All Chapters of Renascence : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Lyric was released two days later but I sent Caleb to pick her up and I avoided her during that time, making sure that we didn’t cross paths. I had other things on my mind and I chose not to think about her. I still didn’t trust myself around her. Gray still wanted to kill her.On Friday, Conroy and I ported to New York where the Council had their headquarters. Dinah was there with Rohan and three Council members, Ralph Goodwin, Mario Lopez and Charl Matthews. We were seated at a rectangular table and we’d all been introduced. Another man sat at the table but we hadn’t been introduced and I knew that he was a truth seeker.I didn’t know these men but they would know exactly who my family was. Gray was pissed off. He didn’t like Rohan any more than I did and this tribunal was just him being a sore loser. It was ridiculous actually, taking Conroy to the Council because of rejection.“This is the tribunal between the Sinclair and Carter packs of New Hampshire,” Ralph began. “The claim is

Caleb wasn’t completely on board with what I wanted to do. He liked Lyric and he wanted me to forgive her and work on our marriage. I might have listened to him if I hadn’t met Bailey that day. Seeing him and knowing that Lyric killed my child, just made it so much easier for me to cast her aside.“Caleb said you wanted to see me,” Lyric said as she paused in the doorway.“Come in and close the door behind you,” I said.“I’m glad you’re finally coming to your senses. You’ve been ignoring me and even moved my stuff out of our room,” she said as she sat down in front of me.“You got custody of Bash. There’s no need to pretend anymore,” I said to her.“Pretend?”“Wasn’t that what you were doing this whole time?” I asked her.“No and you know it,” she said. Gray’s fur was rippling and I could feel it underneath my skin. The only thing keeping him at bay was thinking about Bailey.“Fuck you, Lyric!” I said angrily as I glared at her. “You killed my child.”She at least had the decency to l

Jericho had unlocked those memories in my mind and I felt nauseous as I remembered everything that I had done, the way I had acted. He was right though. Ashley could ruin me if she wanted to, and not just me, I had to think about my family as well.It was difficult remembering that dark time in my life and for a moment I wished he hadn’t unlocked those memories. Most of it was circumstantial, but she could play it to her advantage. I had treated her like shit and if it got out, I’d be ruined as an Alpha.I sent Ashley a text to meet me at the house an hour before her deadline expired. I was a different person now, one that didn’t run away from responsibility. I would do the right thing here, for Bailey, for me and for my family.“I hope you have good news for me,” Ashley said as she sat down in the chair in front of my desk.“You’ll get what you want, but it’s not just going to fall in your lap. This is a business transaction where we both give and take,” I said to her.“I’m listening

Ashley had moved into Lyric’s old room and Bailey got Sebastian’s old room, which was between our rooms. The further away she was from me the better. After an awkward dinner I said my goodnights and retreated to my room.I had trouble falling asleep and when I finally did I found myself in a room of darkness, not a room exactly, more like a void of nothingness. No walls, no windows, nothing but darkness and I could find no end to it as I stumbled around.“Sin….” I heard my name echo around me.“Dad?”“You’re so funny,” Death said as he appeared before me.“I’m here, Christian.” I heard Kiran in my head.“What do you want?” I asked Death.“I’m sorry about your baby,” he said.“Christian…” I heard Kiran in my head again and I closed my eyes as I concentrated on his voice.“Dad,” I said.“Stay strong, it won’t always be like this,” he said.“I miss you, Dad,” I said.“I love you, Christian, you’re stronger than me,” he said.“I love you, Dad,” I said but I was met with silence.I opened

Caleb leaned against the counter and watched me for what felt like eternity. He didn’t want to say anything bad about Bailey but I knew it was hard for him to keep quiet, especially when Bailey was hurting his daughter. Nothing I said seemed to make a difference with him, but I couldn’t just sit back and let it happen. I would have to talk to Ashley about it and maybe even get Bailey some help. He obviously had issues about something.“You’ve been off your game for a while now. What’s going on?” Caleb asked me.“I really don’t know. I mean, where does Ashley go during the day? What does she do?” I asked him.“I don’t know. Have you asked her?”“I don’t want to ask her, not if I can help it,” I said.“I hope she chokes on her own saliva or something,” he said.“Sometimes I wish she’d never found me,” I admitted. I hated to say it out loud but it was the truth. I felt guilty for feeling that way because then I’d never have met Bailey and some days I was okay with that.“Didn’t you impri