Chapter Hundred and Eighty-Six – Not possible.
Jaden’s POV
My mother stopped walking and waited for me to catch up. “Your Lycan isn’t a rank.”
Then what was it? A curse? Did the moon goddess curse me for not protecting Ralph?
“You were born Lycan.” My mom continued.
My feet froze at the spot. Born Lycan? Like I was a natural Lycan? Why was I only shifting now?
And how could that be? My father and mother weren’t Lycan. Was I adopted?
Did she get me somewhere? “What do you mean, mom? That’s not possible.”
A lump began growing in my throat. “It’s not possible.” I repeated.
She turned to me and her eyes were filled with tears. “I said those words repeatedly that night. It’s not possible, it couldn’t be possible.”
She wiped a tear. “But after a while I brushed it off. I can’t believe I’m speaking of it again.”
What night?! Could she be plain?!
A part of me still didn’t want to know. It was going to change everything about me.
I was a natural Lycan? It wasn’t a gift?
I couldn’t believe it. I’d never believe it.
“Let’s go home, Jaden. I’m getting hungry.” She grabbed her luggage from me and stomped off.
My legs found strength and I followed behind her. Her words kept on haunting me.
At times, she’d slow down for me to catch up but said nothing when I did. I hastened my steps so she wouldn’t wait.
After almost an hour, we got to the border. I mind linked the warriors that we were coming.
“You mean the Alpha? Your mother is here!” the warriors asked excitedly.
I smiled, replying. “Yes, she’s back!”
I took her luggage from her as I knew she’d be choked in hugs soon.
“Your brother should be asleep, right? This is almost midnight.” She thought aloud.
I nearly laughed, she had no clue Jake broke his ‘bed time’ years ago. All the warriors were down from the wall and bowed in unison.
“Oh my!” my mother yelped running to hug each one and calling them by their names.
I was stunned she could remember. I honestly didn’t know all. But then, she would have been present at their birth and naming ceremony.
I continued to the main house and noticed the lights were still on. “Jonah?”
My Delta turned to me, looking scared. “You are back?” He frowned. “Why did you run off?”
I forgot that I didn’t tell them where I left to. Thankfully I returned the same day.
“I believe you all found Ray. Then the mission was a tad bit successful.” I said.
“Yeah, a tad bit because Logan’s still alive and running out there. That Lycan gets too lucky.” He remarked. “And you, don’t run off again.”
I nodded. “I had left to bring my mother. She’s here now.” I hoped he’d forgive me.
His eyes widened and he sped outside the building, without saying anything.
I smiled and continued to my mother’s room but he returned, and sped to Jake’s room.
Someone screamed then two figures sped past me. Jake and Jonah. They nearly tripped me.
I shook my head, opening my mother’s room. It had been unlocked as we expected her soon.
When her luggage were kept properly, I fell on the bed, rethinking everything.
Being a natural Lycan wasn’t much of an issue. But then it meant I wasn’t who I thought I was.
I wasn’t my mother and father’s son. I wasn’t Jake’s biological brother.
What even gave me the right to be an Alpha of Black Rose? I wasn’t their Alpha’s son!
“Your mother never said that.” Leon said.
I stood from the bed. “She didn’t need to say much. If I was a natural Lycan then…”
“She emphasized that you were her son my times. What if you are a half breed?” he suggested.
Half breed? Shouldn’t that be worst?
But it could explain why I shifted late. I had to tap into it first. But then, it may not be that.
A figure sped into the room and closed the door.
My mother exhaled, looking horrified. “I can’t believe how Jake had grown! Even Jonah!”
Was she running away from them? Those crazy kids. “Ralph grew up well too. We all did.”
She smiled, sitting on the bed. “I bet you did all you could to save him, don’t blame yourself.”
“While mourning him, that was when I shifted to a Lycan. I thought it was gift to avenge him.” I made a small smile.
Those emotions I felt then were coming back to me in the worst ways possible.
It was like I was about losing more. My identity. My family. My pack. And maybe, my mate.
My mother ran her hands through my hair and it soothed me. “Don’t think too much on it.”
She said. “It’s still a gift. You’re a gift. Only that the way the gift came was quite… traumatizing.”
“Mother, I want to kill Logan. He thinks whatever you’re going to tell me might stop that. Will it?” I asked her.
She smirked, leaving the bed and pacing around. “It wouldn’t. When I tell you, you’d know it’s not only Ralph you are avenging.”
Did Logan kill someone else? Maybe my real parents? My breathing hitched but I nodded.
“Okay, so what is it? Start with why Logan’s sons wanted me.” That was the main question.
She exhaled. “Well, they wanted what they thought belonged with them. But I refused.”
Was she still speaking in parables? They thought I belonged with them? Because I was Lycan? “Were they taking all Lycans?”
She shook her head. “Only sons of Logan.” There was silence between us, then she looked in the eye. “You’re a son of Logan.”
That was the worst way possible to put it, the worst thing possible to tell me. “But I’m not!”
I left the bed. I rather be anything else than that.
“Believe me, you aren’t. Only biological but nothing else.” My mother fell on her bed.
What she saying? Was she serious? How could she be serious? “Are you serious?”
“Why on earth will I joke with that?” she was losing her temper. “You are Logan’s son!”
At this point it was like she wanted to force it on me. Logan’s son? Logan killed Ralph. So my father killed Ralph? “You’re joking.”
She broke down in tears. “It’s not possible, right?” She knew it wasn’t. “I’m so sorry.”
Was this what Logan wanted me to know? Did he think he’d avoid dying by me knowing?
He was bloody wrong! “Then, my mother?”
She snapped her head at me. “I am your mother, Jaden. And you are my son.”
My brows raised. “Biological?”
“Yes! I birthed you. Don’t overthink that.”
How couldn’t I overthink it?
She was my biological mother and Logan my biological father? Why wasn’t that adding up?
Author’s note: Why’d you think it’s not adding up? And what do you think will be Logan’s fate?