Lucinda the daughter of one of the oldest families in Lupine Ridge. People knew the family, knew the tales. They forgot though that there was two daughters. The quiet one stayed in the shadows, kept out of the limelight. She watched from afar as Lucinda tricked Connor Slaughter into loving her. She loved him though truly.
She kept quiet held her feelings in spent her life hiding on her uncle's farm. Lucinda and Connor came around and she hid in the forest to avoid them til one day, Conner found her.
"So this is where you hide?,"
"Connor," the youngest sister gasped in surprise as she turned around from where she sat in the meadow.
"Arabelle right?," he asked all he received was a nod in return.
"You barely speak I've noticed, hid in the shadows,"
"Lu..Lucinda made it clear I'm beneath her I wasn't welcome in her shadow or yours,"
"She doesn't make the rules she isn't Alpha,"
"She is your mate I obey the Alpha and his mate," Arabelle replied bowing her head.
Connor looked at the girl in front of him and could tell underneath it all she was strong just beat down by those that claimed to love her.
"You obey me. For the first order I am giving you it is to look me in the eyes when I speak to you,"
"As you wish," obeying Arabelle looked up into Connor's eyes.
"Your family hates me, Lucinda and i mated and now they know she is pregnant," as Connor told her that he could see the heartbreak in her eyes.
"I took the fall told them I took her by force, a lie of course, but I did it to keep her alive,"
"I understand,"
"What I noticed though is that depsite everything they still favor her over you,"
"I am weak sir, they say I don't deserve acknowledgment cause Lucinda became the strong one with her strength and power,"
"Power?," Connor growled out.
"They must not have told you sir, my sister was born with the family line rare gift, she manipulates emotions, makes others do things for her, with her,"
"Are you telling me she used this gift on me," Connor demanded angrily.
"Yes sir, it was why I hid they said if I told you of it they would put me down like a dog, I hid ashamed especially considering...,"
"Considering what,"
"Nothing forgive me I mis-spoke," she answered numbly.
Connor stepped toward Arabelle and lifted her chin with two fingers and could not describe what he saw in her eyes.
"Leave town Arabelle, when your family is dead you may return,"
"You are not exiling me?,"
"No I'm protecting you for telling me the truth. I will have one of my boys drive you to the next town. Pack quickly he will be here in a hour," Connor said as he surprised Arabelle placing a kiss on her cheek before walking away.
She stood frozen for a minute Connorly Slaughter was letting her live, was helping her leave. She was more stunned by the kiss but smiled and ran to her uncle's home and up to her room.
Quickly she grabbed her bags and packed her clothes, books, shoes, and the one piece of jewellery she owned her wolf pendant her grandmother gave her.
She was free and she swore when the time was right she would come home and be by Connor's side. No matter what.