The Luna and her Quadruplet Pups by Jane Above Story

Chapte 35 Jane Pulls a Vanishing A

Jane

Spinning to face Paisley, I find her sitting up in bed, her green eyes wide but still glazed with the remnants of sleep. This is the first time since the surgery that she’s seemed truly lucid, and I have to fight every protective instinct in my body to immediately begin interrogating her about who visited her before she went under.

“Hello my love.” | greet her, crossing the room to sit at the edge of her bed. “How are you feeling?”

“Funny.” Paisley answers with a yawn. “Why were you swearing, Mommy?”

Brushing her hair back from her face, I offer her a lopsided smile. “I was just feeling a little out of sorts.” I confess, “But I shouldn’t have said those things.”

Paisley leans forward, raising her hand to her mouth and secretively whispering “I’s heard Daddy say some of dose words too sometimes.” She grins sheepishly, “but he says dey’ re bad words and only bad Daddies say dem in front of pups.”

“And what do you think?” I ask her, overjoyed that she’s up and talking,

She thinks for a moment before deciding, “I tink he’s a good Daddy.”

“I think so too.” I share, unable to stop myself from kissing her little hands. “And I’m so glad you’re alright Paisley, you really scared me for a while there.”

“How’d I do that?” She asks, looking worried.

“It’s not anything you did, little one.” I assure her, “I just get nervous about surgeries. You’re such a brave girl.”

“I’s my last one, you know?” Paisley tells me with excitement. “I never have to have ‘nother.”

“I know.” I beam, “and you know, that means my game of hide and seek with Daddy can end soon too.”

“Really?” She exclaims, “you mean you can be my Mommy?”

her gently, holding a finger to my lips. “It’s not over yet, so we have to keep it

Paisley agrees, looking unusually somber for

subject before she can think about it too hard. I’ve long past given up on keeping her completely in the dark, but I can’t tell her too much either. She still has weeks of physical therapy to

brain. I know the moment she’s decided on an answer, because

can get you ice

bouncing up

I grin, “let’s you and I take a

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Ethan

my tense muscles, but all my stress remains. I’m still

caused more problems for me than the she-wolf dwelling under my own roof. Jane’s words from earlier ring

to me before, after all, Paisley isn’t my heir. She’ll never be Alpha, so the only reason someone could want her out of the way, is if Paisley was somehow keeping us apart. Eve obviously wants to marry me, and

I watch my mother’s reflection in

simply, “I came

not.” I admit bleakly, “things are pretty

sorry, sweetheart.” She consoles, raising her voice so I can hear her as I retreat into my closet to get changed. “You know it might be easier to carry the weight of your responsibilities if

I marry Eve

to us for years now. She’s lived here, helped raise Paisley and she adores you. She would give

concerns. If she’s willing to give anything, she might be willing to do anything too, including kill. “I don’t love her.” |

Mom cries, “she saved my life, Ethan. She only wants

suspect… well, let’s just say it would crush her. Mom isn’t as young as she used to be, and she barely survived losing my father. Her only joys left in life are me, Paisley, and

Mom. “We know I’m not her mate. It would be better for everyone if she tried to find him instead of pining after someone who can never love

argues, a bitter note entering her voice. “You

leaving her afterwards. In fact, it’s so rare for

“You know,

her fingernails as if they re absolutely

I ask, wondering if Eve has figured out the