This Can't be Real

Chapter 26

"No, it's okay. I find it interesting." I replied.

"Okay, how about we make a deal. I will tell you if, and only if, you tell me about your mate." she suggested with a smile, I blushed then nodded.

Lucas's POV

Dad and Steve were discussing 'old times' and I was yet to be told anything interesting. Like the whereabouts of Grace. There were some awkward moments when Steve asked abut mum and Renee and Anthony. I saw dad's lips thin, mum was still a really sensitive subject for him, I had a feeling that it would always be one. As dad didn't reply and just looked at me, I knew I was the one that had to answer that question.

"Around a year ago," I let out a sigh and rested my chin on my hands, "mum was murdered." He frowned, then his eyes widened. He opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. "The same happened to Anthony and Renee a few years ago."

"How many?" he asked slowly as he looked me straight in the eye.

"I think, um, maybe fourteen years ago." I replied.

"Oh my god." he said as he put his head in his hands. "Did you... did you guys take Kayla in?"

"No." Dad answered. Steve looked furious and glared at him. "But you have to understand that we actually didn't know that anything had happened until it was too late. She was adopted and there was nothing we could have done. None of us were related to her. Even though Anthony and Renee pretended to be her parents for two years they weren't directly related. They asked for DNA tests to prove that she was Kayla's aunt, what would we have done when when the tests came back negative. We had no contact with you or Grace. There was no one that we could turn to. She was adopted by a human woman and they lived their lives happily, or so I hope. I have no idea why they moved here, so close to where she used to have a life, but she did."

"Dad, I know why." I told them. "They moved here because of Kayla's adoptive mums boyfriend, the dick." I whispered the last part under my breath. "I ran into her one day and found out that she was my mate. She was lost and I brought her back here. That was when you blew your top off at me." Talking about Kayla made me miss her. I wanted her in my arms and I wanted to just hold her, make sure that she was okay.

'Agreed.' my wolf said. 'But it feels as though she is safe and I am sure that someone watching over her.'

'I want to be the one watching over her.' I complained.

'Suck it up.' was all he said in reply.

'You always say that.' I whined

'Fine, I have a new one.' he told me. 'Take a cup of concrete and harden up, or.... um, yeah thats all I can think of.'

'I hate you.' I replied as I blocked him out of my mind.

"What about Grace, where is she?" I heard dad asked. Steve tensed and looked down.

"I don't know." he said quietly. "Six years ago we were attacked and they took her with them. I know she is alive but I feel her hurting. It pains me to know what she is feeling. I have looked for her but I can't find her, I feel as though I have looked everywhere. All I am coming up with is dead ends. I think I am finally going to stop. I'll just stay here, and watch over my daughter and her mate." he sighed. "Because that is all I can really do now." He stood up and walked out of the room, with his head down.

"Wait, before you said that there was another guy in your friend group at school." I remembered turning to face dad. "He kind of sounded like a loner, all of you guys paired off and he was left by himself. What happened to him?"

"That is an interesting story. It was maybe a year after Grace and Steve left, so we were all in our early twenties." he started to answer me. "Anthony had dragged Liam, that's his name, to a concert, complaining that he wasn't any fun and had to loosen up and 'stop acting like a fifty year old man that frowned down on anything he did'. That basically what Anthony said, and it was true. I didn't go, apparently the music wasn't that good at all. But he found his mate. She was in town to be interviewed to be our new pack doctor. He actually left the position he held in the pack just to be with her and support her dreams. They make quite a cute couple. He is more comfortable and not as uptight, and he will say just about anything to make her blush. It's quite entertaining to watch." he paused. "And his mate got the job, so they are both now apart of this pack. She is the one that is looking after Kayla right now, so your mate is in good hands." He smiled and walked into the kitchen. It made me feel better that I knew that it was a female pack doctor looking after her. But it also made me wonder why I never really heard about Liam before.

I just shrugged off the thought and went up the stairs. I saw Sam playing in my room and Jason running around Tyler's room as he cried. Chuckling I walked through the doorway and picked up my youngest brother. He quietened in my arms. Jason stopped running and looked at me.

"You're back!' he shouted as he pulled me into a tight hug. I pushed him off with me with one arm and held Tyler in the other.

"Yeah, I got back at least an hour ago." I told him. "Man, you don't pay any attention to anything do you?"

"Shut up." he huffed as he crossed his arms against his chest.

"I'm sorry, Nathaniel, please don't pout." I teased.

"Don't call me that!" he whined. "Seriously, how many times do I have to say that?" He paused. "Damn, there was something I wanted to tell you but now you made me forget." He frowned and rubbed the back of his neck, trying to remember.

"Nate!" I heard a voice call out. I frowned. Jason smiled as a girl appeared in the doorway. She was fairly short and had short black hair, which was around shoulder length. He hugged her and proudly said, "Oh yeah, I found my mate."

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Sorry again about the last update.

I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas for covers for this, because I made one, then it wasn't the right kind of file and I couldn't change it to what I wanted to, plus I am getting sick of the same wolf staring at me (the real reason is that I am sick of losing staring competitions with it) so if anyone has any ideas please send them to me.

I would also just like to say Merry Christmas and I hope you all have a Happy New Year, as it is Christmas Eve today (did this year fly by for anyone else?)

I hope everyone gets awesome presents tomorrow and that you all get to celebrate with your families and have fun and make memories with them :)

KdThErAnDoMoNe

PS. Please tell me what you think of this chapter