Kelvin’s POV
“I’m sorry, I didn’t know how much this meant to you.” I say, I take a seat beside her. I hold her hand softly.
“I just don’t know how to talk about it, it brings up so many wounds.”
“Give me something.” She whispers.
Fuck, I have never spoken about this with anyone.
“I grew up in a wolf territory, we didn’t even know humans existed, and when we realized they did. The head of the whole clan he made us believe humans are evil and they wanted to kill us. He treated us badly, he made us worship him, only him and a few others were trusted to come into the human world.”
“The first time I made contact with the outside world, I knew he lied to us. I wanted freedom for my family.”
She squeezed my hand softly, I hear the sounds of crying in my head. My cries, I can still remember how he tortured me, I had sleepless night because of him.
He saw me as a threat and he wanted me as puppet, he knew if he had full control of me I would take care of his dirty deed once I find my mate. He is an vicious man, I can’t imagine how many kids he was killed to get what he wants.
“When my father died, my mom. She didn’t want to be a part of the widows, she believed she could find someone and she did. He killed him in front of me then he killed her.” I whisper.
I begged him not to, I cried all night when it happened. The image of my house flashes through my head, I could see mom smiling, I lived next door to Richard while Seth, Sebastian and Andrew were friends with Richard and I, they are the only people I can consider a family.
“How did you escape?.” She asks.
“I ran away, my father had another family before he died. Dean is my step brother, when it was time to leave I didn’t want to leave him there with no one. He is just an innocent kid. He didn’t know much just like I didn’t.”
“That is why you are not close to him.” She asks and I shake my head.
“When we left. Dean was just sixteen, I didn’t know anything about him. I never spent much time with him because Richard and I wanted to cater for the rest of time, we found a jobs and after a while I worked so fucking hard and I started the company.”
“The alpha of the clan.”
“He found me, he wants us back.”
“Can’t you report him.” She asks and I laugh.
“I wish I could love but I can’t. He has so much power, I am nothing compared to him but he knew if I find my mate I will be stronger,”
And I found her, with her I could be the strongest, I could take on so many people, she has no idea how important she is to me.
“I’m sorry I made you talk about it.”
“It doesn’t matter. I won’t let him come near you.”
“That day that man walked in- he is working for him, we have him down in the basement.”
Fuck, he is still not willing to speak. The bastard is devoted to his God.
That is what he made us call him, our whole lives were robbed from us.
“I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine love, I promise I will protect you.” I smile.
I never spoke about this yet today I did. I felt a bit lighter when I spoke about it. It made me feel like a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
“I love you Victoria.”
“I love you more.” She smiles.
I stayed with her the remaining night, I was able to speak about my mother. She had the most beautiful smile while I was growing up. She always made me cookies, she always knew how to make me happy. When she died it broke my heart.
“Dinner.” I ask and she nods.
I offered to bring it upstairs, the staffs are not around. It was past their time to be in the house.
“You told her everything.” Richard asks and I nod.
“Even about Amelia.” He says,
“Don’t call her name.” I gritted through my teeth and he apologizes.
I can’t tell her about Amelia, I am not ready for that.
I got back into the room, we ate in silence, a form of comfortable silence. I felt a closer connection to her when I shared all my secrets, almost all.
“Promise me you won’t leave when it gets dark.” I say referring to when he finds out, when it gets all bloody because I won’t hesitate to kill both human and wolf to protect our lives.
“I won’t, I will be here. He deserves to the dead.” She says and I smile.
I stayed with her until she fell asleep. I have some business to take care off, I kissed her forehead before leaving the room.
“Is she asleep?.” Dean asks when I got into the basement, they did a good job beating Jackson, we separated him from his friends and we have a way to get him to talk.
It seemed like his friends know nothing about his plans, they think they got freedom and followed him to the human world. I intended on letting them go, they already have been through a lot with him.
“Jackson.” I smiled when I walked toward him, I didn’t miss how he flinched when he heard the sounds of footsteps. It made me happy we made him this scared.
“Your friends talked.”
“They know nothing.”
“That is what you think, they didn’t trust you either and they went through your phone.”
The fucking phone we can’t find, if we are able to find it half of our problems would be answered to.
“They aren’t as loyal as you think.”
He mumbled a few words under his breath and I smiled, I knew this would work, Jackson has forgotten I know him better than he knows himself, yes I haven’t seen him in a lot of years but he didn’t change much. He is still the same boy he has been for a long time.
I am sure he lied about the death of his mother, I always knew he would grow to love money and his greed for money was one of the thing that made me dislike him, he could sell anyone for money.
“Renaldo sold you, he sold the information for his freedom.”
“Fucking asshole, He is going to come for him. He knows where we are, he put a tracker on me, I’m sure as hell he would come for me if he didn’t hear for me.” Jackson mumbled. “I won’t die, he will come for me and he will kill you for leaving, he will kill you for betraying him.” He starts to laugh like a mad man.
Fuck fuck fuck.
I glanced at Richard, if he knows where we are.
“So he is planning to kill me.” I played along.
“He will kill you, he has known where you are for a while and fuck he is just awaiting the moment for you to find your mate so he can kill you both. He has been watching you.”
A wave of relief wash through my heart, he has no idea I found my mate.
“I will have him killed before he does that, your friend tells me you are not the only one here, they are more of you lurking around.”
“He said everything didn’t he.” Jackson gritted through his teeth. “I’m sure he told you their fucking address. 21st Avenue.” He says.
He is fucking dumb, exposing himself.
“Have them killed, I promise you he will come. He keeps tabs on his every men.”
He is not here.
“Caesar will come for you.”
I haven’t heard that name for years, we always referred to the man as “Him” it is a way weird form of showing respect.
“Don’t kill him until he tells you where the phone is and have the tracker removed.”
Fuck.
I walked out with Richard behind me.
“The shipments.” I ask trying to change the topic, I need time to think.
“We found the person, it’s someone that works for him. He sent him to steal our shipment as a form of distraction.”
To distract us from keeping an eye on Jackson, he should have known I am better than this. I didn’t build this business by keeping a closed eyes on the environment.
“Find me all of them, we need to get to Caesar before he gets to us.”
“And Victoria.” He asks.
“Move her to one of my private houses, and double the security on her.”
“You have that meeting-fuck.”
I completely forgot about the meeting, I have to travel for it. I wish I could take Victoria with me but I cant. I have to make him think I’m still sleeping around.
I need to get Victoria out of here.