Broken Halo by Ispeak Woods (free reads .TXT) 📕

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I couldn’t believe that Lo let a monster into her heart so easily. Emily must have hated her even more now. I never really knew why Emily hated her so much in the first place. Galvin said that Ms. Roman told him and Trisha that Halo was special. She wasn’t really like the rest of the pack.
I know that there are secrets in every family, but this secret was setting ruin to someone I loved. On top of all the hurt she felt that day, I was about to make it even worse.
Walking over to her slowly, and making sure I was welcomed; I kneeled down and looked her in the eyes. She looked up at me with her beautiful green eyes and forced a smile. I knew she would still smile and try to make things seem better than they were. She then started to cry a little and I quickly wiped her tears. With her soft voice she finally spoke. “I really did it this time huh Lisa?” I shook my head no, and started to cry as well. I stayed behind with the children and I wasn’t able to see how badly she had been hurt. I felt like I let her down, and I would never forgive myself for that.
I ran her some bath water and made sure the water was just right. I didn’t know how I was going to break the news to her, but I was going to do it. I sat on the counter top while she eased into the bath water. She had bruises on her arms and her eyes were puffy from crying. There were scratches underneath her breast area and alongside her ribs. I turned my head as she caught me staring in shock.
I hated them for treating her like this. In human form she was defenseless, so why hit her? Something just wasn’t sitting right in my heart. Halo is the nicest and purest person I know. How in the world could someone treat her like this? Someone was lying and I had to find out who it could be.
I just didn’t have the heart to tell her that I told them she left to meet Julian. I told them everything she told me. I even told them that she was in love with him. They knew everything now, and it was all because of me. I was only trying to protect her from being hurt. I thought that this was just a phase and it would pass. Turns out she really did love him, and was risking it all for him.
While looking down at my hands I proceed to tell her what I’d done. “Lo, you know I love you right?” She frowned and closed her eyes, and begin to cover her face with her hands as she sit in the bath. “Tell me it’s not true; please tell me you didn’t do what I think you did?” “Lo, I’m--- I was just trying to protect you from yourself.” She stared at me intensely, and I knew in that moment I had broken her heart. “Leave Lisa, just get the hell out,” she cried. I quickly went over to her and forced a hug. She pushed me and punched me, but I still held her tightly. She was so weak and I knew it, but I still held her. Her arms fell to her sides and she laid her head on me, crying silently.
Resting in her bed she was finally asleep, she looked so peaceful. I loved my friend, and I hoped that she would forgive me one day. I just had to know what was going on in this pack. I just wanted to know what the Romans’ where trying to hide, if anything. I thought I might as well start with the source. Halo.
If I was going to do this I had to do it right, and stay away from Galvin. He could get anything out of me. The fact that I mated with him took away any possibility of private thoughts. I just couldn’t be around him while we both were phased. I could block some things from him, but not all. He would sense the block and pressure me to find out more. I couldn’t have that.


