Death Princess

Chapter 8

AN: The picture ^ is Reese AKA David Williams!

As soon as Lyon was out of room, he immediately went to find his father. His determined footsteps echoed in the empty hallways. Even though he wasn't on good terms with his dad, he was the only person who could help him.

Passing by each room, he couldn't help but recall the memories he had in this place. His footsteps faltered as he remembered the moments when he and his mother walked hand in hand on the very hallway. It was only one of the many memories but he felt his heart crumble in pieces.

This place never did changed.

The frames of leaders from different eras were still hanged on the walls. The dim lights that lighted the whole room were still attached to the ceiling. The red carpet still grazed the floor, the very one he once ran along as a kid. Even his room was still the same. Everything was still in place. Everyone was still here. All except for one.

It has been years since he last visited the pack house. On his 18th birthday, he grabbed the opportunity while he had the chance. He immediately left the pack house, bought his own house and then signed up for boot camp. Ever since his mom died, all he ever wanted was to leave the place and the pack, ran away from his responsibilities as the future alpha and away from the pain. Sooner or later he would be needed to carry on his father's footsteps, if given the chance he wouldn't want anything to do with it. He lost his will to live.

But when he knew about the concept of mates, it willed him to keep on living, knowing that someone out there was fated for him. It was his only driving force since he didn't wanted his mate to experience the same heartache he did. Even when he knew his mate was human, he didn't questioned anything. Life made him realize to see things for a reason even when the purpose was very hard to accept. 

He stopped on his tracks when he arrived at his father's office. As he gripped the handle, he sighed. It had been ages since he had a talk with his father. He still resented Reese for the death of his mother. His father was supposed to be his mother's mate yet pack duties made him preoccupied that he didn't even noticed own his mate and son was missing. A shiver went down his spine as he recalled the events of that day. His mother's shallow breaths, the man's boisterous laughs and his own silents sobs. He hated his father for his dereliction and himself for being so weak at that time. That was the reason why he joined the marines, he always looked up to soldiers sacrificing their lives for the country and thinking that made him confident and strong.

So you are willing to sacrifice yourself for human's sake but you won't for your pack? A voice in his mind spoke to him. It was his wolf. They weren't in the same grounds when talking about this topic but he understood his wolf completely. Even from everything that had happened, his wolf's loyalty was in the pack while his was elsewhere.

I loved my pack, I really do. It was my father's negligence that took mother's life away. But you know I had to leave. Living here with all the memories it had with my mom, it was too much for me to handle.

No, it was too much for you to handle because you were dead set on leaving. You thought too much of the pain not even realizing what hurt and pain your father went through when he lost his mate. I still believed that even after eighteen years, your father still mourned and grieved for your mother. 

He didn't listened to his wolf as he opened the door.

He hated that his wolf had a point. He knew that even until now his father was still hurting from the loss of his mate. Heck. When he saw his mate wounded, he felt a portion of his heart was torn away. In fact if he were to compare, the pain from the loss of his mother was bearable than the thought of his own mate dying. So he couldn't imagine what pain his father went through.