Vaelor's POV"Daddy, is Mommy going to come back soon?" I was half startled when Cooper asked about his mother.It had been two days and he had not said anything about her, now that we were on a dining table in the morning."Something wrong, buddy?" I asked him, lightly ruffling his hair."I haven't seen her..." He said quietly, "... Is she going to be gone for long?"I don't know if it was my imagination, but it almost sounded as if he was hoping that my answer would be yes."I'm not sure yet. She went to visit Grandma. She can come back any day now, and she'll be back with lots of presents for you."He swept his eyes over the table to where her seat was."It's quiet when she's gone."I didn't know what to make of that, but before I could ask my son any questions to probe into his mind, a servant scrambled into the dining room."Alpha Vaelor, your mother and father are here to see you."On reflex, my muscles immediately went tense. My parents' arrival was not usually met with good ne
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