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Chapter 0118

Cara's POV

Alaric's features instantly harden at my question.

"Do you... love me?" I asked him. For every moment that passes without a response, it's as if the question continues to echo around us, endlessly repeating,

His mouth forms a hard line, and he looks down at the ground, folding his hands with his elbows resting on his knees.

I wait.

And wait.

...And wait.

And finally, he speaks.

"No."

The word hits me like a bullet. Like all the air immediately vanishes from my lungs in a great gasp, stealing all of my oxygen.

It feels as though the ground has been pulled, no, ripped, from beneath me. Like suddenly there's a great hollowness that exists inside of my chest. And to think, I had told myself that I was over him.

I realize with the freshness of an open wound that I am disappointed.

Completely and utterly disappointed.

I realize something has left my heart. The expectations, fantasies, and past that I once had

.they have departed from me.

That's his final answer.

To my surprise, I became very calm.

I realize I haven't responded to him. I haven't spoken a word. I clear my throat, testing the sound of my own voice. I hear myself reply to him calmly.

"Alright, I should have known this clearly since six years ago."

Even though there almost no emotion in my tone, the statement itself sounded like a self-deprecating joke.

Alaric opens his mouth, a flicker of anxiety crossing his eyes.

"...Cara, I-"

Chapter 0118

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all of the medicines, any specialty care that Mia has received thanks to you, I am truly grateful for your help in saving my daughter." Alaric's shoulders drop a fraction of an inch,

I'm not

Now. You and I are no longer connected. Mia and I no

your

vision, I see Alaric move towards me the slightest bit. His stare lingers on me, and I don't

stares at me for a moment longer before finally

without uttering another word. I watch his tall

past, he left my world without hesitation

maybe it's just not meant

are tightly closed, still in the realm of sleeping. Her mouth was borned

deep breath, and exhaled a breath of

that should

John's POV

to the pack hospital to check in with my Alpha King. Alaric had left specific instructions that he was not to be disturbed with calls or texts this morning, even from me, his Beta unless it was

that he was urgently needed to attend to that little girl, Cara's daughter, Mia. After I received the call from Dr. Marlow requesting the special medicine,

King to be so personally invested, so personally

would be spreading

King, Alaric needed no one's

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how many moms fentered amongst

mous

well. It is quite cinious that the Apha King o

drawn from the way the Alpha

after the full moon was abways full of tasks: status reports for any newly shifted wolves, assessments of any damage incurred, as well as assessments of any newly mated pairs that occurred as a result of the animal instincts taking over, just to

a very busy day

hospital "Alpha King, sir, I have several updates for you this moming." I call

"What was that?

asks me angrily, not bothering to turn

crosses my face. I hadn't expected him to lash out like

I ask tentatively, not wanting to push him further when he's in this

merely grunts at me

behind him quietly for a moment, unsure of where he's headed. After we circle the same corridor twice, it dawns on me that Alaric doesn't know where he's going either. He's

can I have a word with you, please?"

office room.

a hard stare before brushing

door.

Beta?" He asks

at my comment, clearly in no mood