Chapter Fourteen
I stared at Bruce, astonished. He had introduced himself as my father, as if he had any right to that title.
“Maybe we can just leave it as Bruce. How may I help you?”
I couldn’t help but feel disappointed. A part of me hoped he would have some kind of explanation to why he hadn’t been there for me or my mother, but it turns out he simply didn’t care. I didn’t have to care either; I needed something from him, and that’s why I was here.
“Daemon told me you could help me get rid of my darkness.” I said to him.
“He did, didn’t he?” Bruce said, giving Daemon a cold look.
“Can you help me?”
“I’m sorry, I can’t.”
“Seriously?”
“Yes.”
I turned away from him, heading to the door, and then I paused.
“You know what, Bruce?“–I called the name with as much venom as I could place in a single word, “You were never worth it. All my life I had wondered who my father was. I thought you were dead, and maybe it would have been better that way. You are a disgrace, a shame, a reproach, a coward. That’s what you are; you are no man. I wish I didn’t know you lived; maybe then you will remain just as you were in my imaginations. I did paint a better picture of you in my mind and seeing you just ruined that. You never deserved me; neither did you deserve Kate, my mother.”
“Riley.” He said, walking up to me. “One thing you should know is that the world doesn’t fucking revolve around you, like it or not, there are things bigger than you can ever understand, things bigger than you.”
“Thane was right.” I said to myself. “I shouldn’t have come; it was my mistake.”
“Wait!” he called, stopping me once again. Your mother doesn’t have to know about this.”
What exactly did I expect him to say?
“Go to hell asshole.” With that, I walked away, leaving him behind.
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Daemon met up with me. “I’m sorry.”
“No, it’s not your fault.”
“I should have known; I just… I was mistaken.”
“It’s fine, you did nothing wrong. But what exactly is he?” I questioned, there was something questionable about the way he had so easily overpowered Daemon
“I don’t sense a wolf in him; a wild guess; I’ll say he’s a sorcerer or close to that.” Daemon answered.
“You know what? I don’t care, just get me the hell out of here.”
“With pleasure.”
Thane joined me on the bed.
“You went to meet your father, didn’t you?” he asked, and I nodded. “It didn’t go very well, did it?”
“No, it didn’t. I’m so sorry, Thane; you were right. I just…”
“It’s all right, Riley.” He said he lifted me up and positioned me on his laps. “I couldn’t stop you from going to see your father; you had every right to.”
“He didn’t want to see me; he literally sent me away. I didn’t know what I was thinking when I believed I could get any help from the very same man who abandoned me all my life.”
“You wanted explanations; that’s why you went to him, but he isn’t worth your tears, Riley.”
“I’m so sorry, Thane.”
He kissed my forehead. “It’s fine.” He assured me.
Life may have dealt me its share of hardships, but it also gave me Thane, a gift I cherished deeply.
Daemon was always there to keep me company when Thane was away. I had decided
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Chapter Fourteen
not to bring up the subject of my ‘father‘ since the incident; maybe this way I could pretend to have moved on. I didn’t bother telling my mother anything, not because Bruce had asked me not to, but because she didn’t need him in her life.
“Daemon, I want to ask you a question.” I began.
“Go on.”
“Where is Jade?”
“I told you, she’s locked away…”
“Somewhere no one can find her–I know, but I want you to tell me where exactly.”
“I can’t tell you that.”
“Why?”
“Because you will let her go, and I don’t want that to happen.”
