Chapter 341: About the baby...

Lyla

"Make your stand clear with Circe," Nanny interrupted, her voice filled with frustration. "Or she will continue to bully Lyla."

We both turned to see Nanny standing at the doorway. I arched my brow at her.

"I thought you were following me behind," she said with a pout, glaring at Ramsey. "You need to rest. Today has been a lot."

"Circe is not like Cassidy, I'm sure there must have been a reason…" Ramsey tried saying

"I'm sick of the games," Nanny said, cutting him short again.

Ramsey scoffed. "What games?"

She jabbed a finger at him. "You either make your stand clear with Circe, or she will keep up her petty childish act like she did at breakfast today. Every day, we wake up to a random woman staking a claim over you. Maybe it's a good thing you're not married to Lyla yet. You have too many unresolved relationships. What are you going to do about that?"

"Nanny!" I cried out in shock; she didn't need to go that far.

Ramsey stared at her for a few seconds before he sighed and looked away. "I do not have any unresolved relationships with anyone. I'm sorry for the way Circe acted, but she's not like Cassidy, believe me."

"It's good you're finally admitting that your mistresses had caused nothing but pain to my child, Lycan Leader." Nanny's tone was cold. "Get your acts right, I wouldn't want to kill someone to teach you how to treat your mate better. Tell Circe to stay away from my child."

Ramsey exhaled deeply and nodded. "I will take care of it."

"See that you do," Nanny replied, taking my arm. "Come, Lyla. Let's get some fresh air."

allowed her to lead me away, relieved to escape the tension of the dining room. Nanny insisted that walking outside would do me good, so hand in hand we strolled toward the back of the pack house, near the forests where pack members usually went for

had such quiet time with Nanny—with my mother. So much had happened, so many secrets revealed, yet

to climb trees?" I asked suddenly, pointing to a tall oak

crinkling. "You were fearless. Most children would cry after falling, but you just got right back up and

"I was stubborn."

an eyebrow. "You

the babies," I admitted quietly. "I don't even know when I

the moment of discovery isn't always how

when you realised you

me more than it terrified me. I told Mother Liora myself that I was pregnant. I didn't wait for the women at the temple to find out—they wouldn't have anyway. None of them know anything. They were

that. Growing up, I'd thought Mother Liora was Nanny's birth mother. She'd always talked about her with such love and longing in her

and decided to rest, settling on

how she felt when she carried me in her womb. It was hard

who didn't know was challenging. But as you formed

mountains. "Being a mother comes without a manual. One moment, I wanted to become High Priestess so badly, to shut Jemima's mouth, and the next, I

me think she was my mother. I grew

a baby, she had to pass you up as hers. I nursed you, but you were her baby. She's a perfect

always know? Did you know that I was going to be a Moonsinger?" I

"Not until your wolf manifested and killed Vanessa's baby. It was a mistake, and I tried to shield you from the prophecy. From my past,

would change if you grew up without being

"But it didn't."

destinies can't be avoided, only

strange reunion?" a voice

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