Chapter 28

Rylan POV

I wrapped my hand around Alfred's torso, walking side by side to our home. Miranda opens the door and engulfs both of us in her warm hugs. Miranda truly feels relieved when she spots me back with her son.

"Thank you Rylan for had chosen my son. I scared to death if Alfred reverts to his old self. This may sound a selfish request because you should have living with your legal mate. But as a mother, I simply can't see he sink into his despair world again." Miranda long speeches invite tears from both us.

"Don't worry mother because only the dead can apart us." I take my son into my embrace. His small finger traces the tears on my face. I kiss his cheeky cheeks, soothing the turmoil inside me. My choice is wise; they are worth to choose than a cheap mate. Allen only takes Alfred as he solely father.

"Why are you crying papa? Did the bad uncle hurt you again?" Allen said while studying my face.

"Nope baby, that uncle not bad at all, just clears some misunderstanding. Allen baby, daddy, and I need to tell you an important thing. Can we talk in papa's room?" Allen hugs me and nods.

I put Allen on the soft mattress, Alfred sits in another corner of bed and me beside Allen. "Baby, no matter what we will tell you, our love for you is pure and an unconditionally and no less even a little drop." He nods nervousness stare blank to ceiling.

"You remember the uncle who visit our restaurant before?" I wait for Allen response.

"Yes, the mean uncle who beaten daddy and was treated you so mean. I hate him." Alfred smiles bitterly.

"Baby, it's bad to hate someone we barely know." Alfred said from the sidelines.

"I'm sorry, daddy. I just dislike him when he was hurting you." Allen whisper slowly. Alfred gets close to us, wrapping his arms on the Allen small body.

"Baby, just treat it as a reminder. I'm not blaming you and the uncle has been apologized for hurting me." Allen mouth curls upside.

"Baby, back to topic, the uncle was not really a bad person. It just we had unfinished work and misunderstanding before you was born. He now was in great regretted and begged for second chances. And, the truth is the uncle....." I fidgeted on my feet, debating whether it's okay for me to reveal the truth for a small figure front me.

"Papa, what is wrong? What about the uncle?" Allen said curiously.

"Mmm the truth is, the man we refer as an uncle was actually your biological father. He is your real father." The kid stare me as if I'd grow the second head.

"No... you just tease me because I was acting badly. My papa is you and my daddy is this one." he pointed his finger to Alfred. "... You are just joking. I swear I will never be a naughty boy anymore. And, my daddy is only Alfred Nightshade." He giggles after Alfred ruffles his dark brown mane.

It was hard to convince this little kid than what I have expected earlier. He in denial and did not wanted to acknowledge Ivan as his biological father. We sighed in frustrated but somehow I could felt a proud and love radiated from Alfred's body as Allen only acknowledged him as his father.

Alfred pats my shoulder when Allen stubbornly puts a hand on both his ears to protest from hears the story any further. I surrender when seeing the tears wetting his cheeks. Maybe we have chosen a wrong time to tell him the truth. Even though he processes a genius brain, he stills the kid in the learning process.

I can't put a blame in him when he'd have learned about parents love only from Alfred and me. Since the day he starts crawled, first stepped and learned how to spoke, it was Alfred, whom has been encourage and cherished him in the beginning until now. Doted on him as if Allen was his true blood, loved him boundless.

"Daddy, promise me, you weren't thinking to send me to the meanie uncle? I'm yours, right?" Alfred takes him into his bosom.

"Baby, listen this; no matter who the blood running through your veins, you will forever stay as my son, one and only." He kissed Allen's forehead.

I feel guilty letting him learnt the truth without considering his age first. Sometimes, his cleverness and maturity level makes me forget that he only five years old kid. I hug both Alfred and Allen.

"I'm sorry, baby. Trust me, we will love you forever and ever until the afterlife." I said while petting his thick hair.

A few months passed since the day I make a clear answer to my ex-mate. Since that day, we never meet as if he had ceased from existence. But, somehow I can sense he was fine in his pack. Is it strange for me to worry about him?

Mostly, when I followed Alfred to packs meeting, the one whom represent his pack was his Beta. His relatives and pack's members just had given me a blank emotion as if they never known what is going between Ivan and me.

Another thing was I still postponed going through rejection ritual, to break our bond properly. According Miranda, breaking the mate bond is a forbidden ritual in their race. If it going wrong one of us could die in middle of ritual. In my case, the one that have a higher chance to survive is Ivan because he is one of the strongest Alpha after his cousin.

I fear if my life will ends at that moment what will happen to my son later. However, if I was keeping prolonging it still will have the same effect too. Mate bond was not something to play with. That was what I'd learned so far. I sighed in frustration to finding a good resolution to solve our complicated relationship.

