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I’m conflicted, and I have to bite my tongue from saying a word as Helga and Nellie help me get dressed for the day. They don’t even know about the pregnancy. Kane and I both agreed not to tell anyone else until I’m past the first trimester. According to the doctor, I won’t even be showing until then, so neither of my maids should notice anything.
If they do notice, I will make them swear to secrecy. I trust them to keep the news to themselves until Kane and I are ready to tell the world. It feels nice to have a secret that only belongs to us. This baby is going to be of two worlds, and there are going to be people from both of those worlds that would have something negative to say about the child’s existence.
The thought always makes a swell of fierce protectiveness take me over. I won’t be meeting this baby for a long time, but I already want to shield them from the world. I’ve seen how cruel it can be to children. There are parents that don’t deserve children, my own father being one of them, and I cannot understand how they can be so heartless toward something so innocent.
I remember that Lola is coming to Castle Graystone that day and smile. She will be moving into the castle to be with me. While Coit is leading the pack in my absence, I still cannot trust anyone not to hurt Lola or use her in any way to get to me. My half–sister Lola holds a part of my heart, and I will do anything for her.
Once I’m ready for the day, we leave my rooms. I stand outside the front of the castle with my maids as a car parks near the castle steps. Darius, the current Beta of the Moonraker pack, is driving. He steps out of the vehicle as his mother, Margaret, helps Lola out of the back. Lola runs to me as soon as her feet hit the ground. My arms envelop her in a hug, and I nearly burst into tears at being able to hold her again.
There had been a time I thought I would never see my sister again. When I took her place as a feeder for King Kane, I thought I wouldn’t live long, but it would have been worth it to protect Lola. How my own father treated her was unfathomable to me. Her mother died shortly after she was born, and I have been the one to raise her. I’m the only mother Lola has ever known. She lived her entire life in our family home, but my father had tried to sell her off to King Kane to repay his debts.
I could never imagine trying to sell my own child in that way. I took Lola’s place to spare her what I had thought would be a terrible fate. Our father’s betrayal had started the ripple effect that would lead to his eventual downfall. Instead of being the respected Alpha Bernard of the Moonraker pack, he sits in a cell in the castle dungeons. My sternum still stings in the place where he tried to tear me apart when I was giving him one last chance for mercy before Kane’s armies destroyed him.
“I missed you, Emory,” Lola says
“I missed you too, Lola.” I pull away to look over at her, checking if she’s healthy and find that she looks physically unharmed. “How have you been? Did the Kincaids treat you well?”
“Margaret is very nice. And Darius helped me with my homework.”
I look toward Darius and his mother who have been waiting for me to acknowledge them. “Darius, Margaret, thank you for bringing Lola here. And for taking care of her while I was gone.”
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“Ouch,” Darius remarks with a laugh. He nods to Emory, “I am glad to be under your command, Alpha Emory.”
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Darius was the boy I thought would be my mate someday. It had made sense logically as his father had been my father’s Beta. Looking at him now, I feel nothing for him except gratitude for his treatment of Lola. He is definitely not my mate, but he would be a good mate for some other girl.
