Chapter 788

Chapter 133: Bonus Story–Happy Birthday, Mila-Part 1

*Mila*

***14 Years Later***

“Wait a second!” Ciana’s eyes grew wide open as she gasped, “So the real artifact of our pack is not the Feather of Justice?!”

“Correct,” I confirmed.

Ciana jumped down from a low branch of a cherry tree, in her arms were some freshly picked, luscious, red fruit. She dropped the large heart-shaped cherries on the picnic blanket and sat down next to me.

“I need a moment to process this,” she frowned, digesting the new knowledge as she popped a cherry in her mouth. “…Um…um, Mom, you have to pack those. They are so sweet! Especially since they’re hand-picked by your lovely daughter. They will remind you to miss me on your trip!”

Tomorrow was the anniversary for Soren and I. Not our wedding anniversary, but the first time we met. We usually went on a trip just the two of us, but before we were on our way, we always made sure to spend some time with Ciana in our vacation home at the edge of our packland.

“Thanks, honey. I will,” I smiled as Ciana shoved one cherry against my lips.

“Mom, but…why?”

“Huh?”

“The artifact,” she reminded me. Oh, right. She pulled me back on our topic. “Does it mean that our Alvar pack has no artifact at all, and we’ve been lying to our people?!”

“While we will never intentionally hurt others, the reality is there are people who always want more strength, wealth, influence, you name it. Driven by greed, those people aren’t afraid to harm others for their own benefit.”

“So, you and Dad decided to lie to the entire pack?”

“Ciana, think about this. What use is the artifact other than being taken out and shown to the pack during routine ceremonies?”

have much real use, but for a long time, I thought artifacts are there to protect the pack. The more powerful

I sighed, “in my experience, the more powerful the artifact is, the more trouble it could bring to the pack. Therefore, it’s best for others to know that Alvar pack only

and therefore, of course, they would never try it

feather to be

for a second then started coughing while bursting out into laughter. “Mom, that’s…that’s…so

well. “Your father and Thomas decided to do that because

real artifact for our pack?”

my hand. On my left ring finger were my

Ciana

it’s the gem on your mother’s ring.” A familiar voice rang behind

Ciana jumped into my husband’s arms and gave

laughed and peeled

ask, “Daddy, Mom told me about the Feather of Justice. You guys

“It’s just called

the world who doesn’t need self-preservation, that’s you, Daddy! Who would want to pick a fight

try to butter me up!” Soren gently

then, something in the woods flashed, and Ciana’s full attention was immediately drawn by it. “Wow, what a gorgeous fawn!” Ciana shouted, but by the time I lifted my head

ran after the

wouldn’t return until she caught up

most times was a burden, and looking at her smiling face, I knew the Goddess had already given my

Ciana was an open book, happiness or displeasure, people around her could easily tell. She didn’t hide her emotions because there was no need for her to do so. Luckily, with her naturally upbeat personality, it was rare to see her get truly angry at

it wasn’t just people, it

and it was eating the snacks she brought for it out of the palm of her hand. Not only that, a mixture of animals

amazed by my daughter’s ability to get along with animals. I knew that as she grew up, she’d have

she was groomed to lead a pack, and thus she needed to understand there are lies and conspiracies, and she needed to be able to see through them and protect herself and her people from them. For example, today’s topic was

the dark side of people, but I was a bit worried that my precious child would

smile and waved at us before she went deeper

sighing?” Soren’s arm wrapped around my

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