Rejected, And Became A Heiress

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Chapter 8

Alaric's POV

A few days later.

"I have news about Cara Wilson, sir."

My Gamma, George knocks on my office door. I gesture for him to enter and close the door behind him.

"Well? Have you heard who fathered her child?" I return to signing the documents in front of me while he speaks.

"Not exactly. I have it on good authority that Eamon Auburn is also investigating her, though."

The pen in my hand snaps in half. I'm irked by this news, and my muscles tense tightly, too tightly, before I can control myself.

"That's not all." George clears his throat. "She's not pregnant, sir. Her friend is an obstetrician at the hospital. Cara was there for a social visit.

I let out an Exhale through my nose.

"Relieved? Or disappointed she wasn't carrying your young?" Grey mocks inside head.

my

"You know damn well it would spell nothing but doom and misfortune for her and the baby if that were the case. No, this is pure relief," I chastise my wolf silently.

"And yet I can taste your regret for her to be leaving the pack," Grey shot back.

"Good Belas are hard to find," I reply. "Which I'm sure Eamon Auburn knows, too."

"You're just going to let him snatch Cara up, then Grey's voice was low, approaching a growl.

I ignored him, not wanting to get into this while I still have work to do. I thumb through the documents on my desk: contracts, financials, meeting minutes. Pack DarkWood's influence and strength had done nothing but grow in the three years since I'd taken over as Alpha King.

could do

positioned to be the strongest in the world soon. By securing the alliance with Bloody Moon through my marriage to Lilia, we were one step closer. Eamon was a formidable Alpha and would be an excellent ally, especially

to focus on the future. On Lilia.

take the signed documents in front of me and bring in new files He reaches clumsily across the desk

the pool of hot brown coffee. The liquid soaks through, and soon enough the pages underneath are ruined, too. There's even a small brown

help really is hard

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Chapter 8

at my Gamma, and George averts his

bring me replacements to sign. And don't EVER

If it were Cara...

have

return to the Alpha family mansion to find Lilia asleep on

hair flows prettily over the soft colors

in her life,

sure it's hard to handle, changing packs so quickly.

give her as much credit as you give Cara." My

him off. Someday, Grey and I will probably look back at this rough period in our lives and laugh. Right now though, he's

as I step into the room. She speaks through a yawn, "I've been waiting for you." Her lips break into a

of a cough from the corner, and I look over to see the maidservant patting her own

formal dining room, candles lit at the center of the table. Lilia has made my favorite meal, steak and potatoes. The steak is cooked perfectly, prepared exactly the

a little help from the chef, then so what? How could Lilia be expected to

such a good Luna for the pack. I don't need her to be a perfect chef, I

you still

when we were kids all those years ago," I said to her softly. "Do

time frequently. Dreams of being a small, defenseless child. Trapped in an unfamiliar and dark place, unable to find a way out, no matter how hard

The loneliness. The

I could

I do," she said

"When yo

you.

when you

the river!

so terrible!

eyebrows together in confusion. "There was no river.

we all fell

into tears, wailing.

I must've blocked it all out. Oh, Alaric,