Aleena’s POV
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Immediately something struck my head. Eva could time travel, right? She had the power to do that. Then could she send me to the past? On the night when dad had died?
‘Eva, Can you send me to the past by using your power?’ I asked my sister through the mind link, which where was connected because of blood.
‘Yes! I can do that. But what happened? Why …. Hold on, you want to meet dad, don’t you?’
‘Yes! I… I never got a chance to say three things to him ‘sorry, thank you, and I love you. And I will have to stay my whole life with this guilt. So, can you please, please help me?’
‘Let me inform my mate before disappearing all of a sudden. He would go insane.’, She said, not denying my request.
‘Are we leaving now?’
‘Yes.’, She closed the mind-link after saying that. Now that she had to inform her mate. I thought to inform mine, but something came across my mind, and I didn’t.
‘Let’s see how he will react when I disappear all of a sudden.’
‘What the hell. You’re thinking of torturing our mate?’
‘Not torture! It’s just I want to know how does he feel without my absence? I know you’re their favorite, so they will surely miss you but will they miss me too?’
‘That’s not the right way to know his feelings. Thunder will get pissed and may punish you.’
‘Well, that sounds like a thrill to me instead of threatening. So, I want to take the risk.’
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“FREEZE,” The moment this work came out of Eva’s mouth, everyone except Lil Francis, Daniel, Stephen, and me.
“Eva, what..” Stephen opened his mouth to question her, but I cut him in between.
“I will be back.”
“Lina!!”, He tried to hold me, but I had already disappeared by then.
At first, Eva took a few days back at my packhouse when I was out of the pack so that I could take necessary precautions before meeting dad. After reaching my room, I quickly changed my clothes and wore the same red dress that I had worn on my first date night, hid my mark with the help of makeup, and used that perfume to hide my current scent.
“I’m ready now. I look the exact same way. In this way, I won’t be able to change the future, and another timeline won’t be created. Also, dad won’t realize that I’m from the future.”, I said to Eva, who just had a sly smile on her lips.
“What? Do you know anything that I don’t?” I asked, arching an eyebrow. I knew she knew everything, but I also knew that she wouldn’t tell me.
“Let’s go.”, Saying this, she took me at the exact time when Stephen and I had left the pack for the date.
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“Why were you favoring that Beta so much?” Mom yelled at Dad. “Our doctor is an Alpha female, and she deserves an Alpha, not some Beta. She is born to become Luna of some strong pack, not….”
“Enough.”, Dad roared at Mom. I never knew they talked in this way, and I meant they never behaved like this in front of me. “If Aleena is capable, then she will be the leader of the strongest pack on her own. She doesn’t need the help of someone else ladder to reach the highest position.”
“What do you want then? Aleena to struggle hard to become some Luna?”
“Gold turns into beautiful ornaments after burning in fire. So, yes, I won’t mind if she will struggle a little bit.”, he said with determination. “By the way, why am I even discussing with you!! Just leave and stop eating my head.”
“If you have so many problems with me, then why don’t you leave me?”
“I would have done that a long ago. But then, I didn’t want to give Aleena one more reason to hate me. I didn’t want to give her a broken family. I didn’t want her to see how her parents kept fighting with each other. I wonder when Aleena will see your real face and that you’re among that mothers who eat their own babies. Do you think I don’t see the things around me? Huh.” he asked. “But I’m thankful that Stephen is with her, and he has promised me that he will always stand by my daughter’s side.”
“Go to hell, Francis.”
“I wish I could go there. I won’t mind hugging my own death to escape from you. You have poisoned my whole life. But I think this is my punishment for leaving Clara for you. I wish I would never have left my wife for some bitch.”
“Francis,” Mom yelled, but dad ignored her and walked toward the study room.
This… this was the ugly truth of their relationship? Why couldn’t I see this? Because I was busy in my own life. Eva kept her hand on my shoulder and gave me a weak smile.
‘You knew?’
‘Always.’, she replied. ‘Now, stop feeling guilty about it. This is your past, remember? Let’s talk to dad, and we will have to leave because my pup starts crying because of hunger because I doubt Daniel or Stephen can handle him.’
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I entered dad’s study room when he lifted his head to see who was there!
“Aleena, sweetheart? What are you doing here? You went on a date with Stephen. Did that get canceled, or did you both fight?” Dad threw a lot of questions seeing me there at that moment. Along with that, he left the chair and walked toward me.
“I’m fine, Dad.”, I answered. He came closer to me and caressed my cheek. “It’s just that I had to say a couple of things before going on a date.”
“Hmm. I’m listening, Princess.”
“I’m sorry, dad. I’m sorry for everything. And I want just to tell you that I’m not mad at you anymore for sending me to the boarding school, and now, I get that you always loved Eva and me equally.”
“What…what happened to you all of a sudden? The last time I remember you…
“I know. I know how I react, and trust me, I regretted each and every second for not letting those things go. But now, I’m not going to hold that nonsense and usual thing in my heart anymore.”, I said, cutting him in between. “Thank you for being the best dad in the world, and I want to say that… I love you. I always did. I always would.”
Tears started brimming in his eyes, and he cupped my face, “I love you too, Princess!!”, He cried and kissed my forehead.
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#TBC