ログインBeta Remy's POV
Alpha Lucien and I had resorted to a space he had insisted on, just the two of us, after the conclave event wrapped up.
The night air here was quieter than it had been inside that hall, and the change was ‘welcomed.’
I stood a few steps to his left with my hands in my pockets, giving him the kind of space that a Beta learned to give their Alpha when the Alpha was clearly somewhere else in his head even while physical
Lara's POV"Vale?"I almost snapped at him, because this was genuinely the height of it. I had spent the better part of the last hour in a state I did not want to repeat for as long as I lived, and the reason for all of it was currently sitting in front of me with the face of someone who already knew they had done something they should not have."Yes, mummy." He replied in that calm, slightly apologetic voice of his — the one that had always had this specific ability to take whatever tension was in a room and bring it down by about half without even trying. It was the most disarming thing about him and it had been working on me since he was old enough to speak in full sentences.It was not going to work on me tonight. Not fully."Tell me what you did wrong." I looked at him directly and waited, because he needed to say it out loud. Not for my benefit. For his."I shouldn't have sneaked out to find my dad." He admitted it without being pushed a second time, which said something about t
Lara's POVBefore a single word left my mouth, my mind went straight back to that corridor outside Dr. Asher's office…years back.The day I had stood there with my hand pressed to my mouth, listening to the man I was married to give a doctor instructions about what to do with my pregnancy before he even knew it existed.‘Listen. If Lara were to ever get pregnant, I need you to terminate it immediately.’He had said it calmly. Without hesitation. Like it was just another instruction on a list of things to handle.I remembered exactly how pathetic I had felt about myself in that corridor. How I had stood there with one hand on the wall and the other over my stomach, wondering what kind of person loved a man who could say something like that so easily. I had been so far gone on him that I had managed to keep loving him even after that. Which said a lot about the s
Lara's POVSomehow the blood link had made me find Vale.I don't know how else to explain it …but then, it was that pull that started the moment I stepped out of the hotel and that quiet tug in my chest pointing me in a direction I had not consciously chosen. I had followed it without questioning it, with Beta Draven a few steps behind me, and it had led me right here.And the moment my eyes got to him … that small figure with the kinda oversized bag on his back, standing there like he had not just given me the worst 50 minutes of my entire life … everything else dissolved."Vale!" I cried out and I was already moving before the name had fully left my mouth, crossing the space between us fast, while dropping to my knees in front of him and pulling him in."Mummy." He said into my shoulder, with his arms coming around my neck."Vale." I sa
Beta Remy's POVAlpha Lucien and I had resorted to a space he had insisted on, just the two of us, after the conclave event wrapped up.The night air here was quieter than it had been inside that hall, and the change was ‘welcomed.’I stood a few steps to his left with my hands in my pockets, giving him the kind of space that a Beta learned to give their Alpha when the Alpha was clearly somewhere else in his head even while physically present.He was holding a picture.Not a new one though. I recognised it … or rather, I recognised the shape of his attention when he held it, because I had seen him hold that same image more times than I could count across the years. It was half of a photograph … the kind of clean, scissor-cut edge that said someone had deliberately separated two people from the same image. The half that remained was Lara's side. The other half, from wh
Lara's POV"What?!" The word came out of me a second time, because the first time apparently had not been enough to make what I was hearing make sense.I pressed the phone harder against my ear and moved a few steps down the corridor, away from Beta Draven, not because I wanted distance from him but because my body needed to move and the phone call needed my full attention and I could not give both things the same space at the same time."What do you mean Vale is gone? Have you lost your mind?" I said it at a volume I was not controlling properly, and I was aware of that but I did not care. How she expected me to just hear that and stand still was something I genuinely could not work out."He left a note saying that he went to find his dad," she said over the phone, her voice careful in the way someone's voice got careful when they knew they were delivering information that was going to land badly. "
Lara's POVWe finally got through the Alpha Conclave's proceedings and made it back to the hotel side where we had already booked our rooms, to retire for the day.The corridor was quiet in the way hotel corridors always were at this hour … that particular late-night hush where the only sounds were the soft carpet underfoot and the distant hum of the building. I was so exhausted that I had already removed my shoes somewhere between the elevator and the corridor, and I was holding them in one hand by the straps, walking in my bare feet and not even slightly bothered about how that looked.I was with Beta Draven, walking beside me at that steady pace of his that never varied regardless of the hour or the circumstances."Look, it's…" I started, reaching for the right words through the fog of how tired I actually was. "It's been a really long night. I mean, we have literally been out the wh
Lara's POV"Lucien, mark me."I moaned the words like a prayer I had been holding back for five years, helpless and wanting as we were both soaked from the shower. I had woken up from sleep and come to him in my nightwear — the thin kind that could be pulled off with one hand — and somehow we had e
Lara's POVI swiped the screen open fully.And there it was.A photo of Alpha Lucien lying across Raina's body with his eyes closed and completely at ease — the kind of relaxed that only comes when a person feels truly safe where they are. And Raina was looking directly into the camera, front-facin
Lara's POVBy the time the nurse was satisfied that I was steady enough to be left alone, I had pulled myself together enough to look like a functioning person. Breathing was even and my hands had stopped shaking. The face in the small mirror above the sink looked tired but held together.That was
Lara's POVI didn't waste a single second after that call.I threw on the first decent outfit I could find, grabbed my bag, and was out the door before the thought of breakfast even crossed my mind. Whatever was in that hospital report wasn't something I was going to sit at home and stare at the ce







