Chapter 148
148 –My Daughter’s Custody
Elgin:
I had come to my pack after my mother started complaining a lot about me not taking Silver with me.
I did not return specifically to take Silver, but I went back home for my children.
She was persistent that if I wanted to spend time with my children, I had to take her with me, which was fine.
I did not want my children separated from their mother because they were very attached to her, but the issue was that in order for me to spend time with them, Silver insisted I had to act like her husband, and my mother agreed with her.
It was frustrating and exhausting, but there was not much I could do.
I took Silver with me and decided to go back to Ron’s pack, where all the alphas were gathered along with Madeline and my child.
I heard from Graham that he was unhappy about our kids being taken care of by a human like Sawyer.
Graham and I talked, and it seemed he was preparing to do something reckless.
He told me he was going to ask Madeline to choose him because he wanted his daughter.
I did not argue with him because I believed he was not wrong.
Madeline had disappointed us by constantly defending Sawyer even when I knew Sawyer was cheating on her.
And for her to lie that he had been with her the whole time made me think she had simply allowed it because he was rich and her only resort.
But she did not have to worry about that anymore. She had us now. At least I was there. 1
“Okay, kids, remember you will not wander away,” I reminded my two daughters as soon as we entered the guest house, making sure they stayed together.
With the sickness affecting them as well, I was always worried.
The minute we stepped onto the second floor, with Silver behind me using her phone, her long acrylics tapping loudly each time she typed, I saw a warrior waiting at the top of the stairs.
He was not waiting alone. He had someone with him who immediately caught my attention.
I was sure a big smile appeared on my face when I saw Elara in front of me.
“Elara!” I called, hurrying toward her. She clung to me, and the moment she did, I sensed something was wrong.
As soon as I held her and lifted her into my arms, she began crying, hiding her face on my shoulder.
“Wait, what is going on? Where is your mother? Is she okay?” I questioned, gesturing for Silver to take Hailey and Hannah to their rooms.
My two daughters watched Elara, but not with the affection or care I wished they would show their sister. 1
Within the next few minutes, the warrior informed me that the council had gathered at Madeline’s house the previous night and had taken her away for questioning.
He did not explain much, but I at least understood that they had taken Madeline and returned all her children to
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their fathers.
At that point, I already knew something was wrong, because for them to call me the father of Elara said everything. After the warrior left, I patted Elara’s back to make her lift her head from my shoulder and look at me.
“ You stay in my room, all right? I will make some calls and then tell you what we are going to do next,” I told her.
I did not know why I was giving her instructions when she was just a distraught child who could not understand any of it.
As soon as I walked into my room to set her down on the bed, I heard Silver come in.
“May I have a word with you?” she asked, her voice sharp and taunting.
I had forgotten she had heard my conversation with the warrior.
“Elara, stay here, all right?” I told her.
I stepped away and left the door slightly open so I could keep an eye on Elara while I faced Silver.
“What is that? Why are they calling you the father of Elara?” she questioned, her face tightening. “And what does it mean that the other children are with their father? What is going on? Did you cheat on me p>
Silver continued interrogating me, her hand pressed to her chest, which made me judge her for acting as if there had ever been a real relationship between us to be loyal to.
“I slept with Madeline years ago. At the same time, you claimed to be pregnant from a one–night stand with me. Tell me again, how was it cheating?” I replied, confirming that Elara was my daughter.
The way Silver gasped and stepped back was dramatic in a way that felt unsettling.
“Oh, come on. You knew I was not interested in you. And you also knew that I missed Madeline. So do not act as if this is shocking or that you feel betrayed or heartbroken,” I told her in a stern tone.
I supposed that was what upset her even more. She expected me to look guilty, but I was not.
The only person I felt guilty toward was Madeline.
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