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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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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, like he's relieved that I've changed

not finished

are no longer connected.

your

move towards me the slightest bit. His stare lingers on me,

a moment longer before finally raising from the

without uttering another word. I watch his

left my world without hesitation when

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

little Mia. Her eyes are tightly closed, still in the realm of

deep breath, and exhaled a

things that

John's POV

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

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

so personally involved, in the medical care of a child

rumors would be

no one's permission to do as he pleased,

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moms fentered amongst

mous

him well. It is quite cinious that the Apha King o be

possibly be drawn from the way the

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 as a

Alaric Grant had a

him inside of the hospital "Alpha King, sir, I have several updates for you this moming." I call to

"What was that?

bothering to turn to face

face. I hadn't expected him to

everything alright, sir?" I ask tentatively, not wanting to push him further when he's in this kind

at

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 not thinking straight now, that much

with you, please?"

office room.

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

door.

Beta?" He

growls at my comment, clearly in no mood