Drinks have always helped though most times she's had to hide them from her sister. Irene loves her and always will but, Natalia still can't stand the pained look. Anger she can handle, disappointment though would send her to tears. "So decided to join me anyway huh?" She gives both men a sly smirk as she raises her small glass at them. "And here I thought I'd have to drink alone." In a flash the liquid is gone, giving her a familiar burn as it goes down her throat.

She pours herself another shot waiting for the two to sit down. "How many have you had already?"

"Oh," she purrs out. "Not that many but, why don't you sit down and, I might tell you a little story."

Arthur pours two more shots as he snorts. "I'm sure you will." While it's been years since he's last had any hard liquor he quickly makes short work of it. "Oh it's god awful."

With an eye roll she says, "It's not like one of your fine fox whiskey's that meant to be enjoyed slowly. My people's drinks are hard for a reason."

"Yes so you can get mindlessly drunk quicker."

"Fine, thumb your nose at it. It doesn't make you any better than me now does it?" She can hit below the belt, it would be the easy thing to do but, then she's really be left to drink alone.

Abel watches quietly unwilling to take the drink in his hand while Arthur glares. "Give me another and start your damn story."

She pours him one more before downing another herself. "Funny thing, I know you all probably better than you know yourselves yet to get me to say anything I have to be drunk." It's said with a sad smile as her eyes glaze over. "I come from a world you wouldn't understand."

"Try us." Abel sips his drink.

"We learned hundreds of years ago that Alphas don't exactly make the best leaders. Your kind leads more by your dick than anything else." Again another drink disappears. "So even our lowest class of Omegas still out ranks even our leader's Alpha. But every once in a while...there's one that forgets that."

She trails off seemingly lost in her thoughts as the image of a tall blue eyed man appears in front of her. "Natalia?"

"He was my brother. Older by only a few hours, strong willed with a good heart. An Alpha I've never met before and while it was wrong in every sense..." She clamps her eyes shut feeling the shame taking over. "I let him take me as his...I gave him the power over me that no Alpha should have had."

For Arthur it only means one thing. "He raped you?"

Instantly her eyes pop open as a look of stunned anger washes over her. "He would never rape anyone!"

"You said he took," Arthur starts seeing a killer look in her eyes.

"Stop jumping to conclusions." It comes with a growl just as Abel raises his hand. "What?"

"You mated with your twin brother," he says taking another sip letting her and the alcohol sink in slowly.

She nods with a sigh. "Yes. I'm not proud of it but in that moment I was the happiest woman and nothing would tear us apart but, we were found out in a way." She expects a smart comment so when neither answers she continues slowly. "I smelled like an Alpha and I had bite marks all over me so it was obvious to the elders." Now looking back she could kick herself for being so foolish and blinded by love.

"Did you tell them who it was?"

She can't look at Abel but she can feel his eyes watching her. "Would you? He was my mate so I lied." Again she reaches for the bottle. "I gave them the first name that came to my mind and I don't know why I said it but...my older brother's name was the first thing that came to me." She pours herself another glass as the image of her lover is replaced by her tall soft spoken brother. "The look on his face when they publically castrated him...it was anger but almost forgiveness..."

"Well that's fucked up."

She leans back in her chair with the bottle still in her hand. "Says the guy that pushed his brother off of a cliff because he fucked up a snow fort." Her words are starting to slur but her smirk remains the same. "Like I said we've all done things that have fucked up someone close to us. But since it was my fault I forced myself to love my older brother, to see him as a potential mate as a, well as a way of punishing myself. It was all my fault anyway so why not?" She shrugs going to take a sip from the bottle only to be stopped by Abel. "What?"

"Finish the story."

"I did." She answers quickly pulling at the bottle. "I followed him around like a little lost puppy, it was all an act for the elders but Ivan...that fucking dick was not supposed to love me back! He was supposed to hate me like any other Alpha but no! He'd hug me and tell it was alright...even when we were alone."

For the first time in a long time she starts to cry. "He understood Love."

"He shouldn't have."

"Well he did." Arthur stands, grabbing the table as he starts to stumble back. "Maybe you should take a page from his book."

"And maybe you should tell your lover you can't carry a kid." It's out of her mouth before she can stop herself but, like her brother years before the look on Arthur's face breaks her heart.

He takes a long inhale. "He knows. He knows it's a long shot but only for him do I let him in my bed chamber. He wants that connection and while he's a monster in some eyes..." He stops for a moment remember the side looks and whispers of disgust, "He's nothing but a lost child in mine."

"Then go back to your lost child." She waves him away. "Still standing high and mighty little fox like the rest of them."

"And stay in your self-pity." He answers turning towards the door thankful that Abel follows and takes his hand. "Thank you...I might have had one too many."

Abel doesn't say a word looking back at the Hyena as she lays her head down on the table before taking the bottle into her hand and smashing it as hard as she can into the wall. "I'll take you home."

"Then go back to her...and put her to bed before she hurts herself or anymore bottles."

With a sigh the Alpha nods. "Yeah."