Why it all happened to us? Why am I who had to shoulder the fault in the end? Alfred gives me a space to clear my mind and not clouding my decision. He is a perfect husband in my case even the world turning their back on him. He suppressed his own desire until I can make a clear decision.

On the other hand, Allen becomes more and more attached and possessiveness around us. He fears we just created a story to abandon him. What can I do when Allen just follows his five years old mind thinking?

I watched the news in waiting my husband and son back. The news exposed the current gossip issue that led to divorce of famous model Kayla and his husband Ivan Kendall. The gossiped discussed how the sweet loving married couple suddenly divorced. They said it might because Ivan goes back to his former self. Ivan former self that was kept chasing anything that was having two legs.

They all half wrong half not. It is not anything close to his former self. He mainly chasing only his mate and got a rejection in the end. Then, why he still is turning the divorce paper when nothing changed between us?

I watched how the reporters swarmed him and a little boy when they came out from one famous shopping mall. The little boy seems confused with the crowd, hiding his face in his father's neck. The reporters bombarded him with thousand of a question where he brushed it with solemn face.

"Where is a Mrs. Kendall?" One of the reporter was asking him

"Not Mrs. Kendall anymore." He pushed around the crowd.

"Where is your mum whereabouts, little boy?" A brave reporter tried to get an answer from his son. They don't know how possessive a werewolf around their pups.

"Mother was missing." The honest boy cried with tear-stained face. The answered from his son have been fueled up the eager busybody reporters. However, they had already done the wrong moved while trying to pried the innocent kid from Ivan.

Ivan turned around and smashed two cameras when grabbing the reporter's collar who grabbed his boy's arm. He smacked him with an edible sound. "Don't you dare to touch my son with your filthy hand. I'll make your company shut down!" He pushed the man to the floor.

His action have made the crowd dispersed, opening a route for walking off. I know he have warned them with his alpha's tone. The reporters turned paled and scurried away. His action by some means has warmed my heart. In spite of that, I feel somewhat guilty for breaking the little boy loving family. I have made him lose one of his parents.

I pulled out from my thought when heard a front door open. A little footsteps running to me with a big grinned. I smile on his mood and catch him in my chest.

"What happen, baby boy?" The kid still was giddy on my laps. I saw Alfred gave him a 'shh' signal from side-glance.

"Daddy speeds up and won against those bad peoples."

"What?" I smacked Alfred's head as his taken the seat beside me. "Don't you dare to put such a stunt again, Alfred Nightshade."

"Why? I just paid their mouth off." He goes into sulking bear.

"It's not worth to bet with your life and please remember you're with the kid at that moment, understand?" His hand circles my waist and pouts with a smirk toward Allen.

Alfred takes Allen to bathing and changing the clothes. He needs to go to pack house after eating. I prepared the table waiting them to getting here. My mind still replayed Ivan irritated mood on the news a while ago. He seems fine even after I rejected him.

Or, he just faked to be fine? A small voice hit my consciousness again. I cracked my neck to expel the tiny voice. Now he have becomes an available again, which I bet each sluts will start swarm around him. The thought making me cringe inside.

Shit! The pulls really make me become lunatic person. I need to stop this madness thinking, need to stop the entire thing that tries to pull us together. It is no fair for my husband if my mind keeps thinking about another man. I appreciate when Ivan respect my decision and not follow his wolf desire anymore.

After eaten, we drive a different car because I need to check the restaurant. I brought Allen to the restaurant together. The branch manager greets us once we stepped inside. As usual, I was checking the same paperwork, restaurant's budget, and the cleanness level.

"Sir, someone wished to meet you?" The manager said two hours later.

"Who?" I typed on the computer without staring on his direction.

"Ralph Malcolm." He is waiting my answer.

"Tell him I'm busy." My nonchalant makes him feel weird.

"I'm afraid can't, sir." He has given me a dejected face.

"Okay, I'll meet him later." The manager sighed with joy. Does he have blackmailed my manager?

I caress my son's hair before telling him I need to meet someone outside. He nods before return to his game again. COC had become his favorite since Alfred introduced it.

I walked to him as I spot his table farther than other does. A very hidden spots suitable to whatever thing he wants to speak of.

"Sorry for taking some of your valuable time." He politely greets me.

"It's okay. What can I do for you, sir?" I said to him.

"Oh, please don't call me sir. It makes me feel so old. By the way, I need you to consider back your decision to break the bond." He said straight to the point.

"Ah, sorry, what is it again?" I feigned a tiny shocked.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to interfere in your private life. It just the decision you had taken was the wrong one. It's not good for you or your son. Alfred can't protect you with his strength." He said in dreadful tone and kind of underestimated Alfred. My blood was boiling after heard his insult.

"Did that prick used you to persuade me? That's why he doesn't disturb our life recently." I fumed with Ivan's dirty tactic.

