Alpha alec's redemption (Sadie) novel Chapter 128

His words ring in my ear. I get what he is saying. I understand the words, but I can’t seem to grasp their meaning.

Adopted. Adopted.

How am I adopted? Of everything that has happened, not once had it ever crossed my mind that I may not be the biological child of my parents.

“H-how?” I stammer the words as I try to make sense of what he just told me.

“Billy and Christine couldn’t have children,” Martin begins, his worried eye scanning my face.

How are you supposed to react when you find out that you were adopted? That the people you thought were your parents aren’t. Should I consider this a lie? That my entire life has been a freaking lie? And why didn’t anyone tell me? Hell, my dad should have included that big fact in the letter he left me.

“I don’t understand,” I whisper in confusion, as my gaze latches on to him.

“Like I said, Billy and Christine couldn’t have kids. They had tried for years with no success. When the doctor told them they would never be able to have a biological child, it all but shattered them. It took a while for them to recover from the devastating blow, but when they did, they decided to adopt.” He pauses to take a breath before continuing.

“You know the orphan programme we have here, and you also know that couples are allowed to adopt from the orphanage if they wish to. They signed up to adopt. They wanted a small baby, since babies are a clean slate. Before their request could be approved though, Christine went to the Alpha with a baby, saying she wished for her to be made part of the pack.”

I sigh and run my hand through my hair, untangling it from the messy bun on top of my head. I don’t need to be told who the baby was. I could already guess.

“We questioned her, afraid that she might have taken someone’s baby. She said that she was picking flowers like she usually did when she heard a cry. When she investigated, she found you wrapped in blankets hidden behind a tree with a note asking her to take care and protect you with everything she has.”

Even in my state of mind, I note that it was an unusual request.

“She showed us the piece of paper that had been tapped into your blanket. We convened because, after all, there were risks to just taking in an unknown baby. What if you were from an enemy pack, and they wanted to use you to stage an attack? We were to send you to one of the many orphanages when we got a call from an Oracle. She told us to accept you into the pack.”

That is even weirder, but with how things have been weird these past few weeks, I’m not all that surprised. Things just kept on unfolding in ways that I wasn’t really prepared for.

“Billy didn’t have a problem. He would do anything his mate wanted. Christine wanted you and so they adopted you.” He finishes finished with his eyes still focused on me.

I look from Micah, then back to Alec. They both looked as shocked as I was. I guess they also didn’t know I was adopted. Meaning, I was never truly a member of this pack. It would explain why I never fit in.

“Why did no one tell me?” I question the elders, glaring at each one of them. “And how come no one bothered to find out who my real parents are or where I came from?”