Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 192

“Right, I should probably wrap things up and leave now. I’m sorry, I just… I’ve been missing you a lot these days. Especially with the full moon, I wish you were here. I should get to leaving now, so I’ll see you later,” Madeline said, getting up on her feet and taking one last look at Indiana’s grave before she left.

Once she returned to Eudora, she decided to pay her father a visit and see how he was doing.

“Hey dad,” greeted Madeline cheerily when Emilio opened his door for her.

“Hello dear, how’s your day been?” Emilio asked, putting the book he was reading down to a nearby table.

“It’s alright, I visited Indiana today,” Madeline answered, a smile painted across her face.

Emilio wasn’t sure whether or not to keep talking about Indiana or change the subject. Madeline seemed to be in a good mood, but did she want to keep talking about Indiana or did she want to stop talking about her as soon as possible?

He was at a crossroads, but ultimately decided not to delve too deep into Indiana. It was a sensitive topic for Madeline.

“Well, that’s great,” he said, smiling.

“Yeah, it is. What were you reading?” Madeline questioned as she walked over to her father.

“It’s nothing, just some boring book,” Emilio dismissed.

Madeline noticed Emilio was more happy today. Was this because today was a full moon and that would mean he got to roam Eudora even if it was for one night? How would that work out anyway? Weren’t the other wolves not allowed to see him?

“Ah, alright. So, are you excited for the full moon?”

Emilio chuckled nervously, “Me? Excited about the full moon? Yeah, of course I am. It’s one night of freedom. So long as I steer clear from the others I’ll be completely fine.”

Xavier had made it clear that he didn’t want Emilio to wreak havoc on Eudora. But, he’d allow Emilio to roam free during full moons. So long as he steered clear from everyone else and didn’t stir up any trouble. If he did, then it was back to his hut for him and Xavier would have to come up with suitable punishment.

The suitable punishment being death of course. If that wasn’t clear.

Madeline questioned, “Have you eaten breakfast yet? I could get you something if you haven’t.”

“No need to worry about me, I’ve already gotten breakfast. Xavier had someone send it to me.”

“Oh, right. I forgot Xavier arranged for someone to send you breakfast everyday,” Madeline said, nodding.

When it came to Emilio and Eudora, Madeline was in a dilemma. Eudora had become her home. But, Emilio was her father. He had taken the lives of many innocent people, and Eudora had to suffer because of him. He didn’t terrorise just Eudorian wolves, but other wolves as well. Other innocent people too, not just wolves, but humans as well.

It was why Madeline wished Emilio wasn’t a murderer at times. As selfish as she thought she sounded, it would have solved a few of the problems she faced because of it. Such as Emilio being confined to his room because of his past actions. Madeline couldn’t do anything about it, not when her conscience was at odds with herself.

Emilio couldn’t roam free, that would be outright disrespectful and dishonouring those who had lost their lives because of Emilio. Or lost their family because of Emilio. Madeline had always found it funny how she had an absentee mom, and a murderous father. Not that she didn’t appreciate her father. She just put the fact that he was a murderer aside whenever she was with him.

Madeline found that it was easier that way. Rather than to see Emilio as what he was, a cold-blooded murderer. And the funny thing was, if she had to pick between Cornelia who claimed to protect her but had to abandon her and her murderer of a father, she’d pick Emilio. Madeline wasn’t sure if she was just really messed up or if it was because she thought Emilio wasn’t given the same chance Cornelia was.

Cornelia had the choice to keep her. Sure, she had her reasons but Madeline didn’t know them. Emilio didn’t know she existed, she kept her existence from him. Maybe because she thought Emilio would have killed her like he did many others. But that wasn’t what Cornelia said.

Heck, Cornelia never said anything. All she did was sit still and pretty and act like she did nothing wrong. Madeline remembered her sipping on her wine like she hadn’t just abandoned her family and then invited them to dinner like it was something they always did.

‘The nerve of that woman,’ Madeline thought to herself, frowning.

An explanation would have really helped. That was all she really wanted. For Cornelia to say she always wanted her and never meant to hurt her. That she did it to protect her because…

Madeline found her mind blank. She had no idea why Cornelia did what she did. Sure, she had her assumptions but never a real answer. Assumptions were assumptions. Cornelia never confirmed if any of her assumptions were right so they were just that. Assumptions.

“You don’t deserve this,” Emilio said all of a sudden.

“Don’t deserve what?”

“Me as your father. Cornelia as your mother. We’re a messed up family,” Emilio said, stating the obvious.

Madeline stared at him, “What are you going on about?”

Emilio stared back at her, confused as to why she was acting confused.

“You could have been given any other family but you were given me and Cornelia as your birth parents. I’m sorry. You deserve a real, loving family. Not whatever mess you were dragged into when you entered our lives.”

“Where is this all coming from?”

“I just wanted to put it out there. Decided to get it off my chest.”

“Is that how you’ve been feeling all this time? That having you as a father and Cornelia as a mother weighed me down?”

Madeline looked him in the eye.