I decided to go through Halo’s personal things; baby pictures, birth certificate and medical records, but I found nothing. Something wasn’t right about Halo and everyone knew it. I thought of everything that would make this make sense. Nothing made sense, not even how Julian killed Keithen. I would have to start asking some questions, but I knew no one would want to answer them.
I heard the door open and a voice call my name, “Lisa, could you come here for a second honey?” It was Ms. Roman. I loved her most of the time, when she was not trying to control Galvin. She tried to pick out the perfect mate for Galvin, and she told him that I wasn’t good enough for him. Things got better over time between Ms. Roman and me, but I still had to watch my back.
Placing her hand on my shoulder she thanked me, “What you did last night was not wrong, Halo knows better and will be dealt with in due time. Julian is an evil man and he wants to take over what’s mine. This pack belongs to my family and that’s that. Now, Halo will forgive you one day, but not without time. I think you should give her some time.” I started to drift away in thought, I could only see her lips moving at this point and I knew she was trying to get me to side with her.
I just couldn’t, because what if they were hiding a secret. Could that be so hard to believe? I’ve hidden things before for a number of different reasons. What if Julian was telling the truth, what if he was innocent, but what would the motive be? Mr. Roman was already in a high position and being an alpha wouldn’t have done him any good. Or would it?
“Ms. Roman, I think I’m going to stick around if that’s okay with you; I really need to be close to Halo right now.” She looked at me with unrelenting eyes. “Fine, stay here, but if she gets upset again; I think it would be best for you to leave.” I gave her a hug and turned to walk away. She grabbed the door and looked at me again, stopping me from closing it. “We are all going on a run tonight; I would love it if you could join us.” She said, with her eyes black and wide. I couldn’t help but ask, “Ms. Roman is there a problem?” She shook her head and looked away, “No, I just have a lot on my mind is all.” I continued to look at her until she came to, and then replied, “I don’t really feel like going running tonight, maybe tomorrow night. I just want to be with Lo.” She didn’t say a word, she only walked away and looked back and gave a warm smile.
During the middle of the night Halo tossed and turned. At one point she would stand up and I would have to lay her back down. The stress in her heart must have been very heavy, and it made me sick to see her this way. It was 1am and she finally woke up, “Lisa, are you sleeping?” she said quietly. I replied, “No, do you wanna talk?” “Yeah, I wanna tell you how much having you here means to me. I was wrong to yell at you, and even more wrong for hitting you. I know that you care and I also know that you were just trying to help me. I just need your help for real this time.” I knew what she was going to ask, and there was no way I was going to say no. I looked at her and she knew I had her back this time.
“We need to do some research, but we have to leave this house first, I need to see Julian again.” She spoke low and quick, and her attitude was different. “Why are you acting like that Lo?” I asked. It was odd, like she could hear something I couldn’t hear. She would look out of the window like someone was talking to her. I walked over to her and grabbed the sides of her arms, looking directly into her eyes. “If you want my help you’re going to have to tell me why you’re acting like this.”


She still looked over my shoulder and out of the window. I really didn’t know what to make of it; I could only hope she hadn’t mated with Julian without knowing the full truth. “Okay then, you can keep secrets, but it will only make it harder for me to trust you Lo.” I said, while letting her go. She snatched her head back at me and snapped, “Trust? You wanna talk about trust? Let’s not go there Lisa.” I took a deep breath and let her have that one. I knew there was no point in fighting with her at this point.
The rain was falling hard and the wind was swaying the trees back and forth. The darkness of the day aided us. I had no idea where we were headed. I only knew that I would never be able to explain this to Galvin. I left him a note and told him I wanted to be alone. I couldn’t believe I’d lied to Galvin. He would be under the expression that I was just having a bad day and that I felt horrible for what I had done to Halo.
There wasn’t time for thoughts of myself at this point. I was only going to think for Lo, my best friend, and in many ways my sister. We reached the beach and she started to look around. I walked up close behind her and whispered, “Lo, what are we doing. I don’t think this is a good idea.” She ignored me and screamed into the woods through cuffed hands. “I know you’re still here! I can feel you, talk to me! Julian, please come talk to me!” She screamed and hollered, but there was nothing. “Come on lo, maybe we should try calling him again, I think he left. Why would he stay here after all that’s happened?”
“I can feel him Lisa. I know he’s here, I heard what he said to me last night. He doesn’t want to see me again.” She held back tears but it was pretty obvious. “He doesn’t love me anymore Lisa.” I hugged her tightly and I could feel her pain. “I don’t think anyone could stop loving you, maybe he doesn’t want to hurt you anymore, if he really loved you in the first place he would have never.” I was cut off mid-sentence by a deep dark voice. It was Julian. He walked out of the trees slowly and stopped half way. Halo quickly ran up to him and he barely embraced her. He only looked at me, like he wanted me dead.
His eyes were piercing and dark, like oceans of pain flowing deep. He had torment written across his face, but he was not a monster. He had a bright soul, and I felt him looking right through me. I felt ashamed for my thoughts. I felt naked and I needed to be covered. I could only bow my head and obey his eyes. It was like nothing I had ever felt before. I felt like I was dominated, like he was my Alpha. The weight of the world pulled