The Brutal Alpha's Tender Daughter novel Chapter 8

As depressing as it sounded, I was already used to nobody caring about me. I had never known anything different. Only through Dr. Clairence I realized that the way my parents had raised me and acted towards me was anything but normal.

Once Dr. Clairence had asked me if I had ever thought about comitting suicide and I had replied honestly - of course I had. The way she had understood my reasons for not wanting to be a burden, a nuisance and most importantly a disappointment anymore had shocked me.

However, then Dr. Clairence had asked me who would miss me if I were dead and my first thought had been Silas. I had imagined how devastated he would be and how he would want to revenge me. Silas would know that the reason suicide had been my only answer was because of them - my parents and the members of the Mercy pack. I could almost be sure that his wolf would take over and my parents would have to take him down. I could never put my brother through this.

Furthermore, as stupid as it sounded, I did not want my parents to win. If I would actually choose not to live anymore, I would just give them one more reason to call me weak. Because in their mind only weak people chose to end their lives.

But with me being still alive after all they had put me through, I showed them everyday that I was not weak. And even if they did not realize that, which they were probably not, I drew strength from it. According to Dr. Clairence that was all that mattered.

Deep in thought I almost did not hear the noise from outside.

I opened my eyes and stepped closer to the window in order to see where the noise was coming from.

A red jeep made its way to my parent's house and my eyes began to widen as I realized that the car belonged to my brother.

Please let it be true!

Silas was my one and truly happy place.

He was the only one I could trust with anything and who always had my back.

He was the only one, who knew about my diagnosis.

He was actually the one who had found Dr. Clairence. Silas had encouraged me to talk with her and when he had learnt about my reluctance to take prescribed drugs Silas had made me sit down with him and we had discussed every aspect important to me.

I never found out how Silas had done it, but I had never been severely punished in the time when Silas had been around. Only in the one year when he had been in the Alpha training camp.

It had been a given to not tell Silas anything, because more punishment would had awaited me.

All of this however did not matter anymore.

My current pain, the last year's anguish - all was forgotten the moment I had recognized my brother as the driver of the car.

His white blond hair was a dead giveaway.

My wolf jumped excitedly up and down in my mind and I did not waste another second and ran out of my room.

I heard Silas' booming laughter, but I knew that he enjoyed our hug as well as his arms tightened around my body.

Luckily his tight embrace did not touch my gashes and I breathed a sight of relief.

"I missed you, Ray", his now even deeper voice told me and I smiled as he used his old nickname for me.

Due to my almost white hair and my laughter, where everybody wanted to join in according to Silas, he had given me the nickname Ray - like the sunray.

"I missed you more"

Lifting my head from his neck I beamed at him.

While slowly letting me down again, something passed between us and Silas' joyus mood darkened instantly. His eyes became even darker, almost black and his arms, which had been embracing me loosely, tightened around me once more.

My eyes widened, because I had never seen such anger in Silas' eyes.

I put my hand on his cheek and wanted to know "Is everything okay?"