Alpha Niall And His Lost Mate

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.

settle--like the ones at Rouge Burg, but most are always moving. If they ended up in a Pack territory,

I imagined how mom told her years ago. "They moved in together at the house right out of town, that I'm sure you remember. He never told her about him being a wolf until she got pregnant with you, and so she flipped. She was so confused and scared, that she went

the psychopath when she was pregnant with me? It was all becoming clear now. My mom....went back to Victoria's dad who, by the way, had some crazy obsession with wolves...while she was very much pregnant with another man's baby--another WOLF man's

it all together in that

wolf dad and

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. "

since I was never abruptly introduced to a new world,

now his main priority. He tried to get mom 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 was dark-skinned. She knew

with dad's complexion, Micheal would've known I wasn't his and his craziness would erupt in full folds." I concluded, and

you, he flipped and threatened to kill you both. Luckily your dad was there too, and he threw Micheal out of that hospital.

"But?" I probed.

were his wolf

knew he was a wolf. And so he

then he must've learnt somewhere that once my dad was a wolf, I'd

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

in NEW

of a pack being there or any other rouge attacks. So he thought the only place where you'd be safe from other rogues or territorial 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

a pack," I mumbled

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

they could just hear him out, then you'd be well on your 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

as I gazed up at her in blurry tears. Sadly, she just shook her head as she stroked

with silver and wolfsbane, poisoning him

dad was a 'special wolf' or whatever, silver alone would've killed him. Then adding wolfsbane to the mix,

"I'm sorry sweetheart."

rest. How did

continued. "My dear, that is a whole other story, but I'll sum it up for you. As you know, I wasn't Luka's first mate. His mate was killed a year before I met

gosh did Micheal--?" She nodded in confirmation, and I could feel the bile rising in my throat for

silver and wolfsbane and left him in the 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, but he asked her to take him home to you and mom instead. Mom was torn

dad was buried all along?" Tears

times when I cried after going to my mom's grave and wishing to go to my dad's. And Victoria and Luka knew

you would've asked how I knew and I would've had to tell you what my dad did

world on her shoulders, would've believed that I would be upset with

rest," I simply said, holding her hand in

though I'm still grateful for what Niall did, I can have

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 child. He was going to kidnap

"That's crazy!"

he kept an eye on her and be-friended her. Luka said he never liked the union,

saw her as the best target." I ended for her in

mate and nobody 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

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

gosh." My eyes burnt again. I didn't know her, but

still felt like hugging him for what he must've been through. Niall went missing

The 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. Because just a year after what Micheal did to that poor girl, I met Luka and I was introduced to this world that I didn't know existed. It was a hard and rough time, but we made it through. And coincidentally,

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 dad

now? You had so many years to tell me so why now?" I asked, actually really