Alex put down the tea. She could remember... HIM drinking tea. She never said his name. Never. But she always remembered. Always.
Justin...
Alex sighed. It had been over a year since the fight. Twelve months since her father had to fight his son. Fifty-two weeks since her brother had last raped her. 365 days since Justin had met his son.
No one asked about it. Her mother knew. Her father, on some level must have understood. Mason... was oblivious, luckily.
He did not comment on her son.
But her daughter...
Alex rubbed her stomach. She had a baby girl. Three months ago...
Alex sobbed uncontrollably. The night had been unbelievably horrible. Her brother... her warden... her most loathed foe... She stopped herself. No more. From this day on she would not even say his name. Mason was in the next room. When she exited, he ran to her.
"Alex, my love, I am so, so sorry!"
She quieted him, "Mason... it's okay..."
He shook his head angrily, "No, no it's not. I was there... I saw what he did. How could he? Justin-"
She stopped him, "No. Just no. Lay down."
He lay on his back, "You can't be serious. After what just...!"
She took off all her clothes, "Please, I need this..."
Mason stripped himself as well, "You are so beautiful."
Alex laughed, "Sorry... it's just... no one had said that I'm beautiful in so long. Now... please be quiet..."
That night had improved vastly from the preceding moments. She knew exactly why she had sought Mason. If she got pregnant again... she could pretend that Mason was the father regardless.
Justine did not possess any wolf qualities, but her parents could pretend.
Alex picked the cold tea back up. She took a sip, reflecting on how much her life had changed.
Justine let out a small cry from the next room. Restless, her mother got up and walked to her daughter's nursery.
"Don't worry, you starving little gremlin, Mommy's here to-"
A man in a robe stood over the crib, baby in hand.
"No."
He disappeared. It was a full hour before Mason returned home. It took him another ten seconds to realize a foreign smell was in the air.
From there, it was only a matter of time before the authorities were involved. Alex was all out of tears. She thought that her pain and suffering were over.
It was only just beginning...