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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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thanks to you, I am truly grateful for your help in saving my daughter." Alaric's shoulders drop a fraction of an inch,

not

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

your

stare lingers on me, and I don't know if him will say something back. But he says

a moment longer before finally raising from

the hospital room without uttering another word. I watch his tall silhouette, that once I loved

in the past, he left my world without hesitation when he chose

are fated mates, but maybe it's just not meant to we will

poor little Mia. Her eyes are tightly closed, still in the realm of sleeping. Her mouth was borned so much like

a deep breath, and exhaled a breath of

are indeed some things that should be let

John's POV

he was not to be disturbed with

daughter, Mia. After I received the call from Dr.

an Alpha King to be so personally invested, so personally involved, in the medical care of a child from a neighboring

rumors would be spreading

Alaric needed no one's permission to do as he pleased,

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moms

mous

him well. It is quite cinious that the

from the way the

all days. The morning after the full moon was abways full of tasks: status reports for any newly shifted wolves, assessments of any damage

Grant had a very busy day ahead

have several updates for you this moming." I

"What was that?

bothering

crosses my face. I hadn't expected him to

not wanting to push him further

grunts at me

the same corridor twice, it dawns on me that Alaric doesn't know

a word with you, please?"

office room.

shoots me a hard stare before brushing past me firmly, marching

door.

is it, Beta?"

my comment, clearly in no mood to hear what I'm