Love Grows In The Dark by Eli Lowe (read books for money TXT) 📕

waiting further I asked dad, knowing very well that the peaceful night was not going to be as peaceful as before, if I got to hear anything from dad tonight.

“I was wondering what you were doing in front of alpha Benjamin's office at such a late hour?” It seemed that my question made dad stop on his track for a while only to take a good glimpse of me without saying a single word, for the time being.

But, he did not stay quiet for any long, as dad did start to answer my question just when he went on with his night stroll, making it a long one.

“It is a long story. And I do not know if I should tell you all of it or not. Cause, once I promised myself not to say a single word about it, not at least when I am convinced enough that there is a possibility to win, at last, defeating all the evil which forced people like us to stay quiet for so many years, because we had other responsibilities too. But I can see that time is about change soon. And that also means, we will have to risk lives, to make the past right...to get everything back which was snatched away from us years ago, ever so wrongly.” Dad paused for a while, maybe to think from where he should start. Even when I was becoming more and more impatient to know the answers to all my questions which I had never imagined was always there, hidden from everyone's eyes.

But I kept thinking, what could be there which did not allow dad to speak about the truth in front of everyone, in all these years?

So many questions kept troubling me all at once, but I decided only to listen to whatever dad had to say for now. And he did not keep me waiting for long.

“Well, to tell you the truth, I always keep a watch on Benjamin since that night when Alpha and Luna of our Lunar High pack got killed and he came to become the new alpha surprisingly. Since then, I never let myself come to the light for my own reasons, so that I could observe his each and every move from the dark. Cause, a few lives were depending on me back then. And by doing so, I got to know so many things by now, but still, I am unable to take any action against him, no matter how badly I want to make everything right once again. So, I kept watching him days after days, and that was why I was there in front of his office, cause I know what happens there every night, if not all of it, but at least a part of it I know.” Dad clarified, being careful enough not to disclose everything before me all at once, but waited for the right moment. And that was why I became even more frustrated to know more. But even before I could ask further, Dad asked instead and it was now my turn to answer.

“Now, tell me, what the hell you were doing there? Don't you realize how dangerous it could be for you...for every one of us?” Dad's concerned voice came to my ears but my mind was engulfed with some other things to worry about right at this moment.

“Dad, I always felt that there was something wrong about that night when Alpha and Luna died. Seeing that no one was talking about it, I stayed quiet but I had never stopped looking into the matter, but I guess I have never thought of spying on Alpha Benjamin ever before. But things now are different. And I know that it is not just me, who feel that there was indeed something to be suspicious of. So, I decided to search the office first, to get some clue, but I have never expected to see what I got to witness tonight.” I stopped as the horror of the sight once again came to my mind and made me shiver ever so menacingly.

“Things are not that simple how it appears to be, my son. If you try to find out about the truth of that night years ago, you will be surprised to see how one thing is related to another, and which is indeed something huge to reveal without much of the evidence. At least, it was for me back then.” Dad said again, pulling me out of my thoughts. I was indeed shocked to hear Dad but it seemed that he was not, as if he was totally aware of what he was saying to me right now, since the very beginning.

Yes, he has to know everything. That was why Kazan mentioned him.

Suddenly I was reminded to ask him of someone else which I should have asked way before.

So I did not bother to wait any longer,

“Dad, do you know Kazan?” I enquired, which made dad look at me once again with quite worried eyes.

“Alpha Kazan. Yes. I know him. Why?” Dad replied and waited for me to answer whatever he had just asked.

“Cause he is the one who asked me to keep an eye on alpha Benjamin for the sake of Sam. And also that was why I became eager enough to look into the past thoroughly once again. But I want to know, how do you know Kazan, Dad?” A malicious silence took over the moment right after I asked Dad about Kazan. Dad struggled again to decide what to say and how to say, as he indeed took some time before he started again,

“Well, I know him for quite some years now.

I still remember the day, when he came asking for me, with a lot of hopes to get all the answers to what he was looking for. But I had to make him retreat empty-handed back then