Read Bittersweet Taste :: Patrick

Patrick

Leaning against the back of the chair, passing my hand through my hair and beard I start to remembered so vividly the first time i felt terror and deep sadness

*sigh*

''At some point in the fight she had the advantage, you know what they say: don't mess with the hunter or you'll end up hunted even more if you mess with one of the cubs; there were to many growls, sounds of pain, pieces of skin, seeing their blood even mine scattered everywhere was just to much to handle, at least for me a teenager, the fight was in front of the main house and the crowd circle them but everyone was silent no one was cheering or something, everything was too confusing because i feel how i was losing conciousness but i can't let it happen you know?, I managed to barely stand because of my injuries but there was a moment where my father slipped on the gravel and my mother took the opportunity to tear his head off, he managed to avoid it but a pair of her claws connect with his right eye and tore it out, he seems overcome with the grief but keep fighting, she had hurt his pride and that fucking Alpha ego, he obviously wanted revenge so he gained momentum, jumped towards her with his front paws knocked her down and with the claws he fixed her in place and began to bite her snout, neck and wherever his jaw reach, it seemed that he had gone crazy with anger, my mother struggled to push him away, they struggled too much, they pushed each other at the same time, when she had managed to walk away taking steps back, she shift into a human and all the crowd who were there gasped in surprise, she stopped for a second wanting to return to the fight and when she looked at my father's hand that had shifted into a human again, he had ripped out her heart.''

''Oh my God, it can't be (...)''

I couldn't stop talking now, there was something that kept me going;

''She looked for us, said I'm sorry and collapsed to the ground in a pool of blood, God, at that moment Brimm and I ran towards her but we couldn't get there, Jackson and the rest of my father's close circle stopped us, all my father said was: I was finally able to get rid of that good-for-nothing bitch and the only thing he did was give me two bastards just like her, useless. He threw the heart on the floor and forbade us to approach it. It was already night and the only thing that gave us light were the torches near the main house, so what my father did was go towards one of them, return to kick my mom's heart, went where the body was and set them on fire.'' By the time I looked up, Lisa was sobbing with a sea of tears, ahhh remembering that day makes my blood boil with anger, if I could kill him again I would do it as many times as necessary, damn, that's enough, at least I'm content to think that I was able to avenge my mother's death and everything he put us through.

''dad *sniff *(...) *sniff* that was too cruel, that was inhuman, what kind of Alpha was he? how could he do that? *sniff* I can't really believe it *sniff*''

''Theodoro was a scumbag, he (...)'' suddenly I feel how she gets up from her chair, hugs me and I return that sweet gesture with a kiss on her hand and one on her forehead

"I love you darling, but sit down, we haven't started talking about your mother yet."

''Tell me, tell me please that you avenged grandma'' she tells me while she wipes her eyes and cheeks from the tears.

mhm

''When he did that aberration in front of us, we went crazy, we tried to escape from the grip of Jackson and the rest but they threw us to the ground to lynch us, they tried to leave us almost dead, by then I was 16 and Brimm 14, I remember deep down hearing my father laugh and tell them to take us to the cells that were underground in the center of the small square in front of the main house. When we regained our senses we were shackled by the wrists against the wall and during the time we were there I remember we have a little talk so we came to the conclusion that the best thing was kill the old man and the fittest one was me, he has never been the one who support violence, neither did I, but I tried to convince him that if anyone had to get their hands dirty and carry that weight, it would be me and not him. I don't know how long we were down there without food, water, or sunlight so the only thing we could do was to strengthen our mind and our willpower to believe that what fueled us was our hatred towards the old bastard; until one day or whatever, Jackson arrived, opened the bars, walked towards us and released us by opening the shackles, we instantly fell to the floor, he didn't say a single thing but we weren't in a position to run away or do anything stupid so we just followed him until we got to the old man's office, he announced to us and the first thing we noticed with Brimm was that my father was missing an eye and we started laughing, that filled us with pride towards what our mother had started'' I still remember that we received a beating from the old man for laughing in his face because of the eye patch but fuck, it was worth it,

''What?!!! Oh my God, I can't believe you and Uncle Brimm always had this habit of laughing at the worst moments, I thought it was because you were ... older?''

''Ahah no darling, it was always a bad habit we have with Brimm, but getting back to the topic, the old man had taken us out of the cell because it had occurred to him to put us in a fight with Jackson and the rest of my father's followers to death, of course when he presented the idea to us, we thought he was crazy but then it occurs me that it was the perfect opportunity to train me and get stronger to kill him, but Brimm just watched the old man with a look of horror and contempt until he told him to fuck off, that he preferred being banished and tortured rather than continue under his orders, but since we already knew that the old man was crazy, when Brimm finished speaking Jackson came out behind us and was fast enough to grab Brimm by the neck and with a silver knife tried to cut his throat, I jumped to protect him but I couldn't, he tried to shift but as you know it's impossible for us when we come in contact with silver, as vampires are with ruby stones (...)''

