Claimed By My Three Alphas
Chapter 57

AMERY

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One Week.

That's how long it has been ever since I came back from the hospital. I haven't left the house or step foot anywhere else and to top it off, I feel as if I don't exist anymore. My once cheerful life had gone downhill in a matter of weeks and I didn't know what else to do

anymore. I had gone from occasional cusses and swearing. I had spent the past week drowning in my pain and relieving the incident over and over again. The more I try to forget, the more it all comes rushing back.

Flashes from the party, Asher and Quincy. Levi and I dancing on the dance floor, Levi leading me out of the party in pretence, him making me all sort of s****l emotions in that forest and betraying me by plunging that knife deep into my gut and killing me.

I want to forget it all. I want to let go but even that felt impossible to do. Each time I tried to take a leap of faith or act like I had moved past everything, one thought about it would send my entire world crashing down.

I am yet to talk to my parents about my origin and why they had hidden my identity from me but I each time I tried to bring up the topic, it opened a lot of wounds that just wouldn't go away.

The doctor had assured me that I was recovering fine but I knew that the pain I was feeling ran deeper than any physical pain. It was beyond medical but I couldn't tell them that and would they even believe me even if I did?

They had tried to get me out of this house for a long time but I wouldn't budge. I wanted to feel and drown myself in this silence, this shadow that overwhelmed me.

I believe it's safe to say at this point that I am a fool and the only reason why I got betrayed was because I had always given more than I should. I was too trusting and too caring that they had used it against me. First it was Dalia who came under the guise of being my friend and helping me only to sell me out when she had the chance and then, it was Levi who had used my gullibility to his advantage to kill me when he had the chance.

Ever since I stumbled on this werewolf world, my whole life had taken a turn for the worse. At first, I thought that it was something that I would manage but then, it turned out to be a complete nightmare. My bad luck had only taken a skyrocketed. I felt stupid, useless and utterly dense. I hated myself for how I felt and the more I thought about it, the more angrier it made me. I wanted to vent, I wanted to lash out on someone, anyone but I didn't know how to go about it.

The door to my bedroom creaked open and my mom walked in for the third time that day.

"Do you want to step out for a while?" She asked but only silence met her question.

"We could visit anywhere and go for sightseeing. Anything to take you out of this stuffed room." She offered but I didn't budge.

"Amery!" She grabbed me by my arm when I didn't say anything. "Would you just talk to me and stop ignoring? I have tried everything to understand you but you just keep making it difficult. What exactly do you want me to do?"

"I want you to leave me alone!" I screamed at her face. "Is it difficult for you to understand that I don't want company? I don't want to visit and neither do I want to associate with anyone. Just leave me alone." I tried to yank my hands away from her but she only held on tighter.

"So what? You want to stay here and sulk the rest of your life? Is that it?"

I laughed. An emotionless and empty one that had me reeling and left her in shock.

"Amery..." Her voice came out low and gentle "What exactly should I do to make you smile or feel better again? You're suffering and I don't know how to help you."

"You really want to know?"

"Yes." She nodded vehemently.

"Then tell me why you hid the fact that I was not human away from me?"

Her eyes widened in realization and I noticed the change in her facial expressions as though she was hiding something from me.

"W-What?" She stuttered obviously alarmed.

"Who am I? And why are you keeping my identity a secret?"

My mother plopped to the bed as tears trailed down her cheeks. I was worried because I had never seen her like this before. My mother was always cheerful and happy so I didn't know what to make out of this new behavior of hers. "Mom?" I knelt down in front of her. My fears suddenly arising because I couldn't comprehend what exactly was going on right now.

She sucked in a deep breath. "You're not really our daughter." She blurted out while I struggled to understand what she meant by that statement.

"You see, I was diagnosed with cervical cancer and it got to a point where I had to have my organs removed. I couldn't conceive and your father and I was struggling to have a child of our own." She sniffed but didn't stop talking.

"I felt so useless and all our efforts to get a child proved abortive at that time."

"We found you on the streets on our way back from the hospital during one of my chemotherapy sessions. We picked you up and brought you home." Her eyes lit up as though she was still thinking about that moment.

"Your father and I wanted for someone to come and claim you. We waited for the news of your disappearance but there was none. Days turned into weeks and weeks into months and years. We finally decided to adopt you as our own. Your father called you Amery because we believed that you came as a blessing to us and we both loved you ever since."

By the time she finished explaining and reliving the story to me, I found myself In tears. They poured out from my eyes in waves. Everything about my life had been a lie from the word go. Even the people who I considered to be my parents weren't even mine to begin with. I had blamed them all my life when in real sense, they had only done all they could to save me and yet, I had yelled and insulted them.

"When you left, we got scared because we thought that you had found your parents and decided to leave us and that's why we were all worried but I'm glad that you're back to us." She held my hands in hers.

"I'm so sorry mom. I thought that you and dad-"

She shushed me. "You don't have to apologize my dear. It's not your fault. We should've told you sooner. We just thought that there wasn't any need to do that and that's why we kept quiet about it all these years. We wanted to shower you with all our love and we didn't want you thinking about the sad past that should never have existed in the first place. I'm so sorry."

I hugged her. "I'll never shout at you or doubt you ever again. I'll always listen and not get upset. Please forgive me mom." I whimpered, my voice betraying me as they cracked Into uncontrollable sobs.

She chuckled. "You don't have to feel sorry sweetheart. We love you Amery. Your father and I loves you very much and no matter what happens, we'll always be your parents and nothing would change okay?"

I nodded viciously.

"You said something about not being human, what exactly do you mean by that?" She asked out of the blue. I swallowed. I must have let it slip unconsciously. I cannot tell them that. I don't want them to get scared or start avoiding me. It was my secret and as much as I didn't like it, I would have to live with it for the rest of my life.

"Nothing mom." I smiled through my tears. "I was just blabbing a lot of things because I was hurt and couldn't think straight. You don't have to worry about me."

She sucked in a sharp breath. "Alright then. I'll get you some refreshments so that we can catch up, what do you say?"

"I'd like that. Thank you very much."

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My mom leaves and I crouched down beside my bed. The tears that I was struggling to conceal, came crashing down. The door creaked open and i hurriedly wiped my tears with the back of my palm. "You're back already, I was just-"

"Hello Amery" A familiar voice boomed from behind. I turned to see Sean standing there with a smile on his face. "Can I come in?" He asked and I contemplated between letting him in or kicking him out of my bedroom.