The Hidden Shadow

Zion’s POV It’s the day after the attack and the alpha has gathered us all to honor my father and the many pack members we’ve lost during last night’s rouge attack. I see his lips moving but I can’t hear anything I can’t focus I’ve lost everything the last living relative I have. My mother past away when I was young the story is unclear my father never really gave me details but he was never really much of a talker. I was told he wasn’t always like that it was after my mom died that it all changed. I have glimpses of a time when he would smile laugh and play with me but as I got older I so less and less of that side and more drinking and disappearing for a few days at a time. But when you loose a mate you loose part of your soul the goddess grants us a mate and that mate is our other half. After see my father like this I’m not sure I even want a mate. But the love Alpha Tyrese shows to Luna Jasmine I long to meet mine. FOCUS Zion as the alpha looks at me with sad eyes motioning me to step forward I do so to say one last goodbye to my father as we send him peacefully to the after life. *************************** It’s been a month since my father’s death and I’m still working through it. Sway the Beta decided I needed I night out to properly celebrate me becoming the Gamma. A position I was not ready for. But here we are out and headed to a brothel not my cup of tea but who am I to judge. I was planning on drinking and wallow in self pity. Walking in the air is thick with the smell of s*x cheap perfume and alcohol. Sway rubs his hands together like a praying mantis ready to devour its prey. Shaking my head and heading to the bar. I sit on the stool and flag down the closest bartender. She sauntered over breast hanging out of her shirt with a flirtatious grin. What can I get you papi. I cringe as I asked for tequila. She smiles and asked is it my first time visiting a brothel nodding as I take the shot she say your I’m for a treat we have what ever your heart desires. Shaking me head I tell her not my cup of tea I’m just here for the drinks. Suit yourself papi. I call out to her hey what’s your name? Roxy with a wink she heads to the end of the bar. Shaking my head I get up to go find a mens room. I find myself walking down a hallway and I catch a familiar scent it was of my father and rouge? Walking faster I come to end of the hall with a pad lock on it. I knocked on it and soft whimpers. Who’s that who’s in there no reply. I rush back to the bar looking for Roxy. Finding her I asked what’s in that locked room back there. Oh nothing Papi the mistress keeps supplies in there! Looking at her with a raised brow Roxy supplies don’t whimper. Open it, I can’t I don’t have the key and the mistress will kill me. Fine you don’t want to do it I will bounding back down the hallway Roxy on my heels. I rushed through the door braking it into pieces. Inside I find a small rouge hiding in the corner. The room smelled of my father and rouge I slowly walk over to her ready to touch her when she looked at me those eyes I know those eyes they where of my father and mine being dark skinned with blue eye is unusual and I never came across anyone other than my father with these eyes. Roxy pushed past me and grabbed the child from my grasp. Heading to the now broken door I stopped her. Who is she where’s her family looking down at her she replied her mother was a w***e here passed a year ago and I haven’t seen her father in a month he was paying the mistress to keep her here. He has defaulted on payment and now the mistress keeps he locked her until she is able to use her. Shock passes my face how old is she? 7 almost 8. You can’t take her? No not my problem and even if I wanted to the mistress will not allow it. I bend down what’s your name sweetheart? Looking down she says Anyah sir. What’s your father’s name? Major sir. Shocked at her response I grabbed her and held her Anyah that would make you my sister.