''That's why Uncle Brimm has that big scar... *sniff* oh my God *sniff* do you know what he used to tell me when I asked him about the scar? that he had managed to survive the fight with the stone sphinx in the fountain of the square and that as punishment he had turned her into stone *snif*''

Fucking hell

'It was expected that he would say something like that to you darling, you already know that he loves you very much and I'm sure he didn't want you to know about our painful past, honey'' I tell him while I feel a lump in my throat,

''So when I managed to get him out of Jackson's grasp he shifted but he already had a scar, at least he was still alive and that was what really mattered but inside me, I was more and more sure that I wanted to end them all and run away, as you will see, it didn't happen anywhere near that time, so that hatred and anger accumulated so when the right time comes i would end everything: the old man, the motherfucker of Jackson and the rest of the old man's fuckin' inner circle; After all this, when we got home it was something so sad and desolate because my mother would no longer be there and because of everything that had happened so fast, so we set out to make a tombstone that would simulate the burial place, because nothing had remained of her, not even her bones just nothing (...)'' damn, this is really making me remember things that I didn't want, because the most difficult and sad thing is that I don't even remember her voice anymore, it's been so long that if it weren't for her old photos I wouldn't even have that , I look outside the window and I see how the sky begins to clear of clouds, the sky is acquiring an orange tone some birds in the distance making their characteristic noise reminds me that suddenly it was late, we started at noon and this is taking us a long time but whatever it needs to be done so Lisa will know the context of our wounds and that can make her resilient like we were, taking me out of my thoughts,

''Hey dad, I'm a little hungry, should we have a pizza?''

''Yes, of course whatever you decide is fine'' I tell her while I take a couple of bills from my wallet and leave them on the table, by the time Lisa finishes ordering, I get up and while I walk through the kitchen, I continue

''After that altercation, no one came near the house, not even the old man, so we were alone through thick and thin, we had to take care of our food, health and take care of the house; It was in that same year that I met the leader of the East Bridge pack, Clarence, your grandfather and therefore your mother."

''awwn tell me the romantic part is coming, okay? (...) Well, although you weren't in love at the beginning, were you?" Lisa tells me with her eyes full of emotion and intrigue, but she was right there was no love between Amanda and I, in fact there never was, we found trust in each other, loyalty and respect that we didn't have in those days and the time we were together made us become best friends so we learned to love each other and even that helped us see in our engage an advantage for both of us since it was an anchor that we didn't intend to let go of in order to avoid annoying situations between our packs,

''haha I don't know darling, maybe I'll tell you later; as I told you in those days everything had been very quiet, we were working growing the land to be able to eat, the old man had been dangerously quiet but I should have assumed that he was up to something because It was always Jackson who watched us from the edge of our property and never did anything, he just watched us, so those days were the quietest that we lived with Brimm after Mom's death, so one day I saw the old man arrive with Jackson and an Alpha with a girl, this new Alfa was shorter, he had a long beard that reached his waist, gray hair due to the course of time and I don't know what else to tell you, he was robust and had a very deep voice, I never got to know him so the day they arrived, the old man introduced us and then they left without saying a word, although your mother had stayed behind watching us, I remember noticing a certain blush on her cheeks when she saw a shirtless Brimm and I working with the hoe hahaha Brimm even winked at her and she ran off to your grandfather, after that joke we wondered what this strange visit was about but what we were sure of was that it wasn't anything good if it comes from my father" ''hahaha and what was my mother like when she was young, tell me, please''

''she was beautiful; In height it was like looking at you, she had blonde hair, brown eyes and her skin was tan so it made a good contrast, then I found out that she was considered among Bridge's packs a type of 'exotic treasure' and that they sought to pair her with the best Alpha among the packs as if it were some kind of prize (...)''

''but what the (...)''

*ding dong*

''damn, it's probably the pizza, I'm going Pa'' she tells me getting up quickly and jogging towards the entrance door, when she returns with the pizzas I already have the plates and glasses ready to eat so we enjoy a meal together ''bwuwt dwad''

''Slow down honey, you know I'm not going anywhere; The following days, the old man summoned us to the main house and announce to me that he had arranged my marriage with Amanda, the daughter of the Alpha of East Bridge I was stunned because I didn't understand that I could marry a girl at 17 years and younger than me for some lands in dispute, that really didn't fit into my head because they were treating her like a simple commodity and that's when I realized that the old man was using us as pieces of cattle to gain lands it was a little annoying to know his intentions; At that meeting he told me that we would have a welcome party for them to celebrate my wedding (...) which would be that same night.''

''WHAT!!''

''Aha, the crazy old man told me that I had to show up at my wedding that same night, I couldn't believe it and as you'll see, Brimm couldn't believe it either, he was the first to rise up against the old man's orders but I stopped him before the shit escalate again and he ended up hurt so I accepted and said I would arrive in the afternoon.'' ''But I don't understand, Uncle Brimm was the favorite or the successor that Grandpa (...) I mean, the Alpha wanted him, so why didn't he consider him like he did at the beginning, what happened?''

''I don't know honey, every time I ask Brimm about it, he changes the subject or tells me that it's in the past and that nothing good will come of bringing it to light, so I don't know'' because I did notice my father was different with Brimm after the fiasco of the documents in the main house and Mom's death, even he changed his attitude towards me,

''But hey, I guess one day we'll know what made the Alpha no longer favor Uncle Brimm, right?'' Lisa sound a little disappointed.

''Until now there are many things I don't know, honey, and that, believe me, is one of them,'' I tell her while I finish my pizza and get up to take the dishes,

''That same night, I arrived as presentable as I could, at that time the clothes that we worn makes difficult to look elegant with the rags that I had as clothes, Amanda was wearing a dress and a veil, there wasn't something that made us look fancy or anything, you know? so I think we managed as best as we could, apart from that don't forget the fact that neither of us wanted this so there was no spirit either but your mother looked spectacular, she always was (...)'' on these days thinking of her doesn't hurt that much but now that I'm remembering this specific moment it makes me melancholic, she really was a very beautiful woman.

''do you miss her?''

''Sometimes (...)"

I tell her, looking into her eyes and observing how she gives me a sweet smile, trying to comfort me

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