Chapter 0200
ZAIA.
âI wouldnât have expected this from you, Zaia,â Aran says as he sits behind his office desk in the Pack Building. His jaw is clenched, and his eyes are harsh as he sits there, watching me.
âI do apologise, but you have been refusing to answer my calls or to meet me and there is a lot we need to discuss,â I say, walking in and shutting the door behind me.
The sound of my heels is loud in the silent room.
âAnd what exactly do we need to discuss? You have already
disobeyed me, and you have been visiting Sebastian when I gave strict orders not to. So why should bother to talk to you when there is nothing to say?â he asks coldly.
I tilt my head, taking a seat opposite him and I lean back, crossing my legs. âBecause you are Sebastianâs father and no matter how much you two clash, he is still your son.â
He scoffs. âSo, he hasnât shared with you that I am not his father?â
Raising an eyebrow, I play with a strand of my hair.
âNot his father? How can you not be his father? Yes, he told me your had a sperm donor, but that doesnât take away the fact that he is your son. Whether a child is adopted, or created via a sperm donor, any child you take in and raise as your son or daughter is yours.
Sebastian is your son, no one elseâs.
Thereâs a glint of something in his eyes before he looks away and he swallows, adjusting his tie, but he does not reply.
âYou and Sebastian are far too alike, and that is why you clash,â I add.
They have a lot of differences, but they do have similarities and I donât know why Aran is so against him, but I am not here to make things worse but to try to fix them.
He sits back and scoffs as if what I have said is amusing.
âWe have never seen eye to eye, yet despite everything I have done for him, he has done nothing but show me arrogance and disrespect in return. Why should I acknowledge him?â
âYou did acknowledge him when you first made him Alpha. Why is it that things got worse between you two after my divorce?â I ask.
Iâm not a fool, and although he seemed angry at me when I finally did decide to come back, our divorce was the starting point of things getting worse between the two.
He doesnât respond, staring at me as if wanting me to say what I have to and leave quickly.
âLook, I know Gerard is your cousin and you two might be close, but the way you had Sebastian arrested without hearing what happened was not right. He is your son, and you know him. Would he really harm someone like that?â
âHe was possibly angry at him. He had reason to be after all. I know the way Sebastian works.â
âWhat reason could there have been unless he was instigated?â
âHe was instigated. Didnât he tell you?â He raises an eyebrow before he lets out an arrogant scoff.
I mask my feelings, wondering what else Sebastian is hiding from me.
What does he mean he had reason to be angry at him?
âTell me what reason?â He refuses to answer, and I suppress my annoyance. âWell, I donât think his reason has anything to do with it,
because I was the one who pushed Gerard.â
My words are soft but clear, and this time he isnât able to keep his mask of indifference on his face.
âDo continue.â
âItâs a long story. Allow me to start from the beginning. But first, tell me, Mr. King, how much do you know about the Blood Born? The Sable and the Sublime, two triquetras to either guide our kind back to our goddess or the other sent to âcleanseâ the planet or, in other words, destroy our kind.â I ask.
âI may have heard of it in passing,â he says casually, but I have a gut feeling he knows more.
âOf course, you would have. I have not hidden it and although you werenât at The Crystal Shadows Pack the night that the Sublime Triquetra was formed, your allies were. And I know word has spread. I know you know that I am the final piece of the Sublime, the side that I) chose. And Gerard, well⦠not only was he the shooter when I was abroad, but he is also part of those who believe and support the Sable
Jai had confirmed that there was not a mark on him, which meant he was just on their side, not one of the three points.