009

009
ARIADNE’S POV
As I bathed Little Phoenix, my mind wandered again, wandered to the days I would daydream about having kids with Alexander and bathing them like this.
Who would expect that the dream will be realized like this and bathing the enemy’s son at that?
But now it seem all good to be true, Alexander is dead and she I’m now mated to Micheal, but mates or not, did this brute show any sign of letting me go in peace?
“How old are you, Mother?” Little Phoenix asked with his cute eyes looking at me.
I smiled at his eloquence and poked his nose playfully, “A woman doesn’t like revealing her age to the man she likes”
“But I’m not a man” Little Phoenix protested as I wrapped a towel around him.
“You’re not a man but you’re my man, now run along to your father before he gets angry” I whispered to him since I’ve sighted his NEMESIS father at the door listening to their conversations.
“Eavesdropping on our conversation?” I demand without sparing him a glance.
“Not a chance!” He took Phoenix in his arms now that the boy is fully claded and the sun is already up. Alpha Regaleon is smiling like a fallen angel, I must really say, I’m amused.
‘How did he manage to kill people despite his love for his son? What has he face in life that turned him to a ruthless Alpha?’ Ava whi noticed my observation asked.
‘Who cares what he had passed through? Did he care what I am passing through without my pack?’ another part of my heart challenged Ava.
‘’Whereas he was hiding his smile, I’m sure he’s handsome’ I chose to ignore Ava this time.
I go back to my room, I have to sleep again since I don’t have a good night read and even sleep so late.
But Damn! Lying back on bed is like Lying on thorns. I can’t sleep again, the seeing the sun up, I don’t think I can try sleeping anymore.
I left the room again to walk around the house with no plans for the day untill I passed Little Phoenix’s room and met Regaleon trying to put him to sleep.
This is early in a new morning for crying out loud!!!!
“Father, I was unable to sleep last night because you didn’t tell me bedtime stories” I heard Phoenix say.
Regaleon patted his head, “I’m here now to tell you the story”
The story begins……
“There was once a young boy who had a family ,a family and a pack that loved him very much and he loved them too, but one day, a bad one day, a bad man killed them all without a genuine reason and only the little boy survived”
I was transfixed, what kind of story is this in the beginning of a new day? How can he even call this a bedtime story?
“Oh Father, you always say the same story everyday” Little Phoenix complained
“That’s because you never listen to the story till the end because you sleep off before I finished it”
“So what happened to the young boy?”
“Well he survived, he became a Rouge Alpha and survived and hustled in the streets, he became a bad person that kills people too….”
“But father you once said the story is siAriar to yours did you also kill people?” The inquisitive pup asked.
I strained my ear closer, let’s see if he’ll be confident to tell the lad that he kills people.
“I mean he survived and become a great person and have a new family” Regaleon concluded with sadness evident in his voice which I find odd.
“Just like how you have me and Mother right?” Little Phoenix ask.
Regaleon was silent for sometime then he replied, “No only you, the bad man also killed your mother”
I was shocked! How can he be saying this in front of a kid as small as Little Phoenix?.
“I have heard it thousand times that mother died I am not talking about her because I don’t know her, I am talking about Luna Aria, she is now our family right?”
“No”
“Father……” The boy whined…
“Go and sleep Little Phoenix, I am taking you to join the village kids who are learning Karate when you wake up!” He commanded. I heard his cascading footsteps and I quickly ran back to my room with shock.
Even though I Know little Phoenix can’t understand the story he just told, I could, He l, Regaleon was the boy he mentioned in his story and my father….. “Father can never kill anyone he might be talking about someone else” I can’t bring myself to admit that fact.
This can’t be true my father would never do something like this!
My father is so innocent that he can’t even kill a fly talk less of Regaleon’s whole family and pack. Even though his story of how my father and his people killed his pack, I can never believe it or accept it.
These are bad thoughts, my father would never hurt anyone.
Still on this thought, I don’t know when fell into a dreamless slumber regardless of the sun.
“Wake up Aria it’s afternoon!!” I heard Regaleon’s voice called from my sleep and cold water was splashed on my face making me jerk up immediately.
“You’re so evil! Tapping me would have done the trick why slashing water on me?” I yell angrily.
Regaleon ignored me and turned to leave “Come to the kitchen now Little Phoenix is hungry”
What? Did he just… I bolt after him immediately,”What do you mean? I should cook?”
“You’re the woman of the house, what’s wrong in cooking?” He replied not giving me a chance to talk before leaving.
Cook? I don’t know how to cook. I’ve never been in the kitchen before I..I..don’t even know how to boil an egg…..
Regardless, I should embrace my fate now, so I walked into the kitchen without having any idea of what to cook or how to do it.
All I know is that I’ll use oil in anything I do so I poured a ample amount of oil on the frying pan and watch it fry.
I don’t know what else to do so I decide to take off the fire but in that instant, some of the oil splashed on me and I let out a loud yell.
It’s as if he has been waiting for me to yell, Regaleon came in. “What happened?”
“The oil splashed on my body” I whinced
“I asked you to make dinner not kill yourself” he scolded and he walked nearer and blow some cool air on her burnt hand.
“I haven’t done this before” I cried.
How did he expect me to be good in cooking when I never even stepped my foot in the kitchen before?
Without listening to my complaints he took my hands and dragged me to the dinning area.
“What are you doing?” I question.
Without answering my questions, he brought the first aid kit and take care of my injury before going back to the kitchen.
I was so surprised at his new attitude as he’s acting all soft. I poked at phoenix,
“Why is your father so soft now?”
“That’s how he’s always caring, Father takes care of everyone” The little boy responded with a chuckle.
I scoffed, only if the lad knows who his so much idolized father is.
‘This Rouge is so cool Aria, I love his black furs’ Ava cooed but I rolled her eyes. What’s new if he takes care of my wounds?
Not long after, he back with plates of eggs and samosas.
The scent of it is really tantalizing as he dishes out the food.
“Father’s cooking is always very sweet and tasty, I could have it for my whole life” Little Phoenix cheered as he started eating.
Cilix was silent but I regardless of his cold eyes served myself with the best
and eat it as it was my last.
‘He could cook too, how I wished he was our mate’ Ava sound so happy but I quipped.
‘Shut up!’