Alpha Zach's POV
I knew she wasn't going to like what I say and wait patiently for her to get comfortable and pray to the Moon Goddess that she will not freak out
"Well spit it out then" she snaps at me, annoyed that I was taking my time.
If anyone else were to speak to me like that, my hand would be tightening around their throat just about now, but she was the Queen and she was my mate, I couldn't risk that now when she was seeing the softer side of me.
Even Kayden was taking the micky saying that this girl already had me wrapped around her finger and he wasn't far from the truth, I would do anything for her.
"Charlie, there is no easy way for me to say this, but your mother killed your grandmother"
Her eyes are wide for a moment as she registers what I am saying and then she narrows them at me
"Your lying"
"I have no reason to lie to you Charlie"
"So you're telling me that my mother who would never be Queen, killed the Queen"
"Yes"
"But you are letting her live on your pack land"
"Yes"
"Where the Queen also lived?"
"Yes"
She falls quiet, her soft pink lips clamped together as she thinks over what I had said.
"Why?" she mumbles the word so quietly that I almost miss it
"Although I disagree with why your mother killed the Queen, your mother has proven herself quite useful"
"That's not what I meant. Why did she kill the Queen"
Standing up, i lean against the fire place, staring into the flames, "It's alot to explain"
"Was it something to do with the vampire she was having an affair with?"
I shoot my eyes at her "How did you know about that?"
She explains to me all the things she had learnt about her mother in Alpha Max's pack and how on the data base they keep it said she had been killed by a vampire but her father had told her the truth and that her mother was having an affair with a vampire.
"She fell in love Charlie"
She chews her bottom lip which has my beast roaring inside. I wanted to be the one doing that, I wanted to be the one who got to taste her with my tongue.
She stares at me "What was that?"
I look around the room but she is still watching me "What was what?"
"What was what?" I look around the room again but it was just us
"That growl?"
Crap she heard it. I smile at her "It's my stomach, I haven't eaten in a few hours"
But she stares at me and I know full well that she doesnt believe me
"My mother had an affair, for how long?"
"Ten years, we believe, though she does not talk about it so we don't know much more"
"Ten years?" Her questioning face suddenly becomes pale and emotionless.
"Charlie what is it?"
"She left when I was eight. My father said she left with him"
They had been having an affair long before Charlie was born, could it be possible that she was the vampires child? No surely not, there had never been a Lycan vampire child but then her mother had been so shifty when i told her that Charlie was here and seemed to be afraid of something.
I had to find out why she didn't show this morning, she was definitely hiding something.
"Alpha Zach, you haven't said anything in a few minutes"
I offer her a smile to try and reassure her but as I look at the girl sat in the chair its like i am noticing things for the first time, how bright her eyes were, yes she had her mothers eyes but they were much brighter, her hair hung straight and not a single frizz or wave, her skin smooth like porcelain.
She smiles at me and using my strengthened senses, i look at her teeth, they are sharper than the average Lycan.
"I need to speak to your mother Charlie"
"Can I come?"
"Not right now"
She frowns at me "But you said"
"I know what I said Charlie but for some reason she doesn't want to meet you yet" I snap at her a little harsher than what I was intending
The tears were instant, I hated seeing her cry and tried to hug her and ressure her but she pushes me away and runs out the house.
She was quick but she stops about ten metres from the packhouse, some of my pack were busy completing tasks but they all stopped to watch her because they would feel it, they would automatically know that she was their Queen.
I watch as she looks around her, some of the pack advancing on her but through mind link I tell them to keep their distance and that she was not ready yet. Instead they stand and watch her like I do, her bare feet on the gravel as she continues to turn and look at everyone.
There was panic written on her face and as I hurry down the stone steps towards her, she summons a ball of red mist and slams it into the ground sending everyone but herself flying through the air and crashing to the ground.
What had she just done?
She spins to look at me her eyes searching my face but I have no words to offer and just use my head to gesture towards the packhouse.
Charlie runs pass me, tears streaming harder and faster than ever as she races up the stairs whilst the people of my pack dust themselves off and make their way towards me. They were not happy.
"Alpha is that our Queen, Alpha is she going to attack us, Alpha what have you brought here, Alpha she cannot be here"
The questions went on and on and I do not blame them, I would be concerned too if my Queen treated me like that.
Trying to keep peace, I tell them she is going through alot and that she is not to be approached just yet. I know they will talk among themselves but for now it was all I could offer.
I could not believe what Charlie did to my people but I guess at least she didnt kill them but it had me wondering how strong her powers actually were. Glancing back at the house, I considered going in after Charlie but instead decided on paying Sophia a visit, i needed to know if what I suspected was true.
Sophia peers around the door at me, and visibly relaxes when she sees that it is me.
"Oh Alpha, I wasn't expecting you"
"What do you mean, you were supposed to come to the house this morning"
She shifts her weight from one foot to the other
"I couldn't do it, she will have so many questions and I just, I just don't know if I am ready to answer them"
"You owe her"
"I don't owe her anything" she folds her arms across her chest just as Charlie does and i cannot help but laugh inwardly, considering Charlie doesn't know much about her mother, she certainly has alot of her mannerisms.
"You left her with an abusive father"
"I didnt know"
"You ran away with your mate, Charlie's true father"
Her jaw drops as she stares at me "How did you know?"
