A Light In The Darkness

Chapter 14

"No…." I say blankly. There's no way I could belong to such a ruthless pack. "Tell me the rest of the story, everything you know.

"Well, after the twelve years past Kaine had just battled a neighboring pack, winning of course. He killed innocent pack members but after what happened to Olive and his child he never hurt women and children again. He would spare them and let them join his pack or live as a pack of females. He didn't kill for territory or titles. He killed for sport.. He would kill any humans that belonged to the pack though, women and children. He even fed his pack human meat and would keep them around as slaves."

"How can a person be so awful Will….You said twelve years later everything changed.. What changed?" I can't help but cry and feel sorry for the poor victims of Kaine.

"Kaine was not a good man. He was a beast and the worst of our kind. When he came back from his last battle there was a young teen girl sitting on the steps on his entry way."

FLASHBACK

Kaine POV

"Who are you?" At first I assume one of Tree Hill's pack members made it here before us and wanted to beg for a place in our pack. But there is something so familiar about the girl. I study her, her head is bent down and I cannot see her face. I smell her fear. I clear my throat. She looks up and I gasp. I cannot be..

"Olive, is that you?"

"No sir." She looks down. "I have not a name.. I was sent here by Count Draco." I should have known she wasn't Olive, she is younger than my mate was. She looks so much like my mate.. She smells like a vampire but looks like a weak human. She does not smell like a wolf. But with her age she may not have one yet.

"Why did the vampires send you here? What do they call you?"

"Although I do not have a name as they say I am not deserving, they call me Mutt." As for why I am here." She looks up slowly and I focus on her face then her eyes. I feel my heart skip a beat. Her eyes.. Are bright purple. "I am your daughter."

"I do not have a daughter."

"Yes you do, my mother is Olive Marie Hanson and you are…. My father, Kaine Hanson." I install collapse and know the words she's speaking are true. I start to cry.

"How can this be? I thought my only child was murdered twelve years ago?"

"May we go inside Father, we have much to discuss." I get off my knees and notice my warriors are starting to stare. I face them and in my Alpha voice I say.

"Everyone inside! And make a room up for my child." I turn to the girl and she looks emotionless. Those rotten,blood sucking parasites will pay for what they did to my child. I reach my hand out and she takes it, she trusts me. We walk inside and I lead her to my office.

"Sit please, are you thirsty daughter? Hungry?" She nods and I mind link the kitchen staff to bring up some dinner and beverages to my office.

"So, what would you like to be called? No child of mine will be referred to as Mutt."

"If I'm being honest, I've thought about this often Father.."

"Yes?" I encourage her to continue. She looks pained. "You can tell me anything."

"I always wondered what you and mother would have named me.." I feel my heart shatter as I think back to Olive, we did talk of baby names often. She was so excited to be a mother..

"I was so sure you were a boy.." I laugh and she gives me a small smile. "But, your mother felt in her heart you were a girl. So of course, we had to pick out a girl name just in case she was right." She gives me a look of happiness and perks up."

"So what shall I be called Father?"

"You are to be called, Natalia Ann. If that is okay with you, of course." She jumps out of her chair and claps her hands. It's the first sign of life i've seen come from her small malnourished body.. She smiles and looks just like her mother. White ivory skin with blonde hair. The only thing that is different about her is her purple colored eyes.. I hear a knock on the door and her food is here, as soon as I open the door I hear her little stomach growl and I let her sit at my deck to eat.

"So Natalia, what made the vampires bring you here?" She flinches but keeps eating. Talking with her mouth full.

"I'm not sure father, they always told me I was just an experiment gone wrong…" I growl and she sets her food down.

"I'm sorry, I just hold so much regret that I didn't protect you. You will be safe here. No one will ever hurt you again princess. Pease, continue." She nods her little head and takes a few more bites.

