Chapter 161
Chapter 161
Eryx POV
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I watch him as he moves, the tension in his shoulders isn’t going. He should allow me to help him more,
own back. He’s stubborn though, and I guess that’s where I get that trait from.
“You wanted me?” I ask.
“You went into the Hollow again,” he says.
“I did,” I reply, not trying to hide it.
Sighing, he looks at me. “The Hollow is no place for children,” he snaps.
then he wouldn’t be carrying so much on his
Children. “Would you like me to go sit in school, Alpha? Maybe grab a lollipop to sedate your need to have a child?” I growl.
“Don’t get smart with me,” he argues.
I laugh, my head shaking as I do. The tension in his shoulders has now unloaded on me, or maybe not, he’s still tense. Maybe now it’s just doubled and clings to me as well. He doesn’t understand, and how can he? He’s not like me.
“I was actually being honest. You call me a child, treat me like one, so would you rather I went back into that school and sat there pretending to be learning useless information that I’ve already figured out and outgrown?”
“You act like you know everything,” he states. His body trembles now, and I know he’s getting close to losing it, maybe even bringing out his Alpha voice. Not that it works on me, although he likes to try.
Stepping closer, I shake my head. “There’s many things that I do not know, Alpha,” I reply, my hand held out. I focus and watch the wind in my palm begin to swirl. Watching it settles me. It calms me like nothing else can. “I never claimed that I know the answers to every question. You simply do not like that I’m not an ignorant child anymore, Alpha. Am I grounded now? I’ll just ask Mother if I can have time out of the room.”
His face turns red, and I lean against the door, watching the swirl building in my hand.
“I’m trying to have a conversation with you, and you’re acting like a child,” he snaps.
“Isn’t that what you wanted, Alpha? A child? You can’t have me acting like a child when it suits you, then demand I speak as a grown–up and have a conversation that a child wouldn’t have.”
He turns and runs a hand through his hair. “This isn’t working. The Hollow isn’t a place for you. This you know, and yet you blindly walk into it before dawn. For what reason?” He turns to face me.
This is where things become more awkward. “You see, if I tell you that, it means speaking like an adult and telling you things of adult nature. I’m not sure you can handle that.”
His fist slams into the table. “Eryx!” he growls and moves closer, but stops. “What is that scent?”
“Again, that would require me to speak and be an adult, which you’re not approving of,” I argue.
“Eryx, who have you been near, as that isn’t a scent I recognise!”
Ignoring him, I move one of my fingers and watch as the wind swirling in my hand begins to take shape. I won’t tell him a thing until he accepts I’m not a child. My eyes focus on the figure flickering in my palm.
“Fine, I’ll get your mother. She can get the truth from you,” he says and turns.
My hand slams shut, cutting off the air. “Okay,” I say quickly. If Mother tries to find out, then it becomes more complicated. “I’ll tell you,” I say.
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He turns and walks back in and sits, watching me and waiting.
“I met my mate,” I say, and his head snaps up.
“How? Who? That scent isn’t one that I recognise, so exactly who is it?”
Of course he thinks it’s someone here. “If I can sneak past the guards to reach the Hollow, I can get out of the pack, Alpha. Which I have. I met her at another pack.”
His eyes widen, and he stands again, pacing. “This is forbidden,” he mutters. “Do you understand the consequences of you going to another pack, and finding your mate and being with her without prior approval?” he demands.
“Yes, but that makes no difference. She’s my mate. I don’t care about getting prior approval from the Alphas of both packs. Your thoughts on us being together should not matter. Our bond does.”
He swears and paces more. “So now I have to go to her pack and apologize for my son’s dishonour and disgrace,” he roars and turns to face me. “Do you understand what you have done? Which pack, which pack is she from?”
“Darkmoor,” I reply, and he grabs me, dragging me to my feet.
“Is that a joke?” he roars. “Your mate is April!”
I open my mouth, but he continues on and silences me.
“Our enemy. You’ve been to our enemy’s pack?” he demands. Releasing me, he goes back to pacing, his hand running through his hair.
“Alpha, this could be a good thing. It could solve the war between the packs.”
“Eryx, now is not the time for you to play grown–up and try to fix issues! You’ve caused more issues, that’s all that you have done. You should never have stepped foot into their pack!”
Crossing my arms, I glare back at him. “If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have found my mate!”
“Maybe that would be for the best, because I am not having anyone from that pack in mine, and I’m certainly not letting them near my family! April cannot be trusted and you will never see her again.”
“XANDER!” The shout has me turn to see my mother standing by the door, her eyes fixed on him. “Don’t you dare do that,” she says softly as she moves
closer.
“Do what? His mate is April, the daughter of the one pack we’re at war with. More than your father. Like she can be trusted. It could be a set–up,” he
argues.
I don’t move as I know my mother will sort it.
“You don’t do that again! Look back at what you did to me when you wanted to believe I was part of a plan,” she says sharply.
“Serafine,” he hisses and looks at me.
“I know,” I say and walk past him. “While we were training, I unlocked a new magic. I saw everything. Every moment you doubted Mother. Every moment you abused her, and told yourself it was fine because she was the enemy’s daughter.”
They both turn to look at me. “You never said,” my mother whispers.
“I was not about to bring up your trauma. It wouldn’t help, so instead I told you I saw you in a library surrounded by books, because then you knew I had a new magic, but didn’t have to worry about what I saw.”
She stands quietly, staring at me in shock.
“That was different,” he says.
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“You’re right, Alpha, it is different, because April is not your mate, and I’m not you, so I won’t abuse her for my own pleasure.” Turning, I walk toward the door and stop. “Do you want to know why I call you Alpha and not Father?” I ask without looking back.
Silence follows my question, so I tell him anyway.
“Because you called me a child over and over since I turned sixteen, and I saw that–evidence that you were never a man when you were running this pack. You didn’t become one until Mother made you one.”
With that, I walk out.
