They made their way back inside the house. Zelina stood beside Baron.
"Hi Zelina", Millie said.
Zelina bowed her head.
"Alphas", she said.
"Zelina found the person responsible for giving the rogues information about both our packs", Colby said.
They looked from him, back to Zelina.
"Who?", Millie asked, taking a step towards her.
Zelina's eyes turned to Roman.
"His second, Lana", she said.
Roman went to stand beside Millie.
"Are you sure?", he asked.
Zelina nodded.
"She also said the wolf, or Alpha's name", she said.
"Alpha?", Seth asked.
Zelina nodded.
"Bray Wyatt", Zelina said.
Everyone but Sika, Patricia, Colby, and Brie were confused. They had never heard of a pack with a Bray Wyatt, or any other Wyatt for that matter.
"I remember that name. He said his name before he had me thrown in the water. With everything that went on after that, I must have forgotten", Millie said.
Colby could feel his wolf was pissed.
"Are you sure she said Alpha?", Dean asked.
"Positive, Beta", Zelina said.
Sika cleared his throat.
"We might know", he said.
Everyone looked at them.
"Not my proudest moment", Colby said.
Brie rubbed his arm.
"What do you mean?", Millie asked.
He met her eyes. Millie had never seen him that way, and he promised himself that she never would. She would be afraid of him. Brie went up to her daughter and took her hands.
"There are things about your father that you don't know", she explained.
Millie looked at her dad and walked over to him. He placed a hand against her cheek.
"Forgive me", he whispered.
"Daddy, what did you do?", she asked.
He swallowed.
"You know what our pack is known for", Colby said.
"Yeah, grandpa went psycho bloodthirsty after someone killed grandma", Millie said.
"It wasn't just grandpa, Mill. I", she took a step away from her dad.
She shook her head no.
"It stopped after you were born baby, I promise. I", he stopped when she ran off.
Brie comforted him.
"Give her a minute", she whispered.
Roman followed after his mate. He found her under her tree again.
"You should hear him out. Understand why he did what he did before you judge him. He loves you and the last thing he wants is for you to pull away from him.", Roman said.
"Its just hard to picture him that way.", she said softly.
"I know, and please don't just run off. After what Baron's mate said, I need you within sight.", he said.
She nodded. He placed his finger under her chin and lifted her head.
"If you want, we can all go so you can speak to your father alone. My dad obviously knows what's going on, he can tell us", Roman said.
"Millie", they turned to see Colby.
Roman looked back at her. She nodded and he left them alone. Colby approached his daughter.
"Things got complicated after", he stopped, she could tell he was remembering the day.
He sighed and met her eyes.
"Bray's grandfather killed my mom, because my father would not help him kill your mother's pack", he said.
"What?", Millie said.
He nodded.
"Your mother was his son's second chance mate. He wanted to kidnap her.", he continued.
"So you're saying that if he would have helped him, I would be a rogue right now", she said.
Colby chuckled at the expression on her face.
"Something like that. I'm glad I got to her before he did.", Colby said.
"Is that why you ended up like grandpa?", she asked.
He shook his head no.
"I told you about my uncle Seth. The man I named your brother after", he said.
She nodded.
"We went to war, your grandpa ordered the deaths of the entire Wyatt pack. We missed some, Bray's father entered Reigns pack and killed my uncle's pregnant mate. Then had Bray kill my uncle while he was mourning", Colby said.
"Did you", she couldn't finish that sentence, she didn't know if she wanted him to answer.
He swallowed and nodded.
"They took everything from me and my father. I know that's not an excuse, but in the moment that's how we felt.", he said.
She looked down at her hands.
"I eased up a bit when I found your mother. I took care of her when I was visiting, and when I wasn't, I was hunting rogues", he said.
She looked up at him.
"Even if they didn't belong to Wyatt pack. My father wanted rogue blood, any rogue roaming the neutral grounds was dead where he stood. Man, woman, child, it didn't matter. I'm ashamed to say that I adopted that same attitude from my father.", he said.
"Children", she said softly.
She could see tears welling up in his eyes.
"Like I said, I'm not proud of what I did.", he said.
He held his hand out to her and she took it without hesitating. He sighed, relieved that she did. He was almost afraid she wouldn't.
"Your mom wanted one more baby. Just one.", he said.
She smiled.
"As wolves we vowed, any human child born from wolves will die by the hands of their Alpha.", he said.
"Me?", she said.
"I was suppose too. I was going too. Your mother cried and begged me not too. I couldn't", he said softly.
He touched his daughter's cheek.
"One look at you and I broke. You were so innocent, so sweet, and beautiful. So beautiful", he said, tears falling down his cheeks.
"What did grandpa say?", she asked.
"That he would do it, but he couldn't either. He said you had your grandma's eyes.", Colby said.
She smiled.
"We couldn't find Bray or his father, they escaped. A few months before you turned one, your mother brought you out to this very tree so the pack could get use to your smell. A feral looking wolf crossed the territory line, went right for your mom and you.", he said.
"She was his second chance, Bray's father", Millie said.
Colby nodded.
"I killed his true mate. He wanted to kill you and take Brie to mate her", he said.
"You killed him", she said softly.
"I wasn't going to let him take you or your mother. She would resist him and knowing his kind, he would rape her none stop till she conceived. He didn't want her to love her, he wanted her for breeding", he said.
"So you were close by?", Millie asked.
"No. It was strange, when he got close to you two, he stopped. He couldn't look away from you. The females were protecting you and your mom. I attacked him before he could jump at you", he said.
"Maybe mom stopped him since she is his second chance. Maybe he couldn't hurt her", Millie suggested.
"I don't know and I don't care. I'm just glad he didn't get to you or your mom", he said, kissing her forehead.
She smiled.
"I love you so much, Millie. I don't know what I would do if I ever lost you", he whispered.
She smiled.
"I love you too dad", she replied.
He heard cars approaching and tilted his head.
"What is it?", she asked.
"Cars. Two", he said.
They went in the direction of the arriving vehicles. Everyone came out of the house. Roman stood beside Millie. She smiled and ran when the door opened to reveal her grandfather.
"Grandpa", she said, hugging him tightly.
He laughed happily.
"Hi my sweet girl", he said.
"Dad, what are you doing here?", Colby asked.
"I called him", Brie said.
"Why?", he asked.
"We need him. Now that we know who's behind this, who better to ask for help", Brie said.
Ben smiled at his daughter in law.
"Smart female you have son. I knew I always liked you", Ben said.
Ben squeezed his granddaughter.
"And you cupcake, look how beautiful. It seems your father forgot to invite me to your mating ceremony", Ben said.
"Um, actually", she stopped and looked between her dad and Roman.
Colby chuckled and looked at Roman.
"You're a dead man", he said, slapping Roman's back.
Colby could hear Millie explaining what happened between her and Roman. Colby approached his daughter and moved her out of the way. Her grandpa shifted and jumped at Roman without warning.