THE ALPHA’S BROKEN LUNA

Hardin’S POV

I walk over to my mother’s chambers at the speed of light with Kol following closely, muttering some statements about me letting the issue go. This is not an issue to let go.

Kol was separated from his family from birth and that is totally unfair. Even if he is an illegitimate child, he still has the right to grow up in this pack, in this castle.

“Alpha Hardin…” He calls for the umpteenth time as we walk along the long corridor that leads to my mother’s bedroom. I halt on my tracks and turn to face him with a frown plastered on my face.

“I have told you I’m not going to let this issue go, now stop calling me every step of the way and also, call me Alpha one my time and I’m crushing your balls!” I threatened and immediately, he unconsciously put both hands in front of his trousers. I let out a hilarious chuckle as I shake my head and march on.

I swear Kol is a clown!

Once we get to my mother’s room door, I knock three times and soon, the door is opened by my mum who is smiling, but the moment her gaze falls on Kol, she frowns.

“Isn’t this traitor who got Reign abducted? What is he doing here and why is he still alive?” she asks in horror and I just roll my eyes.

“Mum, that issue has been resolved”

“Does that mean Reign is here? Where is she?”

“No mum, not yet. Reign isn’t home yet”

“Can someone explain to me what’s going on here?”

“Can you please let us in?”

“No, I’m not letting this traitor into my bedroom.”

“Fine then, let’s just talk from here. About Reign, do you honestly think he’d still be alive if he hadn’t told me anything reasonable?”

“But, he could be lying!”

“No he is not”

“Oh Hardin, you never learn do you? Leonard already told you about this guy and he was right, so why are you fraternizing with him right now?”

“Mum, like I said, this matter has already been settled. We are here for something else”

“And what could that be?” She asks concerned and I turn to look at Kol who has been silent throughout.

“Show her the mark.” I instruct and he folds the left sleeve of his shirt yet again and shows her the black crescent moon on it.

Mum’s eyes widen in shock so much that you might think she is going to suffer from a panic attack. She gently stretches her hand forward and holds Kol’s left hand and carefully scrutinizes it.

The look on her face says it all.

Kol is Colton.

Not just any Colton, he is a black crescent moon Colton, just like Kylie and I.

He is my brother!

“How… how is this possible?” Mum asks with a bewildered expression and I just shrug my shoulders.

Dad must have done some foul play in the past.

“Kol, how old are you?” My mum asks with creased brows.

“I’m twenty three years old”

” That’s Hardin’s age… oh my God. Come on boys, we need to get to the root of this issue” Mum says as we both get into her bedroom and sit in the sitting area.

“What’s your mother’s name?” Mum asks.

“Alicia Mendel”

I know Alicia, she was the daughter of…” She suddenly stops and looks at me. “Hardin, mind link Miguel, ask him to get the Mendels here immediately, all of them!”

“Yes mum”

It took barely thirty minutes to assemble all the elderly members of the Mendel family in the castle. Right now we are all in the living room, about to judge this whole issue and I swear I’m not going to take it easy on them.

They let me grow up without my brother by my side. I really want to know what the hell actually happened!

“Good day everyone” I greet with a very stern look on.

“Good day Alpha Hardin” They all chorus.

“You all must be wondering why I summoned you here”

“Alpha if it’s about Canon, I promise he hasn’t been stealing from the pack farm again, he has changed”

“This is not about Canon, he has been a good boy and I know that. This is about your daughter, Alicia Mendel, I would like to know what happened to her, because I realize that she is no longer a member of this pack”ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“That’s because she’s dead, Alpha Hardin.” One of the elderly men responded and I smile.

The look on their faces tells me that this topic is not a very comfortable one for them.

“I would like to know how she died”

“Alpha Hardin, Alicia died long before you were born, why are you suddenly so concerned with her death?”

“Liars!” Kol roars with his Alpha voice and they all tremble on their seats as they turn to face him.

He’s mad and I know it. Even I will be mad. I gently place my hand on his and urge him to calm down.

We can’t afford to let him lose his temper. I know how nasty things can get when a Colton male gets mad.

“And who is the strange man?” One of the women asks and Kol purrs in anger.

“Twenty four years ago, Alicia Mendel mysteriously disappeared from this pack. No one ever spoke about her again, I would like to know why”

“Because she committed abomination!”

“What abomination?” I ask eager and they all stay quiet, giving each other confused glances.

“Do you call Alicia getting pregnant for the Alpha an abomination?” Mum asks and the horror on their faces don’t go unnoticed.

“How… how did you know that?”

“This is crazy!” Kol exclaims with a snort.

“I command you all to tell me what exactly happened in the past that made Alicia Mendel mysteriously disappear. You have three seconds to start. One!” I roar and they all exchange confused glances yet again.

“Two!”

“Uh… actually, she got pregnant for our former Alpha, your father and that’s an abomination, since he had already found his mate, our Luna and she too was already pregnant for him. Actually, the first male child has to be next the next Alpha, so there was some confusion as we didn’t know who was going to give birth first among the two of them. If Alicia did, then her son would have to be Alpha and that is unacceptable! An illegitimate child cannot be Alpha of the pack so we all decided to the elders of that time decided to send Alicia away and threatened her never to come back else she will be killed together with her child. So she left and never returned, but your father didn’t leave her empty. Every month he sent money and other necessary stuff for them, he even made sure to get them a permanent residence some where around the borders of the East Wing pack and ordered no Alpha to ever evade the territory. Before he died, he left them a fortune and I’m sure that wherever that boy is, he is fine”

“So my dad never saw that boy? None of you ever saw him?”

“None of us ever saw him, but I don’t know about your dad”

“He did see me” Kol suddenly speaks and we all look at him in surprise. “Now I understand. While growing up, l always saw a man loitering around, sometimes he’d be in the bushes. Also, he once had mercy on me when he caught me stealing food from this Pack farm, I was about sixteen by then and immediately after that incident, I started getting money and other stuff from a particular strange man. He never told me who sent them, now I know it was… it was… my dad” He narrates in a calm tone and I swear I can feel tear’s forming in my eyes. Kol didn’t deserve that life.

“I … I can’t… I don’t even know what to say” I stutter as I look at him

“You know what? All of this is not important. We are in the middle of a War and the last thing we should be doing right now is organizing a family meeting. What has happened has happened, now let’s focus on the war.” He says as he rises up.

“But…”

“No Hardin, I have to go now and figure out how to get my sister-in-law out. If you all are ready to welcome me in this pack, I’m gonna come and we all can forget all what happened in the past and move on. I hate holding onto the past.” He explains and I look at him in awe.

What exactly is this guy’s heart made of?

“Son, who is your mate?”

“Uh, Diana”

“We are moving her in here today”

“Cool then, I’ll be on my way. I have to get Reign out of there today. See you around” Then he rises from his chair and walks out of the living room. I turn to the others who looked very confused and guilty at the same time.

“Call the rest of the elders, there are some rules we have to adjust in this pack.”