The Alpha's Rejected Heir novel Chapter 26

Jermaine POV

I'm currently sitting in Rosalyn's room watching her sleep, this is the only time I can actually be near her without her freaking out or flinching at every move I make. I can't believe this is what our lives had turned out to be, who would have ever thought rose and I would be together who would have taught we'd get kidnapped and tortured by our parents. These past months have been the longest bittersweet months of my entire existence. Bitter because of the whole being kidnapped and tortured thing but sweet because I finally got the girl of my dreams and I'd be damned if I let her go.

Almost dying by the hands of Nora and watching Rosalyn get tortured was awful but what has me dying inside everyday is the fact that she was raped right infront of me. I know I managed to stop it before it went further than it did but the damage had already been done and no matter how much I wish I could I can't reverse it.

Ever since Rosalyn woke up the only time she had spoken was when she asked to see Alessandro, micheal and I had to watch the life disappear from her eyes as we told her he was gone. At first she thought he was dead but then we explained the situation to her, however, that didn't make it any less painful.

She tried searching for him for two months straight without any luck and the longer it took for us to find him the more withdrawn she became them to make matters worst what that guy did to her really messed her up plus the knowledge of knowing that Steven wasn't her real father but that psycho Evans then getting tortured by him, I guess it was all too much for her to handle and she just fell down a rabbit hole that no one not even me seem to be able to pull her out of.

She doesn't eat she doesn't sleep, all she does is look at pictures of her and Alessandro while he was growing up and cries. She cries constantly until her body is too tired to keep up them she passes out for days at one point she passed out for a week because she was dehydrated and malnourished but regardless of what we do or say she doesn't eat so the doctor has her on IVs constantly in order for her body to get the nutrients it needs.

Genevieve spends most of the days with her but that doesn't seem to cheer her up in any way or form no matter how hard Genevieve tries Rosalyn only stare at the walls with eyes so empty and lacking of any sign of life. The alpha and luna of her pack came to visit four times in the last six months and it has been in those times that I have ever seen an alpha that looked like he could rip apart a skyscraper building with his bare hands crying like a child, it was a historic and heart breaking sight.

The luna whom i have come to know as Gabriella or Gabby as everyone calls her had already given birth to a strong baby boy but despite the the joyous occasion both parents were distraught because of what had happened.

Alpha xander had even challenged ke'shaun at a fight to the death because he blamed him for everything that happened while Rose and Alessandro had been here. If not for the pleas from my mother he would have killed my brother already, however after it was announced that amber was pregnant he tried to kill him again and he almost succeeded too if his wife hadn't threatened him into backing down. They wanted to bring Rosalyn back to Italy but micheal told him that if they found Alessandro or he was to return it would be easier if Rosalyn remained in the states.

We continued to search for Alessandro with the help of the council and the blood moon pack but our efforts didn't yield the results we were looking for, either we found his location a day after he's left or the information we received led us to the wrong person. The closest we ever came to actually finding him was when he was spotted in new York, by one of my business associates who immediately informed me of his whereabouts. we immediately took the trip there and found him at a luxurious hotel. As we entered the lobby the elevator opened with the body of a supreme Court judge. The bloodied body caused chaos and panic in the hotel and I guess he used that as a chance to escape.

We all knew Alessandro was the culprit based on the way the man was killed, it was a technique taught to him by the council during his two years stay with them. It wasn't a surprise that he had killed someone, afterall that's how we've been tracking him, by the bodies he left behind. what we didn't know was why he did it and the only person who could give the answer to that question was Alessandro and he was long gone.

Being so enthralled in my thoughts I almost missed Rosalyn stirring. I quickly but silently got up from the bed then made my way through the door I had left ajar incase I had to make a quick exit. As the gentle click of the lock was heard Rosalyn's breathing became less even by the second indicating she was waking up. I sighed in relief that I made it out in time I did not want a repeat of what happened last time.

Flashback:

I called out to her as I took small steps towards her because she looked so terrified. When I reached out for her she flinched and my heart broke into a million pieces when I saw the level of fear in her eyes as she looked at me. That was when it clicked like a switch going off in my head, she was raped obviously she wouldn't want to be around me because I'm a man plus I didn't protect her like I promised I would I failed her and now she won't let me come near her. That day was the closest I got near her since then and even when micheal and I told her what happened to Alessandro it was in the presence of Genevieve and a female nurse.

End of flashback

               Rosalyn's pov

My head hurts my heart aches my eyes are red and swollen my entire body feels weak and life less, I, feel weak and lifeless, but I also feel dirty like i've been tainted. I know Jermaine has been in here while i was sleeping his scent is all over the room. I must admit that it brings me some comfort but the pain in my heart and the war in my mind is too much to be rid of. I hate that i can't be around Jermaine as much I want to be by his side I cant, I will not allow myself to be near him. I'm useless and dirty no matter how much I shower and scrub my body I'll never be clean again because of what that monster did to me. I still see his face in my dreams still hear his voice in my head I can still feel his hands on me and no matter how much I scream and beg and fight it just won't go away. It's my fault it's all my fault, if I hadn't been so weak I wouldn't have gotten captured then be forced to watch as they tortured Jermaine infront of me and I was helpless to do anything about it. If i hadn't been so weak that man wouldn't have been able to get his way with me as my mother watched and laughed in triumph. If i wasn't weak Alessandro wouldn't think I'm dead and lose control, my baby boy would be here right now instead of murdering people.

Everyone thinks I don't know what's going on but I do I can hear them especially when they're arguing. I know everything that goes on in this house I think the range of my hearing has increased exponentially due to all the listening I've been doing, it's like am training.

For starters I know amber and ke'shaun are having a baby I think she's due in three months time. No one told me that but i heard them talking I also heard alpha xander telling ke'shaun he was gonna kill him in the most inhumane way possible. I heard that the pack has been under alot of attacks lately because of Kevin.  That son of a bitch my blood boils every time I think of him I swear if I get the chance I'll make him suffers a fate worst than death. I also hear Michael arguing with the council Everytime they visit. Those sneaky little old shits, they think I don't know what they did to my baby, experimenting on him like he's a guinea pig but they'll get what's coming to them I can feel it. The one thing I hear the most though, are the sounds of Jermaine crying in the night. I know it's my fault and it kills me inside and no matter how much my mind body and soul tells me to comfort him I can't because I would also be comforting myself and I don't deserve it. I'm dirty and weak and useless I don't deserve his love I'm tainted and broken.