Whispers in the dark

Chapter thirty

Chapter thirty

My mouth dropped and I stood there frozen to the spot, probably looking like a fish

A realization dawned on me as everything came together in my head. They were the wolves that saved us!! But they were supposed to be dead.

"We thought you were dead." I whispered as I stared at the floor.

"Why didn't you come back for us? Why didn't you let us know you were alive?" I screeched as I strode towards him.

"Mum was heartbroken, we had to live without you for years and now you just rock up and expect that everything is ok."

They didn't respond. They just looked at me with a pained expression on his face. I directed my next comment at my supposed dad.

"Well it's not ok, dad, it's not." I walked backwards suddenly aware of the tears that streaked my cheeks.

I don't know why I was crying, I shouldn't be crying. Not for them anyway.

"Avalon, try to understand. When we went on that run and were ambushed by rogues We tried to fight them off but they were two strong for us. We knew that we would be killed so we begged for them to spare us. The leader of the attack recognized that we were strong wolves so we were taken in. We were forced to do dirty work for them, always under close guard. At night time we were locked up. After years of working as a slave I felt your mothers pain and my wolf went crazy. We were on a hunt and I killed the guards around us and Liam and I came to rescue you." My dad pleaded.

"You never left our mind, not for one second on the 10 years that we were kept prisoner." His eyes glistened with unshed tears.

My heart broke for them both. I couldn't imagine what life would be like, separated from my mate for so long. Not knowing how there they were alive or not. I grabbed Marcus' hand with an iron grip.

"Ok. I'm not sure I can just forgive you straight away, but I'm sure that in time we will be able to put our family back together again." I walked over to my dad first and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"I love you daddy. I'm glad you came back for us."

I walked over to my brother and did the same.

As I pulled away, suddenly all of the attention turned from me to Marcus.

"And what do we have here." He said to Marcus

"Marcus is my mate, dad." I said to him as Marcus slung his arm over my shoulder.

"And with your permission," he said to my parents before turning towards me. My breath caught in my throat as he knelt down on one knee.

"I would like to marry her."

Mum gasped and nodded enthusiastically. Marcus looked me and I felt myself get lost in his eyes.

"Avalon, you are my everything. I know that we haven't been going out for long but I just can't hold off any longer. I want to spend my life with you and hopefully, one day, well bring up a litter of pups of our own. Avalon Rosalie Redwood, will you marry me?"

I was lost for words. A smile planted itself on my face, that wouldn't be leaving anytime soon.

"Yes," I choked out before he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me in for a kiss. I deepened the kiss but quickly pulled away, blushing, when I realized my recently reunited family was right there.

Mum squealed and pulled me into her embrace. I beamed at her as she congratulated me with tears forming in her eyes.

I turned to my dad who was staring, dumbfounded at Marcus. He snapped out of his state of shock and his expression hardened.

"Now hold on a minute mister. I'm not going to just give my daughter away to anyone. You have to promise me that you will take care of my baby." Dad said sternly as he stared Marcus down.

"Yeah," Liam added, "I swear if you hurt her I will hunt you down and kill you"

Marcus straightened his back and stared them both in the eye.

"I swear on my life, that I will look after her for eternity," he stated.

I beamed and looked up at him. He looked back at my and I swear all that I could see in his eyes was pure love.

My dad's expression relaxed and soon he was smiling himself

"Well I guess that settles things then." He said as he strode over to Marcus.

"Welcome to the family, son," he exclaimed as he patted him on the back.

I smiled and mum and Peter walked over and we all came together in a group hug. A broken family, reunited again.

And in that moment I knew that even though things didn't necessarily go to plan, everything was going to be ok.