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Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 137: Accountability Pt. 1
Alastair:This can’t be happening! This absolutely cannot be happening right now! The words played endlessly in my head as I listened to my baby girl explain in minute detail what happened only an hour or so earlier. I was so speechless when she was done, and I wasn’t the only one; Aziz said little to nothing, but I felt his pain as well as his sense of loyalty being tested on both sides. We both were feeling the same way. We both knew that this was about to be messy.“Dad?” When I heard Val’s voice trump my thoughts, I finally snapped out of the daze that I was in. “You alright?”Alright? Was she serious? I looked at her incredulously, and immediately Val got the hint.“Okay, alright. Wrong question, got it.” she murmured and backed away.“Does it look like I’m alright?!” I snapped. “I-did you really just ask me that?!” Valene shamefully averted her gaze. “Sorry, even I don’t know what to say about this.” Silence ensued for a moment before, Vale finally spoke again. “So, what are
Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 138: Accountability Pt. 2
Silence followed his accusation and without breaking eye contact, Talon stepped to Harlyn. I knew he wouldn’t hurt Harlyn, so naturally I did not step in and neither did Val. We both knew that Harlyn had hurt Talon far more than he could ever have had in him to hurt her. “I saw you…going into the forest with her. I saw that look in your eye.”There was something about Talon’s confrontation of this truth that seemed to weigh down on Harlyn more than either or Vale ever could have.“You went in there with the intention to hurt her.” he said bemused.Harlyn could hardly look him in the eye. “I….Talon, I didn’t go in to…”“Yes…you did.” It seemed that Talon knew better than anyone. “You…you may have had a few doubts, but you knew…you knew what you were going in there to do, Harly! What have you done?!” Before Harlyn could even part her lips to find an answer good enough for him, Talon walked away from her. There was guilt in him, I knew there was.“I sho-I should have stopped you! I sho
Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 139: They Found Penny, But Where's Mum?
Vale:“Where is she?! Where is my daughter?!” John Minken barreled through the crowd of people. Angrily, he looked around, shoving everyone to the side in search for Penny.“John!” Dad rushed forward and grabbed his arm, steadying him. “John, calm down!” “Don’t tell me to calm down, Alastair!” he snarled. “Your daughter isn’t out there, lost in the middle of a dam war!” “John, you know that the perimeter is clear! We have the best people out there-”“Okay, then why is gone!?”“Because she wandered off obviously,” I murmured before I could think better of it.“What did you say?” he glared at me. “What did you say, girl?!” Dad stepped in between me and pushed John back. “John,” he pushed him in one fluid motion. “You need to back up.”“Dad.”“No, Val.” He interrupted me, his wild gaze suddenly on John. “You need to back up, John.”“We found her!” someone yelled through the crowd. Immediately the Delta’s attention was averted toward the direction of the sound. “P-Penny?!” he exclaim
Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 140: John Learns the Truth
AlastairWe all stood there in the hallway outside of the hospital waiting room. Everyone was too anxious to sit down. It seemed that all who attended the party was trying to get in to make sure that Penny was alright. Seeing how much everyone seemed to care about her made it far more difficult to even think about the conversation that we’d have soon.Agnes was among the many who found themselves at the hospital. Despite, my current disdain for her, I allowed her entry as she was Penny’s aunt and the only mother figure the girl had really ever known.“Maybe that is the reason for her poor character,” said Aziz.I could not disagree. “Are you certain that we should have this conversation as soon as we see him, Alastair?” Toran asked me. “You ask as if we will have a choice,” I countered. “You and I both know that as soon as John clears the corner, he will want to know what happened, who did it, and how can he go about unleashing hell on them.” As I thought about this, I couldn’t he
Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 141: Your Hands Are Dirty Too
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Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 142: Still Lying, I See
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“I saw what happened, Penny. I…felt what happened that night. You murdered her!”“D-daddy, no, no, you don’t understand.” Penny wept, clawing after her father desperately as he backed away from her.She was feeling the weight of her father’s resignation. For someone of normal stature, it would be too much to bear. For someone as pathetic as Penny was, however, it was positively devastating. The girl couldn’t function without someone giving her some kind of validation. This was her rock bottom.“No, no, Penny, I don’t!” exclaimed John. “Please help me…help understand why you’d throw your life away like this for a few moments of satisfaction!”“I-” she looked at her father and then, Harlyn, who was completely dismissive. “Alpha Wade, I…I didn’t mean to hurt anyone! I just-I didn’t think that killing a useless human would matter to anyone!”I laughed. “Useless?” “Yes!” Growled Penny. “Useless!” When it came to me, the girl completely seemed to forget herself or at least those around h
Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 144: Maybe It's More Serious Than We Thought
ALASTAIR:Wednesday. It was Wednesday; a whole four days had come and gone without a bloody sign from her. I’d have been lying had I said that I wasn’t starting to worry. I would never have presumed to know the person that Merari was at the time, but in the short time that she had been back in my life, one thing that I noticed hadn’t changed completely was her consistency. She had days, just as Valene did, but she’d been clear leading up to the last time I’d seen her, and she swore on her return, as she was only helping secure the borders around Shadow Veil. At least that was what she’d relayed to me. I had no reason to think that she would lie.Merari and I had not been on the same page for a while. But we were trying. Me especially, as I had committed far more transgressions than she had. Rari still didn’t fully trust me yet after the tumultuous history that we shared. Understandably so.It was for that reason that our mating bond, strong as it was even in spite of the damage that
