The ultimate betrayal

It was 4am, when the door bell rang. I got up, grabbed my jacket and being the responsible sister, I went down the stairs and opened the door, suprised to see the police, and my father's beta. James.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

Silence.

James furrowed his eyebrows.

"Let me take care of this." He said to the police.

The officer nodded and went back to his car. James stepped in and closed the door behind him. He kept a hand on my shoulder.

"Zoe, I need you to sit down." He said.

"No. Tell me what happened." I insisted.

"Zoe." He looked at me. I glared back at him. He took a step back, and raised his arms , surrendering. "Okay." He sighed and sat down on the couch. I however didn't sit down.

"Your parents, A- Alpha and Luna , were on their way to the sun rising pack, and it takes about an hour and a half to reach there. About two hours passed, when I called them, their call wasn't getting connected. I thought maybe the phone battery might have died,

I waited for about an hour, and then went to look for them. Half an hour later, I found a car crashed into a tree, but their bodies weren't found,

Later police called me up saying their bodies had cuts and in the autopsy report , it stated that they were poisoned.... but Zoe-"

Second by second I got numb. I looked at James, his lips were moving but I couldn't hear anything. I blinked once and twice, but still no sound came to my ears. I found hard to catch a breath. Air wasn't filling my lungs anymore. Hoping this was a dream , I closed my eyes shut.

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When my eyes opened next, I was on my bed, surrounded by the pack doctor and James.

"What happened?" I asked.

"You fainted." James answered.

I got up , my head felt dizzy. I gripped the sheet of my bed to maintain balance.

"You should take rest." James said.

"No, where's Aubrey?" I asked looking around for my sister.

"She didn't come out from her room, since we told her." James said looking down.

A tear trickled down my eye. So it was real. My parents. I wiped the tear with the end of my jacket and made my way to Aubrey's room. I knocked. No answer.

"Aubrey. It's me. Zoe. Open up." I almost whispered.

It took her a second to open the door, her face was red , like she had been crying for hours. Her beautiful blue eyes were swollen.

I took her in my arms and gently stroked her hair, while she cried in my arms. I cried too, she was the only family left. After a few moments I looked at her face, tears weren't stopping from her eyes. I wiped her tears.

"A-aubrey" I said. "Look at me." I took her face in my hands. She looked at me. "You have to be strong. " I barely whispered.

"I-i can't." She said and started to cry again.

"Aubrey. You can. We have to go through this together." I said.

"I- I just , mom a-and dad." She started.