The Alpha King’s Mistake by BlackFlame
Chapter 77 Painful Past
Harper Alizah Grace’s POV
“I assume you’ll come home late so I’ll just leave a message since you’re not here. As what I said this afternoon, I won’t be coming home tonight. Have a rest and sleep well. Don’t think too much about me. Love you my mate.” I couldn’t help but to smile upon reading the small note he left.
This is too cheesy and girly. He shouldn’t do this. But heck, I found it sweet at all. But where did he get the thought that I’ll think about him all night? Geez, this man is k*ill*ing me. I let out a sign and folded the paper, there’s a small smile playing in my lips.
But it slowly vanished when I remembered something. Twelve o’clock, my father and pack’s death anniversary. I’ll go to there’s grave to remember the past. Another sigh escaped from my lips. I sat down on the edge of the bed and closed my eyes.
It’s really true happiness and sadness go together, after the pain there will be happiness but after the happiness there will be also pain. Just like now, I’m happy a while ago but now the pain and sadness in my heart is slowly k*ill*ing me now.
“Dad, I miss you.” I whispered and stood up again to prepare. I get my black hoodie jacket on my closet and wore it. After that, I left the room.
“Venice, take in charge.” I commanded which is she quickly obeyed. Using my vampire speed, I able to reached my former’s pack house. It was burned and almost fading. I stopped walking and looked on the stones around the area.
This place became a grave yard. I couldn’t help but to be emotional. I miss them all, I miss how lively this pack before. Removing the hoodie in my head, I looked at the sky as I kneel down on the ground. Infront of my father’s grave.
They took away my everything, my father, the pack, my freedom, and my happiness. They destroyed my life, broke me into million pieces. Because of me… they… they died. Why I have to be special? Why I’m different? Why they need to k*ill them just to get me? I’m just a child, can’t do anything to save them.
Even how I’m powerful I am, it’s still useless because I don’t even save them, I watched them died and burned into the ground. All of them were helpless, crying and screaming in fear. The children were k*ill*ed too, they show no mercy.
I slowly looked down on my father’s grave.
“I’m sorry dad, I’m really, really sorry. I’m not strong enough to save you, all of you.” I whispered, my voice can barely heard. I’m broken and broke now, I feel like that bloody night was just happened yesterday. It still fresh in my mind, and heart.
I can’t forget, I just can’t.
“What’s happening dad? What is that sound?” a young version of me asked the man in front of me. There was a strange sound, it a sound of a bell, ringing outside. I can see panicked in my father’s face.
“Stay here honey, and don’t go out. Your father will just see, what’s happening.” He answered and gave me an assuring smile. I just nodded my head, before he leaved, he gave me a k*iss on my forehead.
At young age, I know something is off. So, curiously, I walked closer to the window and opened it. My brow suddenly met in the middle at the next thing I saw, there’s lot of persons in front of our house. Who are they? All of them were carrying torches in their hands. I saw one of them punched my father which alarmed me, I wanted to go this time but my father’s voice rang in my mind.
I should stay here, I don’t want to disobey him. I decided to stay and observe, I glanced outside again. I saw my father and his beta, uncle John were talking. It seems like they having an argument. What’s happening?
In just a blink of an eye, everything became chaotic. Other groups, probably three, arrived at the place. As what I read in their lips, they were looking for me. What does they need from me?
“You can’t take my child away, you’ll taste death before you can do that.” I heard my father warned the man who punched him a while back. Remembering that he hurt my father boils my blood, I have the urge to hurt them too. But my father taught me how to control my power and be kind.
“Then die,” with that a war started. That when I decided to come on, but it’s over. They were hurting my father, the whole pack. Some men started to burn the houses near to the mansion. What are they doing?
I was in the verge to cry, fear envelope my system when say the man smirked and give my father a strong and h*ard blow in the face. Father, fight back. I whispered in the wind. And then, he looked in my direction. Blood is flowing in his lips and nose, but he’s trying to get up and fight back.
There’s an apologetic smile on his lips, he’s mouthing sorry. He’s sorry, he’s sorry that he couldn’t fight back anymore.
“My daughter, escape. Now.”
No. father! I creamed when one of the men grabbed his head and twisted it. It seems like my world stopped from spinning, I’m so lost and in pain. I can’t believe what I witness, what happened now. This is not true, just a nightmare.
At first I can’t move in my place, just staring at them. No one noticed me yet, but then when someone saw me, I panicked. I’m scared, mad and hurt. They destroying my pack and k*ill*ed my father. When they started to chase me, all of the pack members tried to stop them.
