Page 70 of Fight between Alphas

“This isn’t her fault, isn’t yours either. Your father”-

“My father was right, I should have marked her. Did what he said, now she will find out. When she does she won’t accept me”

“Find out what?”

“It doesn’t matter its over now, she accepted it” He says.

“What Drake tell me, is this what he has over you. Just tell me we can fix this”

“We can’t fix it Tate” He says hanging his head. He looked so broken, yet I could feel something eating away at him, some burden he is carrying.

“I owed him, they would have killed me if they found out” He says.

“Your father?”

“mum killed herself, she said she was going to kill dad. I wanted her too, wanted her pain to stop so I gave her the knife. She killed herself instead, said the only way to destroy him was by killing herself” He breathes resting his head on the wall.

“You were a kid, that is on your mother not you Drake”

“I should have known better; I wasn’t kid a teen yes but not a kid. My father warned me. Said she would try convincing me and I didn’t listen. He was to busy for years knocking up Chases mother, she was always on the side. He wanted her not mum and every time she got pregnant mum had to watch him playhouse with her kids. I got sick of it, was jealous that my father wanted his new family more than her, more than me, so I gave it to her”

“Still, that’s not your fault that is on your father, not you Drake I don’t see how you could owe him for this?” I tell him confused.

“They banished us, made us rogue. Chase and his family could stay but my grandfather wanted me gone, blamed me so banished me. Dad chose me” He laughs shaking his head.

“The bastard chose me after everything, we left together lived as rogue. Dad went and seen the witch to break the bond, so he could help me. Promised we would find a new pack, so we lived as rogue for years”

“I’m lost Drake what’s this got to do with anything?”

“Think Tate, how long have you known me?”

“13 years”

“What happened 1O years ago, you didn’t think it strange that a new pack just randomly showed up, had the money to buy this place, a new pack randomly coming to this territory?”

“I thought it strange, but it happens Drake”

“Yeah, originally our pack was all rogue, a pack of rogues until I stumbled upon a lady, she offered us money to start a new life, so I started meeting with her behind my fathers back. My father questioned how I came into the money, but I kept it from him until shit hit the fan” He says looking away.

“What did you do Drake?”

“That woman was Damien Decrescent’s mother, I helped her band rogues together to start a war on the Crescent Pack, Lily and Damien’s Pack, Lana’s aunty. I didn’t know she was involved with Kade. She told me she just wanted her son back, we needed to start fresh, so I introduced her to some rogues that lived in packs, I didn’t know the money came from hunters I just wanted to help my father, Dad found out after news went out about them looking for an escapee, asked if I knew anything. So, I told him, dad covered it up for me, dad knew Abel and when he found out he was dead he said we had to cover it up, Damien hunted down every rogue that ever helped his mother, I was one of them. Dad helped him track them down and kill them so they wouldn’t speak and tell him about me”

“You helped Kade start a war on the Crescent Pack?”

“I didn’t know who she was until after Kade escaped, I never would have helped her, she just told me she needed to find rogues to help her with something, I believed her, I didn’t realise she wanted them to bust him out and take over Damien’s pack. When I confronted her, she told me she wanted her son back but by then it was too late and no matter what I did I would have looked guilty the money had already been used to buy this place, Dad had become Alpha. He sent back for Chase only to find out my stepmother was in fact his second chance mate, go figure moon goddess really fucked up there”

“Lana will forgive you, you didn’t know” I tell him. He chuckles shaking his head.

“Well now isn’t that an interesting story” Says a voice from behind me. Both of us spin around, how had I not noticed anyone sneaking up behind us.

“Great, just fucking great” Drake says.

“Go on Aria, get it over with” He says looking to her. She was livid, as I looked her up and down standing in the broken doorway. She moves into the room.

“Arial called” She says. Drake growls and I could feel his hatred towards her matching my own.

“Where is Lana?” Neither of us say anything.

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