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I went with him, but my legs were numb as I walked, and my body felt drained. Dammit. I clenched my hands. How could things have gotten to this point? Troy was out there killing wolves, and we had no idea why or how to stop him. I felt useless and small, and I hated feeling that way. I wished I could be out there with them looking for Troy, but I knew I couldn’t risk the baby. All I could do was wait and hope this wouldn’t end in disaster.Chapter 16Bryn“I want to go to my mom’s,” I said as Jasper and I walked through the compound. The last place I wanted to be right now was the alpha cabin.“Sure, of course,” he said. His hands were in his pockets, and he hadn’t looked at me since we started walking. It sharply contrasted with how things had started—just before he revealed that Night had sent a killing squad after Troy.“Bryn, I feel awful about what happened back there.”“It’s fine,” I replied. But my tone was so flat, I wouldn’t have believed myself.He winced. “Still, it sucks t
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I felt that familiar stinging sensation behind my eyes, but I didn’t have the same impulse to keep the tears from falling around my mom. “Did we do all of this wrong?” I asked. “Did we mess things up?”“Oh, honey.” She lay her hand on my knee in reassurance. “No, that’s not what I’m saying at all. All I’m saying is that you two aren’t talking things through. You need time to learn each other’s strengths and weaknesses and work through them together.”I nibbled sadly on a chip. “I feel like I put more effort into communicating.”“You didn’t tell Night about the baby right away.”“I wanted to make it special,” I argued. “And I did tell him. I didn’t wait for someone else to break the news to him.”She chuckled. “That’s true, but that wasn’t the real reason you didn’t tell him immediately. It was because you were worried about how he’d react to the news. If Night didn’t have the ability to sense you were pregnant, how long would you have waited to tell him?”I opened my mouth to argue mo
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Chapter 17NightDom and I went to the training grounds after Jasper and Bryn left. After I’d instructed a few wolves to let neighboring packs know what had happened to the small pack, Dom suggested we head to the training grounds to check out the competition I’d be facing during the alpha challenge. I thought it was a good idea to get my mind off things, but it was hard to focus on anything but the feral attack and the hurt on Bryn’s face.I should have told her, I cursed myself. I should have been a man about it and come clean. I’d fucked up with her again. I’d known it would eventually come up but hoped it would be on my terms and Bryn would be in a better place with the pregnancy. My not telling her had sent her into a borderline panic attack. The guilt burned like a brand searing into my chest.It sucked even more that Jasper had been the one to tell her. Bryn and I had claimed and mated each other, but jealousy lingered inside me. Jasper would never be stupid enough to try to ge
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I heard the slight hurt in Dom’s tone. It still felt a little weird to think of him and my sister as a couple, but as Dom’s friend, I wished I could do something for him. The reality was that only they could work it out, and if Tavi said she was too busy or wasn’t ready to spend more time with him, there wasn’t much he or I could do about it.“I guess the best thing is to give her the space she needs for now,” I said. “She’s made a lot of progress, but she still needs time.”“I know, it’s just tough. I…I miss her.” He shook his head as if trying to physically shake off his pain. “Anyway, I should probably head back to check on the rebuilding project.”“I’m going to spar with Vince. I’ve got some stuff I want to work out.”Dom and I hugged goodbye, and I went into the ring. Vince’s partner was taking a break, so when I offered to take his place, Vince agreed.“Don’t go too easy on me, Alpha Night,” he said as we squared off.I grinned. “I won’t go too hard on you, either, kid.” I just
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“We’re sorry to come here unannounced,” she said with a kind smile. “We were hoping to speak with your son.”The Granbys shifted from side to side. Cathy placed her hand on Adam’s shoulder and squeezed.“My son…isn’t well,” he said. “What could you possibly want to speak to him about?”“We want to ask him about what he saw that day,” she replied gently. We had no reason to lie to them. “Night and I are looking into the disappearances.”“Oh, but Samuel is…he’s such a delicate boy,” Cathy blurted, her fingers digging deeper into her husband’s shirt. “He could get hurt.” She paused, her eyes narrowing at me. “You could hurt him.”Her words didn’t offend me—I’d expected this pushback. I glanced at Bryn, and she nodded for me to speak.“I promise I won’t touch your son or make him talk if he doesn’t want to. All we want is to try to get to the bottom of what happened all those years ago. As far as we know, he’s the only witness.”“Forgive me for asking, but why do you care about missing Ki
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He shook his head, and his long thin hair flew around his head. “Don’t talk about it. Don’t. It’ll come back and get me, too.” He went to his bed and crawled into the far corner of it. He trembled as he pulled the blankets up to cover him.“Samuel?” Bryn asked.“No!” He shouted so loud the entire cabin seemed to shake. “No, no, no!” He repeated this, winding the blankets tighter around himself. His shoulders trembled under the covers, and small sobs filled the room.Footsteps stomped up the stairs seconds before Cathy shoved the door open.She gasped when she saw Samuel’s state. “Look what you’ve done to my boy!” She rushed inside and climbed onto the bed with him, pulling him into her arms and rocking back and forth. “Oh, get out, get out! Leave us be!”“Let us help you, Cathy,” Bryn said evenly. “I put him in this state. I want to help make it right.”Cathy seemed hesitant, but seeing the concern on Bryn’s face made her ease her order.“Fine. You can stay, Alpha. But that one”—she j
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I winced inwardly, remembering the hurt and anger radiating from Bryn during our argument. I needed to talk to her as soon as possible. “I appreciate that, Adam.”He nodded. There were another few moments of silence, and then he said, “You know, Night, I heard a rumor in the pack that our current alpha is pregnant.”Shock coursed through me, causing me to straighten. “Who’s saying that?”“I don’t know who started it, but not everyone believes it. It doesn’t matter one way or another to me, but if it is true…congratulations. There’s no greater gift than a child. It’s hard with Samuel sometimes, but I thank the Fates every day that he is still with me because I know not every father is lucky enough to say that. It’s important to always put your kids first and cherish every moment you have with them because they go so fast.”I wasn’t sure what to say to that, whether I ought to acknowledge it as the truth or play it off. It bothered me that there were rumors about Bryn spreading around t
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I touched his chest, and he looked at me. “I’m not ready to talk about Samuel yet,” I said.“That makes two of us,” he agreed. “But that means we need to talk about our argument.”I nodded. It was a relief to hear that Night wanted to talk things out. The task had seemed so daunting when I left my mom’s cabin, but after what we’d just experienced, talking things out seemed easy.“Alright, I’ll get things started.” I took a long sip of my tea and let out a sigh. “So, it’s come to my attention that the two of us have pretty shitty communication skills.”There was a pause, and he let out a short chuckle. “That might be an understatement, love.”I laughed with him but sighed again. “I know I’ve got to be better about coming to you when I have an issue. And I think you need to be more open and honest with me about what’s going on with the Wargs. I don’t want you holding anything back from me, and in return, I’ll do the same.” I touched his cheek; it was slightly scruffy. He’d probably shav
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