Alpha's Secret Bride

A teenager picked up the video call and was quite surprised. He moved his eyes slowly until he got to Gregory and heaved a sigh.

"Hei.. Greg!" The teenager screamed.

"Billy, how are you?" Greg asked.

"I’m fine! Greg, this is my father’s device; I hope you are aware," Billy said.

"Of course, I know."

"Wait, what...you did not make a mistake?" Billy asked and all the people in the feeding chamber chuckled.

"I did not. I want to talk to him. Is he there?" Greg asked. Billy looked and moved the device in his father’s direction. They saw a man sitting on a sofa with his eyes fixed on the vision hearth.

"Who?" The man asked.

"Gregory wants to talk to you," Billy said. The man, who would be in his sixties, stood up immediately and moved towards the device, which was obviously hung on a device hanger. He sat down and waved at them with a smile on his face. He would be in his sixties but his handsomeness is second to none.

"Gregory!" he shouted.

"Moonfall, Mr. Snow," Gregory said.

"Oh, my moon goddess! I’m so happy to see you again," Mr. Snow said.

"You have tried several times to tell me what happened. I’m ready to hear what transpired between you and my mother," Gregory said.

"Would you forgive me and your mother after that?" Mr. Snow asked.

"I want to hear what happened first, then decide if I will forgive you or not," Greg said. How did it all start?"

"Here is what happened. Your father was my schoolmate. We graduated from the same academy. He established his company when I had gone back to my country and invited me to help run the company. I traveled back to New York to help him run the company.

We were managing the company before he met your mother. I was twenty-four, he was twenty-five and your mother was twenty. They dated for a while and got mated.

"Were they in love? Father said she was with him because of his money. Is it true?" Greg asked.

"No,your mother loved Henry, but he was not always there. Your father and I were the best moonallies.

Greg, I’m going to be honest with you. I was crushing on your mother badly while she was with Henry, but I couldn’t tell her.

There was no need anyway. She had found love already. Briar made things so difficult for me, so I began to avoid her."

"Sorry for interrupting you, sir; how did Briar make things so difficult for you?" Greg asked.

"She ran to me at every given opportunity. It was difficult for me to avoid her. Henry had a very tight schedule. He was always busy making money for his family.

We went home once we closed for the day, but Henry always stayed back in the duty chamber. He never stopped traveling.

Briar was young and easygoing. She liked to socialize and I liked that too. We hung out a lot. Henry was comfortable with that because he trusted me.

When Briar was pregnant, she always insisted I go with her to ante-natal visits. My presence made her less afraid. She was very young and scared and it was her first pup.

"Was Henry aware?" Greg asked.

"Yes."

"Has he ever followed Briar to the healing den?" He asked.

"No, because he’s always out of the country, she never asked him to go with her. When she was in labor, your father wanted to go and drop her off. She insisted he must come with me. I declined and later I changed my mind and followed them. She was very scared, but my presence took her fears away."

"I tried everything possible to avoid her because the more I got close to her, the more I found it difficult to get the thoughts of her off my head.

When we dropped her off at the healing den, we wanted to go, but she insisted we stay with her. We sat on the guests’ chairs and watched her as she groaned in pain.

After a few hours of waiting, we heard the cry of the pup. Tears of joy began to drop from my eyes. I was happy she made it.

You were brought in and put in your father’s arms. We couldn’t stop looking at your crystal clear eyes like those of your mother. I fell in love with you too.

Things kept going normally and I watched you grow, kept wishing you and your mother were my own. She never stopped bringing you to my house. At one point, my neighbors began to suspect me. They thought I was actually your biological father.

When you were about two winters old, your mother jokingly dropped a word in my house.

I told her to give you a little sibling. She told me she would if I was ready to be the father.

I feigned her and changed the topic immediately. The joke was quite expensive."

"Did she know you loved her then?" He asked.

"Yes, she knows," Mr. Snow replied.

Henry and Briar began to have issues with their matebond. I was not happy because I was the reason behind the matebond problems.

I called Henry and told him that I would like to go back to my country. I believe Briar would forget about me once I’m gone. I planned to go back without telling her.

While I was making plans to go back to my country, Henry was preparing a severance paper. He gave her severance papers to sign the day I planned to leave. Henry wanted Briar to have a double heartbreak.

I was driving to the skyport when I saw Briar through my side mirror. I reversed and she hopped in. She looked miserable.

I had a flight to catch in an hour, but I had to cancel it. I took her back to the house and she narrated everything that happened. She was sad that I tried to leave her behind. She stayed with me while I incorporated her into my travel plans.

Leaving you behind was the hardest decision she ever made. When she came back to take you, you had developed a hatred for her already. We tried to take you, but you hated us with everything in you. I came to the house several times to see you, but you wouldn’t even listen to me.

I came again. I was told you had gone to stay with your best ally, Caleb. I visited again. Your father told me he had sold his company and would be moving down to Ireland. He dropped his address with me and asked me to visit each time I felt like it.

Gregory, it was all my fault. I should have left the city the moment I noticed I had feelings for your mother."

"When you left, did you feel you betrayed your moonally?" Gregory asked.

"Not at all. I was selfish and Briar was all that mattered to me. Her happiness was my priority." Mr. Snow said. Greg lowered his head to hide his tears.

"Gregory, please, forgive us," Mr. Snow said with a pathetic tone and Gregory almost cried. He could not imagine the pain he went through when he lost Briar.

"The illness came unexpectedly," Mr. Snow continued. "By the time we realized how serious it was, there wasn’t much the healers could do. During her final days, she spoke about you more than anyone else."

Gregory’s eyes filled with tears.

"What did she say?"

Mr. Snow smiled sadly.

"She said, ’Tell my pup I’m sorry. Tell him I loved him every day, even when I didn’t deserve to call him my pup.’ Those were some of the last words she ever spoke."

"Greg, your mother left a gift and a short note for you. Billy will bring them to you during the vacation," Mr. Snow said.

Greg gave a silent nod.

Lunara slipped her arms around his waist, and he rested his forehead against her shoulder, as if all the strength had drained from his body.

"So... have you forgiven them now, Greg?" Billy asked softly.

Greg swallowed hard.

"I never knew Briar still thought about me enough to leave me a gift." His voice cracked. "I thought she’d forgotten me completely."

The words broke something inside him.

Tears streamed down his face as the feeding chamber fell silent. Even Mr. Snow wiped at his eyes.

"Mr. Snow, please give him a little time. He’ll call you back," Lunara said softly.

"I’ll wait for his call," Mr. Snow said quietly.

Without another word, Lunara took Greg’s hand and led him out.

"I let my anger get the better of me. I should have listened. I should have forgiven her. If I had gone to see her in the healing den, maybe she’d still be alive today."

Lunara reached for his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.

"You can’t keep blaming yourself forever," she said softly. "None of us knew what was going to happen. You made a mistake, and you’ve carried that guilt every single day since then. But Briar knew you. She knew how much you loved her, even when you were angry."

She looked into his eyes.

"If she were here right now, do you really think she’d want you to spend the rest of your life punishing yourself? She’d want you to forgive yourself... just as she would have forgiven you."

Neither of them noticed the small package resting on the table.

Inside it lay the gift Briar had left behind...

...along with a note that held Briar’s final words to him.

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