Chapter 271

He didn’t dispute my point. Out loud that is, but on the inside, yeah but not all the people I love and consider family is here – mate isn’t here. “I guess the thing is, that I don’t understand what you were hiding from,” I addressed Mr.Rykos, Walter snorted. “We were in danger, your father approached us, told us but different things had been happening, small but when he told us they made sense, I mean my wife was driving her car and we had our brakes changed and not even 3 weeks later they were inefficient and she was in a terrible car accident. Thankfully no humans were hurt, to draw attention but we wrote it off, until your dad showed up.” “Walter was attending Westminster University in London, he didn’t want to leave but I was only doing what I thought was best as a father,” he said to me, but was looking at Walter, “I didn’t know that-” he cut his eyes over to the one that was Lynn, but she wasn’t looking up. “Don’t beat around the bush dad,” Walter snapped, “He didn’t know that I had found my mate, and that he brought me here without her.” Lynn whined, what am I missing? I asked Lux, who must of known, because while Walter was glaring at his father, Claudia his sister was glaring at him. “Is that why you look like death?” I asked him, “Being away from your mate?” Lynn let out a small whimper. Lynn is Walters mate, but he rejected her, says he doesn’t feel anything for Lynn whatsoever, Lux informed me. Claudia slapped her hand on the table angrily, “I’m sorry Luna,” she gritted out, “But he looks like death because he rejected his mate, Lynn.” During this Lynn didn’t look up, mate doesn’t want us, her wolf whined, but Walters wolf, so weak still managed to have a say, not our mate, Nora is mate. I didn’t respond or even give Claudia’s statement value, instead turning to Walter, “Your mate, the one you found, was she always your mate? Did you always feel that she was?” but over the link I reached out to Remy, Remy I need you to scan the documents dad found for the Hellmanns, then I want you to do your own research, tell me what you find, asap. How can he be so hurtful to Lynn, sitting here bragging about some girl – some human? Mr. Hellmann said, eyeing his daughter, who had tears in her eyes. His children, Jax and Jenny, as well as Claudia thinking the same. “Yes,” Walter nodded with a small smile, “I took her scent and sort of tracked her down,” he replies sheepishly, “She’s human, so she didn’t know I was her mate and she was beautiful. She’s quirky and lovely, she was all alone and sad, I didn’t know why, I got a job outside of her flat, and she – I was nervous around her, and she was attending the Royal Academy of Music. The first time I saw her playing her guitar she was at the park, so beautiful,” he replied the bottom of his lip shaking, his eyes wet. My poor boy, Mrs. Rykos thought. “I – I feel her – she isn’t safe – that’s how I’ve felt since I’ve been here.” I pursed my lips, “Did you mark her?” I asked point blank, if he didn’t maybe Lynn still has a chance, Claudia thought, Lynns dad on the same page. “No,” Walter said carefully, searching his mind, his own words not convinced, a few people in the room let out a sigh of relief. Letting that go, I moved onto Lynn, “Have you always thought he was your mate Lynn?” I asked her, she avoided meeting Walters gaze but nodded, just as I was about to ask another question Remy mind linked me giving me information, which helped me understand what had most likely happened, how it appeared that Walter had two mates, one he felt and the other he didn’t. Yet it made me wonder about recent events, what were those ripples going to be like? “Walter do you know a Lyla?” I swear that Walters’ heart stopped, he gasped the fork in his hand fell against his plate with a clink.  Please let her be okay, he thought looking at me with a deer in headlights expression, waiting for the words that I spoke that could either break him or patch him back up. “I ran into her, back in November, offered her the chance to join my pack and when we were leaving, coming here I gave her the option to come here with me as well…” I got worried because the heart I thought stopped beating, went into overdrive, thudding loudly in the room so quiet you could hear a pin drop, “Why don’t you go with Lux back to my house Walter,” I offered he stood abruptly, “She – my Nora is here?” he nearly released a sob between those words, I gave him a short nod and smile. I watched as his breath stuttered and then Lynn released a sob, but that wasn’t Walter’s concern because he was already leaving the house, Lux following him. Claudia and Lynn, glared at me as did Mr. Hellmann, until I released a low growl, their wolves submitting to mine instantly, I turned to face Mr. Rykos, “I want to let you know that when he finds out the truth, he isn’t going to forgive you, not for a long while.” “And no matter what I’ll stand by it, I’m a father, I had to protect my son-” “You know when I met my biological father and Gabriel, the first thing I thought was that I might have people in line to kill me, but the person I really needed protection from, was my father, not those people out to kill me. Your son, was not some little kid, he was a 18 year old man, granted being a parent doesn’t just end when your child turns 18, but that’s the time where you might want to loosen the reigns, he will never understand what you did to him, and what he lost, you will never be able to give it back to him,” he wanted to answer, but the respect his wolf wanted to give me overrode his will to reply. “Mr. Hellmann, why did your family need to come here?” I asked already knowing, pieces I believed, Dad hadn’t figured it out, but then again he didn’t have Remy or the connections Gabriel had. “The Elders and hunters tried to kill us all-” “Right and everyone else here, but I want to know why you were on their radar,” I cut him off not wanting to hear the lies. “We aren’t sure, our name was given to your father, when he came for us, it was true, I wanted to protect my family-” “Stop talking.” I turned to his wife, “How about you, can you tell me the truth?” The children all looked confused, I sighed, “You were Walters first true mate Lynn, however when you had your transplant, for your heart, in Mexico – which I’m betting that your dad bought you that heart. Knew someone would die for you to live, and that is what he needed two hundred grand for, the same money you stole from the Elders. Isn’t that right Mr. Hellmann?”