Chapter 29. It’s Over

“Dad?” Mark stared at the man in front of him, the man who had raised him both as a father and as a mother, and he was beginning to get scared of what he was saying.

“Mark, you need to know the truth.”

“Your father was the soon-to-be alpha male of the Declan pack,” a voice came from behind Charlotte, who had now been covered with a robe. The woman was an older version of the young girl, and Mark recognized her as Charlotte’s mother.

“Since he did not want to be the alpha male and lead the pack, he ran away from the pack and decided to start life somewhere else. Your mother, Sarah, met him during one of the hunts when we were teenagers, and they fell in love. Against her better judgment, she left the pack and moved in to be with him here at this very place. She did come back occasionally after a few months of rebellion, but the Luna refused to welcome her back, especially since she married a rogue wolf from the enemy pack. One time, your father had gone to the woods