Mated to Four Alphas-Chapter 336: Flashback - 76

Silas’s POV

I couldn’t believe my ears. Like, he is seriously joking right now. But he went really far. Because who would joke like this in front of the sons about their father?

"Meyer, learn some manners. You can’t joke around like this about Dad. If he finds out about this, he’s gonna beat the shit out of you."

As I said that, suddenly Meyer’s eyes became teary, and he handed me the letter. Orian and I exchanged glances, and Orian stood beside me to read the letter. But when I opened the letter, my eyes widened.

Because it was written in the letter that Dad had died yesterday with his lover, Ariel. They both had died together. For a moment, I really thought it was a prank. Because it couldn’t be real.

"Silas, say please, this is a joke, right? Did you plan this with Meyer?"

Orian asked, because what we read in this letter was indeed horrible. That’s why he wanted to confirm it was a joke, and I was thinking the same.

As time passed, we realized that something was wrong. What we read was true. Meyer wouldn’t stop crying. And Orian and I—our tears also started to flow. I grabbed Velric in my arms and rushed out of the room, because I needed to go to my pack right now. I wanted to see Dad alive with my own eyes.

I don’t care about anything else right now. Only Dad matters to me.

As Orian and I came out of the room, Velric in my arms, I saw Kael and Theron approaching.

"Oh Silas, what happened? Where are you going in such a hurry?" Kael asked.

I took a step toward Kael and grabbed his hand. I was crying—my heart was so heavy, like there was a burden on it. I handed the letter to Kael. As he read it, he and Theron looked up, their eyes widened.

"Is this true? Or are you pranking us?"

See, no one could believe that something had happened to my dad, because he was completely fine. I had seen him yesterday. But today, this letter was saying that my dad had died. I moved both of them out of my way and went ahead, because I didn’t have time to explain everything.

Just then, Theron grabbed my hand to stop me. "Where are you going right now?"

"I’m going back to my pack. Don’t stop me," I said.

Theron took Velric from me and handed him to Kael. Of course, we couldn’t take a little kid on such a long journey, and he said he was coming with us. I didn’t have time to inform the four of them—Orian, Theron, Meyer. We all left from there in such a hurry to reach my pack.

In the evening, when we reached there, everything was a mess. So many nobles were standing in front of the palace. Many of them were talking, and suddenly... Dad’s assistant arrived.

"Your Highness, you’re finally here." His eyes were literally swollen. I could understand what was happening, and he led us inside. As we went in, what I saw shook my entire world. The ground slipped away from beneath my feet.

Because Dad’s corpse was there. Someone had stabbed him in the stomach. And beside him, Ariel Mom’s corpse was also there. His throat was slit. My hands started to shake. What I was seeing in front of my eyes was indeed something I had never imagined.

I rushed ahead and fell on my knees, holding my dad’s hand.

"Dad, what happened to you? Dad, please wake up. Dad, wake up. Tell us that you were just pranking us. This is not real, Dad. It’s not funny anymore. Wake up!"

In the end, I bawled. And Orian was also crying beside me. Our tears weren’t stopping. This was not something we had expected. Theron touched my shoulder to calm me down, but I... how can I calm down when my dad’s corpse is lying in front of me?

Seeing Mom too, we were feeling so sad because he was dead. And just then, Dad’s assistant told us to follow him inside. He had something important to say. As we went inside, I grabbed his collar, slamming him against the wall.

"How did this happen to Dad when you were here? What were you doing when someone was stabbing Dad? Why didn’t you do anything? Don’t tell me it was for wealth?"

"Your Highness, I can understand that you are sad. But believe me, it wasn’t me. I didn’t hear any scream. I didn’t even know anything. We don’t know what happened, who sneaked inside, because if someone had entered His Majesty’s room, we would have known.

And the next day, when the servants went to give them breakfast, we found their corpses lying on the bed. Seeing that, we were shocked too, because this is not what we had expected."

I was shocked after hearing this. Theron made us sit down so that we could talk while sitting and then investigate why Dad had died and how. But what the assistant told me after that shocked me even more.

Because he also couldn’t believe that someone could sneak in and kill Dad. That’s why he investigated and found out no one had entered the room. And he gave me a letter that was left by Mom—Ariel. After reading the letter, everything became clear. The letter was hidden under the bed.

The one who killed Dad was none other than Ariel. That’s what was written in the letter—that someone had paid Ariel to kill my dad. That’s why he got close to Dad, so killing him would be easy. But he loved my dad, so after killing him, he killed himself. And when he was killing Dad, it made him even sadder. That’s why he wrote a letter for his son to know the truth.

He wrote that when he was about to kill Dad, Dad didn’t stop him and was ready to die by his hands if that’s what he wanted.

No, I don’t believe that letter. I saw how much he loved my dad. He couldn’t have killed him. But then, the knife that was used to stab Dad had Ariel’s fingerprints, and there was no sign of struggle on Dad’s body. Like, he wasn’t scared at all. That man killed my dad just for money?

I fell into depression after hearing it. And Theron continued the investigation. And he really did find out the truth. And the truth was exactly what I knew. The guild—which was Ariel’s—had received the contract to kill Dad. But it was from someone unknown. That’s why Ariel sent a letter to Dad the next day after receiving the contract. At that exact time, Orian and I were leaving for Damon’s pack, and Dad got the letter.

I despise that man. Why did I accept him in the first place? If Orian and I had rejected him at that time, my dad would have been alive right now.

I don’t care if that man killed himself. Because he killed himself after killing my dad. How can someone kill the person they love? This is not love. It was just for money. Everything was for money.

Orian became silent, and we all did too. But within a few days, the nobles started talking. Because the leader of the pack was no longer there. And Dad didn’t have any alpha sons. They were recommending that one of the noble sons should become the leader of the pack. But how could I let that happen? Seven days after Dad’s death, Orian’s coronation day was held, and he became the leader of the pack.

During this time, Damon, Theron, Kael, and Lysander helped us very much. And all of Dad’s shadow guards were assassinated. Their dead bodies were found in a very, very horrific condition. Their legs were cut off. Their organs were taken out. Who could be this brutal—even more than a shadow guard? I started to wonder.

And who was the person who had offered the contract to kill Dad? I know we have many enemies. Still...

I stayed for a month in my pack. Damon had brought Velric here so that he wouldn’t miss me. And I was helping Orian to stabilize everything. After that, when months passed, I left from there. But all those months, I had lost the ability to laugh, to enjoy anything. And whenever I used to sleep, I used to dream about Dad—how much he loved us, how much he cared about us, how many sacrifices he made for us.

He was a perfect dad. But someone who pretended in front of my dad that he was in love with him? That man ruined our whole family. He shouldn’t have come into our family in the first place. I despise him. Even if he’s dead, I want to kill his soul so that he won’t be able to be reborn.

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