Accidental Surrogate
Chapter 117
Ella
When Sinclair and Hugo finally leave for the pack headquarters, Henry and I move
into our favorite sitting room, returning to the puzzle we began solving together earlier
this week. Seated across from the older wolf, I pretend to scan the scattered puzzle
pieces for matches, while really sneaking peeks up at him. “So what do you make of
all this?”
I ask curiously. “Lydia and the Prince?”
Henry grimaces, “I never liked that woman. But trying to argue with headstrong young
Alphas’ convinced they’ve found their mate is like beating your head against a wall.”
He offers me a tender smile. “You’ll see soon enough. You can do everything in your
power to try and teach your pups the important lessons and prepare them for the real
world – but at the end of the day you have to let them make their own mistakes – it’s
the only way they learn.”
“Does it ever hurt any less? Or get any easier to watch them go down the wrong
path?” I inquire softly.
“Not a damn bit.” Henry shares grimly. However despite his grim look, his eyes
sparkle when he looks over at me. “Luckily, that doesn’t seem to be despite his grim
look, his eyes sparkle when he looks over at me. “Luckily, that doesn’t seem to be a
problem for me anymore. Lydia is out of the picture, my boys are friends again for the
first time since losing their mother, and Dominic is on his way to being King.”
“Dominic just told me how his mother died this morning.” I confess, reaching for the
old wolf’s gnarled hand. “Im so sorry you went through that.
It must have been terrible for you to be left alone with a pack to rule and two young
boys to raise on your own, in the midst of all your grief.”
He nods, “looking back I don’t have the first idea how I survived it. The grief almost
destroyed me… and I’m ashamed to say I let it destroy Dominic and Roger’s
relationship.” Henry sighs. “I haven’t always been the best father, but I can tell you
right now that it was a hell of a lot easier to be one when I had my mate.”
I know what he means. When I thought I was going to be bringing this baby into the
world alone, I’d been terrified. Very few people who plan for children expect to end up
alone with the responsibility, and though Id been one of the rare few – it certainly
hadn’t been by choice. I was thrilled to finally succeed, but the stakes seemed a
still afraid of course, but
be part of a team. I know that
to lean on and my pup will have two loving parents
world.
do it
his mouth a quavering line.
knowledge that the wrong parent died… they would have
off if Juliet had been
in my eyes for the second time in as
hours.
shrugs, his dark eyes shining. “There’s no use denying it
get in the way. You’ll see that too – nothing humbles you like
parent.”
because I want to invalidate his
my heart that losing
his last conversation with Juliet?” I finally ask,
before everything went
moment, “No,
careful to get the details right, I repeat the story Sinclair shared with
morning.
gave him permission to ignore what society dictated,” I
at the end.”
had the example you provided to guide
remembered those words because
because of you. He is the Alpha he is today because of you.
how
that all happened right
as he looks around the room. “I moved the boys to a new home
up and made his fortune, he
honor.”
know,” I admit, looking around the huge
was even grander in my day – Dominic isn’t the
for himself,
snatching up a distinctive puzzle piece belonging to
got us distracted. I was
have all day, diversions are a blessing, not a
“The first year
young she-wolf to distract
might be
but it’s the defeated laugh of a man who knows the
clever for your own good,
tell me, Henry.” I request gently. “Whatever is worrying you can’t be as
reliving your mate’s death.”
flashes his fangs in agreement. “It’s just that I’ve seen this
before”
admits. “I’ve seen what happens when there’s this kind of
throne, and it never ends well
it always like this?” I inquire, not caring
shifter politics.
the Alphas of each pack in the
on the campaign trail,
get enough points return to their
extremely strong Alphas competing at the
Alpha’s to choose sides and form
pressure and all the danger on the one or two men
to win.”
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