A Female Alpha’s Revenge

Chapter 182

Chapter 182

Third Person’s POV

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At the inn that night, Cedric wrote down why he was wary of Lance–tall and fierce werewolves like him would whip people, kick them, lift them like chicks, then throw them into a tub and hold their heads under water until they couldn’t breathe, before pulling them out.

Adelaide read every word, gaining a clearer picture of what Cedric had endured. Her heart ached.

After Cedric fell asleep, she showed the note to Lance.

Lance felt a mix of emotions.

Did he resemble those who hurt Cedric?

Perhaps. Years on the battlefield had inevitably hardened him.

“In the battlefield…” Lance’s cedar pheromones suddenly carried a sulfurous tang, and the hardened scales under his shoulder plates grew sharp with guilt.

Adelaide’s wolf howled mournfully in her mind, recalling how her father had clutched battle reports, silver–blue blood seeping from his fingers onto the map.

He sighed slowly and said, “We’ll take it slow. I’ll try to be gentle and smile more.”

Both Cedric’s physical wounds and emotional scars would heal in time.

“This journey must have been tough for you,” Adelaide said, her gratitude for Lance far beyond a simple “thank you.”

was something she had to

off in her mind, cedar pheromones beginning

bronze candlestick’s flame crackled, brightening the room and illuminating her gaunt cheeks and pale

for at least two or three years. If we’re still proceeding with our mating bond, I’ll

his deep eyes reflecting the

still on. I agree we can’t leave him at the Frostfang

him recover gradually. Then he can continue his studies, find his wolf, watch his first shift,

treat him like

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eased Adelaide’s long–held

on everything, she knew Lance’s intentions

that even without love, they could

way for Cedric to

same

disheartened if Cedric’s hostility persisted, especially

be better, but Lycan Erasmus’s command left

palace was out

would she struggle to care for Cedric, but even seeing him would be a

Lance said, “Don’t trouble yourself with anything else. Prioritize Cedric. And don’t fret over how the Blackthorn Pack will treat him. With me here, no one

touched. “Thank you, Alpha Lance,” she

bothers you, it bothers me too. Rest now. We have an

wakes up and can’t find

up, sitting cross–legged on the bed

had been visibly afraid of him these past few

they stepped down from the carriage, Cedric would hide behind