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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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received thanks to you, I am truly grateful for your help in saving my daughter." Alaric's shoulders drop a fraction of an inch, like he's relieved that I've changed the

not finished

You and I are no longer connected. Mia

your

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

moment longer before finally raising

the hospital room without uttering another word. I watch his tall

in the past, he left my world without hesitation

maybe it's just not meant to

still in the realm of sleeping. Her mouth was borned so much like

and exhaled a breath

that should be let

John's POV

check in with my Alpha King. Alaric had left specific instructions that he was not to

girl, Cara's daughter, Mia. After I received the call from Dr. Marlow

personally invested, so personally involved, in the medical care of a child from a neighboring pack. Even the

would

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

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moms fentered amongst the

mous

who knows him well. It is quite cinious that the

other conclusion could possibly be drawn from the

pack needs him to take his mind off of Cara and Mia today of all days. The morning 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

King Alaric Grant had a very busy

inside of the hospital "Alpha King, sir, I have several updates for you this moming." I call to him, jogging to catch up with the quick strides of

"What was that?

bothering to turn to

expression crosses my face. I hadn't expected

not wanting to push him further when he's

merely grunts at me in

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

with you, please?" I ask, opening the door to

office room.

stare before brushing past me firmly,

door.

is it, Beta?"

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