NovelReadingChapter 0368 - Josie - with Dad, before having us...seemed impossible before.
"You married someone before meeting your mate?" I can't stop the words that blurt out of my mouth. In stwisted romanticised way I always thought Mum and Dad had always existed as one. To think of Mum with someone else...married to someone else before being But everyone has a past, even I have a past after and before Knox.
"That is a question for another day." Mum's eyes hold mine and for the first time, I think in my life, I can see pain within them.
She wants to tellthings, but I know that they are things I'll be hard to hear. Things that she wants save for another time.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"My childhood wasn't what I thought it was, I grew up without a mother. My father, who was my everything, had lied tomy entire life...and betrayed Alora before she even took her first breath. I didn't grow up with Alora, we didn't find each other until we were young adults. That's when I met your Dad, and to say our story started off easy would be somewhat of a lie." "The things worth having in life do not cto us easy, remember that my sweet." Dad's eyes also hold regret but such a deep love that it tugs on my heart.
"So you don't talk to him, this Than...he isn't in your lives at all?" Jaxon asks, as I can tell that he is digesting this just as Jace and I also are.
"No, we haven't heard from him since we found out we were expecting the three of you." "So why now, why tonight. What did he say to you?" Jaxon's eyes dart to me.
"He knew who I was...instantly." "More than that Red, he waited until she was alone at the table to make a beeline for her, even in front of all the warriors. He also commented on your wolf.." "What of your wolf?" Dad growls, anger reflecting in his eyes.
"He..." I turned to Knox, wanting to jab him in the ribs for his blabber mouth. There was no need to worry my family unnecessarily, I was never in any real danger. "Josie?" Dad almost rounds on me, his aura picking up strength as he puts his command behind his tone of voice.
"He knew I didn't have a wolf, and he seemed to know that the boys had been trained...by Knox." "How would he know about Josie?" Mum gasps as she looks to Dad with panic in her eyes. I didn't like this side to Mum, she has always been strong...such a force, and she still is...but I can't shake the feeling that this Than hasn't been a happy character from her past. Or Dad's for that matter. How can he have been denied the position of alpha, when he was the alpha's first born.
My not having a wolf in my teenage years in reflection had been nothing compared to what both my parent's might have had to face at a similar age.
Mum, I knew hadn't grown up with her Mother, that's why I couldn't be angry that I didn't have a wolf...I wouldn't want to shift if it meant I would have grown up without Mum.
But she just mentioned her father had lied to her....that he had betrayed Auntie Alora. And how were they twins but hadn't met for all their young lives. My head was spinning with the information already shared...and I wanted desperately to learn more but not if it was too much for Mum tonight.
"Are you certain it was kept a secret?" Knox asks next to me, his hand suddenly gripping at my waist as he pullscloser to him. I can't help but lean into his touch, my body humming from his closeness.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Yes, it was kept within the pack and at Jude's and the Red Thorn pack. Packs that we trust completely." "Red Thorn pack?" Knox looks at us all questioningly.
"Uncle Orpheus' pack." "Is he not related to this Than as well then?" "Yes, he is related by blood to Than, not to me. But he made his loyalty clear when..." Dad stops as Mum grips at his arm, her head shaking as she moves into a private mind-link again.
"Is this Than a threat to us?" Jaxon asks determinedly.
"No, it sounds like it was chance that he was already at the restaurant and knowing him, couldn't help himself by causing trouble. Even after all these years..."
"He did smell heavily of alcohol." Knox states next to me, his fingers applying more pressure to myskin. He really needednext to him right now and I'm going to embrace it for as long as it lasts. "Sold Than then." Dad scoffs.
"The warriors were swift in their execution of removing him from the יות restaurant." Knox continues and i nod agreement. They had my head moved quickly to remove him as a risk to me.
"Speaking of which..." We all turn as we hear a car pulling up outside and the car's doors opening... the warriors were back. A tap on the front door informs us that they were eager to give a report to their alpha. Dad moves, both Jaxon and Jace moving with him...even Knox following behind. I go to move but Knox turns to me, his hand cups at my face before his lips crash into mine. "Stay here..." "But..." I start to protest but his thumb tilts my chin up to look him deeply in the eyes, stopsin my tracks.
"Stay here..."
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