All Chapters of The Fate of the Alpha's Orphaned Daughter: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

"We created it together," Sebastian confirmed. "Vivian became my eyes and ears in places I couldn't reach, and I protected her from Nightshade's suspicions." "And you never told us," Maison said, hurt evident in his voice. "I couldn't risk it," Vivian replied, regret clear in her expression. "The fewer who knew, the safer we all were. Nightshade has spies everywhere. If she had discovered our connection..." "She would have used it against you both," I finished, understanding completely. Hadn't I lived my own life in secrecy for the same reason? The assembly broke into murmurs, wolves processing this unexpected development with varying degrees of acceptance. Mated pairs were sacred among our kind—e

I turned the page, finding detailed descriptions of the abilities my father believed we would develop. For me, he wrote of heightened empathic connections to pack members and an unusual facility with healing magic. For Matthias, the predictions were more extensive—abilities to sense disturbances in supernatural energies, to see through deceptions and illusions, and most significantly, to repair damaged connections between ley lines. "This is why Nightshade wanted him," Maison said, reading over my shoulder. "Not just for his blood connection to the Stone, but for these specific abilities." "The ability to repair ley lines would give her unprecedented control," Sebastian observed, his ancient eyes narrowed in thought. "If she could harness this power through the Crimson Ascension..."