Chapter 80 - The Final Mistake

>>Adam

It had rained in my world the day I decided to visit Esra. The grass was wet and drops of water still dripped from the tree leaves.

I asked the Dryad to open the portal and I walked in. The same patch of land where the portal opened on the other side was wet too while the rest of the ground was dry. Perhaps that was because two worlds shared that space.

I was expecting a calm forest but there was a rather frightening scene there. I could hear the trees wailing, the ground was shaking and the creatures of the forest were terrified. Then suddenly it stopped.

I had no idea what that was but it was a bit nerve wracking.

Still, I decided to walk ahead and just a small walk ahead were the fairies who sat around a baby.

A baby?

I ran to him and saw a few days old baby wrapped in a blanket with white hair.

White hair? Just like Esra’s.

I stared at him in awe.

He was my son. Yohan. A name we both decided on.

My son…

My son.

It was a strange feeling but the moment I had him in my arms I felt strange, I felt better. A warm feeling surged inside me. The emptiness I felt got filled up a bit. Like the cracks in my soul joined up a bit.

I picked him up and the fairies quietly let me. They all knew I was the father.

I held him in my hands and walked with him in arms towards the Oak tree.

Where is Esra? I need to tell her I’m taking him with me.

I need him with me right now but I need to be with the pack as well.

“Adam!!” Esra yelled my name and I looked back at her, “What do you think you’re doing?” She looked angry, and not just plain angry, she was furious, “Esra…” I said her name in a low tone. My voice was still emotionless.

“Give him back to me.” She demanded it like she would take Yohan from me and never let me see her again. What was wrong with her?

“I can’t” I said, “I’m taking him with me.”

“No!!!”I had no idea what was happening here but as the resentment inside her grew, the forest began to wail again. Strong gusts of wind almost made me move from my place. It was getting out of hand by each passing second.

Just when I thought it wouldn’t get any worse dark energy began to gather around her

“Esra what are you doing?” Arsay was present right behind her sister.

“I’m going to give him something he’ll never forget.” Esra answered while dark mist began to form around her hands.

I knew what she was doing. She was conjuring a curse.

Oh no…

‘Dryad.” I whispered, “Open the portal.”

“Aunt??” Quincelet was there too but I only noticed him when he called out to Esra.

“Quincy stay away!!” Arsay ran to him to keep him out of the way.

I looked at Esra ,“Esra, don’t do this.” I didn’t even know why this was happening.

“Why? So you could live happily with your mate?” Oh no. So that raven was hers, “You should have never come back.” She raised her arms and a black ball merged there.

“...” I don’t think anything can calm her right now.

“I’ll give you a gift.” She threw the curse my way. ““You’ll never find happiness with your destined lover. She will never love you back and her rejection will kill you!!” She screamed, “If not, the curse shall be contrariwise. You will have no escape from it in this life!!”

I turned and ran as soon as the portal opened but I completely forgot the ground was wet there because of the connection between the two worlds.

I ended up slipping there sideways and immediately braced for impact but something unexpected happened

Instead of hitting me, the curse hit Yohan

No…

Oh my God!

What just happened?

What have I done?? Was it my fault again? Because I slipped?

Esra stepped towards me and I noticed. Afraid she’d try something again I stood up and ran out.

The portal closed behind me and I took a breath of relief.

I was expecting her to come after me but for some reason she didn’t.

...

I looked at Yohan. He was still sound asleep even among all the commotion that happened.

I smiled.

What a baby.

Then my eyes began to fill up with tears as I kept staring at him. Weird sensations followed as I put a finger near Yohan’s tiny hand and he grabbed it.

It felt so pure that for the first time in years tears slipped out my eyes and steamed down my cheeks.

I smiled but the tears didn’t stop.

I looked back at the Dryad.

…

So she hates me. That’s acceptable.

I sniffled.

I never told her about my fated partner. I guess she saw me with Alina … Then I guess there’s no excuse for me to give to her now.

I won’t explain anything to her. I sighed.

I’ll let her hate me forever, maybe that’ll let her move on.

I kept my eyes on Yohan as I walked back to the pack. Having him actually meant that there was something I could redeem.

To be a parent to him that my father could never be. That thought made me oddly happy and I let myself cry that day, I remembered all the things I suffered from and I poured all my feelings into the tears that left my eyes. To keep my soul alive in the furnace of pain, I cried a lot for the last time ever.

***

I cut down the Oak tree right the next day and officially took over the position of Alpha.

Alina came to me with the man who was meeting with dad. He was someone she knew from the black market.

He offered me the same deal he offered my father.

To supply him with werewolf venom and he’ll supply us with all the resources we need to strengthen the pack.

To sign the deal I had to give him proof that I could do it and to do that I had to give him a bottle potion bottle of venom.

