Finding You, Again
David 7 - More Ugly Truth

"Duke, please tell me that's not true" said uncle Rex in a desperate tone.

"How did you know?" my many.

Roan gasped loudly, while the fox woman screamed in surprise, falling on the sofa.

"No.no.no..no!! Not you either" cried uncle Rex in a frustrated tone, he began to pacing back and forth and muttered indistinctly.

"I thought it was slow of your healing because of the vampire poison it was" Uncle Rex murmured still in a panicked tone.

El didn't make a sound, but his face paled, looking at me blankly in shock.

"After this my name will be crossed off the list of Alpha candidates I think" I said wryly.

"No! you'll still be an Alpha"

Suddenly, a voice that I had long ignored, sounded.

And the unpreparedness of hearing that voice, made me flinch. The fox lady spoke to me.

"Looh.. ?" I just grunted rudely hearing it. He has no right to argue here.

"Duke!!" The clasped voice of Uncle Rex warned. I just threw my face to hear it.

"We have to tell all of Zhena, please?" Uncle Rex said softly to the woman.

What the hell is this? Now the fox woman's eyes were back in tears. But he shook his head "No, just that part is enough!" she said, wiping away the tears that had fallen on her cheeks.

"What are you talking about?" I asked impatiently. What drama are they playing now?

"And You!! For God sake, stop crying!"I snarled with rage. "The crying won't bring my father back. Quit"

"You saw that!! You see how he treats you, Zhena?" Uncle Rex said to the fox lady, while showing me a hand.

"What?!! I can't be rude to the man who killed my mother?" I rebuked not losing hard.

"What do you mean Duke?" Uncle Rex's angry face slowly disappeared and changed into a look of confusion. "Zhena Juno was killed by Stray who attacked this pack!" abugn.

"You didn't know it was uncle! you weren't here when it happened!" Sharp answers. Uncle Rex won't know about the fox woman's wiles, but I know the truth.

And I'm going to open up all those tricks right now. My father's dead, he won't get hurt again even if I unlock all his secrets.

"The woman deliberately called Stray here to kill my mother, so that she could snatch my father and become Zhena in this pack!!" I cried out, after 8 years of hiding this secret, I can finally say it.

Sobs came back from the woman's mouth. Feeling guilty maybe. Uncle Rex looked at me with a confused face.

"What kind of nonsense is that? That's not true!" his objection.

"You weren't here then Uncle!! You don't know what the real thing is!" I repeat with boredom.

I feel sorry for Uncle Rex, he has also been deceived by the fox woman.

"I'm not here, but you were only 5 at the time, how did you come to this conclusion?"

"That's not important! To be sure, I don't want that fox woman in this pack!!" I rebutted stubbornly. My anger at that woman can't be contained anymore.

!!!!...............

"Don't!!!....." I heard the voice of the woman screaming, along with a hot feeling of stinging my right cheek.

Uncle Rex slapped me!!

"I don't care if you're an Alpha or not, I won't let anyone say rude things to their mother!!" Uncle Rex's eyes glared sharply at me.

"Please don't Rex!! Please don't say!!"

The woman begged while pulling Uncle Rex's hand, trying to drag him away from me.

"That woman is not my mother!" My anger is out of control.

"That woman is your mother Duke, your real mother!!!"

The screams of uncle Rex overcame the loudness of my screams, and also the desperate screams of that woman, who now fell sitting next to Uncle Rex and wept bitterly.

Roan immediately approached and hugged her to calm the increasingly violent cries, even though her countenance was full of question marks.

For a moment the room was silent, filled only with the sound of frowning and the breath of the hunting uncle Rex.

"What the h*ll are you saying uncle? My mother is Juno!!" I answered with a trembling voice.

What kind of sick twist are they saying?

Ru-that woman, came when I was 7 years old, two years after my mother died. How could she be my real mother?? Uncle Rex must be crazy.

"Yes, they're both your mothers, but your real mother is the woman you've called the fox!" He said, with eyes still glaring at me.

If there was a lightning bolt that suddenly struck my head at this moment, maybe I would feel better. My head feels like it's going to split.

"T..no.it can't be uncle!" I said with stammering, because the thing I just heard was more than what my brain could digest.

My brain feels dead, dead-end and empty.

There's no way that woman is my real mother. I hate him, he killed my mother. The woman accidentally put Stray in the pack until my mother died. That's what I've known all along.

Oh..God!! what other jokes are going to happen now? I spent 8 years of my life hating him. I spent 8 years of my life concentrating my anger on him.

And now, it turns out she's my real mother??

My chest felt like it was on a big rock, and I couldn't lift it.

"Who's the crazy guy who told you about the rotten thing you said earlier?" ask Uncle Rex, in a quieter voice.

Since my brain is still dead, the question just passes by without an answer.

Uncle Rex stepped closer and touched my cheek that had been on his slap.

"I'm sorry, I just don't want you and your mom to be any more sick because of what you say" she said softly. His eyes were implying regret for his actions.

Uncle Rex is a gentle-hearted person.

I knew he wouldn't slap me if I didn't cross the line.

"Don't worry." I said immediately, clasping his hand.

"Now, tell me who filled your brain with lies about Zhena Myra killing Juno?"

I feel so stupid now, you idiot!!

The understanding of all of Egon's deceit made me feel very stupid.

Uncle Rex looked at me in surprise, because I hit my head hard.

"Egons.. Egon said it to me" I could only whisper softly.

Like a curtain that opens wide. I suddenly understood what Egon was really planning.

