Chapter 64: Lost II - The Royal Hybrid

Killian’s POV

I had just gotten the news.

The day we had all waited for was finally here. It had taken a bit of a turn but considering it carefully, it had only turned out for the better.

I had planned to have her by my side and use her power to ensure the victory over the royal pack, and also to watch the faces of my enemies when they realized that their own daughter, the one they had been searching for all this time, would be a part of their downfall, their demise, and end of their bloodline, and just before they would both close their eyes and take their last breath, I would force them to watch as I stripped her from her powers and therefor also her life.

But then she escaped my grip and along with that ruined everything I had spent so many years working for. She knew of me, of my pack and what we had done and it wouldn't be long before the entire Royal pack had learned of my plans and would come knocking on my door.

Or so I thought.

The Royal pack did indeed learn of my mischief and with the information they had been given from her, they began preparing just as we did even though the chance of winning slimmed down the second we lost access to her powers.

However, fate would finally shine its light on me after my family and I had been living in the shadows for so long. The news of her death shocked me at first but seeing as she was no longer on my side and that her powers were the only ones strong enough to possibly stop me, her being dead and 6 feet under seemed like a good alternative. Probably what should have been done from the beginning but back then I was too caught up in finding a way to steal that power from her once the royals had fallen and because of that, I nearly destroyed everything at my own hand.

“So, we launch the attack?”

I spun around and looked at my beta who had brought me the news his daughter had sent. I had had my doubts about her from the very beginning and for me to let her go with Cassie or Tatiana or whatever name she was using these days, had seemed like a gamble, but it was a gamble I was willing to take and as it turned out, it had paid off. The small seed I had planted in her mind when she was younger had set its roots and that meant that no matter how far away from home Kathleen was or how much anyone tried to convince her otherwise, her loyalty would be to me and only me. Not that they would know that of course. She was an excellent actor, and she had a way with words that made everything she said sound convincing and utterly truthful.

“No, not yet. They are in distress now but still on high alert. We need them to be even more vulnerable before we even decide on closing in on them,” I mumbled.

“So, what is the plan then Killian? We have waited for 18 years already and now you want us to wait even longer. My daughter is still there caught behind enemy lines, waiting for us to go into action so she can finally return home.”

“Only a few days,” I snapped at him. “After her funeral, the healing process will begin. Not just the healing process of their hearts, but of their pack as well. After all, they lost both of their future leaders,” I chuckled, enjoying the thought of that low-life bastard being in pain.

Shane had it coming. He always had. The fact that it turned out to be his very own daughter who was born into the legend back then was only a bonus, and snatching her away from him was only a tiny taste of the pain and misery to come, and now it was time for him to get the entire fucking meal served. Karma was indeed a bitch and I would stuff it all the way down his throat if I had to. The only thing he had left to live for now that his little daughter was dead, was his Luna and his precious pack and I would make sure that both of those things would belong to me very soon.

“What about the mates? She had two of them, no?” he questioned. “Won't they serve as future leaders?”

“She did, but as far as your daughter told me, they had yet to complete the mating bond with her which means that they won’t be seen fit as rulers. Trust me when I say this, the Royal pack is royally screwed, and with that comes uncertainty which will become a weakness and that is what we need before we proceed,” I explained as I took a step closer to him. “You have a lot of questions all of a sudden. Are you just incredibly dumb or do you suddenly question my abilities to do this?” I asked in a low tone, my eyes narrowing as I awaited his reaction.

I could tell just by looking at him that he wanted to say something, but as he looked into my eyes and saw the anger slowly building up, he quickly averted and looked straight at the floor.

“That’s what I thought,” I huffed and waved my hand. “You are dismissed.”

I had waited so many years for this plan to take place, and there was no way in hell that I would let anything jeopardize it. Especially not uncertainty from my own pack. I was their alpha and if this behavior continued I would have to remind them of that, make an example out of it and I would start with my own beta if necessary.

He was still. Almost too still. It made me wonder if he was even breathing and a part of me hoped he wasn’t.

“Father?” I whispered as I entered the dark room the maid had guided me to.

His hand slowly lifted from his side, waving me over. As the light of the moon reached through the curtains and lit up his face, I noticed how incredibly pale he was. It couldn’t be long now.

“The moment I have prepared you for is now,” he wheezed out, fighting the small amount of air he had in his lungs. “Now is the time when you will fully understand what it means to be lonely.”

I still hated him for that. He wanted me to be strong, to not have anything to hold me back and he even on his deathbed had made sure of that.

“I know you will never forgive me for what I have done but you must believe me when I tell you that it is for the best. Being an alpha makes you a born leader and the only one who is irreplaceable. It is because of that, of utmost importance that he has no weaknesses. Everyone beneath you, that be your mate or your own mother and father, will only be emotional disturbances that can end up leading you to ruin,” he coughed fighting to take in a breath.

“So, you say father,” I sneered, looking away from him as I tried to get the image of my screaming mother out of my head.

“Don’t get snarky with me now Killian,” he threatened, making me glance at him.

But even though he gave me the look that throughout my entire childhood would make me hide underneath my bed shaking violently with fear, I stood my ground, feeling my anger build up even more.

I was no longer that little scared boy and he was no longer in shape to give me a beating like usual.

“You know,” I chuckled darkly as I took another step closer to his bed. “You may have made sure that I will be alone forever, that I will never experience any love or feel any hope, but you have also created the monster that lives off of the exact opposite emotions,” I said before bending in over the bed, hovering over him like a vulture waiting for its pray to die. “You said no emotional disturbances right? That was why you killed my mother in front of me, wasn’t it? Because she didn’t agree with your way of doing things? And that was why you made me kill my own mate? Because you thought she would end up being as disobeying as my mother?” I sneered and listened as his heart sped up. “But you forget one thing, father…” I spat the word out with so much venom in my voice that I made him suck in a breath.

He knew where this was going.

Good.

“You said mate, mother, and father, and guess what,” I grinned. “One is still here.”

Before he could utter another word, I wrapped my hands around his neck and squeezed hard enough to cut off his air supply, but not hard enough to break his neck. He wanted me to suffer? Fine, then he could suffer with me. If my life shouldn’t be filled with peace, then neither should his death.

His hands clawed at mine, in a desperate attempt to get me to let go.

But I didn’t.

Not before he did.

As my father had taught me from a young age; alpha's are born leaders and the only ones who can never truly be replaced. Everyone beneath him is simply just for show and easily disposable.

He was the one reason I never dared to ever love again. Why I never dared to hope for another mate and in order to crumble that hope for good, I found myself a rebound to marry, one who like me didn't have a mate and one who wanted the same as I did.

Power.

But I will never share my power. Not with her, not with anyone and that is the one secret I have kept for myself and also the one that made me realize the truth of my father's words. I learned what being lonely felt like... And I liked it.