They sacrificed for me to escape, they saved me but I failed to save them all. I looked at the sky again, why I need to have a painful life? Why? Why I can’t be just happy?
“Let me be happy, don’t let the history will repeat itself again.” I whispered in the air. I feel a tear escaped from my eyes. I slowly stand up and prayed silently. I prayed for my father and pack member’s soul.
With one last stare on my father’s grave, I let Reenah take over my body. I shifted into my werewolf form. A loud and powerful howl escape from me. After letting go the memories, I feel great. I run into the woods like my father, me and the pack usually did before.
I just kept on running and I don’t know where I’m going. All I knew, I’m still inside the territory. I stopped running when I found a familiar lake, this lake is near at the palace. I need to be cautious, someone might see me.
And from what I heard, someone is coming. No, a group of warriors is coming. I quickly shifted back into my human form and masked my scent. I used my ability of invisibility for them not to see me. My eyebrow furrowed, what are they doing in the middle of the night?
They looked like they were searching for something, nah, for someone. I’m slightly caught off guard when I saw him, with his beta. I thought he was with his cousin? He’s back?
“Search, I know that person was here.” That person? Whom they looking for?
“Right, I feel a strong aura here. Guard, look everywhere. If you found something, report immediately,” The royal chief commander ordered. Hold on, was they looking for me? they feel my power?
This is not good. One wrong move they can find me. I need to go back at the palace now. I’m still not ready for them to know who I am. I was about to move but I stepped on a dry leaf which made them looked at my direction. Not good, damn it.
I quickly shifted into my werewolf form and runaway faster. I know they were chasing after me now. Why I let this thing to happen. Damn it.
“Run faster Reenah, Wendy used some magic to create an illusion.” I commanded.
“Okay.” Wendy replied. After an hour of chasing, I able to lost them in the woods. Geez, that was so close. I was breathing h*ard but relief. I shifted back in my human form and sneak in the palace. Gladly no one noticed me.
As soon I reached our room, a sigh escaped from my lips. I’m safe, my secret still safe. I went inside the bathroom and take a bath, that was a long chase.
I almost jumped in shock when the bathroom’s door suddenly opened.
“Harper? Are you the—”
I quickly cover my n*aked body.
“Get out!” I panicked. Damn, why he doesn’t knocked on the door before getting in? My cheeks were burning, and I wanted the ground to open and swallow me alive. He’s staring at me with lust in his eyes. No, not now.
“You look perfect, you don’t have to hide yourself to me.” I glared at him.
“I wanted to take a bath, so get out!” I repeated. Instead of obeying what I said, he walked closer to me.
“Then, we should take a bath together honey. Conservation of water,” when does he become an economist? Conservation my a*ss.
“Are you drunk?” I asked him that made him stopped walking.
“No, but I’m mad.” Why he’s mad? Mad about what? Because his guards didn’t caught me?
“Why?” I asked curiously.
“I’m mad, madly in love with you.” My jaw dropped upon hearing that. Darn, I didn’t expected that one. Smooth. I couldn’t help but to smile.
“Okay lover boy, stopped making fun of me and get out of here now. This is kinda awkward you know.” Geez, I’ve seen him n*aked but he never does to me. He smiled wider.
“I told you, we will take a bath together.” As he said that, he lifted me up. The heck, oh my god. He opened the shower room and put me down. Before I could runaway from him, he grabbed my hand and pulled me back.
The next thing I know, he’s trapping me on the bathroom’s wall while the water kept on falling above us. There’s a tension building between of us, and as the time passed by, the temperature of the room is increasing.
The cold water didn’t help at all. He placed his one hand at my back while the other one is on my cheek. I’m too embarrassed to say nor do something. I mean, I f*uc*king n*aked in his arm.
“Don’t be ashamed, you looked gorgeous, as always.” He whispered huskily in my ear, I shut my eyes down because of the sensation that felt. His lips travelled down to my neck and gave me a butterfly k*iss.
How everything turned this way? A moment ago, I’m in pain and angry, and then panicking because they were chasing me and now… pressure, that’s only what I felt.
I placed my hand on his chest as I look up to met his dark and intense eyes.
“I thought you won’t come home tonight?” he stared back, I saw that the edge of his lips rosed. He once again caresses my cheeks.
“I wanted to see you, check if you’re okay because you’re more important.” He said that made me chuckle. That so bad of him.
“You ditched your cousins?”
“Yeah.” He answered honestly. That’s really bad.
“But don’t worry, they understand me.” Ah, ah. I would believe him if I don’t know the real reason why he ditched them. He’s keeping something to me, but I understand it though, it’s alpha matter. He’s looking for me because he felt my strong power. Maybe, he found it as a threat.