The Alpha's Lost Love

Chapter 6

~Prince Kyo's POV~

After that confrontation with Laila, I hastily walked to my bedroom. How could this...MUTT treat me that way? First she didn't want to be my chosen mate and now she is trying to take away the children I have chosen to raise! I yelled in my head angrily as I threw a chair across the room.

"FOR TWO YEARS!!" I screamed at the walls. "FOR TWO F*****G YEARS I HAVE RAISED THESE BOYS! THEY ARE MINE!"

I went to throw another chair towards the wall that would be facing Laila's old bedroom; however, as I picked it up, my door was pushed open to reveal the twins.

"Daddy," Julien whispered towards me, trying to hide the fear in his chocolate eyes.

"Yes, buddy? What can I do for you two? Are you both okay? I know that crazy wolf might have scared you two just a little bit," I asked while looking towards Julien first, then at Jasper and setting the chair's four legs back on the ground.

Julien quickly ran over to me, hugging my leg. Jasper continued to stand near the door, questioning me with his jade eyes about what I am sure Laila must have told them. I crouched down slowly and wrapped my undead arms around my boy. Honestly, these boys are the only ones who have ever seen this loving, fatherly side of me; although, I can guarantee they have seen my displeased side much more often.

"Oh daddy," Julien said to me once more. "I so scared. I no want you or mommy get hurt..." he replied in his toddler-speak to my questions and brought another one to my mind.

I looked down at him and then at his brother, "Your mommy?

"Well yes, mommy," Jasper finally spoke. "That is our mommy, right?"

At that, I sighed and motioned for Jasper to come over to where his twin and I were sitting on the ground. He hesitated for a minute as if he was scared of me, but after a few minutes he began to walk towards me and sat on the side of my body where Julien wasn't. He then looked up at me skeptically and I nodded my head, telling him to ask what he wanted to ask.

In his much more fluent English than his brother, he began, "That lady was a wolf. And I think we are wolves too. We not vampires like you, I know. She said we are hers and that a mean man took us from her...." He then hesitated,"Are you that mean man? I no think you're mean, daddy."

Hearing that both boys are still willingly calling me daddy still warmed my cold, dead heart and allowed me to control my temper at being questioned, especially due to the wolf who's now in my dungeons. With what all she might have said to them and then the boys witnessing her try to attack me and being taken down like she was, I was half expecting them to cringe away from me completely. I looked at the twins with as much affection as I think I have ever shown anyone in my entire life, not wanting to lie to them about anything. But if I tell them that Laila is indeed their mother, will they want her released? Will they want to get to know her? A voice in my head started asking me these questions, making me wish I would have just k****d directly after she got done b****feeding the boys, when I knew already that she didn't want to become my chosen mate. Why didn't I just k**l her?! I chastised myself, before taking a deep breath and deciding what to tell MY sons.

Putting my arms around both boys and hugging them to my body, I slowly began to reply, "Yes, boys. She is the one who gave birth to you two. As a matter of fact, you are wolves. Alpha wolves to be specific. I did take you from her..." I said and could feel both boys start to pull out of my arms slightly. "But, I only did that because she isn't capable of being your mother," I lied quickly and tightened my grip a bit on them so they couldn't pull away. "Also, I was never mean to her. She has been taken care of this entire time," I stated and looked the boys, seeing that Julien had little tears running down his chubby cheeks.

I looked at Jasper and could see only resentment in his usually bright eyes. I didn't expect for Jasper to be crying like his brother, since he is a less emotional child; however, I also wasn't expecting to see any sort of hatred towards me in a toddler like him. He is usually so polite and respectful, especially to me...his daddy.

"And why isn't she able to be mommy to us?" Jasper asked distrustfully.

I took a deep breath and tried to think of a lie to respond with. Why would Laila not be a capable parent? I asked myself. She could have been a wonderful mate and we could have been extraordinary parents together if she just would have accepted to be my mate!" The voices in my head always fall back to if Laila just agreed to be with me when I had asked her. None of this would have happened if she had. We could have been happy. These boys would still believe me and respect me without a doubt...

While I tried thinking of a reason why Laila is no good, I noticed Jasper getting up from the floor and grabbing Julien's hand. He then began to pull his brother away from me and to the other side of the room, near the chair I had thrown before they came to my room.

Finally I came up with a reason, "She couldn't have been your mom, because she has issues. She would have ended up hurting you two for no reason and I just couldn't have that. As soon as I saw you boys come into the world, I knew I wanted to be your parent and I couldn't let anything bad happen to you. So I took you two from that wolf as soon as I safely could."

I spoke quickly, hoping to stop them from wanting to leave right now. With the things I said about Laila and what it means, I know that Julien won't really understand. In another two days or so, he will likely forget about that mutt and we could just go on living happily ever after with them being my heirs and my ticket to destroying Moon Lake. Jasper is a completely different story though. Despite only being two, he is so smart and mature. I am one hundred percent sure that he understood every word I said. Hopefully though, he couldn't tell of the dishonesty in my voice.

