Chapter 0069
Husband?
He thinks Cara has a husband?
Did she say something like that to him…?
“You’ll be lucky to be gone by the time he’s here,” I hear my brother Colin say quickly.
Colin?!
Colin is usually so calm and mature. He’s the quiet one! What’s he playing at, lying to Alaric like this?
I shoot Colin a confused look, and Colin looks at me meaningfully. He’s silently nudging me, pleading to me to play along.
… Yes, if Alaric believes Cara has a husband, then he and Cara can never be together again.
And, he will never know the children, the truth.
My trickster brother Aidan picks up on Colin’s play immediately. “Oh yeah, Cara’s husband is really tough!” Aidan adds, smiling at Alaric menacingly.
“He’s so tough that he abandons his wife and child when they need him most?!” Alaric growls.
“You wouldn’t understand,” Colin says, “He’s off on top secret Pack BloodyMoon family
business.
Colin puts extra emphasis on the word “family” painting Alaric as an outsider. Alaric will never be an Auburn, that much is clear. And it’d do him some good to be reminded that he is not part of our family.
And he’s certainly not a part of Cara’s family. And he never will be.
“That is none of your concern, Alaric,” I say to Alaric confidently, backing up Colin’s lie. ” What happens to Cara and Mia is not your business.”
“The hell it isn’t!” Alaric shouts.
“Enough!” I shout back, growling at him. Alaric is visibly surprised by my volume and tone.
I take a breath, steadying myself before this escalates any further.
When I speak, my voice is calm and steady, “You already broke one promise to us. It’s time to make another.”
Alaric looks at me pointedly and I continue, “Make no mistake, if you don’t make good on this promise, there will be severe consequences.”
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Alaric raises a dark eyebrow at me. “Consequences? What kind of
consequences?”
“You need us, remember? You and your pack need BloodyMoon resources. Keep this promise, and our alliance will keep moving forward.” I say to him firmly.
“But if you go back on your word this time, you WILL regret it. I’ll be glad to make damn sure of that,” Aidan chimes in, the threat in his voice clear.
“All of us will make sure you regret it!” Ryan adds with a gleeful violence.
“What do you think you want now?” Alaric asks, looking back and forth between each of us surrounding him. “I can’t stay away from Cara now, not when she will be coming to my pack’s territory every week.”
He makes a good point.
“And as Alpha King, do you really want me to leave your pack’s princess unattended? Consider the attack that just happened to her!” Alaric says, referencing Cara’s terrible blind date and almost–rape.
“Fine.” I say simply, acknowledging his logic. You can see her,” I start, and his shoulders relax the slightest bit.
“But…” I continue slowly, savoring the look of tension and hesitation that comes to his face.
“But?” Alaric asks.
“But you are absolutely forbidden from being with her. You shall not be alone together, nor shall you be involved in any kind of relationship, not even a friendship can form between you two.” I say, watching him carefully.
“You should know how much harm you’ve caused Cara in the past… we can’t let you hurt her a second time.”
Alaric stares back at me, as if he’s fully considering the promise I’m demanding from him. He’s making up his mind.
Finally, when he heard me say “hurt her a second time,” he closed his eyes in pain.
“…Done,” Alaric says. “I will not be with Cara. I will not be in love with her.”
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You have my word now.”
“This, is my ultimate promise.”
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