The Black Wolf

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Rhea's POV

Gran was sat at the oak table staring at me, concern clear on her face, I sat myself down opposite her and took a deep breath, there was no way in sugar coating what I needed to say, my gut instinct told me she held all the answers I needed to finally know who I was.

My heart thumped in my chest as I looked her straight in the eye "What. Am. I "

Gran a raised her eyebrows and slowly took off her glasses that were resting on her nose and placed them on the table In front of us, she appeared to think for a moment, before finally speaking "Hope".

The look of confusion must of been clear on my face, Gran started to smile. I had never seen so much joy in her face than at this exact moment.

"You bring hope to the world my darling, just your existence is truly a miracle. Our family has waited years for you arrival and now the day has finally come. there's so much to tell you dear, I honestly don't know where to start"

Gran then got up from do the table and started rummaging hastily through the sideboard draws. within minutes She sat back In The chair opposite me and laid In front of us was the picture I had asked her about when I first arrived here.

My mother was standing looking lovingly into the eyes of a man whose beauty could only be compared to that of Masons.

"Who is this man?" I asked whilst examining the picture.

" His name is Michael, your mother loved him very much" she said whilst moving around so she could look at the picture with me.

"What happened to him?" I asked.

"Before I tell you anymore, I need to know what brought you here to me today? " there was a seriousness to her voice now which made me nervous, I wanted to explain everything to her, how mason was a wolf and had given me his blood and how i should now be one as well. But it wasn't my secret to tell.

" Well... Er I.. I just feel like I'm different" I lied.

"That Alpha of yours finally told you his secret then" she said giving me a knowing smile.

" How do you know Masons an Alpha? Does that mean you know his... Secret?" I asked

" It's my business to know everything about you dear and the people you surround yourself by. I take it you are his Mate?"

I nodded my head answering her question, I felt heat rush to my cheeks, "am I.. The same?" I asked.

" That I am not sure of my dear , you see my mother was a human and my father a wolf, it was the first known of its kind amongst our pack,"

I butted in "wait you were in a pack..." I asked I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

Gran nodded in reply, " I'm going to tell you the history of our family, as I was saying my father was a wolf, the bloodline which created our Pack was believed to be the original of all shape shifters, this lead our pack to bare strong wolfs, the strongest of there kind in fact. Although the Knight park were a peaceful pack there was fear and jealously amongst other packs of our kind. On my 10th Birthday mother had taken me into the city as a treat, my father was unable to join us that day as the Alpha needed him for some pack duties, there had been several attempts of rouges trespassing in the days before.

When my mother and I returned later that evening what faced us changed life as we knew it, our pack had been slaughtered, butchered even, I can still smell the blood that was in the air. My mother grabbed hold of my hand tightly and dragged me around the territory frantically searching for my father. As we approached the pack house we found the Alpha laying on the ground, he was barely recognisable through his injuries. My mother ran to his side, he was still alive, I saw her clutch hold of his hand and beg him to tell her my father had survived. He shook his head, then he spoke, we didn't stand a chance, we were weak, our water was poisoned. In his last breath he shouted Run. The alpha then died right before us. "

I could see the tears welling up in her eyes, I reached and grabbed her hand to offer he some comfort. " you don't have to tell me anymore if it is too hard" I told her.

"Nonsense" she replied wiping away her tears " I told you I would tell you everything so that is what I'm going to do dear."

I smiled at her and continued holding her hand, " so are you a wolf Gran?" I asked.

"No my dear, although the genes are there, a wolf doesn't always surface if one parent is human."

" But I have two Human parents, so I can't be a wolf" I found myself feeling disappointed when those words come out of my mouth, as crazy as it sounds I think a part if me actually wanted to be the same as Mason.

Gran held my hand tighter "That is not entirely correct my dear, your mother was already pregnant when she met your dad"

I felt even more confused than ever, I pulled my hand away from Grans and covered my mouth, I felt sick to my stomach.

"I know this is a lot to take in dear, but please let me continue" she said placing her hand on my shoulder.

I couldn't find the words to answer I was literally speechless, I nodded my head for her to continue.

" My mother and I moved to live with my grandparents. Eventually I met your Grandfather, we moved here and had your mother, I never told her about my upbringing or about my father until one day she was sitting where you are now telling me all about a young man she had met and how much she loved him. I knew when I moved here that there were packs nearby, but being Human I thought we were safe, long were the days where we had wolves in our family, I told her about my past.

He was an Alphas son, meaning he would soon be an Alpha, he had told your mother his secret, she was his mate, your mother went to live with him in his territory and soon became pregnant, he told his father about our heritage. His father was a vicious man and power hungry, he had heard stories about Knight pack and there strength growing up. His father along with 3 other Alphas had been behind the slaughtering. The alpha planned to use the child to create a superior pack.. a pack just like the one he helped kill, Your mother found out about the Alphas plans. The thought of her child facing a fate like that of knight pack terrified her so she did what she thought was best, she ran away"

"So what happened to her, did the the Alpha find her?"

"No my dear but that didn't stop him from looking, he came close to finding her a few times but your mother was always one step ahead, things got a lot easier for her once she met your father, once they married she took his name and they moved to the city. The city is a hard place for a wolf to track a human, you see dear your mothers scent was not to different from that of other Humans so hunting her amongst 20,000 other Humans was virtually impossible.

"What about her Mate? did he look for her?"

"He was the one who helped your mother run away, he confronted his dad about his plans, a fight broke out between them which gave your mother the opportunity to run, I can only assume he was killed as there has been no mention of him since.

Your mother always hoped that he would find her, don't get me wrong she loved your dad but nothing can compare to a mate bond."

I picked up the photograph again, my mum looked so happy in the picture, you could see the love beaming from her eyes, I tried to recall if I had ever seen her give my dad the same look. Tears began to trail down my face

" I know where this is going" I said turning my gaze to Gran.

In return she nodded her head.

"Michael is your father.

A/N

Sorry it's taken so long for me to update, that chapter seemed to take me

Forever to write. I would just like to say thank you all for sticking with it, it would be great if you could comment and let me know what you think of the story so far, as I've said before this is the first time I've written anything so any feedback would be great. :-)