Conquering the Alpha (BxB) - Werewolf Story

Chapter 45: From The Bottom of My Broken Heart

PREAMBLE

Friday morning in Texas. Frederick and Dahlia are having breakfast together in the dining hall of their mansion.

"Seth texted me. He said Skylar gave up on prospecting anyone else for the rest of the school term in Ravenwood." The Luna spoke with concern in her voice. Her husband scoffed.

"Skylar is just sulking. He will not stand the loneliness for six months. He will have another one in his arms in no time." He dismissed the alarming statement by his son. Dahlia glanced at him with a mixture of irritability and pity for his ignorance.

"He also said that he never heard his brother talk about anybody before like the way he talks about Jacob. It is as if he was an entirely different person. He is romantic and attentive to him. He speaks of Jacob like he was in love and they have never shared a kiss yet." She relayed the message, sounding impressed by her son.

"That's probably why he's acting this way. If he had his way with him, he would have already moved on by now and we wouldn't be hearing about this boy anymore." He countered, sounding dismissive.

"Have you ever heard our son talk about anyone the way he spoke about Jacob? Having known Sky for eighteen years, how many times did you see him going the extra mile for someone he wanted? Who could possibly have touched him in such a way that would make him travel all the way from Colorado to Texas in the middle of the week, just to talk to you? That whole conversation could have been had through a video chat, but no. He wanted to be here to have that talk, to look you in the eye and beg you to approve his choice of a prospect. Does any of that sound like this was on a whim? Or lust for a boy?" She challenged him, causing the Alpha to gasp in shock.

Frederick kept staring at his wife of twenty years in utter shock, baffled by her words.

"I am just saying... maybe, just maybe, this is about something bigger for him. Perhaps he did find an unicorn as you put it. Perhaps he wants something more than what his parents have. Marrying for money is fine, I am not unhappy with my life and I am certainly not complaining. But maybe our son wants something different than what we have. He went there to find a great match for him, that's true. But nobody ever told him that he could not marry for love. Nobody said he could not strive for something else. He just never thought that was in the cards for someone like him. But maybe, just maybe, he found that in Jacob. A boy who not only doesn't care that he is a Stronghold or about sucking up to you, he also doesn't care about money. At least, not in the sense that you'd think." She continued her speech while her husband was baffled by her arguments.

"Everybody cares about money, my dear." He scoffed, ever so smugly.

"Sure. But why didn't he take your check for the medical bills? You had no way of knowing he was on his mother's health insurance policy. He could have just kept his mouth shut and left here with enough money for his first year of college tuition, room, and meal plan. But he didn't. That, my dear, is called integrity. Honesty. I wonder who would benefit from having such a strong willed person as a Luna?" She provoked him with a sarcastic tone.

Oh, my Goddess! I love her. Women are the best! *hold for applause*

"Also, just a thought, Skylar promised to do everything you ever wanted him to. He was so desperate for your approval that he even offered you the chance to pick his college and major. Can you imagine the benefits of having something like this over him? A debt that could not so easily be paid? Can you imagine the kind of future he would have if he did everything that his father wanted him to?" She enticed him, who was wide-eyed at this.

"He will do that anyway." He scoffed.

"Sure... - She rolled her eyes, annoyed at him. - He will leave Ravenwood with no prospects. Go to the furthest college he can think of to get away from his father and resent you for the rest of his life for costing him what could easily be the love of his life. Trust me, he will never forgive you for this. He might not ever find a person that could like him for who he is and not his last name." She declared, convinced of the harrowing truth.