Chapter 213 -51 Knowing Love (Book 2)


    ~Leo~


    I wanted to mind-link Amelia about Alexei, but I knew it would be best to go home, tell her


    everything, and prepare her for the meeting. I did not know if she would want to see him too.


    "You are right," I told him, sitting up.


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    "I will have Casper keep youpany while I return home to speak to her. I will inform you through


    Casper what she decides." I said, and he smiled. There was gratitude in his eyes.


    It was sad to think they had to run around and hide because they had family members pursuing


    them.


    I also felt bad for their mothers.


    Amelia was right when she said I was blessed to have had a normal childhood.


    Somehow I knew it would be silly to remain mad at my father and mother because they were there


    for me when I needed them the most.


    I did not grow up in an orphanage or on the streets. I did not have to take care of myself and fear for


    my life. I was blessed.


    I linked Casper to keep Alexeipany while I headed to my house.


    As I walked, I rehearsed how to break the news to my mate.


    I did not know how she would take it or what she would think. Honestly, I could not predict her


    response.


    Amelia was easygoing and Kind, but I could not imagine what she would do when I broke the news


    to her.


    I thought of it, and it baffled me.


    I did not know when I reached my front door. I was about to knock on the door when my phone


    rang.


    I hesitated, then took it out to answer.


    It was Timothy.


    I had sent Delta Gabriel to head Timothy''s pack on my behalf. I wondered what the issue was now.


    I answered the phone, and he was a bit hysterical.


    "Alpha Leo, they have taken over Brent. I heard it was Alexei Kusov. I think he will soon head


    my way. I know your delta is here, but I doubt he would respect your im on the pack." He said.


    I could understand his fear.


    What had happened to Kyle would scare anyone, but he had no reason to panic.


    "And how do you know it was Kusov?" I asked, and he was silent.


    I was right; the old man had guessed it was Alexei.


    "So, what do you want from me now?" I asked him.


    "Let usbine our packs, Leo. Mirabel will make a good mate. She even likes you, so it will be


    easy. It won''t be forced." He said, and I let him finish his sentence because it sounded funny.


    It wasn''t really about his pack at this point. The guy just wanted me to marry his granddaughter.


    "I am already mated, Alpha. My wedding ising soon. She is my fated too, so I am no longer


    avable. Although Max is, and he does not have a pack for now," I said, and the man was silent.


    I was shocked that he was considering it.


    I should have watched my tongue because I doubted Max was ready formitment, and he might


    not fancy Mirabel.


    "I will have to check with him, though," I said quickly so he would not think it was inevitable.


    "That will be great, Alpha Leo. Mirabel will like him too. Please talk to him. I am too old for his alpha


    shit. He can take her and the pack." He said, and Iughed. He was now confessing his truth. The


    man wanted to retire badly.


    "I will then get back to you on the matter," I said, feeling weird because it sounded like a transaction


    and love isn''t supposed to be like that. If Mirabel and Max don''t connect, there will be no forcing it.


    Timothy must look for someone else if Max doesn''t want tomit to anyone.


    I opened my door and walked in.


    Amelia was on a couch reading.


    I looked around, and Max and Kyle weren''t there.


    "Where did they go?" I asked her, and she smiled at me.


    "To check on the disced people," she said, and I nodded. It was their responsibility anyway, so it


    was okay.


    I looked at my mate on the couch and prayed that she would take the news well.


    "How did it go with that cheater?" she said, and I cringed a bit now that I knew he was her brother.


    I shut the door behind me and went to sit beside her on the couch.


    She sat up and moved close to me. Her scent filled my sense, and it calmed me down a bit.


    "I need to discuss something with you," I said, looking at her. She opened her eyes wide with


    expectation, and it was so cute. To think she managed to hold on to her innocence after all that had


    happened to her showed her inner strength.


    I ced my hand on her bare thigh and caressed it.


    "I need to tell you something important," I said, and she nodded, showing I had her attention.


    "Alexei is like you," I said, and she frowned.


    "He has your eyes and hair. He dyes his hair and wears contacts," I said, and she frowned at me. I


    knew she would wonder why I was telling her this. I sighed.


    "He is your half-brother," I said, and she gasped.


    "y Newton too. They are both your siblings. Your grandfather was Adrik Stepanov, as we


    suspected.


    His mate was pregnant when they executed him, so she ran to the east and had your father, Luis


    Ivanov. Other Stepanovs escaped the massacre and went into hiding too.


    The people that attacked us in the north are from that lineage. They also have a cult headed by


    your distant rtive, Erik Kozlov.


