The Lycan King's Fate Calling

Crystal's POV:

I nervously waited for my son's answer, afraid that it would crumble the foundation I had been building around my fragile heart.

A knot of dread formed in the pit of my stomach, and I found myself starting to think that Laura was right. Children did need their father to be present in their lives.

And while my twins might not be old enough to make rational decisions, they were certainly old enough to know what they did and did not want. I couldn't be so selfish that I would inflict my own choices upon them.

"What's wrong, Mommy?" My little boy tugged at a strand of hair hanging on my forehead and gazed at me quizzically.

Jolting back to my senses, I tried to compose myself and act as though nothing was bothering me. "It's nothing. Mommy was just thinking of something. Sweetie, you haven't answered Mommy's question. Do you want a father?"

Arron's lips puckered, and his brows furrowed. "Are you getting married, Mommy?"

I blinked at him, surprised by his response. "Well... No. No, I'm not. It's just that... The other children all have a Daddy. Don't you envy them, Arron? Don't you want a Daddy, too?"

My son's expression shifted, and he gave me a smile that belied his young age. "I don't envy them. Arron only wants Mommy. There's nothing much different between the other kids and me. I don't lack anything."

I held

Mommy is by my side!" Arron shot up to his feet and also took my face in his stubby fingers, and then planted a big, fat kiss on my cheek. When he pulled back, there was a serious glint in his eye. "Besides, Mommy told me that our father was a great war hero. He died

words warmed my heart. I sniffed back my tears and whispered, "Do you really mean

honest kid. Arron never lies!" The little boy puffed up his chest and lifted his chin with

up and placed

good," Arron

him for a while, but then he pulled back again with a frown. "But if Mommy feels lonely and wants to get married, I'm willing to have a new Daddy. But

first."

I chuckled and pinched his cheek. "Don't worry. Mommy has no plans in

head to

to determine whether I was lying

you want to go to bed now?" I swayed him from side to

to sleep." My boy yawned, the corners of his eyes glistening

to sleep. Good night,

into bed and