A Coward

I didn't think I was ready yet, but when the door opened, I saw my family...

I had thought I would be unfamiliar with this face after so long, but when I saw it again, it was still familiar and had not changed.

Most of my mom's hair had already turned white. When I saw Grandma, I saw her straight upper body bend down a little but immediately straighten up again.

Although she did not get along well with Grandma, at this moment, she looked at her mother and began to cry helplessly.

Seeing this, Grandma hugged her and gently patted her back.

"What happened?" I asked the question burning in me.

"It's Simon." Andy gritted his teeth and spat out the reply, "He screwed up, that coward! He's not fit to be an Alpha."

"Messed up? What do you mean?"

"Not long after you left, he's been with that woman every day. Who knew what he was up to last month. Our pack's expedition team met our neighbor, the Dusk Pack's team, and Simon's brain broke or something. He insulted the Dusk Pack Alpha in front of the other team's leader. Two weeks ago, the Alpha with the Dusk Pack declared war on us."

"F*ck, that b*stard Simon. What does that have to do with my father's disappearance?" I couldn't suppress my anger, and I deeply regretted not allowing Emily to give him a good beating.

"Simon wants all of us to participate in the war. Unfortunately, even some retired and old werewolves are forced to fight on the battlefield."

"Oh, he's always been a sc*mbag! How could I have been so blind to have fallen for him? What happened after that?"

"After that, before going to the battlefield, Father asked me to go to Mother to help and protect her. He said that he had only retired for less than a year, so his fighting skills should not have deteriorated much. So, he went to the battlefield alone."

Andy took a deep breath and continued, "The situation on the battlefield was one-sided. We had countless casualties on our side. I quickly went to look for Dad with Mom in a panic, and you know the result."

"Dad went missing. Mom and I searched the battlefield but couldn't find him. In the end, the Dusk Pack sent people to sweep the battlefield, so Mom and I had to come back first."

"What about Simon? Where is he now? I'm going to beat him up."

"Then, your plan is ruined. He has run away. He has abandoned his pack. As an Alpha, he abandoned us and ran away alone, not even bringing his new girlfriend with him. You have no idea what an awkward position she is in now.

"And the war isn't over yet." Andy grabbed the corner of his shirt uneasily. "The Dusk Pack wants to colonize our pack. Our best choice is to surrender and ask for peace, but the Alpha of the Dusk Pack is bloodthirsty and cruel. Everyone is scared."

"What do we do now? We don't have any Alpha." I thought of the current situation, and it became tense.

"We have a new Alpha now."

"What? New Alpha? Who is it?"

"A guy named Ivan. You should be able to see him in training in a few days. He's an Alpha from the swamp. He heard we were in trouble and took the initiative to help us, but we decided to accept him as our Alpha to lead us."

"Isn't this like looting a burning house?" I said in disdain.

"No, no, Betty, don't say that. He opened a three-day duel ring. As long as someone could beat him in this ring, he would become our pack's new Alpha, but without exception, all the werewolves who stepped up to participate in the duel failed, so he is now our Alpha."

"What did you mean by the training you mentioned before?"

"Oh, that's right. He advocated that every wolf should display their advantages in the pack. He's cold, but he's still much better than that coward Simon. At least he won't abandon his pack no matter what happens. "

While we were chatting, Mom and Grandma were preparing dinner for us in the kitchen.

Mom originally said that she could make dinner for us and let Grandma rest, but Grandma insisted that she make dinner for us. In the end, Mom had to compromise, and the two of them worked together in the kitchen to prepare our dinner.

Although Mom used to hate Grandma, their relationship visibly improved after Dad went missing and also due to Mother's spiritual sustenance. I looked at their harmonious figures in the kitchen and felt a little better.

I turned to look at the messy pile of luggage at the door and decided to sort it out. So I carried my luggage back to my room, which I hadn't been back to for a long time.

After I entered the room, I found that everything was in the same position as before I left. I felt a little guilty and sad. But, at least they had protected my last bit of privacy and dignity.

The walls of my room were filled with intimate photos of Simon and me. Some even had red hearts that I had drawn. We looked so sweet in the photos, but in the end, I was abandoned. When I thought of this, I felt angry and disgusted.

I violently tore the photos off the wall and threw them into the shredder in the corner of my room. In the end, I threw all the photo scraps into the trash can.