AIDEN
I didn’t understand, I thought they didn’t know alpha Harold. Then how were we going to his pack tomorrow if they didn’t know him? Anger rose from the pit of my stomach when I thought of what that man did to me and my parents.
I turned back and went to the alpha’s office. I needed an explanation. I budged in without knocking this time. He sighed. “How did I know you were going to come back here?” he said leaning back on his chair. “Zion told you, huh?” I advance and stand in front of his desk. “How could you keep his whereabouts from me?” I asked.
I was angry but I could not show it. Not to him, I had too much respect for the man. He took me in and raised me. “Because I didn’t want to lose a son and I didn’t want Zion to lose a brother. My Luna would have killed me if I dared to put your life in danger. Alpha Harold is a monster Aiden.” I paced in front of his desk.
“I know what he did to you is unforgivable, but I ask that you try. If not for yourself then for your people. To keep them safe.” My heart ached. How was I supposed to forget what he did? How was I going to go on without avenging them. My people and my parents. “I know it’s hard Aiden, but I ask that you not bring trouble to our people.”
I looked at the man and nodded. Then I realized that I had chosen my second family and chose to forget about those who gave birth to me. The ones I swore to avenge. My heart ached even more when I thought about it. Life was not fair.
“I promise, I will not bring trouble to our people.” I told him then turned to leave. “Aiden.” He called my name, and I stopped without turning. He came over to me and patted me on the back. “My son, I know it’s not easy and I know it must feel like you are betraying your parents. But I want you to know how proud I am of you for thinking of this family and putting them first. I will never forget this.”
I turned to him, my eyes red and tears blurring my vision. “I am alive today because of you, I will not do anything to put you and this pack’s members for my selfish reasons. It just hurts.” I could not hold my tears anymore. I blinked and they fell.
He took me into his arms and held me tight. “Son, if you get the opportunity to put an end to Harold. Take it. Don’t challenge him though because he will end you.” I was confused by his words that I pulled out of the embrace and looked at him.
“I mean what I say. He is a dangerous man but if an opportunity presents itself for you to kill him at his vulnerable moment. Do it and make sure he is dead. That would rid all of us of a monster that has been terrorising our people for many years. When I say don’t bring trouble to this pack. I only mean don’t openly challenge him because he will end us all.”
A smile broke on my face. “I got you, father. I will do as you say.” He nodded. “Come see your mother before we leave in the morning. We won’t be back for a long time and she might not be alive when we do come back.” Sadness washed over me. I had been thinking about myself and forgot about the woman who has been like a second mother to me.
Who loved me from the day she met me until now. “I will come and see her off. I promise.” He nodded. “I know you will. You and Zion must take good care of this pack and lookout for one another. Never let anyone come between you and always remember that you are brothers.”
I could never forget who Zion was to me. He was the brother I never had, and his pack was my second home. They gave me a home and a position. His parents gave me love and I would never forget that.
“We will father.” He nodded patting me on the back. I turned and left feeling lighter than when I went in. When I got out, Zion was waiting for me. “I heard everything, and I agree with father.” A smile broke on my face. “Are you going to help?” he frowned then a smile broke on his face. “You bet your ass, I will.” We laughed as we descended the stairs.
“Let us go get some training in, tomorrow is a big day for us.” I nodded as we went to the training ground. Tomorrow might be the end of alpha Harold and my parents would be avenged.
AIDENMorning came sooner than I expected, but then it was understandable as I spent half the night on the training grounds. I could not sleep, I had too much energy and the thought of meeting that man gave me even more energy. I wondered if he was going to see the resemblance in me with the man he mercilessly killed.I woke up and showered then went downstairs. I found Zion sitting in the dining room looking stressed. “We are not even out the door and yet you look this stressed. I don’t think you will make it out there.” He threw me a glare. “Fuck off! You know I am stressed because of you.” I knew that. But I wanted him to stop stressing.“Don’t stress, I will not do anything stupid. I promised father.” He sighed. The omegas came in and served us food. “If am going to do something then I will tell you first, I wont act without talking to you.” I assured him. “Thank you.” After breakfast we got into the cars and left.He wanted to take more warriors, but I told him that we were not g
AIDENThe excitement in her voice and the happiness on her face could not be missed. She had a huge smile on her face and was even jumping up and down not able to contain herself. All the while the only thing I was looking at, was my mother’s jade necklace that dangled in her long neck as she jumped up and down like a silly schoolgirl.“Aiden, go to mate. Hug her, I want to feel her in our warm embrace.” I scoffed when my wolf said that. The girl rushed to me, I didn’t know what she wanted to do but I dodged, and she almost fell. I then glanced at my brother who had a shocked look on his face then I turned and walked out.I felt suffocated in that room, and I could not sit there any second longer. “Aiden?” I hated my wolf at that moment. He wanted me to go to that girl, did he forget whose daughter she was? She was even shamelessly wearing my mother’s necklace; did she know how her father got it?When I got outside, I felt like screaming to the heavens for the Goddess to hear and feel
