Alpha Damon's Greatest Regret
Chapter 27- A Bad Joke

Chapter 27: Chapter 27- A Bad Joke

DAMON~

11 YEARS AGO

"Are you scared?" I heard my father ask from behind me.

"A little bit," I answered.

"You don’t have to be." He assured me as he placed his palm on my shoulders and looked at me "Being scared isn’t always a bad thing."

"I don’t want to be scared," I replied taking a frightened step back, with his hand on my shoulder he came to my front and knelt before me.

"Good, that means you know the value of your life, fear is what keeps strong men alive, No one wants to be scared Son, we all want to be fearless when we act but that’s impossible. You are Damon Langdon, you are my Son, fear doesn’t hold back Langdon’s, all it does is motivate us.", The way he spoke made me feel that indeed fear was just a construct, I stepped forward and looked down the cliff and I couldn’t even see or hear the waves crashing against the shore.

"Dad, it’s really high," I said, my voice shaky as I stepped backward.

"I know, It’s gonna be fun." My dad said as he walked to my side, "Just follow my lead." He began walking forward till he reached the end.

"Come," he said stretching his hands towards me, I took a deep breath in an attempt to muster up some courage but alas one breath wasn’t enough. I took his hand and stood beside him.

"You ready?"

"No," I confessed, he chuckled at my response but said nothing else to convince me.

"We’ll jump on three, One, Two, Three—", As the last word left his mouth he stepped off the cliff, tugging me with him as we descended down, the wind that blew against us was frightening, threatening to pull me away but my father’s grip as strong enough to keep us together as we fell continued our descent.

"Yahoo!!" I heard him scream with joy but all I could focus on was the loud beating of my heart and the water’s surface that we were rapidly approaching, closer and closer till we shot into it like torpedoes, the impact sent waves through the water with burst.

I rose out of the cold seawater that remained deep enough that even when my body was upright my legs wouldn’t touch the ground, My fear had been completely erasing and there was a new feeling, one I hadn’t felt before but I’d heard my father talk constantly about it.

I felt —Free.

PRESENT DAY

"Are you sure, you’re ok to spar Alpha?" Carlos worriedly asked, I sighed, exhausted at his constant worry for my health.

"I’m sure," I confirmed.

"Doctor Grace said you need to rest and not do anything that’ll drain your energy."

"Relax Carlos, it’s just a spar, I’m not even gonna go full wolf," I said, attempting to ease his reluctance.

"Ok." He grumbled as he stepped back and took a fighting stance.

"Good." I smiled "Let’s go!" I shouted as I began sprinting towards him, I activated a partial transformation and immediately there was a burst of explosive pain that shot through the entirety of my body, I fell to my knees as blood trailed down the corners of my mouth and out of my nostril.

"Alpha!!" I heard the muffled sound of Carlos’s scream as he ran to my side.

"Arghhhhhhhhhh!" I screamed painfully as I rolled on the floor pleading and begging the pain to stop.

"Help!, Dani—" I couldn’t hear him anymore as my eyes shut and I drifted into a forced slumber.

I stared at the door of my hospital room awaiting the arrival of Doctor Grace as the beeping sounds of the monitor filled the cold and isolated room, I was filled with a sense of dread as I looked at my hands, an Alpha, that was what I was supposed to be yet here I was sitting on a hospital bed waiting to be told I was dying, It was almost laughable. I disconnected every wire and tube that was connected to me and was about to get off the bed when Grace opened the door and walked into the room with Carlos standing behind her, I looked at her and then looked at Carlos, He stood as strong as always but there was a look in his eyes I hadn’t seen before.

"I told you to rest Damon." Grace scolded as she came closer to me while Carlos shut the door but remained there as a guard with his eyes focused on me.

"It was just a spar," I argued defensively and was about to stand up when from where he stood Carlos said.

"Sit down Alpha.", I looked at him with wonder, it was the first time he had ever spoken like that.

"Sit down Damon," Grace said so I hesitantly obliged.

"What happened?" I asked the question that had been on my mind since I had woken up.

"Your Cells, the ones that had been allowing you to function and fight against the cancer." She paused and then looked back to Carlos before she turned back to me and continued.

"They aren’t holding up anymore."

"That’s not possible, last time you spoke you said they would hold up the fight for a month or two, it hasn’t even been a fucking week, how could they have deteriorated so fast!" I argued, panic filling every word I spoke.

"When I told you that they were only carrying out one function which was keeping you alive but the second you have them the other to transform they abandoned an innate function for their purpose." She explained sadly.

"That’s bullshit." I cursed "You’re pulling my leg, What do you mean I can’t transform? What kind of fucked up joke is that Grace!"

"She’s not joking," Carlos interjected calmly, I looked at him.

"It has to be a joke, it can’t be real." I pleaded shaking my head, I refused it, It wasn’t real.

"I’m ok, tell me I’m ok Grace, tell me I’ll be ok" I begged.

"I wish I could say that Damon, but without a donor your chances of survival are slim," Grace said to me and immediately I felt my heart sink and my mind go blank.