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Chapter 144

Alaric's POV

Shock strikes through me like a lightning bolt, leaving me tooted to the spot.

For a long moment, my mind is fully blank, as I take in the sight and the words of the host.

Cara... is Aylon Auburn?

She is the BloodyMoon beta?!

It doesn't seem real. Maybe I am dreaming again. Subtly, I pinch myself.

No, this is real!

Then, in a rush, my brain clicks back on and a million thoughts flood in at once. With great regret and embarrassment, I realize that this should have been obvious.

Of course Cara wouldn't just sit around doing nothing. She is so exceptional, with such a strong work ethic and incredible skills, the BloodyMoon pack would have been incredibly foolish to let her skills go to waste.

And Cara herself would never stand for it.

She would want to feel useful. She would want to help.

How many times in the past did she step up to assist me, even beyond the regular duties of a beta?

Just as many times, I didn't properly acknowledge the depths of her efforts. Then; like now, I was quick to assume the worst in her. Whether she tried so hard strictly for the money or not didn't matter. Still, she did the work and did it well.

I should have given her more praise.

Looking out over the crowd, I can see many faces among my familiar pack mates who are as stunned as me. Likely everyone remembers Cara, but did not expect to see her take on the beta role again.

The accident, the miscarriage, the falling out...

All of it was public, reported on by the news media.

That was almost one of the biggest scandals in DarkWood. Many people don't have a good impression of Cara- just think about what happened before; some even went out of their way to slander Cara as a bad woman!

The entire DarkWood pack knew that Cara left us, the lost sister of the BloodyMoon Alpha. It became something like a Cinderella story among my pack, albeit with much more tragedy attached.

In the crowd, the wolves I don't recognize, the ones from Bloody Moon - they look at their princess and beta respect and pride.

The entire venue fell silent for a long while.

"...It's Cara! I should have known it was her! Besides her, who else could take on this responsibility?"

"But she's a woman..."

a woman?! The work she

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they slowly

people began to

sound of applause is so loud that I half-worry

us from the sheer

hint of guilt. Why didn't it occur to me

even saw her signature

connection click in my

public. She places her hands together and

her red hair done up

woman I've ever seen... and the most

I've placed my mouth there, leaving soft kisses

never

What a fool I

close to her yet, still

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Cara's POV

on stage in the

for the people's acceptance,

experience I just lived

at my expression. I have no idea

"Don't worry,'

get

if I believe that. I couldn't see a future where I'd ever become accustomed to

loudly I could feel it inside of my

says, patting my arm lightly with his

is served, the champagne is popped, and the orchestra starts up, ready to fill the ballroom

off of us, Eamon leans in and

yourself tonight," he tells me. "This

efforts of our packs," I

you were a big part of," he

trying to convince yourself not to have a good time, and

that Eamon releases me and himself disappears around the corner, out into the crowd.

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