His Snow Princess

Has repeated itself

~Alec's POV~

"Did you find her?"

"No alpha. I looked everywhere but she was nowhere to be found. She's good at hiding."

I glared at my beta, he very well knows if anyone else finds her before me then an unwanted knotty situation will arise. I already have a list of unpleasant things on my so-called silver platter, I don't want anything else.

"You know nothing will satisfy me more than her presence in front of me. Continue your search for her, she can be anywhere. I want to find her before anyone else does."

Reed muttered something under his breath but nodded anyways and left.

I tried to take my focus back on my paperwork but couldn't emphasize the important issues happening in my pack, damn...what if someone found her already? Or if something happened to her?

A long sigh left my mouth, relying solely on Reed is not the best option for me. I should go out and look for her on my own.

I moved out of my office and made my way straight to the secret room that no one knows about except my best friend and beta, Reed. Even my father is unaware of this hidden room in his packhouse.

On my way to the secret chamber, my eyes fell on my father's door, and once again waves of sadness flooded my body. Dad is lost for years. No matter how hard I try to cheer him up or bring him out of his depressed state, I always end up getting his sad smile and promises which are meant to be broken.

It feels like history has repeated itself. Whatever happened in the red river pack when dad was fifteen, happened again when I was sixteen. He was bound to take over the pack at the age of fifteen and I, at sixteen. But unlike my grandfather, my father is not to be blamed here. It's the man that I despise the most. Who ruined my father, his reputation, title, pride, his everything. And the f*****g part is that I can't even take my revenge on him as he is the one who is ruling the werewolf world.

I sighed and postponed my visit to my secret chamber for a while and went to check on dad. I panicked when I didn't get a response after two knocks. I hope he didn't try to hurt himself again.

I went straight into his room and found him standing at the edge of the balcony with a glass of whisky in his hands. He was staring intently at the ground and soon he dropped the glass out off the balcony. His hand gripped the railing so tightly that my heart began pounding loudly in my chest, is he planning to jump from the balcony?

"Dad, no!"

I shouted and grasped his arm before he could do anything.

Taking him back to the room and securing the lock of the balcony, terrifyingly I looked at dad who was smiling at me. "It's not a joke dad. Why don't you understand that YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE ME!"

He fell back on the bed laughing and said, "I love when you use your alpha voice on me. It reminds me of my old days."

His old days? They were terrible, I never want him to remember those horrible days.

"Dad..."

He patted the space beside him and said, "Let me go, Alec. You've grown up and have become a great alpha." He bitterly chuckled and said, "You've become what I couldn't and I'm proud of you son. But now...let me go, son. I miss Katie a lot."

I sighed and took my seat beside him, "I miss mom too. I spent my whole childhood without her. It was only you who was taking care of me until..."

That horrific night flashed in front of my eyes and my breaths became heavy, I can't forget that night ever.

I felt dad's hand on mine and my wrecked nerves started coming back to a normal state.

"It's over..." He said.

Over...yeah...since I took over.

I rubbed my palm on my face, I may be overcome everything and stood strong today but that childhood memory managed to make a black spot in my mind. I'm not sure if this horrible memory is ever going to make its way out of my mind or not but one thing is sure, that night told me so much about the people in our world. Especially about the so-called royals.

I shook my head not wanting to think about those traitors and took my attention back on dad who was waiting for my response.

I sighed, "We've always stood for each other. You know I'll be nothing without you, it's because of you who I am today. If not both, at least you can take care of yourself and stay with me as long as we live."

He furrowed his brows, "You are twenty-one, Alec. Stop being a kid and let me be me for once. I've done my part, now it's you who will be fulfilling his duties towards his pack. Find your mate and move ahead from your old depressed father. "

Mate...I don't think I want one. Considering dad, I don't think I'll be able to live ever if something ever happened to my mate. And if something happened to me, then the red river pack is finished. My people look up to me, I can't let them down ever and if it means that I have to live without a mate, then it will be that.

I chuckled, "So you don't love me anymore as I'm an adult now?"

His eyes soften, "I can never stop loving you...you are the only reason why I'm still breathing."

"And that's what mom always wanted. You and I to be together, always. She will be disappointed if you took your life and left me like this."

Tears started making their way out of his eyes and my heart clenched seeing him crying. Seeing a father crying is the hardest thing in the whole world. His sobs became louder but I didn't make any move to stop his cries. Years passed but he never cried. No single drop ever made its way to his dry eyes. But today...finally he was letting out the bottled-up feeling inside him.

The whole pack could feel his agony through our connection. Nothing was radiating in our place except distress.

I let dad cry his feelings out and express his love for mom until he passed out. Tucking him under the sheets and leaving a note on the side table after making sure there was nothing with which he can harm himself, I made my way out of his room.

"Is he alright?" Reed asked in our link.

"Yeah...he slept. Station guards outside his room and balcony and told them to report me if there is any noise from inside."

"Done. Umm...Alec?"

I hate when Reed sounds like this. It means that he has something to share that I'm not going to like at all.

"What is it, Reed?"

After a long pause, he sighed heavily, "Royals are here."