Chapter 44

"Oh, mother moon," the Queen cries out when she comes in without knocking. I look back to see her staring at them eyes. wide with her hand on her pearls. "Your majesty. Maybe try knocking next time. I could have warned you,"

This

i

is my home, she dismisses me. "Are these real?"

"Yes, I fail at hiding my laugh.

weren't at dinner, she comes over to me and starts inspecting the guns without touching them.

I'm weren't

not hungry. It was a long day."

"Yes, I saw it

it on Wolf National, she sighs. "You're quite the troublemaker, Local L**,

your son to look into people before he buys

looks bad. But I understand," she sits on one of the chairs at the tea time- table. At least, that's what I think that's for. "Jacob told me some things about you. I hope

The

them all over and wonder why the f****k I brought all of them. But I

has spun into her head. I know how he sees me. I've always known, but it's not the truth. Everyone sees what they want to see. That kid in the diner saw something that didn't exist anymore. I signed that picture because I'm no one to burst his bubble and who knows? He could be the next generation of betas to take the city. To try and make it a better home. Neither

her!

I

my father died, she had to get a second job. When I was ton, she stopped going to either one. Bills started piling up. She stopped taking care

a lot of her debt and I tried to get her some help. I reach into my pocket and show her the yellow parchment paper I've carried around with me since her death "Those were her last words to me. She saw that I could take care of myself and

on wolves who need tumors removed. It stops the accelerated healing around our major o**ns. Then

that our bathroom. I had to sit there until the paramedics 18:17

That is one of dozens of stories about me and it's nothing

so much to live for. My work. My father. My friends that now include you and your family. There is this weight on me. Weight I've been carrying my entire life and I'm tired, Ally. The bad outweighs all the goodness that I once held on to. I don't want to be strong anymore." "You know, I never believed in fate, she wipes her tears away, "I rejected my mate long before my

of attention. As most alphas are. And I knew my family wouldn't be able to handle those scandals. I couldn't believe that was my fate. "And then my parents arranged for me to meet the prince. I told him and he thought it was funny, I fell in love with this man who had been raised the same way I had been. We had so much in common. When I finally was able to get pregnant with Jonas, I came across my mate again. He was mated and had three sons. He'd changed so much. Grown. You might know him. His name is

The f

"Yes,she smiles. "That's him,"

"Do you regret it?"

sons, and my baby, she smiles. "Fate brought you to us

my

head

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