I ran into Theo's bedroom, locking the door behind me despite the fact the door could easily be knocked down.

Wanting even more walls between my mate and I, I quickly made my way to the joint bathroom and proceeded to lock myself in, leaning on the door as I slumped down to the floor.

The image of my father on the ground continuously flashing in my mind while Theo hovered above him.

Did I made the wrong decision? Was staying with Theo wrong of me?

Sobs racked my body as my palms pressed harshly against my closed eyes, an attempt of trying to rid the image of my injured father out of my head.

"Holly?"

My sobs were irregular and I attempted to be quiet by biting my bottom lip however cries continued to leave my mouth without consent, I was inches away form hiccuping.

"Holly, please--" My hands slapped on to my ears, hoping that it would rid Theo's voice however my hearing got the best of me and it felt as if nothing could block his voice. "Holly open the door."

God even when the sight of my bleeding dad at the hand of my mate disgust me, his voice is still as smooth and continues to sent shiver down my spine when he utters my name.

"Please, go away." My voice was weak and my wolf recoiled at the voice-- when was I weak?

I can't be weak, I'm not weak. I am a strong woman, a strong wolf.

"He started it." All the sadness left me, my sobs were quiet to die down at his words. I sprung up from the my door and flew the door open harshly, the lock flying off at the strength I was mustering.

"Are you fucking five?"

"No, but I'm an Alpha and he disrespected me." Theo's arms crossed over his chest as his eyes narrowed, the emotion within softening momentarily at the sight of the tears that were now drying on my face. "Holly,"

I walked around him, the need and want to hide in the bathroom was now gone. I made my way to the other side of the room and sat on the bed, my back facing Theo as I made no movement to turn and look at him. He continued;

"I shouldn't have done that, I know." He began, yet I still refused to look at him. "He was disrespecting me, on my territory that he had no permission to be on and then he charged at me, not the other way round. For that moment, I forgot he was your father."

I bit my lip, my arms tightly across my chest as I thought about what he was saying. He was right, at all.

"Would you have stopped if Grey didn't pull you back?" I spoke only to be met with silence. I spun around on the bed, now facing Theo who had a hardened expression on his face as he attempted to hide his emotions from me.

Mates shouldn't hide anything from one another.

"Would you?" I asked again. Theo's head fell down as he broke our gaze.

"I don't know."

His words broke me, and he could sense it as he quickly made his way over the bed and clasped my hands in his. I flinched however my hand stayed in his.

Something in me almost forced me to stay put.

"If it was anyone else, I would have ended them right there and then." His eyes were gazing deeply in mine, the urge to look away was overwhelming but I chose against it. "He is your father, deep down that would have stopped me. But he is still an enemy."

I finally looked away, my head falling down as I focused my gaze on my lap.

"You're a monster." I couldn't help but mutter, my voice was nothing but a whisper but Theo still heard it.

"Only to people who deserve it."

"Does my father deserve it?" His silence gave me the answer I didn't want to hear.

Slowly, I pulled my hands away from his and made distance between us that made us both squirm in discomfort. Not being as close as I could with him made my wolf growl.

"What are you doing? Don't be an idiot." My wolf growled to me however I chose to ignore all of her advances.

There was silence between us for some time, I couldn't help but fiddle with my hand. Theo cleared his throat, his body leaving the bed thus causing my wolf to whine.

"Now look what you've done." She whined at me. I rolled my eyes at her, her need for her mate's touch quickly annoying me.

And it's only annoying me because I'm stating to need it too.

Before Theo had went through the bedroom door he paused, turning back around so he was looking straight at me.

"Thank you," He squirmed while he spoke, it was almost as if I was watching a little child apologize to his mother. "For choosing to stay with me." He finally looked up at me, his eyes shone with an emotion I had no time to decipher.

"I didn't do this for you, I did this for my mother."

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Gosh, I'm going to die of boredom in this room. I haven't left Theo's room in hours-- or it felt like hours. Theo hasn't come back either and as much as I wanted to say that I didn't want him back, I did.

My wolf was getting the best of me, having looked for years for our mate only to distant ourselves was killing her-- when it came to it, my wolf cared for nothing but her mate.

I sighed, frustrated at myself as well as Theo. I was frustrated at myself for being in this situation and I was frustrated with Theo for putting me in this position.

With my wolf-senses almost back in normal, I sniffed around and sensed that no one was in the house, despite the guards that surrounded the house outside for any intruders-- thank god, I was going crazy being stuck in this room all day.

I made my way to the door, hesitating to open the door. Would it even open? I wasn't sure if the lock was on, I wasn't paying attention when Theo left I was stuck in my own mind. My hand reached for the hand and pulled down.

My heart squeezed as the door slowly pulled open, it was unlocked.

"If he can trust us, why can't you trust him" Minute by minute, my wolf was getting more and more relentless to be with our mate.

Yeah he trusts us so much he surrounds us with guards when we are alone.

The house being alone made me assume the it was a school day meaning that all the children and teenagers were in school while the adults were at work.

I made my way downstairs, my footsteps slow as I surveyed the decor about the house.

I haven't seen much of house but it was no doubt beautiful. During the time that Theo had dragged me out to the front, I had barely seen the house as I was so confused on what was happening, same goes for when I witnessed the fight between Theo and my father.

My heart squeezed at the thought of my father. I wonder how he was doing. There was no doubt that he was already healed, Alpha's heal incredibly fast plus the injuries didn't seem that intense.

I couldn't help but hum as I walked through the house, after searching multiple rooms I had finally made it to the kitchen.

Gosh this house had a lot of rooms, just like my own pack house.

I wonder if they mind me making myself a sandwich. Theo was such a lovely mate that he left without getting me any food-- sarcasm.

I did my own thing as I continued to hum an unrecognizable tune, going through the kitchen and finding everything to make a grilled cheese. The kitchen was packed with a bunch of ingredients and it seemed like it catered to many people's needs-- I mean it should, it's a pack house.

However something in me believed that the big bad Alpha of this murderous pack would have made their pack members live like slaves for so reason.

Something tells me I've been a little bit judgement.

With my grilled cheese made, I proceeded to put it on a plate and turn to make my way back to Theo's room only to be met by an unfamiliar face.

"Hello!"

I jumped up in shock, dropping the plate in the process and letting it smash to ground.

My grilled cheese!