Alpha Niall And His Lost Mate
Chapter 29
I pulled away from her. The hurt in her eyes was evident after my actions, but it wasn't because of her, it was because of what she said.
"What?" I questioned out loud.
Victoria told me she never knew her dad, and she only knew mom when she was an adult. She also said she didn't know anything about our dads. So I was just confused as to what she actually knows from what she doesn't know.
This was big. This was a huge part of my questions from the moment I was old enough to understand that my dad was dead. Nobody ever cared to tell me how he died, so why now?
"If you will just listen please," she pleaded softly, and I simply nodded as I settled beside her again. My heart raced in anticipation. Victoria's dad killed mine? For what? For mom maybe?
The million of questions in my mind seemed endless as I waited for Victoria to start, and I could already feel myself getting a headache.
"Remember when I always told you about our aunt Sophie? You never knew her, but she was the one who raised me," she started, and I nodded in response, remembering quite clear the numerous times she would tell me about our late aunt. "Aunt Sophie was mom's younger sister. When I was one-year-old or maybe two, my dad, Micheal, thought he saw a wolf change into a man."
I knitted my brows in confusion. Victoria, mom and her dad were all human living in the human town. So the odds of seeing a wolf was zero to none. That wolf must've been careless.
"When he saw this 'alleged' wolf, he became obsessed, and one day he got up and moved to the woods to be 'closer' and mom followed him. The 'plan', as mom told me twelve years ago, was for them to be back within a month of leaving. She didn't want to let my dad go alone, she was his wife after all."
"But you were her daughter. That counts for something," I argued. I loved my mom, but growing up and learning that she didn't raise Victoria, never sat right with me.
She shrugged, but she didn't look hurt about it. "Well one month became two, and two became ten, and aunt Sophie knew they weren't coming back. The first time I saw mom was when I already met Luka, and was introduced to his crazy world, learning that he 'imprinted' on me, a mere human, and all the wolfy stuff. Luka's Gamma was actually the one to find her, since he had mad tracking skills, both wolf and internet.
"I was skeptical at first, because I grew up hating my parents for leaving, but I needed answers too. And one of the answers I needed was who Micheal really was, because I learnt at Brightwater Pack that he used to be one of the most wanted men in the land, and he wasn't even a wolf. He didn't only kill your dad Zoey, he killed other innocent wolves because of his obsessions and crazy theories, trying to test them."
"Oh my gosh that's awful."
"So when Lincoln found mom, I just had to know. But that's the day I met you for the first time." She smiled at the memory, and even I remembered clearly the first time I saw 'sister VIctoria', as I used to call her, when I was only six years old.
Mom always told me that I had a sister, and that one day when I grow up, I should never stop looking for her. But fate brought us together.
"Knowing about you changed everything. At first, my intentions were to meet mom for the first time in 20 years, get my answers and walk out of her life like she did me without looking back. But when I found out about you, I knew I could never. When I introduced you to Luka, he told me that you were definitely a werewolf. To say I was shocked was an understatement, Zoey. How could my sister be a wolf when mom is human? But Luka clarified that once one parent has the werewolf gene, then the child would be a wolf too, no doubt about it, no half breed or anything. Just a full bred wolf.
"This, again, changed everything. This told me that mom knew about wolves too, since she had a child with one. So, Luka invited you and mom to live with us at Brightwater Pack, and we approached mom about it with caution. I mean, even if she didn't know, she would've eventually, right?" She paused to meet my eyes. "And that's when the whole truth came out."
I nodded slowly as I braced myself for the truth. Just this morning, I was boasting about how I didn't want to learn anything more.
Now look at me.
I could literally hear my heart thumping against my chest.
"Mom told Luka and I about how the years being with Micheal were like. He got more and more obsessed with wolves, and she didn't believe. Eventually his crazy got too much, and she tried to leave. But she saw a huge wolf in the woods that day.
"He chased her all the way back to the cabin. So yes, she did try to come back home to me, even if it was a few years later. But when that wolf chased her and she ran back to the cabin where she and Micheal had been living, Micheal convinced her that it wouldn't be safe if she came back home to me, because the wolves are after her now too."
"That's... that's.." I didn't even know what to say. That was a sorry excuse.
"I know," she agreed with a shrug. "The wolf was only giving them a warning, but Micheal didn't heed to it, he only continued. Eventually, mom recognized ALL his crazy, and he would blame his failed attempts on her, so she finally left. By then, I was well into my teenage years, so mom never came home to me. She moved on with her life. That's when she met Reagan, your dad. "
I shuffled closer to her, finally getting to hear this part.
