Minutes later, I heard to sets of footsteps marching hastily towards the door. Then it flung open and there in the arch stood the only and only Nicolos Jones a.k.a Dad.

"Dad?" I asked tears already accumulating in my eyes.

He hadn't changed a bit. The same friendly eyes and soft, warm features. I was always told I had my father's looks and now that I was looking at his light blond hair and blue-grey eyes I could see why.

"Ella," he replied crying with me.

I stepped forward and wrapped my arms around him and hugged him tight, checking that he was really there.

"My little girl," he whispered.

"How are you here?" I sobbed. "I thought you were dead."

"I promise that I will explain everything," he said. "But first can we just have a moment."

He then stretched his hand out for Connor who was stood behind and for a few minutes we just hugged. With only Mom missing, it was the closest we'd been to the whole family together in far too long.

I was confused and overwhelmed and shocked but it was comforting all the same. At some point, Connor went to get some food and when he returned, we sat on the bed and they began to explain.

"I didn't die in a car accident, Ella. That's what your precious mate made it look like. He wanted me gone. Leonardo Loren became Alpha when you were just eleven. That's when I disappeared. It was practically his first action as Alpha. His men came after me and left me close to death, they didn't finish me off because they didn't think I'd live and they wanted to maximise my suffering. But I did."

"Leo tried to kill you?" I asked quietly. "He told me about how you were in the pack and why you were kicked out but he never mentioned that...copy right hot novel pub