Chapter 75
Kieran pov
My father was killed by Ethan.
When I was a child, I lived in a small home here in the Emberfang Pack with my parents, a hardworking father and a loving
mother.
They were everything to me. They were all that mattered.
I still remember the warm scent that drifted from the kitchen when my mother cooked, and how my father laughed heartily whenever she called him a pig for asking for more portions.
I remember it all.
I also remember the day my father came home, not with smiles and a gift like he usually did, but bloody and injured.
That night, I thought my father was one of the monsters he used to tell me about. I had run back into the house, screaming
that a monster had come
I can still see the look on my mother’s face when she ran out of the kitchen and saw him like that. She cried as she treated
his wounds.
And as I peeked out from behind the wall, frightened by the sight of all that blood, I heard him speak:
“We’ve been found out. The Alpha discovered that I’ve been working with the rogues to overthrow him. He killed my men. I barely had time to escape.”
I could still hear my father’s voice as he told us we had to run that night.
But we hadn’t made it far before we were captured by Ethan and his guards
My gaze dropped to the shattered glass on the ground as memories from that night surged back.
The way Ethan didn’t hesitate as he raised his sword and slashed my father’s neck, severing his head.
And the cold, unreadable look he gave my mother and me before turning away.
Instead of killing us too, he banished us from the pack,
After that, our lives became a nightmare. With no shelter or the protection of a pack, my mother used her body so we could survive. She gave herself to the rogues every night in exchange for even the smallest scraps of food and she did that until I was old enough to work.
Back then, I was happy. I was finally strong enough to work with the rogues, even if it meaning from pack to pack, looting, killing, and bringing back captives.
I didn’t care. Because if there was one thing I had learned living among rogues, it was that in order to survive, you had to trample over others.
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Chapter 75
On my first night killing people, I felt nothing. In fact, I felt satisfied when I received my payment.
With that money, I bought my mother’s favorite food to surprise her.
But when I returned home, all I found was her corpse.
She had taken her own life.
And next to her was a note she had left behind:
Dear Kieran, this is not your fault. I wanted to take my life after your father died and follow him, but you were the reason stayed alive this long. I couldn’t leave you alone, so I waited until you were strong enough to take care of yourself. I don’t want you to live like this anymore, working with the rogues. I want you to do what makes you happy. I know you still blame Alpha Ethan for your father’s death, but don’t. Even though I always loved your father, I’ll admit… he was a greedy man, going after Alpha Ethan’s position even knowing the risks. Alpha Ethan is not a bad man. He spared both of us, he only took your father. He did what he had to do. So please, let go of everything and return to the pack. Be happy
That was her final message.
She had taken the side of the man who ruined our lives and asked me to let everything go. And maybe I could have done that, forgotten everything and started a new life but I refused.
Instead, I met him, the king of the rogues who helped me train and get to this pack, where I swore I’d take my revenge on Ethan. I promised to make him lose everything and everyone he loved… especially his daughter, Nyssa.
And when I arrived and found out that my mate was Nyssa’s best friend, it only made my plans easier. I used her to get
closer to Nyssa.
But now…
“I’ve done too much to let everything fall apart now!” I hissed, fury burning through me as I slammed my hand down on the shattered glass.
“I can’t lose Nyssa. I can’t let that cursed bastard take her to his pack!” I muttered under my breath, knowing that if Nyssa left, the leverage I had would be gone too. Ethan, who had already been suspicious of me might start investigating, and my position in the pack’s army could decline, especially if he no longer had a reason to keep me around.
I had to speak to Aria about my new plan.
It was clear now–Nyssa already knew what had been going on between us, which meant I had only one option left: convince Aria to take the blame for everything. If she could tell Nyssa that she had tried to seduce me, but I rejected her
advances…
That might just make Nyssa forgive me.
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