120. Questions
father and...
“Do you want to tell me about what happened? I mean what Robert did to your “Athena couldn’t complete her sentence, she just
trailed off.
She was laying on his chest while drawing random patterns on his naked chest. His one hand was wrapped around her petite
body and the other hand was playing with her soft hair. A duvet was placed over their naked and tangled body lazily.
“This pack, Crescent Mystery pack, was originally founded by me.” Dominic started speaking but she couldn’t help but interrupt
him in the first sentence only.
“What? This pack isn’t your father’s pack? You didn’t get it from your father?” She asked with a deep frown, raising her head
from his chest a little to look at him.
“No, it’s not my father’s pack. My father’s pack was destroyed the moment he was killed. As I was very small and the beta was a
betrayer, the pack broke apart.” Dominic said in a low tone It sounded as if he was having difficulty in even talking about it, as if
he was reliving it all over again.
“I am so sorry to hear that, Dominic.” Athena said in a sad tone, feeling heartbroken for him already even though she didn’t know
what happened completely.
“You don’t have anything to be sorry about. We both have been through a lot. Maybe that’s why the moon goddess made us for
eyes to savour into the feeling of the kiss before opening her eyes and looking back at him.
“I have a lot of questions in my mind, Dominic.” She spoke up, indirectly asking for permission to ask them. His face went a little
colder and distant. But she knew it wasn’t because of her but because of the memory.
“Ask me.” He said in a strained tone.
“Where did the pack members of your father’s pack go after the pack broke apart? Did they become rogues? Where were you
when this happened? Where did you grow up until this pack was formed and how did you form this pack? I still have a lot of
questions but these are the initial ones.” She said in one breath and let out some breath after she was done.
“That’s a lot of questions to ask at once, do you realise that?” He asked with an amused smile
“Yes but you have to answer them all.” She said with a stubborn frown, not planning to let him go until he answers all her
questions.
“Okay, after my parents were killed, that’s a story for another time, the pack members were taken in by the neighbouring packs
as my father shared a really nice relationship with other
packs. They were thankfully saved from being rogues. But...” He suddenly stopped with a frown, making her frown as well.
“But?” She asked while looking at her carefully.
“But I... I became a rogue and lived almost all my teenage life in a run until I was capable enough to form a pack. I already had
alpha blood in me. So, passing a few tests wasn’t a hard job for me to earn the alpha title back. After all, I trained myself hard
from childhood to get, along with Nathan and Justin.” He explained.
“They were orphan rogues like me and we became friends from the time we met and got each other’s back since then.” He said
with a small smile at the corner of his lips. She smiled hearing him as well.
“Now I understand why you guys are so close.” She said with a small smile.
“Yes, I can rely on both of them with my eyes closed. I trust them with my life.” He said in a proud tone.
“So, they were with you in forming the pack?” She asked.
“Yes, we formed the pack together. Then we went to all those members from my previous pack and invited them back to my
pack. It wasn’t so easy, you know.” He said with a small shrug, making her frown.
“What do you mean by it wasn’t easy?” She asked.
“Well, you see, I was just a new alpha whose father was killed by his own beta’s betrayal. They couldn’t rely on me nor trust my
beta. So, we both had to go through a hard test to earn each of their trust.” He said with a clenched jaw, making her frown.
“Tests? What kind of tests?” She asked in confusion as she has never heard of anything like that
“Well, for me, I had to fight all those alphas together, at once, to show them that I was capable enough to protect them from any
kind of danger in future. The fight was hard. I was injured badly. And many more traps everyday until I proved myself enough.”
He said in a hard tone, without explaining much.
She could understand that it must be hard for him so she didn’t try to ask him more about it. But she could understand now from
where those marks came on his body. They were his crown as the alpha of one of the most successful packs in the world.
“You had to go through so much, Dominic. I wish I could do something for you then.” she said in a sad tone
Here she was thinking how easy his life was. She thought he became an alpha from inheritance and lived his life like a prince
while she was fighting for survival. But it’s so not true. They both had gone through a lot.
“But I have another question before I go to the main question.” She suddenly spoke up as another question hit her.
“What is it?” He asked with a lot of patience.
“How did you become the alpha leader of the north region if it wasn’t passed down to you from your father?”.