Chapter 38

sking up. “I just wanted to say hi.“

Aunt Linda,” Alex replied without looking up.

Nora’s chest tightened, but she said nothing. She didn’t stop him.

The car ride continued in silence, save for the fam tapping of Mex’s hugers on his phone,

Nora kept her eyes on the road, though her mind was elsewhere.

She told herself it didn’t matter, that Linda’s presence in Alex’s life didn’t diminish her role as his mother.

But the lingering ache told a different story.

The message from Linda arrived just as Alex was putting his books into his backpack

He glanced at his phone, his heart pounding in worry.

**Just a minor illness, AlexTM Linda’s text read. “No need to worry. Rest up, focus on school, and I’ll be fine.“”

Alex frowned, chewing his bottom lip.

He knew Linda hated being fussed over, but her vague assurances didn’t sit well with him.

His fingers flew over his phone screEIL

**Til come by right after school, Aunt Linda. Don’t try to talk me out of it.”

before she

recalled asking his mom, Nora, to make dinner tonight.

made him

I told her Id

that mean she’s okay

appeased. Alex’s mood lifted.

hurried to school, his

the window, watching Alex’s retreating figure with

he turned the corner and disappeared, she let out a soft sigh and turned to the calendar hanging on the kitchen

was circled

she muttered to herself, her voice tinged with relief and apprehension

Nora collected her things and headed

of activity buzzed around her,

The as if

id anticipation

at her deck with a pouty expression, her clan

with the long face, Megan? Nora asked, setting her

“I was really looking forward to seeing him today. You know, his presence

Chapter 38

urge to roll

with Alpha Arnold was well known, and while most of their

reason, Nora said

why Arnold hadn’t shown up.

around, Nora felt a dull

before heading to the pantry for coffee.

coffee filled the air, soothing her frayed

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