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Chapter 29 The Reprieve
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2026-10-26 13:22:56
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The Mate He Never Marked Chapter 50 The Frames on the Wall
CormacNina sleeps right up until Jaime starts folding up the clothes horse. Then she wakes and decides she has opinions about the quiet.It isn’t crying yet, just the grumble that comes before it, aimed at the ceiling.It gets louder every time I stop moving, so I keep walking her around Peyton’s cottage in slow loops, one hand on her back.Peyton offered to take her so I could go home. I told her I’d rather do it myself. She looked surprised for a second, then went back to the dishes.Greta offered too, and I sent her to bed.Blackwell’s warriors can freeze out in the lane for all I care.Their Alpha told them to wait until I’m done visiting my daughter, and I’m not done.I’d stay till morning if Peyton let me. She already told the whole cottage neither of us is staying.But when Nina wanted me, Peyton nodded to Blackwell to hand her over. I saw it through the gap in the sheet.In her own house, in front of her whole family, she let me hold our daughter.My wolf hasn’t stopped think
The Mate He Never Marked Chapter 49 The Audience
Peyton“Nobody’s fighting on my step tonight,” I say. “Not with my daughter right here, crying her eyes out.”Both Alphas turn to look at me.I lift Nina off Ian’s shoulder. She hiccups twice against my neck and goes quiet. At least one wolf in this house listens to me.“If you two want to stay, you’re welcome to come in, sit where Jaime puts you and watch my brother’s show. Anybody who can’t manage that can say goodnight to Nina right now.”Ian looks past Cormac to the Greyfell warriors on the path.“Wait at the end of the lane. When Blackpine’s Alpha is done visiting his daughter, you walk him back to the border.”“It’s your house, Peyton,” Ian says. “I’m not the one who turned up without calling.”He walks back into the living room before Cormac can answer.Cormac’s eyes are on Nina.“I’ll sit wherever your brother puts me,” he says. “And the only one in this house I plan on talking to is her.”That suits me fine. She’s the best company here, and she can’t even talk yet.Jaime drag
The Mate He Never Marked Chapter 48 Hot Buttered Rum
PeytonDad’s coming at Ian with what’s left of the roast.“Hold your plate up, Ian. Nobody leaves my table with room to spare on Solstice eve.”“Simon, that was my third helping.” Ian puts a hand on his stomach. “One more bite and you’ll have to roll me home.”Dad loads up Ian’s plate anyway.Somebody’s eaten the crust off every bread roll Dad baked. My money’s on Jaime, who’s been doing it since he was six and still thinks nobody notices.Mom’s at the stove, stirring butter and brown sugar into a pot of rum.The whole cottage smells of cinnamon, the way their kitchen did every winter when I was younger.She presses a mug into my hands. “Careful, sweetheart. I let your father do the measuring.”One sip makes my eyes water. I’ve missed having a house too small for all of us, with everybody in it on my side.Nina’s in her basket by the door, frowning at the noise like she’s drafting a complaint to the Elders.Greta’s at the sink, and Mom’s already lost two fights with her over the dishc
The Mate He Never Marked Chapter 47 The Old Goat
CedricI come late on purpose. With any luck, I’ve missed the small talk and they’re carrying the food in.Nobody’s even sat down.Tess takes my coat like I might still have her thrown off pack land for creasing it.The hall smells of brandy and a lot of wolves I don’t know. My wolf lifts his lip at every one of them. He still thinks this house is his.Cormac comes out of the sitting room before Tess has even hung my coat up. He’ll have heard my car on the gravel.“You look miserable,” I tell him.“I’ve got Cohen Roth in the next room.”Nothing sour in it. It’s true, and it’s still not the whole story.“Try again, boy. You’ve been dodging my questions since you were tall enough to steal from the kitchen, and you’ve never once been any good at it.”He doesn’t argue, so I get to the point.“Where’s your wife?”“At her cottage on Greyfell land, with her parents and Nina.”“So your daughter’s across the border for the holiday, and you’re standing in your own hall looking like you just bur
The Mate He Never Marked Chapter 46 The Exit Plan
LeilaniI walk into the Alpha’s house with my chin up and one hand resting on top of my brand-new bump.My friend brought the box over at lunchtime.The swelling is small and low, exactly what Cox recommended, and under a green viscose wrap dress it looks like I’ve finally started to show.Cox’s pill came back up at breakfast, the way it has every morning so far. The second one stayed down, so from across a room, everyone should be able to scent pregnancy hormones on me.For about a minute and a half, every head in the sitting room turns my way.Then they all go back to watching Cohen.My stepfather is by the fire with a brandy, and he’s so angry the whole room tastes of it. Emerson is alone at the window, and Virginia isn’t anywhere I can see.I planned this entrance for a week, and now my family is focused on some other drama. Typical.“Leilani, darling. Let me look at you.”Meredith comes at me with both hands out, and her eyes go straight to my stomach.Silicone is good, but it is
The Mate He Never Marked Chapter 45 The Unraveling Son
Emerson“Your mother hasn’t slept through the night since you called her,” Cohen says.He keeps his back to the room and his voice low, like that makes any difference in a house full of wolves.Meredith Whelan has straightened the same pine branch on the mantel so many times the poor thing is shedding needles all over the rug.“She takes her meals in the bedroom,” Cohen goes on. “She’s seeing that healer of hers twice a week again. She tells me you shouted at her.”She deserved it.I told her exactly what I think of a mother who asks how Leilani’s eating a minute after I’ve told her that her other daughter is dead.“You two haven’t fought like this since you were a boy.” Cohen eyes me like a ledger that doesn’t add up.“That first year, you ran off whenever she turned her back. I lost count of how often I had to fetch you from the bus station, with a backpack full of crackers, no ticket and no idea which one to get on. Leilani came along, and it stopped. I’ve had peace ever since.”He
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