"We want to see her again, please?" Jasper asked after a minute of digesting what I had said.

D**n! I yelled in my head. I can't let the boys see Laila again. If I do, they will for one realize that I had her thrown in the dungeon in the first place which I am sure they would not like knowing that she is their mom. And for two, they would realize that she is not as crazy and violent as I am trying to portray. Surely she would be able to convince them of the love she has for her sons. That amount of love would definitely not allow her to ever harm them. And I am sure even if Julien doesn't realize it, Jasper will.

"You two can't see her again. I'm sorry," I responded conclusively.

"And why not?!" Jasper started to yell and throw a tantrum, completely out of character for him.

I walked back over to the boys and looked down at them. Julien still had the tear stains on his cheeks, but now he just looked terrified due to Jasper's outburst. Jasper continued to just look up at me, with a little scowl on his normally adorable toddler face; although, I did notice fear creep across his eyes for a split second. I leaned back down towards the boys and gently laid my hands on their shoulders to respond.

"You boys cannot see your mother, because she left after the fight. After Isabel...controlled your mother, we tried to take her down to the dining hall so we could get food in her system and discuss what had happened. You know like how food sometimes makes you boys feel better when you are angry? However, when we got up to the floor, she just ran and managed to leave our home," I lied expertly once more. "If she was here, I would absolutely let you see her. Now that you know she is the one who birthed you, I am sure you have questions. I just wish she hadn't run off so you two could get your answers."

I looked down at them and could see acceptance in both of their eyes. Jasper is likely still going over everything Laila had told them and my explanations of what happened, but he will soon go back to his normal self and continue to respect and abide me. Julien will likely ask another question or two about they mother and then he will forget about her existence if she is not brought up again.

"Now boys, lets go get you some ice cream, so help you feel better, yeah?" I asked while standing up and holding my hands out to help the twins.

Juliens eyes twinkled at the mention of his favorite snack, "Ice cream, with sweet apples?"

I pulled up the boys and sat Julien up on my hip while Jasper was content to just be next to us, and then I opened the double doors to my room and started walking towards the castle kitchen.

"Of course you can have the sweet apples! I know how much you love them!" I exclaimed with satisfaction at having deescalated the situation regarding Laila.

~Later that night~

The boys have been asleep for a little while now, so it's time for me to take care of the problem in my dungeon. I got up from my bed and walked into the hallway, passing the twins' bedroom door so I could make sure the nanny was keeping an eye on them. As I walked by, I curtly nodded my head to Isabel while she bowed towards me and made my way down the stairs. I reached the floor of the dungeon rather quickly and immediately felt disgust. The smell of this whole floor is deplorable and I cannot help but to wrinkly my nose and try not to sniff any. My vampire eyesight comes in handy here, since we keep it pitch black. Keeping it dark helps us to control whoever we imprison, since the wolfsbane we inject captured wolves with prevents them from having superior eyesight that is given to them by their wolf counterpart. The wolfsbane inherently makes them human in all regards. Then how did Laila shift before to attack us? My inner voice asked.

Ignoring the thoughts in my head, I continued to stalk towards the last cell in the dungeon where Laila is being held. I could see that she is breathing, but it seems shallow. Through the darkness I can see that she is curled up on the stone floor in the middle of the cell, like she collapsed right where she is currently and hasn't had the strength to get up. I walk in the cell slowly. Laila's body twitches slightly when the door screeches across the floor, but doesn't move other than that.

As I reach where she is laying, I shake her with my foot. Gently at first but then I get rougher as I think about how much damage she might have caused with my sons and I.

"Get up, wolf!" I yell towards her.

After a few minutes, I see Laila lift her head and look up in my direction. She tries to sniff out my scent but gives up quickly. Isabel must have given her a lot of wolfsbane in that shot because she doesn't even smell like a wolf anymore and she obviously can't scent me.

"Get up off the ground!" I repeated in the same harsh tone as before while kicking her side with my boot.

Slowly and carefully, Laila raised her wounded body off the floor. She looked in my direction but not quite at me, since she can't see in this darkness. I had expected her to try to argue or fight back or something; however, she just stood up and waited to see what I would say. Clearly, she is struggling to stand and I should be sympathetic to her with how injured she looks. I feel pity and a bit of sadness that she could have been my mate and could have had it better, but my anger overrides any sympathy I might feel. Anger for the fact that she didn't want to be with me. Anger that she has a bond with my sons that I will never have since I am not a wolf nor their biological parent. Anger that she might have caused a rift between the boys and myself.

The anger in me won out as I rushed forward with my vampiric speed, pushing Laila up against the dirty, stone walls of the dungeon. The air was forced out of her lungs by the impact, causing her to gasp and try to breathe in deeply and her blood coated my fingers as my long claws dug into her sides. In an instant, my fangs elongated and I clamped them down on Laila's neck. She immediately tried to push me away, but without any wolf strength and having been b****n recently, she had no chance. I inhaled the human-like scent in the crook of her neck and I greedily began to drink her blood, knowing that this is likely a d***h sentence to her, since vampire venom is toxic to werewolves.