Chapter 12: Chapter 12

I may have grown up in a world that was a bit candy and everything, but grandpa aren't all sugar and honey by any chance? I mean, they're sweet and caring to their little kids but why mine just has a face of someone wanting to kill me? I wonder, it's true as a father he must have been really disappointed by my mother's running away and especially if afterwards they had to suffer the consequences, but after that, it's been almost 18 years and water has sunk under the bridges. Let's forget the old grudges and stick together as a family. My mother is no longer so there remains my only family and to see it I am also, so why make a whole story of the dramas of the past? It's useless and moreover it scares me and I don't like to be scared.

** You are really narcissistic you **

I restrained myself from answering my wolf because the moment was inappropriate especially with the quite nasty looks that I received around me, but the worst was from the one who was supposed to share the same blood as me.

I swallowed heavily wondering if there was a way to escape from there. Damn I'm surrounded by a bunch of guys who I'm sure look at their faces, if their leader allows them, they will tear me apart without a shred of mercy. I lowered my head asking my mother if I was a bad girl so that she sent me into this trap.

" So you're the daughter of this dirty little ungrateful."

My grandfather's voice echoed through the forest as the wind carried it through the treetops and was accompanied by the rustle of branches. I felt the atmosphere thicken and retracted in fear.

" I am... Yes I am her daughter... And... she said... No she asked me... Sorry..."

" Stop already stammering to see you I doubt that you are really her daughter. What is this way of shaking in front of me? It's not she who would have been seen reacting like this. This little intriguing."

Oh shit, mom who were you in your family? This portrait that is painted for me here is not you, no, you were always the gentle and discreet woman who did not get involved in the stories of the neighborhood.

" Chief... Listen from what she told me Sam died and she asked her to come see you."

The man looked at me for a moment before twisting his mouth.

"After what she did, she dares to ask me to take care of her child? Honestly she thought I would be as good?"

' But I am your grand child"

" My grand child ? Do you want to laugh? Your mother brought reproach on our pack leading to its destruction and this for a love with a stranger, love from which you were born and you ask me to welcome you with open arms?"

I lowered my head clenching my fists as I now felt exhausted.

" Does this mean that you reject me?"

" Yes go away like your mother did before you and never come back..."

"My mother was murdered just like my father and this by the members of Soul Moon... And you, you hunt your only grand child because of past quarrels? Don't you find yourself cruel enough?"

" The one who was cruel is your mother. She knew what this union implied, she knew the consequences that would follow if it were broken, but she didn't think about it and put the whole pack in jeopardy. Many people have died because of her whim and today the Shield of Rain pack no longer exists, we are hunted and killed beasts, we have no place to go and live like wretches. Look at us, look at this hiding place, look at our misery, we are hungry, we lack everything and have no right to say what pack we are from for fear of being killed, we who were such a proud and powerful pack. Those who were inferior to us before us are stepping on top of us and we, the proud of yesteryear are forced to steal and cheat in the city of Capital City for a living. And all because of your mother's whim...

"it was not a whim but love..."

I screamed tired of hearing this man insult what had united my parents and cost them their lives.

He talks again and again but does he know that my parents also had their share of misfortune? That they were persecuted to death for years just because they loved each other?

I know I can't understand what damage my parents' love has done but this man is going a little too far saying it was just a whim. They risked their lives for the right to be together so I wouldn't allow anyone to insult that.

" Of love ? Ah, only this kid's daughter thinks like her. For us lycans, love doesn't matter, only responsibilities matter. Your mother as the future Alpha of the pack had responsibilities, she had to ensure the survival of our pack and its members but she preferred to act in an egocentric and inconsiderate way which led to the annihilation of our pack and the death of several people. Take a good look at all these people, they lost loved ones because of your mother and her selfish choices. You can't understand, you who have the same thoughts as her but know one thing for me Samantha died the moment she chose this man to her pack and everything related to her does not exist to my eyes... So I'll be flexible and let you go without hurting yourself, but you had better not come before me again, otherwise next time I won't be lenient and I'll break your neck myself."

I gulped before realizing that no one would come to my defense here. My mother must have caused them a lot of pain with her decision to love my father, but for my part, it does not shock me.

She was free in her choices and they too should have respected them. But instead they try to blame her for their misfortune.

Frankly I don't understand.

** We have another problem Sophia, the coming of age ceremony can't be done without an experienced lycan and there you will be on your own if you are hunted now **

Of course I know, but what can I do? I arrived as the granddaughter of this gruff man but he rejected me now, I just can't tell him, well grandpa can I at least ask you to perform this rite otherwise I would probably die.

Good joke, I'm sure he would definitely kill me.

" It's not my mother the source of your misfortunes but the Soul Moon. She just made the choice to love her soul mate so look for something else to express your defeat."

I felt the points on my body tense up as my wolf cried out in panicked danger. I looked up at my grandfather and found him mad with rage

" What did you dare say little impertinent? You are exactly like your mother you dare..."

" Yes I dare because I don't allow you to talk about my parents like that. I can accept that you are angry but refrain from being so petty and mean."

I turned around taking my suitcase and following the path I had taken when I heard my grandfather speaking again.

"before leaving... Who was your father?"

"Why do you want to know ? It seems to me that you don't care what is related to Samantha."

The man clenched his jaw before I stared him down the main streets of Central City.

Everything didn't really go as planned and now I still find myself left to myself in this huge city. But the worst is certainly the changes that are taking place in me and that I will not be able to manage soon.

I sighed looking up at the sky which was turning gray and tears began to flow.

"mom why did you abandon me? Look at me now I don't know what to do or where to go... I'm totally alone..."

**Sophia**

For once the voice sounded pained and I laughed. I wiped away my tears before pulling myself together. What if my grandfather is an asshole? I'm just gonna do my best to get out of this.

I carried my suitcase deciding to start by finding a place to eat then a hotel, I can hardly stand there anymore.

I was about to leave when I heard someone ask me to stop.

"Hold on.."

"Jessy?"