Chapter 136: Chapter 136

We were getting dressed when I decided to come back to the subject that was mentioned before our ... Gap.

I want to reassure myself that everything is well arranged between Greg and me and that we can now move forward on the same path without having to hide things from him.

I'm on the couch while he's standing up buttoning his shirt as I clear my throat.

" Baby I…"

Greg turned to look at me as I sighed a little uncomfortably having to bring this subject up again.

" It's true that we were a little too passionate when we still had a delicate subject on the table."

I looked up at him seeing him walking towards me. He sat down next to me and held my hand.

" Now that you are more reassured and calm, that your fears have been banished, can you tell me everything? I mean, what you were trying to tell me about the Shield of Rain Alpha's actions…"

I nodded before sighing, gaining some momentum to speak.

" As I said earlier, I came to this city in search of revenge and I imagine that I met the wrong people before falling for my benefactors. I was so angry and full of hate, I only wanted to kill Soul Moon Alpha and destroy his pack. The hatred I felt was so intense that I didn't try to put it all together and at first, I hated Elsa. Even so, today I consider her as a second mother, and Rayan, and Pam as members of my family. Greg, I still want revenge on this man so much you know but I promise you that the pack means a lot to me, even if they still reject me, I want to make the effort to be respected and appreciated to be at any support to you."

Greg smiled, interlacing our fingers together.

" Sophia, there is something that I do not understand in your story. Of course, I'm not taking you back and trying to change your mind but baby something's wrong here."

" Explain... I don't understand exactly what you mean."

" Are you quite sure that it was by the Soul Moons that your parents died?"

I frowned, what was Greg's point here? Mom would never have been wrong about my father's murderers and those who came for her.

" Yes, I'm sure, well at least my mother was convinced when they assaulted them."

Greg seemed deep in thought as I wondered what was on his mind.

I know perfectly well that he does not say it to defend his father. I think that Greg feels for his father a visceral hatred. But what is the point here in seeking to exculpate him for the death of my parents?

" I can't say anything about this fact yet, sweetie, but even if they suffered the hunt launched by my father, I don't think that according to the practices and the modus operandi of the pack, your mother and you would have managed to escape regardless if your father was a powerful alfe. For each punishing assault, a squad of ten is formed, which means even if your father occupied half or two-thirds of it, another part would have gone after your mother and it would not have been 18 years before to find her. And again, lately, they would have waited for your return after taking care of your mother to also get rid of you. I just find that the modus operandi is not the same."

I frowned, which is what Greg means. I felt him squeeze my fingers staring directly at me. He seems to be trying to ask me not to misinterpret his speech and I smiled. I would never think he was trying to clear his father, it's just that it all seems ambiguous to me now.

"What... what do you mean by that?"

Greg ran his hand through his hair before sighing.

" I don't know. Maybe I'm thinking too much, but given that it was an order from the former Klan leader's father, a lot of other packs were involved in the hunt which means it could have been another pack saying obey to OURS. But here again, your father's body would have been brought back to mine as a hunting trophy to curry his good graces. It was still the man who "stole" his future mate. But after I took my father's position, even to have my favors, killing your mother was useless knowing that I didn't care. And over the years, the hunt for the Shield of Rain has drastically diminished the members of other packs within their pack businesses to attend to. Killing your mother at this time was a waste of time knowing my father wouldn't reward them."

I pursed my lips, it made sense, but what was it trying to hide? What is the secret and the intentions behind the death of my parents? Why while Jessy and other Shield of Rain roam around town with immunity, did my parents have to be hunted down to the depths of the countryside where we were? It's really strange.

" But since my father is behind all this, I promise to lead you to him so that he looks you in the face and pays for the harm he did to you by ordering this hunt."

I felt my heart shake at Greg's coldness to his father before I just nodded. I can't judge his feelings knowing how much he suffered because of his father's choices. But that is not the problem, the real motivations behind the death of my parents have resurfaced in my mind and I wonder what discoveries I will still have... The more I advance in this quest for revenge that brought me to this city and the more unbearable secrets I discover.