Chapter 130


    “I think I should go and meet my father.” Abby looked serious as Micah stopped what he was doing


    to give her his full attention.


    He was in the strategy room in the pack house of the Silver Moon pack, discussing the sudden yet


    complete decline of the rogue activity all around the kingdom with Alpha Samuel and Dax this


    afternoon when Abby came seeking him.


    Her gaze was clear with an unfaltering stance when she interrupted their meeting that the alpha


    didn’t hesitate to leave the two of them alone since the royal gamma had long made a wise escape


    just as Abby stepped into the strategy room.


    Alpha James wasn’t included in this meeting, but Abby didn’t have time to dwell on insignificant


    things like that.


    “But you are still investigating the strange deaths in this ce,” Micah pointed out.


    “Yeah, I’m. But it’s going nowhere, while we have a new lead in the form of his letter.”


    “But he insisted for you toe alone, and if I’m correct, you need to leave shortly to make it in


    time.”


    On the back of the note Ryan sent her, there was both where and when he wanted to meet her. And


    it just so happened to be today, but the ce was quite far away.


    It would take at least three hours by carriage and then one more hour of hiking because it was a


    fucking steep cliff in the middle of the mountains. His father actually wanted her to retrieve him from


    out of nowhere literally.


    Abby couldn’t help but sigh and when Micah stood up to approach her, she met him halfway across


    the room, before they settled side by side on the small couch to the right of this long table. Then she


    faced him.


    “Yeah, I know. I want to take this chance and see if we can find anything about Calpin.” Abby was


    sure about one thing. “And I know you are nning to go there by yourself.”


    Micah couldn’t deny her ims, because that was what he was thinking. So he admitted it to her as


    he drummed his fingers on his thigh. “Yeah, I want to capture him.”


    Just like she said, Ryan could provide them with more details on Calpin or his whereabouts, so he


    didn’t want to miss this chance as well.


    “But if you go there directly, he will just slip away.” Abby folded her arms across her chest. “If it is I


    who goes there instead, we might be able to catch him off guard and execute your n wlessly.”


    “So you want to make them believe that you fell for their trap?” Micah could read between the lines.


    “But it will be risky, little one.”


    “I can protect myself just fine,” Abby stated, as she tapped her finger on her elbow. She could


    control her fire a lot better now, but her father wasn’t aware of it. But then she wouldn’t


    underestimate his hatred toward her.


    Micah reminded her the same, because he could still remember how Ryan talked about Abby when


    he misunderstood she somehow made the king angry by bumping into him when he told her to stay


    put in that horrible warehouse.


    “He had nopassion for you, and might not hesitate to hurt you.” Micah also had this idea at first,


    but thought better of itter, because the advantage and disadvantage of using Abby as the bait


    weighed equally and he felt it was not worth it.


    But with Abby volunteering to do this strongly, he could only mold his ns ording to the


    changes again. “Are you sure you can take him on if he loses it?”


    No matter what, he was her father and even though Micah was positive that he wouldn’t let him hurt


    her, the few times he miscalcted with Calpin and the rogues made him check in with her first.


    She might be feeling brave right now, but facing your abuser was no joke, when the person was


    someone who gave birth to you.


    On the other hand, the girl felt a little sad that they had to discuss her father as if he was their


    enemy, but then it was Ryan who was doing this to himself in his vengeful blindness.


    “If we don’t try to stop him today, he will try something else in the future.” And she didn’t want to be


    controlled by her fears anymore. Abby was determined to fight her trauma and facing her father


    seemed just the right start to it.


    She thought long and hard all day after waking up today and decided she had to make big on the


    promises she made to herself. She vowed she would stand by his side no matter what, not to


    mention it was her problem to begin with. She exined the same to him.


    “He would stille for life, even if you haven’te into life, little one,” Micah stated, pointing out


    that he wanted them both dead.


    “But Ryan is trying to get me for real, not just because Calpin instigated him to do so.”


    “Okay, then we will do it my way.” Micah could only relent when it was clear that Abby had already


    decided.


    Since it would be impossible for her to go there all by herself, which was also obvious to everyone


    given her weakposition, Abby took a carriage until the foot of the mountain.


    “We should make it look foolproof,” Dax said, as he prepared the carriage for her.


    A regr warrior sent her there, but stopped at the bottom itself, from where Abby had to climb the


    mountain alone.


    It was already dark by the time she reached the cliff, but there was no sign of life around here


    except for the eerie cricket sounds that echoed throughout the valley below here.


    Wind breezed past harsh enough to knock the waist length nts around her sideways, but apart


    from that Abby didn’t find it hard to wait for her father who took his sweet time to appear an entire


    hourter she reached the meeting point.


    “You look… just fine, father,” Abby pointed out the obvious as she jumped to her feet from the small


    boulder she perched on to rest her aching feet. Climbing cliffs is no joke.


    She was not surprised to not find a single scratch on him though, since it had been long clear that it


    was just a sham. Her father just yed a victim card to trick his naive daughter.


    “You could have at least acted your part,” Abby said, shaking her head when her father didn’t even


    fake limp as he strode toward her until he was just a few feet from her.


    Apart from the offensive smell that was distinct to rogues, Abby couldn’t find any difference from the


    last time she saw him either. “You look too put together even for a rogue, let alone the victim of the


    rogue’s abuse.”


    But then what did she expect? That they were all really wrong and Ryan genuinely contacted her for


    help?


    He didn’t even see her as his daughter, so even if he wrote to someone in such conditions, he


    would have thought of Hanna, not her.


    Ryan could see how Abby’s eyes turned colder and colder with each word that left her lips, but he


    still remained silent as if he had all the time in this world.


    If Abby had any doubts that his wounds were internal, she could strike it off now, because her father


    didn’t seem desperate to be rescued at all.


    “So why did you lure me here?” Abby asked directly when the man just kept staring at her.


    “I want you toe with me.” After what felt like an eternity, Ryan finally opened his mouth, but it


    only made his younger daughterugh out loud.


    “After what you have pulled, you think I’ll follow you?” Abby shook her head. He really thought she


    would always stay naive and timid. “You work for Calpin, right?”


    The man didn’t find it odd that the girl could smell his bullshit either. It was in as day why he


    wrote that letter to her. So he just admitted. “Yes.”


    “Why did you agree to scheme against me, father?” Abby questioned, as if she couldn’t


    comprehend his actions suddenly even though she knew a very long answer. A ten year long


    suffering, it was verbatim to her now.


    But when her father didn’t answer her immediately, Abby continued her monologue. “You want the


    person who killed your mate to suffer the same fate. Isn’t that the reason?”


    “Shut up! Don’t you dare go there!!!” Ryan was trembling just at the mention of her. It was a can of


    worms he never let anyone open all these years. It was a nasty gash across his heart, no powerful


    healing ability could make it go away.


    “But you never came out of it!!!” Abby wasn’t shouting, but the authority that rolled off her tongue


    was enough to make her voice echo in his ears.


    “I don’t want you to talk about it!” Ryan roared, as if he was about to attack her.


    “I’m well aware your anger is certifiable,” Abby started slowly, as if she couldn’t see the way her


    father was on the verge of losing it. “But you are directing it at the wrong person.”


    “What??!!”


    “Yes, I am responsible for my mother''s death, but only partially,” Abby took her stand.


    “Stop spouting nonsense!”


    “It is the truth, father. I had to tell you because now you are helping her real murderer.” Abby was


    calm enough that Ryan stopped breathing for a second. “Yes, it was Calpin who killed her.”


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    “What?” The man looked confused.