Chapter 17

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Alexander's POV

" Am I still your Darling Little Kitten? "

I clenched my fists and sighed. I looked on the kitten who I knew on the inside was mine. Now that I knew she was ok I relaxed a bit but not too much. Anything could happen and I could just loose her like that. My father walked over to me and put his hand on my shoulder.

" Come on Alexander.... I think you've endured enough for one day. " He said and I looked over to him seeing the sincerity he had in his eyes. I looked back a kitten who was now swaying side to side twitching slightly. I sighed again and turned out of his hold walking toward the cell door. Everyone followed behind but I stopped once I heard Sarah whisper.

" Don't leave me..... "

I turned back to the exit and kept going. There's no telling what mind tricks that girl has up her sleeve and I really don't want to be the one to find out hurting kittens situation even more. Jaxon's dad locked the cell door and made his way back to us.  Once we reached the living room, I ran my hands down my face and puffed in exhaustion.

" Where's the control room located? " I asked leaning against the wall.

" Shouldn't you get that cleaned up first? " My father asked pointing to the bite still bleeding on my arm. I growled and stood up straight from the wall.

" Where is the fucking control room. " I said extremely agitated. He rolled his eyes at me and started walking up the stairs making a gesture so we could follow him. We enter the control room which had the huge tinted windows from earlier.

*Just imagine the wall behind the computer and the same wall on the other side are big windows. *

I looked out of the window and sighed. There was kitten at the bottom swaying back and forth, still laughing and crying. I turned and walked through the doorway which had the computers and sound system. I sat in front of the computer and pulled up the security cameras footage, which the cameras were placed in the for corners of the room to give me a full view of her.

I put the sound up a little so I could hear what was going on and so far nothing too unusual. All of the fathers who were with us except mine left the room to go do whatever they had to do. Meanwhile my father was standing at the window, Liam had Charlie asleep in his arms and Nate and Jaxon were looking around in the other room.

While staring at the screen giving full attention towards kitten I felt someone grab my injured arm. I looked over to see my mother, Linda, holding it and pulling out her suitcase of a first aid kit.

When she started cleaning the bite I sighed " Mother you don't have to..... " She looked up at me with a face that told me to shut the hell up. I knew better than to argue with her about something meaningless so I let her do what she wanted. When she finished she kissed my forehead and smiled.

" There now it will heal even faster " I grab her hand, smiling, and gave it a kiss.

" Thank you " I said and she just nodded in response. She looked over to my father then back to me. It was clear that there was tension in the air.

" I'll give you two some space.....Nate come along " She said and Nate stood up from the chair with Charlie still in his hold asleep. They walked to the other room and shut it. Even though they had super hearing and there was a window in the wall I could tell they were trying to give us some privacy.

It was silent for a while, neither one of us wanting to break the tension. Then I heard him sigh still looking out the window a kitten.

" You know if you would have told me I wouldn't have reacted like that... "

I shrugged my shoulders " Didn't think it was that much of a big deal. "

He chuckled softly whilst shaking his head " It was a big enough deal to make a call to every alpha in the world for a meeting other than your father..... I learned that information when Alpha Trenton gave me a call. He didn't tell me the reason though. Now I know why... "

I shook my head and looked down " I don't even know if I should consider you as a father anymore... "

He growled and walked towards me " You're the one who left. Don't try to pin this shit on me "

I stood up and growled " Pin this shit on you? Who else am I going to pin this on? Mom? She's the one who begged you to stop what you were doing but you didn't care. You never did and that's why I left. "

" How the hell did I make you leave? " He said throwing his hands up as if he didn't know. By now I was shaking. He really didn't understand how much he hurt me.

" All of my life I've trained... Trained so I could become alpha because you made me. You wanted me to take your place when the time was ready. At first I didn't want to but as time went by I started understanding and working so I could accomplish what I was destined to do in the first place.. But you, you were selfish. When I turned 14 I only had two more years until that title would be mine. You didn't want that anymore, all you wanted was power. When those two years past it was almost time for me to lead. The idea of having your son rule over you upset you. The idea of him being stronger than you got to your head and what did you do? You went off to the mother of my enchantress to find a spell or some shit to make it that I could never become alpha. That I would never become stronger than you and I couldn't reign.

But the way I found out was the most tragic. Ava herself came to me while I was training and told me herself that you were planning to give me her mothers 'special potion' without me knowing and that potion was going to make me back down the day of my inauguration. So I watched you like a hawk and when you were going to put it in my drink I caught you red handed. I was so furious at you. Those 14 painful years of training were going to go to waste weren't they? You were going to try and make me one of your commands or warriors or what ever the hell you wanted to do with me but all of my life I never backed down from a fight and I wasn't backing down at that one. You were so consumed in power and fought for you right to stay alpha even though everyone knew that was my title. When the day came for me to rule I had finally had enough. I wasn't going to lead a pack that my father didn't want me to lead so I decided to leave. Leave and go make my own pack without you. I'm not the one who forced half of the pack to follow me am I? They chose to come with me. They didn't want to be under your control any longer. I know we don't age that much and die at like 200 years old but don't you think you ruled long enough to give your only son a chance?

We all went rogue until we reached Canada and we started our lives.... Becoming an official pack when I turn 18 and the strongest pack in the world a year later... I didn't need you at all. "

By the end we both had tears streaming down our faces and we both visibly shook.

" You weren't there.... " I said turning away.

