NovelAppChapter 0200
ZAIA.
“I wouldn't have expected this from you, Zaia,” Aran says as he sits behind his office desk in the Pack Building.
His jaw is clenched, and his eyes are harsh as he sits there, watching me.
“I do apologise, but you have been refusing to answer my calls or to meetand there is a lot we need to
discuss,” | say, walking in and shutting the door behind me.
The sound of my heels is loud in the silent room.
“And what exactly do we need to discuss? You have already
disobeyed me, and you have been visiting Sebastian when | gave strict orders not to. So why should bother to
talk to you when there is nothing to say?” he asks coldly.
| tilt my head, taking a seat opposite him and | lean back, crossing my legs. “Because you are Sebastian's father
and no matter how much you two clash, he is still your son.”
He scoffs. “So, he hasn't shared with you that | am not his father?”
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Raising an eyebrow, | play with a strand of my hair.
“Not his father? How can you not be his father? Yes, he toldyour had a sperm donor, but that doesn’t take
away the fact that he is your son. Whether a child is adopted, or created via a sperm donor, any child you take in
and raise as your son or daughter is yours.
Sebastian is your son, no one else's.
There's a glint of something in his eyes before he looks away and he swallows, adjusting his tie, but he does not
reply.
“You and Sebastian are far too alike, and that is why you clash,” | add.
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They have a lot of differences, but they do have similarities and | don’t know why Aran is so against him, but |
am not here to make things worse but to try to fix them.
He sits back and scoffs as if what | have said is amusing.
“We have never seen eye to eye, yet despite everything | have done for him, he has done nothing but show me
arrogance and disrespect in return. Why should | acknowledge him?”
“You did acknowledge him when you first made him Alpha. Why is it that things got worse between you two after
my divorce?” | ask.
I'm not a fool, and although he seemed angry atwhen | finally did decide to cback, our divorce was the
starting point of things getting worse between the two.
He doesn’t respond, staring atas if wantingto say what | have to and leave quickly.
“Look, | know Gerard is your cousin and you two might be close, but the way you had Sebastian arrested without
hearing what happened was not right. He is your son, and you know him. Would he really harm someone like
that?”
“He was possibly angry at him. He had reason to be after all. | know the way Sebastian works.”
“What reason could there have been unless he was instigated?”
“He was instigated. Didn't he tell you?” He raises an eyebrow before he lets out an arrogant scoff.
| mask my feelings, wondering what else Sebastian is hiding from me.
What does he mean he had reason to be angry at him?
“Tellwhat reason?” He refuses to answer, and | suppress my annoyance. “Well, | don’t think his reason has
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because | was the one who pushed Gerard.”
My words are soft but clear, and this the isn’t able to keep his mask of indifference on his face.
“Do continue.”
“It’s a long story. Allowto start from the beginning. But first, tell me, Mr. King, how much do you know about
the Blood Born? The Sable and the Sublime, two triquetras to either guide our kind back to our goddess or the
other sent to ‘cleanse’ the plor, in other words, destroy our kind.” I ask.
“I may have heard of it in passing,” he says casually, but | have a gut feeling he knows more.
“Of course, you would have. | have not hidden it and although you weren't at The Crystal Shadows Pack the night
that the SublTriquetra was formed, your allies were. And | know word has spread. | know you know that | am
the final piece of the Sublime, the side that I) chose. And Gerard, well... not only was he the shooter when | was
abroad, but he is also part of those who believe and support the Sable
Jai had confirmed that there was not a mark on him, which meant he was just on their side, not one of the three
points.
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