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Pull Alaric's arm over my shoulder and hobble him over to the bed for some rest. I sit down with him, trying to position his body, but he rolls over, laying his head on my thigh. It's such a small, intimate gesture and my breath catches. He's never laid on me like this.

Gently, I adjust his body until he's under the covers. I bring him some medicine and tell him to sit up

I'm measuring the medicine into a cup, and he surprises me by jeaning forward and kissing me. I nearly drop the cup. I'm so shocked.

"Shh.. lay back and rest," I say, trying to soothe him.

He's probably just delirious from the sickness. But I can't deny that my body clenched when he kissed me.

These physical reactions to him were so frustrating. My mind was made up, I didn't love him. Now I just needed my body to get over him, too, "Cara. I need you... Alaric whispers, stroking any hand.

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His eyes are barels

open, he looks desperate for sleep.

shh shhh. "I beckon him to surrender to sleep, rubbing his ha

all the emotional whiplash he's caused me

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even love me?" I whisper once he's closed

hear me, the question was just my own mental musing. I

he answers me, "No,

my answer, once

to him. He

he'll move on and find a new mistress. He'll go back to thinking of me as the poor. money-hungry low-born

isn't just about

have a child to think

Our child

of the baby, I have to leave Alaric, and

Chapter 15

my

the office as a leta. My reward for being

my mal Beta work but

were reviewing details of some pack business when I saw a list of names on top of a stack

I asked

raised an eyebrow before looking down at the papers. "Oh that." He sighed. "That was a failed attempt to replace you. Fortunately for

politely, I had been doing my best to

leave the pack after all and start a new life. If he found out, I'm certain he