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Chapter 17
| had just gotten back to my hotel room when my phone buzzed with a text from an unknown number.
“I heard you're at the event. Cback to Nightfall Pack. Your mother and | are waiting.”
| knew immediately who it was - Curtis Wade, my foster father.
“How did you get my number?” | texted back.
“You forget who | am. Getting your number isn’t exactly difficult, Selene. Stop asking questions and chome.”
| stared at the screen and scoffed. Home? Shome. He may have adopted me, but he never showed real
parental love.
He probably got my number from today’s event registration. They'd collected everyone's contact info for
security purposes.
“I'm never coming back. Just forget about me.” | sent the text and tossed my phone on the bed.
After a quick shower and changing into my PJs, | cout to find my phone screen lighting up with notifications.
Drying my hair with a towel, | checked my phone. My stomach dropped when | saw social media blowing up with
posts about me.
People from Nightfall Pack were callingheartless for refusing to see my foster family. They were questioning
my loyalty to the pack.
I read sof the comments:
“How low can she get, abandoning her parents like that!”
“Word is she ran off with solder guy - that’s why she won't cback to our pack.”
“She must be bringing such shto her family.”
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| read through the comments, wondering how they knew about my conversation with my foster father. Though
knowing him, he probably shared it himself.
| left an anonymous comment: “What if you've misunderstood her? Maybe she’s not the bad person you think.”
A few people liked it and agreed, but others kept insisting | was just a disrespectful daughter who abandoned her
elderly parents to live it up elsewhere.
| didn’t waste more ton it. Why should I? | didn’t chere to revisit my old life. My foster parents were
wealthy enough to live comfortably without me.
Though tired, | couldn’t sleep without talking to my babies - they were my whole world.
| video called them, and their faces lit up my screen.
“Hi babies! What are you two up to?” | asked.
Leo waved while Luna blewa kiss.
“Mom, when are you coming back?” Leo asked.
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“Very soon, baby.”
“Mom, bringa big candy!” Luna demanded.
“Of course | will. Where's Uncle Edmund?” | asked.
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Edmund was our butler who looked after them, along with smaids who helped Luna with dressing and
bathing.
“He's right here,” Leo pointed off-screen.
Edmund cinto view and gave a polite bow.
“Madam Selene, please don’t worry. They're in good hands.”
“I'll be back in a few days. Stay with them until then,” | told him.
Leo pouted, “Mom, we miss you.”
He looked so much like his father. | lived in constant fear that someday Kane would discover Leo and
Luna.
What would | do then? | couldn’t lose my children. They were my only reason for living.
“Baby, Mom will be back before you know it,” I promised.
We talked for about an hour, them tellingabout their day. | reminded them to spend twith their
grandparents and enjoy themselves.
Just as | was getting ready for bed, someone knocked. Thinking it was Axel from next door, | opened it saying,
“What's up, Axel-"
| froze. Kane stood there, his dark eyes blazing with anger.
“You?” | whispered.
In a flash, he pushedinside and closed the door behind him.
Before | could process what was happening, he hadpressed against the door. “Axel, huh?” he growled.
His sudden move leftstunned.
‘What's wrong with you? Why are you here?” | tried pushing him away.
He gripped my arms tighter, holdingin place.
“What were you telling my dad about going to Iron Crown Pack? Is it because of that Beta Axel?”
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His jaw was clenched, rage rolling off him in waves that almost scared me.
“Alpha Kane, you're crossing a line. Letgo.”
“Let you go? So you can run to Axel?”
“What do you want?” | demanded.
| couldn’t understand why he was even here. All | knew was that he hatedmore than anyone.
His anger didn’t fade one bit.
“Are you with him now?” he asked in a low, controlled voice.
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“Why do you care-"
“Yes or no.”
| took a deep breath, deciding to lie. Maybe it would finally make him leavealone.
“Yes. I'm with Axel,” | said.
| thought that would make him leave.
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Instead, he let out a growl that madetremble. I'd never felt this kind of submission to any alpha before. Why
only Kane?
“Just get out of my room. | don’t want to talk anymore-"
My words cut off as he gripped the back of my neck and crushed his lips against mine.
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