Chapter 106: THE RAGE (2)
At first, Tony wanted to paint the whole affair as if it was only a one time thing, a mistake that he shouldn’t have committed, as if it only happened in a single moment of weakness, but what Dawn said made him realize that she knew everything.
"What do you mean?" Tony was holding onto his last hope that he could talk his way out of it, but Dawn was having none of it.
"I’m wondering, whether you treated me badly because you couldn’t stand looking at me, since I look a lot like my mother, or you couldn’t look at me because every time you did that, you would see the face of the woman you betrayed. Which one is it, father?"
Tony was at a loss for words. He wanted to reach out to his daughter, telling her how sorry he was and how he regretted everything.
"I am sorry, Dawn... I didn’t mean for it to happen." Tony shook his head. As an alpha, he was expected to exude strength, but at that moment, he seemed utterly defeated. His eyes, brimming with tears and remorse, betrayed his usual composure. "I regret everything. I didn’t mean to hurt you and your mother..."
"My mother is dead and thankfully, she died without knowing that the mate she loved, the father of her daughter, had betrayed her." Dawn scoffed. "You should find that comforting."
Tony was fighting back tears. He had gone through fierce battles and gruesome wars, he had also done so many horrendous things in wars, but he never faltered, yet Dawn’s words hit him so hard, he lost all of his strength.
No. Tony didn’t find it comforting at all. If anything, he wanted his mate to know what he had done, he wanted her to be angry with him, slap him, hit him or do anything and everything to take out her rage on him.
But it would never happen, because she had died.