Rosalie's POV.

"Huh?" I asked confusion taking over my mind.

"I never knew what love was or how it felt till you." He repeated.

Sighing he sat up and leaned against the headboard, mimicking his actions I sat up but opposite so I could look directly into his sorrow filled orbs as he talked.

"Growing up I never experienced love, both my parents despised me." A tear fell from his eyes but he was quick to wipe it off. "I was also a product of rape."

I frowned at the irony.

"My father hated me for having being conceived and my mother never wanted to look at me as she said I looked like the devil." He sniffed. "They weren't the only ones though, just like them, my grandparents, uncle's, cousins and aunts despised me too."

I couldn't help but frown even more as he kept talking.

"I moved from one place to another till my grandmother died and mum got mated to William." He said the name with much spite and anger. "And when I was 4 years of age, Titus sent me to live with them and he hated more so than my mother."

"Then what happened." My voice came out as a whisper that I doubted he had heard till he responded.

"The fucker turned me into his punching bag, he would hit me for no reason."

"What did Evita do about it?" I frowned holding back the tears that threatened to fall.

"Evita." He balled his hands into fists and clenched them. "She did nothing, she watched that scumbag starve and beat me till I passed out like it was nothing."

A sob climbed out of my throat.

"And when I regained consciousness she would be there to remind me I was a mistake and needed to leave her and her mate so they could finally be free from me." He shook his head. "She told me every chance she got how much she despised me, I begged Titus to come and take me but he never did."

His confession explained a lot as to why he hated his parents so much.

"At age 7, I couldn't handle the torture any longer so I resulted to using the one thing that could numb the pain and harshness of reality wolf bane."

The second he mentioned it I gasped.

"Alcohol never seemed to do the job so every time William hit me I would inject wolf bane into my system and just lay numb on the cold floor that was my bed." He's eyes where shut tightly as he spoke. "After being threatened by my grandfather Titus finally came and took me away at age 8, I thought my life would get better but little did I know it would be worse."

He drew in a sharp breathe.

"At least William." His fists clenched again. "I swear that scumbag is so lucky he died before I could tear him apart limb from limb."

Dash spoke through clenched teeth before continuing.

"With William it was physical abuse but with my father, grandparents, Elizabeth and Ericson it was both verbal and physical, these bastards broke my spirit and self esteem." He sniffed. "They made me feel like I truly was nothing and all alone in this cruel world."

"One would think since my father was alpha I would get a great life but no, I had a shitty childhood watching them shower love on Ericson and Penelope while all I got was nothing but hatred."

Leaning forward I wiped the tears on his cheeks away.

"For the longest period of time I was blamed for every single mishap and Ericson." His jaw clenched. "That little prick made it no easier, he would get into all sorts of trouble later pinning it on me but despite knowing the truth Titus would make sure he punished me so severely I wouldn't be able to do anything but just lay immobile like a pumpkin waiting to be harvested."

"I hated myself Rosy, I couldn't stand my own reflection in the mirror." He sniffed. "I tried to end my life countless times but just like the last every attempt was an epic fail."

"At 15 I met Shaun and Angelo and they vowed to stand by me without even knowing my full story." A small smile tagged at the corner of his lips and I smiled too. "They new a bit of my past as Ericson took it upon himself to tell the whole school how I was a bastard child, of course he did lie about a lot of things like me killing my grandmother which everyone feared me for but these 2, Penelope and Charlie included didn't."

"Penelope never did do me any wrong but the fact that she experienced my father's love when I didn't made me hate her, she never needed to do anything to have his attention while I worked my ass off just so he could notice me but nothing." He confessed. "I still don't like her sometimes."

"Since I left Evita and her mate I made sure to write to her, yes even though she never defended me from that scumbag she was still my mother and I loved her just like my father." He let out a mocking chuckle. "Foolishly I waited for a reply but it never came just like my father's love didn't but on my 16th birthday when I shifted for the first time all alone when ever werewolf my age was with their family I realized something, I was all alone in this world and it was high time I stopped dreaming about having a perfect relationship with my parents like other kids had and man up for my own good."

"I stopped caring about anything and anyone, if it didn't benefit me in any way I never gave as much as a speck of my attention." He smirked sinisterly as he kept talking. "When my father tried to overthrow me from getting my birthright position as alpha I fought tooth and nail alongside my grandfather till he gave up."

A sinister chuckle left his lips.

"I could care less about the stupid alpha title but knowing how much it meant to Titus Kingston and my grandfather I vowed to take it and make sure I ruin everything they worked hard to built, I was going to do everything they did 3 times better so much so everyone would forget about them and their legacy." He smirked with satisfaction.

Ever since Dash had taken up his position as alpha everything had become much much better, our pack was ranking 8th strongest out of 12 around the world but now we had risen to be the 3rd. Many leaders have been impressed by this and somewhat forgot about his father Titus and his works, seems his plan had worked.

"That was all I ever cared about till I met you Rosalie Blake." His opened his eyes and gazed into mine. "You taught me what love was.

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