The Alpha's Omega Mate-Chapter 134: My name.

~Dahlia’s POV~

"What else do you know about my father?" I asked coldly, avoiding to look into Alpha Kai’s red eyes that kept accessing me, unravelling me... it felt as though he was intentionally doing this. Intentionally staring so hard at me to make me feel so flustered.

And it was working. A lot.

Alpha Kai leaned in closer, his rich bergamot scent clouding my senses as he took both of my hands in his. The contact, however little, sent a jolt of electricity searing through my veins, but brushing it off, I glanced away from him to the field, distracting myself with the children playing about.

"I don’t know so much, Dahlia. I only know that he was my father’s best friend, and that my father used to be so obsessed with finding him for a very long time."

"And he stopped?" I asked quietly, suddenly feeling feverish.

I do not know why but the thought of finding out that my father who I have spent almost two decades believing he was dead may not be really dead filled me with some sort of shock that I couldn’t explain. Or maybe it was dread .

Dread that I would have my hopes up, only to have it crushed.

Or maybe it was the heart ache I felt. My heart ached tremendously and tears burned at the corners of my eyes when one question repeatedly continued to burn at the back of my skull, engraving itself into my mind like a seed of doubt;

If he was indeed alive the entire time, then why did he never come to look for me? Why did he let me suffer in the hands of humans... then under Alpha Logan’s Tyranny?

"Yes," Kai replied, shaking his head slowly. "He only stopped after he died from a strange illness some years back."

I gasped. "Oh."

"I know that you may find it difficult to believe me, and I cannot blame you for that because I too found it difficult to believe my father when he became so obsessed with finding your family..." he began to say, but my brain had long become fogged. I blinked at him in surprise.

"What do you mean by ’my family’?"

Kai sighed, rubbing his face with his hands. "Well, we thought you were all dead. We were told that every member of your household had perished in the fire while your dad died at war, but my father never believed that. He never found your corpse and had a hard time accepting your death And see, you’re here now! He was right" He drawled, smiling softly, even though I could see how badly those words pained him.

For a minute, I was stunned into silence. Tears could only burn at the corners of my eyes when it finally began to make some semblance of sense to me.

What if my father thought I was dead?

What if he never looked for me because of that?

I wrung my fingers together as I watched Amara play the other children in the field, and even though the sight of my daughter comfortably having fun with other pups filled my heart with immense joy, I knew that it had to be temporary.

"Dahlia, stay." Kai said suddenly, snapping me if out of my train of thoughts. "Stay here at least until we’re sure he’s alive or not."

Gods, I wanted to believe him. I wanted to listen to that soothing voice of his for hours nonstop.

But I knew how wrong it was. Hell, what if my father was never found? What if it takes several months... years even to find him?

What if by the time he’s finally found, pack hierarchy and business has taken its toll on me? What if I’d been killed way before then?

I shook my head at him and dropped my gaze. My voice was quiet when I said; "You can still look for him even without me here. I’m moving away, not walking to my death."

"Dahlia..."

"See, I’ll be careful. I’ll watch out for myself and for my daughter. I’ll do what I can to find my father too, but I have no idea what he looks like anymore. It’s been too long since his disappearance. I even doubt he remembers me, so why do I have to put my life on hold for him? Why do I have to remain here just to await his return?"

"Okay, can you do it for me?" Alpha Kai asked softly and I scoffed derisively.

"I barely even know you!"

"But I know you! I’ve known you all my life... and maybe for the longest time, I may have thought you were dead until I sighted your wild hair some months ago, but I’ve always known you. You are my betrothed remember?"

My face heated up at his admittance, my brows furrowing in confusion as I tried to make sense of his words. With a frown, I glanced up at him, asking; "You didn’t meet me for the first time in the woods? In my wolf form?"

Alpha kai laughed shyly, ducking his head to hide the bright pink color now tainting his face and the tips of his ears. I noticed the way he took some small steps away from me, his eyes glowy, his Adam’s apple bobbing.

He shook his head. "No. I saw you once when I visited Alpha Zarek for a business deal, and ever since, l usually snuck into Shadowfang pack just to see you."

I gasped, my eyes going wide. "Why did you not say something? Why didn’t you—"

"Confront you? Stop you? Try to talk to you?" He supplied exasperatedly, a small smile tugging at his lips.

"I couldn’t do any of those because I wanted to he sure it was you, Dahlia. I wanted to be sure I wasn’t making a mistake. And when I became sure, I suddenly became shy. I’m a mess really."

I chuckled. "That’s difficult to believe." ’Seeing as you’re such a big bad wolf’ I thought to myself, but didn’t voice that out loud.

Alpha Kai smiled, exposing a dimple on his left cheek. "However there something I’ve always wanted to ask you..." he muttered, the blush still colouring his face a bright pink.

I gulped. "Ask away."

Suddenly, he stopped smiling, his now serious eyes boring holes into my flesh, and then he asked in a voice so low and so icy, it sent shivers running up my spine.

"Why did you change your name?"

I froze. When I finally found my voice after losing it for good two minutes, I stuttered; "D-did I?"

And my question seemed to surprise him because them his eyes widened infinitesimally. He murmured; "You didn’t?" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"I’ve always been called Dahlia... at the orphanage, even Alpha Logan used to call me that..." I drawled, my voice trailing off as some of my jumbled memories began to flood into my head like a broken dam.

However, there seemed to be something off. Something missing. Something I couldn’t bring myself remember...

"You don’t remember your name being something else? Something that wasn’t Dahlia?" He asked again, and this time, I easily deciphered that there was something he knew that I didn’t.

Gosh, this man knows more about me than even I do.

A wave of memories flooded through my head, instantly hitting against my skull with a splitting headache. I groaned, biting my lips, but that didn’t deter me from trying harder. From forcing it even more.

"I remember being called something else... but I cannot remember what it was. I cannot remember—"

"Nyx’ara?" He whispered, causing my eyes to widen in surprise.

"Yes, Nyx’ara!" I squealed, "How do you know that?"

Alpha Kai rolled his eyes and shrugged; "We’re betrothed, remember?"