"That woman, Ms. Talia, she's your mate isn't she?" She asked as she looked me dead in my eyes.

Fuck.

How the fuck did she come to that conclusion? The world was spinning all around as the images around me became blurry and unclear, there was white noise filling my ears. This was what I needed, this was exactly what I needed but this wasn't the way I wanted it to go. I wanted it to be easier on Adrianna and her fragile human heart... no what I wanted was to make it easier on myself but I guess the Moon Goddess had other plans for me.

"Vial, leave us for a moment," I ordered.

"Yes my Alpha," She bowed her head in respect as she quickly exited out of the room.

I carefully walked over to her bedside as I sat at the edge of the bed, taking her delicate hand into mine as I caressed the back of her hand with my thumb.

"She's beautiful Kaiden, it only make sense that the Moon Goddess would pair you both together," A half smile disappeared just as quick as it did appear on her face, a saddened expression lingering deep within her eyes.

I was unsure of what to say, how to even respond, it would do more damage if I just lied but just about how much damage would it cause if I continued to speak.

"I noticed the way you both looked at each other with so much adoration. She had a look in her eyes as if you were always hers and that I was just in the way of what was truly hers, I guess if you think about it I am in her way and she has every right to hate me. I'm basically nothing compared to her," She sighed heavily as she removed her grip from mine and looked away.

"Don't talk down about yourself like that Adrianna," I growled.

"I am a half human with a heavily suppressed wolf spirit...but that does not make me an idiot Kaiden. I have been by your side for all these years and after your sister told me that I wasn't your mate it didn't take me long to connect the pieces together. Why did you drag me along with you all these years? Having a child with a woman who isn't even your mate? Ms. Talia must be livid to know Taylor and I exist," She snapped at me.

Well she wasn't wrong unfortunately.

"I- after a certain amount of years it is expected for an Alpha to find his Luna to help me with the pack only I didn't find my mate, at the time my parents were still alive and they were applying heavy pressure on the fact that I still had no Luna to the point where they forced me to find a human girl or at least a half breed to trick into being my Luna and that was when you came in. You were the perfect cover, the perfect person to fool and of course not long after, I killed them," I explained.

"I can't feel my wolf, I was raised by humans, I don't know the history or rules of being a werewolf so I was the perfect idiot," She chuckled.

"You were a mask that's all, but it doesn't change the fact that I've grown to love you and the fact that you bear my mark and have given me my first born pup," I tried to reassure her.

"A painful mark that I don't deserve to have on my neck, what does this mean for us then?" She turned to me as she sat up to look me deep in my eyes, an emotion I wasn't quite used to looking at in her eyes.

I paused for a moment, thinking clearly about the words I wanted to say, making sure this was the right thing to do but at this point it would be no purpose to lie, we were too far in to lie about anything anymore.

"I have to protect you no matter what because Isis means to kill you both so I have to do whatever it takes to make sure that doesn't happen," I urged, resting my hand on her back to help her sit up and comfort her.

"I don't blame her to be honest, I don't blame her at all for wanting us dead and if Taylor weren't here then I would welcome death from someone like her but I can't let my daughter be blamed for the actions of someone cowardly," She hissed in my direction.

Ouch. But cowardly was a word that I definitely deserved.

"Is there any way that I could somehow talk to her about this misunderstanding?" Adrianna asked, slight hope in her voice.

"Alpha Isis and I are no longer on speaking terms, in fact she plans to start a war with us and until that goes underway we have cut connections with each other so it will be impossible to talk to her peacefully," I shook my head.

She flung over feet over the edge of the bed carefully as she sat up straight and looked me deep in my hazel eyes before I felt a sharp pain across the side of my face, rendering me surprised and confused.

"You have murdered us! You've murdered us just like you've murdered your parents!!! You've sacrificed our lives for some sick game of yours and at the end of the day you will bear no repercussions and you will end up happily with your beautiful mate, leaving Taylor and I bleeding out in a ditch," She wailed out loud, covering her hands in her face as her screams began to fill the entire room and possibly the house.

I attempted to reach forward to comfort her but she only shoved me away and turned her back towards me.

I angrily grabbed her shoulder and spun her around so she was now staring up at me with teary doe eyes. I understood her frustration and her sadness, even her anger but she knew nothing of the tortures I went through with my parents, killing them released me from their suffocating grip against my life, my intentions were never to kill Adrianna and Taylor.

