She shook her head. “I don’t know why he turned out this way. He was always accepted in this pack. Always cared for. But his obsession turned dark. And I knew we couldn’t tell him the truth.”
“The truth?” Alpha Tim questioned.
My dad tilted his head. “That’s why my mother commanded me to never tell him we were the first line.”
My grandmother nodded. “He never loved her. He just wanted the power that came from this pack. But he was focused on finding the first. Or some way to trace back the power to the goddess. He never suspected that the thing he was looking for was right under his nose. Your ma’s father made sure of it.”
The others in the room watched as my father processed the idea his dad was still alive. “My mom?”
My grandmother pursed her lips but shook her head. “He didn’t wan
