HUGH. I look across at her. My head is bursting with incessant throbbing. I have drunk far too much, but even then; it was not enough to drown out the suffering within my mind.
The turmoil of the past and present mix into one bubbling stew that is ready to explode. What exactly did I do for the world and the Goddess if she is up there to work against me time and time again? “Dad…”
She brings me from my train of thought, and I suck in a slow breath as I look at her. She is nothing like her mother. I am truly proud of her.
“There’s far too much to share, Zaia.” “I’m ready to hear it. You have been here for me father, let me be here for you.”
I sigh heavily. Never have I felt so tired of carrying these secrets. “The beginning,” I say as I tug free from her hold and stand up. “The beginning…”
I walk towards the window and stare out at the moon. Do I tell her? There is so much that this might change…
“Zaia… there is no turning back from here. If I tell you the truth, then-”
“I’m ready for it,” I say quietly. Am I wrong to tell her? But if something happens to me… she should know the reality.
“Very well then, I swear that everything I say is nothing but the truth. But I want you to remember that regardless of what I tell you, it should not affect the way you see things and… it remains between us.”
“Ok…” She sounds worried and I look up at the moon. It’s glowing brightly, almost soothing
It’s time to share the burden that has been on my mind for years. The mistakes I’ve made, the betrayal I was dealt, the sins I’ve committed… it is all becoming too much.
“I will go back to when it all began when everything was perfectly fine. When I was happy and content with my mother. I didn’t expect things to change overnight, but that’s just how life deals its blows… When you least expect it.” I begin, memories of the past begin to cloud my mind… Will it change things between us?
“You probably don’t know this, since I’m certain you would have mentioned it if your mother had told you… but… I had a brother, he was a few years older than me…”
She gasps, and I try to remain emotionless. “No, Mom’s never mentioned that.” She murmurs. “So, she didn’t.” I can’t help but smile bitterly.
Why does it still hurt? I nod slowly. “Well… his name was Adam, and he was all set to become the future Alpha.”
(FLASHBACK TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO)
I walk through
away on a business trip and was not set to return until Friday, but after sealing the deal early; I was able to catch
couldn’t wait to spend the evening with her and surprise
not even 10 pm yet. Where
the two glasses of wine on the table and the
the air. I can only pick up Melanie’s and
town? Maybe she changed her plans because he showed up. I take off my jacket and
to get back quickly. I head upstairs to find her. I’m halfway down the hall to our bedroom when I stop outside the guest room, which Adam usually uses when
found his mate, nor had he taken a Luna of
and I
step closer, fear clawing at me as a heavy weight settles in the pit of my stomach. Maybe Adam’s brought
inch close to my room; the moans getting louder and sickening. I recognise that voice. I’ve heard it far too
what you don’t see, you
to know. The lamp is on, bathing the master bedroom
is on all fours on our bed as none other than Adam, my brother, is
she begs him to fuck her harder like ‘last time’. I turn away as
me. My brother betrayed me. Silently I make my way back
(END OF FLASHBACK)
I was always the one doing the workload… the boring one… of course, they’d all prefer him. She gasps, but now that I’ve
in the eye as if nothing was wrong. I couldn’t bring myself to tell them I knew… and so I didn’t. I kept it in. I went through grief, regret, pain,
hand on my back, but
She’s my daughter… regardless…
pregnant… I wasn’t expecting that and after what happened I wanted to know if the child was even mine… and so with the help of a doctor, at one of her check-ups I had a small amount of amniotic fluid drawn from her without her knowing
Zaia whispers,
I was
turn to her, guilt filling me. I’m causing her additional stress. As her father,
looks down, and she reminds me of the child that was constantly pulled between
her eyes glittering with tears. “Adam.” I sigh before
and return to me. That this pregnancy would bring us closer. I made sure to give her attention and love. Yet… they didn’t stop their relationship. I kept an eye on them, and it
then calling Annette…” She huffs and I can
he is seeing but luckily she’s in a relationship so he doesn’t need to worry about committing… How her mate is an idiot who didn’t notice what was right beneath his
I lost it. In my rage, I killed him.” I say closing my eyes,
shocked. He died
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