Alpha Twins' Mate's broken Human Chapter 32

IESHA: I looked up at her. I kept my face as blank as possible and nodded. “I have the first vigil after school gets out. I just want you to know to expect us, depending on how long you stay, we all have to take our turn watching over her.” She said. I nodded my understanding. But I didn’t say anything. It was going to be even harder for me to be in that room with them. I hated it. It felt like they were trying to push me out of my friend's room. I know that that is not the case, but that is the way it felt to me. The bell rang, signaling the end of lunch.

CAIDEN: In between vigils, Father had us start with the wolfsbane training. Each of us, ranked wolves, got a small dose, .05ccs of the flower mixed into a liquid, and we had to drink it. We were monitored for the first 5 minutes, then he began the rest of the training, which involved us working complex chess strategies. Berating us if we made the wrong moves. Then we had to do a full round of calisthenics until we were sweating. At 2:15, he dismissed me to go clean up and take my vigil. On my way to the clinic, I bumped into Rolan and Hayley. “Hey Caiden, where are you off to?” Rolan asked. “I have a punishment.” I stated. “Punishment? What did you do?” He asked. I didn’t have time to stand around and explain it to him. “I have to go, I can’t be late, or Father will add to it.” I said. They followed me to the clinic. I didn’t stop them; if they wanted to see, then let them. I was done being mother's shield, and I would let them know that it was at her behest. My mind was still hazy from the wolfsbane I had ingested, and my coordination was off. I stumbled a few times, and Hayley caught me. She steadied me until I got my balance back. I thanked her, but moved away from her touch as soon as I could. They both followed me to Chiara’s room. I went around the room, lighting the candles Iesha left, and then I took up my position at the foot of her bed. Rolan and Hayley looked around the room at all the pictures and the X-rays that Father had printed out and put up in her room for us to contemplate. “What is all this?” Rolan asked. “This is what your sister’s prejudice looks like, using my brother, myself, and the rest of the ranked wolves as her weapons of choice.” I stated. If he didn’t get the picture, I wasn’t going to explain it to him any further; he shared at least one parent with my mother, so whether it came from their mother or mom’s father, someone in that family started this prejudice, and it got pushed on to us, whether or not we wanted it. And now we are having to pay the price for it. “Who is she?” Hayley asked me. “Someone who didn’t deserve this.” I said, answering without really answering. I don’t know why Mom brought her brother back with her, and with his cousin to boot. It’s not the best time for us to have visitors. But I guess she didn’t know that we confessed to Dad. And she would be walking in a shit show. But after everything she had us do, I don’t care anymore. I just stood watching Chi. I couldn’t look at the posters anymore. Please, Chiara, wake up. I need you to be ok. I need to tell you how sorry I am. I will still gladly take the whip, I don’t care. I just need you to wake up. I sent up the silent plea to wherever she might be. At the end of my vigil, I went around and blew out the candles \[I still don’t like the smell of the wax in here.\] Axel said in my head. \[I know, buddy, we will have to talk with Jayden about getting those air fresheners, the kind that plug in.\] I said to him. \[Do it soon.\] he griped at me. I just shook my head. Rolan and Hayley stayed with me the entire time I was on my vigil, and I don’t have a clue why, but they followed me out when I left. My head was finally clearing of the wolfsbane, and I made my way back to the others.

JAYDEN: After Caiden left to do his vigil, Father poured it on; we were back to doing complex math problems in our heads, getting berated if we got the answers wrong. It was hard to think straight with the poison running through our veins, but we had to go through this. It was part of our punishment. But it was also part of our actual training; it’s just disguised as our punishment. We know it, and Father knows we know it as well. It’s the beratement that is the actual punishment part of the whole thing. The worst part of it all was the loss of connection to my wolf, not being able to feel him, not being able to talk to him; it was disconcerting, to say the least. It wasn’t until the poison started to wear off that I could feel him again. I knew that the girls would eventually have to go through this as well, so I took it without complaint. By the time the girls got back from school, we were spent. That training took it out of us. I know it’s meant for us to build up an immunity of sorts to wolfsbane, and eventually, we will move on to silver, but it's still poison in our system.

BRANDI: I got home in enough time to change and get to the clinic for my vigil. My dad was pissed to say the least when we all showed up at the house and confessed to what we had done. He didn’t care that it was at the behest of the Luna; he was pissed. “I thought I had taught you better than that, you know right from wrong! You should have come to me, or the Alpha, when she started pressuring you! I am disappointed in you! If it weren’t for the fact that you are my only child, I would be taking the position of lead warrior away from you. I am that disappointed.” I can still hear his words ringing in my head. And I hated it. I didn’t want to lose my position, and I didn’t want to be a disappointment to my dad. I wanted him to be proud of me. So, I take my vigil time seriously; I don’t want to disappoint him again. So, no complaining, just go and get it done. When I walked in, there was the lingering smell of the candles, mixed with Caiden and two others I didn’t recognize. “Caiden, who was with you?” I linked him. “Rolan and his cousin Hayley. Why?” “Just curious, I didn’t recognize their scent is all.” “Ok.” I closed the link.