All Chapters of Valene: Daughter of the Shadow Rogues: Chapter 141 - Chapter 150

AlastairWe all stood there in the hallway outside of the hospital waiting room. Everyone was too anxious to sit down. It seemed that all who attended the party was trying to get in to make sure that Penny was alright. Seeing how much everyone seemed to care about her made it far more difficult to even think about the conversation that we’d have soon.Agnes was among the many who found themselves at the hospital. Despite, my current disdain for her, I allowed her entry as she was Penny’s aunt and the only mother figure the girl had really ever known.“Maybe that is the reason for her poor character,” said Aziz.I could not disagree. “Are you certain that we should have this conversation as soon as we see him, Alastair?” Toran asked me. “You ask as if we will have a choice,” I countered. “You and I both know that as soon as John clears the corner, he will want to know what happened, who did it, and how can he go about unleashing hell on them.” As I thought about this, I couldn’t he

ALASTAIR“Mmmmnn,” Penny squirmed against the sheets of her hospital bed, stirring awake finally. “Daddy?” John was the first person that she saw when her eyes finally adjusted to the light surrounding her.It was morning now, nearly afternoon when she finally woke up.“Yes, sweetheart, I’m here! Daddy’s here!” John grabbed her hand as gently as he could and wrapped his hand around hers, his eyes warm with concern.It was disheartening to think about what I’d have to soon do about Penny when she was well enough to be released.The doctor came into the room. “How is our girl doing?” “Well, since that’s your job, I was hoping you could tell us.” John stood from his chair and said to the young and accomplished woman.Doctor Cara was the best healer that Shadow Veil had to offer. She wasn’t sensitive either. So, when John approached a bit more snippily than he should have, she hardly reacted to it.“With a small chuckle, she shrugged. “Well,” she said, looking at her charts, “According

ALASTAIR:Wednesday. It was Wednesday; a whole four days had come and gone without a bloody sign from her. I’d have been lying had I said that I wasn’t starting to worry. I would never have presumed to know the person that Merari was at the time, but in the short time that she had been back in my life, one thing that I noticed hadn’t changed completely was her consistency. She had days, just as Valene did, but she’d been clear leading up to the last time I’d seen her, and she swore on her return, as she was only helping secure the borders around Shadow Veil. At least that was what she’d relayed to me. I had no reason to think that she would lie.Merari and I had not been on the same page for a while. But we were trying. Me especially, as I had committed far more transgressions than she had. Rari still didn’t fully trust me yet after the tumultuous history that we shared. Understandably so.It was for that reason that our mating bond, strong as it was even in spite of the damage that

VALEThe meeting hall wasn’t too far away from where I was, so I didn’t use a quick means of transportation. “Vale,” I heard someone call after me. When I turned around, Talon was on approach. “Good evening, Talon,” I greeted.I guess any other sister would have given the Beta a cold shoulder because of what he had done to Harlyn.To be honest, as far as I was concerned, Harlyn got what Harlyn deserved. She never treated the guy with the proper respect.Still, I could tell that he was nervous about approaching me. Oh, Talon. I am on your side on this one.“How are you, this evening?” he asked me.“I’m…fine,” I shrugged. “I guess.”“Fine?” His steps slowed when he got closer. “Yeah, just fine. Could be better. Then again, I could be worse.” “Ah,” he shiftily looked around before his eyes landed on me again. He had question that he wanted to ask and I already knew who the question was concerning.“Just…ask the question, Talon,” I rolled my eyes.He took a deep breath, and then said,

Vale“That…no…no, that’s…impossible.”Tobias shook his head. “No, Vale. It’s not.”I couldn’t absorb what he was saying to me. It was surreal. “Who on earth would the goddess deem worthy enough to procreate with?”“The old man was never clear on that,” said Tobias. “But he’s certain that you are. Apparently he has proof of it.” “And you didn’t think to bring it here?”Dad clearly was as flustered as I was, finding out this incredulous bit of news. Tobias looked at the alpha with a sarcastic expression. “All due respect, alpha…you’ve not met my father if you think that it would be so easy to get away, let alone gather information on him-”“Wait, what?!” Talon exclaimed. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who caught that. I just…I wasn’t sure that I heard correctly. Tobias paused, his eyes falling to the floor with clear indignation. He wasn’t happy about this bit of news either, but it was clear that there was merit to it. “What did you say?” With a resigned exhale, Tobias nodded.