Rejected Luna: Untamed Desire Of The Lycan Alpha
Chapter 88: Inez’s Father (2)

Chapter 88: Inez’s Father (2)

’I should go and collect some,’ Inez thought as she looked out at the shore. Shutting down the cabinet, she walked out of the kitchen and headed out of the lodge. Inez heard footsteps approaching from the other end of the path.

When she raised her head, she suddenly felt her heart pause on noticing it was a man. A man whom she had seen in the album that her mother had stored away in the storehouse. He was a good-looking man with a charming smile on his lips.

"Is this man my father?" Inez wondered while looking at the man who was walking towards her. With each step the two of them took, the two of them got closer, and the man briefly turned to look at Inez. However, there was no sign of recognition in his eyes, and he calmly looked away. His hair was shimmering like golden threads, and his eyes were light grey. From his clothes, Inez could already guess that the man was not simple.

The man walked past Inez, and she undid her clenched fingers that she had tightened without even knowing it.

Inez turned to look at the man, and she was taken back to the time when her mother had told her that it was not that she wanted to keep Inez with her, but that it was her father who refused to take her.

’Maybe he knew that you were a monster. He kept telling me that he couldn’t raise you, and it has to be me who needs to raise you. Fucking bastard. He dunked and dipped.’

Her mother’s curses, which were filled with agony and anger, still echoed in her ears. Inez had once wanted to question her father about whether her mother was speaking the truth, that he truly didn’t want her. She wanted to ask him, if he didn’t want her, why he came to see her when she was a child.

Why did he let her mother give birth to her?

Seeing someone who could possibly be her father, logic left her mind, and Inez let her heart make the decisions.

With her heart in the lead, she didn’t even need to think about anything. Her legs were moving on their own; she walked in the direction in which the man had walked away. She spotted the man turning around and walking towards the east. She didn’t even think twice before she headed down the path and increased her pace.

Killian’s territory was really huge, with more than ten winding paths. And for Inez, who came to this territory just a few days ago, it was really hard to find her way through the winding paths. Thus, in just a few turns and twists, Inez found herself lost. She turned and looked around while trying to find the man whom she had seen in the album from when her mother was young. Where did he go? He was just in front of her a few minutes ago.

Her heartbeat was beating loudly in her chest.

She turned on her feet and was about to head further when someone caught her by her wrist.

"What do you think you are doing here?"

Inez turned, and her eyes fell on Ally.

"Don’t you know that this side of the territory is only open for the enforcers and those who have permission to enter this region? How can you come down here without permission?" Ally’s voice was dripping with suspicion.

Inez pulled her hand away from the woman’s grip as she could feel her nails digging into her skin.

She sucked in a breath and then tried to calm herself down before saying to Ally, "I didn’t know. I just went on a walk. How am I supposed to know that these regions are not permissible to enter?"

Inez was not wrong; her explanation sounded reasonable and believable.

But with her standing in front of her, breathing the same air as her, no matter how right Inez was and how genuine her reasoning was, Ally simply could not like her and wanted to make trouble for her ever since Killian brought this woman to their territory. She was bent on making Inez leave on her own so that he could get the position that belonged to her.

"How convenient." Ally narrowed her eyes with suspicion dripping from them. "I believe that it’s nothing but a lie. You were snooping around for some secrets, right? No wonder your previous pack didn’t want you. You are a repeat offender!" she accused Inez without even investigating the situation. Ally thought that Inez would be flustered, but—

But to her surprise, Inez was rather calm. She simply arched her brow and then said to the woman with a hint of amusement in her eyes, "Do you think that I am a fool? If I wanted to steal some secrets, do you think I would have come here so openly? And instead of pouring oil on fire, why don’t you start doing your job more convincingly? What do you mean by that? I am a repeat offender?"

"Have you wondered what if there was not a shred of truth in the rumours that you have heard?"

"I know it because I have seen many people like you. Look at you; you ran away from your pack and are now hiding in our territory. A wolf like you should be handed over to the council and executed by being torn apart. You are not only lying and scheming but cowardly—"

Before Ally could finish speaking, Inez caught hold of her neck and pushed her against the wall behind her.

"What–what do you think you are doing?"

"What do you think I am doing?" Inez tilted her head to one side. She smiled at the woman and said to her, "I am just apprehending the woman who insulted the alpha."

She raised her head and turned to look at Killian, who was holding a cigar in between his fingers and smoking. "I am a really loyal member of your pack, don’t you think, alpha?"