Confronting The Alpha

CHAPTER TEN

POV: Damon

I drove back to the pack house at dangerous speeds, my hands gripping the steering wheel so tight my knuckles turned pale, while pure fury burned through every single bone in my body over the lie my father had kept from me for five long years. I slammed my car door shut, marched up the front steps, and stormed right into my father’s main office on the second floor, slamming the door behind me so hard that the glass frame on the wall rattled loudly against the paint.

My father was sitting behind his main desk reviewing financial papers, and he didn't even flinch when the door slammed, slowly lifting his head to glare at me with annoyance in his eyes.

"What is the meaning of this dramatic entrance, Damon?" my father asked, setting his pen down on the table while he crossed his arms over his chest. "I am in the middle of preparing our quarterly budget reports, so whatever hockey drama you have going on can wait until dinner."

"You lied to me!" I shouted, taking massive steps toward his desk and slamming both of my palms flat onto the table, leaning over until I was staring straight into his cold eyes. "You looked me in the eye five years ago and told me Raina was dead, you let me live in absolute hell believing she was murdered in that cabin, and she just walked into the league building fully alive!"

My father didn't show a single trace of fear or surprise on his face, slowly leaning back in his chair while his expression remained completely calm and unbothered by my anger.

"Sit down and lower your voice right now, Damon," my father said, pointing his finger at the chair across from his desk while his voice turned stern.

"I am not sitting down, and I am not lowering my voice!" I yelled, my jaw tight while my fists balled up at my sides again. "She is alive, Father, and she didn't come back alone because she has twin four-year-old children with her, and those children carry my exact eyes and my wolf energy!"

"So the wolfless girl managed to survive her little accident," my father said, letting out a short, cold laugh while he picked up his pen again to write a note on his paper. "I must admit I am slightly surprised she made it out of the woods that night, but it changes absolutely nothing about our plans for this family."

"Changes nothing?" I asked, my voice breaking as I stared at him in absolute shock over how heartless he sounded. "She was carrying my children when your guards attacked that cabin, Father, and you lied to your own son for five years so I would stay obedient to your team!"

"I told you what you needed to hear so you would focus on your hockey career and keep this family at the top of the territory," my father said, standing up from his chair and stepping around the desk to stand right in front of me. "Raina’s return is a calculated move to ruin our family name, steal our fans, and destroy our hockey team right before the championship season starts."

"She didn't come back to steal fans, Father, she came back because you tried to kill her!" I growled, taking a step toward him while my inner wolf snarled deep in my chest.

"Listen to yourself, Damon!" my father barked, his voice booming through the office while he grabbed my arm with a firm grip. "She walked into the league building with a rich business partner and bought out our rival franchise, and now she is using those children to manipulate your feelings so you play poorly on the ice."

"Don't you dare talk about my children like they are some kind of game to manipulate me," I warned, shoving his hand off my arm with enough force to make him step back against his desk.

"They are a distraction, Damon, and you are acting like a fool over a girl who doesn't even want you back," my father said, fixing his jacket while his eyes narrowed at me. "I order you to stay focused on winning the upcoming exhibition match against her franchise, because if we lose that game, the sponsors will pull their money and hand it straight over to her."

"I don't care about your sponsors, and I don't care about your money anymore," I said, backing toward the office door while keeping my eyes locked on his face. "I am going to find out every single detail of what really happened the night she was attacked in that cabin, and if I discover that you personally ordered your guards to kill my mate and my unborn babies, I will tear this pack empire down myself."

"You will do no such thing, because you are the captain of my team and the heir to this pack!" my father shouted, taking a fast step forward, but I turned my back on him, yanked the door open, and walked out into the hallway, slamming it behind me for the second time.

I marched down the stairs and walked out into the cool evening air, my breathing heavy while my head spun with pure hatred for the man who raised me. I got into my car and sat behind the wheel for a long time, staring at the front entrance of the pack house while my wolf growled continuously inside my mind. I knew in my heart that my father was never going to give me honest answers about the attack, which meant I had to track down Raina, get close to my children, and find out the whole truth directly from her.

Inside the main office, Alpha Marcus stood by the window watching Damon's car speed down the long driveway toward the main road. His face turned dark and ruthless, and he walked back over to his desk, picking up his private phone and pressing the quick-dial button for his lead security guard.

"Sir, how can I help you?" the guard's voice answered through the speaker line on the second ring.

"Damon just found out that Raina is back in the territory, and he knows about the twin children," Marcus said, his tone turning ice-cold as he looked out at the empty driveway.

"What are your orders, Alpha?" the guard asked, his voice instantly becoming serious over the phone.

"I need you and three of our best men to put a tight watch on Raina's house in the city starting tonight," Marcus ordered, pacing slowly behind his desk. "Track her every move, find out where those children go to school, and figure out who her business partner really is, because if they try to use that new franchise to mess with our family position, we will handle it permanently this time."