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Chapter Eighty-Two: I\u2019m Your Equal\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natala (Emerald) POV:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clar\u00a0<\/p>\n
I had slept well into the evening after the exhausting morning I had at the dungeons and the drama with my mates and brothers. I knew they were all waiting for me to wake up so I could tell them what I saw, but I was going to put a condition on them if they wanted to know.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was sick and tired of them codling me like a two-year-old pup; if what the quads meant was true to me being their equal, then they had to back off and let me make decisions too. I wasn\u2019t stupid; I would obviously consult them whenever I thought my way was a better way to approach things. I was done with hearing theirs and my brother\u2019s tantrums; at this point, it was overkill, and I had reached my peak. On top of that, if those mates of mine were going to spank my bum red today for their so-called punishment, they were mistaken, it was my turn today, and I had the perfect plan to make sure they wouldn\u2019t interfere with everything I did from here on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Throwing the sheets from my body, I got up and changed my clothes before I went to find everyone. Grabbing a red hoodie and pair of jean shorts, I chucked them on, brushed my hair and followed my hearing in the direction of the private living room for the alpha family. My mind went\u00a0<\/p>\n
back to the visions I saw; who were they talking about when they mentioned a she-wolf? It could\u2019ve been anyone, Leah, Hannah or anyone for that matter. The thought of any one of them getting dragged into this mess was like daggers to my heart. On top of that, I knew we couldn\u2019t keep everyone coped up in their rooms forever; they would want to leave. Goddess! If only they had hinted something about who they were referring to it would have made this ordeal easier. Reaching the living room, I see all my friends and my mates, brothers, Clara and Luca. Sensing me come in, my mate\u2019s head moves towards the door locking eyes with me. They all smiled as they\u00a0<\/p>\n
walked towards me, Azreal taking hold of one hand as Zeke took hold of the other, leading me\u00a0<\/p>\n
towards the sectional.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow are you feeling, love?\u201d Asked Azreal\u00a0<\/p>\n
I gave him and everybody else in the room and smile and spoke up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLuna, what you did today with Clara was very dangerous; you shouldn\u2019t have done that; anything\u00a0<\/p>\n
could\u2019ve happened,\u201d Ezekiel said, my mates and brothers nodding along with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Well, there goes my happy mood. I couldn\u2019t control myself and let out a low snarl that shocked everyone in the room. Sensing the growing tension amongst my mates and brothers and me, everyone shuffled out. My friends said they would meet me in the morning, where Hannah all but yelled at her brothers for always bossing me around; having had enough of their sister\u2019s rant, they\u00a0<\/p>\n
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snarled at her, which had my temper flared more. How dare they scare my best friend like that! Seeing the alphas losing their temper, Luca ducked his mate out quickly and left my brothers and mates in the room alone with me. They were lucky was still exhausted, or I would go hybrid on\u00a0<\/p>\n
their asses right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLittle wolf, the alphas are right; what you did was unnecessary. You don\u2019t need to be a hero.\u201d Said,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucas\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucas\u2019s words were the final straw; I let out a loud growl this time; my eyes were black as my lycan and wolf surfaced, hating the lack of trust they had in us. We were a goodman hybrid, for goddess\u2019 sake; I had four alphas and two supreme alphas submitting to me not even ten hours ago, and they thought I couldn\u2019t take care of myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cListen and listen well, all of you! I am not a goddamn child! I know what is right and wrong. Where I need to stop and where I need to take action. You all say I\u2019m a princess, I\u2019m powerful, and your equal, but why the hell don\u2019t you act on it then? If I\u2019m your equal, a princess to the species, then have some freaking trust in me and not treat me like a mentally challenged pup that can\u2019t make decisions for herself.\u201d I said; my chest heaved as my lycan and wolf denied going to the back of my\u00a0<\/p>\n
mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe never said you weren\u2019t our equal, Natala. But look at the f*****g situation. You have a f*****g uncle that is hell-bent on taking our mate from us to f*****g mate her.\u201d Snarled Sam\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen freaking act like I\u2019m your equal and back the f**k up when it comes to me making decisions for myself. I know I have a psychotic relative lurking around; news flash, he wants me, and the thought is constantly in my head, but if you all got your damn ego-filled heads out of your ass, you would realize I\u2019m not a timid she-wolf. I\u2019m a sensible, mentally capable individual who knows to make sound decisions. Not to mention a princess of the entire species and the goddamn luna of this pack, your luna. And despite those titles, I feel like no one because my decisions are compared to one of an irrational toddler.\u201d I seethed, my palms fisted on my sides\u00a0<\/p>\n
