Chapter 37

"There's been an accident, sir! I need to discuss with you, maybe in private-"

I interrupt the butler with a single word, "Who?" My body is deadly still.

My butler glances at Lilia quickly before leaning into me closely "Cara Wilson."

All breath escapes from my lungs.

...CARA?!

An accident.

Is she hurt?

Is she alive?!

Grey paces in my mind, howling and growling.

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"How serious?" I ask my butler.

"I'm not sure, sir, but I hear it's not looking up." He glances back towards the crowd, clearly uncomfortable with being the center of attention at a moment like this.

"Get a doctor on the phone. NOW!" I order roughly.

"Alaric!" Lilia's voice sounds like something halfway between a plea and a demand.

I run a hand through my hair and turn to face the crowd. Hundreds of wolves have gathered here today to witness this wedding.

But they won't get to.

"Wedding's cancelled!" I yell into the crowd simply.

"WHAT?!"

"What did he say?"

"Cancelled?!"

"This has never happened before!"

The outrage from the crowd is palpable. People are leaving their seats en masse; some heading towards the exit, some towards the altar. The pack elders are rushing towards me, no doubt trying to change my decision. 15:30 Wed, Jan 1 G Gu

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All the color has drained from Lilia's face, and, for just a moment, it looks like she's seen a ghost.

Then a flash of realization crosses her face, and a strange smile its her lips. "Cara's been in an accident." She whispers to herself. She sounds... She sounds happy "What have you done?!" I yell to her.

Grey is swearing and cursing her in my mind. His words are obscene enough to make a sailor blush. His snarl rips through my body, like he wants to take over.

I mentally tell my wolf to get a hold of himself. Shifting now would take everything from bad to worse. No, we need to talk to the doctor.

need to hear

can deal with

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by pack members, all speaking at once. They're pleading with me

sir, you

is ready, there's no need to postpone now!

can be dealt with

breath; I'm not having this damned wedding today

this day felt wrong from

have listened to me!" Grey screams

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of nobles, elbowing his way in.

sir!

from him and silence the nobles with a single warning glare. I need to hear

Cara Wilson's condition." I bark into the phone. Politeness

sir. This is the chief of surgery here at the hospital. Firstly, I want to give you my deepest and sincerest congratulations on

shit who he is or what he wants

If she's alive.

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of course!" He

in a vehicle accident and sustained multiple serious

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in the midst of

...What?!

...A miscarriage?!" I ask.

Cara is... was... pregnant?

memories of all those fainting spells, all those trips to the

going, "Yes, and it's rather unfortunate, too. It appears she was pregnant with

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Alaric's POV

...Cara was pregnant?!

With twins?!

expressionless now, but I will never forget that little smile. The look of satisfaction on her face when she heard it was Cara who had been wounded in the accident. "LILIA!" Grey growls in my

the two first met. Lilia saw Cara as a rival, as

did Lilia tell me to say how much I preferred her over Cara? Begging

you've had, right?" Lilia had asked me with her big doe eyes one night after we'd

said Cara's name, but we both knew who

that she was of course the best

Which was a lie.

of triumphant relief on her face was enough to show me I'd answered the question

that would be the end of it, but Lilia asked me to compare her to Cara constantly. Big things, little

was just being

how

win. She wanted

would have to

two. Cara's

and step closer to Lilia. She hunches her shoulders, making herself smaller. Making herself look like

will save her from

wrath.

"Alaric, no!"

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