Evony~
I took a step back, the shock hit me like a train and I couldn't speak, I only looked at the green eyes that stared at me. They were filled with so much pain and sorrow. Before there was no life left to be seen within his eyes but now there was hope?
How could this be? Kade wasn't my father? And my mother wasn't even his mate but actually...his.
"You...but how..." It felt like the air had been knocked out of me and I couldn't even form proper words, I could only stare into the alpha's eyes.
He turned away, ashamed of himself. "I met your mother about 20 years ago, shortly after kade took over her pack... I was out scouting the area in search of the wolves who managed to escape him with the alpha and lunas only son. While searching I came across a she-wolf scouting the boarder for rouges. The moment our eyes met we both knew it. We spent the entire day together and she told me about what was happening within the pack, she was worried kade wasn't going to be stopped and might start a war. I wanted to get her out of there but she refused to come with me, saying her sister was out there, and that she would come looking for her... She couldn't let her come back to the pack and get caught by kade. And I knew I couldn't force her to come with me... So I had to leave her." His eyes held a deep sadness as he recalled all the memories he tried to bury.
"I came back two days later and we met in the same location, I told her what I had planned, that I would find her sister and the others who left, they would be placed under my protection while their leader grew up, and then I would destroy kade, freeing the pack from his reign. She agreed to help me when the time came. We spent the entire week meeting up and discussing different ideas and eventually it became more personal as we got to know each other... I needed to return to my own pack by the end of the week meaning I wouldn't be able to see her again for a while... We spent my last night there together. I never expected that it would be the last time I ever saw her or heard her beautiful voice... I also never expected you..." He looked back at me with a look in his eyes that is only seen a few times, by my friends, a great affection.
"A month later I received a call from kade, he had found out about your mother and I and threatened me to stay away or else he'd kill her. I wanted to rip that bastards throat out but could do nothing if I went anywhere near the territory he would kill her, so I had no choice but to stay away. Two years passed, as I waited for a chance to go back, to get her out of that hell..."
His face twisted into one of anger and anguish and he grabbed his head and glared angrily at the ground. My heart dropped as I watched him struggle with these emotions, alphas we're the strongest wolves around, they never showed weakness yet here one stood before me, looking like he might just break into pieces.
"I was ready to try a rescue mission, to send in some men who could sneak past the boarders and break her free before she got hurt but suddenly...one day...I felt it... It felt as if my soul was torn in two, the pain was worse than any silver blade, whip or bullet could ever cause, and I knew at that moment as I lied on the ground, that she was gone." Tears fell down his cheeks and he looked away hiding his face from view.
"I never knew that she....that we...had a pup... If I knew I never would have left her there for so long, I never would have allowed kade to hurt you! If I had only just convinced her then she would still be alive and you would have had a family!"
He fell to his knees and I could feel my own tears starting to fall. My real father wasn't some abusive bastard who enjoyed tormenting me, he was the alpha kneeling before me... A man who loved and cherished his mate but lost her early on, a man who thought he had nothing left to live for. A man who lived all these years broken and dead inside...
Wiping my cheeks with the back of my hand I kneeled beside him. Unsure what to do, what to say, how do you tell someone who's lived half their life with nothing, that they didnt have to suffer anymore? I couldn't hate him for not knowing about me. And I couldn't hate him for saving my mother. So I did the only thing I could think of and hugged him...
We sat there silently, letting the tears fall, letting our years of pain and suffering fade away. He didnt have to be alone anymore. And neither do I...
After a while, we pulled away from each other and he looked down at me with a new hope in his eyes, I gave him a small smile as he wiped the last tear from my cheek. "You look so much like her... When I first saw you I thought I was seeing a ghost... Everything about you reminded me of her... I didnt know what to think... When Axton said you were made daughter I knew something was off... I could see Axton wasn't about to let me question you but I needed to find out the truth... In the forest I tried to connect to you through a mind link but..."
"It didnt work..." I looked down at my hands. "At the time my wolf was dormant, I couldn't connect to anyone much less join a pack..."
He was silent for a moment before continuing. "By that point, I could feel a connection to you, and I realized what kade had done... I was furious that he had mistreated you so badly to the point I couldn't even sense your wolf... With Axton claiming you as a pet I knew I needed to speak to you privately, I was worried he was mistreating you, using you...but it seems I only managed to scare you away..."
"It's my fault, i should have seen the signs... I was too caught up with other things and with how often I've been mistreated it's been hard for me to trust people... You were also a bit sketchy." He sighed and stood to his feet, offering his hand which I gladly took to steady myself on my own feet.
"I apologize my personality isn't one of charm..." He frowned looking away. "I'm also sorry I was not there for you..."
Grabbing his hand I squeezed it in a comforting manner. "It's okay....i don't blame you for not knowing... I just wish I had known sooner... We've both suffered from this equally, the only one who's to blame is-"
"Kade..." He snarled the man's name with nothing but malice, he was ready to hunt him down and make him pay for what we were put through and honestly so was I, he would pay for what he did to my mother, and for the torment, we both had to suffer through. He knew I was Nathaniels daughter, the only reason he probably kept me alive was so he could use me against him if the time ever came... He would play the same tactic he used with my mother, threatening my life if Nathaniel didnt stay away.
Kade will pay for what he's done, for all the lives he's ruined, for all the families he's torn apart...
"Who goes there!" We both turned our heads to see a man standing in the tree line with two wolves beside him. They all had the same underlying scent meaning they belonged in a pack, the moonstone pack.
Me and Nathaniel looked at eachother with a small smile. It was time to go home and find kade, we were going to finish this, together.