ZIONI was praying the whole way to the Moon Pack for things to go well. For Aiden not to lose his temper and confront alpha Harold for killing his parents. Never in my wildest dreams did I think he was going to find his mate there and that the mate was going to be alpha Harold’s daughter. I didn’t know what the Moon Goddess was playing at, but I felt she was being cruel.Aiden lost his family in the hands of that man, and she turned around and mated him to his daughter. What kind of fate was that? Did she maybe do that to give Aiden a chance to punish alpha Harold without having to kill him? I saw how much that man cared for his daughter. He was ready to kill when Aiden dodged his daughter’s hug and walked out.I had to calm him down telling him that Aiden was not good with surprises. That he went to cool down and he was going to come back. He ordered me to go get him, I wondered if he was still outside or if he was long gone when I left that office.I wouldn’t have blamed him if he
TINAI had just come back from the garden, and I was going to the kitchen to get myself a snack. But when I got inside the pack house, I picked up a scent. One that was foreign to me. It smelled like the soil after the rain, and it had some woodsy touch to it.Nina, my wolf came to life when we caught it, we forgot about the food and followed the scent all the way to my father’s office. I was shocked that my father would have visitors as no alphas came to our pack. I didn’t know why but my father always told me that they respect him too much to bother him with nonsense.Imagine my surprise when I caught a foreign scent right inside our pack house and was now following it like a dog after a bone. I budged into my father’s office without knocking. I couldn’t contain myself. The scent hit me so hard that I got dizzy for a moment. Our eyes locked and I could not help but admire him.He was tall, broad shoulders, chiselled jaw, long blond hair tied to a man bun. Green alluring eyes and I f
AIDEN“Why is it that I can’t visit my daughter, what are you planning boy?” The disgust I felt for the man was something else, I didn’t want him visiting until the day his daughter becomes a shell of herself. Then I would invite him to come and see the fruits of his labour. “No alpha. It’s like you refuse to hear us. We told you that we will be taking over as leaders of the pack and that our alpha is leaving. Where do you think we will get the time to be organizing dinners?”Seriously though, what was wrong with the man? “Also, I don’t like what you are insinuating about me, if you don’t want me to take your daughter with me then you can just say so and I will leave her behind. I do not have time to be second guessed by a man I don’t know. Your daughter is my mate but if you don’t want her mated to me, then tell her that and we can leave.”I glanced at Zion, and he looked like he was going to pass out. I had no respect for the man, and I was showing it. What pissed me off even more w
AIDENThe fake smile on her face disappeared and she closed the distance between us. Which I found very interesting. She looked me dead in the eye glaring at me and I returned it. We stared at each other for what felt like a minute before she opened her mouth and spoke. “Look here young man, I don’t know what game you are playing but if you hurt my daughter then I will have your head!”I crossed my hands in front and chuckled. “I asked you a question before and I am still waiting for an answer.” She looked confused. “What question was that?” I shook my head. “It looks like you people are not fond of listening. Or at least listening to understand then respond but you are good at listening to respond.”She continued glaring. “Very well, I will repeat myself. The question was if you don’t want me to take your daughter with me. Why don’t you keep her?” she looked offended by what I said, and I didn’t care. They needed to know that I didn’t care about them or their daughter. “Enough now my
AIDENShe shook her head in denial. “No, my father wouldn’t do that. He is not capable of that.” I chuckled mockingly. “Is that so? Let me tell you how he….” Zion cut me short. “Aiden, no! this is not the time for you to do this. Not now brother.” I clicked my tongue and sat back properly on my seat. It didn’t matter if I told her or not.What I said was enough to give her something to think about. “No, let him say what he wants to say, tell me how you think my father murdered your mother and took this necklace from her. Because I will have you know that I have had this necklace since I was eight! There is no way it’s from your mother!”I fumed in anger when she said that and bailed my hands into fists. “I suggest you keep your mouth shut because you don’t know what you are talking about. I don’t know if you are naïve or what but what my brother is saying is the truth and if I were you, I wouldn’t anger him right now.” Zion warned her.I was holding on by a threat, the girl was drivin
TINAI could not believe that he choked me like that, he almost killed me, and he scared the living daylights out of me. I just couldn’t let it go, could i? but how was I supposed to let it go when he was accusing my father of such horrible things. The man has been nothing but good to all of us in the pack. He was a good leader and was well respected.How could he expect me to believe that he took his very necklace off a dead woman’s body. Not just any dead woman but my mate’s mother and after killing her. No, I refused to believe it, my father would never do something like that. But then again, why was he so angry at me?The man did not act affectionate with me since the moment we met. There was no love in his eyes, nothing. He didn’t even want to touch me or asked my name for that matter. But he took me with him, maybe a part of him wanted to be with me but his anger got in the way. When he asked if I wanted to go back, I thought about it and It sounded like a good idea.Back home n