words, and then we abandoned her. Because of you!\u201d he yelled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The puzzle pieces fell into place. His father had pushed for our marriage to keep Graham away from Madeline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It all made sense now, but I was still reeling. Madeline. A whore. Of course it was obvious now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A woman that opens with her body wouldn\u2019t stop at just three men.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if she had slept with Alpha Ron too. Unlike her, I was decent. Loyal. A good daughter and a\u00a0<\/p>\n
wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A horrifying thought crept into my mind, had Graham come to me after being with her? Even recently?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Had he climbed into my bed while carrying her diseases? I felt genuine pity for her husband, oblivious to the woman he\u2019d married.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eldon\u2019s voice changed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFine, I\u2019m not judging. But she will have to explain how she managed all this.\u201d He wasn\u2019t insulting her\u2013no, he\u2019d never waste an insult unless it benefitted him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That alone irritated me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And Graham- he was still protecting her. Men always defended women like that, the ones easy to use, easy to claim. 1\u00a0<\/p>\n
13\u00a0<\/p>\n
They never cared for women like me, who refused to be used.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is she? I\u2019m going to her,\u201d Graham said, his voice frantic and my body stiffened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to take care of Gina. She\u2019s shaken after what happened with Elara,\u201d Eldon said, speaking to him in a tone meant to sway children. \u201cAll the kids are with their fathers. Give Gina so much love that she convinces Madeline to stay with you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oh, I knew exactly what Eldon was doing. He wasn\u2019t protecting Madeline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He just didn\u2019t want Graham interfering with the council\u2019s interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFather, you should have talked to me! Now she\u2019ll hate me,\u201d Graham said, panic visible in his tone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe won\u2019t,\u201d Eldon assured him smoothly. \u201cThat\u2019s why I didn\u2019t take you with me. That\u2019s why I didn\u2019t tell you. You can promise her you didn\u2019t know. Calm down. I\u2019m on your side. But we must make sure she isn\u2019t a monster, it could be dangerous for your child.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as Eldon called her a monster, I watched Graham\u2019s face tighten.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is not a monster, Father,\u201d he hissed under his breath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing him defend her still hurt me, but now everything made sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Of course he was on her side, at least as long as she opened her legs for him\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then I remembered something else. Madeline\u2019s daughter was on my couch holding my tablet. I nearly gagged.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The idea that I had called her cute even once made me feel disgusted with myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was a product of sin, of a woman\u2019s filthy desires.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeline had lost control of her own body, and this was the result.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No wonder her children were affected by sickness. I bet every mother whose child suffered from that sickness had done something wrong.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Something like that would never happen to my own child. 1\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was a pure woman who had only slept with one man. I had desires, but I controlled them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As I stood there listening, I realized Graham was too wrapped around Madeline\u2019s finger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I needed to return and check on the child to make sure she wasn\u2019t sitting on my bed and spreading her germs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I reached the room, my phone lit up with an unknown number. The suddenness of it confused me. I answered without thinking much.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHello?\u201d I asked, frowning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want a child, don\u2019t you?\u201d a woman\u2019s voice said. I didn\u2019t recognize her at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho is this?\u201d I replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a way you can conceive,\u201d she continued and I rolled my eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho the fuck are you, and how do you know I want a child?\u201d I grunted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know everything. And I know how you can conceive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
213\u00a0<\/p>\n
I let out a sarcastic chuckle at her words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone knows how to conceive a child, so fuck off,\u201d I snapped. I was about to pull the phone away when she spoke again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have tried everything and you still couldn\u2019t conceive. But you haven\u2019t tried one thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t respond. She waited, then added, \u201cYou haven\u2019t made a sacrifice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The hairs on my neck rose.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat sacrifice?\u201d I asked, trying not to sound too curious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA child for a child. A life for a life. You must end the life of the man\u2019s child. The man you want to conceive with.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My head lifted sharply, and my eyes landed on Gina sitting on the couch watching a cartoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou kill his child, and you will conceive one of his.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She hung up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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