"Do not speak of my killing my parents unless you were there to witness it yourself, you don't know what I went through with them and I won't allow you to throw it around as if killing them was a sin," I hissed as I raised my hand at her, watching her eyes grow wider.

I quickly turned around and punched the wall next to me, ramming my fist through the dry wall so that I may not hurt Adrianna.

I closed my eyes as my breath quickened, my body temperature slightly rising and an uncontrollable anger arising inside me.

"You terrify me Kaiden, you remind me of when I first met you. You were so aggressive and violent that everyday started to feel like Hell to me, over the years you began to calm down and I thought that maybe it was my doing, maybe I was the half human hybrid girl from no where that was going to change the terrifying Alpha's heart, make him kinder and more gentle but you've just been doing a complete 360. Nothing I do will ever change you because you don't belong to me," She was looking out the window, gazing out into the night sky, shoulders slumped with such a defeated tone to her.

"The green and hazel in your eyes are fading, it's turning more into a grayish color, similar to Azia's or even your father's eyes, the green was always so beautiful," She sighed before sliding her legs over the edge and pushing herself off of the bed.

"I feel a little better now, I think I'll go check on Taylor to make sure she's fine," She said as she brushed past me and left the room.

I looked down at my still clutched fist, slightly bloody and bruised, covered in white dust from the dry wall and quivering. If it hurt I honestly couldn't tell, all of it just felt so numb to me. I briskly walked to the bathroom as I turned the sink on cold and splashed water on my face running hot, hoping to cool down my flustered flesh.

I sighed, wiping the excess water from my face as I looked up into the mirror and noticed the image of my father staring down at me with such a disapproving look in his eyes.

"Get out of my head, you're not welcomed here, I never want to see you again," I mumbled to the mirror, fear crawling through my skin as I looked into his eyes, my bones awaiting for a pain to come...something I was programmed to feel even after his death.

"Stop bringing my family name to shame boy or else I'll have to remind you what true pain feels like," I heard the growl of his tone ringing in my ears but the image before me did not move a single muscle, only the intensity of his gaze.

"You're not real, get out of my head you're not real!" I shouted at the mirror.

"MAKE THEM BLEED! MAKE THEM ALL BLEED SO THEY MAKE TRULY RESPECT THE CADIEUX NAME!" His thunderous roars rang throughout my mind as my body convulsed, waiting for a pain that was never going to come because he wasn't real, he was a cruel image from my mind coming back to haunt me.

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD AND FUCKING STAY DEAD!!!" I screamed at the mirror, smashing my fist against it as it shattered to pieces, trickling down into the sink as his haunted image trickled with it.

"This is what you wanted huh? This is how you wanted to break me isn't it? HUH?! Well guess what, it isn't going to work and I'm going to be the one who wins this war and to take all of your land!" I shouted out loud towards the ceiling in hopes that Isis would respond back in my mind if I said it loud enough.

No response.

So she was going to stay true to her word and not make any contact with me at all during this war. Was it truly her that was breaking me down and causing me to go insane or was it myself? Was I meant to be dark and deranged Alpha? Maybe the words and pain of my father were meant to haunt me for the rest of my life, this was what he wanted, instill fear in me so that I may continue to pass it down the family line and continue our legacy.

I wouldn't dare lay a finger on Taylor.

"My Alpha?" I turned around to see Vial staring at me with wide eyes in the doorway, timid as if I would attack her.

"What Vial?!" I shouted out, causing her to jump a little.

"The Luna's heart sounds a bit more stronger than it was before, I came over to your home to speak with you about some things and it was Taylor who opened the door and revealed the collapsed Luna," Vial explained.

"You cane to my home unannounced when you could have mind linked me but I will forget it since the timing was perfect for you to help Adrianna. What did Adrianna say to you?" I questioned.

"She just kept asking 'did you know? Did you know? Does everyone know?' I didn't tell her a single thing my Alpha I swear to our beloved Moon Goddess," She quickly said, scared a punishment were to come.

"I know you didn't Vial, Adrianna is a smart girl, or maybe I'm just dumb," I shook my head, picking the pieces of the mirror from out of my hand.

