43. Vera is gone

Dominic's point of view:

My father is sick? I didn't know about that. Fuck! How will I know if I haven't come back home for years?

Guilt quickly washed through me. If I had known that my father was sick I wouldn't have lost my anger and hurt him. I think that this is all his fault. He knew that I am furious but he made it worse.

I ran my fingers through my hair as I also ran my palm through my face. I found the bed and sat on it.

What have I done? I should have tried my best and controlled my anger. I should have walked away. I actually wanted to do it but my father's next word got me infuriated. Even though I hate him. I don't want him dead. I don't know why I feel that way towards him, maybe it's because of the bond between us. He's my father, we share the same blood. No matter what I do, he's still my father and I will definitely find it hard to hurt him even though I hate him.

But why the Fuck did he insist on killing little bunny and want me to marry Ariana. He knows that I'm no longer a child and he can't control my life.

With everything Ma Abigail has said. Even if I accept to be the Alpha of Mystic pack, I still will never marry Ariana.

After running my palm through my face one more time, I stood up and slowly walked round my mother's room. All of her pictures are still here, including the pictures she took with me. When she died, in anger, I destroyed all the pictures she took with my father.

I picked one of the pictures she took with me. I gave out a weak smile as I ran my fingers through the picture. I miss her a lot. I have many of her pictures in my mansion and can watch them anytime I want, especially when I miss her.

After spending some time in my mother's room. Ma Abigail mind-linked me. She told me to go see my father.

Even without her telling me. My body is already pushing me towards my father's chambers. I didn't want to go but I still found myself there.

When I arrived there, my father was on the bed while Jessica sat beside him. She held his hand as they spoke. My father's voice is weak which shows he's not well. I can only hear what he was saying because of my werewolf hearing ability.

“Honey, why are you so adamant that Dominic will marry Ariana? He doesn't love her, it's clear that he loves the human girl you are trying to kill. We have hurt our son a lot in the past, let's not do it again. Doing this, we are making him to hate us the more. How can we gain his love if we want to kill the girl he loves? Yes, I know the girl is a human and he shouldn't have fallen for a human but it happened. As his parents we should support him and not make things difficult. He loves that girl so much, you yourself have seen it. He went against the werewolf rules for her. He has sworn not to come to Mystic but he came to give you warning because of her. He could have killed you but I could see how he was holding back his anger. That means he still loves you though you have hurt him and his mother in the past. I don't know about me, I don't know if he will ever love me but I hope he does.

“Please, honey. Call Phoebe and order her to come back. We know Phoebe can't kill the girl. Dominic has lots of strong warriors that can protect the girl. If Phoebe mistakenly hurt that girl. Dominic will hate you the more. Like he said, he will call for a war and you know that he will win."

Jessica gently squeezed my father's hand as she continued. “I want Dominic to be the Alpha not because I want to rectify my mistakes but I know he's the true alpha of this pack. This pack has shown me nothing but love and I want to pay them back the same. I know that Lucas is my son but I know that he can never make a good Alpha. Please, let's not make things more difficult. Let's not make Dominic more angry towards us. We want him to be the Alpha because only him can protect this pack and how can we convince him if you keep on infuriating him. I don't know why you want him to marry Ariana but please, whatever your reasons are, you need to consider that our son deserves to be with who he loves."

I stood like a statue on the doorway listening to Jessica. I am dumbfounded, is this one of Jessica's plans or what. I don't think so. She has no reason to say those words. If she wants her son to be the Alpha, this is not a good way to make it happen. Speaking this way will not favor her but favor me. When Ma Abigail said that Jessica regretted what she did in the past, was she really right?

“The reason I want Dominic to marry Ariana is because it will uplift his curse. I met a sorcerer who told me that Dominic's curse will kill him if it wasn't broken. He said that the blood of a beta she-wolf can uplift it." My father said.

What the fuck. I chuckled internally. Is my father being serious? Did he really believe the sorcerer's words? I knew the type of curse the moon goddess placed on me, it can not kill me. I think the sorcerer's words were planned between him and Ariana.

“What! And you believe that? You should have spoken to me and not taken action to kill off the girl Dominic loves."

It looks like Jessica is more clever than I thought.

“I can smell Dominic," Jessica suddenly said and her eyes flew to the doorway. Our eyes met but she took it away. I turned around to walk away but my father's voice stopped me.

“Dominic, my son," my father gently called. I turned to face him. He gave me a faint smile, his wife did the same.

“Did you overhear our conversation?" My father asked.

“It doesn't matter," I blurted out sarcastically.

“My son, please come close to me," My father said. His eyes are teary, I have never seen my father this way. I didn't know how my legs moved until I was standing close to the bed. He brings out his hand to touch mine. I allowed him.

“I know you will find it so hard to forgive me. I have never been a good father. I neglected you. You went through a lot but I wasn't there for you. I don't know if you will ever forgive me, my son but I want you to know that I love you. I only want one thing from you. Can you please come back and take the throne? You are my first child, you have the alpha blood and only you is strong enough to protect Mystic pack, especially now there are enemies everywhere. I have been asking your mother for forgiveness. I hope she will forgive me, I was never a good husband to her "

“Yes you are not. Not a good husband, not a good father." I can see the hurt in his eyes but he speaks up nevertheless.

“For the human girl I asked Phoebe to kill. I found out that you love her and she could be your weakness. If I ask you to leave her and marry Ariana, you will never do so. I thought that the best way to get her out of your life is to kill her." I clenched my fist in anger. Speaking about killing little bunny always makes my blood boil.

“I want you to marry Ariana because the sorcerer said that if you marry her, it will uplift your curse. The curse will kill you if you don't uplift it."

I scoffed. It's still ludicrous that this man believed that stuff.

“If that is all, I will leave now," I said.

“Dominic, wait." Jessica stopped me before I could walk away. She stood up and walked up to me.

“Dominic,I know you hate me and you have every right to do so. I was wrong to separate a father from his son and I regretted what I did. No excuse I give can rectify my mistake. What your father said just now is true but I'm sure the sorcerer tricked him. We will sort this out but I hope you will listen to your father and come back to take the throne."

I look at her. This woman is good at pretending. “What about your son, don't you want him to be the Alpha?"

“I do but he's not fit to be the alpha. I know he's my son but I cannot risk the future of Mystic pack because he's my son. Mystic pack has done a lot for me and making sure they have the right Alpha is the least I can do. You are the right Alpha, Dominic." Staring into her eyes, I could see the sincerity of her words shining there.

I didn't say anything and just walked away. What the fuck! I never knew things would turn out this way, I'm confused.

My phone rings. I checked the caller, it's Liam. Since I'm on another continent, it will be hard for him to mind-link me.

“Yes Liam," I said after picking the call and placing the phone on my right ear.

“Dominic, Vera is gone."