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As we reach the border I can see Alex’s blonde hair, and around a dozen men with him. Stevie
takes off running towards his dad and leaps into his arms.
“What were you thinking?” I can hear him ask his son, holding him at arms length, inspecting him
for injury.
“I got lost,” I hear Stevie respond with a lie. Interesting. I guess he’s not going to sell out his
brothers.
As we get closer, I see that 3 of the men look like older versions of Stevie, and 2 of them don’t actually even look old enough to have shifted.
“Boys,” Alex says, turning to the younger boys. “Take your brother home. Your mother won’t be happy until she can see him herself.”
We stop at the line, waiting for the OK to cross. I look at Alex and he motions me over. As I get close to him, he opens his arms and gives me a giant hug.
“Thank you,” he whispers into my ear.
I nod and smile. “You know he’s not telling you the truth, right?”
“I suspect my other sons had something to do with it,” he says, releasing me. “No one is giving up any information yet, though.”
“He may have gotten a little scared when he found out the King is still visiting our pack,” I tell him with an unsure smile. “Prince Seth may have played into it to get him to talk. I swear though, he was never actually in any danger. We just scared him a little to get him to talk.”
He nods at me. “Want to tell me why he was there?”
“Want to tell me why you didn’t contact me about the missing she-wolves out here?” I return and he looks surprised.
He stares at me, not giving anything away with his face, and certainly not giving me any
information.
“There aren’t any missing from Lunar Falls and to the Alpha’s knowledge, the pack has nothing to
do with it,” I tell him and he nods.
“The new Alpha, your adopted brother,” he begins. “He’s a good man?”
I smile a bright smile at him. “He’s the best, Alex. HE made sure Stevie was safe the whole time,
not me.”
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“Maybe some day,” she tells me, taking my hand in hers and leading us into the house.
I won’t go far, Love. If you need anything, I’ll be right there. I hear Seth say in my head.
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Lily and I step inside with Alex, everyone else staying outside on the porch to give us some time. Benjamin stands as I enter and takes a few steps towards me, but doesn’t come all the way to me.
“Hello, Molly,” he says with an unsure smile.
“Hello,” I say, chewing on my lip.
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“Could we speak alone for a moment?” he asks and I was not expecting him to want to, but I nod.
Lily squeezes my hand and walks into their bedroom while Alex turns and goes outside, shutting
the door behind him. “Would you like to take a seat?” he asks, motioning to the couch, and I nod.
I sit on one end of the couch and he sits on the far end, leaving some space between us. “You
were so young when everything happened, and I was so overtaken with grief. I saw the way that
you looked at me once you woke up. I don’t know exactly what you remember, but I know it was how I blamed you,” he tells me and I nod, looking down at my feet, my eyes beginning to fill with
tears.
“I’m sorry,” I tell him, trying not to cry.
“It wasn’t fair for me to blame you. You didn’t deserve that, and it wasn’t your fault,” he says and looks off at the roaring fire. “Grief is a funny thing. I blamed you for their deaths and thought if you were away from me then I would feel better. But I was wrong. I just grieved the loss of all of my children, especially you. I didn’t realize just how bad it would feel until after they adopted you and the bond we had left was completely severed. Yes, I lost my strength, but it was interesting that my strength was tied to you the whole time.” None of this was anything that I even remotely expected him to say to me, and I don’t know how to respond to him. I just continue to look down at my feet, clasping my hands together tightly.
“I had started to lose my strength before the adoption, if I’m being honest. That really did me in
though. It needed to happen, though. The Bardulf’s really took good care of you. We kept an eye on you, but to be honest, I was never really worried. I knew you would be safe with them.”
“They really did love me. Do love me,” I correct myself and look up at him.
Benjamin smiles at me. “I’m glad. I made many mistakes, but sending you away was what
haunted me the most. I need to be completely honest with you, though,” he says and I nod to him.
“After the boys were killed it occurred to me that YOU were left to fulfill the prophecy, and I wondered if the Prince would be your mate. There was no way to be sure though, not until you were old enough to shift. I figured Peter would kill you, either way. The Prince is good to you though?”
Woah. He knew Seth was my mate. It’s a bit hard to wrap my mind around that. “He’s really good to me,” I tell him with a smile.
“I still worry about his father,” he says and looks off into space. “He took so much from me. What’s to stop him from hurting you now?”
Maybe this is why our bond is so strong. I hear Sage in my head and I have to agree with her.
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same person he was then. Time and guilt have changed him, like you just said they’ve done to you.” He nods a little and looks down at his feet and I note that I continue to do the exact same thing. He must be where I got that from, and the thought warms my heart a bit.
“Seth really is a good man,” I tell him. “As is my brother. They came with me.”
“To protect you from me,” he spits out, his voice laced with venom.
“Yes. You’ve created a whole pack in the rogue territory, and then sent warriors to pace the border, “I tell him with a shrug. “No one knew what was going on and if it would be safe.”
“You’ll never be in danger from the wolves in my pack. In a better world you would have grown up in this pack,” he says, slightly less angry. “But it could have been you that was taken.”
I look at him with sympathy, realizing how difficult this has been for him. “I know, and we want to help. Will you please tell me about the missing she-wolves?”
“I will, but I need something from you first,” he says, and that piques my curiosity.
“What’s that?” I ask, very curious to know what he wants from me.
“I assume you’ll eventually leave Lunar Falls and move to the palace?” he asks.
I nod to him, slowly. “After I shift. I’m staying at the Falls for that.
He smiles slightly at that, and I’m not sure why. “I’d like for you to take Albert with you. Put him in your guard. It will make me feel better having someone from my old pack with you, even if he
doesn’t remember it.”
I look at him and smile brightly, laughing a little. “Done. That was already the plan, though we haven’t asked him, yet.”
“Good,” he says and glances up at the door. “He seems to have grown into a fine young man.”
“He’s always been very kind,” I tell him. “He worked hard in school and worked his way up as a
warrior. He really is one of the best the pack has.”
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