    Alexei only took over Hill Valley to protect it from the cult and tried to take over Brentwood to protect


    Brent from them.


    Unfortunately, I interfered by getting the ban order from the King, which was why the Stepanov cult


    could attack Brent," I said and sighed.


    "A cousin of yours has been watching you to protect you because the same cult wants to have you


    mated to Erik Kozlov so he can have superior pups.


    They were the ones that hunted your father down.


    They Killed Alexei''s mother after she had fled with her son to the north, forcing Alexei to grow up on


    the streets. Your father mated with y''s mother to blend in, but they found him, and he had to


    leave them to protect them.


    He met your mother, Gezel Westwood, in the west and had you.


    The cult found out and knew you had fully inherited your grandfather''s genes, so they wanted to


    take you.


    Your father died protecting you.


    Your mother went into hiding and gave you to her maid to raise.


    I guess the maid panicked and took you to the orphanage.


    Alexei says your mother is alive but still in hiding. She is a beta from the Stepanov bloodline, which


    is why you are enhanced.


    Erik is trying to recreate something stronger by mating with you.


    Your brothers decided to own packs so they could take you in and protect you, but you hade to


    me before they could seed.


    So they have been watching you from afar ever since." I said, putting everything together, and she


    stared at me dumbfounded.


    I saw tears form in her eyes and trickle down her cheeks. She was overwhelmed.


    "I have brothers," she said with a breathy voice. She could not believe it. I guess she only heard


    that part.


    "I have rtives?" she asked, still in tears, and I began to feel the mix of her emotions.


    "Alexei is my brother?" She asked, and I knew it was rhetorical, so I remained silent.


    "May I see him, Leo?" she finally asked, wiping away her tears.


    There was an eagerness in her.


    I knew I was her family, but there was something about people you shared the same genes with.


    The connection was different.


    Alexei was the closest she would get to know her father. The man that had given his life to save


    hers.


    "My parents loved me, Leo," she said with a smile slowly forming on her face.


    "My family loved me," she repeated, and I knew she was telling herself.


    "Miss Lucy always said otherwise. She made me feel unloved. The matrons at the orphanage said I


    was useless, a product of an affair, a bastard. That only high-born bastards that their families are


    ashamed of end up in orphanages.


    They made me feel like shit for fourteen years. I carried the weight of being unwanted and unloved


    for fifteen years. I …" she said and began to weep.


    I pulled her close, and she buried her face in my chest and wept.


    "I used to hate my mother. They told me she was an Omega that didn''t want to have anything to do


    with me. I hated my father and did not wish him well either. I was jealous of children that got


    adopted.


    Anytime I saw a child with their parent, I would believe that I was truly unwanted because even poor


    people keep their young ones," She said, weeping.


    "My mother went into hiding to protect me; my father died so I could live. What greater love is there


    than that of a parent willing toy down their life for their child to live," she said, and I knew what


    she was doing.


    "I thought the worst of Alexei because of what he did to Max. Although not from the same mother,


    he looked for me." She said and looked at me with a happy teary face.


    "I was wanted all along. I was loved and cherished. I was needed." She said, and I knew she was


    giving herself closure in those moments. She wrapped her arms around me and squeezed tightly.


    "You have brought me joy, Leo. Goddess bless your soul, and I pray what we havest," She said.


    Her words touched me, and I wrapped my arms around her and then kissed her head because her


    face was buried in my chest.


    "I will love you until I take myst breath, Amelia. You are worth everything and much more," I told


    her, letting her know the people at the orphanage were wrong.


    "I want to see him, Leo. I want to see my brother." She said, and I linked Casper to bring Alexiei to


    my home. I told him to drive down. Walking would take thirty minutes, and I didn''t want Amelia to


    wait.


    They arrived twelve minutester. Casper did not know what was going on.


    He entered my house while Alexei remained behind him. Casper was about to speak when I asked


    Alexei toe in.


    Amelia broke away from me and looked at her brother. There were genuine emotions in Alexei''s


    eyes, and I could see he truly meant well. He looked nervous and uncertain. Casper excused us.


    Amelia broke away from me and rushed to hug Alexei.


    The moment she wrapped her arms around him, he began tough with joy and wrapped his arms


    around her.


    I heard myself growl.


    Alexei looked at me and removed his arms from around her. I felt a bit embarrassed, but ck was


    possessive like that.


    They broke the hug, and Amelia offered Alexei a seat.


    I knew they had much catching up to do, so I told Casper to keep Max and Kyle upied and not


    return to my house until Alexei left.


    I would have to deal with Maxter and ease his hatred towards Alexei, but I was d Amelia finally


    found her family.