#Chapter 81 – Eric Meddles

3rd Person

“We need to find ev-dence to help

mommy.” Riley mused, looking around at her brothers and sister. Though the pups

had been distracted by the news that Jane was planning on taking them back to the Dark Moon pack, as well as devastated by their failure to change her mind, her arrest had certainly reminded them of how dire her

situation truly was.

“Maybe if she’s safe, she won’t be so ‘fraid

to stay here.” Parker added, sensing the direction of his sister’s thoughts.

“Xactly.” Riley agreed, “I don’ think she was telling the truth when she said we’re going just because her bizness is there. I think she’s scared.”

“That p’lice man was really mean.” Paisley added with a little shiver, “he scared me

too.”

“Your Mommy isn’t afraid of the police.” Eric’s deep voice sounded behind them, and

all three kids turned around to look at him.

He was babysitting again. Jane and Ethan hadn’t felt comfortable sending them to pre-

school with all the press lurking around every corner, so Eric offered to watch them while they were both at work. 1

“What d’you mean?” Ryder questioned, sure his uncle was wrong. Jane had definitely seemed frightened by the investigator who accused her of murdering Petra, they’d even

heard her telling Ethan she might go to jail.

“She’s not afraid of the police.” Eric repeated. “She’s afraid of your Daddy.” 1

“No she’s not!” Paisley promptly objected.

“She is.” Eric stated firmly. “That’s why she left him in the first place, and why she’s so determined to leave again.”

“We don’t b’lieve you.” Riley replied with a

stubborn glare.

“Well you should, because your Daddy is a monster.” Eric insisted. He knew Jane wouldn’t approve of him telling them this, but he believed every word he was saying with deep conviction, and he truly believed the pups should know Ethan wasn’t worthy of their admiration. After all, if Ethan was willing to enslave his own mate, why not his pups? They needed to be protected from him, and if his words helped convince them to come back to the Dark Moon pack without complaint? Well, that would just be icing on

the cake.

“No he isn’t!” Paisley cried in protest.

You’re a liar!”

“C

“You wanna bet?” Eric asked, arching one

dark brow. “When they were married, he

betrayed your Mommy with Eve. Do you

know what an affair is? What it means to

cheat?”

in a game or on a test?”

inquired curiously.

corrected gently. “When two people are married, they promise they’ll only…” He paused to search for a toddler-appropriate term, “kiss each other for the rest of their lives.

one of them

and an

person for a long

Ryder questioned,

confirmed, “Both

since she came

never seen Daddy

at

to trust so much.

he has.” Eric told her curtly,

exchanged confused glances,”

they do that?” Parker

baby-making still very much a mystery to he and

the error

but the

of him?”

Eric, but

his accusations.

only half the story.”

the pup’s rapt attention. “Back when they were married, Eve framed your Mommy for a crime, just like she’s trying to do now

believed Eve. He took her side.”

that?” Ryder objected, ” Eve’s

very convincing.” Eric informed them. “And sometimes

they can’t see people for who they really

happened?” Ryder pressed.

did he do?” Riley added.

in his rooms. and never let her leave.” Eric announced, adopting the tone one might to tell a scary

a time out?” Parker suggested.

time out that never ends.”

“He made her his prisoner. He didn’t

freedom even though she didn’t do

Paisley repeated, Daddy would

(

marriage?” Eric asked, “Did he ever tell you

he made a mistake.”

to Eric. “A mistake that

made her leave.”

his

Mommy. He made her his slave. That’s why

she

nodding to Riley, Parker and Ryder. “Now

again.”

Riley proclaimed, crossing her arms over her

chest.

– that’s not the same thing as love.” Eric explained, “And the question you should be asking

Think about it – she was

before Eve framed her. She’s

ever since she

Daddy again.”

at one

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