"How did you find yourself in this mess?!"
Her question burrowed into Alpha Harlan's bones that he paused on his track instantly. Facing Elara, he held her hands into his and curved his head down to her, he replied, "It's a demon bond. It's a burden I bore since birth and I can't be cured from it."
Elara was shocked to hear his response, "From birth?"
"Yes!" Alpha Harlan nodded, "When I was young I suffered a lot because of my inability to control them to my advantage but now I can." He said freely like he wasn't haunted by them anymore and his face etched with the hope that Elara had understood him.
Elara couldn't agree that she understood him, "So, you have kept it a secret since you were a baby? How?"
Alpha Harlan became mute for awhile. It was as if it required him to think deeply, "Not really, only Queen Mother and Lorenz knew, aside my late Father." He responded, wishing to clear all Elara's doubts about him.
