Chapter 155
A title she should have been given from the start.
I need to not just not repeat the mistakes of iny past, but also to correct them. I can only do that from here.
“Sir?” John asks, and I realize how long I’ve kept him waiting for a reply.
“Delay our return for at least another day, John,” I say. “I’ll speak with the elders tomorrow.”
“You want to stay,” John says.
“Yes.”
“For Cara?” he asks.
“Yes.”
John seems satisfied with that answer. He nods. “Yes, Alpha.“.
Cara’s POV
When we reach my house, I thank each of my brothers and then, after they hug and say goodnight to the kids, we say goodnight as well,
When they leave, I usher the kids upstairs and help get their pajamas out while they brush their teeth.
“Do we have to change, Mommy?” Mia asks. She swishes her dress back and forth like a bell. “I want to stay a princess.”
Kneeling down, I pull her into my arms and kiss her cheek. You are a princess no matter what you are wearing,” I tell her.
She rolls her eyes at me. “But I feel like a princess in this dress.”
“Princesses don’t wear ball gowns to sleep in,” Ethan says, matter–of–fact.
I give him a curious look, which seems to make him embarrassed.
“They don’t in the movies, or in the books I’ve read,” he says.
“You won’t be comfortable enough to sleep,” I tell her.
“I won’t sleep anyway,” she insists.
Thinking quickly, I decide, “How about we hang the dress on the foot of the bed. You need only look over and you’ll see it, but you will still be comfortable enough to sleep in.”
Mia pouts a little, but she’s a good girl and eventually relents. “Okay…”
With the kids changed and tucked in bed, after I’ve placed the dress where I told her I would, I head to the door to turn off the light.
They are already asleep before I even get there.
It was a big day for them, so much dancing and excitement.
It was a big day for me too, but for different reasons.
For better or worse, my identity as Aylon Auburn has now been revealed, as well as my title as Beta. To think that had been what I was most worried about going into the evening.
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Chapter 155
Alaric had been shocked when he learned the truth.
Yet it’s the face he made when he saw Noel holding my hand that will stay with me long beyond tonight. For a moment, he had looked so pale, so frightened, and then the anger took root, as well as the possessiveness.
In the past, he would have hidden those emotions from me. Yet now, they were clearly displayed on his face. Pushing thoughts of him aside, I headed to my bedroom where I changed into my own pajamas. Yet, instead of going to bed like I would normally do, I sat on the floor as I sometimes did instead, to meditate.
Admittedly, it has been some times since I last tried to reach out to Lucy. After a while, the consistent disappointment was too much to take.
With all that is going on now, with Noel and Alaric, I need her more than ever.
I sit with my legs crossed and close my eyes. I stretch my thoughts out, trying to reach out to my wolf, wherever she could be hiding in the dark corners of my mind.
“Lucy…” I call out in my mind – again and again. “Lucy, please answer me…”
”
I don’t know how long I stay like that, searching, but when open my eyes, two hours has passed.
This time, just like all the times before, there was no response to my calls.
