Chapter 11

Everly POV 

We helped Macey settle inand Valen was pissed off with Tatum and even rang him. Though he assured me that it wasnthat she couldnhave kidsthat it was becausshe didntell him from the start and to give him spacetried to tell Macey thisbut she wouldnlisten and said she was done and that it was for the best

Macey had gone to get Taylor from Zoethe following morningand she would be staying on the floor belowknew everything would work out in the endMacey was stubbom, and once you hurt hershwalkedShe always said she didnhave time for drama, and she was right. None of us didyet we always found ourselvestuck in it

will go grab Valarian from your father,” tell Valen as scoop up my handbag from off the floor by the hallstand. I rummaged for my keys before spotting the ring boxWith everything going onforgot to give it to himgrabbed itand hiarms wrapped around me from behindand he kissed my shoulder

went to open itbut now knew why Dion was so insistent on this ringBecause it actually matched and had similar marked patterns etched around the outside. Valen’s hand clamps over my mineclosing the box before can open it

Put it in the safeSave it for when marry you,” he purrs

You donwant to see?” ask himand he confirms my thoughts

Nopetrust Dion helped you pick it outso know it will match,” he chucklessighedclosing it thoughwanted to show him the engraving it had insideguess it coulwait

Go get Valarian,” he saysturning me around to face himhand hithe box, and he pockets itThen you can put this away then,” tell himand he nods

Three weeks later

Weeks passedand Nixon was really pushing my father to go to the media to back him upbut after his claimsthe city was dividedValenpack scientists had been trying to replicate the vaccine and had so far been unsuccessful

Despite Nixon saying he was doing it to help the city BLN0JFKS the forsaken. He refused access to this socalled facilityeven when Valen mentioned it at the Alpha conference meeting Nixon claimed he didnwant the pack becoming involved and the vaccine slipping into the wrong hands.

In other wordshe didnwant the vaccine replicatedknowing he had nothing to use over my father. And with the debt hanging over my headhe used it to get his way in the councilNixon 

also still fought me with the Rogue laws being changedBallets went outand the city was given voiceyet most were too scared to go against Nixon

We were still fighting for the changebut now he claimed that my father handed the pack over after threats from ValenAnd until the debt was paidNixon still had partial ownership thereforemy vote didncountAnd if marry Valen before it is paidthen we are one pack and his wouldnmatter eitherLeaving the Slasher pack in precarious position if he goes against Nixonseeing as they have business dealings together

Nixon had the cites people wrapped around hidemented fingerHe also claimed that letting the restrictions against the Rogues become expunged would endanger the citysince they weronly one step from becoming forsakenHis logic made no senseyet the media ate it upAnd when the votes went outour packs weren’t allowed to vote on it.

The Slasher Pack Alpha had confided in Valen that he was also worried about Nixonand how the constant media attention was dividing the cityHe believed toothat Nixon was doing something that would sway thcity to get rid of the Rogues completelyWe just had to figure out what

And just to add extra protection to himself, he had reporters with him constantly, so no one could get to himand his every move was watchedHe looked likthe cityhero and caused hysteria within the packsincluding ourswho had been questioning everything

The Rogues were being painted as villains. Nixon claimed that the missing rogues were choosing to turn forsakenAnd that it would only be matter of time before the rest follow to take down the citySo we were at a standstill

had just dropped Valarian to school and was headeto the Hotel when was pulled over by one of NixonofficersThe police sirens went off behind meand I pulled overThis was becoming daily thingAnd before the officer even reached my carwound down my window and held my license and registration. 

 claimed that yesterday. Taillight? Na, it can’t be that. That was the day before. You’re gonna have to be crafty this time.” I

is that?” he asks, peering in the window. He looks in the back

you’re running out of bullshit to fine me

headrest. Rubbing my hands over my huge swollen belly, I was only 9

more tickets and passing them to me. I stuff them in the glove box with the rest. Officer Cleo follows me

to open it again. Yet, the bigger I got, the harder it got to move around, and I was constantly hungry

 in, I spoke with the project manager while waiting for my mother. She rang yesterday asking if she could go baby shopping with me. It was such a bizarre situation for me to see her so supportive of this pregnancy, and I had to keep reminding myself things were different this time around. Yet the same fears remained. Even with Valen‘s reassurance, I was constantly waiting to be turfed out and cast away like last time.

anxiety levels were constantly through the roof. Sleep had become troublesome not only for me but for Valen. Yet as

mine. We were going in her car.

 placing my handbag between my feet before placing my belt on

 tells me, and I open it to find matching yellow crochet booties and beanies. I smiled and thanked her, looking at how small they were. It was hard to imagine Valarian that little again, so they

 baby bunting first if you like,” she said,

 spend time with Valarian. Valarian, at first, was wary of them. Although he had asked me if he could go to training with my father. It was a little odd and took some convincing for Valen to allow it, but we merged pack training, so both packs now trained at the arena every

Valarian along. Valen thinks he is too little to train, but I was training from the moment I could walk, and I knew my father wouldn’t allow him

and I could tell it meant a lot to mum that everyone was getting

with you last time,” she murmured, staring up

 swallowed but

 that, or so I thought. My anxiety said otherwise. For the most part, I had come to terms with everything and didn’t see the point of dwelling in the past that I

 on that,” I tell her,

 have made you keep him and used him against you and your father. We knew that was no place for a child to be raised amid war. We messed up. We

you.” 

 destroyed me? You didn‘t,” I tell her.

 part of your life, I almost didn‘t believe him after everything we had done. We didn‘t deserve a

 a second chance.” she looks

 to harbor the sort of energy that would take. You think you destroyed me, you

 nod. Valarie was a massive part of it. Her influence in my life was greater than any passage of time I had endured, but that wasn‘t all. Mum knew Valarie had taken her place in my life, and I wasn‘t afraid of hurting her

 the person I was born to be, and that wasn’t in the shadows of another. With that comes acceptance, mother. I am not some little girl anymore; I am not frightened of the world because I saw it at its worst, lived and endured it, and it didn‘t break

 Don‘t know if I would feel the

 to that. Then it fell apart. I went from future Alpha to rogue, but there was one title that meant more than that, and it was the title of being Valarian‘s mother.” I tell her and she smiles

 I was yours, I always regretted not fighting harder for you, I should have as your mother, we wouldn’t

to me over the

 myself higher, and doing that made me see everything clearer than when I was the Alpha‘s daughter. Now I am a mother, friend, Luna, an Alpha, and I am me. So you don‘t get to claim that you solely destroyed

the foundation of a better future,” I tell

is definitely in my near

 things but not knowing the genders, only left options that were neutral However, going to the next store, I noticed my mother was becoming fatigued and irritable, not at me but at herself as she tried to keep up. I was looking at cot sheets and

whipped up, canines protruding, and bloodshot eyes stared back at me as

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