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 it feels so

I know that as long as Sinclair is alive, I will

to lean on and my pup will have

world.

do it without her, and I’m proud that

his mouth a quavering line. “but I will never stop

that the wrong parent died…

Juliet had been here instead of

tears in my eyes for the second time in as

hours.

Henry shrugs, his dark eyes shining.

ego get in the way. You’ll see that too – nothing

parent.”

not because I want to

heart that losing any

his last conversation with Juliet?” I finally ask, “before the

everything

thinks for a moment, “No,

to get the details right, I repeat the story Sinclair shared with me

morning.

to ignore

at the end.”

he already had the example you provided to guide him. He was only

always have remembered those words because they were her last, but he

the Alpha he

day how to walk the

happened right

off as he looks around the room. “I moved the boys to a new home

made his fortune, he rebuilt the

honor.”

I admit, looking around the huge mansion. “Was it always this

chuckles. “It was even grander in my day – Dominic isn’t the only one

himself,

I laugh, snatching up a distinctive puzzle

But I think I got us distracted. I was asking you

you have all day, diversions are a blessing, not

the arms of his wheelchair. “The first year I was in this

a lovely young she-wolf to distract

you might be distracting me intentionally.” I remark slyly.

laugh of a man who knows

for your

gently. “Whatever is worrying you can’t be as painful

reliving your mate’s death.”

fangs in

before”

finally admits. “I’ve seen what happens when there’s this

and it never ends well

I inquire, not caring that I might be showing my ignorance

shifter politics.

Alphas of

matched. They battle it out on the campaign trail, the people vote and

don’t get enough points return to their council duties.

a few extremely strong Alphas competing

and form alliances

all the danger on the one or two men

to win.”

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