You could see the steam coming off my mates. My brothers were pissed off but stayed quiet and let me rant it out with my mates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, did you see what you did today, ran away from Clara in the middle of the woods alone and then decided to go down to the dungeon where three of the heavily guarded prisoners vanished into thin air, not to mention which was that bastard Edward\u2019s doing. Then you go play hero and exhaust yourself with the abilities you\u2019ve yet to master.\u201d Snarled Ezekiel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t running in no-man land, Ezekiel. I was on pack lands which happen to be swamped with warriors everywhere, and as far as the disappearing thing is considered, do you think I\u2019d still be standing here if that witch and Edward knew a way to voodo me out of here? And, do not talk about what I can and cannot do, I know my body\u2019s capabilities, and I know what it can and cannot\u00a0<\/p>\n
take.\u201d I said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou are making a big deal out of nothing, Natala. Calm down; you\u2019re just tired. Let\u2019s get you back\u00a0<\/p>\n
into bed.\u201d Said, Isaiah\u00a0<\/p>\n
My head whipped in his direction as I snarled at him, his wolf coming to the surface and snarling back at the disrespect.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI suggest you all leave; this is between my mates and me. But before you all show yourselves out of the room, do remember that I\u2019m an adult and capable of making my own decisions. Do not dictate me in every step I take.\u201d I said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I saw Isaiah and Josiah open their mouths to say something, but Tristan held their arms, shaking his head as they all shuffled out of the room. You could feel the anger coming from all of them. I was probably the first person to talk to them like this, but I didn\u2019t care. As much as I loved and adored them, they couldn\u2019t baby me for the rest of my life. I wasn\u2019t the few days old newborn baby sister they remember me as; I was a grown-ass woman with four mates, luna to the most extensive pack, and not to mention a potential prophecy-fulfilling hybrid.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment my brothers left, I was surrounded by my mates, their towering bodies hovered over mine, but I was the least bit intimidated. I just raised my eyebrow at them a crossed my arms over my chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t scare me,\u201d I said\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though their rigid posture and black eye remained the same, I sighed! My point wasn\u2019t coming across; their egos were clouding their judgments. I took a deep breath, tried to subdue as much\u00a0<\/p>\n
anger as possible, and forced my Lycan and wolf down, so my aura stopped oozing out. I looked up at my mates and said in a soft voice this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, it\u2019s not fair; think about it yourself and see how hypocritical you all sound. You call me your luna; you\u2019re equal. Still, you then don\u2019t allow me the freedom of making choices for my life when\u00a0<\/p>\n
you all know till now I have not done anything as such that could\u2019ve been harmful to me\u2026\u201d |\u00a0<\/p>\n
stopped, looking at my mates to see if they were listening. Their eyes returning to grey that I loved as I smiled and spoke again, \u201c\u2026 I love you all, but you need to trust me. I\u2019m not that weak she-wolf you met a few days ago out in the courtyard. Because honestly, if my own mates and family think of me as incapable, then that gives everyone else the right to see it that way as well.\u201d I said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I could see my words had touched the quads, as the anger I felt through the bond disappeared, uneasiness and a swirl of guilt wrapped around them. I didn\u2019t want them to feel guilty: I wanted them to see reason. Sighing! I got on my tippy toes and kissed each of their cheeks, and backed away from them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going back to bed. I know you all have to meet with my brothers and brief the warriors. Just please think over what I said and try sooing it from my point of view. And, when you guys come back, and everything has cooled down by the morning, I\u2019ll tell you what I saw in the dungeons. It wasn\u2019t much but know those three she wolves are out for revenge, and I plan to probe on what got\u00a0<\/p>\n
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them thinking they would be your chosen mates.\u201d I said as I turned the corner and headed to our\u00a0<\/p>\n
room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I could feel my mate\u2019s guilt rising by the second for their treatment of me and shame. I could also\u00a0<\/p>\n
feel they were as confused as I was about the revelation of Cassandra, Ivy and Aria\u2019s claims of\u00a0<\/p>\n
choosing those three as their mates. Their oblivious feeling had me breathe a sigh of relief; that\u00a0<\/p>\n
meant they never made any promises, and those three bimbos were just riding the high horse in\u00a0<\/p>\n
hopes of becoming co-lunas one day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Walking into the room, I wore my night suit again and jumped into bed, grabbing my laptop and doing some of my assignments. I didn\u2019t know how long it had been or the time, but I felt myself\u00a0<\/p>\n
drifting asleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A strange cold feeling enveloped me, my wolf and Lycan urging me to wake up, but it felt as if I wasn\u2019t in control of my body when everything went white, which had me close my eye to the brightness, opening them when I heard that one creepy voice that I longed to destroy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHello, my beautiful mate.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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