Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Fifteen
He was right. I was not as fearless as I made people believe was.
He took another swig of his liquor. That was good; I needed him as drunk as he could be for the question I was about to ask.
“Tell me… did you ever plan on telling me what happened to your parents?”
“Do you want to know, little mate?”
“Yes, I do.”
“And you will, only if you tell me how you got those scars.
A frown formed on my face; I had my back to him so he wouldn’t notice it. I had told nobody about my scars, no other person but Aric. Not even my father knew the full story.
Alexander was curious about my scars, just as much as I was curious to know what happened to his own parents, and while I would have never told him the truth of how I got these scars, there was no harm in telling him now; he was drunk, and he would probably forget it all, but I would get the truth out of him.
“I had a friend. A female friend. Her name was Cassandra, but I called her Cas, and she called me Kai. We were best friends, though she was very different from me. All she would talk about was love, mates, and all that bullshit; she wasn’t interested in the things I liked, but I couldn’t blame her; most girls weren’t. She was supportive; she was always present anytime I spared with the other soldiers. Her voice was always the loudest.
She was only thirteen, and I was a few months younger.
Cas had a huge crush on this boy; he was a high–ranked member. I can’t remember what pack exactly he was from, but it wasn’t a neighboring pack. I went with her, of course, but it turned out to be a trap.”
I paused. It had been so many years ago, but still my eyes watered. I shouldn’t be sharing this with him; what if he did remember by morning time?
Aric would tell me it wasn’t wise to share your fears with your enemy. I wondered if that’s who Alexander was. My
enemy.
“Go on.” He prompted.
I took a deep breath. I tried to remind myself that it was all in the past, no one would ever be able to hurt me, stronger now, and I could protect myself.
FLASHBACK
TWELVE YEARS AGO
I was
Cas always had a smile on her face. Sometimes I wondered how she does it; she always seemed happy; it was like she never had a bad day before.
“Guess what!” she asked, a wide smile on her face.
“What?” I questioned, feigning boredom, but I was interested in what she had to say, though we were so different; she was… fun, more fun that I could ever be. If Cas was born the Alpha’s Daughter, I bet she would have
been everything my father wanted in a daughter and more.
“I’m meeting him!” she exclaimed. “I’m finally meeting E.”
“Who is Eli?”
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“The charming man I was talking to at the party, the one with beautiful blonde locks and black eyes.
1 couldn’t help but stare at her. Cas was always in love. She did believe that one day I would find ‘The One‘, that’s what she calls it, she believes I was going to fall in love one lay, I never argued when she spoke about her high hopes for me, but I knew that was never my path.
“Brown.”
“What?”
“He has brown eyes, not black.”
“So you do know him.”
“I’m having a hard time keeping up with your many crushes, but yes, I do and I know he is not from this pack or around here, he is also four years older than you meaning in a year’s time he would be of age to find his mate and it won’t be you. Also, your parents won’t let you go.”
“My father wouldn’t be home; my mother–she has her business to run and ‘age‘ are just numbers. I really like him, and what if he turns out to be my mate? I mean, I feel like we were meant for each other.” She said with dreamy eyes and a smile on her lips.
Cas was a highborn; her father was one of the Commanders in the pack, and her mother Oversees a branch of the pack business. They never really had time for their daughter, and so she spent most of her time with me.
“Then you could ask my father, the Alpha, for permission.
“I can’t.”
“Why?”
“He is the Alpha. He may be your father and a very good man, but he is still the Alpha.”
“What if something happens to you?”
“Eli is a good person, and I will be going with you; you can protect me.”
“I–I still have a lot of things I need to learn…”
“I’ve seen you beat up a full grown man… do this for me, pretty please?” she asked.
I couldn’t help but feel a small swell of pride inside. She thought I could protect her.
“We would only be away for a few hours; we have to be home before nightfall.”
“Yes, yes. Eli will take us in those human vehicles, we will be back in no time.” She assured me.
My father wouldn’t like this, I know that, but breaking the rules was always… Exciting.
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