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
higher without a partner. I’m still afraid of course, but
I know that as long as Sinclair
pup will have two loving parents to
world.
have believed I could do it without her,
mouth a quavering line. “but I will never stop
knowledge that the wrong parent died… they
off if Juliet had been
don’t say that.” I beg, feeling tears in my eyes for the second time
hours.
It’s true.” Henry shrugs, his dark
the way. You’ll see that too – nothing humbles you like being
parent.”
for an argument, not because I want
in my heart that losing any parent is never
you about his last conversation with Juliet?” I finally ask, “before
before everything
moment, “No, not that I can
I repeat the story Sinclair
morning.
mother gave him permission to ignore what society dictated,”
at the end.”
had the example you provided to guide him. He was
those words because they were her last, but he
Alpha he is today
day how to
know that all happened right here?” Henry inquires thoughtfully, his
around the room. “I moved
his fortune, he rebuilt the original manor in
honor.”
know,” I admit, looking around the
grander in my day – Dominic isn’t the
himself, you
a distinctive
got us distracted. I was
when you have all day, diversions
the arms of his wheelchair. “The first year I was
a lovely young she-wolf to distract
be distracting me intentionally.” I
again, but it’s the defeated laugh of a
too clever for your
“Whatever is worrying
reliving your mate’s death.”
arch and he flashes his fangs in agreement. “It’s just
before”
happens when there’s
it never ends
caring that I might be showing my
shifter politics.
isn’t.” Henry explains. “Normally the Alphas of each
matched. They battle it out on the campaign
return to their council duties.
strong Alphas competing
sides and form alliances rather than
and all the danger on the one or two men who
to win.”
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