"Mom said Reagan was on a rush to get out of town. At first she wouldn't know why, but you and I both know that because he was a rogue, he never stayed at one place." I nodded in understanding.
always on the run. Some settle--like the ones at Rouge Burg, but most are always moving. If they ended up in a Pack
her lips as she retold the story as I imagined how mom told her years ago. "They moved in together at the
Victoria's dad who, by the way, had some crazy
it all
wolf dad and
scared. A wolf impregnated her, and only told her that he was a wolf after she was already pregnant. Going back to Micheal was just crazy, but I guess I could understand why she needed to be away from Reagan a while. When I first found out about Luka, I left for three days. " I nodded
abruptly introduced to a new world,
to come back to him, but she didn't until she went into labour. Micheal was too blind to even realise that the pregnancy window was too off for it to be his, but mom allowed him to go to the hospital that day. She knew the risks, since Reagan
with dad's complexion, Micheal would've known I wasn't his and his craziness would
to kill you both.
"But?" I probed.
pissed, that his eyes were his
was a wolf. And so he knew I was a wolf!"
must've learnt somewhere
yes he did," she confirmed with a small sigh. "Mom said he wouldn't stop calling her, wanting her to bring you to him. He thought he finally had what he always desired--a wolf baby of his own. But of course, mom wouldn't have that, so Reagan moved you and mom to New York for two
in NEW
pack wolves, was in the heart of the city. However, he couldn't stay long. Wolves have to shift and run, and your dad couldn't do that in the city, so he knew he had to come back. He also thought about you too. He didn't want you to be damned either to a rogue life when you indeed reached the age to shift and decided to migrate from the city to the woodlands. So, he
into a pack,"
my sweet, sweet sister." She pulled me to her chest as she saw the tear streamed down my cheek. "He decided that he would try his very best to get you into a pack. He didn't know how, because it's not like he could've simply run into an Alpha house and ask. He knew the risks, and he knew it would be hard, but he also knew that he had to try. That's when
way to a normal wolf life. But he also knew that in order for that to happen, he had to kill Micheal. For as long as Micheal lived, he would never stop looking for you. I guess it just never crossed his messed up
dad kill Micheal?" I asked as I gazed up at her in blurry
laced Reagan with silver and wolfsbane, poisoning him from the
from my lips as I heard this. No matter if my dad was a 'special wolf' or whatever, silver alone would've killed him. Then adding wolfsbane to the mix, that was just
"I'm sorry sweetheart."
the rest. How did M-micheal die?" I decided
I'll sum it up for you. As you know, I
She nodded in confirmation, and I could feel the bile rising in my
woods to die, Luka's mate found him barely alive, and she was so torn up about it, even though he was a rogue. She asked him if she wanted him to take him to the pack cemetery,
my dad was buried all along?" Tears stung my eyes again as
grave and wishing to go to my dad's. And
then you would've asked how I knew and I would've had to
in understanding. Victoria being Victoria and taking the world on her shoulders, would've believed that I would be upset with her for what a man, who she didn't even know,
me the rest," I simply said, holding her hand in
I knew now where his real grave was. And though I'm still grateful for what
um..where was I? Oh yes." She took a deep breath before continuing. "You were probably too young to remember any of that. But apparently, Micheal saw when she took Reagan away, and so she became his new target. Somehow, he no longer wanted to bother you or mom. Maybe it was the last bit of humanity left in him after killing your dad and mom's love. But his new plan entailed catching a wolf, and using his or her blood to make a wolf
"That's crazy!"
course, kidnapping a wolf would be hard and he knew this. So after seeing the woman's kindness--helping a dying rogue, he kept an eye on her and be-friended her. Luka said he never liked
best target."
ever talked about her, since Victoria seemed like the only woman he had ever loved. I was even shocked the first time when I learnt that he had a mate. Simply because of how much
the pack. He was patient too, because it was a whole three years later when they finally started warming up to the bastard, he poisoned her and kidnapped her. Everyday he would inject her with wolfsbane, but he had a mixing agent that made her dying slower,
my gosh." My eyes burnt again. I didn't know her, but I'll surely give Luka a
been through. Niall went
timeline for everything might seem confusing too, but if you sit and think about it, it'll make sense. But, my sweet sister..." She held my face in her hands as she gazed at me. "Destiny was working all along.
broken-hearted Alpha wolf imprinted on a mere human all those years ago which inevitably makes me a Luna, together, we were able to fulfill that very wish of your dad. That you'd grow up in a pack with people who love you. That day when mom told us the story of their love and your birth, she gave me that letter, telling me to give it to you if anything should happen to her. Maybe it was your
had so many years to tell me so why now?" I asked, actually
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