A Female Alpha’s Revenge

Chapter 180

Adelaide’s POV

Lance said, “We’re going to be mates. No need for formalities. Go be with him. I’ve had paper and ink prepared. I know Cedric started learning to read at three. He must remember how to write.”

I nodded. “Alright. Let’s eat first. I’ll ask him afterward.”

After Lance left, Cedric relaxed and ate greedily, sticking close to me.

His gaunt face and thin frame made it clear how much he’d suffered.

“Eat slowly,” I whispered.

His wolf eyes narrowed as he ate–a stray pup’s instinct.

Only when my pheromones signaled safety did he case his grip on the bowl.

He ate quickly, finishing almost all the meat and sandwiches.

While clearing the table, my nails brushed against old scars on his wrists–teeth marks from chains.

After cleaning up, I set out paper and ink.

Holding his frail wrist, I said, “I know you can write. Even if it’s been a while, the characters you learned are still there. Tell me–how did you escape? What happened after?”

As I opened the inkwell, tears dropped onto the table.

Bathing him earlier, I’d seen the countless scars on his body, old and new.

fully shifted, lacking

his left leg was lame–the bone had broken and healed crooked. The doctor said it would need to

hands, shook his head, and

and hollow cheeks made him

was alive, I’d have searched everywhere for

ink was ready. Cedric began

and abuse, struggled to hold the

guided his hand to steady

few minutes, he began

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a real struggle for him. He just couldn’t seem to apply

a minute for him to scrawl out a

a

looked up at him with my swollen eyes, tears

stabbing into my heart, making me flinch

whimpered in my

before the Frostfang Massacre, I’d visited my

fearing he’d meet the

comforted her, but she remained

too–about my grandfather, about my

courtyard, I

looked up with concern and asked if I was

a little

about it, but Cedric

lollipops to cheer

Peaks and waiting for my mating ceremony, I spent over a year playing with the kids, easing their fears of losing