Chapter 58

Chapter 58

Ana.

Wow! I underestimated that woman. She is pure evil.

“Can you shift?” I turn to Jace who has a deadly expression on his face.

“No. Not yet” He sighs taking a step closer to me.

“I want to tell you something Ana, but you have to promise one thing” Jace takes my hand and pulls me into his lap when he sits down.” I hate keeping stuff from you, it’s overwhelming and I can’t anymore” “What is it?” I ask feeling alarmed. Did he do something stupid? Goddess, I will kill him if he breaks my heart again.

“Promise me you won’t leave me, no matter what happens. I love you, Ana and I can’t lose you, please” His tender eyes are pleadingly staring at me and I am compelled to nod. For the sake of my son.

“Okay, mmh” Jace clears his throat appearing hesitant ” Alpha Edward is not my father” He mutters and I slightly pull away from him,

“What?” I whisper hating this conversation already. That man doesn’t deserve this. First, his mate’s betrayal, and now the only family he has turns out not to be his.

No.

“I hate it too and that’s why we can’t let him know. He is the only person I recognize as my father, Biological or not. Whatever that b*tch was playing at, I refuse to hurt my father” Jace angrily grunts and it’s only now I am realising how this has been weighing him down.

“Baby, calm down, please talk to me” I whisper, tenderly holding his cheeks.

“You remember when your dad’s beta said Justin used his woman to try to Kill Andrew?” he asks and I nod. Everything is becoming clear now.” That woman was my mother. She always had greed for more. She didn’t go there to kill him, she drugged and fucked him instead. I am a bastard Ana, a f**king bastard” Jace yells on the verge of tears and I feel immense pity for him. This explains the size of his wolf and his strength. I knew he was different.

“No. You are not, don’t say that Jace” I coo, trying to ease his pain.

“When I was at the alpha training, I received a note saying a bastard like like wasn’t worth of being with the princess. I didn’t understand what it meant until days ago” he sadly mumbles.

“How did you know Andrew was your father?”

“At first I thought it was just a coincidence. He used to visit me at the Alpha’s training and he would give me extra fighting lessons. He is the reason I am the best fighter. It didn’t bother me who he was because I thought he just took an interest in me”

“Then days ago when we were captured, he was there. I am sorry I lied to you, baby. I wasn’t drugged but he made everyone believe I was. Then when they took us to the cells, he took me to a different room and explained everything. Only after that did he drug me so the queen wouldn’t be suspicious” And it gets

worse.

“So, I was about to be raped when you were around, Jace?” I quickly get off his lap shaking my head in disappointment.

“No. Ana, I wouldn’t have let that happen. Your mother was around and I couldn’t act stupid. I had just recovered when I heard the commotion, I swear” He stands up and approach me.

“Andrew was the one who saved Liam when Leo took him,” Jace says and I scoff. So he and Leo are brothers. Just perfect. Is that why Leo got close to me?

“And he is also the reason why my dad is on the verge of death” I yell glaring at him. “He is also silently watching as his beloved queen kills innocents without lifting a finger. He only saved Liam because he is his grandkid and he saved us yesterday for your sake. I don’t care who he is to you, if it comes to my father, his enemies are mine as well” I turn around to go back to my father’s room when my mate grabs

me by my

waist.

Jace tightly holds me and gently presses his l*ps on mine. I don’t return his k*ss but let him k*ss me. “You promised you wouldn’t leave me, Ana. This is messed up and I hate to be part of it, I am sorry” My mate whispers running his thumb on my right check.

Staring in his sad eyes lowers my anger. It is not his fault. We don’t choose how we are born because if that were the case, there is no way Maya would have been my mother.

“The only thing that matters to me right now is you and our son, I am nothing without you Ana. All these relations and power struggle is nothing to me. If I could change the past, I would” His voice breaks and I close my eyes inhaling deeply. What was his mum playing at? What was her main aim in doing all this?

“It’s okay baby, I am sorry I yelled at you. None of this is your fault” I whisper, briefly k*ssing him on the l*ps. “I think we should tell Dad. It is better if he heard it from you than someone else”

“I can’t Ana. It will break him. He is the only father I recognise and nothing will change my love for him. I can’t cause him pain again” Jace shakes his head pulling away only to be startled by another presence in the room.

f**k, he heard us.

“Dad?” I whisper in a shaky voice not knowing what to do.

“I found everything we need, Let us get to work” The witch announces saving us from the awkward situation.

Jace is on the verge of tears and he is staring at his dad with utmost guilt. Alpha on the other hand, silently follows the witch to Dad’s room.

“You heard what happened, right?” The witch glances at us and I silently nod. He shuffles through the bags he came with takes out some pills and hands them over to me and Jace.

“There is more. Worse” he mumbles mixing medicines before injecting my dad again. I swallow the pill and pray it starts working already.

Third-person POV.

“I think something doesn’t add up” Maya whispers, gently touching the mark on her n*eck.

“What is it?” Andrew enquires following the movement of her fingers and his eyes widen slightly.

“I killed my mate, then why haven’t I felt the connection of the mate bond break? I was supposed to feel the pain when he breathed his last but I didn’t. We never rejected each other, so what happened?” She turns to Andrew with a questioning glance.

“Well, I am not sure” The man answers indifferently. Her gaze lingers on the man in front of her a moment longer before silently walking away.