Rejecting The Alpha Twins (Regan) novel Chapter 30

Chapter 30 

Xavier POV 

She surprised me today. Regan. With the ultimatum, she issued Looking back on it, I can admire her tenacity to see things change and her unwillingness to simply submit to us even as the pack pressured her to do just that. She was unlike any other female in the pack and I could feel a small smile resting on my face as I faced an equally thoughtful–looking Xander. 

“What do you suppose she means by changing things?” he asked attempting to get clarification from me, even though I was reasonably sure that he already suspected how I was going to answer 

“Well, maybe she wants us to show her that she’s going to be treated differently. I mean, she’s not even gone on a date before, has she?” I pointed out, trying to think about it logically 

My wolf growled at the thought of another man taking our mate out to dinner. I soothed him as Xander shook his head, a frown on his face. “See,” I said nonchalantly “we take her out, we show her a nice time, we try and establish a relationship the normal way. Just because we’re shifters, doesn’t mean we can’t date” I pointed out, nodding smugly to myself. 

“Yeah, but it’s not our normal custom” Xander muttered, sounding slightly irritated. 

“So?” I asked glancing at him sharply, trying to make him see that this was almost nothing in comparison to what Regan could have asked for. “Maybe the expectation that we simply just accept each other without putting in any effort is wrong?” I countered back, making him look taken aback. 

He fell silent. I smirked, silently gloating that I had made my brother speechless. It was unusual to best Xander and for once I had come out the victor. I inwardly celebrated. 

“Did you see Isabelle’s reaction” he frowned “She looked, unhinged might be the best way to put it. She was screaming like a damn banshee‘ he exclaimed, creasing his brow and looking at me exasperated. 

“She just found out that her father lost the fight, and she would no longer be allowed at the pack house. I don’t blame her for being upset My voice was dismissive. 

I had seen Isabelle act far worse for far less. She was not worth mentioning in the grand scheme of things. There was nothing she could do now that Regan was safely ensconced in the pack house. Was there? 

“You think that’s all it was?” Xander’s voice was cautious as he tried to tread lightly. “She tried to hit her Xavier. Right in front of us. That doesn’t scream entitlement to you? We’ve allowed her to do that to Regan before” he pointed out and 1 scowled at the reminder that we had been none too gentle with our mate before now, 

mate. All of 

“You’re right. We never stopped her before. Something else we did that was wrong, not to mention harming our that stops now. We have to make sure that the pack understands that if anybody lays a hand on our mate, they will be punished accordingly. We’ve let things go too far and now we have to fix it” I told him firmly. 

“It would go a long way if Mother and Father didn’t tend to show hostility towards her. That bit surprises me because Mother was best friends with Celeste Lourdes, wasn’t she?” Xander murmured thoughtfully. “Yet when she died, she blamed Regan along with the rest of the pack and condemned her just as much as everyone else did.” 

His tone was reflective rather than damning or condemning. 

I glanced at him “Father just went along with her because as his mate he didn’t want to upset her. He’s never laid a hand on Regan, but he’s never attempted to intervene either. I don’t know whether he’s been blind to what’s happening to her or if he simply does not care.” 

“We’re also to blame” Xander pointed out, “we’re not innocent of the harm she’s endured. It’s a miracle she didn’t reject us outright again. I know she wanted to” he exhaled. 

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know. We need to establish new rules. If Regan can’t trust us, she’ll never accept us. Did you see the way she was moving 

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Chapter 30 

today?” I asked out of the blue, frowning heavily “Her movemens, they were so stiff and slow. Almost as though she was in pain, but she didn’t say anything about it. That shows she’s too fightened too or she’s not willing to let us in just yet.” 

“Do you think somebody’s hurting her?” 

Xander sounded furious as he asked the question.. 

“Look at Isabelle. She looked too comfortable hitting Regan. He father and mother didn’t make a move to stop her. Isabelle always claimed Regan was the one causing trouble, but what if it was the opposite? Tabelle does have a temper” I pointed out, looking at my twin whose expression was now mutinous. 

“But wouldn’t the Beta…” he began, and I slowly shook my head him, hating that I had to point out his naivety. 

“He blames Regan just as much, if not more than any of us for Celeste’s death. He might not be complicit, but he certainly wouldn’t intervene if Isabelle did it right in front of him.” 

The bastard didn’t seem to show even an ounce of care towards Regan. 

“At least Regan is safe in the packhouse for now then,” Xander sal tightly “Do we punish Isabelle? “he asked looking at a loss. 

“With what–proof?” I scoffed at him-“Unless there is evidence it would be her word against ours, Regan isn’t coming forward. For now, we’ll just have to keep a close eye on her. I don’t trust her not to try something with Regan again, given her reaction earlier. I want somebody on Isabelle at all times. One of our most trusted men. She’s not to know she’s being watched. The same for Regan.” 

don’t think Regan will appreciate being watched when she wants to be able to trust us. This would be breaking that trust” Xander pointed out and I scowled, recognizing the wisdom of his words. 

Damnit. He was infuriating when he was right, Regan would be furious if we kept tabs on her without permission. I exhaled feeling exasperated with our mate who was making things difficult for us. 

“Fine, then either you or I are on her at all times. We can take shifts. She wants to establish a relationship anyway, this is one of the ways to do it” I shrugged, feeling slightly better about it. Only slightly. 

He nodded. “We have to find a Bera as well” he reminded me “but that can wait until the ceremony.”