Undercover Wolf novel Chapter 46

For the first time since morning my heart didn't feel like it was getting stepped on, and I immediately remembered why I was even down here.

I quickly jumped from behind Ace, cutting off his growling and stood between them. My eyes searched for Aiden, and I found him not too far away from where dad stood.

"You didn't tell him" I said more as a statement than a question, and he hung his head with a short sigh.

I too sighed as I took a deep breath and faced my father once again. I sized up to him and squared my shoulders as I started.

"Dad, Alpha Ace is my mate" A series of gasps echoed from both packs, since this was news to everyone.

"Nonsense!" he dismissed immediately. "You bastard, why did you forcefully mark my daughter?! I will ki-"

"Alpha Blake!" I shouted.

He stopped suddenly at my outburst and watched me in shock. I always called him 'dad' or 'father', so I knew I got his attention with that. I took another firm step closer to him and continued with what I hoped would be both packs' redemption.

"Ace is my mate, whether you like it or not. Whether you and John cursed it or not, he is my mate" His eyes grew impossibly wider at that, and I knew what his follow up question would be.

"How did you know about that?"

I laughed humorlessly. "You are so selfish, dad, and maybe it's you who I got it from. Because you were so selfish, you hid the truth from Aide and I , completely ruined our teenage life just for your own benefit. Just because you were a coward. "

His face completely drained of colour, and I knew I had him then.

"Roxanna, I told you not to wander around the pack" He tried to sound firm, but failed miserably when it came out wavering and weak. I could've smirked if it was any other situation, but this was serious.

"Yea and for what? So that I don't find out the truth and mess up your whole plan? You never really cared about the pack's benefit did you? You just strategized all this for alllll these years for your own benefit." I took a step closer to him as I stared him dead in the eyes.

He gaped at me as his eyes flashed between me, Ace and my stomach. A series of mutters went around the crowd, and Ace was standing really close behind me again, as if he thought dad would rip my stomach out.

"This is Ace's baby, and this is Ace's pack. So if you rage a war on Ace, you wage a war on his baby, and that automatically means you're waging a war against me."

And for the first time since I got here, I saw him back down. His eyes no longer held malice or anger, just regret and realization.

"I was stupid to even agree to do this, but I was brainwashed with a lie. We both were" I turned to Aiden as I spoke that part. "And I was even stupider to keep the truth from you Ace" I then turned to Ace as I spoke. "But it was just a constant war with myself. I felt like if I told you, I would be betraying my pack and my family. But I knew that by not telling you, I was betraying you and your pack. I didn't know what to do"

And just like that, my tears started to flow again. I rested a hand on my flat stomach and gazed down at it.

"But I knew that even if I couldn't do it for myself, my pack or for you Ace, I had to do it for our unborn child. And I swear to you, I was gonna tell you everything the day I came into your office, but then I learnt the real truth"

I sniffled as I turned once again to Aiden. "Mom's not dead Aiden. She's here"