Everest's POV

Royal parked the car right outside of my house and got me out of the wretched car seat. I spit in his face and he growled. "How's another five to your punishment," he said. I turned my head away and ignored him. He sighed and walked to the front door with Seth.

They banged on the door and Seth yelled, "Grace, open this door!" My mother hurriedly opened the door and Seth and Royal barged in. "Everest," my mother cried in relief. She led the two men into the living room and invited them to sit down.

"As you know Grace, you owe us some money," Royal says. "We are willing to forget about it if we can have this little one." My mother gasps and I can see the fear in her eyes. "Momma," I cry, struggling to get out of Royal's hold. He lets me go and I run to my mother's side.

She runs her hand through my hair like she used to do when Dad was still here. I cried into her chest, clinging to her tightly. "Grace, it's either this or we forcefully take him and send him to the center. Then you still have to pay us back," Seth says. "You can't do this!" I sob. Seth comes over and gently picks me up.

I fight, scream, and kick, trying my hardest to get away from him. He sits back down next to Royal and begins doing what my mother just was doing. I wanted to get as far away from him as possible but his hold was too tight. I continued to cry while they talked.

It was silent for a few minutes until my mom made the worst decision ever. "J-Just take care of him," my mom begged. "Of course Grace," Seth reassured. "We'll be in touch," Royal says. Once again I am fighting to get down. Seth carries me over to my mom and sets me down. She hugs me and cries. I cried too and when Seth tried to pick me up again I clung harder. My mother gently pulled me off and then ran to her room, sobbing. "MOMMA!" I screamed.

Royal came and picked me up, carrying me outside. "Shhh, it's okay little guy," Royal reassured me. "Get the fuck away from me bitch," I said, the crying stopping instantly. "You are our little boy now and we already gave you the rules." Royal reminds me. "Oh yeah," I respond, "Well, fuck off."

Right as Royal was about to say something more black SUVs showed up. A guy looking a lot like Seth got out of the first car. He gave Seth a big hug and then walked over to us. "And who is this little guy?" he asked. I spit in his face, "Get away from me bitch." Instead of Royal doing anything this guy popped me in the mouth, hard. It brought tears to my eyes but I didn't let them fall.

"I am Anthony. I'm Daddy's brother making me your uncle," Anthony explains. "Did you get your money too?" "Everest is the money, except better," Royal responds. Anthony's eyes widen in understanding and he grins. "I have some more stuff to do. I'll see you back at the house in a little bit tell Blakey and Den I said hi," Anthony says before rushing off.

Every SUV except for the one Royal drove here left. Seth had the back opened and something set up in the back. Royal walked over to the back and sat down. He flipped me over his legs and trapped my calves underneath him. "I think that after all your acting up 60 swats should be good," Royal said.

He started raining hits down before I even had time to comprehend what he said. I tried to stay strong, I really did, but his werewolf strength was too much for me and before he had even gotten to thirty I was already a crying, sniffling mess. He finished up and pulled back up my pants. He closed the back and carried me to the car seat. I was still crying and I knew my face was a mess. I didn't have any energy to fight so I just let him do what he wanted. I was strapped into the car seat and we were off to who knows where.