The Fate of the Unknown

Chapter 16: Time to meet dad

With my arm around Caitlyn’s waist and Maverick helping support her on the other side. Meghan is flanking my other side. We look at each other and take a deep breath, and start to head to the double doors. As we hit the first stair, the double doors fly open. Out comes a short tan woman with a long black braid, and dark brown eyes. Her face started out as happy and quickly turned to worry.

She runs down to us. “Oh my. What happened? I was teaching a lesson, and just finished up when I heard you two were finally here.”

“Luna. We were attacked by a group of rogues on the outskirts of our pack. 10 of them. They are all dead. I alerted Alpha after it was dealt with. We are headed to his office now.” Maverick stated as we continue up the stairs and into the building.

The lady stopped and talked to a young girl and asked her to have the pack doctor come to the alphas office. Pack? Alpha? Luna? Where are we???

The racing thoughts stopped, as I took in the sight in front of me. I was in shock. This place was immaculate. The floors in the entryway were white marble, stairs winding up on either side, with black walls. White marble statues.

“Lex.” Caitlyn said to bring me back. I nod slowly and we continue.

We head down a long hallway, this area had a rug over the floor. We turned to an elevator.. This place had an elevator? We all got on and they pushed 4.

“Oh dear. Please forgive me! I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Isabella, I am your father’s wife. I have heard so much about you two, it’s like I have known you your entire life! I do hope I can get to know you both personally as well. You both are beautiful.” she stated with such a sweet smile it made me feel at home.

So this woman is my father’s wife? I didn’t even know he was married. I wonder if they have any children? Did he abandon us, but stay and raise their kids? I shook the thoughts from my head. She does seem very sweet and sincere. She oozes that mother love feeling.

As I was still lost in thought, the elevator halted to a stop. We got out and walk to the door at the end of the hall. This floor seems a little darker than the main floor. We get to the door and Maverick opens the door. Shouldn’t he have knocked first? But maybe he knew we were here.

We walk in and the first thing I noticed was a wall full of books. The entire wall to the right was a built-in bookshelf. The entire thing was filled with books. To the left of that was almost an entire wall of windows. Overlooking the forest. It was beautiful.

Lost in the beauty I forgot where we were, until a man cleared his throat. I look towards the sound and there was a large wooden desk with a man sitting there. He stood up when I noticed him. He looks almost like the male version of Caitlyn, except he is very tall! He has blonde wavy hair that is shoulder length, bright blue eyes, and freckles. He is roughly 6’5” and muscular. This is so weird. He is not what I pictured… At all.

He walks around his desk and motions for us to sit down. There are a few choices to sit, a dark love seat and 2 brown chairs. Both across from the desk. The floor was wooden with a large dark red rug under the desk. We chose to sit on the couch together.

“You are excused” he said to Maverick and Meghan.

“Thank you both.” I shout as the door was about to close. They did drive us and help us, I wanted to make sure to say thank you.

He leaned against the front of his desk, half sitting, Isabella sat in one of the brown chairs.

“This is never how I imagined meeting the two of you. I know it is not ideal for either of you. We have a lot to talk about. First thing is..” he was interrupted by a knock on the door. Then the door opened. No one waits to be told to come in? Why even knock?

In walks this woman. She has a darker complexion, her hair is in a large bun on her head, and she has light golden brown eyes. She is carrying a bag.

“Hello Alpha, Luna. I was told to come here and do a checkup?” She then looks at them and then at us .

He nods and walked around his desk and back into his chair. He looks to be lost in thought. I guess maybe I get that from him?

The lady walks up to us and says, “hello ladies. My name is Dr Plum, you may call me that or Sienna, I will respond to either. Now let’s get you both checked out. Since you have a very noticeable fresh gash, let’s get you checked out first.” She starts to look over Caitlyn. Caitlyn begins to start groaning in pain, so I grab her hand.

“Well honey. It seems like you will need a few stitches for that gash. The scrapes will heal over time. You also have a concussion, so you will need to be watched the rest of the day. You have what feels to be 2 broken ribs, we can do an Xray, but there isn’t anything I can do for that. You also sprained your ankle. I will need to stitch you up and wrap your foot. I will get you some crutches before you head to your room. Ok? You need to get plenty of rest tonight.” She then stitched up Caitlyn with 3 stitches, and wrapped her already swollen foot. She patted Caitlyn’s leg and turned to me.

“Ok honey, it’s your turn. Hmm. You have a pretty big gash on your forehead, looks from a few days ago? The glue is holding up quite nicely. Your arm is sprained. You have a gash on the back of your head. It doesn’t seem bad enough for stitches, I will need to glue it shut so it can heal properly. You also have a concussion. You both are a mess, but you’ll heal just fine.” She said as she quickly moved my hair to the sided, shaved a little of the hair around the gash, and glued it shut.

She stopped and turned to both our dad and Isabella. “Is that all, Alpha?”

“That is all. Thank you Sienna.” He said as she quickly left.

“Back to what I was saying. We have a lot to talk about, and I’m sure you both have questions..” he stated with a serious look on his face. I don’t know if I’m ready to hear anything he is about to say, but I know there is no option.