NovelAppChapter 0229
“Alpha Jerwas distraught, losing his only child and heir to the Alpha line. He sentenced my father to death. |
was forced to watch as Alpha Jerbeheaded my father, telling everyone in the pack that he was a traitor and
responsible not only for James’ death, but also Evan's. Then as an act of mercy to show his benevolence, | was
banished. He sentoff with nothing but the clothes on my back at twelve years old. Smercy. After he
spread the lies about my father, no one would takein, so | was living as a rogue in the forest, barely
surviving.
| stop, running my hands over my filthy and knotted hair. The Guardian has tears in her eyes. Liam's eyes are
hard, but it's him I look at as | continue.
“I had been on my own for several months when | first ran into Luna Estella. | was at a lake that extended past
your borders, trying to catch fish or find anything to eat. Your mother sawand she knew who | was. She came
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clothes that | was wearing and | was scrounging for food, she toldto meet her back there the next day. | was
worried that it was a trap, but | was starving, so | waited a little farther away, until | saw her arrive at the lake.
She was carrying a basket of food and clothes.”
“I met with her and she gavefood, clothes, shoes and a knife. Then she asked if there was anything else that
| needed. She wanted to know where | was living and if | was safe. After that first day, we started meeting three
or four times a week. | would go every day to see if she was there, and when she was, she'd bringfood and
clothing and we'd talk, sometimes she would read to me.”
| look at Liam again. “Your mother was the only positive thing in my life during that time. She toldshe never
believed the stories that Alpha Jerhad told and that she knew my father was a good man. It helpedto
heal just a bit from the pain of losing my only family. If it wasn’t for her, I'd probably be dead.”
| looked down again, coming to the end of the story. “I kept tabs on Alpha Jerome. | wanted to sday take my
revenge for what he and his son did to my family and that’s how | heard about it. He wanted to take over the
Canyon Ridge Pack, but they had two Guardians. They were too strong to overthrow, so he was going to come
here, to take over your pack. He knew the best way to take out your father was to kill your mother. Get to Luna
Estella, weaken Alpha Leander then kill him and take over the pack and pack lands. He planned to take another
mate and have another heir.”
“I waited until the day of the battle, following the pack into your territory and
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when the battle began, | took my opportunity to run to your mother. | wasn’t exactly sure where to find her and
in the tit tookto get to her, one of Alpha Jerome's warriors had already gotten to her.”
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My voice was getting thick with the memories. “When | reached her, she was still alive. She toldto take care
of myself and stay strong, just before she died.” | can still feel Luna Estella reaching up to cup my cheek, before
it fell to the ground with her death.
“I don’t remember what | did after that. | think | was hugging her and crying when they found me. The warriors
that foundimmediately assumed | had killed her, so I ran. And I've been running ever since.”
I swallow, trying to relieve the lump in my throat before speaking again. “My own mother died giving birth to me.
That twith your mother, Luna Estella, was the only tI've ever had a mother figure in my life, and | wasn’t
fast enough to save her.”
Cooper
Author
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