My Omega Queen Chapter 16: Confessions
POV: Emily
“Why did you kill your father?” I asked in half a breath.
Regret took over my body the moment the question exited my mouth. The pained expression he displayed is something I do not ever want to see again.
see. This explains Michael’s unusual behaviour.” says Edward, in a grave voice. His Then he gets up and makes his way towards the wall with pictures, stopping in front of his parents’.
They really loved each other, you know. Until that damn
uming he’s talking about the war that happened around the time I was found.
e continues: “My mother… she is a war casualty. She died 8 years ago, trying to protect the Pack’s pups from invaders, basically doing her job as a pack Luna and Queen. My father was on the frontlines when he received the news, so I cannot say for certain what his reaction was. However, all I can tell you for certain is that the war did not only take my mother away from me, but my father too.”
impulse. We have come too far to stop now. I choose to silently listen to his story.
oulless. Emotionless. At first, everyone pitied him. As you know, losing your mate is excruciatingly painful and can lead to the death of your wolf. Imagine when all of that is doubled or tripled in intensity by your Alpha blood. He started locking himself up inside their room and not leave for weeks on end, leaving me and the pack in the care of Michael and the elders. After finally coming out of his room, just as we all sighed in relief, hell came upon us. He was not my father anymore. He would lose his patience with pack members and kill mercilessly left and right, sometimes for no reason whatsoever. He… his sanity deteriorated over the years, culminating in murder
Edward’s back is facing me. His fists open and close intermitently while he is telling me the stor
ion when they live in fear.”
the poor child’s family? Or… was it for the pack? Nevertheless, something was still amiss. Hence, with a shaking voice, I asked: “But then… why’d you have to kill him in cold blood?”
ld blood?”
I… I heard you used wolfsbane to poison him into weakness and stabbed h
ust. “That is far from the truth. I have followed the succesion ritual and challenged my father to a fair fight. What you’ve heard sounds like a rumor spread by a faction inside the pack that is supporting my late father’s ways. Their goal is to damage my reputation and invite other strong Alpha’s to take a chance against me, in hopes that one shall e
I shouldn’t have brought it up.”
wed one question, too.”
I nod.
smell.”
nyhow, pink cheeks or not, I owe him a fair answer.
thing in the morning is a weird, disturbing hobby, if you ask me.”
er this night, too?”
mfortable and snappy. I finally get the courage to look at him back and say: “You only get one question. It’s my turn now.”
out a giggle.
”
again, taking my hand into his. This action coming from him makes me blush to heavens and back. Then he says: “There’s nothing for you to worry about. Me and Rachel dated for a short period of time before I became Alpha King. My father and Rachel’s father thought that a mating between us would strenght
started whimpering in my head and chose to distance herself from us. I feel anger for her, as his actions have hurt my wolf, so I retract my hand from his grasp.
our interest. The pack warriors from this morning were part of the faction supporting my late father’s ways that I was talking about earlier. They were called in my office because they refused to follow a few simple orders and once they arrived in front of me, they threw around some sympathetic phrases about my father and his actions, insulting me.”
my hand and turns me around in a hug, holding me tightly at his chest.
ouls, all my heart is yours: it belongs to you and only you, and with you it would remain even if the moon goddess were to say otherwise. I love you. And now you’re crying, so I’ll stop.”
. I was too sobby to talk, but I followed my body’s wishes. I stood on my tiptoes, grabbed his head with my hands and I kissed him.