Thane
One minute little wolf is flipping through raid photos and the next she is passing out from sheer panic. The emotions I felt through the bond were indescribable. Chaotic. I kicked everyone out of the office with Eric on standby at the clinic. I’ve little wolf tucked in on my sofa and I sit next to her on the floor, forearms resting on my knees, watching and waiting for her to wake up. I know she recognized that shifter. He kept her for a reason and the sight of him was too much for her. I just hope when she awakens that she realizes this is one of my fears about her going on the raid with us and needs to stay here and stay safe.
Stirring and a soft moan have me bolting upright and grabbing her hand. I send calm through the bond in hopes of stirring her around easier. “Little wolf, wake up.” I give her a gently chest rub and she slowly starts opening her eyes, blinking at me in confusion. “What happened? she asks while I help her to sit upright “You had a panic attack and passed out. Her eyes go wide and her face contorts in surprise “That wasn’t a nightmare, that really happened.” “Yes, little wolf. You recognized the alpha and it brought back memories for you. It’s okay now. I was afraid that might happen.” I try to calm her as she starts holding her temples and nodding her head frantically back and forth. “No…no. This can’t be real Thane. It just can’t.” she’s on the verge of tears. “Why? What can’t?” I asked trying to sort this out.” I didn’t recognize an alpha. That man is my father Thane.”
The shear shock and confusion I am feeling and experiencing must be close to little wolf’s. “What do you mean your father?Are you sure little wolf? It has been a while and you said yourself your family was murdered.” I get up and grab the folder and bring the photo with me. “Do you want to look again?” I offer and she slowly reaches out and takes the photo. “This is my father Thane. It is him. The warden told me he was murdered. He clearly wasn’t.” “I am trying to make this make sense little wolf. Your father had you kidnapped and your family murdered? For what reason?” “I…I don’t know. This could be wrong. There could be a logical explanation for him being at this sight. Maybe he doesn’t know what is going on
The sight of my little wolf trying to rationalize the monster her father could be is heart breaking. I have seen a lot of ugly in this world, and so has little wolf, but when it is your own family, logic can fly out the window. “There is no mistake. He was there, girls were brought in, they bowed before him when he entered little wolf. She starts to cry and breakdown. I pull her into me trying to wrap my mind around the bomb dropped on her, on us. Her pain is my pain, but knowing that her own father, my actual father in law is responsible for the death of my sister and in turn my parents, that is a whole knew level of messed up I can’t begin to comprehend right now. Maybe her childhood memories of her father are skewed. Eyes and love of a pup that didn’t know the reality going on around her. We all want to think of our dads as strong, loving, fun fathers. Maybe she didn’t realize that bad. Maybe she
never saw it.
“Ssshhh….I don’t know all the answers right now little wolf, but I know that you deserve them and I will get them for you. Okay, look at me. I will do whatever it takes to get you the answers, but I think you should stay here now that the game has changed. I can’t bring you with me if he could be there. I can’t risk him getting his hands on you again.” “No, I need to be there more so now than I did before Thane. I know what you are saying, but I need answers. I need to see him.” That puts my wolf on edge and drives up our protective instincts. “No, I am not going to walk my mate into the hands of the man that took her in the first place.” “I just can’t understand this. I can’t understand it. The warden had to be lying. This has to be a misunderstanding. I think I am going to be
sick.”
I bolt up to grab a trash can while little wolf heaves her stomach into it. I couldn’t imagine being a daughter and trying to comprehend your father getting rid of you like garbage and not caring about the unspeakable things happening to you. Worse yet, not caring and being the boss of all the alphas that tortured you. I am greatly concerned that this could set little wolf back in her progress. I don’t think the full magnitude of it will hit her until much further down the road.
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“When you are feeling better, I need to know everything about your old pack and your childhood. Maybe there is some
in go with missing. Maybe this isn’t as it appears, but I won’t know until I get there and I will need your help. I am not saying yo me, but it is just as helpful providing me with information, especially if he isn’t there. We will still need to find him, to get you answers.” I continue to rub her back as she slumps into my chest and I hold her. This is such a cluster fuck of a situation and it puts the whole mission in jeopardy having too many unknowns and new variables. We can’t let little wolf’s father know she is here. She won’t be safe with him still breathing, but she doesn’t realize that in her denial right now. I am not even sure she could let me kill him, then what? I started this whole movement to find him and destory him. She thought she lost her entire family and finds out there is one left. Could she look at me the same if I kill her father? I couldn’t allow him to live.
“We need to have some serious conversations little wolf.” I kiss her on top of her head. “I know.” she whispers while sniffling, wiping away tears. “I just want to have a normal shifter life.” “You will little wolf. One more thing to figure out and then you will, I
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promise. I make that vow to her and I mean it. 1 leave out the “After soon. Ronan is sending me mental images of him ripping the arms of “Soon. We will have a normal Ble soon.”
slaughter your father” part, but we will cross that bridge the man in the photos while he screams and begs for his life.
