It took a minute for me to realize what River had just said. He and Alex were the sons of the Alpha King and Queen.
"Wait. Explain this to me." I spoke. River let out a sigh, but never less carried on with his story.
"I'm a triplet. So it was Alex, my brother, and me. When we were born Alex and I were both very small babies especially for being children of our parents descents.So Jillian and William both agreed to do what was best for the kingdom, and choose which baby would most likely be the better ruler for the throne." Holy guacamole. This is a lot of secrets.
"They chose you're brother." River nodded.
"They took us far away from their kingdom and hid us on Ezra's territory, with only a note saying who we were. Emmalie was pregnant around the same time as Jillian. The pack was so excited that their Alpha and Luna were expecting. However Emma lost the baby. But a day or so later, she was walking in the woods with Ezra, and they stumbled upon us. They both agreed that they wouldn't tell the pack, about the loss of their child and say that they just had twins."
"Does Alex know?" I asked. River gave me a worried look and shook his head.
"Emma and Ezra told me, the day we were attacked," River's eyes glazed over and he looked into the distance as if he was in some trance. "I was so pissed off. I told them that I hated them... it was the last thing I ever said to them. I can't take it back now, their gone and I can't tell them that I love them and didn't mean what I said."
"I'm sure they knew that you were just angry." I stated. River turned his head towards me and a small smile graced his lips, but you could see that it didn't reach his eyes.
"I've kept this a secret from Alex and everyone for three years now, so please don't tell anyone." This time I was the one to sigh.
"Okay. But I think you should tell him. "
"I know..."
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That afternoon River had gone to chemo and I was alone in the house, with only Ezra, who had been returned shortly after my conversation with River.
I was in the laundry room, taking out dirty laundry from the deep basket in front of me. I came across River's shorts and checked his pockets. This had become a habit since an incident where he had left a pen in one of his jeans and got it all over the rest of the clothes.
I pulled out his phone, and placed it on top of the washing machine.
"This boy...." I mumbled. Five minutes later and I had emptied the basket and was leaving the room when River's phone began to ring. Not wanting it to wake up a sleeping Ezra, I answered it without looking at the caller I.D.
"Hello?" I asked into the phone.
"Is River Hales around?" A woman inquired.
"No, he's currently out of the house. Would you like me to relay a message?"
"Would you just ask him to call me back?" The lady responded.
"Of course. May I ask who is calling?"
"Jillian." That was all she said before, the line went dead.
I exited the laundry room and went to where Ezra was sleeping.
"C'mon big fella, we're gonna go see papa." After the short walk to the pack infirmary, I found River leaving Mark's office with a grim look on his face.
"Hey what's wrong?" He didn't say anything, only kissed me and held my hand. He walked me into Mark's office.
"Ellie! What a surprise!" I usually would have been excited to see Mark, but River's behavior had me worried.
"Mark what happened?" I questioned.
"Oh boy."
"Oh boy? Is it that bad?"
"Why don't you sit down." I did as he said and waited anxiously for what he had to say.
"River's cancer has progressed quicker than what we originally thought. The chemo was working in the beginning, but now it's not effecting the cancer. With chemotherapy being our only option, for River's disease, there's nothing else we can do."
"So what are you saying?" I stammered.
"That I have a year at most to live." River replied from where he was standing. Dread and sadness washed all over me.
"What about Alex? Alex is a healer, can't he heal River." Mark shook his head.
"River's cancer is to far ahead, if Alex tried to heal him he would most likely die."
"I'm not killing my brother. He's my baby brother, you know? I'm supposed to protect him." River's voice cracked in the middle of his rant.
"Okay then."
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