Chapter 72
Chapter72
“You… are glad that I am okay?” He asksand I immediately nod.
“Yes. I am.”
Warrick stares at me. I can tell that he does not know what to say or do to the display of my affection
towards him.
He has done terrible things but… he was just a broken man all this time. Of course that does not
excuse his actions. But I do feel sympathy for him.
“Did you know… you were a miraclechild?” He asks.
“I was a what?”
“A miracle child. That’s what I used tocall you.”
“W-why?”
He stares at me for a few seconds and I can tell that he is debating something in his head.
“You… you were born sick. No, not sick.I… I don’t know how to explain it.”
“Maybe we should leave this for later.”Lotus interrupts.
“Why?” Warrick asks.
“Yeah, why? I want to hear this.”
Lotus doesn’t respond. She looks away and almost looks nervous.
Thankfully, Warrick continues.”You, well… you were born with your wolf soul.”
I am confused.
“What do you mean? Don’t we all havethe soul of a wolf inside of us?”
“Well yes, but they don’t come forthuntil we come of age. Eighteen for all of us and there is a reason
for that. It is what was happening with you. When you were born, you had your wolf already. Your
little body could not handle the power and it would try to change. I remember seeing claws on your
little fingertips and patches of fur on your skin. That is an image that always stayed with me.”
“It has never been heard of.” He says.”You were given only days to live. Yourmother was
devastated… we both were.”
“How… what happened? How did Isurvive?”
“They were wrong. The doctors werewrong. On the fourth day when I came to see you and your
mother, you were perfect. No signs of your wolf. It was as if it was never there.”
“Just like that?”
He nods.”My miracle child. I always thought that the goddess herself blessed you. You did not have
that birthmark on your chest when you were born but you did that day. As if it was a sign that she
had touched you, blessed you.”
“Blessed?…”
He nods as he closes his eyes, readying himself to rest.
“Yes…”
I can see him dosing off but I have so many questions.
“But how? How did I suddenly live?”
I can see his breathing has deepened.
“You… were my pride and joy.” Hemutters.
I look at Lotus who stares at me with a weary expression.”I have never seen him as happy as he
was the day you were born.” She says.
I stare at her inquisitively. “You know something, don’t you?”
She continues to stare at me but keeps quiet.
It suddenly clicks in my head.”Honora…”
When I mutter the witch’s name, that is when Lotus looks away.
“It was her! She helped my mother.She… she saved me.”
Lotus stays quiet and that confirms it.
“Tell me what happened. Please.”
She looks at Warrick and with a sigh, she tilts her head, motioning for me to follow her out.
We leave Father with guards and head to the sunroom where tea is prepared for us
prepared to do anything to save you. Even if it meant using magic. Your father never liked the idea
of witches so we kept it secret from him.”
“What did Honora do to save me?”
“I don’t know. The ritual or spell onlyallowed Honora and your mother with you to be present. I
waited outside of the room.”
“Wait, so she did not help you toconceive Victor as you said.”
“No. I… lied. I’m sorry.”
That doesn’t really bother me.
“This means that… maybe she does knowwhat is happening with my powers. Maybe it is even
because of the spell or whatever she did to me as a child that my powers do not function properly.”
“Are you going back to her?” She asks.
“Yes. I have to. I need to find out more.”
She looks a bit worried.
“What is wrong?”
“It’s just… I never really liked us relyingon a witch’s magic. It is not natural and though Honora might
be good, magic is unpredictable.”
“That did not stop you from helping mymother.”
“I know but… when your mother left, shewas… crazed. She had a crazed look on her. I did not
understand why she was so… frazzled and I still don’t. At first, I thought that Warrick had done
something to her. But when she disappeared, he was shocked and confused.”
“So you don’t think that it was becauseof him that she left?”
“I… I don’t know anymore. She wasmuttering things, weird things.”
Maybe my mother had another reason to leave.
Lotus continues.”When we were with Honora that day at her shop… a memory of something your
mother said suddenly stood out to me.”Never trust a witch”That is something she said and maybe
she was right.”
I nod.”I get that we should be careful. But I do need to talk to Honora
again.”
She nods.”Okay. I understand. But I am coming with you when you do.
you all the time and you and Victor were close. Being almost the same age, you two used to play
together all the time. So I am coming with you. For Dahlia, I will be there for you just as she would
be if she was here herself.”
