Chapter 105: Information

Gramps's good eye was focused on me with rapt interest, curious to hear my tale. Sympathy surged for the isolated old man sitting in the dirt beside me in spite of how little I wanted to expose my suffering.

"I met my mate when I was still building my pack. A mate was the last thing on my mind. At first, she was so rebellious and I wasn't interested but eventually, we accepted each other."

"Sounds like a fairy tale," he commented with a sardonic smile on his weatherworn face.

"It was like one considering we met a little bit late. We were happy. We were both working to make the pack stable. Had a son. Grow old together." My chest tightened at the dreams that now seemed so far away.

"Guessing it wasn't that easy."

"No. I made a mistake that led her to leave the pack."

"I see. Your mate is dead now?"

His words made my chest constrict more tightly.

"No, at least that was what the man she’s with told me. The vampire took her somewhere.”

There was bitterness in the words. If only I didn’t h