Chapter 125 DANE PRE NT DAY There was more to the memory , but it faded just I tried to reach for it .


    The birthmark made light .


    Something had blocked me from remembering that .


    I shouldnt be surprised .


    Aurora could hardly remember any of her time with the Reeds , even though shed been with them her entire life .


    I used to think she was lying .


    Then I thought it was trauma .


    But now , knowing there were things Id forgotten , too , I didnt think I could say that anymore .


    Theyd done something to repress my memories of the kidnapping , and hers of her whole life .


    I cursed and snarled .


    Damn the Council for not letting me wipe them out when I took over as Alpha .


    I blinked and shook myself , looking around for Evelyn .


    She was gone .


    Chapter 125 Shed dropped that bomb on me and just left .


    My fingers elongated into ws .


    For eight years , shed lied to me .


    She let me build my life around her .


    She let me ruin my rtionship with Aurora .


    I should tear her apart .


    But she was also carrying my child ….


    If it even was my child .


    2/6 The foundation of our rtionship was a lie .


    It wasnt hard to believe shed lie about other things .


    But if I wasnt the father , who was ? Who was allowing Evelyn to parade around , telling people she was pregnant with my child when they knew it was theirs ? My fangs elongated at the thought of that .


    Whoever the father was , hed better pray to the goddess that Evelyn had lied to him , too .


    Because nothing in heaven or on earth would save him if I found out who he was and that hed tricked me willingly .


    I finally pushed away from the wall , but I didnt go after Evelyn .


    There would be time for her .


    Time to think .


    To decide what to do with the child which was , after all , innocent .


    Time to hunt her down and take her out if thats what it came to .


    But how and why would a woman like that be the chosen of the goddess ? And why would she be put in charge of guarding Aurora .


    Chapter 125 It made no sense .


    One thing shed said was right , though .


    3/6 I think its time the women in your life stopped keeping secrets .


    from you .


    Id given Aurora enough time toe clean about Coleridge .


    It was time to figure out what was going on between her and the Fall Line Alpha once and for all .


    AURORA Hello , precious thing .


    What are you doing right now ? Thinking of me ? My gut clenched at the sound of Holdens voice in my head .


    Celia and I had finished cleaning Evanders wounds and changing his clothes and sheets , so he wasnt lying in drying blood anymore .


    I pushed my younger cousins hair back from his face .


    Wake up , Evander .


    Please .


    What am I going to tell Uncle Winston ? Evanders uncle was one of my favorites , even though I knew he was Grandma Augustas least favorite child .


    He didnt want power , he wasnt ruthless or strategic .


    He was a schr who specialized in magic .


    Chapter 125 4/6 Evander didnt take after his dad their rtionship wast basically if the absent minded college professor was somehow the father of the star quarterback but they loved each other , and I loved both of them .


    Aurora , Holdens voice echoed in my mind again , and this time ther as a trickle of power in the words , which sounded like they were spoken through gritted teeth .


    Answer me .


    My throat closed as I automatically fought thepulsion .


    I must have made a sound because Celia , the middle aged healer , looked at me in rm .


    Are you all right , Luma heir ? Are you choking on something ? I shook my head no and said in my mind , Im tending my cousin .


    He was wounded searching for my children .


    The strangled feeling immediately disappeared , and I sucked in a rush of air , cooling my burning lungs .


    Thats better .


    I like it when my mate is responsive , Holden purred .


    I wanted to snap back that I wasnt his mate .


    The magic hed used to bind me wasnt normal .


    It wasnt natural wolf magic .


    It was something else .


    Something created by that strange , hooded figure .


    Something that tasted like the shadows .


    What about the rest ? Holden asked with that viting caress of Chapter 125 power .


    Were you thinking of me ? 5/6 No , I snapped .


    I was thinking of my cousin and making sure hes all right .


    And I was thinking of Piper .


    Was she all right ? I didnt know why ne had moved her out of the infirmary .


    I hoped that meant she was doing well .


    And I was thinking Dane .


    I was always thinking of Dane .


    And my children .


    They were with the Reeds , Evander had said .


    But I couldnt get him to wake up and tell me the rest , and Dane had brushed me off so carelessly .


    I shook myself .


    Of course , he had .


    His sister had been unconscious for so long , it made sense .


    I needed to get a grip on myself .


    Trajan once told me he couldnt believe how cool and collected I was all the time , but the only reason he thought so was because I didnt have my wolf .


    He couldnt ever see what was inside my head .


    Cool and collected was a veneer .


    A mask .


    An act .


    I was unsure so much of the time .


    These days , the mask felt like the only thing holding me together .


    Chapter 125 6/6 Celia finished with Evander , and I moved back to tuck the covers in around him .


    Then the door to the infirmary mmed open and Dane strode in .


    He had his phone in his hand .


    Ive waited long enough , Aurora .


    Exin this .