“Is there a reason you put the Alpha to sleep?” he asked, confused.
“Well first, he deserved a taste of his own medicine, and second, I need to go to the Black Moon Pack, and you’re coming with me.”
“Why not ring?” It was the exact question Reid asked.I need to see David; I knew I could catch him out on a lie if he was in front of me.Over the phone not so much.
“Stop your questions and help me tie him up,” I said motioning to Reid.
“Come again?”
Seriously, do I have to explain everything?“If he wakes up, he is going to come looking for me, help me tie him up, where are some chains?”
“Nope I’m out, you are nuts.He will kill me slowly, you - he will just kill.” I rolled my eyes, walking over to Zane, I gripped his face forcing him to look at me.
“Go get the chains now,” I told him using my Alpha voice.He rushed to do as he was told, not being able to fight my command.Dragging Reid up the bed closer to the headboard, I placed his head on a pillow and tucked him in.I laughed at the thought of tucking in the big bad Alpha, not so big and scary now are ya.I thought to myself.
Zane came back with some chains and two padlocks, I quickly wrapped them around his wrist then the foot of the bed on each side.I know it won’t hold if he shifts, but I am hoping we will be back before then if he does wake up with any luck, the chains slow him down a little.
“Now what?”
“You and I are leaving, tell Mitch to watch the girls.” Zane nodded and walked out.I walked over to Reid and kissed his lips.“Sorry, but you kind of deserved it, so I’m not really sorry,” I told him, chuckling on my way out and down the stairs.
Getting in the car, we drove quickly to the Black Moon Pack border, upon arrival, two wolves stepped out but motioned us to drive through.We drove right up to the Pack house porch parking next to the steps.
“Ari, what are you doing here?Where is Reid?”
“Sleeping, I need to speak to you” Alpha David looked uncertain when Zane stepped out of the car.“He is fine, he won’t cause any trouble” Alpha David gave Zane one last glance before showing us inside.Not that I needed showing I lived here most of my life, I followed after him anyway.
“Zane, go talk with Michael, I will be back soon,” I said, leaving Zane in the loungeroom with Michael and his wife.Zane I could tell wasn’t happy but didn’t argue.I followed David to his office.Once inside, David took his seat behind the desk.I decided not to waste any time and got straight to the point.Time wasn’t on our side, Reid will wake and come looking for me.“I know it was you,” I told him, taking a seat across from him.
Alpha David looked at me, confused.“I know it was you, who told the Hunters about me.” I clarified.
He went to shake his head, but I stopped him.“Don’t deny it, I can tell when you’re lying” He appeared to think for a minute, his eyebrows furrowed, and he pinched the bridge of his nose before letting out a breath and looking at me.
“I’m sorry, I thought you were going to take Lily from me, so I thought if I got you out of the way, Lily would be forced home, then after you and I came up with an agreement, I tried to tell you earlier to warn you, but someone is always with you.I didn’t want to jeopardise our arrangement,” I sighed, relieved my instincts were correct.I also had something else that had been eating at me since I first suspected, he was the one who was giving out information.“How do you know how to contact them?”
Alpha David looked taken back by my question but answered anyway.“I grew up with one of them.They aren’t all bad, but most are raised from childhood to be Hunters.It is taught and passed down the family, generation after generation, doesn’t mean they all agree.A lot of them don’t have a choice,” I thought for a few minutes before asking my next question.
“It was you, wasn’t it?You knew Mum was your mate, so you told the Hunters to kill my father,” I didn’t ask it as a question, I knew I was right.He was the reason my father was dead, and my grandfather.His selfishness killed them.“How long did you know Mum was your mate before you had him killed?”
Chapter 32
Aria’s POV
Alpha David got upfrom his seat and walked over to the cupboard that sat next to the window overlooking the vast forest.His back was to me, I couldn’t see what he was doing but could hear the clink of glasses and him pouring liquid into them.When he turned around, he held out a glass of whisky to me.I accepted the glass believing this conversation definitely warranted hard liquor.I could tell David was starting to get nervous and a little uncomfortable with the conversation topic.
I took a sip of the brown liquid.It was smooth tasting and had an oak taste to it.David downed his in one go and poured himself another.Finally, he sat back down across from me looking a little more confident with his glass in his hand.I took another sip from my drink and watched him over the top of my glass.“I knew she was my mate for five years.Your mother knew about me too but didn’t want to break up her family.Your family Aria, not mine.”
“So, what happened?” David ran a hand through his hair nervously and sighed, becoming resigned with the fact everything was about to be out in the open.
“I was pissed off that she would turn me down, reject me even though she never officially did reject me.She tried once but couldn’t say the words.Couldn’t bring herself to reject me.I told my friend about there being a Hybrid living in the city.I wanted to get rid of your father and try and have a life with my destined mate.I could tell your mother would never leave him for me.So, I took matters into me owns hands,”
I thought his words over trying to remember anything, but I was only two years old, so I had no memory of my father.
“It took another five years afterwards for your mother to accept me as her mate.She refused to move on, and I kept what I had done a secret for years, but I think your mother knew all along it was me.She just didn’t say anything.”
“So basically, you killed not only my father but my grandfather?Why didn’t you just wait for the mate bond to work.The pull is stronger than anything I could have imagined.She would have given in eventually,” I asked.
“I didn’t want to wait.I waited five years before I acted, and as for killing them, they never died by my hands.I thought your father was dead.I thought he died along with Joe.They never found his body, and by the time your father came back, your mother was already dead.”