59. For One Day Only

Lux Lupus

Romeo Price

"I'm proud of you, son."

After the Alphas dinner, Dad's words replayed themselves relentlessly in my twisted mind, over and over again like a broken record.

How could he be proud of me when he is dead because of me?

Dad had pushed me out of Sebastian's way and substituted himself. He bloody sacrificed himself so that I would live. 

I. Killed. My. Dad.

I am the reason he is dead. 

I could feel myself spiraling into the darkness, my vision replaying the way Dad's eyes had lost their luster as life extinguished from within him, the screams of pain from Mom and Uncle Reynold, the cold, lifeless body that lay on the floor.

When he died, a part of me died too. 

Unexpectedly, I found light. 

What surprised me was my mate, Annabelle. That night, she called for food that I didn't want to eat and assemble