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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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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

not finished

You and I are no longer connected. Mia

your

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

for a moment

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

my world without hesitation when

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

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

I took a deep breath, and exhaled a breath of turbid

some things that should be

John's POV

Alaric had left specific instructions that he was not

had 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

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

rumors would be spreading

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

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how many moms fentered amongst

mous

someone who knows him well. It is quite cinious that the Apha King o be harboring immersely

conclusion could possibly be drawn from the way the Alpha King is

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

Alpha King Alaric Grant had a very busy day

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

"What was that?

not bothering to turn

I hadn't expected him to

not wanting to push him further

merely grunts at me

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

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

office room.

brushing

door.

is it, Beta?" He asks

due respect..." Alaric growls at my comment, clearly in no mood to hear what I'm