"Love and Pain." ~~~~~~A LEGACIES STORY

Chapter 17: Will

"To what do I owe the pleasure?"

I take a chair that is in the corner. "Why don't we start from the beginning? Why did my mom abandon my brother?"

Will shrugs. "I never liked the kid. You're mother had to make a choice and she chose me."

"He was a child." My voice is a whisper. Im hurt because my brother had a horrible life because of my father. In a way, I'm guilty. Im responsible for his pain. A part of me is hoping that he says he was kidding. There is no way he would do that.

My dad doesn't take a second to respond. "He was in the way of our happy life. Do you really think I would allow another man's baby to be raised by me and the woman I loved?"

"Whatever. It's probably a good thing he never seen you." Rudeness is the only thing to keep me from hitting him or crying or both.

"Hmm." Will chuckles slightly.

"Next question: What are doing here?"

"I'm here to make you realize who you are." He says it in a "duh" tone.

"And what does that mean?" I mock his "duh" tone which he seems to be impressed by. A very deep part of myself felt happy that he was proud of me for something, but that disappeared quickly once he started talking.

Will noticed the necklace Hope gave me. "That necklace...what is it?"

I tug the necklace into my shirt. "I don't see how this fits into my question but it's a way for me to stay a werewolf and a witch."

"Ahhh. My daughter got her girlfriend to keep her power."

"That's not what it was about."

"Of course it was. There is a darkness in you that has been transferred through the centuries of our families existence. You've been telling yourself that you want both sides of you to feel closer to your family, right?"

I nod.

"Wrong! It's because you want more power. That power is limited yes, but wanting as much power as possible is in your blood. It's in your nature, Alexa. It's who you are."

"No."

"Yes. Wait. If you're a werewolf that means you triggered your curse. That means your sister completed her mission."

It all made sense once he said that. The way my sister said "finally", the way she complained about every choice being made for her.

"You killed her." The words are a whisper when they were meant to be a yell. The moment plays over in my head. Tears start to sting my eyes and I look up for them to go away.

"No. You killed her, Alexa. And you'll kill again. Did you really think it would end here? Your hunger for power will kill everyone you love. Including your brothers, including your little girlfriend, Hope Mikaelson."

"Liar! You and your lies. I won't hear anymore of it." When I turn around and start walking away, Will keeps talking.

"How long Alexa? How long before you turn everyone that you care about away from you?"

"Never. They will always stay with me, unlike you." That sentence causes me to turn back around. To face the monster who I should call my father.

"Last question: Why? Why abandon me, huh?" My voice is soft again. This is it. The question I've been dying to ask him. He left me alone all by myself. The emptiness and loneliness I felt was horrible. It is the worst thing I've ever felt and I still feel it now. The least he could do is give me an explanation why he left me.

"You were weak. Me and your mother had to make you strong." He has the duh tone again. Will shrugs after the sentence as if it wasn't some big deal.

I look at him and scoff. This is really the man that I'm supposed to be like? The guy who is supposed to be protective over me? The guy who is supposed to hand me away at my wedding? This is my father. And I hate it.

"You didn't make me strong. You made me alone and scared and lonely. You made it hard for me to ever love anyone ever again."

Tears sting my eyes again. The thought of all those days and nights I spent alone never left me. They have haunted me since I was abandoned.

"But In doing that we made you strong didn't we?" Will gives me a crooked smile. He's mocking me. Making a fool out of me.

"I hate you."

Will shakes his head smiling again at me. "No. You don't. You love me, Alexa. All you need is some sort of guidance towards that. It's only certain people getting in my way of making you realize that."

He stands up. The chains makes a loud clicking noise. "No matter. They will be out of my way soon enough. You may go now, Alexa. Just know that soon we will be a family again. Me, you, and your mother. Unless you continue on this path. I may love you now, but if you don't change I'll hate you as if you were an enemy."

"I've had enough of this." This time when I turn to leave, I don't stop and Will doesn't try to stop me.

Hope is waiting in a chair when I walk into the room. She stands up when I come into the room. "Alexa, you okay?"

"No. Where's my brothers, Hope?"

"Rafael went to go help Alaric with something, but Landon's in his room."

"Thanks."

To cover up my tears, I put on my hoodie. I could fall down and cry. Crying in front of the people I trust is. It's safe to say, I've never cried in front of anyone for a long time.

In Landon's room, he is folding clothes. He stops when he sees me sniffing.

"Alexa you okay?"

My mouth tries to say words but it doesn't come out. All of the sadness hits me at once. The best I could do is shake my head. Landon comes and hugs me.

As soon as he hugs me, I start to cry. "My dad hates me. I'm a disappointment." He hugs me tighter.

"Ssshhhh. It's okay." My sobs get louder. "Alexa, it's okay. It's okay."

I just stay there crying in my brother's arms. He rubs my head and tries to quite me, but it doesn't work. My cry continues and Landon let's me cry.

~~~To lighten up the mood, I put a happy song at the top 😌💓~~~