The drive back was quiet however, not awkward, just a comfortable silence. I believe me marking him suddenly made everything more real. It was, in a sense, easy to play off that he is my mate, easier to deny our bond or our weak one anyway. Now though, people would find out, the entire City would realize Valen had been marked, the paparazzi would go berserk, and I now I worried what that meant for Valarian. I could handle the drama’s the media would portray.

Valarian was a child and I knew once it was out, a lot of people would have something to say about it.

Also, I could already imagine the rumors. People would believe. That he knocked up some rogue whore and was forced to take me as his mate, the things I could see them saying about me in papers would sting me but could damage my son. I was used to negativity, yet no child should have to deal with that.

“I think we should move the Alpha meeting, ” I whispered. I hated the idea of confronting my father, yet I knew it would be worse if he found out via a news article. I knew I should care what he believed after everything. I was an adult now, and he no longer controlled my life, but for some reason, it nagged at me. Some part believing that he shouldn’t find out through a news outlet.

“You want to push it back? ” Valen asks. I shake my head.

“Move it forward. Once the media gets their hands on this story, it will blow up; it should be announced to stop it hurting Valarian.”

 

“Anyone says anything about our son Everly, and they won’t have a city to live in,”

“You can’t just kick people out of City; that is not the answer, Valen, and that is not what I am worried about,”

 

“Then what are you worried about?”

 

“Worried about what version of our strange… whatever.” I sigh, rubbing my temples before looking at him.

“They are going to say some horrible shit about you being with a rogue whore, Valarian has only just found about you, well about who you are, and I worry that what they say about both of us will have an impact on him,”

“Then I tell them the truth, simple,”

“It’s not that simple. You have a reputation to uphold in this City Valen, one that holds power,”

“I don’t care about my reputation Everly, they can say what they want about me, they do anyway. But If you think I am going to let you take the fall for all it, you are mistaken,”

“They will say I am gold digger, someone who trapped you, probably even say Valarian isn’t yours,”

“That they can’t say, you can tell by his aura, plus DNA will shut them up,”

“My father is going to lose his mid,” I mutter, shaking my head.

“Surprisingly, my father took it pretty well, ” Valen adds, making me think of Kalen and my meeting with him earlier, “

” I admit looking

he threaten you if he did tell me? I will handle it,” Valen

go against

meant what he said. Feeling him made his words hold more meaning and I didn’t know what to think about him. He could

me. He told me to let you mark

strict, but he means well, mostly,

to get you to

decades. It makes no sense to me, ” Valen admits, and I could feel his worry through the

out?” Valen asks as we pull into the hotel parking space. He stops the

have to keep it a

didn’t you just tell him, ” I raise an eyebrow at him and

that was a dumb question,

think he would have kicked

that actually, thought about telling him, especially once

have saved you being homeless,

out I was pregnant, he tried to get the doctor to abort him, sweep it under the rug so no one would know and I could still take my place

he kicked me out. I believe the reaction would have been the same or worse

would have pinned you down and made you abort if he

killed me or come after our son once

what’s changed,

reaction to having

my village. I loved this

was given to Valarian and me. We inherited it” “By your

morning, dad tossed some money at me, and he said he never wanted to see me again,

smoke between her lips, rough as guts but with a

thought she was someone staying at the Hotel, ”

She gave us a fresh start, offered me a job, paid for my schooling,

it all to me,” “Is

ward. When I was given the job we needed help to clean it up, the place was a dump, she gave them jobs too, said we would build our own village that family is what you make, so once it was running and I found out about it

I owe her one. She seemed like

only dream of being half the woman she was. No words could

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