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“Logan, are you all right? Why did you do this?” Crystal asked, as tears welled in her eyes.
She helped him sit up and relax his head on the lower part of the couch, then her eyes traveled to Aidan, to make sure that he was alright.
“Crystal… I… I had to do it, I had to give up my powers to save our son,” he stuttered in a weak tone.
“Your… Your step parents would have killed him if I did not do what they wanted.”
“Logan, you shouldn’t have done this, you have lost a lot of blood and energy. I… I will call the doctor,” Crystal said and grabbed her phone from her purse.
Logan stretched his hand and stopped her. “No Crystal, there is no need for that, I am going to live but even if I were to die, I am glad that I have a son and that I was able to save his life,” he muttered amidst the pain he felt.
“No Logan, please do not say things like that, nothing is going to happen to you, I promise you will be fine,” Crystal said and tears flowed down her eyes.
“Just then, Blake walked in. “Alpha!!” He screamed in shock and ran to Logan. “What happened to you?” He queried.
Logan ignored him and turned to Aidan. “I am a bad father, I couldn’t be there for you or my son when you two needed me the most, I don’t deserve to be called a father,” He muttered and touched Aidan.
“No Logan, please don’t blame yourself. Not every father would have done what you did for Aidan today, you are the best father anyone could ask for,” Crystal said amidst tears.
“You don’t need to lie to me to make me feel better, and I don’t blame you for hiding him away from me all these years. I just want to know one thing, were you ever going to tell me?” He queried and caressed her face.
Crystal wiped off her tears and nodded. “Yes Logan, I wanted to surprise you today but it looks like I got surprised instead,” she replied in a very calm voice.
“Well, don’t feel bad, I am still surprised.” Logan chuckled softly and she smiled.
He brought Aidan closer to him and held him. “Crystal, I want you to take care of our son, I don’t deserve to be called his father and I have no right to call him mine. I just wish I could make amends for the time we had lost, I wish I could wind back the hands of time, I can only wish that I could take away all the pain you had to go through for my sake.
I had tortured you in the past and I deserve everything that I get now, I had misused my wealth and power in the past, I guess this is karma paying me back in my own coins.” He muttered.
His arm was still bleeding, he had never been in so much pain before. Now he knew what it felt like to be human.
Even though he still had a wolf, his wounds were healing at a slow pace and that caused him a lot of pain.
“Don’t say that Logan, what happened in the past was a misunderstanding. I had also misunderstood you in the past, we should forget all about that,” Crystal said.
“No Crystal, I don’t think I would be able to forgive myself, but you don’t need to worry about me, I would get better and adjust to my new life as a weak wolf.
Just promise me that you will continue to take care of our son. I have failed him already and it is obvious that I will still fail him in future.
I mean, I have nothing to offer to either of you, I have lost my Alpha strength which means that I would also lose my Pack to stronger ones. I won’t be able to protect either of you or give you a good life, you should move on without me Crystal.”
“Logan, you know that’s not true,” Crystal said while fighting back her tears.
She placed her head on his shoulders and let it out. His shirt has been stained by his own blood, now it was being soaked by her tears.
“Yes it is Crystal, an Omega is higher ranking than me at this point, I am not too different from a human. If I place a mark on you, I would only be ruining your life. You deserve to be with someone strong enough to protect you, so you don’t have to suffer again in life. I cannot keep you safe neither can I give the position of Luna,” he explained.
Just then something struck Crystal’s mind and she looked up to Logan.
“My… My step parents, where are they?” She queried.
“They left with the sword of Selena. Only the goddess knows what they would do with it,” he muttered.
“I know what they will do with it,” Crystal muttered in reply. “Power! They want to attain the highest position in the wolf tribe.
We both know that there are ten Packs in this werewolf territory, your Pack is the second most powerful while my step parent’s Pack was the least recognised.
But with the power of the ancient world of Selena, their clan would rise to the second position amongst the werewolves.
However, the sword is not enough to get them to the first position. The blood Moon Pack still has that position, and from what I have overheard them say in the past, they want to be at that position. Which means they would have to seek more power.”
Logan sighed, he could not believe that people could be so greedy. He looked towards Blake and he could see the fear written on his Beta’s face.
Logan understood Blake’s fears. He had a reason to be afraid. Without the Alpha, a Pack is as good as useless, it doesn’t matter how many Betas, Gammas or omegas that they had, even the warriors were useless without an Alpha.
Logan knew that his Pack would lose its value in the society and might come down to the last three positions. He had never felt so ashamed of himself in the past as he was now. He believed that his father would be disappointed in him.
The New Dawn Pack had ranked number two for six years now, second only to the Blood Moon Pack.
“Blake, are you going to stand there all day long, come and help me get up you fool,” Logan scolded and Blake forced a smile. He understood that Logan was trying to console himself by making jokes.
The Beta knew that their whole life will change after tonight, he went closer to Logan and helped him get up on his feet by supporting him with his shoulders.
“Aidan my boy, please be a good boy okay? You said you are a prince right? Well, that makes your mother a queen.” Logan chuckled.
“Please don’t stress her, Queens are not to be stressed.”
The tears that Crystal has managed to control came streaming down her cheeks again. She couldn’t believe this was happening.
Logan came closer and wiped off her tears, then he embraced her.
“You should leave this city Crystal, there is nothing left for you here. I would ask Noah to transfer half of my savings to your account before I also lose that, use it to take care of yourself and our son okay?”
Crystal did not reply, she just kept crying as so many thoughts crossed her mind.
Logan finally released her from the hug, he looked at her and sniffed in, trying to hide away his own tears.
“Goodbye Crystal, I love you,” he muttered, then he gave Blake the signal
Blake let him cross his arm over Blake’s shoulders, then supported him as they walked out.
“Wait!!” Crystal yelled, as the men were about to leave the door.
To be continued!!