Chapter 105. Take Me Back

Alison’s POV

“What do you mean by ‘take me back’?” I asked again this time with fury

Slowly, he exhaled, sinking back into his chair as though the weight of his own secrets had finally crushed him.

I watched him clap his hands over his head, his fingers threading through his hair, and I realized with a jolt that he looked… defeated. My father, the unshakable Alpha of the Crimson Pack, was utterly lost. But I wasn’t about to let his silence fill the room like a suffocating fog.

“Are you going to say something,” I snapped, my voice rising, “or do I have to go seek answers for myself on this too?”

His head jerked up, his eyes meeting mine. They were no longer cold and unyielding but filled with something I hadn’t seen in a while, guilt.

“Alison…” he began, his voice raw, as if the words were being torn from him. “I didn’t mean for you to find out like this.”

I folded my arms, anger boiling beneath my skin. “Well, too late for that. Spill