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I hardly closed my eyes the rest of the night. Tyler hadn't even slept at all.

He had been pacing restlessly the whole time, getting quite upset with his father.

Now the next day had dawned with the rising sun and right on time Tyler's father was standing in front of the door of the pack house.

Meanwhile, we had been having breakfast and Tyler, who didn't want his father to be there right now, had made him wait outside the whole time.

The pack had looked a bit strange, but accepted their alpha's decision.

Word got around in the pack about what had happened in my old hometown and apparently the werewolves here felt sorry for me even though I was a human.

Or at least those who worked in the kitchen.

Anyway, I got heart-shaped pancakes, while Tyler's were just regular round ones.

It was probably a nice gesture, but I didn't really feel any better afterwards.

,,Alpha? Your father is still at the door.", a werewolf let us know, even if he didn't seem to feel completely comfortable as the bearer of the message. Tyler looked at me worried. "Do you want to come?

Maybe

not will definitely be beautiful."

I thought a little uncertainly. Did I really want to go there?

But what if I didn't go? Would I then just sit here or should I even go to our room alone?

But I would be alone there... And there would be a few more people here, but nobody I knew better.

Milo has rarely appeared in the packhouse since he became Omega and the twins have been with their mate.

I grabbed Tyler's hand.

"So you're coming with me?" I nodded

, "Okay, but remember if it gets too much for you, you can always leave." I nodded again.

Tyler and I got up and left the main dining room and shortly thereafter also stepped through the front door.

Tyler's father was standing no more than ten meters from the entrance.

I remembered quite well that I actually found him quite intimidating, but I didn't really care or his power wasn't having an effect on me at the moment.

Although one had to say that my sadness and anger suppressed all other emotions.

"Well finally! How dare you make me wait out here! I'm your father after all! And you kindly retract your stupid judgment of the poor wolf. He didn't do anything bad..." "

ENOUGH!" Tyler snapped at his father: "You know how I don't care about your opinion right now and the only reason I didn't send you away right away is because that you are my father But there's one thing you should kindly remember: I'm the new alpha here! The alpha who has power over everyone else, including you, so don't act like you have anything else to say to me.

After all, an innocent human being was murdered in your pack."

"My goodness Tyler, that was just a simple human, not even the potential mate of a wolf. That was a nobody."

I looked at Tyler's father in disbelief.

This man, who I didn't even know the name of, had the gall to call my beautiful sister a nobody.

If only I could speak straight. I know exactly what words I would yell at him.

Beside me, Tyler tensed even more than before. "This innocent human being has the same right to life as you do. It's been centuries since we've been in a war where you can just kill people, that should have gotten to you by now! Better be glad that I didn't cut off the murderer's head on the spot out of consideration for my companion. Believe me, life in prison is a much better sentence. After all, he not only destroyed a life, but to make matters worse, he took my companion's last family."

"My goodness son! Human families aren't as close together as werewolves' families," Tyler's father said smugly. "

How do you know that? Mother was once human, but you don't really have a clue about humans."

"And how would you know that?! I've been in this world long enough to know what makes people tick and after all I taught you everything there is to know about people."

"Don't be ridiculous. Your dealings with people have always been terrible. And don't tell me they deserve this. All the people who live today have nothing to do with the war anymore, and I'll tell you something, people then and now have one thing in common: the majority of people hate us. See us as oppressors, as slave drivers. We let them vegetate from birth to death and if, in their eyes, they are unlucky to be a werewolf's mate, we rip them from their families and forbid all contact. We're just unnecessarily cruel to them, even though they've done nothing wrong. Apparently it doesn't even matter that they're alive, so you can just kill them like that."

"But son, what the wolf did isn't against the rules...", Tyler 's father attacked my sister's killer again listen. Let this be said to you and never forget this: I make the rules! And when I decide that the rules change, they change."

"But you can't judge someone for something that happened before the rule was made." "

Oh believe me, I can. The last Alpha could do that too. He also had people punished for things after the war, en masse that happened before."

"But humans almost ruined this planet!"

"And the werewolf killed a human! Murder is murder and it's just done to torment someone. You won't be able to change my opinion, let alone my judgement. And if I were you, I'd leave now and never trespass on my territory again. After all, you have the nerve to show up here while my mate is mourning."

"Son, your mate..."

"SHUT UP! And don't tell me something obvious like, 'she's only human'! Yes, she's human, and adding 'just' is more than condescending to my mate. She is the most important person in my life. Far more important than you or mother. I not only love her, I adore her!"

Tyler turned from his father to me. "Shall we go in? I still have to go to the office, but you're welcome to come with me. If you want, we can also get you a snack or something sweet.", he smiled lovingly at me. One could easily forget that he not only yelled at his father, but also growled menacingly in all werewolf manner. He had meanwhile he didn't look too enthusiastic, but he didn't seem to dare to growl at his son as well.

Worried, Tyler grabbed my hands. "Hey, is everything okay?"

Quite frustrated, I looked him in the eye.

"I'll be by your side forever and I know I'm not the perfect match but I will make the world a better place for you. Werewolves have done so many terrible things to you, but I will ensure that such terrible acts are not only banned, but that the perpetrators are held accountable for their misdeeds."