Their Secret Obsession by Pippa Moon

Chapter 126: Isn’t He Meant To Be Dead?

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Lottie POV

“Chase… What about your mother and father?” I asked, knowing I would not like the answer he was about to give; I tried to keep the pain from my voice.

“My mother is dead. Once she had served her purpose, my father no longer needed her,” he expressed, with a shrug that I knew was forced, but he continued on, not wanting to make a big deal out of it. I guess I had to respect that, even if I disagreed with it. “And my father, like yours, wasn’t exactly the sappy type. More blood and sweat than hugs and laughter.”

“What do you mean by purpose?” I asked, unable to hide my shock because he couldn’t possibly mean what I thought he did.

“What? Are the Royals not quite what you thought, Your Highness?” He scoffed, my jaw locking tight at the pet name he had seemingly bestowed upon me. Did he think I was like the barbarians he was describing to me? Is that why he chose the

name?

“What about yours, your mother? She is dead, right? Do you know much about her side of the family?” He asked, taking me by surprise. I never spoke of my mother, especially not with people I barely knew, which meant my father had been spewing his venom when it came to her.

“Char… Tread carefully,” Sage warned, her senses prickling at the mention of

our mother.

“It’s okay; I trust him,” I admitted, and the truth was I did. I couldn’t put my finger on it, but something about him felt safe, like the warm embrace of family.

“My father never spoke about her, at least not until recently, and what he has to say isn’t exactly worthy of repeating.”

“I see.” Chase nodded, and I felt he really did, given the way his eyes lowered

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had with hers, wasn’t exactly a secret my dad was a drunken fool or that my mother had died, and where had my family been then? If I had managed this long without them, I hardly needed

mate’s bond, crippling me as

bond. I could sense them on the other end as panic ate at my insides. Yet no response came. Lifting off the bed, I yanked on Chase

to waste a minute.

his eyes pinching together as he tried to feel

have a wolf, dumbass. Come on! The guys need us!” I snapped, shoving him through the door and into the hallway, my eyes opening wide as he tumbled into the immense stoic figure of Alpha Leigh, his eyes scanning Chase and then me with a tinge of outrage and

are sneaking a male who is not my son’s out of your room, young lady?” Alpha Leigh asked, his eyes tone light despite the harshness

Chase mumbled, a frown

have time for this!” I growled, pushing past Alpha Leigh only to walk straight into Sebastian, His eyes shifted between Chase and me,

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eyes as his hand landed on my shoulder, sparks tingling under the skin where

she informs me you’re gonna kick my ass, Seb.. wanna do that now or later?” Chase asked in his usual juvenile manner that any other time would be cute! But when I could feel my mates panic through the

much!

erupting from his

to hear. “Will you slow the fuck down, woman?” He added as he reached the stairs, taking

Leigh’s voice boomed behind me, making me stop as his Alpha command caught me off guard. “What is going on?” He ordered, my lips. pursing as I

I

he entered that room and found my father beaten, he was going to have questions–questions that would most likely change everything forever. When Alpha nodded,

whispered in my ear as he linked his

at my lips when I turned to look at my Alpha, only to see him wink at me as he followed closely