He purposely made me hate my own father and mother because he wanted me to go and leave this pack.

He purposely separated us. But the plan failed, because my father brought me back.

But what's the purpose of doing all this? Is it to be an Alpha?

Egon still has Alpha blood. He could be an Alpha, if there's no Theobald lineage in the pack, that's me.

And I remember, he was the one who proposed that I leave this pack when the big fight between my father and I happened 8 years ago.

I am really stupid!!

A rude gasp came out of Roan's mouth, while El hissed furiously at my answer. He also finally understood what made this all happen.

Uncle Rex simply fell silent and covered his face with both hands.

"Does this mean he's been planning this betrayal for 8 years?"

Uncle Rex gets another surprise attack that is no less terrible. He closed his eyes, to calm himself.

"Are you going to tell me what really happened 20 years ago? And how can all this be so complicated?" my many.

I of course want to know the truth of this whole drama of chaos.

Uncle Rex turned his head to look towards that ru-Zhena woman .

I can't just change a habit I've been cultivating for 8 years. And frankly, I have absolutely no idea how to deal with it at the moment.

She was still crying in Roan's arms.

"I have no right to say or tell you anything Duke Zhena Myra has the right. But I don't think now, he won't be able to, and I'm tired!!" said uncle Rex, weary.

"Yes, I'm also uncle".

I do want to know what the cause of all this is, but my head will not be able to accept that explanation. I need time alone to untangle the tangles in my brain.

Uncle Roan gestured for El and Roan to follow him out. Roan grabbed the woman while waving to me. El patted my arm with a concerned face, then he caught up with Roan who had disappeared behind the door.

I repeated the\-repeated sentence in my head to give a clear picture of this fact. Because after all, this fact has never been imagined or crossed my brain.

Not one bit.

I met him when I was 7 years old. He introduced her as his new wife. My first response when I saw it, was so typical of children\-children, I hated it!

But obviously, I would hate any woman my father brought back at the time, no matter if she was as good as Florence Nightingale .

But, slowly\-swallow Myra \-\-*I called her Myra before replacing her with a fox woman*\-\- managed to take my heart. As I said before, from the first day we met, he always treated me well.

Myra won my heart easily.

Within a month I had received his presence. A gentle and patient attitude, especially when listening to all my babbling, is key. And only now did I realize, she was acting like a mother in general, because I was her son!

But why didn't my father and Myra ever say this to me before? They purposely made me believe that my mother was my real mother.

I grew up in a perfect family. My father was an Alpha who was cold in education, but I knew it was all to do to make me a formidable Alpha.

While Myra was a warm figure, so easily, I forgot the sadness I felt, because of the anger of my father with the outpouring of his affection.

But all that changed, when 8 years ago\-\-*I was 17 years old*\-\-Egon whispered her poisonous words to me.

At that time I already had differences of opinion with Dad, who did not agree with my music activities. In his opinion, I shouldn't have devoted so much time to playing the piano, whereas there are many things I still have to learn as a Scion.

Egon's cruel lies seemed to be the axis that finally made me explode.

I was the one who broke the togetherness between my family. I'm the one who caused this split.

Guilt crushed me mercilessly.

I pressed my chest to reduce the pain, which I knew did not come from a crack in the ribs. Dead\-death I held back my tears that were beginning to form.

I made a terrible mistake, a mistake I knew I would not be able to make up for, because now my father is gone. I wiped away with a rough tear of regret that finally came down.

I adore Myra like my father, I love her too, like I love my father. The pain of betrayal I felt when Egon told the lie, that Myra had killed my mother, blinded me.

I loved him so much, so I hated him with the same intensity.

I spread anger to both of them \-\-*My father and Myra*\-\-.

But I couldn't help but get angry every time I saw Myra. I think he's the most guilty party in this.

My father was just a stupid man who fell into his beauty trap. And because of that stupid deed, I hate it too

Day after day, I snapped, driving away even banning Myra from being in the same room as me.

After a few times I spilled my absurd anger on Myra, Dad finally exploded and a great fight broke out between us.

Dad didn't know, what had made my attitude towards Myra change drastically, whereas I didn't until my heart said what I had in mind \-\-that's the crap I got from Egon\-\- at that time.

I didn't say all the things that Egon had told me to dad, because I was afraid that dad would get hurt.

Behind all the ugliness that Egon had delivered, during the 17 years of living with them, I knew how much my father loved Myra.

I imagine she would be devastated if she knew all of Myra's deeds. So I chose to leave!

I want to leave all that pain and hatred behind. I was very disappointed and angry at my life and fate at the time.

But now that I realized, I chose to leave, because I was stupid and made a short woo.

I shouldn't have trusted Egon just like that. I know better about my father's nature than anyone else on this pack \-\-*except maybe Myra*\-\-, I also know Myra, she who raised me lovingly.

But I prefer to trust Egon's rotten mouth rather than the two of them. Just a stupid word, cannot represent my way of thinking.

Oh... Bee, what have I done? I lament in my heart.

I can't answer the mystery of what happened to you. And now the matter of not losing streak has appeared before me.

But I'm not going to make a stupid decision like that.

I won't believe anyone's talk about you Bee. I'll look for answers to all these problems directly.

Tiredness roared at me mercilessly after my mind slightly unraveled.

I closed my eyes ready to welcome the drowsiness that comes when something bothers me. There's something I forgot.

Oh!!. how did Uncle Rex know I couldn't transform anymore? How could I forget about this?

My brain is really\-really pathetic!! I cursed with annoyance while pulling my blanket.

I'll ask him tomorrow....