Chapter 11
Tappoached this villa, a familiar scent
pine anil rida lingered in dual–thoman’s scent. My heart, hardened by loss, femaine him shumped against the courtian
taken idol sleep withus lim. Anund him, a trail of Digarette bulls “Asantasia” “His voice was homme, filled with a desperation.
His appearance was a stark contrast to the proud Alpha mit fits nyes bloodshot, reflecting the torment that had
Cknow I didn’t know Kieran was my son
(burst osul, grabibing the benin at my skit bila aman elinging to the last vestiges of hope. Hut my heart remained cold, untouched by How could be espect forgiveness when bu fosilo’t even given Kieran oce? How could be doubt his own flesh and blood?
“You disliv’t know?” Lochord, my voter shapes than the wind munade “You thought he wasn’t your child, and you didn’t even bother to find pul? You just assament he wasn’t yoursh
He flinched as it my words had stuck hun like a physical blow. Regret filled his eyes, an emotion too late to make any difference. “I was afraid,” he admitted, his voice foblang “Maid of what the investigation might reveal alaid Hat Kieran was really Alpha Allas’s son “l- Alpha Atlas? His name in Ronan’s mouth was almost laughable. I hadn’t seen Atlas since the day he helped me fend off a dunken town far from our pack that paths bad crossed only by coincidence, yet liene Ronan was, using tha moment as fuel for
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off with Allas?” Lasked, my tone incredulous. “Didn’t you already push me away? Didn’t you almady have Adeline? He looked down, mmable to meet my gaze, bis hands trembling as they hung limply by his sides. The truth was, his fears had no foundation, just as our relationships bund none. But it no longe
The one thing that could have bridged the gap between us–our son–was gone, mui no amount of minorse cou
ad, my voice bollow Kieran was gone. No trully no revelation, no apology could bring him back.). “Anastasia, please,” he begged, his voice cracking under the weight of his guilt. Til do anything you want. If you want to marry me, I’ll marry you if you want my life, it’s yous
The once proud Alpha, reduced to a man begging for scraps of forgiveness, was a pitiful sight. Hut his humility did nothing to soften my heart Instead, it reminded of the countiens nights I had spent in tears, wishing for him to see me, to see Kieran, only to be met with indifference and scom
“I want my Obsidian Howl Pack back, I
Ronan’s eyes widened in shock. This was not the request he had expected. But I had dreamt of Kieran. In that dream, he had asked me to love well, to go out and see the world. For Kieran’s sake, I would stop out of the shadows that had plagued my life.
He hesitated, his eyes searching mine for some sign of hesitation, but there was none. Finally, he nodded.
Ronan had always misunderstood the dynamics between my family and him. He had hold a grudge against me and my mother, believing that we had kept him in the pack for selfish reasons. He thought that we had prevented him from joining the Phantom Moon Pack, a more powerful pack that he had longed to be part of. He didn’t know that it was my father, Alpha Theron, who had stood in his way, threatened by the possibility that Ronan might one day take las title. To protect Rohan from this harsh truth, I had kept silent, even giving him the title of Alpha of Obsidian Howl Pack to appease his ambitions }
Ronan had mistaken my actions for manipulation, believing that I was trying to trap him and that my mother had used our mateship to bind him to the pack. He had refused to marry me until after my mother’s death, chuvinced that he was nothing more than a pawn in our game. Little did he know, it was my father who had never wanted him them at all l
lut now it was time to untangle the mess |
The next morning, Ronan called a pack meeting, summoning every member of Obsidian Howl to the grand hall. The air was thick with tension as the pack gathered, whispers of speculation running through the crowd. They had no idea what was coming
Ronan stood tall before them, though the weight of his decision was evident in the set of his shoulders His voice, however, was steady and authoritative, the voice of an Alpha who had made his choice
“From this day forward, he declared, his voice echoing through the hall, “I, Ronan Vale, relinquish my title as Alpha of the Obsidian Howl Pack pass this title to Anastasia Leclair, the rightful heir of former Alpha Theron Leclair. She is your Alpha now, and you will obey her and bow to her authority as you once did mine
Gasps of shock rippled through the crowd, but I remained still, my face betraying none of the emotions swirling within me. Ronan had handed me the pack, and with it, the burden of leaderstup &
Back then, I could barely step into the Alpha’s office without feeling out of place. Now, as I stood in what was now my office
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Beja Magnus, always loyal, brought me the lunch coming from Ronan every day, encouraging me to eat amidst the endless paperwork That now consumed my days E
On some days, Ronan would go to talk to me, hamsa
“You don’t have to do this alone, you know. We don’t have to separate Isn’t it sier not to sever the mate bond? It will only hurt you.“);
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