Chapter 460

I felt sick to my stomach at the memory and swallowed the bile that threatened my throat.

"Gavin?" Judy asked when I hadn't said anything.

I sighed; I could lie to her or deflect the question... but cared about Matt. She should know the truth so she can help me protect him when I'm not around him.

"Yes," I replied. "Cassie wants to see her son and I won't let that happen."

Judy nodded as her mind raced, probably thinking about what Cassie had done to make herself unworthy of seeing her son.

"There were a ton of rumors about the female Landry," Judy said softly. "But nobody really knows what happened to her."

I nodded.

"For a reason, I murmured. "It didn't benefit the Landry brand; I had to erase all signs of her," he explained.

Judy's eyes seemed to have lit up, like she was expecting something juicy to happen and now her interest was even more piqued.

I sighed, knowing I wasn't going to get out of telling her the rest of the story.

"She ran with a bad crowd of rogue wolves when we were growing up," I admitted ignoring Judy's gasp. "She was always like that... running with the wrong ones. They got her into drugs and other terrible things like stealing and spreading pack secrets to our enemies. She was a traitor to our pack, which was what I'd been trying to cover up. If they knew a traitor of the pack was still alive... it wouldn't end well for any of us." noveldrama

Judy let out a shuddering breath as she stared at me. I pulled into the mansion driveway and parked out front. I didn't turn off the engine though; we sat there in silence for a while.

"She jumped from one abusive

relationship to the next," I murmured. "I banished her and forced her to live as a rogue after found out she betrayed not only the pack but the family as well. Afew times my mother would take pity on her because she was stillmy mother's little girl. She had my mother wrapped around her little manipulative finger. She didn't die in rogue territory like most would because she fucked half the rogues around and because my mother continued to provide for her. She sent her money, clothes, and food... sometimes she would even sneak her into the pack and let her stay in the manor while I was away on trips. My mother babied her."

Judy remained quiet as she processed each word I said to her.

"And then one day she came to me and before I could reprimand her for breaching the borders and entering a territory, she was banished from... she dropped a truth bomb that I wasn't expecting."

"She was pregnant," Judy whispered, already guessing where the story was going.

I nodded.

"Yeah," he murmured. "She was addicted to pretty hard drugs and an acholic at that time, so she looked like complete shit. The guy she was with was also a rogue and he was a complete jackass. He was abusive and known for his brutal attacks on innocent people. But she was carrying my nephew, an innocent baby and he was the father of this baby. So unbanished them and let them remain in the pack under the supervision of my mother, a few gammas, and some doctors. I needed her to get clean and for him to keep his hands off her during the pregnancy. I needed to ensure that the baby was safe. For a while, it worked. They kept their noses clean, and they got through the pregnancy. They relapsed a few times and because of that it was a difficult pregnancy and even worse birth. Matthew was in critical condition when he was born but thanks to my amazing pack doctors, he made a full recovery."

Judy let out a breath she had been holding.

"But after he recovered and was able to return home with them, they took him and left.....” I continued, remembering the panic I felt when I found out that Matthew was missing in their custody. "They were gone without a trace."