Chapter 90
Chapter 90
Caden’s POV
Alessia has been in Jake’s room for half the day. She said she just wanted to check up on him but she
hadn’t stepped out of the room since she walked in.
The jealousy that I’m trying to keep at bay is rising to the surface and I’m five seconds away from
storming into that room and dragging my mate away from there. The only thing stopping me is the fact
that the man lying on that bed is the only reason why I still have my mate with me. I don’t want to
imagine what would have happened to Alessia if he hadn’t intervened when he did. I shudder at that
thought.
Around noon, I hear a knock on my door and I lift my head from the paperwork that I’m currently going
to. Unfortunately, the finances of my pack aren’t going to stop for an attack.
“Come in,” I call out, leaning against my chair and watching as the door opens to reveal Alessia.
“I want to talk to you. Do you have a moment?” She asks, worrying her bottom lips.
My brows pinch together at the expression on her face. “Of course,” I answer, pushing aside the
paperwork on my table.
Alessia pushes my door open and walks in. She heads for the seats in front of my desk and sits down.
tentatively. Her fingers that are ced on top of my desk fidget nervously. When she still does not say
anything after a good minute has passed, I arch a brow at her in question.
What is that has gotten her so worked up?
She releases her bottom lip from between her teeth, drawing my attention to the redness of them.
When I drag my gaze back up to an appropriate ce on her face, I find her blushing with her gaze
lowered to the desk. Busted!
Clearing my throat to get her attention, I pull at the neckline of the shirt I’m wearing, suddenly feeling
stuffed in my huge a s s office. “You said you wanted to talk to me?” I remind her.
She nods, her cheeks regaining their natural color and that worry reappearing in her eyes again. “I
know that it might be too much to ask of you but can I please speak to the attacker that was caught on
that day.” Her eyes beg me for this. “I won’t stay long, I just want to ask him some questions.”
I swallow around the lump in my throat and sit upright.
I haven’t told Alessia about what happened in the time that she was asleep. Partly because she just
woke up a few hours ago but mainly because I don’t know how to start that conversation.
How do I tell her that the reason why her world was turned upside down is because her father’s Beta
wanted his position in the pack? How do I tell her that her father whom she has never met is lying on
his deathbed and about to pass away at any moment? Let’s not forget that the man after her life is now
on the loose and could be anywhere by now and plotting another attempt on her life.
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How do I even tell her those things and watch as her whole world implodes right before her very eyes?
“There’s something I need to tell you?” I say with a soft sigh. It’s going to have toe out eventually
and what better time to tell her than in the present?
“What is it?” She asks with curiosity etched on her face.
“I already talked with the attacker.” I did more than talk with him but she doesn’t need to know the
details.
Her eyes
widen as she draws to the edge of her seat. “What did he say?” The cagerness in her eyes grinds at
my chest. She’s so excited to hear about the reason why she was targeted but I don’t think the answer
I have is going to give her the satisfaction that she’s seeking.
“Someone sent those people after you and your mother,” I start, watching her expressions closely.
“I already know that,” she says with a shrug, and my brow furrows.
How does she know that? Did she get wind of what happened from someone who went with us to her
father’s pack or did she just take a lucky guess?
She must have noticed the confusion on my face because she started talking again. “The first time that
they came after me, I heard them talking about someone else. They said that he’s going to be very
angry at them because they didn’t finish the job.”
I nod in understanding. “The person that they were referring to is Jude. He’s the Beta of Silver Wood
Pack and your father is the Alpha of that pack.” So much contained in one sentence.
Alessia blinks, her gaze drifting away as she stares at me nkly. Worry curls up inside of me when
she doesn’t say anything for some minutes.
Has she finally broken down?
“Alessia,” I call out, hoping to make her snap out of it.
She blinks again and shakes her head. “My mother died because someone wanted to have the Alpha
position of a pack,” she mutters dryly. “I didn’t even know anything about my father so why did they
have
toe after me?”
“If you had somehow found outter, you would have been able to take the position away from them.”
Now isn’t the time to tell her that she stands to inherit that pack from her father.
Her head drops to her hand on the desk and she runs her finger through her curl, anger rolling off in
waves from her. “Where is he?”
The part that I’m not looking forward to telling her.
“He ran away. He got wind of what happened and fled before we could get him.” I look away as her
face falls. “I’m sorry that we let him get away.”
“It wasn’t your fault,” she rushes out and offers me a tiny smile. A smile that falls away a secondter.
“What
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about my father? Does he know about me?”
I nod, thinking about how to break the next news to her. “Alessia, your father is dying.”