Charlies POVThey were all watching me, everyones eyes were on me and as I spin around it seemed like they were closing in on me. As I continue to turn I see Alpha Zach standing on the porch looking worried, was he worried about me or his pack?The gravel under my feet was digging into my bare skin as I carry on turning. I had to stop them getting close, I couldn’t have them judging me.I summon a ball of red mist as everyone watches and slam it into the ground, those nearest to me were sent flying, it wasn’t powerful enough to do to much damage but strong enough to stop them coming closer.The tears stream down my face as I look at everyone laid on the ground and Alpha Zach gestures to the packhouse. I move quickly, my feet pounding the gravel and race pass him, straight up the stairs and into my room, slamming the door shut and leaning back against it.The tears fall from my face and onto my clothes, they were heavy, my sobs were loud
Alpha Zach’s POV“What I will bring? What does that even mean?” she huffs at me“I did not get a chance to find out, Kayden called me”She turns her back on me, clearly annoyed with my answerEven though I had figured things out about Charlie’s father, I was not certain I could tell her, well not yet anyway. How would finding out that she is half vampire help her? Or finding out that the man who raised and abused her was not her real father.Not only that, Sophia dropped some pretty heavy news on me about Charlie’s birth father which I needed time to process.It was obvious that a vampire had killed one of my packs men, they were the only ones to rip out throats like that, the problem was that when a vampire is using their speed ability, only another vampire can see them. It would have been how they got onto my land unseen, yet Charlie saw them.Kayden knew this little fact about vampires and
Charlie’s POVI’m not even sure what made me do it, the sudden urge to run away from it all. Maybe it was the news that I was part vampire, or the fact that Alpha Zach is clearly in love with me but as I grab my suitcase, I purposely hit him with it as I walk by and go to his office. As much as I wanted to go home, right now I didn’t want to be alone.Sinking down onto the rug, the heat from the fire warms my skin, Kayden had been right about it being much colder here and as much as I didn’t want to admit it, I didn’t have the right clothes for this weather.As I sit staring into the fire, a blanket is draped over my shoulders and when I look up I find Alpha Zach smiling at me, he doesn't speak and heads to his desk, concentrating on the paperwork that was piled high.Every so often I would steal a glance at him, the light of the fire gave him an ominous look but in the daylight he looked so different, his eyes oddly dark but
Alpha Zach’s POVWhy oh why did I schedule meetings for today?Especially with Charlie here, I tried to change some of them around but I had put off dealing with the Lycan school on my land for some time. There were problems between a couple of the students and the teachers seemed no longer capable of dealing with the issues.As I shower I hear Charlie stir, it wasn’t exactly an ideal situation having her sleep in my room but considering she locked the door to her bedroom and then climbed out the window, it was the only suitable option.I made sure to sleep on the futon in my room, it was not exactly the greatest night of sleep, mostly because any time Charlie stirred, I was up and ready to protect her but she was mostly just having horrible dreams and most likely about what she had seen by the words she was muttering.It was highly amusing finding her with the duvet wrapped completely around her, just her cute little face poking out, a
Charlie’s POVHanging out with Ally was interesting, she really was a good laugh and it was nice to listen to her as she showed me around the grounds, although I was annoyed to hear that Alpha Zach had other girls in his room I don’t tell her as much, thankfully she talks so much that I didn’t really need to speak.We are near the forest where I had seen that thing kill one of Alpha Zach's men and she looks at me“Is it true you saw it?”I nod my head“You saw a vampire?”I wasn’t sure what she was getting at but she flicks her blue hair from her face and smiles at me“That must have been fucked up”I frown at her, I didn’t like curse words but I don’t say anything for all I know it might be common practice around here, although I hadn’t heard Alpha Zach use them.I don't tell her about what Alpha Zach told me, I was still trying to accept it m
Alpha Zach’s POV“She is missing? Like actually missing?”I nod my head“How?, I don’t understand, it’s a bit coincidental isn’t it. I come and she suddenly goes missing”She was not wrong but whoever this vampire was, he seemed to be looking for Sophia too.“Charlie, I have my men on it now, they are scouring the house and will report back with any findings”She folds her arms across her chest, her blue grey eyes focussing on me but she was not directly looking at me, it was almost like she could not look me in the eye and when I think about it, she has never looked me directly in the eye, more like she was looking through me.“Do you expect them to find anything?”She was always so direct with her questions, never skirting the issue, she would make a fine Queen when she is ready.I shake my head because honestly, no I did not expect my men to find
Charlie’s POV The realisation that the vampire was after me was just too much and the tears start streaming from my eyes. I couldn't help it, nor could I stop them and I turn to the only person that I know and bury my face into his shirt, my arms gripping my waist. I wouldn’t have normally but I just wanted to be held and thankfully Alpha Zach didn’t reject me. When I open my eyes, I’m confused at first and it takes a second for me to work out that I am back in my room and I sigh, this was becoming a weird habit and I really needed to stop falling asleep. There was some sort of commotion going on downstairs and I carefully open the door and listen in on what is being yelled, I could just make out Alpha Zach with his arms folded, his biceps bulging in his shirt sleeves. They were talking about me, accusing me of murder, demanding to know who I was and why I was targeting their pack. They were also asking Alpha Zach why he would bring someone li
Alpha Zach’s POV“Why did you tell her?”“I’m sorry, Look, I didn’t know she was Sophia’s daughter, how was I supposed to know when you never tell me anything”He folds his arms over his chest, refusing to look at me, typical bloody teenager“It should have come from me” I sigh, she should never have found out this way“How many more times Zach, I am sorry”It was not Adam who I was angry with, it was myself, the news of Sophia should have come from me and only me. The only problem was now she had no reason to stay.“Why has she got you so worked up?”I glare at my brother“Shit, you’re mated to her aren’t you?”“Mind your language”He rolls his eyes at me, come on bro, catch up with the twenty first century, everyone swears”I shake my head at him in annoyance“S