Alpha Twins' Mate's broken Human Chapter 46

DERRIC: *“I let the kids out of training early; they went to see Chiara in the clinic.” “It’s good she’s awake.”* Vance said. “Will you let the Luna out now that she is awake?” Benton asked. “I may let her out just for the goddess’s celebration, but until she cleans at least three cells, she is not going to be released. Plus, I haven’t told her yet that I let her pet gardener go. “Who was that?” Rich asked. “Brandon.” I said. “According to Misha and Shannon, he was the best horticulturist we had.” Vance said. “And that without any real formal education in the area.” He continued. “Yes, well, she should have thought of that before she set the kids on him. I can’t blame him for wanting out after what happened to him. And I will tell her that too.” I said. “Will the kids be able to come home tonight?” Rich asked. “Yes, I will let them out of the cells tonight.” I said. And with that, I closed the link and headed down to the dungeon to see my luna. “Louise, have you decided to do any cleaning?” I asked her. “NO, Derric, and I won’t. You need to let me out. I am supposed to be helping Hayley get over her issues with guys that aren’t her mate.” She tells me. “How the hell am I supposed to do that if I’m locked up in here.” “I would let you out, but you haven’t cleaned any cells yet. So, until you do, you don’t get out. I don’t care what you are supposed to do for Hayley until you clean at least three cells; the only time you will see daylight and sunshine is on the goddess’s celebration.” “Oh goddess, temple day, when is it? We have to decorate for the celebration. Derric, you have to let me out.” “Tell Brandon to have a multi-color bouquet in the vases on either side of the temple entrance.”  She tells me. “And another two, one on either side of the altar in the temple.” She says. I just chuckle at her. “Yeah, about that, not going to happen.” “What do you mean, not going to happen?” “Just what I said. Misha and Shannon took care of all the arrangements for this month’s festivities. And as for Brandon, he left.” “What? What do you mean he left?” “Just what I said. He transferred out to his dad’s cousin’s Pack a month ago.” “Derric, how could you just let him go?! He’s the best horticulturist and we had him for free!” “Ha, Louise, you should have thought of that before you set the kids on him. So yes, now he is with another Pack, probably one that treats him better than we, and by we, I mean us, you and I did.” “What are you talking about? He was treated decently, he had a roof over his head, and three square meals a day.” She shot at me. “Yes, but you never paid him for the work he did. When people work, they are supposed to get paid. I am just as guilty because I never checked.” “He and all the rest were paid with the food we gave them and the clothes we provided for them, and the roof over their heads.” She seethed at me. “You would deny them basic human necessities?” “No, I am just saying that they owe us for providing for them.” She says. “By that way of thinking, so do the boys.” I said. “But yet you dote on them.” “They are our children; we are obligated to care for them.” She replies. “Yes, we are, but we are also obligated to care for the entire pack, whether they can work and earn their way, or they are orphans and need our help to survive until they can work and earn their way. We are responsible for all of our pack members. Not just the ones you deem worthy, Louise. They are not your free labor force. Louise. Get that through your head. And until you clean at least three of these cells, the only time you will get out is during temple.” I tell her through clenched teeth. “Derric, you can’t be serious, really?” “Yes, Louise, I am very serious. Oh, by the way, you will be down here by yourself from now on. Chiara woke up from her coma, so the kids will be in their own beds tonight. See you in two days.” I say and turn my back and walk away. “Derric! Derric, please be reasonable!” she screams at me as I’m walking away. “Clean the cells Louise.” I call back over my shoulder.

VINCE: It feels strange, now that Chiara is awake, no more standing vigils over her. I just thank the goddess that she is back. And I believe I can speak for all of us guys on that point. But watching her today, it was surreal. She still looks fragile, and she’s still scared of us. We have a lot to make up for. I just don’t know whether we will ever be able to get the chance. Or if she will leave and never look back. I wouldn’t blame her if she did. But then we would never really get to prove to her how sorry we really are for all the crap we did to her. I just want her to know, and at least try to accept our apology. I will say, though, it will feel good to sleep in my own bed tonight.

CAIDEN: I am going to miss standing my vigils. But I’m glad to see her up and awake. I hate that she clings to that damn bracelet, though. I know I get it, it’s his hair, but it’s a constant reminder of how bad we fucked up. Even though it was an accident. And after watching her for a month, I just want to hug her and tell her how sorry we are for listening to Mother. And for everything we did. I watched her eyes when we were all visiting her; she has such expressive eyes. It was hard to watch when she thought she had lost Jace’s hair. The panic and the tears, it hurt to see it. I just hope that she will accept our apology.

JAYDEN: Thank you, goddess, for returning her to us. I would gladly still take the whip. I am just grateful that she is back. Now the real hard part begins. Getting her to understand and try to forgive us. I watched her when we were all visiting her. I saw the confusion when we were actually being nice to her. It hurt that she would expect that we would be mean to her when she was still trying to recover from everything that we put her through the night of the prom/party. I don’t ever want to see that look on her face again. It hurt me, and I can’t explain it. I am grateful that we are out of the cells, though, and can sleep in our own beds.

CHAD: I am grateful and thankful that Chiara is awake. I know that it saves us from the whip,