Chapter 81 - The Ending That I Deserve

>>Adam

“Dad.” Yohan spoke, “Aren’t you going to say anything? You said you were going to give us an explanation after lunch but all you’ve done is stare out the window for the past hour.”

I looked at Yohan, his eyes showed fury while Ruda’s showed fear. I looked at my wife, Alina, who had joined us just a few minutes ago.

I sighed, “I don’t have an explanation.” I sat up straight, “What excuse could there be for muder?” I asked, “I’ll admit to my crimes.” There was no point in telling them my story. It was better for them to not know. It’ll be easier for them to hate me, blame me and for the things I have involved myself in to end with me.

They both looked exasperated, “What about Maya?” Yohan looked at the table with some of the food there gone. I smiled, even though they both didn’t have an appetite they ate well, “Why did you try to kill her?” Of course he’s furious about that. Guess I can explain that.

“Well, I didn’t try to kill her.” I said, “I wanted to but I changed my mind.” It was Alina who told me not to kill her and have her tested but I know she’ll never speak up about herself. She and Yohan never got along and never liked each other. It’s the only thing she ever really did for him but that doesn’t change their history. I know she didn’t abuse him but she never acted like a mother to him either.

“What? What’s that even supposed to mean?”

“The day I saw her it seemed she was scared out of her wits after seeing you transform so I thought she would reject you.” I leaned in forward and rested my elbow on my thighs, “I had no plans of losing you so I thought killing her would be the best option to save you but then I got another suggestion from someone.” I looked at Alina but she didn’t respond in any way so I continued, “I decided to test her. To test her loyalty because if she wanted to reject you she could have already but the chance of her doing it in the future wasn’t zero.”

“But that man clearly said she’d be dead.”

I laughed, “If you beat someone up that badly they’ll obviously say words to spite you.” I waved my hand, “And that person has a history of exaggerating things.”

“But you had her shot!”

“One bullet, that was not going to hit any of her vitals. I wanted to test her loyalty.”

There was so much anger in his eyes that he could barely control it, “That was wrong, she could have died with a single bullet!!”

“I had everything under control. Everything prepared.”

“No you didn’t” His tone was harsh, “You had no idea about the other man. What if he killed her?”

“Yes…” I am well aware this is why this must now come to an end, “That was an unfortunate turn of events but his target was you. I doubt he would have shot her with silver bullets. Those are only meant for werewolves.” I scratched the back of my head, “But-” I nodded, “That will never happen again.” I smiled, “If you hand me over to the wolf court. Everything will be fine.”

He paused and looked at Ruda, “Are you really going to turn yourself in?” Ruda asked, “This easily?”

“Yes.” I looked at Alina and she smiled back at me, “I think it’s time.” I stood up, “You can call the Jury whenever you like, just tell me of the arranged time.” I turned my head, “Chloe?” She popped her head out of the kitchen, “You can clean this up.” I told her and she nodded.

I was about to leave when Yohan stood up, “Dad?”

I stopped and looked back at him, “Yes?” He seemed somewhat suspicious, his eyebrows were furrowed and it felt like a lot was going through his mind.

He took out his hand, “You promise you won’t run away?”

I raised my brow at him, “I have no reason to run away. I’ll go quietly.” I shook his hand. He’s changed a lot. He’s grown up a lot, I sort of feel relieved.

It’s good to question things.

I looked at his face after shaking his hand. He seemed somewhat overwhelmed for some unknown reason, his eyes wavered as he softly let go of my hand, “I’ll be here in the house.” I told him and walked to the kitchen. Alina followed me.

“Looks like the end is here.” She smirked, “Can’t believe all those years are gone.” We both stood by the kitchen window.

“I know right…” I snickered.

“Why are you laughing?”

“Just thinking about how cruel you were at times.”

She snorted softly, “You needed a woman like me in your life. You were too soft. We were a fated pair for a reason.”

I smiled, “True. No doubt there.”

No matter what kind of weird Alina was, she did help me out a lot and stood by me throughout this tiring journey.

There was a small pause and then she asked, “Are you sure?”

I smiled, “Yes.” I answered in a low tone, “I’m tired now.” I took a deep breath, “I think I’ve built the pack strong enough to hold against any odds now. We have our own company too. Moreover the kids have grown up, they don’t need us anymore.” I nodded softly to myself, “I want to stop now.” I looked out the window, “I’ve drained all my energy…” I smiled, “I’m so, so tired…”

She slipped her arms around mine while she stood at my side, “You’ve done well.”

I leaned my head on hers, “It was hard.” My voice was now a whisper, “It was really really hard but I have no excuse to give. What I did was wrong.”

“No worries, neither do I but I don’t have any regrets either.” She smiled, “We go, we go together.” She began to hum, “Do you think it’s wise to let your own sons hand us over?”

“Best choice really, this way the people I made a deal with won’t even think of approaching them.” I could feel the relief inside me, “ Finally, the back door deals will be over.” I blinked slowly, “Finally… It will come to an end.”

I looked out at that one particular tree that stood tall in a distance. I often stare at it in remembrance of old days.

Flowers had bloomed around in the years I never got to visit it.

I smiled.

Since it’s the last time, maybe I’ll make it for them.