Chapter 10

Cole's POV

I sat at the end of the table ladled with different foods but yet couldn't fight the feeling of indigestion that was weighing me down. My father, alpha Kai, my step mother, Tiffany and step brother, Drew also sat on either sides of the table and neither of them had made no move to welcome me despite just coming home now in years. I didn't expect them to anyway.

My stepmom hated me just as much as I hated her and I respected that. But what I didn't expect was my father nonchalance at my arrival. I didn't expect him to welcome me with open arms but I definitely didn't expect the cold shoulders either. I was sure Tiffany had brainwashed him against me.

I had not even been able to meet him privately ever since I arrived because Tiffany has been trying very hard to make sure I couldn't see him at all. It's only during dinner times like this I can be able to see him but even then Tiffany takes over the conversation and completely ignores everything I try to say.

It didn't matter anyway. I stood up and marched out of the dinner hall after another unsuccessful attempt at trying to talk to my father. I had finally almost gathered just enough evidence of Tiffany being behind my mother's death just as I had suspected and I will be soon be able to have my revenge. I thought as I watched her sinister smirk as she watched me walk out of the room. I wanted to burst in anger.

It felt difficult to restrain my self when all I wanted to do was drag her by her hair and make her go through all the hurt and pain she had put me through but it wasn't time yet. Soon she would pay for everything she had done.

Although it was late in the evening I could hear Rhys still training with my pack warriors at the training ground as I approached. As soon as I arrived my pack a week ago I had secured the east wing of the royal house and made it mine. I threw all the servants of Tiffany away and replaced them with people I trusted and made sure none of Tiffany's people would come close to it.

The move infuriated Tiffany but they was nothing much neither she nor my father could do about it. I had won the war and in doing so had worn the hearts of the pack so there wasn't much she could do about it. I had decided to take over the east wing cause it was where my mother room used to be and I wanted to feel her presence around me.

Tiffany had made sure my mother's presence was completely wiped away so there wasn't much that remained of her. Rhys stopped the training and dispersed all the warriors as soon as he saw me.

"Were you able to talk with your father at all?. The vampires have been making some odd moves lately. I fear they might be planning something," he said worriedly.

"No," I huffed. "That witch won't even let me see him"

"It's fine. She won't be able to avoid it forever," Rhys said patting my back.

I walked to the chair inside in my office and slumped down in frustration. It was going to be a long fight but I was not ready to lose the war yet. Tiffany and her son will never get their grubby hands on my pack whether they like it or not. I heard my phone ring from the table where I had placed it but I ignored it. I wasn't in a cheery mood to talk with anybody but I guess Rhys didn't notice and he came and to give me the phone where I was sitting.

"It's for you," he held out the phone for me to take.

I looked at him in annoyance but he didn't flinched. I sighed. Sometimes he could be quite dense.

"I clearly heard the phone ringing but I didn't pick it up because I wasn't in the mood to talk to anybody. Can't you take a hint?."

"I know that but you might want to at least see who is calling you. It's Giselle"

An image of luscious dark hair and cherry red lips pressed against mine flashed before me as soon as I heard her name. I had been trying to get her out of my mind in the few days we'd been separated but she always find a way to appear in my dreams. Just the thought of her made me want to see her again and I quickly suppressed that thought and took the phone from Rhys. I had to keep on reminding myself that she was the enemy's daughter and we had no future together.

"Hello," I growled. I didn't mean to come out so grouchy but I guess I was still on edge. She answered in a formal, almost business like manner and I frowned. Hearing her voice made me realize I had missed her and I held the phone closer so I could hear her clearly.

I assumed she was calling because I hadn't reached out to her about when she would be coming to live in the Royal house. I still hadn't find a good enough space with adequate security within the palace that was out of Tiffany's reach. I couldn't risk bringing her and my unborn child in danger just like my mother. To my surprise she suggested we meet the next day and didn't say anything about our wedding. She cut the call as soon as we'd decided on a place.

I handed Rhys back my phone absentmindedly wondering what Giselle wanted to talk about that was so important.

"What did she say?," Rhys asked sitting down on the chair opposite mine."

"She didn't say much. She just wanted to meet me tomorrow"

"Of course she does," he said irritatingly his face drawing into a big frown.

"What wrong?. Do you have something to say?," I questioned suspiciously.

Rhys stayed silent for a few seconds while I waited for him to reveal what he wanted to say. Rhys had been with me ever since I'd been sent to war as a young boy and had decided to follow me to war and had stayed by my side ever since. I trusted his judgment and he was one of only few people I still trusted.

"I heard from a reliable source from the blue moon pack that Giselle's father is in quite a debt," he paused trying to gauge my reaction before he continued. "I think Giselle wants to meet you so she can ask for your help in paying off those debts"

I turned his words over my head as I realized what he was getting at.

"She wouldn't do that. She can clearly see there is bad blood between her father and I," I uttered trying to convince myself more than Rhys.

"I don't know really. She might have called for a different reason. I'm just trying to give you a heads up." Rhys said before walking out of the room leaving me to my thoughts.

An earth chilling feeling begin to creep inside of me. If there is one thing I hated most, it's being used and I didn't want to think that way of Giselle. I shook the thoughts from my head, getting up to go to my room. Notwithstanding the outcome of tomorrow I would never help Giselle's father to get rid of his debt in any way.