All Chapters of After the Storm: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

Alpha TylerI should have been looking at the food.It was impossible not to.The women had somehow prepared enough food to feed an army.But I barely noticed it.Because she was there.Lilly. That was her name. I had heard the Luna call her that as I was following the other men out of the room.She was sitting on the sofa with the children, holding a baby against her chest.She looked beautiful.Again, that was the first thought that came to me.Beautiful.My wolf stirred.Mate.I swallowed.I wanted to go to her.Every instinct inside me screamed at me to cross the room.To sit beside her.To introduce myself properly.To learn everything about her.But then I remembered the look in her eyes.Fear.She was afraid of me.And that stopped me in my tracks.I stayed where I was.I didn’t want to make her uncomfortable.She deserved space.Especially after tonight.I glanced down at my hands.The scars were still there.They always would be.I had spent years accepting them.I had learned

Storm“Scars change how someone looks. Age changes how someone looks. Time changes all of us.”I paused.“But kindness?”“That doesn’t?”“Not in the same way.”I thought about Doyle.The man I loved.The man who had stood between me and danger more times than I could count.The man who had seen the broken parts of me and never once made me feel less because of them.“Your father isn’t the man I first thought he was either,” I said quietly.Lilly smiled.“You fell in love with him.”“I did.”“Because of his looks?”I laughed softly.“No.”“Because he was an Alpha?”“Definitely not.”She giggled.I smiled.“I fell in love with the way he made me feel safe.”I looked towards the dining room again.“The way he protected me. The way he loved our children. The way he stood beside me when I was frightened. The way he showed me who he was through his actions.”I turned back to Lilly.“That is how you get to know someone.”Her eyes lowered to her hands.“Through their actions.”“Yes.”I smiled

DoyleI couldn’t have been happier.My little girl had found her mate.Lilly.My Lilly.And as I sat behind my desk watching the two of them, I couldn’t help but feel a strange mixture of happiness and sadness.She was growing up.I knew that.One day, she would leave this house.One day, I would have to let her go.But I hadn’t expected it to happen like this.Not tonight.Not after everything we’d just been through.Yet somehow, watching Lilly sit there with Alpha Tyler, I knew there was something good in all of this.Tyler hadn’t had the easiest life.I’d known enough about his past to understand that.The scars covering his body weren’t the only scars he’d carried.He’d spent years fighting battles most people knew nothing about.And now…He had found his mate.My daughter.I looked at Tyler.The happiness on his face was impossible to miss.He was trying to hide it, but I knew him well enough to see it.Lilly had just given him something he probably hadn’t dared hope for.A chanc

Alpha DoylI wanted to tear him apart.But Sean grabbed my arm.“Not yet.”I looked at him.Sean shook his head.“We need answers.”I forced myself to step back.Sean turned towards Cain.“Who else was involved in the attack?”Cain said nothing.“Who supplied the information about Celtic Moon?”Nothing.“Who knew about the patrol routes?”Cain’s eyes flickered.Sean noticed.“So there is someone else.”Cain smiled.“You’re learning.”My wolf growled.I stepped closer again.“Did you have someone inside my pack?”Cain looked directly at me.“I had information.”“From where?”He smiled.“That’s the question you should be asking.”Sean’s expression darkened.“We’ll find out.”Cain shrugged.“Maybe.”I stared at him.“You’ve spent years planning this.”“Yes.”“Why attack tonight?”His expression changed.“Because tonight gave me an opportunity.”“What opportunity?”Cain’s smile returned.“To take everything from you.”My fists clenched.“You failed.”Cain looked at me.“Did I?”The words

Alpha DoyleCain’s silence confirmed it.Sean released his shirt.“Mike didn’t just betray us.”“No,” Cain said.“He tried to turn the attack into a massacre.”My wolf roared.I could barely hear anything over the sound of my own rage.Cain looked at me.“He wanted you to believe I was responsible for everything.”I stared at him.“You were responsible.”“Yes.”“But he wanted you to take the blame.”Cain nodded.“He wanted to remain hidden.”Sean’s eyes narrowed.“And when the attack failed?”“He would simply disappear.”“Where?”“I don’t know.”“You expect us to believe that?”Cain laughed bitterly.“He never trusted me enough to tell me what his exit strategy was.”Cain’s expression hardened as he looked at me.“I was supposed abandoned hunting lodge beyond the southern ridge.”Sean exchanged a glance with me.My wolf growled.“I was supposed to meet Mike one last time before the attack. But he disappeared. You wouldn’t know anything about that now, would you?” Cain asked.“Why were