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."

regrets in the future." I held my son's chubby face in my

a serious glint in his eye. "Besides, Mommy told me that our father was a great war hero. He died in the battlefield and brought honor to

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

is an honest kid. Arron never lies!" The little boy puffed

and placed him on my lap. "All right, Mommy

Arron

a while, but then he pulled back again with a frown. "But if Mommy feels lonely and

first."

his cheek. "Don't worry. Mommy has no plans in getting you a new Daddy. A stepfather is out of the

his head to

determine whether I was lying or not. Okay!"

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

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

go to sleep. Good night, my

son back into bed and turned