That meant I had to hunt another werewolf.

I took the offer.

***

Just the next day Suliha came to see me. His visit was unexpected but his request was even more wild.

I was quite astonished as to what he was doing.

He met me outside my house near the tree where I usually spent my free time. For a few moments he stood there completely quiet then suddenly went to his knees and begged me.

Tears streamed down his face and his expressions were full of agony. I couldn’t understand why he was doing that. The whole situation was confusing.

He raised his hands in a prayer combination while his face faced the ground, “Please Adam.” His voice trembled, “Let me be the first sacrifice.” Drops of tears stained the grass below and I felt really bad for him. He begged me so desperately I didn’t know how to handle it.

“Suliha…” I stared at him wide-eyed, “Why? Did something happen?” His body had gotten so weak. I couldn’t bear it. It felt like Suliha had given up on himself for some reason.

“Adam, just take me. Let it be me.”

“What about kei, he’s your brother.” I crouched down and held his hands, “There’s something wrong isn’t there?” I noticed his trembling body and as he raised his head to look at me I noticed there wasn’t much life in his eyes. “Suliha…” I hugged him, “What’s wrong?”

“Adam… Kei killed my mate.”

“What?” His words didn’t make any sense, “What did you say?” I pushed away and asked.

Tears streamed down his face like crazy and he looked like a zombie, “Remember when the kids died?” His voice was feeble, “Kei was there, he defended the pack and killed a rogue.” Wait… I know where this is going… Oh God… “He didn’t know, I know that… But it hurt so much when I came back and saw her dead body during the clean up.” He clenched his shirt with his trembling hands while tears constantly came streaming down his cheeks, “That’s why we fought so much.” His breaths were heavy, “So just take me. I can’t do this anymore.”

Suliha…

“Just take me Adam. It works for both of us.” His breathing was ragged, “Just do it…”

I had no words to comfort him with, so I accepted his offer.

Kei on the other hand came to me with another request.

To use him as an undercover rogue.

“You want to be a rogue? Why?” Why was this happening? First Suliha wanted to die, now Kei? What...

“Adam… You know Suliha and I are brothers and since we were orphans we had a pretty strong bond.” I nodded. All I could offer was to listen to him, “Everything we liked, we liked the same thing or similar stuff. When we would choose stuff it was always somehow related.” His expressions grimmed as he clenched his fists, “That day when we fought the rogues I killed a wolf who was his mate.”

…

I could tell he was guilty.

It wasn’t his fault though but I know how it feels to be in that place where things just go wrong for you no matter what your intentions are..

“I’m so sorry to Suliha but I kept fighting with him. I kept telling him I had no idea but the thing is that female wolf I killed that day, her sister is my mate…” His gaze dropped, “They were twins…” He closed his eyes as his breathing haggard, “I should have known if the other wasn’t mine it was Suliha’s…” Even though he was trying so hard a tear ended up slipping down from each of his eyes. He was getting his teeth so hard I could hear it.

The guilt he had been keeping in for months was killing him inside.

“Who gave you that injury?” I asked him. The injury on his forehead had become a scar. A pretty noticeable scar, “It was the other twin right?” He looked at me with so much pain in his eyes as he nodded, all I could do was hug him, “It’s not your fault Kei. You didn’t know.” I hugged him tight, “Do you want to go to your mate?”

“I feel like I don’t deserve it.”

“Go talk to Suliha.” I broke apart from him. This was the only piece of advice I could give him now, “He’s going to die tomorrow.”

Kei looked at me in horror, “What?” I knew Suliha hadn’t told him so I told Kei the whole story.

“It’s your last chance to talk to him. You have till tomorrow noon. After that I’ll accept both of your wishes.”

***

I don’t know if they talked or not but Suliha came to me the next afternoon and I extracted all of his venom giving him the death he yearned for.

Kei on the other hand died fighting another rogue.

This is how I disguised the story and made his death certificate.

From his death day till the day he really died he went by the name, ‘Coal’ and Coal was the most useful secret spy I had for years.

And just like that I lost the two friends I had.

Soon after that the contract was sealed and a few years later the pack turned so strong that I was able to return the money I took from Valek like it was nothing.

After I signed the contract my first target was the rogues who attached our pack. I made sure not to leave any of them out and I made their venom fall to good use.

It was from then I chose to be the bad person.

Everything I did was wrong anyway, no matter what my intentions were so why not?

And as for Yohan. I wanted him to live like a normal werewolf so I paid a fortune to have that magic earring made to seal away all his powers.

I never told him about his real mother because I didn’t have the courage to, moreover I was afraid he’d be taken away from me. I never wanted that.

He was my son. I would do anything to keep him safe.

I wanted to be an ideal father to him, not someone who was such a failure in his past.