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“But that is why I asked. I wasn’t looking for anything to use against you. I just wanted to know what her link is to you and my dad.”
“I don’t know her, so I am not sure. I know Marco and he said he is related to her, though?” Axton seems thoughtful for a second while I nod my head.
Axton frowns, a strange look crossing his face. “But she is human?” he questions, confused.
“Yeah, he is her brother-in-law, not a blood relative.”
“Her brother-in-law, but Marco only has one brother?” he questions. I nod, yet the look he has on his face is like he knows something.
“Why are you pulling that face?” I ask.
“Because I know Marco through my father and mother, Marco’s brother… ah.. What’s his name…Gee, I haven’t seen him since I was a kid. He and my mother had a huge fight.”
“Floyd?” I offer, and his eyes widen, and he quickly nods.
“Yeah, Floyd, he was friends with my father. He is how my father met my mother, but I do not know how that links to your father.”
“So what is Floyd’s link to your father?”
“Does it matter?” Axton shrugs. Well, yes, because I want to know why Sondra feels guilty, but I can tell Axton would not answer. But I also want to know how he killed his father without a wolf.
Chapter Ten
I cut off another piece of steak, chewing slowly, wondering if he will answer about Khan saving him.
“Is it really bothering you that much?” Axton asks, and I look at him.
“About how I killed my father?”
“I never asked that?”
“Yet I can feel your curiosity over it,” he says, grabbing his plate.
“You said you were seventeen. But we don’t get our wolves until 18.”
“Once my grandfather was back, my mother agreed to sign everything over to him. We were eating dinner, Eli was staying the night and I remember dad was in a great mood because he was drunk. I just assumed it was because we bought this place and were moving soon.” Axton pauses, staring down at his plate, his hand fisting around the knife.
“This packhouse?” I ask him. Axton nods.
“Yeah, mom was excited; she said this place would be a fresh start. Mom purchased it two weeks before we were moving the pack here.”
“And that’s why you lived in the apartment, not here because it was your mother’s?” Axton nods sadly.
“So what happened?” I ask curiously.
“Dad was living away. He was living here for a bit to sort out things here. Mom and dad were constantly fighting, so it was a good break for her. Anyway, he came home. He handed her the paperwork. Mom asked if she could sign after we finished eating dinner. When we finished eating, he slid the paperwork over to her. Mom signed it and gave it back to him. My grandfather was talking to me. I had another fight in the pits, and my hand was broken, so we were discussing my opponent.” I open my mouth to ask how he broke it, but he shakes his head.
“Anyway, mom made this strange noise, which made me look at her to see my dad had stabbed her in the throat with a steak knife. I was in shock and just stared at her. It happened so quickly and abruptly, and dad was in a good mood, so I didn’t think he would do something like that.” Axton stares at the knife in his hand, his eyes flickering for a second.
“He just kept stabbing her. My grandfather shifted and Eli ran for help. My grandfather tried to protect her. She was still alive, bleeding everywhere, but her wolf was a quick healer. She had to be living with my father as her mate,” he tells me, looking lost in some haunting memory.
“I tried to stop her bleeding and dad almost killed my grandfather when he shifted. That’s when I got Khan. His voice suddenly appeared in my head and screamed at me to drop the barrier between us. I didn’t know how; I tried. My father’s wolf ripped her to pieces in front of me. He broke both my legs and my arm when I tried to stop him. I was bleeding out, my grandfather was also hurt badly. He went to finish my grandfather and Khan smashed through the barrier and I shifted.”
“So you killed him?” Axton shakes his head.
“No, I tried, but my father’s wolf was a monster, and Khan was brought on by my fear. Khan attacked him and ripped into him, but we were still no match for him. If it wasn’t for Eli, I would be dead.”
“What did Eli do?’
