Chapter Forty-Nine

I step outside my bedroom the next day, anticipation heavy in my heart and a permanent smile on my face.

I was going to get to see my kids today.

I looked up and down the hallway for signs of life, my eyes lingering on the door I knew belonged to Sebastain.

Last night we had dinner together, and I can’t lie, I kind of enjoyed myself.

We just talked. He told me a little bit about his mom, and what it was like being raised by a woman like that.

He told me she has always had incredibly high expectations for him, her only son, to be the absolute greatest. I guess it kind of did him good though, because now he was the Alpha of literally the strongest pack in the nation.

Knowing that, I could see how much she bothered him when he spoke of her. His shoulders tensed up and his fists clenched, and his face morphed into one of an immature child with no emotional outlet. It was definitely a more vulnerable side of Sebastain that I hadn’t yet encountered.

I bite my lip a little and slowly