"Fix this up Vial," I pushed my hand towards her and she immediately took it, pulling out instruments from her briefcase and plunking out the glass bits with tiny tweezers.

"I believe the humans call it 'broken heart syndrome' she was complaining of a heartache and shortness of breath, I will keep an eye on her to make sure it doesn't worsen," Vial said as she concentrated on my hand.

"You know about Talia? Right Vial? I see the way you shudder as you walk by her," I insisted.

She hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to say or perhaps how to say it before finally looking up at me with her beady eyes.

"That woman is an extremely dangerous creature my Alpha, darkness brews around her and every healer can sense it. Mixing with a wolf hybrid was the worse thing that could have happened but the best thing that could have happened to that succubus," Vial shuddered as she spoke.

"She can't help that she was born that way, she is just the outcome of her mother's actions," I defended her.

She paused and looked at me for a moment, confused at my answer which was confusing to me, she was my mate, it was in my veins to defend her no matter what.

"My Alpha you don't know?" She whispered.

"Know what? Don't speak in riddles to me," I huffed.

"My Alpha a succubus does not produce off-"

At that moment a wave of nausea washed over me dangerously, my sight began to dim in and out and my hearing suddenly turned mute, I wasn't sure what was happening but annoyance filled my body as I heard her seductive voice in my ear.

'Pesky little creatures, I'll be sure to rid these packs of any of them,'

Was the last thing I heard before I blacked out.

What felt like only a second of confusion my vision slowly but surely began to return to me as I looked down at my hands and arms and noticed a red substance covered all over them.

Finally clearing, there lay a mangled and bloodied Vial on the ground below me, as my body began to shake I looked up to see Marco and Nicholas looking up at me with wide eyes, unsure of what to do.

"What the fuck is going on?!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, scared and confused at the sight before me.

"Alpha you weren't answering the mind link, it was like I couldn't even feel you so that was when I decided to come to your home and visit you and as I approached Adrianna cane running out of the house with Taylor in her hands saying you murdered someone," Marco explained as he slowly began to approached, unsure if I would attack someone else.

This wasn't me.

This couldn't have been me.

How could I do this and not remember?

Why would I do something like this?

"No no no I didn't do this, I couldn't have done this," I muttered to myself repeatedly, completely unaware that Nicholas and Marco had now approached me.

I looked back down at Vial's mangled body at my feet, my trusted healer and my only one now laying there lifeless before me for reasons unknown.

"Why are you doing this to me? Please don't do this to me," I clutched my head, banging against it in hopes that she would respond to me but still no answer.

I heard her voice, I know I heard her voice in my head, she had to be responsible for this but why? Why would she do this to me?

"My Alpha, Vial had not yet chosen a successor to take her place, there is no one to fill her role," Nicholas informed.

"Marco she did this, I know she did this, I don't know how she did it but she has to be stopped," I said frantically.

He looked me in my eyes for a moment, studying them carefully. Almost confused at what he saw, squinting before a conclusion finally washed over his face.

"Sure Alpha. I took Adrianna and Taylor to the pack house because your sister refused to take them in or have anything to do with them," He said slowly and carefully.

"We will sort this out it's fine, we'll find another healer no matter what, our pack will survive no matter the damage," I said confidently as I stood up straight, no longer daring to look down at Vial's body.

"My Alpha Vial has been a part of this pack for generations, what will happen if we do find a nee healer and they learn that you murdered the previous one?" Nicholas questioned.

"They will have the option to stay or die," I growled.

Stepping over to the bath tub where I turned the water on to let it heat up.

"Leave me be for now, call to get someone to dispose of this and then we will talk about our plans," I said with slight hesitation in my voice.

Marco and Nicholas both bowed as they walked away, leaving me alone with the sounds of running water and the corpse at my feet.

In my mind I was panicking, was that truly the work of Isis or was that me just going insane? Images of my father staring at me through the mirror, those vicious gray eyes staring back at me, moments later i murder my only trusted healer.

Whether it was Isis's doing or not, I was slipping and I wasn't sure what to do. I stripped myself of my filthy clothes from my body and stepped into the shower, the colorless water now turning a pale pink as the blood washed away from me.

"I don't want to turn into him, I want to keep my humanity, I want my daughter to stay safe and I just want to be happy," I said lowly to myself as I closed my eyes, allowing the water to bead against my face.