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Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 152: A Judgment No Father Should Have to Bear
Alastair:The tension was palpable as the pack and clan leaders stood in the great hall for the judgment that would have to be carried out.As I sat in the Alpha’s chair, looking over the crowd, I could see that every face was etched with tension and sorrow. I couldn’t blame them; this was a big night, and one that I was not looking forward to.My stomach turned constant flips, a clear reaction to my anxiety as this day approached. I was dreading every second up until this very moment, and I could sense that I was not the only one.Agnes and Penny stood there, hands and feet bound as they waited for the room to gather its awaiting crowd for my judgment. They stood before me, Toran on my right and John…struggling internally, but nevertheless on my left. Both Agnes and Penny’s heads were bowed before me as they waited for me to proceed with the grave charges pinned against them. When the sound of the meeting hall’s large double doors could be heard closing, I knew that it was time to
Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 151: Confessions & A Revelation
The room was dimly lit. It was clear that she was in a cell of some sort. “Hello, my love.” Her voice was calm and soothing, and yet filled with sorrow. Though she wasn’t facing me in real time, I could sense the shame in her demeanor as she could not even look into Tobias’s eyes while relaying her message.“You know that before you were born…your father and I had an affair.” she chuckled bitterly. “Of course…I didn’t know that he was married or mated or whatever the hell they call it!” She snapped and then took a deep breath to seemingly calm down. “But that is neither here nor there. I did end it, baby, I truly did…once I found out that-what…kind of situation I was placed in. That…that wasn’t good enough for her though…so…that’s basically how my life ended that night.”There was so much pain in her voice as she said this. I couldn’t imagine how much it pained her to relive that evening. But she had to. She needed to confess her truth.“When I was brought back…all of my emotions we
Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 150: Distraction From Reality
VALEAfter Damian plied me with a few more drinks, I stumbled home to the inn and got me a room to stay at. Since everything that went on with Harlyn, I had been saying with dad, knowing that while he wouldn’t express it aloud, he needed the support. On this night, however, and maybe even the days to come, I’d probably be staying put here. There was far too much on my mind to be placed in the same vicinity of someone who was going through as much as I was.I knew that dad was hurting, and I also knew that if I saw that, if I had to witness it, I’d try and do everything within my power to heal him of that hurt instead of focusing on not going insane due to my own. I stumbled into the bathroom, and started the shower. Then I sat there on the side of the tub, leaned my head against the cold ceramic. It felt good against my flushed drunken skin.Suddenly, I didn’t think that I had the energy to take a shower. Maybe I should just stay here and close my eyes.“I see you have had an…intoxi
Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 149: A Mother's Message
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Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 148: Descendants & Sons Pt. 2
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Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 147: Descendants & Sons Pt. 1
Vale:I stood there, bewildered as our eyes met. Part of me, a less…conflicted part of me was elated to see him standing there. With my father…his father, and his brother.Tobias.I cared about Tobias. Far more than I ever realized. It took him dying and then coming back to see that. But regardless, of how I came to this realization, those feelings were there. And that would never change. I was so glad to seem him alive and relatively well considering the circumstances surrounding…well…us and our current lifestyles.Despite that less conflicted side of me, there was bigger part of me…a blaringly alarmed and untrusting, and even angry…part of me that could only think about one thing; where was my mother?The fact that she was nowhere to be found-even now. It didn’t make sense maybe, but…in my potentially irrational mind, I couldn’t think of a reality where Tobias would even be here and mum not. I just couldn’t shake that feeling….that gnawing feeling in the pit of my stomach, as I wat
Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues Chapter 146: It's Not A Social Call
VALEThe meeting hall wasn’t too far away from where I was, so I didn’t use a quick means of transportation. “Vale,” I heard someone call after me. When I turned around, Talon was on approach. “Good evening, Talon,” I greeted.I guess any other sister would have given the Beta a cold shoulder because of what he had done to Harlyn.To be honest, as far as I was concerned, Harlyn got what Harlyn deserved. She never treated the guy with the proper respect.Still, I could tell that he was nervous about approaching me. Oh, Talon. I am on your side on this one.“How are you, this evening?” he asked me.“I’m…fine,” I shrugged. “I guess.”“Fine?” His steps slowed when he got closer. “Yeah, just fine. Could be better. Then again, I could be worse.” “Ah,” he shiftily looked around before his eyes landed on me again. He had question that he wanted to ask and I already knew who the question was concerning.“Just…ask the question, Talon,” I rolled my eyes.He took a deep breath, and then said,
