The Pains of Guilt

Chapter 22

Third person POV

“You seem happy today.” Her dad said.

“I do?”

“Yes. I’m guessing that you fun last night.”

“You could say that. But I think Alex’s mom was a little too happy to see me.”

“She did always have a soft spot for you and she hadn’t seen you in a while so it makes sense. But it’s good that you went out.”

"That reminds me, do you know anything about the Lunar Beast pack? I've never heard of it and there are no records of it either.

"How do you know?"

"Mama Wolf told me."

"But she's..."

"I know. Last night, I had weird dream and I think that it was about the past. Mama Wolf was in it and she explained a few things to me but vaguely. It was something about grandparents and that pack. She told me to ask you if I wanted to know more."

"Well, your mom and I never told you the whole story of how we met. As you know, your mom was the Alpha's daughter and I was the Emperor's son, she was 17 and I was 18 when we met. This is the part that we left out. The Lunar Beast Pack was hers. And our packs were at peace. Our fathers, your grandfathers, were the best of friends. But one day your mother's father betrayed my father and murdered him. A war broke out. I made it my goal to avenge my father so I planned assassinate the Alpha since I'd be able to easily overpower him. I managed to sneak in when everyone was asleep. But then someone tackled and pinned me to the floor. I was about to counterattack but I stopped when I locked eyes with my attacker. There she was, in her full glory, your mother. It would have been more romantic if she wasn't holding a knife above her head, ready to stab me, and if she didn't mark me right then and there."

"She marked you right after she saw you for the first time?"

"Yeah well, your mom was never good at suppressing her urges. I was just as surprised as you are. To be honest, I was grateful to the Moon Goddess that she was my other half otherwise she would have tried to stab and I didn't want to raise my hand against a lady regardless of the circumstances. After staring at me as if I was some kind of rare creature, she got off and lead me to a room and well... she mated with me."

"She what?"

"Like I said, your mom was never good at suppressing her urges. She actually only told me her name afterwards. Anyway, since we obviously couldn't profess our love to the whole world because we were on opposing sides, we kept meeting up in secret for a few months. Sometimes she treated my wounds. When I was with her, I'd forget about everything else. I even forgot about my mission. Your mom was sweet but she was one hell of a fighter. But one day she got hurt during battle, she got stabbed through her stomach. I immediately rushed her to the doctor and my actions confused everyone. The doctor said that your mom was going to be fine and so would you. That was the day we found out that we were going to have you and that your mom was in her third month of pregnancy. He also said that we were lucky that you weren't hurt at all. After that we had to come clean about everything. When we did, it wasn't easy but, everyone decided that it was best to make peace because an Emperor's unborn heir and an Alpha's grandpup was being endangered and so was the future of both packs. Since your mom didn't have any siblings, we just joined the two packs. After a day or two she was all healed up; no scars or anything. It was like nothing happened."

"What happened afterwards?"

"My mother died a month before you were born, her wolf couldn't handle going on after her mate died. It died the day he died and she followed months after. She knew that she wouldn't be there to meet you so she told me to tell you that even though she didn't know you, she loves you and always will. Your mother's father decided to move out of the pack and start his own life, out of guilt, and her mother went with him. Even though your mother and I said that they didn't have to but they insisted saying that it was a way to make up for everything. They were afraid of being in your life because they thought that you'd cut them out once you found out the truth. The last time they were here was the day of your mother's funeral. You probably don't remember them because of the state you were in. And before that, the day you were born."

"Where did they go?"

"What would you do if I told you?"

Meet them, what else?"

"I was hoping you'd say that. They said that if you ever wanted to meet them, I should give you this address. And one more thing I forgot to mention is that your grandma from your mom's side is a demon."

"You mean personality wise or..."

"She's an actual demon."