Chapter 290: 128 After Treatment


    ~Leo~


    I was the first to wake up in the infirmary. Everyone was still asleep. Erik was there, and it seemed


    he had sat there all through. We really did not need his attention to be divided. We just had nine


    more days to go.


    " You are up," Erik said with a smile, and I nodded.


    "Shouldn''t you be in yourb?" I asked him, and he smiled.


    "I have set up the production of the old form. I do not need to be there. My assistants and Nelson


    can handle the rest. I will return there to attempt the upgraded version," He said, and I nodded.


    "It took you an hour and thirty minutes to recover, Leo," he said, and I frowned at him because I did


    not see how important that was.


    "It took Devin three hours. The minimum recovery time for alphas is three hours. Your body


    recovered in half the minimum time required, nor was your rash as severe as the others even


    though you and David have concentrated Alpha genes," He said, standing up and walking towards


    me.


    "You are also a Stepanov, Leo. You are also a part of my n," He said. Honestly, I did not care


    about things like that.


    "Your DNA has adapted the best of both bloodlines well. Albert''s bloodline is perfection," he said,


    and he was creeping me out. There was a glint in his eyes that screamed mad scientist, but I kept


    my shit together. Somehow I was used to Erik already.


    "How is my mate? Did shee here?" I asked him to change the topic, and he shook his head.


    "Tamia did, though. She came to check on the King and then checked on you. I haven''t seen


    Amelia, and I doubt there will be any need for that, seeing that you are okay," He said. Just then,


    Amelia walked into the infirmary. I wondered if our minds were in sync.


    She had a broad grin on her face when she saw me. She came with clothes that looked like mine.


    "You are up," she said, smiling, and I opened my arms. She rushed towards me and hugged me.


    "I would havee earlier, but Tamia told me you were still sleeping. Hope you aren''t mad, but I felt


    it would be impolite to leave Gezel alone with Alexei and y, knowing she is here to see me," she


    said, and that was when I remembered the mad woman that hade to see her.


    "Your mother," I asked, and she broke the hug to look at me.


    "Alexei confirmed it was her. I believe them because of their conversation about the past and their


    correspondence. Apparently, she took care of them. It even seems like my father married her for her


    money. She had to send funds to Alexei and y until she could no more. She is an Alpha, you


    know," she said, and I held her to my chest.


    Amelia was rushing through her words, but there was hurt she was trying to disguise. I did not n


    to discuss it with her in the infirmary. It was something that needed to be done in private.


    "Luis did not marry Gezel because of her money, Amelia," Erik said. Amelia broke the hug and


    looked at him.


    "I know your mother, and I am d she has finallye out of hiding. Yuri hunted her. He wanted


    her money, and he wanted to mate with her. He believed he could have a child like you with her. Not


    all Alpha genes arepatible with Steponov genes; Gezel was a unique case. That is why you are


    more special than your brothers. It wasn''t you that Yuri wanted Amelia; it was Gezel. She had to go


    into hiding, and there was no way she could go into hiding with you," He said and sighed.


    "Ever wondered why Yuri did not snatch you all these years? He kept an eye on you, hoping Gezel


    would reach out to you, and then he would take both of you. He tried to recruit you, so Gezel would


    reach out to you. She hase out of hiding now; she isn''t safe anymore," Erik said, and I felt


    stupid that I did not ask Erik about Gezel. Alexei had told me that Erik and Yuri knew her.


    “ Luis and Gezel were fated. Ingrid Kusov divorced him when she found out the cult was after


    him. She felt she and Alexei would be safer that way. He left Emma Newton because she was


    pressuring him to join up for peace. The only woman that stood by Luis''s side was Gezel. She was


    with him through thick and thin until the bitter end. I tried to help her when Luis died, but even I


    knew I needed to watch my back. So I did not actively search for her, so Yuri won''t find her. I hoped


    she could forgive me for not helping." He said with a tinge of regret.


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    "So you mean if you see her, you will recognise her," I asked Erik, and he smiled.


    "I saw her when they were ushering her to themon lounge. I could not bring myself to face her.


