Chapter Two
THANE
Regnux is the last person I should have promoted, considering he was new, but I had been watching him for a while now, and I could tell that he was a good observer; he knew so much about the pack, maybe a little too much.
Now I wondered if I made the right decision.
“Alpha. I’ve been hearing whispers amongst the pack members,” he said to me.
“When are they not gossiping?”
“No, this is a matter of importance.”
“Speak on then,” I say, my eyes on the files. Riley was right when she said I should have. picked another Beta; the work was getting… hectic, but I was yet to find the right person, and that could be because I was comparing every other person in line with Axel, and that just wouldn’t work if I wanted to find someone.
“They speak about the Luna. Everyone had witnessed the sight…”
“Her wings, you mean?” I questioned; of course I knew everyone saw that; I just didn’t expect the matter to be brought up after so many months.
“Yes, her ‘wings‘. Many at first thought she was some kind of supernatural being, but now, with the knowledge of demons going round, many believe she is one. They believe she is cursed.”
“Enough, Regnux. They could say whatever they like, but to them she would always remain their queen Luna. Now leave.” I said dismissing him.
I didn’t look up at him, but I heard his footsteps as they faded away.
Riley had saved my life; that’s what they should be talking about.
I pulled out yet another folder; that’s when I felt the presence. “I thought I told you to leave Regnux…”
My words trailed off when I looked up; it wasn’t Regnux. It was my father, Slade, standing before me.
“You seem to enjoy my company a lot.” I said to him,,
“You didn’t tell her,” he said, a smirk playing on his lips.
“Didn’t tell her what?” I questioned, deciding to play the fool. More than ever, I wanted him gone, but he’s always present, snooping in anytime I was alone.
“End the pretense. Thane, I don’t think it’s wise keeping secrets from your mate.‘
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“Leave her out of this Slade.”
“Is Slade to you now, isn’t it? No longer ‘father‘. guess I lost that privilege.
“You guessed right.”
“So why haven’t you told her?”
“I will.”
“No, you won’t. You won’t tell her you are seeing ‘ghosts‘, nor will you tell her about your deceased mate.”
“You are nothing but an illusion.”
“I am dead, but clearly not an illusion, son.
The Cursed Weapon had been used on werewolves as a form of punishment, one of the worst punishments, for as long as I can remember. For the elders, it kills them, but as a Lycan, you are more wolf than any other werewolf, so imagine that part stripped out of you. You are supposed to die, just like the elders, and yet somehow you survived. That, I believe, is the reason you can see me.”
“Does that also explain the… dreams?” I questioned as I rose to my feet.
“I cannot tell, but I believe you must have wondered how your pregnant Luna would feel when! you tell her that you aren’t only seeing ghosts but having dreams of your dead mate.”
“Get out!” I growled at him, and he gave me a twisted smirk before vanishing into thin air. At the door of my office stood Regnux.
“Who are you talking to, Alpha?” he asked, his brow arched in concern.
I ignored that question. “Why are you here?”
“I came to inform you that Alpha Trent would be arriving soon.” Reg reported and I gave a nod. He walked out without another word, but I knew he had a lot of questions on his mind, questions he wouldn’t be getting any answers to
I did have a secret, one I hid from Riley. I gave myself excuses–reasons she shouldn’t know. She was pregnant; she needed her rest, but maybe that was only one of the many reasons.
After I had been stabbed with the Cursed Weapon I had survived and I lived my life believing that I was simply ‘lucky.‘ Everything changed a few weeks later when I saw my supposedly” dead‘ father for the very first time. I had kept it away from Riley because it sounded stupid even to my own ears.
That wasn’t the only thing I hid from her.
Some months later, I began dreaming of Bella, constantly, and in these dreams, I was making love to her, just as it had been many years ago before she passed. While it was just a dream, I
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still felt like it was unfair to Riley. I had no feeling for Bella, not anymore, and yet she was always there, waiting in my dreams.
