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Downstairs wasa depressing mess of crying, compared to my joy of reconnecting with my brother. We joined our mother, and this time, she was sniffling into a bunch of tissues, considerably calmer than before. The alphas had all left the house, instead chatting outside but keeping an eye on us inside.
My aunt was sitting next to my mom on the couch with her arm around her shoulders. I hugged my aunt and gave her a silent nod before addressing my mom.
“Mom, I feel bad you have to go through this,” I said. “But I’m not sorry that Alan is gone.”
Her bloodshot eyes widened at my words.
“I know you never liked him,” she said. “But that’s not a good excuse to kill him.”
“He tried to kill me,” I said. “And he said you were dead.”
“What?” she asked, hiccupping.
“What happened, Mom? Where’s Rodmon, your second mate?”
“He diverged from the pack,” she said, sighing heavily. “He was my first true love, but he couldn’t protect me from Alan.”
“He left?” I asked, not so shocked. Alan was a lot, and that was the only way Rod could have saved himself. But I didn’t appreciate him leaving my mother all alone and vulnerable.
“He did. He couldn’t take it anymore.”
“Sowhyare you crying over Alan?”
“Daughter, I wish I could tell you a reasonable answer,” she said, with tears flooding her eyes again. “But when you experience the loss of a mate, it makes you want to join them.”
“But he was horrible.”
“No matter how terrible your mate is,” she said. “You will still bond to them. You will bond with your entire pack. I lost both of them.”
She began to sob again while clutching her heart, and I bit my lip in uncertainty as I watched her. She couldn’t be faking all this.
“I’m sorry,” I said. “But you still have your children.”
“Don’t be,” she said. “I wish I had been a better mother to you, and you didn’t deserve anything Alan did or said to you. You are perfect the way you are, and you’ve grown into such a beautiful person.”
I rubbed the tears from my eyes, shocked to hear those words from her.
“I don’t know if I can fully forgive you now,” I said, and she nodded. “But in time, I hope it’ll get easier.”
We hugged, and I had to force myself not to cry into her shoulder. I didn’t trust her yet, and the years of pain within me were not easy to erase completely.
Later that day,we were all gathered at my aunt’s house since the ghost of Alan seemed to linger at my parents’ house. Everyone was in better spirits, and the males had gone out to buy dinner. My mom was organizing the dining room despite crying every few minutes. I had been wanting to talk to my aunt all day when her new alphas weren’t around, and finally, I had the chance while she dug for paper plates in the bottom cabinet.
I couldn’t stop staring at the bite mark on her neck. Threesmall puncture wounds indicated the marking that had taken place.
“Auntie,” I said. “I think we can escape tonight.”
She pushed her gray hair back from her face and bit her lip.
“I have to tell you something, Bree,” she said as she sat on the kitchen floor.
My palms turned clammy, and my pulse started to race. Deep down, I already knew what she was going to say. And I wasn’t thrilled about it.
She was an omega, after all.
“Yes, Auntie?”
“I don’t want to leave them,” she said slowly. “I believe I’m meant to be in their pack. And you can live with us as our daughter.”
