Kids from One Alpha
Kids From One Alpha” By Selena Lynch Chapter 83

Kids From One Alpha” By Selena Lynch Chapter 83

Chapter 83: Visiting Memory Lane

“Woah,” Serena muttered, looking up at the treehouse. The area around the base of the tree was moreovergrown than it had been the night they spent there. “You remember now?” Logan asked sharply.Serena sighed, nodding. “Of course, I remember,” she said gently. Logan glared at her, crossing hisarms over his hips. “So, go ahead and explain yourself,” he snarled. “You seem to think that yourreasons are somehow acceptable. I think I will be the judge of that.”

“I don’t think you will replace anything I have to say justifiable,” Serena admitted. “You don’t know what itwas like for me or why I made the decisions I did.” “Which is why I am asking you to explain,” Loganhissed. “This is your one chance.” Serena shook her head. “Logan, I could explain over and over myreasons for everything. I doubt you’ll agree with them regardless,” she said. “You have hindsight. I hadto make those decisions in the moment.”

“And when exactly did you decide to lie to me?” he asked. He sounded so betrayed. Serena felt guiltyfor that. She’d never wanted to hurt or betray him. If she’d gotten the DNA test results back sooner, shecould have said something. By the time she had confirmation he was Olivia and Oliver’s father, thingswith Holly and her pregnancy accelerated, then Logan confessed not being ready to be a father, and hehad accused her of falsifying lab results.

She could make all the excuses she wanted, but the truth was, she had betrayed him. She wasn’tgoing to admit that to him, though! He was going to be irrationally angry, and she was going to stand byher decisions. “I stand by my decisions,” she said. “The way events unfolded, maybe it was just meantto be that way,” she said. Logan growled. “You still haven’t told me anything I want to hear or answeredany of my questions,” he pointed out. Serena gave him a humorless smile.

“Alright, you want to go down memory lane, lets go all the way back,” she said. Before Logan couldstop her, Serena went around the tree and found the boards nailed to the trunk.

Swiftly, she climbed up into the treehouse. When she looked down, Logan was still on the ground.

“Memory lane starts up here,” she shouted down to him. Logan growled loud enough for her to hear,but then he started to climb up into the treehouse. It was a small space, and when Logan arrived,Serena found herself much closer to him than she wanted to be. She pressed her back against thefurthest wall.

For a moment, her memory blossomed with reminders of that night! She wasn’t drunk now, and Loganwas so close, she could smell him much better in the enclosed space. Closing her eyes, sheremembered how he’d removed her dress, his fingers tracing her heated skin, his teeth nibbling on herskin. For a moment, Serena lost herself to that memory. It was a good one, regardless of what hadcome after. “So, this is where it happened,” Logan said, seeking confirmation. “Yes,” Serena admitted.She opened her eyes. For the time being, Logan also seemed subdued with the memories of the nightthey’d spent there. “One night,” he muttered, shaking his head. “That’s all it takes,” Serena saidteasingly. Logan glared at her. He wasn’t ready to accept her teasing. “It was a good night.” Loganscoffed. “I dimly recall,” he admitted. “I was in the middle of a med school class when I got mypregnancy test results,” she told him. “It was a life-changing moment. There were a lot ofconsiderations I had to think about.”

“And it never once crossed your mind to reach out to me?” he asked. “Well, no, it didn’t,” she admitted.Logan snorted and shook his head. “You really are selfish, aren’t you?” he asked. Serena creased herbrow. “Maybe,” she said. “But honestly, it wasn’t about me, it was about the kids. I mean, I didn’t know Iwas having twins at that point. I didn’t reach out to anyone. Not that that will make you feel better, but Ididn’t tell my parents or my brother, no one.” “Why?” Logan asked, tilting his head at her. Serenasighed. She had to give him that answer, but she wasn’t sure he’d receive it well. “The truth?” sheasked. Logan nodded. “I didn’t know who the father was,” she said bluntly. Logan scoffed, crossing hisarms. “That’s…wow…” he said. For a moment, it seemed like his anger was gone, replaced by shock.“I mean, it wasn’t like we exchanged names or anything,” she reminded him. “I didn’t even see your

face that night.” “I know, I know,” Logan said waving her off. “But even after you found out you werepregnant, you didn’t know that it was from the night we spent here?” Serena shook her head.

“I know, that doesn’t sound very good,” she said. “But I was in the human world, going to medicalschool. I had a good time when I wanted to.” Logan shook his head. “I don’t want to know,” he hissed.Serena nodded. Visiting Memory Lane gotten to where I wanted to be, finally gotten into medicalschool and was making a name for myself.”

“At some point, you must have realized that it was me you were with that night,” Logan said.“Otherwise, why all the secrets and lies?”

Serena let out a long, slow breath. She closed her eyes, thinking again about the night they had spentthere. Even through the alcohol haze, it had been one of the most amazing nights she’d had withanyone. It was no wonder the result was conception of twins! “The first time we met when you helpedus move into the house,” Serena admitted. Logan’s eyes flared with rage.

“That’s how long you’ve known!?” he asked. “All that time you hid this from me!?”

“No,” Serena said, shaking her head and holding up her hands in surrender. “That was when I knewyou were the one from the masquerade. It was subtle. I guess I got enough of your scent on me thatnight…” she trailed off, blushing slightly. Logan’s eyes had lit up with interest. The mood shifting to adifferent kind of tension for a moment.

“I didn’t want to say anything until I was sure. You were with another woman, I had no idea if you evenremembered me. At that point, it was a guessing game,” she said. “I had to be careful not to doanything that could damage your reputation or hurt my kids.”

Logan sighed heavily and nodded. He relaxed ever so slightly. “Alright, I guess I can understand that,”he said begrudgingly. “I was so mad when I found out,” Serena said with a mirthless chuckle. “I wasn’tready to face that truth.” Logan snarled, the anger returning to his eyes. “You were mad?” he asked.

“And how long did you seethe while keeping the truth from me?” Serena shook her head. “Thingsweren’t that simple, Logan!” she snapped. “You want to come down hard on me for keeping this asecret, but you don’t even know what I went through! You have no idea how confusing it was to watchyou with another woman, planning to have a baby with another woman while replaceing out that you werethe father of my kids!” Logan took a half step back as Serena yelled at him. He growled a warning ather, be she waved it off.

“You seriously think I enjoyed keeping my mouth shut!?” she asked. “Holly made it clear from the startthat she was threatened by me! What would it have done to your relationship with her, to the pack, if Ihad told you the truth? By the time I knew…” she trailed off shaking her head again. Serena wrappedher arms around herself, bowing her head so she wouldn’t have to look at Logan. “Serena, I need youto tell me everything,” Logan said. “All the way back to the

beginning. I still don’t understand why you wouldn’t have mentioned any of this. You never even toldyour family!”

Sighing, Serena kept her eyes on the floor of the tree house. Every time she moved it rocked a little,clearly unstable after so many years of being left unattended.

“The night after we spent together, I got my acceptance papers to medical school,” Serena said, goingback. “I left and never looked back.”

“That’s it?” Logan asked when she didn’t continue.

“No, that’s not it!” she snapped, glaring at him. “How could you possibly understand? You were born toan Alpha and Luna, but you were an only child and the successor, you could never understand!”

“For once, Serena, stop hiding behind your secrets and just explain this to me!” Logan growled. Hisanger was ebbing back, she could see it in how he tensed his whole body. If she didn’t give him

answers, she worried what he might do in that small space!