Chapter Twelve

CONNOR 

I remained in my car at the entrance of the Grace’s house, willing her to come out, maybe to get something or to see off the woman that went in there earlier.

I wasn’t sure I'd be lucky enough to see her again as the day was getting darker, but I had to make an effort. Who knows?

As Marcus drove me back home after speaking with her, I thought long and hard on how to get closer to my mate and my child, how to make up for all those years I was absent from their lives. 

“Is something bothering you, Alpha?” Marcus had asked, staring at me from the car's rearview mirror.

I shook my head and sent him a fake smile. I was aware he was still waiting for me to tell him what was going on, but also knew I would when I was ready. And that was when the idea of coming to her place later today without his knowledge occurred to me. 

I had let him drop me off at the house and go back home before rushing in to change to a mor