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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..."

what if she's a woman?! The work she created as Aylon is

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they slowly

and more people began to

sound of applause is so loud that I half-worry the building might

around us from the

toothough with a hint of guilt. Why didn't it

her?! I even saw

didn't the connection click in my

at her adoring public. She places her hands together

red hair done up in a tight bun behind her head,

most beautiful woman I've ever seen...

leaving soft kisses and marks along the column

never made

I was. What a fool

her yet,

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Cara's POV

what feels like forever, my time on stage in the

gratitude for the people's acceptance,

nerve-wracking experience

no idea what I must

"Don't worry,'

get

believe that. I couldn't see a

a crowd cheered so loudly I could feel it inside of

Eamon says, patting my arm lightly with

and the orchestra starts up, ready to fill the ballroom with music

the focus is off the stage, and off of us, Eamon leans

tonight," he tells me. "This

of the joint efforts of our packs," I

were a big part of," he

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

around the corner, out into the crowd. He's

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members of

that linger, however, and see me are all quick to congratulate me,

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