Chapter 72: Chapter 72

“I am not your brother.’ I needed him to remember that.

I am not his blood. And he should stop trying to confuse my life with his.

“I know.’ he beamed…

“You are baffling, you know that. You don’t have to go through all this for me. I have told you several times to get the hell outta my business. Why don’t you hate me? I’m not your biological brother. Stay out of my business. I play with you doesn’t mean you will go take a bite for me and call it training.’

He smiled and laid his back on a large pillow beside him.

“I should ask you the same question as well. Why don’t you hate me, Gerard? My father nearly wiped out your people. He abducted you, introduced you to the clan as his son after adopting you. Lock you up, forcing you to live in a place you don’t belong to, depriving you of your family and your clan because he wants you to be his puppet and control the wolf stone. Why do you think he lied to the people that you are his son and he even gave you a curse mark to stab on your neck by that witch so you wouldn’t betray him? I feel so sorry for you and I don’t care if you want to take my father someday and exact your revenge. Torture him as long as you want. I don’t care what you do to him later on in the future, but please don’t harm his life. Don’t kill him, Gerard. You can take away his wealth, his throne, but not his life, okay?’ he grinned and winked at me.

“You are baffling.’ I laughed bitterly.

“I am your brother,” he chuckled.

My eyes welled up. “You know you are stupid, right? Bargaining with someone who wants you dead alongside your father.’

I don't know why I am getting emotional because of what he just said.

“You are quite honest, Johannes,”

His words startled me. “You…you…called me by my name.”

“Yeah, your birth name. I found out about it from one of the guards who left with father on that day. I’m sorry I can’t call you by your name because of my father and the people. You probably feel like a prisoner in this home, so I’m sorry for what he did to you. I know my sorry is not fixing anything or quenching the hatred, but it shows how remorseful I am. Johannes Gutenberg, you will always be my brother and a best friend to me. Trust me, I will help you and get you back to your people someday. Please give me a little time to get stronger. I will take you back to your people. I’m so sorry that I am weak, but trust me on this. I love you so much. You brighten my life, Johannes, and you are my hero.’

I fell on my knees and burst out in tears.

He got out of bed. I could sense his silent footsteps.

“You look like a baby, brother,” he laughed.

“You shouldn’t have gotten out of bed.’ I said as I wept.

His words warmed my soul back there.

“I don’t want to see you crying, Johannes.” He hugged me and let me cry on his shoulders for heaven knows how long.

I felt like home as I cried miserably because he called my birth name. The agony and pain I kept hidden in my heart burst out of me in Carmine’s shoulders.

And since that day, we became best friends and partners.

I turned ten and began my training. It was tough, but I got through it, also with Carmine’s help.

I became stronger to take my revenge for my father someday and take off the disgrace the Alpha King has put on my family and take back the wolf stone after removing this curse mark on my neck and return to my clan.

I trained day and night with bruises all over my body with Carmine for us to become stronger.

The Alpha King brutally trained us to the bones.

Carmine, who came along with me, fainted several times because of the tough training and I joined him as well.

We did a plank workout. Frog jumped and ran a marathon.

“Our abs can burst out of our veins any minute from now because of these workouts. How can we lose weight to be fit and still carry weight and work? Does that make sense to you?’

I laughed so hard my stomach hurts.

“Shut the fuck up and let’s concentrate.’

We play pranks on each other and have fun all day long.

I miss my parents, my siblings and wish I could see them and see how much they’ve grown.

We burst our butt and worked five times as much.

The Alpha King hired someone to train me on how to use the wolf stone, since I couldn’t control it myself.

Then, our Luna got pregnant.

Eight months passed, Oceana was born, everything and my feelings, my rage about my revenge disappeared.

It was like I got enchanted with this little child in my arms.

I realised she was my mate. I was so terrified I wished I was dead. Carmine quickly came by my side and consoled me.

I touched and saw visions about her future.

I got scared and used the wolf stone’s powers to be sure and she was truly my mate.

She was going to die if she got together with me.

She was just a tiny, innocent little baby who knew nothing about the harsh reality of life.

I then read about wolves like me, who control the wolf stone with their mates.

How did they end up with and what became the outcome of their lives?

I checked thousands of books, and what I saw was death.

They all died before they got together with their mates and married them.

So if I should get married to Oceana after bonding with her, she will die a miserable death and she will only be saved if she gets together with her second mate.

Valarr.

So, she had a second mate apart from me.

Seems like her life is to live through love and happiness.

The more I got closer to claiming her, putting a ring on her finger, the signs of death would be around me.

The curse mark of a black star will appear on her neck, the signs will be there to manifest.

My curse will be her curse.

My unfortunate situation will be hers.

My pain will be her pain.

If I bleed, she bleeds.

The darkness hovering around me will haunt her. My dark flaws, which were fated to kill me, will kill her. Any attacks strike against me. She will be my shield and take the downfall.

Any bad omen coming my way will take pains.

She will suck in all my bad luck, choke up and die a miserable death.