Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 0169

"You seem to have selective amnesia. You clearly told me that you wouldn't allow your child to be born by a whore. That whore being me. So what has changed since then, hmm? Is it finding out we are mates? Is it finding out that I wasn't in the wrong?" He remains quiet. His eyes briefly scanned my face before they were back on the road. I lay my good hand on my lap, waiting to see what bullshit answer he'd come up with. When he still doesn't say anything, I continue.

"Tell me, if the truth hadn't come out and you still thought I was a whore, would you have wanted her? If we were not mates, would you still be interested in being in her life?"

His jaw clenches and so do his hands on the wheel. I didn't want to let him go easily, though. His words from that day still haunt. Still ring in my fucking head more times than I care to admit.

"I made a mistake, Sadie," he whispers, his voice hoarse.

"You don't get it. A mistake is buying the wrong cereals or cooking beef when everyone had asked for chicken-that kind of thing. Wanting to kill your child and her mother isn't a mistake. It's a conscious decision."

minute late, I wouldn't be here, and neither would Aspen. Most of my bitterness towards Alec stems from that day. I don't care about the torture as much as I care about him almost ending Aspen's life. "You had cost me who I believed was my mate.

why would

just banished you. Life as a banished wolf is hard enough, but life as a banished wolf who has no training whatsoever, money, or anything for that matter is terrible. I thought you wanted back into the pack, so what better

"After all the fucking hell you put me through in

slows down and lets out a breath. "Now that you put it that way, I admit that I should have thought it through. I was just so angry and bitter. I was too consumed by

to sense Aspen, but that doesn't absolve him of his crimes. The fact that he still wanted to kill me even after I told him I was pregnant-that's what I am having a hard time letting go

that she's lying. How do you expect me to let you into her life when you had your hand in

thick voice after I

mistakes have finally dawned on

a little bit too late for an