I can’t help the big smile that creeps on my face. I give her a hug, a much-needed hug. It almost
feels as if I am hugging my own mother.
“Thank you.”
I am happy. This makes me happy. That I got to meet all these people… my family.
“I will have a talk with Honora and setup a time to meet with her. Now… you need to start your Alpha
duties soon. Take today to rest. I am sure that tomorrow my boy can help you adjust to it all.”
I nod and do as she says. The first thing I want to do is to check up on James.
I knock on his door and open it since I am sure he is not going to answer. He stands near the
window looking out.
“James?”
This time he actually looks back at me. “C-Cass?”
I nod and walk in.
He looks back out.”It is a beautiful day out.” He says.
“Yes, it is. Why don’t you go for a stroll?”
I don’t think he even knew I was gone.
He stays quiet for a moment and then responds.”Everything reminds me of her.”
I sit on the bed quietly trying not to force conversation.
We stay quiet for a few minutes and he doesn’t seem like he is going to talk anymore.
“Did you eat?” I ask him.
“Yes. You ask me the same thing everytime.”
“I know. Just want to know that you arestill taking care of yourself.”
“I should be taking care of you. That iswhat she would have wanted. But here I am, a broken man
who can’t help anyone.”
“Listen-“
“James-“
“I’ll be fine.” He repeats.
With a big sigh, I nod. “Okay. Try to get some fresh air.”
I get up and let him be.
I stop in front of the man that guards his door.
“How is he really doing?” I ask him.
“He… he has moments of outburstswhere he starts screaming. Sometimes in anger… sometimes in
sadness. But, it is understandable.”
the man looks sympathetic. I am sure he has a mate and can’t imagine losing her like James lost
Lauren.
I nod.”Okay.”
I make my way down the stairs. The front doors always tend to be opened during the day so I stop
when I see Kanda standing outside. I walk up to her and see her staring at Victor and Garret who
talk in the distance.
“What you doing?” I ask her.
“Mh… watching those two hunk of men.”
“WHAAAAT?” I am stupid. The way thatcaught me off guard makes me sound dumb.
“I didn’t know men in your pack wouldbe so good-looking.”
“Th-those are my brothers.”
“Hmh… interesting.” She says.”I wouldlove to take one of them for a ride.”
My eyes almost bulge out of my eye sockets. I feel stupified in place. I turn to make an attempt to
leave her in her silence and her moaning and muttering but turn back to her again. I open my mouth
to say something and immediately close it because I don’t think I want to know anymore.
I head back to my room where I find Colt sitting on an armchair looking at the iron mask in his
hands.
“What are you doing?”
He looks at me and then back at the mask.”I…I hate that someone hurt you like this. I can’t get it out
of my head.
“Look at me. I am fine, right?”
“Are you?”
“Yes.” I caress his cheek.
He sucks in a deep breath and then lets it go.
Seeing him so unnerved gives me the urge to tell him. I want to put his hand on my belly and tell him
that we are going to be parents. That he is going to be a dad.
He smiles.”How did it go with your dad?”
That spell is broken now that I remember everything that was revealed to me.
“You are not going to believe what I justlearned.”
“What?” He asks and I laugh. He lookslike he is ready to hear some good juicy gossip.
“Well mister Beaufort, I never knew you were so into gossip and drama.”
He laughs.”I am only just a little bit into it. As long as it doesn’t involve me.”
“Well, aren’t you involved fifty percentof the time?”
He laughs.”And you are the other fifty percent.”
“Not by choice. Anyway, first of all,Kanda seems to have a crush on my brothers.”
“Kanda, that woman you came with?”
“Yes.”
“Mh. I’m glad you had her in that place.I’m glad she helped you.”
I nod.”If it wasn’t for her, we wouldn’t have gotten out of that place.”
“And that is all the gossip you wanted to tell me about?”
“Oh no. There is more. So…”
I tell him what my father and Lotus told me.
“But… that-how is it possible? How can anewborn be born with a wolf’s soul?”
“I don’t know. But I know that Honoramust have some answers. I need to see her
“Yeah, I know.”
I slide my fingers up his chest. You know… we have the rest of the day to rest… or have some fun.”
“Mh… I like that.”
“I know you do.”I give him a kiss.
He kisses me back but then softly pushes me away.”Yeah, get on your knees.”
Uh!I love it when he tells me what to do.
