Alpha Damon's Greatest Regret
Chapter 21- Do You

Chapter 21: Chapter 21- Do You

DAMON~

"Sigh"

The fragility of my own existence was shocking to me, all my life I had been the picture of strength, Wolf manifest at age 10, the earliest I’m history till of course My son, the thought brought a smile to my face. I looked back at the gravestone I sat in front of.

"Here lies David Langdon" I read out, nine years of him being gone and I still couldn’t believe it.

"You made it look so easy pops," I said as I remembered all the times I watched him in his meetings, the strength he showed as he spoke, and the finality of his words, I had lived every day of my life with the principles he had taught me, every day working towards being half the man he was.

"It’s not," I said "Silver Hollow is becoming more active as the day passes and all I can do is watch, it feels like I’m failing the pack you spent your life protecting, it feels like I’m failing you" I murmured as I arranged the flowers that laid at the bed of the gravestone.

"that doesn’t matter though, I’m not gonna let it happen no matter the cost, I’m not gonna let this person take what’s ours," I said then took in a deep breath.

"I have a son now pops" I chuckled "You’d be proud if you saw him, and even if I don’t survive this, I’m gonna be a father to that boy, I’m gonna be the best father I can be", I stood to my feet and took a step back.

"They all watching Dad, waiting for me to slip, waiting for me to fail, I won’t let them, I’ll be the man you can be proud of," I said then turned around and began walking back to Daniel and Carlos who stood at the end of the symmetry.

"Let’s go," I said walking past them and into the car that had been parked behind them, they followed me into it, Carlos at the wheel and Daniel in the passenger seat, before we left I had something to say.

"Do you think I’m fit to be an alpha?" I asked, my question struck them without warning as they both turned to me with wide eyes.

"You will always be Alpha" Carlos said after a brief but understandable silence.

"Agreed" Daniel said as he turned his head back to the front and rested his back.

As the car started and we took off I looked through the window and watched as we drove back to The center of Howl Creek, the tall trees stood vibrant, and the flock of birds flew threw the skies in perfect unison, every single one where it was meant to be, the bird at the front didn’t flatter to the back, if always stayed at the front, maintaining it’s placed, maintaining it’s position Whenever I saw things like this it made my mind drift into hypotheticals, into what ifs, What if Silver hollow hadn’t attacked, What if my father hadn’t died, What if I picked her instead of Lorelei, What if I didn’t treat her like trash, That last one always made me sick to my core, Why I acted the way I did still puzzled me, it wasn’t her fault, yet I made every second of her life miserable.

"Do you hate Zarah?" I asked abruptly, I didn’t direct it to either of them but Daniel knew I was talking to him.

"I don’t" He answered with his eyes fixed on the road ahead.

"Zarah Langdon?" Carlos asked, a little confused by the conversation "Isn’t she Elliott’s mother?"

"she is" I answered then turned back to Daniel "If you didn’t then why did you join me to treat her that way, it wasn’t her fault her father was scum, so why did we?"

"You’ve known me since we were kids Damon, I never liked low ranks, their very existence was imperfect, wolves who couldn’t transform, if they couldn’t do the basics of what made us different then why were they the same race as us, it never made sense to me, I didn’t like it when one became your father’s beta and when he dared betray him it solidified In my mind that low ranks are trash. So to answer your question why, it was cause I thought she deserved it" Daniel said his voice filled with disgust, Carlos glanced at him but remained silent, Being a low rank himself Carlos had never liked Daniel either but had put up with him simply because he was the advisor.

"Why are you asking all of a sudden" Daniel inquired, turning slightly to look at me.

"It’s nothing, I was just thinking" I replied with a slight smile.

"She’s not worth your time" Daniel spat.

"Really?" Carlos finally spoke.

"Yes, no matter how high you climbed your blood never changes," Daniel said.

"They are some low ranks better than you, Mr advisor" Carlos spoke his eyes still fixed on the road.

"Tricks and weapons don’t make you better."

"Is that what you think or how you justify losing to someone you think of as ’less’" Carlos countered blanky, Daniel was visibly agitated by Carlos but could do nothing against the person who was not only driving the car he was in but also had the highest number of enemy kills, Standing at a total of 23 high rank wolves and 49 low ranks, He might’ve not been able to transform but being a low rank he had the instincts of a wolf and enhanced physical capabilities that allowed him to reach the peak of the pack by proving his worth over and over and over again.

"Enough!, both of you" I shouted, stopping the little spat they were having before it turned into something else. I had never liked the way Daniel talked about low ranks but I had come to accept it since he kept his distaste mostly to himself except the few times when it showed, like now. Thankfully we got to the center of Howlcreek without the both of them going at each other’s throats and for that I was thankful.