Chapter 30

It's never enough, I think. While I don't enjoy listening to a roomful of people bashing my Beta, I can't deny that I haven't been harboring these same exact thoughts about Cara.

On any other day, I might have stopped this gossiping. I might have told the nobles to hush and mind their own business. I might have even punished them for their words.

After all, speaking like this was exactly why I exiled George. But this isn't just one insubordinate Gamma talking. This is the entirety of the pack nobles and elders gathered together in a public setting. All agreeing that Cara is a low-born gold digger.

A good Alpha King should put an end to this talk.

But I don't

My mind is racing between all the turmoil of the last several weeks.

Lilia, and Cara, and George, and Grey, and all the other million roblems that I have to deal with in a single day as Alpha King of a large pack. Chapter 18

I breathe deeply, trying to clear my head and focus.

But as my mind stills, all I can hear is Cara's voice that time in t father's office, pleading, begging for more money.

...She never loved ine.

This affair, it's an incorrect one. It should end.

"They used to be Fate Mates, did you know that?" Lilia says to the crowd of nobles. She says 'Fate Mates with a babyish, mocking voice.

The group is noticeably shocked.

"He rejected her, OBVIOUSLY," she says with a laugh, but then turns to eye me closely. "But I think there's still something- there. A residougal... a resumable.." She trails off, trying to find the right word, her mind fuzzy with drink. "Residual?" A noble offers.

"RESIDUAL! That's what I said!" Lilia yells. "A residual mate bond, is that possible?" She looks to the elders, a new sparkle in her eye.

traces of a very strong mate bond to remain intact after rejection... but the mark of a new

have to mark me as

see the expectant support

head has been spinning with thoughts of Cara, and I know that's distracted me from my work, from

fiancée.

a very strong and influential ally Alpha King. Severing the bond with Cara once and for all would certainly

would help the

have to do. For the

I have

silence. I look back at

I hear myself

Cara

by the apartment frequently to see me.

I didn't want to let him close to me. But when I finally did my pregnancy symptome

nausea, no more dizziness or headaches. When he was close to me, I felt better. Perhaps because we

looked more relaxed, more comfortable. We were so nice to each other again, one could even call

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Chapter 18

you after work, tomorrow," he said yesterday, planting a soft kiss

remember? 1idn't want him to shirk his

Lean refuse any invitation I want. And it my bountiful Beta's birthday." He winked

at the door, at the clock, at my phone, I'm one on my birthday, waiting for a

has been rocky at best, but he promised And Alaric always keeps his promises. It's one of the reasons I fell in love

the TV, desperate

news tonight just in: The Alpha King of Pack DarkWood as publicly marked his bride Lilia

Lucy's howl ringing in my head blocks out the rest of the

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It's gone." Lucy's voice is in

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