Chapter 20

Aurora Cloaked in fear, I could hear my father's pulse beating in his ears as sweat began to tickle down his forehead despite the air-conditioned room. Horror embalmed his eyes when his phone beeped the second time, indicating a message he received from the Alpha King. He tried to stay as still as possible to avoid drawing attention, but his teeth began to chatter in fear. I restrained myself from walking up to him to see the content of his message as his fear started to spread to me, like a communicable disease. What could the Alpha King ask that put my father in this situation? My father could withstand tough things without blinking. The wound on his chest was evidence…but this strange message triggered his fear, making it resurface and getting the best of him. What does the King want? Despite racking my brain to search for extreme conditions to ask, I couldn't find any that could trigger one's fear factor. Maybe he wanted my father's pack. It was no secret that my father could lay d