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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-"

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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

I'm not

and I are no longer connected. Mia and

your

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

for a moment longer before

another word. I watch his tall silhouette, that once I loved silhouette disappear from the

he left my world

but maybe it's just not meant to we will

tightly closed, still in the realm of sleeping. Her

breath, and exhaled a breath

are indeed some things that

John's POV

specific instructions that he was not to be disturbed with calls or texts this

told me 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, the Alpha King demanded that he attend to the request himself. Who was I to

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

rumors would be spreading

King, Alaric needed no one's permission to

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how many moms

mous

knows him well. It is quite cinious that the

other conclusion could possibly be drawn from the way the

abways full of tasks: status reports for any newly shifted

King Alaric Grant had a very busy day ahead of

I have several updates for you this moming." I call to him, jogging to catch up

"What was that?

me angrily, not bothering to turn

my face. I hadn't expected him to

alright, sir?" I ask tentatively, not wanting to push him

at me in

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 not thinking straight now, that

a word with you, please?" I ask, opening the

office room.

stare before brushing past

door.

it, Beta?" He

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