The Werewolf's Chapter 177: Never forget

Chapter 177: Never forget

Gyles.

"You can’t do this to . Let

go.’’ I shout from the top of my lungs. I want to scream till the point where the walls collapse. I know that is not possible. They can’t keep

here forever. That’s impossible.

The room I am in is dark and very quiet. It doesn’t seem like a prison. The kind of place you are kept to die. It actually seems like they made it clean and comfortable. If they did this, why am I still tied up? The man that was here yesterday said he is my father. How is that even possible? I could sense him. His scent was very strong.

The scent of a werewolf.

I have been shouting for a while. My screams and cries have all been futile. No one is getting

out of here. They don’t want

dead but they won’t let

go. What is their point in doing all this?

The tallic door opens and the sa man walks in. the one that claid to be my father. The one I know nothing about. He looks at

and smiles warmly. The smile tugs at my heartstrings. It feels like sohow, my body is reacting to him in a warm and fluffy way. I don’t know why that would be happening.

I don’t know the man.

He doesn’t know

either.

"Are you hungry?’’ he asks kindly.

I feel the concern in his voice. Like he genuinely cares about . Why would he kill my family if he really did? All my decisions seem futile now. Roger would be scared and alone. He would think I am dead. I know that much now. I shouldn’t have left him. This could have been avoided if I had followed him.

"I want to go ho,’’ I tell him blatantly.

He nods in understanding "I get that but you have to see where I am coming from. I already explained this to you. This is your ho.’’

I look around the room. He is telling

this is my ho but it feels like a prison to . He is more of a captor to

that my father. Macaly will always be the only father I have. Now he is dead. These people killed the only person that was always there for . He can’t possibly expect

to warm up to him, accept him when he is my biggest enemy right now.

"I showed you everything. The day you were born. Your mother, everything. You need to let go of the life you thought was yours and co back to your real family."

If I didn’t have all those mories. If I didn’t have anything before them. I would have accepted this all but I rember my life. I will always rember them. They are the people that have always been there for

and now he wants

to believe that they kidnapped

and made

who I am today?

I choose not to believe that.

"I can’t,’’ I tell him honestly.

He sighs and drops the plate in front of

"I want to show you that I an everything I have said. You are my son... the next Alpha." He pauses and reaches for the chains, slowly breaking them free "I am going to untie you. Maybe this whole thing is making you feel like a prisoner. I want you to feel welco here."

I scoff. I am basically in a dungeon. Does he expect

to feel at ho in this place "I am not a werewolf? I am not like you people,’’ I spit out those words. He seems to think I am his child, I have never felt like a wolf. I am not one.

"Oh, I know how you feel. I hate vampires just as much as you hate the wolves. We are mortal enemies. Always will be but you also need to embrace your wolf within. You need to wake him up.’’

I don’t know what he is talking about. I have never felt anything like that. There is no wolf within . There is nothing but emptiness inside

now that I have lost everyone. I don’t know if I will ever be able to see Roger again. I don’t know if the last ti I saw him will be the last.

I don’t know anything,

Emptiness.

That is how I feel right now.

Seeing his lifeless body on that cold ground, that sight will always be etched to my mory for the rest of my life. I just got him back. He ca back to my life and made

feel alive. Now he is dead. Does that even make any sense? Is it right that the one person that I genuinely loved with all my heart is gone?

"You can stay here for the night. We will give him a burial if that is what you want,’’ Beau leads

into a bedroom, unlike the one he kept Roger. Maybe I should stop calling him Roger. Beau called him Cassius. I don’t even know where they got that na from. He will always be Roger to . He will always be that little kid that made

know what love is.

I am glad I knew him. I am glad I t him and experienced all that I did with him. I can’t believe he is gone. He was supposed to live a long normal life. I didn’t want him to beco what he did.

Now it is too late.

"You would bury him in your community? After everything you claid he did.’’

I don’t want to believe it. They said he killed so many people. I just ca back, after being in a ntal prison for so long. I ca back to find out that the innocent boy I knew beca a monster. I don’t know him like that. I won’t accept that he is but I will keep loving the person he was. I won’t focus on the bad things.

"I ant what I said. You are welco here. If you want to stay in the pack.’’

He doesn’t even know who I am. Why would he want

here? This is a stranger, soone I don’t know but I feel his kindness, pouring out of him. There is nothing threatening about him. I respect that so much.

"I don’t know if that is a good idea. After everything Roger—Cassius did to your family. I don’t think I am welco here."

"You haven’t done anything to us. Think about it. If you want to stay here, I will create a space for you.’’ he breathes out.

My heart thuds against my chest. I don’t think I am going to take him up on his offer. It might not be the best thing.

"I am Vampire,’’ I remind him.

He nods "My mate is a vampire, I am sure you could sense it when you compelled him,’’ there is a smile on his face, so I take it he is not upset at my actions earlier. I didn’t an to do what I did but at that mont, I was desperate. I was losing him and I didn’t know what to do. All thoughts and actions went into saving him. I thought that would save him but it seems like it only killed him faster.

"I am sorry about him... please tell him that,’’ I an it. I hate that I used my abilities to control soone.

"He is over it. Lanis doesn’t hold grudges.’’

Beau takes a step towards the door, I watch him as he opens it "You need anything, ask for . Blood, at, whatever you are craving,’’ he winks, for the first ti since I saw Roger on the cold ground, I manage a faint smile.

I am still not okay. I don’t think I will ever move on from him but it feels like I can have a fresh start. It feels like I could be happy.

"Thanks.’’

He walks out of the room and leaves

in the silence of the night. I haven’t always been a fan of the dark but now, I want to wallow in all the darkness. I don’t want to think. I wish soone could just wipe all the mories out of my head—take the pain away from . I wish I didn’t have to rember all that we were. All that we could have been.

I walk over to the window. The night sky clear and lonely. No stars in sight. I open the window and the night breeze hits , taking

into its orbit. Closing my eyes, his face cos into light. The one I rember, not the one that I saw today. The smile that he would always carry. The red of his cheeks. The life in his eyes. All the happiness that he would transfer to .

"Don’t forget ,’’ his voice travels into my ears. It might just be my imagination.

holding onto him but I feel the strength of those words.

"I will never forget,’’ I breathe out and it travels to the night sky, following him to the afterlife.