A few minutes after the chilling announcement, Lydia stepped outside to answer a telephone call, so I and Dean were left alone for a short period.
Dean faced me and let out a deep breath, "I understand that this is going to be a shock for you, but you should have known better, Ryina. It was always going to happen. You already should have realized that I was going to finally choose a wife to marry."
At this point, I could no longer contain myself and allowed my tears to flow freely.
"Yes," I mouthed softly, "I was prepared for it, but I never imagined that you would choose my sister," I sobbed.
Dean gazed at me as though irritated. "Is it any woman for whom you would object? Why should I be concerned with your feelings when I am choosing a bride?"
I gazed at him in dismay. How could he be so callous towards me? While we were making love, he would hold onto me as if he never wanted to let go of me. He would kiss me like he could never get enough. Now, though, he simply did not care anymore?
"It's my fault then." I sniffled. "I thought you cared. I knew you didn't love me, but I thought you at least cared a little."
Dean snorted. "Don't be stupid, Omega. Why would I care about you? You have no wolf, no power, you're no important, and you have no influence. You are just a common pauper who is a liability to the whole pack. Why would I care about someone like you?" he said, and I could not believe that this was the same man that showered me with kisses almost every night.
But Dean just continued to pretend that everything was fine. "So, is there something you need to tell me now or do I just go on about my day?" he asked, and I shut up.
What was there to say now? Was I going to still tell him that I was also pregnant with his child and due at the same time he was getting married to my sister?
That would be crazy.
Dean gazed at me. "I know that our deal is ending now because your mother is healthy and ready for discharge from hospital, but let me make you understand that both that and the marriage are not needed to make any changes about our deal. I am going to keep holding you as my pet," he claimed and I opened my eyes wide. Most men would want to be rid of their toys when they marry, but you are lucky that I am a generous man. You will still remain by my side as my pet. Just keep keeping me happy every time I please, and I will give you the most relaxed life you could ever dream about." He demanded.
I stared at him in shock. How could he say such a thing? Now that he was going to marry my sister?
"Why?" I asked. "You are already marrying my sister and you are having a child with her. Why would you still want me?"
He grinned, and his eyes moved along my body leisurely.
"The answer is easy, Ryina.". It's because you are such a good fuck and you are always willing and ready to please me whenever I desire. It's not that easy to find a pet as obedient as you these days." He said. "And also not to forget the fact that you are such a hardworking one.". That is significant too because, since you already know, Lydia would need a busy maid to work for her in the house and who is better qualified than her Omega sister?
"He said and stared at me aghast.
I couldn't believe the words I heard. He still wanted to make me his pet and as maidservant to his own sister?
No, maid is not the word that I would be using. I would not be a maid to Lydia; I would be a slave.
I could already imagine what my future would be. If I let this happen, I would still be a slave of Lydia for the rest of my life. She would probably torture me until I was dead, and once I was dead, she would torture my child too.
I could see it, yes, I could see it but I couldn't let it happen, not even for myself but for my child's benefit. I couldn't let him or her be raised under the care of a person as heartless and as cruel as Lydia. I couldn't do it.
So I took a breath, looked Alpha Dean right in the eye and I said, "No."
Dean slowly lifted his eyes to mine and leaned in. "What did you just say, Omega?" he growled in a low, threatening tone.
The glare he was giving me should have put me into shivers of fear, but the image of my future child was enough to make me hold my ground.
"Alpha, I told you no. I will not do it. I will not stay here to be a slave while you run off and marry my sister."
Dean was more furious than I'd ever seen him in my whole life. "Are you disobeying me, Ryina?" he growled, and I didn't speak.
"I am your damned Alpha, and you will do exactly as I command you to do." He spit venom.
I shook my head and moved back. "I won't do it. I won't be your sugar baby anymore. Please, don't make me."
Lydia just then came back in and sat on Dean's lap as if she owned the place. She looked between us. "What happened? Did I miss something?" She asked.
Dean was glaring at me. "Well," he replied to her, "Ryina here says she no longer wants to work for us."
Lydia eyed me up and down, and her face changed to a sneer. "I told you I warned you, she was an ungrateful bitch. How does anyone get away with denying the Alpha? You must make an example of her or others will start to deny you as well."
Dean pulled her closer and nodded. "I agree," he confirmed.
I waited there for my fate as they stared at me like I was trash on the ground.
"I think you should punish her by banishing her from the pack," Lydia sneered. "Someone who cannot obey you shouldn't stay and contaminate the rest of the pack members with their disobedience." She snarled.
Dean stared at me in surprise for a moment, and I could detect the spark of doubt in his eyes, but it vanished instantly and his eyes hardened.
"Ryina Hayden," he spat in his Alpha tone, "you are exiled from the Crimson Pack for the rest of your life. You are never to step foot on these grounds again, and if you were to disobey or defy this order, you will be punished with immediate death," he declared, and a broad grin crept over Lydia's face. My eyes welled up with tears as he went on speaking, but my only thought was that I hadn't yet told him the news that I was pregnant and that he had gone and excluded us for life.