My Promised Rejection (Olivia) novel Chapter 5

Connor POV

I make my way through the pack house. A hundred thoughts swirling in my head. I know what's happened was out of our control, but seeing Oli so hurt is making it hard for me to breathe. It kills me to hear her say I'm no longer her brother. 

We have always been close. I love her and it breaks my heart to be on the receiving end of her hate. I know her anger at me is because she thinks I don't care about dad, but I do. 

I love him just as much as she does. She also thinks I'm not angry at mom and Xavier, but she is wrong. I've just had more time to get my anger in check. 

Oli doesn't realize the secrets that mom and dad kept from us. That is part of the problem. Dad knew what mom was before they married. From what I was told, he embraced her despite the fact she kept such a huge secret from him. 

After she was pregnant with me he always knew there was a possibility that Oli and I would have the wolf gene. He was actually excited about the possibility of us having our own wolves from what he told me. 

He loved mom and her wolf, Jenna, too. He and mom were with me the first time I shifted. Mom and dad took me into the woods behind our home when the pain started. She told me what to expect a few months before my first shift, but nothing can prepare you for the pain. 

Don't get me wrong, it was worth every second of it, but to think you're human and then find out you're a wolf screws with your head. The best part besides meeting Cosmo was the pride I saw in my dad's eyes when he saw my wolf for the first time. It is something I'll never forget. 

I wanted to tell Oli right away, but they insisted I wait. She was fourteen at the time. I wasn't told until I was seventeen, but I knew something was always off about how fast and strong I was. My parents didn't feel she was ready to hear about wolves having grown up among humans. Looking back, that was a huge mistake. 

We both should have been told when we became teenagers. We should have been given time to adjust to the fact we were different. Oli should have been there when I shifted. I wish I could go back and tell her the moment I found out we were wolves, but I can't.

Dad and I had a long talk when he found out about Xavier and mom. It was funny to think about now but he was the voice of reason. I was so angry, just like Oli. He insisted that he loved me and that I didn't have to hate my mom on his behalf. It was difficult to listen to what he said until I met Rebecca. 

Even though I understood the pull of the bond, I hated seeing my father so broken. Despite everything that's happened, he still loves my mom desperately. My mother and I had a heated discussion about mates and the pain she was causing my father. 

Flashback 

"Connor, I know you're angry, but I never meant to hurt your father." "Then why did you? You knew there was a chance you could meet your mate and, instead of waiting, you let yourself fall in love with dad." 

“It's not that simple, Connor. My birth pack was filled with misogynistic ba**ards that treated their mates like possessions. Half of them were physically abusive because the Alpha allowed it" she says. Her look is distant as if remembering the past. 

"It was one of the reasons my father insisted we move far away, even though he was the pack Beta. Most wolves find their mates in their own pack or one that is close by. When we moved clear across the country, I never expected to find my mate," she says. 

"My father wasn't like those wolves, and he didn't want me to suffer because of the bond. He made arrangements for us to move here and Xavier's father, who was Alpha at the time, offered for us to carry the pack scent but live among humans because he didn’t trust outsiders."

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