"No, he never plans anything to get you back. In other word, he have hundred percent have given up to pursue you as his mate. He respect your decision and back off as you wished. Or, maybe waiting until when he will last breathing in this world." He said as if to corner my guilty conscience.

"Excuse me, sir, I think we have nothing to discuss for. For your information, Alfred is enough to shelter us from any danger. And, someone like you who have never tasted the hell I through after being discarded as a trash is not qualified to advise me what wrong or right. Thank you." I say as I stand up from my chair.

"You will deeply regret it, buddy. The information doesn't confirm yet, but the mass attacked by rogues not just a random at all. They were after something, or in other word your son." Ralph still wears a collected manner, casually put the money on the table as he get up too.

"... Think carefully buddy because I wanted to prevent you from tasted what have I tasted upon the selfish decision I'd make a long time ago." He said as he puts on the black aviator Ray Ban.

His word makes my legs become weak. What he mean by they were after my son? No, he may have a wrong an assumption. My son is an ordinary kid, not holding any title, not having anything special except he can shifted earlier than normal pups.

Should have I taken Ralph's warning lightly? I shook my head a few times before getting back to my office. I need to talk with Alfred soon. I rummaged around the drawer with shaky fingers, forgotten there is another phone on my table.

"Hello, what's wrong, babe?" He said on another line.

"Alfred, we need to move back to pack land. They can provide us the total protection." I said with half cry.

"What happen, babe?" His voice sound worried.

"Ralph...hmm... he." I can't explain when my throat like being choked by invisible hand.

"Shh, babe, I'm on my way. Explain to me later." I hear the roaring engine from his side before ending the called.

I rush to my sleeping kid, hug him for dear life. I almost lost him once and to going through it again make my heart clenched tightly. Allen is a heavy sleeper so he can't detected my emotion at the moment.

"Hi, babe? Are you, okay?" Alfred arrived at my office an hour later.

I used his chest to soothe off the fear I felt. I recount every word Ralph told me, his face going pale but hastily calm himself as Allen wriggle in my arms. The boy opens his sleepy eyes confusing. I can't restrain myself as I rainy a few kisses on his head.

"Baby boy, would you like to move back to Uncle Albert's pack?" Alfred tactically asks Allen first.

"Yes, I like it. I can play with my friends." He gives us a toothy smile.

"We will move by tonight. I have mind link Albert to alert him." He plants a kiss on my forehead.

After I had calmed down, he walked us out from office and leading to his car. I didn't have any mood to drive and simply prayed we get to go home soon. Once we arrived home, I packed whatever important first because the rest of the thing will pack by pack's member by tomorrow.

Two hours later, we are on our ways to pack house. My heart becomes calm and peace when I spotted the pack house. Alfred parked outside Albert's house. His parents and brother greeted us with a worried face. Miranda takes me into her motherly hugs.

"Rylan can you recount the meeting again?" Albert asked when we crowded in his personal office. Allen was off playing with Albert's children. I started to recount the meeting with a heavy feeling. They promised to look up Allen's safety in higher priority.

"Do you think we need to inform Ivan? I mean, maybe he can provide a tight security around Allen too." Albert said with lower a voice.

"No, I don't think we need to inform him. He never makes a gut to meet Allen after knowing he was belongs him. I don't want to rely on him or feel in debt." If I agree with their suggestion, I just confirm the word Ralph thrower on my face this noon.

I believe Alfred alongside the pack's warriors can protect us. I believe in their strength and didn't need any stranger help mainly from him.

"Okay." Albert said while staring to Alfred direction. I know they were having some sort of discussion using the mind link. Alfred shook his head gently before pulling me out from the office.

He left me in the living room, finding our son to back to our own home. I gladded that the house always was kept clean as someone was living here. At least, we don't have to clean it before sleep. I already have been exhausted by thunder news brought by Ralph. I didn't need another psychical exhausted to make me forgot the world when I close off my eyes.

Tonight, we decided to sleep together. Allen, Alfred and me in one room. Allen had taken the middle space between us. I know he was getting a strange vibes from us but decide to keep silence.

We joke and Alfred read a one story picked up by Allen. I hug him from behind as Alfred tangles his feet with me. Not long after Allen close his eyes and his breathing become even.

"Don't worry, babe. I promised I will protect you all with my own life." he hugged both of us with loving eyes. I know I can rely on this great man. What I wanted right now was avoiding any nightmare.

"Good night, Babe." He whispers softly.

"Good night, Love." I replied him.

"Good night, daddy, papa. Love you..." We heard a sleepy voice mumbled in his sleep. We burst into laughter and hug the three of us tightly.

A/N

Thank you everyone for sweet and nice comment and voted for the last chapter. Sorry for not replied everyone comment coz as I said I'm very busied. Happy weekend buddies.