42. Learning the truth

Dominic's point of view:

After going through all those things and becoming who I am today, my father found it meaningful to remember that I'm his son. Yes, he named me his successor immediately after my mother's death but that still won't make me acknowledge him as a great father.

This pack is full of hypocrisy and betrayal. When my father found his mate, this pack forgot my mother and everything she did for them. They rejected her as their Luna and chose my father's mate instead.

How can I become the Alpha of such a pack? A pack that rejected my mother and caused her pain.

All these were one of the reasons I left the pack years ago and never planned on returning if not for this situation that came up. I needed to warn my father and I also wanted to see Ma Abigail who was the only one that stood by me and my mother's side years ago.

“Dominic, my son. You are not leaving again right? You are here to stay?" Ma Abigail asked.

I smile wearily. I planted a kiss on her head before speaking, “Ma Abigail, I will leave. I won't stay here. I told you in the past. Didn't I?"

She took a sad breath. I don't like seeing her sad but I know that I can't grant her her wish.

“I know you did tell me in the past, my son but please for my sake, stay. I know that your father and everyone in this pack has hurt you and your mother in the past but you won't deny the fact that they actually treated you and your mother well just that they refused your mother to be the Luna of this pack. It wasn't their fault, they believe that your father will become stronger and fit to protect the pack if he accepts his true mate and makes her his Luna. Your father loves you, he has always wanted you to be the Alpha of this pack after his tenor.

“My dear, I was hurt in the past too. I took the same decision as you just that I didn't leave the pack but as you hated them, I hated them too. I hated your father because he hurt your mother who was like a daughter to me but after some years went by, I finally realized why your father took that decision in the past. A war broke out after you left and because your father chose and mated his true mate, he was more stronger to defeat the enemy. If he has rejected his mate, he will be weak because he will lose some of his strength when he loses the mate bond after rejection. His mate will make him stronger if he accepts her and weak if he rejects her.

“All these were what the elders looked upon before making their decision. They hated their decision because they all love your mother and appreciate all her hard work and everything she did for the pack. They believed themselves to be selfish with their decision but they buried their emotions and did what was best for the pack."

Ma Abigail actually stops to know if I'm listening to her. Yeah, I'm listening to her but I don't know… maybe I will disappoint her. I might not let go of my anger. She must have let go of her anger but I can't. Everything she's saying makes a bit of sense to me but I still believe that my mother suffered injustice. Even though my father had found his mate and thought it's right not to reject her so that he wouldn't lose his strength, he still should have given my mother and I some attention and not thrown all his attention to his mate and her son. And in the end, he will come to me to act like a good father but I didn't give a shit.

Ma Abigail began speaking again. “They actually spoke to your mother. Your father and his mate spoke to your mother but your mother didn't want to compromise. She didn't want to share your father with any woman whether his mate or not. She rejected her mate because she loves your father so much, she wanted your father to do the same. Your father tried giving her thousands of reasons why he shouldn't but she wouldn't listen, she pushed him away since he doesn't want to reject his mate and love only her.

“Your father didn't want to distance himself from your mother, it was just the mate bond. The mate bond was too strong especially when he marked and mated his true mate. It made him think about his mate and everything that concerns her and thereby forgetting about everything that concerns you and your mother. Your mother loved your father so much that she couldn't handle the pain of him being with another woman and I think that the person who should be blamed is the moon goddess. She should have paired your father and your mother as mates. If she had done, all these wouldn't have happened.

“Your father's mate, Jessica. She realized her mistake after your mother's death. She realized that she was selfish to take away your father's attention from your mother because even if she is your father's true mate, your mother was the one there for him from the beginning. Realizing her mistakes, she wanted to rectify it and that was why she convinced your father to make you the Alpha instead of her son. She wanted to take you in as her son and love you but you didn't give her the chance."

Ma Abigail raised her palm and gently careless my cheeks. Right now, I don't even know what to think. If all these were not true, Ma Abigail would never say them to me but I still feel that I will disappoint her. I still feel that I won't forgive my father nor accept his mate.

“My son, you need to forgive your father. Forget the past and live in your present and future. Accept your father and your new mother's love. Come back to your home because this is where you belong. Everyone is sorry for what they did to your mother, they want to make it up to you. Please my dear, come home." Ma Abigail's voice is emotional, she's trying to constrain her tears but she's gradually failing.

“I have been in this room scolding your mother ever since I found out the truth. Though I love your mother so much, I still wouldn't look past her mistakes in all these. If she had not been hard on herself, my poor girl… she wouldn't have died." Ma Abigail broke down in tears.

I drew her close and let her weep on me. I know how much Ma Abigail loves my mother. Even though she was trying to be strong, she still loves my mother so much and her death hurts her a lot.

“I know that she was going through a lot then but she shouldn't have been hard on herself and ended up dying. I also know that your father, his mate and this pack hurt you and your mother in the past and it will be so hard for you to forgive them but I want you to know that your destiny lies in this pack, you are the true Alpha of this pack. Lucas that fool will only destroy this pack. Please Dominic my son. Forgive Mystic pack and come back to be their Alpha," Ma Abigail said.

My head is in a mess now. Why did Ma Abigail have to tell me all these? I'm sure my father and the elders were the ones that convinced her to do so after she had learned the truth. I am here to warn my father and not to probably forgive him.

Even if I ended up forgiving him, how can I leave my own pack, also he's forcing a random girl on me. All these is fucking bullshit! I had just injured my father. I have hatred for him and now Ma Abigail is telling me this.

I saw Ma Abigail's eyes flicker a gray colour for some seconds before she speaks.

“Your father was greatly injured, we need to go to him." She hurriedly said.

Greatly injured, I just gave him a little scratch, he was supposed to be healed by now. What does Ma Abigail mean by greatly injured.

“Ma Abigail is not something serious, it was just a little injury I gave him a while ago when he pissed me off."

“What! You hurt your father?" Ma Abigail looks shocked.

“He got me infuriated."

“He is still your father. You need to control your anger towards him. If you haven't known, your father is suffering from a great sickness. If he gets injured, instead of him healing it will be getting worse until a better treatment is given to him. This is one of the reasons he wants to step down and let you take over. He can't rule the pack anymore."