He slammed his fist on the dest angrily " Dammit don't you think I know that already? The moment you left I felt like a piece of my heart was torn out of me. Your mother, the entire pack, everyone I knew was against me. It took me weeks to regain myself and own up to the fact that I fucked up. For the selfish needs that held no meaning in our relationship. I stood up to what I did and went to the people to apologize. I was willing to step down as alpha, just so I wasn't looked upon everyone as an asshole. But Linda told me that I was forgiven by everyone, except you. And for that I was angry and upset. I didn't care If I was forgiven by them all that mattered was that I was forgiven by you. As the years passed I regained the power I once had which I can clearly see is barley a fraction of what you have. I put up a wall and kept on living trying to do better for the pack and your mother. But when you showed up today that wall that had been built for 4 long years had quickly fallen as if it wasn't there in the first place. I had got angry and lashed out on you and I am truly sorry. For everything really. I don't expect you to forgive me at all but if you could try..... I would be grateful. "

I looked into his eyes and saw that he meant every word. We both were still cry just standing there. I finally had enough walked into to him giving him a hug. This is first meaningful skin to skin contact I had with my father for over 10 years. I felt him hug back even tighter.

" I love you son " He said and I could feel his tears on my shirt.

" I fucking hate you too dad " I said smiling which mad him chuckle. We pulled apart only to see everyone with their faces pushed up against the window smiling. I also saw Charlie awake shouting ' kiss kiss kiss kiss '. We both laughed and exited the room to explain everything to the curious people waiting for an explanation.

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It was the next day and I had made sure kitten was under total surveillance last night. My mother thought it would be best for me to get some rest after 5 hours more of just sitting in the control room, watching kitten. At different points in time she would thrash around and yell things that didn't make sense. She even tried bitting off the restraints but stopped when she realized the rope was going nowhere.

It was now 7 in the morning and I had already showered, dressed and got coffee. I made my way into the control room. I thanked the men who kept a watchful eye for her and they nodded leaving out to go sleep I suppose. I took a seat and sighed. She could be looking better but right now she was just swaying back and forth. About 30 minutes past and I got up and walked to the window.

* Lol just imagine that grid thing as a big ass window *

It looks like the isolation is getting to her. I don't think she fell asleep at all last night. I heard foot steps and I looked over my shoulder to see my father walking in.

" How's she doing? " He asked coming by my side and looking down as well.

" Looks like she's ok. The isolation is taking a bit of a tole on her. " I said and he nodded his head. A couple moments of silence go by until he spoke again.

" I've never seen someone bring a shifter out of a trance as fast as you did. I also never seen one so scared and seeking for help from her mate. One so attached to someone she was trying to kill mere seconds ago. How did you manage to do that? " he asked looking towards me.

" It's all about the trust and reliability. From the moment I saw her I let her know she was mine and mine only. I let her know that I was the one in charge and that I was the person she needed to depend on. I take care of her the best I can and I love her. Sarah, her kitten, must be going through some things because I do nothing but try to put her needs before mine. That's why she was seeking my attention when I spoke to her. She needs that reassurance. That is also why she asked if she was my good little kitten. Which I know for a fact that she is indeed my good little kitten. " I said looking over to him smiling sadly.

" I'm going to be here for a while but not to long as I need to start a search on Briggs with the guys. " I continued going back to my seat.

" Well would you like some help? I'm sure we could be of service hence we are- well we were basically his neighbors. "

I looked up at him and smiled " Yeah that would be helpful. " He patted my back once more and left the room. I looked back at the monitor only to do a double take to make sure I was seeing clearly. I quickly grabbed the microphone and turned it on.

" Stop right there Charlie " I said on the speaker which made her jump.

" You know your not aloud in there " I said and I was surprised kitten was acting fine. She must have an extreme liking to Charlie. Charlie then looked around and spotted the camera. She looked so upset and broken.

" I-I just wanted to see m-my best friend " She said and my eyes widen. Never in my life had I heard Charlie stutter. Yeah she does it if she can't put her words together but that trait usually is one of kitten's. She must feel really vulnerable right now and the person she would most likely go to is in a vulnerable state herself.

I sighed " I know sweetheart...But nows not the time. If you come up here you'll be able see her so why don't you come hmm? " I said speaking softly with her not know if she was completely sane or going to crack. She nodded her head before leaving the room locking it. I don't think she's ever complied to a request from me that fast before. It's kind of strange.

2 minutes later I see her walking in looking sad. I got up sat on the sofa.

" Come sit sweetheart. No need to stand. " I said patting the seat next to me. She scurried over as fast as her legs would let her and to my surprise she didn't even make a move to sit in the couch. Instead came climbed up on my lap and laid there in a fetal position. I laughed softly and started to pet her hair.

" Where's Liam love? " I asked her.

" H-he went to search for A-Alpha Briggs' tracks. " She said in a tiny voice. They already started looking. Good.

" Did he say anything before he left? " I asked softly.

" H-he that he'd be right back and for me to be good. " She said and I nodded my head. We sat in silence for a bit until she got up and walked towards the monitor and took a seat. I got up and right when I did Nate came through the door with Liam.

" We're starting to move the search... I suggest you come. " He said and I replied with a quick ok.

" Charlie, you wanna stay and keep watch after kitten? " I asked and she nodded her head. I looked to Liam and gave him a look that said 'don't make her feel worse' and he nodded his head. I walked out with Nate and closed the door.

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A/N: Hellloooo. I hope you liked this chapter. A lot was going on but you should be able to understand.

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