Rejected, And Became A Heiress

Chapter 31

When the moment to leave arrives, I fear I won't have much time.

I look down at the slip of paper in my hand. It's an address for someone I haven't seen in a long time. Too long.

"Cara," I hear the old man's voice behind the door after I knock. The door swings open. smile that's greeted me since I was a young pup in a strange new pack. and I'm met with the same warm

It's exactly who I'm here to see. The former Alpha King's butler. Edward, now happily retired and living in a small cottage just outside of town.

A butler might be considered "the help" by some, but Edward was always kind to me. And Alaric's father loved him like a

brother.

"How are you doing, Edward? Are you well?" I ask the old man, gently hugging him.

"Fine, fine, don't worry about me," he says, brushing off my concerns with a wave of his hand. "What brings you to me today?"

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I look over my shoulder for anyone in listening distance before responding quietly, "I just need to check. My debt to the former Alpha King, it's been fully repaid, riglu?"

He exhales through his nose nisl looks at me with a playfully annoyed stare. "You know the former Alpha King told you, you didn't need to pay all that back. Your Grandmother was an important member of the pack."

father and Edward were the only ones who knew about the loan I'd requested to pay for Grandmother's medical bills. When Alaric's father

to pay

he's trying to decide something. Like he's trying to decide if it's worth his breath

out of young folks' business, because he said simply, "Yes, it's been paid back. Every cent." He looks at me meaningfully, "Now don't you

hour, When it's time to leave, I give him the warmest hug I can muster before heading out

probably never see

Alaric shouldn't be there, which relaxes me a little. I haven't seen him or Lilia in what feels like a very long time, and I'm hoping to continue

are locked in a heated kiss, and a

folders in my hand, making

have roused Lilia from her romantic embrace,

full view

to ruin a good moment, aren't you, Beta?" Her voice feels like ice as it hits my ears.

anymore, you've resorted to watching

Alaric's face was indifferent.

I could say the same to the other office staff, who were

drunken outburst. She called me a

the Alpha King... Can't trust anyone these days..." I had overheard someone whisper one day at the printing shop. So much for

about you is that it prepares you for an adulthood where everyone openly talks bad about you. I steeled myself from the whispers, from the

all the

is all the signal I need that my moment to escape is approaching. 15:28

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