Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“I..I am so sorry, Papa. I didn’t mean to make you mad. I am so sorry.” Lyssa sobbed as she buried her face in her hands.
“Lyssa.” Uncle Shawn came to kneel in front of Lyssa at that moment. “We aren’t mad, not really. We are scared and worried. How could you do something so dangerous?”
“I am sorry, Daddy.” She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him. “I am so sorry.”
“I know you are, sweetheart.” Uncle Shawn rubbed her back soothingly as she sobbed onto his shoulder.
“Rika, tell me what happened. Why were you not at school? Who are these young men?” Mom came over to me and knelt down just like Uncle Shawn had done for Lyssa.
“I..I was mad that Dad told me I couldn’t go out after school. A..Alexa told us to go during school and to be back before it was time to be picked up. I..I am sorry Mom. I..I just wanted to go out with Clovio.”
“Clovio?” Dad glared at the two men that were sitting with me and Lyssa. “And I am guessing that the other one is Warrick.” I saw that he and Uncle Dietrich were both looking at the men with anger and rage. Uncle Shawn and Mom were a little more subtle about their anger though, it was a little less obvious at the very least.
“Yes Sir.” Clovio smiled up at Dad. “I am Clovio Mathias and this is Warrick Abitz.” It sounded so confident and smooth that I knew my dad would find no reason to be worried about these men.
“Hmm. Don’t you mean Clovio and Warrick Jaegan?” My dad used a name that I had never heard before, but I saw the moment that the name was registered with my boyfriend and Lyssa’s mate. They knew that name. Why was my dad saying that Clovio and Warrick lied about their last name?
“How do you know that name?” I could hear the fear that was shaking in Clovio’s voice.
“Did you think that we wouldn’t know how to track down information on all of you? We are currently getting as much information on you and the others from Saint Alaric’s Home for Children.”
“Is that the orphanage you grew up in?” I turned to look at Clovio, but I probably shouldn’t have. He was looking at my dad with a mixture of anger and fear. What was happening? What was going on here? “Clovio?”
“Rika, you need to stop.” Mom looked at me. “This boy is not who you think that he is.”
“Yes, he is, Mom. He is my boyfriend. I..I am falling in love with him. And I just need to figure out if he’s my.. if we’re meant to be.” I almost slipped and said the word mate. I couldn’t say that word just yet. I didn’t know how Clovio would take it. “Clovio, tell my mom that they are wrong about you. Tell her that you are not Clovio Jaegan. You are Clovio Mathias. You are from an orphanage in Germany. You are here on an exchange program. Tell them, Clovio. Please.”
Why was I starting to feel more and more desperate? Why was I so scared? What was happening right now? I didn’t know what was going on, but I knew that I wasn’t going to like what happened in a little bit. Something told me that this was all about to go south. Something told me that I was wrong. So very wrong. I had been wrong about everything this whole time.
“Clovio?” I sobbed as I said his name. “Say something, please.”
“Warrick?” Lyssa looked at her mate with her eyes opened wide. “What is going on here?”
Warrick had a look in his eyes that spoke of apology and sorrow. Clovio’s eyes were filled more with fear and panic. What was going on with them? Why weren’t they speaking.
“Rika, you don’t know what is going on here. I know that is my fault though.” My mom took my hand and looked me in the eyes. “I didn’t tell you what was going on. Not all of it. If I had, you might not be in this situation at the moment. I am sorry, sweetheart.” For some reason, my mom hugged me tightly. She was trying to make me feel better about something, but I just didn’t get it. What was happening?
“What is going on, Mom? Will someone please explain this to me.” I begged her and the others, but oddly enough it was Clovio that answered me. He finally looked at me with his panic filled eyes. I did detect a trace of sadness as well. Why was he sorry?
“I am sorry, Rika. I lied to you.”
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Rika
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What was that? What was it that Clovio had just said to me? H..he lied to me? What did he lie to me about? What was going on here? What was all of this about?
“Cl..Clovio? What did you lie to me about? Your name? Is that all?” I wanted to end this on a good note. “Did you all grow up with the same last name in the orphanage and then just change them when you became adults? If that is all that it is, then that is nothing. Don’t scare me like that, Clovio.” I tried to laugh off what he was saying, and what I was saying as well, but something just didn’t feel right at all. Something told me that there was more to his betrayal than that.
“No Rika, he lied about more than that, didn’t you, Clovio? And you too Warrick. Do you want to tell my daughter and niece what you lied about, or should I?” Daddy was glaring at the two of them as he offered them the chance to come clean about their lies.
“Wh..why are you doing this?” Clovio looked so hurt as he responded to my dad. He looked like he was a victim in all of this. Wasn’t that the truth though? He hadn’t done anything wrong, had he?
…..
“Clovio?” I asked him, wanting to hear it from him.
“Go on and tell her, Clovio. Tell her what it is that you are really here for.” Uncle Dietrich growled at him. “And you too, Warrick. You sit there and pretend to be mated with my daughter and you can’t even be honest with her. What kind of man are you?” I had never seen Uncle Dietrich this angry in my entire life.
“Papa?” Lyssa looked at him like he was being unnecessarily cruel. “He is my mate, Papa. I can feel it. My soul tells me that he is the man that I am meant to be with. My heart and soul are in sync when I am with him. He is the only man for me, Papa. I know that he is my mate. There is nothing that you or Daddy can say to make me change my mind.”
“Alyssa?” Uncle Shawn looked so hurt by her words. It looked to me like he was about to cry for her, but Uncle Dietrich was in a different mood. He was angered by her words.
“ALYSSA!” He snapped at her. “How can you do this to me? Seriously? The moment that I leave town you go and form a mate bond with a fucking vampire hunter! And not just a vampire hunter. He and his family will kill anyone in the shadow world without prejudice.”
“A..a v..vam..vampire h..h..hunter?!” I stuttered the phrase out since it was such a shock to me.
“A..a what?!” Lyssa looked at Warrick with fear in her eyes. “A..are you really? H..have you killed people like me? A..are you a killer?” She was crying soundlessly as she asked him this. The tears streaming down her face as she looked at Warrick with eyes that were filled with pain.
“Lyssa, it’s not like that. I haven’t killed anyone, I swear that I haven’t.” Warrick sounded like he was freezing over with fear. His voice was trembling and his whole body looked like it was shaking.
“Cl..Clovio?” I called out to the man that was next to me and didn’t know what to think. Were my dad and Uncle Dietrich telling the truth? Were Clovio and Warrick hunters of some sort? Were they out to hurt my people?