บททั้งหมดของ Too Late To Claim Me: บทที่ 111 - บทที่ 120

The walk to the packhouse took the longest time. Even though I am sure it wasn't upto ten Minutes. It felt lile it.And I felt like I was doing a death march.Every step I took, I got the feeling of it being a countdown to my own destruction. The presence of Marcus walking beside me was supposed to feel calming and reassuring, but even he couldn't calm the storm that was raging inside me.I had spent almost six years building walls and creating a new identity, I built a new life, a new self that had nothing to do with that girl who had been rejected and cast out. And now, in a matter of hours, my world was crumbling before my eyes.Caelum. My baby. My sweet, brave, wonderful little boy.Where was he? Was he scared? Goddess. He must be do scared. He didn't eat breakfas. Was he hurt? Maybe he's calling out for me right now and wondering why his mummy hadn't come to save him?Those thoughts were like a thousand knives twisting in my chest, and I had to physically stop walking for a mome

My heart stopped. I was already running before I even knew what I was doing, my feet carried me through the winding corridors, and past the startled servants and confused guards, toward the source of the shout. "Aria, wait!" Marcus was behind me, but I didn't bother to slow down. I could not bear to. I had to get there and see for myself. The voice had come from the east wing it's the oldest part of the compound, that had been built by my grandfather's grandfather, it's the part that had been sealed off years ago and has been left to gather dust and decay. I burst through the door at the end of the corridor and found myse

"Mummy." My son screamed.Time slowed to a crawl before my eyes.I saw Caelum's body as he slipped sideways, the ropes that had held him was now dangling uselessly from the tilting post. His small hands reach out, and grasps at air, his eyes were wide with terror. It was as if the edge of the roof was rushing toward him, and the four-story drop beyond it.And then I saw him.Remus.He came from nowhere, his body was a blur of motion as he launched himself across the trembling rooftop with his hand reaching forward to catch Caelum's wrist just as the boy began to fall, his was grip tight and desperate."I've got you!" Remus shouted, his voice was strained with effort. "I've got you, little one!"But the roof was still shaking, and the stones had begun to crack and shift beneath our feet. I watched helpless as Remus's footing slip, and saw him lurch toward the edge, then Caelum's small body swing out over the abyss."No!" I screamed, and started running across the trembling rooftop to

Remus I waited for sometime and then followed them to the healer's quartersIt was bustling with activity when I  made my way downstairs. The pack's medical team had been roused from their beds, and were examining Caelum while Aria hovered nearby with her fingers twisted together, and  her face pale with worry. Marcus was standing guard at the door, his expression was tense. He watched me approach with wary eyes, and I noticed the way he clenched his fist by his side. "Alpha," he said. "The perimeter is secure. There are no sign of the attackers." "They're long gone

The main hall was filled with tension when we arrived. It was everyone was afraid to speak for a moment.Marcus was standing in the center of the room, he was facing a group of wolves that I don't think I've ever seen. They all looked tall, and imposing, and were dressed in dark clothing that seemed to somehow shimmer in the candlelight. And at their head was a woman, a beautiful woman, with silver hair and eyes as dark as the night.She must be Lyra.He looked up as Remus and I entered, and his gaze sweept over us with cold calculation."Alpha Blackwood," she said, inclining her head. "I apologize for the intrusion. But this matter is of which cannot wait.""What matter are you talking about?"She turned to Marcus, and a look passed between them."Marcus," she said, her voice softening. "It's time to come home.""I can't," he said. "I'm not ready.""But you must." She stepped closer. "Your father, the Alpha is dying. The Shadowmoon Pack needs its Alpha."Goddess have mercy.Alpha.