Falling in love with my Ex's Alpha Chapter 92

"For you to understand this, we need to tell you how we found out that you would have a red wolf," my father says.

And I take a deep breath because my instinct tells me that bad news is on the way from the tone of his voice.

"When you were 10 years old, we received a prophecy from Kyrie that you would have a red wolf," my mother starts to explain. Kyrie is the only witch who lives in our pack.

"At the time, we were scared and didn't know what to do. We're sure that if you shifted, everyone in the pack would keep your secret just like they kept it from my mother," my father says. In fact, our pack is very united, I don't doubt it. "However, because of our sacred trees, our pack has always been a target for invaders. We managed to defend ourselves until the wolves from the Bloodmoon pack arrived. I knew we would be annihilated. I needed to do something to save our pack–"

"What did you do?" I interrupt him, and he takes a deep breath before answering, but he and my mom speak at the same time, and she decides to let him explain.

"We needed to protect you, but we needed to protect the pack as well. Your wolf was by far our most powerful weapon. Kyrie used your wolf's power to create a protective barrier for our pack."

My mouth opens involuntarily in disbelief. My mother sees my reaction and continues, "I know it's a lot for you to take in at once, Sunshine. We can stop for a bit and then–"

"No! No more lies! I want to hear everything now!" I shout at them.

"Kyrie managed to do the sealing spell in time, and we were able to contain your power and seal your wolf. That way, you would no longer be a target like my mother was. And also, we were able to protect our pack," my dad says, and some things start to make sense.

"Is that why I don't remember when it was the last invasion of our pack, even though our pack is so small?" I ask, suddenly feeling glad and a little bit of pride that I'm the reason for this.

"Yes, Sunshine," my mother smiles at me, "if it weren't for you, our pack wouldn't exist anymore! That's why the path to our pack is so difficult because Kyrie's spell only lets someone from outside enter our pack if they come with a member of our pack. Also, she was sure to include that any visitor with bad intentions could not find their way to our pack. They would simply get lost. It's as if we didn't exist in the eyes of those who live outside our pack." Now, all makes sense. How could I not realize this before?

"I remember it like it was yesterday, that day there was an awful storm, it seemed like the sky was crying for our defeat... You were crying so much, you were so scared... It was a difficult decision, Sunshine, and I'm sorry that we did this to you," my father apologizes to me, and I now finally understand why I'm so afraid of storms.

Of course I have fear; the worst memory that I don't even remember happened during a storm.

"And there's more, Sunshine..." my mother says with a sadder look than I've seen since the conversation began. "Kaiden can't mark you... I'm so sorry about that," she says, wiping away tears.

"Why can't he?" my heart squeezes in my chest. The joy I was feeling suddenly leaves my body.

"Because that's exactly how you break the spell," my dad reveals and I widen my eyes in disbelief. "At first, we were afraid that you would find your fated mate, and he would end up marking you, and the pack would lose its protective barrier. But time passed, and we started thinking that maybe you would never find it. That's why it took us so long to tell you the truth."

No! This cannot be true. No!

*I refuse to believe that!*

"That's not fair," I say, crying uncontrollably now. I can't hold back any longer. The tears fall from my face, and I try to wipe them away, but it seems like there's no end.

"I know, Sunshine, we're so sorry about this," my mom says and hugs me, "all we want is your happiness! Kaiden seems to like you so much, and we've never seen you so happy... you radiate happiness by his side," she cries with me.

"Bloodmoon has been trying to find our pack for years. Bloodmoon has been looking for wolves with special abilities for centuries. When they are found, they are kidnapped from their pack and are never seen again. None of them come close to your power, Sunshine. We were always safe because of the protection barrier. If Kaiden marks you..." my father doesn't even need to finish for me to understand the severity of the situation.

How am I going to live my life without ever meeting my wolf?

How am I going to tell Kaiden that he will never be able to mark me?

He's obsessed with me being just human.

Will he still be with me like this?

Of course not. That's the answer.

He is more than eager to mark me as much as I am to be marked.

He will definitely reject me.

Oh Selena, why does it hurt so much?

I cry, and my parents hug me together. "He's going to reject me, mom. And if he doesn't reject me, I'm going to reject him because there's no way I can do this to him. It's not fair to him," I say, my voice breaking on each word with sobs.

"If you get his mark, you become a target when everyone finds out you have a red wolf." My dad tells firmly, looking into my eyes, "I'd rather have a human daughter than a dead one."

I cry even more hearing this from him, I know it's not fair to him, either. My father is already traumatized by the loss of my grandmother.

But I can't help but feel wronged.

There are so many wolves for me to have...

Did it have to be one that I can't have?

"Don't cry, Sunshine," my dad strokes my back with his hand, he takes his other hand into his pocket and takes out a yellow rectangular box.

He opens the box, and I dry my tears to see what's inside, "this necklace belonged to my mother, your grandmother. I wanted to give it to you when you graduated, but I think now is the best time," he says while I look at the necklace with a thin chain and a small shiny, full moon pendant.

Wow, it's stunning! I touch it to feel the full moon pendant against my finger.

"Your grandmother left this around my neck before she disappeared. I hope that when you look at it, you remember how special you are," he says, wiping away his tears, "you are the best daughter we could have."

I start crying again and hug him, feeling somewhat more relieved after understanding the whole situation.

My mother takes the necklace out of the box and puts it around my neck. "It looks beautiful on you, Sunshine."

If I tell Kaiden all this, he won't think twice about marking me and taking off the pack's protection.

"I don't know how I'm going to tell Kaiden all this–"

"No!" My parents interrupt me at the same time. "You can't tell anyone about this! No one can know about this, Katie!" My father says.

"But Jake already knows that I'm a healer. I didn't tell anyone, I wanted to tell you first." I tell them.

"If you want, you can tell Jake, but don't tell anyone else. This cannot be found out. You would be in great danger!" my mother says, stroking my back with her hand.

"Only one other person besides your mother, Kyrie, and I knew about your wolf," my father says, and I wait for him to continue while I dry my tears, "Becca heard me and her mom talking about it at the time, and she promised to take the secret to the grave."

"Well, she promised and kept it because now that she's dead, she took it to her grave."