Chapter 13
I’m numb as we drive to the airport. The pain in my chest has lessened to a dull ache. I hope it means he’s healing and not just because I’m further away from him. He will heal. If I tell myself that enough, eventually I’ll believe it.
I ask mum where it is we’re headed and she smiles and says home. Once we get to the airport it all becomes clear. America. We’re going to Yellowstone. I’m going to meet my dad for the first time.
Our flight leaves in a couple of hours. Whilst we wait I clean myself up as best I can in the toilets and we grab some food.
Once we’re on the plane, nervous excitement fills me.
Even though my mum and I are both exhausted, we find it hard to sleep.
After everything we’ve been through it all seems to be OK.
It’s over and I have a Dad now. I probably won’t ever see Alistair again, which is probably for the best. I hope I’ll see Cassey again though.
No, I will. I didn’t even get to say goodbye to her.
My whole life is so different now and it’s only going to get better.
It’s not just my Mum and me now. We will have my Dad and his pack.
Werewolves. It’s crazy just thinking about it.
I have no idea what to think any more. Fiction is reality and non-fiction is a cover up of the truth. It’s all backwards, but I love it!
As we try to relax on the plane, my mum and I pass the time by chatting mostly about dad and the pack.
I learn that over half the pack was killed in the battle 18 years ago and the rest were captured, along with my Dad.
His best friend Seth was killed trying to get my mum to safety.
His son Lukas Demetriou has many of his father’s strengths and qualities.
He’s the most likely to take his fathers’ place as my Dads Beta.