Falling For My Father's Right Hand Man

Chapter Five

Aaron

“Find her. Make her wish she never left.”

That was the instruction. Clear and simple. I was trained to do nothing but obey without questions. Although it came as a surprise because I knew how much he cared about her. But if I had heard it somewhere, I wouldn't doubt it. I've been ordered to do worse.

She wasn't hard to find.

I didn't need to be filed in. I knew everything about her. She didn't know me. She couldn't. Matter of fact, only the Alpha and his Luna do. No one else. I was a last resort. The Alpha King only needed me on matters he didn't want anyone knowing about. Matters that no one else was able to handle. I was his secret right hand man.

I've worked with him for as long as I could remember. Jade was only eight then. I started out young. In fact, I was like family.

My search for the son wasn't exactly easy because I was informed way behind time. But for someone who had just started the search, I was so close.

I had a gift. Only 5% had it. I could shift. I didn't know how I acquired that kind of power, but I did. I was the only one in my family who had it. My parents didn't have the chance to tell me. They couldn't. I discovered it while they were gone already.

I was far from giving up on getting answers. I had to know who else was like me.

All my life, I've been nothing but a threat to the other tribes I've stayed with. Or should I say I was seen as one. I've never really fitted in anywhere. Once my gift was discovered, I was sought after to be used as either a weapon or to be destroyed.

I, at one point in my life, wished I never had it. Life would have been less dramatic for me. I was in one of my many down moments when Jade’s father stumbled upon me. And for the first time, someone actually saw huge potential. He had never asked me to kill, torture or do things of that nature to anyone.

All I did was dig out information from the enemy, discover secrets and keep watch on anything and anyone that mattered.

I lived with his tribe. I lived as a different person. I was only real to the Alpha King and his Luna. I was accepted by everyone. That was all I've ever wanted. It did come with a price.

I was not as good natured as I was born to be anymore. Because of so many traumatic moments I've lived in, including the death of my family, I knew no love, or care or warmth or anything human. All I felt was hatred for the world and its cruelty.

Jade's matter was just another case to pass my time with. I liked the role I played. It kept me busy from drifting back to everything. The past was horrible enough to be above a nightmare. But unlike nightmares, I live it everyday, every time. It was something worse. Something more terrifying.

All I had to do was just make it very unfavorable for her.

My favorite thing.

She knew nothing about the city, not the road there, nor the way of life there. I doubted if she had any money on her. Life without money there was already hell without me lifting a finger to let it lose.

She was so fragile-looking. I wondered how long it would take me to bring her home. It shouldn't take that long. Maybe a week or something a little above. The earlier the better. I had other problems to handle anyway.

I met her on the road. She looked lost already. I fought the urge to reply to her greetings with

“Turn around while you have the chance”

I knew it would have scared her. But what was the fun? As much as I wanted to get over the mission, I wanted to do it so intently that she would never think of leaving again.

I just hoped she was ready for what she was going in for.

The fact remains that my identity stays hidden even after close contact with her. I could be anything and anyone to her and she wouldn't even know it.

I knew the ferry man. He was briefed just like every other person she would meet before she gets to the city. He played his part well.

Quick sand?

I smiled briefly.

Smart.

Although, there actually existed one. But it was man-made for intruders. I brought the idea from the start. It was strong enough to keep one stuck, perhaps, even more fiercely. In it were even scarier things.

I would love to see how well she would deal with that.