"Well, about a week ago we were attacked by what I can only describe as huge dogs. I'm not sure what kind of beast they were but they were incredibly scary. They murdered so many of us. One wolf came up to me and smelled me. He looked confused and let me live along with my older brother. Thomas." As soon as she says this I think back to a week ago when we found a vampire village in the mountains. I did not go on that trip as I was busy in a neighboring pack. If I had known my daughter was there I would have gone and killed every last blood sucking breast there was.

"Who is Thomas? How did you having a brother come about?"

"I only can remember back to the age of four, I was a slave until I was ten. Then two years ago Count Draco, his wife, Thomas bought me off of Ashner. He was the one who took me from you and mother. Well Count Draco saw me cleaning the floors and asked Ashner if I was for sale. Ashner declined and said he was saving me for something incredibly important. That I was incredibly important." She looks down and starts crying, her food falling out of her mouth.

"Oh, sweet girl, you will be okay. Just please I need to know what happened to you." I walk about the side of the table and embrace her. She finally settles down but looks down at her food, disgusted.

"What is wrong Princess, is it not to your liking?"

"It is fine father" she sighs and I can see she is having an internal battle with herself. "It pains me to ask this if you.. I was always told growing up you would hate me for this, even kill me."

"Natalia, I could never hate nor harm you. Just tell me what is troubling you."

"I just" she pauses and takes a deep breath. "I need blood." She burst into tears and realization hit me. I thought she smelled like a vampire because she had been around them for so long. I do the only thing I can think of and I engulf my daughter in a hug. I feel her relax under my touch. I run my hand through her hair and feel her little arms wrap around me. I mind link kitchen staff to bring a human slave to me.

"Shhh it's okay child. I still love you. It wasn't your fault." I cuddle and comfort her. Me a beast in the worst way possible. I have done many unthinkable acts. None of which deserve any forgiveness. But that was before I knew my daughter was alive. I will change for her, just like I did for her mother. Soon the human walks in, some weak looking teenage male. I wave the omega that brought him away and sigh, he will have to do.

"There Natalia, you may feast" the human looks terrified. I'm sure he has heard of my cuisine. It makes me give him an evil smirk. I walk over and lock the door but when I turn around I see a pale faced Natalia still sitting at my desk. "What's wrong?"

"I… I have never feasted on a human. I'm not sure if I can." I am shocked.

"How have you never tasted from a human? You are a vampire are you not?" She looks up at me.

"I am a vampire father. I was always given blood in a glass, never allowed to touch the flesh of another.."

"What of when you lived with Draco?" She looked down.

"They somehow managed to only consume the blood of animals. I tried but it only made me sick so Thomas would go out once a week and bring me a batch of human blood." I'm starting to like Count Draco and his family. I want to ask Natalia more about them but I don't want to upset her.

"Well, you are a vampire and drinking human blood is your way of survival. If you are not comfortable drinking from his body we can drain him of some blood." She looks at the human and sighs. He looks petrified.

"If it must be done that way Father.." She looks at the human. "What is your name?"

"Oh me? My name is Gregory miss." She gives him a small smile.

"Gregory, I'm sorry I put you in this situation. It is not my intention to harm anyone. My fate was not my choice." She sighs and twirls her hair like her mother used to do when she was nervous. "This will be over quickly and you may continue what you were doing." She says but she sounds more like she is reassuring herself.

"Natalia, you do not have to explain yourself to this slave." She looks at me and her eyes become huge.

"Why is Gregory a slave? Did he or his family harm someone?"

"No, honestly I'm not sure why he is enslaved here." I turn to the human. "Human, why are you here?" It takes him a moment but he squeaks out.

"Alpha, I did not know you had a daughter. She seems innocent even as a night demon. Maybe we shall not let her hear of such matters."

"What is an Alpha father?" I look at Natalia who is looking at me confused.

"An Alpha is the leader of a werewolf pack. I am this pack's Alpha." She still gives me the same look. "What is confusing you?"

"What is a werewolf?"