Chapter 91
Chapter 91
Alessia’s POV
My throat closes up as I stand in front of the big ck door. The only thing standing between me and
my father. A man that I’ve never met yet has influenced every area of my life.
I stall, anxiety curling up in a ball inside of me and making my knuckles stop mid-air. Through the door,
I pick up
the scent from within the room and it curls my stomach, making me feel like I have to throw up. How
does a person who’s still alive have the smell of someone dying?
“You don’t have to go in if you aren’t ready,” Caden mutters softly behind me and ces a hand on my
shoulder, giving me a reassuring squeeze. “We cane back at any time. It doesn’t have to be
today.”
We both know that to be a lie. It has to be today.
From the little Caden has told me, my father is severely ill, and postponing this meeting any further is
out of the question. Apparently, Jude has been feeding him the deadly venom in tiny dosages each
day, killing him slowly. They found the pack doctor that had been working for Jude but the irreversible
damage had already been done.
My father barely has a week left to leave and if I don’t do this now, it may be toote by the time I finally
mutter up the strength to go through with it.
“I’m fine. I can do this.” I nod determinedly and knock twice on the door, holding my breath as I wait to
hear the sound of my father’s voice for the very first time.
“Come in,” a sickly voice says and it ends in a cough. I feel tears well up in my eyes. I didn’t expect him
to sound that bad. It sounds like even that small sentence has taken a lot out of him.
“Alessia.” Caden turns me around with a hand on my shoulder. His face softens once he sees the
unshed. tears in my eyes. “You might not like what you see on that bed once you walk in and I want
you to be very sure that you can handle it.”
In what state is my father for Caden to be giving me such a heads up? I ponder over his suggestion for
a moment but then shake myself out of it. I can’t keep putting this off. It has been going in for days now
but today is the day I nt my feet in the ground and say no more. I’m just going to walk in there, talk
to the man, tell him what I have to say, and then walk back out of the room.
“I can do this, I repeat, adding strength to my words so that I can believe them myself.
Caden looks at me skeptically but drops his hand away from my shoulder and points to the door. “Your
father is waiting for you in there and I’ll be right out here. We’ll leave when you’re ready to go.”
I nod, appreciating the kindness and support that he has been showing to me ever since he dropped
this bomb on me. A surprise, given that he probably has his crises that he’s battling himself. Finding out
about Jude didn’t only turn my world on its axis. It did the same to Caden. I can’t even imagine how he
must feel to have found out that Jude got away. The man that he had been chasing for half his life was
so close to him but yet managed to slip through his fingers.
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We haven’t talked about the other thing he said that day. No words have been mentioned about how
Jude is the same man who ordered the attack that had his previous mate killed. He took away his first
mate and drove a second mate into his arms. It’s a nket that hangs in the air and covers over us. I
haven’t brought since then and we both came to a silent agreement to ignore the connection between
our lives.
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“I won’t stay in there for long.” I tell him. I n on just going in there and telling Thomas- I found out his
name from Caden- that I’m happy that we’ve finally met but I don’t n on building a rtionship with
him.
I know it isn’t his fault that we were separated- ording to what Caden told me, the man had no clue
of my existence until a few days ago but I don’t think I can form a rtionship with him and have him
taken away from me a few dayster. It will kill me. So, I’m going with the safe option here. Meet him
and tell him to his face my reasons for not wanting to get closer to him.
“You can take however long you need. We aren’t in a rush here.” He smiles softly at me. “Don’t hurry.”
Well, that is one advice that I’m not going to be taking into consideration but I nod anyways and push
the door open, bracing myself for what is going to greet me.
The room is pitch ck but thanks to our supernatural powers, I make out the figure on the bed.
A man with a head of white hair and protruding bones. It’s so bad that the muscle on his face is almost
completely gone, leaving just skin and bones.
I cover my mouth with my palm as I choke on a s o b. This is worse than what I ever imagined. It’s like
he’s withering away right there on the bed..
I don’t think I’m ready for this. Is it toote to run out of this room and try again another day?
The cough that he lets out answers my question and I close the door behind me.