Chapter 46

Chapter 46:

“You will live your life soon, Rory. Just give me some time, and you won’t have to go through this stress anymore.”

“Why are you confining me? And why is there a deep wound in your chest?” I asked softly, frustration building in me from his secretive nature. Why wouldn’t he just tell me?

“Just some minor issues…don’t worry about it, baby.” His voice trailed off as he searched for an excuse.

That was it!

“The pack is under attack by some unknown enemies, and you call that a minor issue?” The words left my mouth before I could stop them. I just hoped I didn’t get Eve in trouble.

His mouth fell open in surprise. “Who told you that?”

“Let’s not get into that,” I tactfully brushed off his question. “Why did you keep that from me? Why are you acting fine when a silver bullet was buried in your chest?”

Silence hung in the air as we exchanged uncomfortable glances.

“I’m sorry. Your mother and I couldn’t bring ourselves to tell you,” he began. His voice was weaker than before. “Because we didn’t want to disturb you. It’s our fight, not yours.”

Despite how convincing he sounded, his words weren’t reaching me.

“It’s not my fight? But why did you warn me about people coming for me?”

He shot me a confused look. “I did?” His eyes darted around as he tried to recollect.

“Oh! That was a nightmare.”

I hit him on the shoulder with a look of disapproval on my face. “You scared me to death.”

“I’m sorry.” He gave me an apologetic look.

“It’s okay.”

Silence filled the room as I thought of what to say to him. He might be the Alpha, but that doesn’t mean he should carry the whole burden alone. There had to be a reason for the attack.

“Dad?” I called. “What do you think those guys want?” I wasn’t sure where I was going with the conversation, but I knew I wanted to help.

“My pack…” His voice quivered as sadness washed over him.

“I don’t know.” He shook his head, staring at the wall in silence.

“I think you should—”

“It doesn’t concern you. My team is finding the best way to handle this,” he cut me off, shoving the rest of the words down my throat.

“In what way?” I couldn’t help my curiosity.

“By getting you out of this pack tomorrow night. You and the others. While we fight to defend the pack. If it’s the Moon Goddess’ will, we can keep our pack. But if it’s not, you will follow your mother to her pack and start a new life.” A wave of disappointment swept over me as I stared at my father in shock.

All my life, I knew my father was no coward… but this just changed everything for me.

“That’s the big plan you’ve been cooking?” I tried to hide the disappointment in my voice, but it wasn’t successful. “Your big plan is to run away? Wow,” I scoffed, looking away from him.

“It’s not exactly Alpha-like, but it’s the best option. Four rival packs have ganged up on us to take us down after learning that our pack is one of the biggest. You know the Alpha King gave us a large amount of land to build our strength,” he tried to explain, but I was growing frustrated.

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