Chapter 387

Chapter 387:

“You should’ve sent me a message, then. All you had to say was ‘Hey, Jaris, I’m kinda lonely and feel like I’m dying without you.’ Sure, I’d have come running p>

I burst out laughing.

He helped me sit back on the bench, then sat beside me. We spent some time together, talking and laughing about the most ordinary things.

When he noticed I was cold, he dashed to his car, grabbed a sweater, and handed it to me.

The sweater smelled like him—just as I liked.

I held it tight around me, unable to contain my smile each time I sniffed it.

Something in me told me to enjoy every bit of this moment—this happy moment with the man I love. Because somehow, people like me were never lucky in love.

JARIS

When Lyric and I returned to the Pack House later that night, I checked on the kids and was relieved to find they were still awake—even if they should have been deep asleep by now.

I dismissed their nanny so I could have some alone time with them and started the conversation about Lyric.

“Have you forgotten so soon that she used to be your friend? Your favorite aunt? What changed? She’s never hurt either of you, has she? You don’t get to hate someone only because your mummy said they’re bad. Do you understand p>

They were quiet during the entire conversation but looked really guilty. I went to bed, hoping for a change. But unfortunately, I woke up to very disturbing news.

There had been an attack just last night, and one of the Alphas was dead. Alpha Miguel.

LYRIC

Things were about to get messy.

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Here I was, baking cookies for the kids just before the news of Alpha Miguel’s death reached me.

Jaris was furious and set to fly out to the Alpha’s pack. Last night, he’d given me a highlight of what the problem was. Now, with the high-ranking Alpha dead, it wasn’t looking good, especially with Jaxen being the suspect.

I intended to go with Jaris and decided to quickly serve the cookies to the kids before getting ready.

Fortunately, their problematic mother wasn’t in when I entered—only their nannies. Jaris told me he’d managed to speak with the kids last night and was even the one who suggested giving them something this morning. They were getting ready for school and all stopped to look at me when I entered.

“Hey!” I beamed, ignoring how hurt I was by the fact that they didn’t come to hug me like they normally would. “I trust your nights were good p>

They didn’t say anything, but they also didn’t try to push me off either, which was a very good sign.