    I could not bring myself to be reminded of my failure," he said with misty eyes, and that was the


    confirmation I needed to know the woman iming to Amelia''s mother wasn''t a fraud.


    I collected the clothes Amelia had brought and put them on. Amelia and I left the infirmary together.


    "Do you mind if I meet your mother?" I asked her, and she shook her head. Erik''s words had


    softened her a bit. She led me to themon lounge, where Alexei and y were chatting with a


    ck-haired woman. y looked at me and smiled.


    "You''ve recovered," He said,ughing at me, and Alexei turned andughed too.


    The woman turned towards me, and Amelia looked nothing like her at first nce, but if Amelia


    dyed her hair ck and wore blue contacts, there would be no mistaking that she was her mother


    because Amelia had her nose and the shape of her head. The rest of Amelia''s features was


    definitely Luis''s because y and Amelia looked alike.


    The woman was gorgeous, and it was believable that Amelia woulde from her.


    "Albert! You look so much like Richardo," She said, and I frowned at her. Did she know my father?


    "I walked towards her to greet her, and she stood up. She pulled me into an embrace that shocked


    me a bit, but I tried to rx.


    "Thank you for taking care of my daughter.Thank you so much, Alpha Albert. Your family have


    always been there for Stepanov in need. Thank you for everything," She said, and I rxed a bit.


    She broke the hug.


    "You look so much like your father. He helped Luis a few times. Luis couldn''t have escaped Hand


    when he was with Emma if it weren''t for Richardo. Emma had sold him out because she wanted him


    to join up badly," She said and looked at y apologetically.


    "That was what Luis told me," She told y, almost pleading with him. I knew y was surprised,


    but he controlled himself.


    "Honestly, you can''t me her; she wanted all of you to be safe. That was why she did it. That was


    why Luis ran away from the East to the West. We met while he tried hiding and blending in the


    West. His oud wood scent was strong and enthralling," She said, reminiscing but soon snapped out


    of it.


    I could see the tears threatening to fall. She still missed her mate but was trying to be strong. I


    wondered how she had stayed alive all these years and not given up somewhere along the line. I


    did not need to guess that finding Amelia was her reason.


    "I am pleased to meet you, Alpha Westwood," I told her, recognising she was an Alpha even though


    she had no pack.


    "I am Mrs Ivanov. Westwood is my maiden name," she said with a smile, and I already knew that,


    but it was okay that she spoke up about it.


    "Soon, you will be free once we rid this world of Yuri," I said, and there was a sudden rage in her


    eyes.


    "Mikhail too. He killed Luis. Luis had the upper hand but made a foolish mistake of sparing the


    bastard; he slit his throat," She said, tears streaming down her cheeks. She was reliving the horrors


    of the past. Her words confirmed what Erik had said about Andrew''s father being Yuri''s hitman.


    "Erik executed him," I said, and there was relief in her eyes.


    "I am d he is no longer breathing. I can''t even tell you the things the bastard tried to do to me. I


    could not hold Luis when he was dying. I had to run away. He took everything from me," She said


    and looked at Amelia.


    "Everything," She repeated, and Alexei got up and held Gezel. The woman was still broken.


    "Please take her to her room so she can rest," I told Alexei, and he nodded.


    "Amelia," Gezel said, reaching, and Amelia held on to me.


    "Go with her, Moonlight. She needs you. You can join meter," I linked to Amelia, who was


    reluctant to go wither her mother.


    Amelia pulled away from me and went to her mother. I watched Them leave the lounge, leaving me


    with y, who was still shocked at what Gezel had told him.


    "My mother never told me that part of the story. She said he ran away so we could be safe. She


    never told me she sold him out," he said, and I knew he was a bit angry because he had been


    robbed of having a father. Somehow I suspected Alexei''s mother did not tell him she had divorced


    his father too. I did not me the women. It would have been hard exining to them that they


    drove their father away so they would be safe. Alexei and y wouldn''t have been understanding.


    The only person who did not drive him away ended up losing everything.


    "I am sure her decision is why you are still alive," I told y, and he was silent. I turned around to


    head to my room. I wanted to shower and get into the day. Time had already been lost, but it was


    still morning.