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Harlyn

I’m sitting with my brothers and mother. Isaac and Lotta are sitting and playing with my mother, who already looks far healthier than she did before.

“So, why do you have guards, Harlyn?” Colton asks. My mother and Samuel also look at me like they want to know.

“They are not guards like the palace has, they are beta’s,” I explain. “They aren’t mine, they are Alpha Wayne’s,” I say, and look between them, deciding now is the time to just say it. “I’m engaged to him,” I say while holding out my hands. I watch their eyes widen.

“You’re engaged to an Alpha? Samuel asks in disbelief.

“What does he look like, Harlyn?” Mother questions.

“Is he your mate?” Colton asks, and they continue to ask questions while I laugh slightly at how quickly they are asking questions without giving me a chance to answer them.

“Why isn’t he here? Surely he should have come as well?” Samuel looks at me with a confused expression.

“Mummy said he wasn’t allowed to come with us,” Isaac speaks, and Samuels's ey