Rejected, And Became A Heiress
Chapter 8
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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
step closer. Eamon was a formidable Alpha and would be an excellent
I needed to focus on the future.
signed documents in front of me and bring in new files
hot brown coffee. The liquid soaks through, and soon enough the pages underneath are ruined, too. There's
guess good help really
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and George averts his eyes
up and bring me replacements to sign. And don't EVER let this happen again," I
If it were Cara...
never would have
night, I return to the Alpha family mansion to find Lilia asleep
hair flows prettily over the soft
in her life, Grey
I'm sure it's hard to handle,
credit as you give Cara." My wolf
him off. Someday, Grey and I will probably look back at this rough period in our lives and laugh. Right
yawn, "I've been waiting for you." Her lips break into a smile. I've
from the corner, and I look
I dine in the 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 same way as I normally ask of the cook. Exactly the
to make my favorite dinner for me. If she needed a little help from the chef, then so what? How could Lilia be
to be a perfect chef, I already have one of those. It's her heart that matters. And I found out a long
you still
me when we were kids all those
that time frequently. Dreams of being a small, defenseless child. Trapped in an
confusion. The loneliness.
don't think I
"When yo
you.
when you
info the river!
so terrible!
eyebrows together in confusion. "There was no
all fell
wailing.
traumatic for me, L. I must've blocked it all out. Oh, Alaric, you
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