Page 93 of Fight between Alphas

"What are their names?" I ask curiously.

"That you would also know if you were there when they were born" he says simply. I sigh before jumping in the water, the cool water soothing the ache of my muscles. I wash my face and realise how long my hair was and how filthy I am.

" May I ask why you are so far from your pack?"

"Only if you tell me why you left my sister"

" I don't know why, because I didn't want to admit I was wrong" I tell him not having a reason that would be good enough to explain, me walking out on them.

"Lana tried to kill herself after you left, and she and Tate are doing good. They are a proper family, word of advice"

" What's that?"

" If you choose to go back I would think twice about leaving again, her mate or not I will kill you"

"Noted" I nod my head.

"So why are you here?"

" I used to come here with her," he says.

"Who Lana?"

" No my mate"

" Your mate? Where is she then?"

"Dead, I killed her?" He says like she meant nothing to him yet why was he here. His answer shocked me, and made me feel sick. I couldn't imagine that sort of pain to carry.

"Why?"

" For my family, my pack, my city"

" I don't understand"

"My family means more to me than anything, my pack does. That is the true meaning of being Alpha" he states looking over at me.

"You look like shit by the way"

"Yeah not much wild game around these parts" I tell him. He nods his head looking away.

"Your mate was family, so why kill her? Mates are sacred"

"Says the man who walked out on his" He retorts.

"Good point" I admit.

"I tried to help her, tried to save her from what I knew would happen. She grew up hating our kind, I thought the bond would save her, save us but I was wrong. She was using me to get to my family, to get to my pack. She was a hunter and once I realised she was using me. I killed her" he says looking down at his hands, I feel bile rise in my throat.

"Avery said if I didn't kill her she would do it, she was right. She planned to poison the water supply with silver and wolfsbane not realising it wouldn't kill my immediate family but would have my pack"

"So you killed her?"

"And what would you have done?" He asks looking over at me. I shrug not knowing if I would actually be able to go through with it myself.

" One life for everyone else, so I killed her and ripped her pieces along with her entire bloodline. I made her watch them die, everyone of them for her betrayal, while she begged me to stop. Her screams haunt me"

"You okay? You look a little pale?" He says with a chuckle shaking his head.

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