Chapter 177
177 –What About My Husband?
Madeline:
Throughout the car ride, my kids kept trying to ask me where they would go once they returned home, because they wanted to play with their toys and everything else.
During all this, I was extremely anxious. I felt as if I was losing my connection to the human community.
I did not know why, but it felt wrong, as if something was not right, and that I should be able to go back.
Then I wondered why. My husband is openly cheating on me.
What is left for me?
What is left for me in the human world?
Soon my kids will grow up and start transitioning. Then what?
I will transition, then what?
But my heart kept saying that I needed to go back.
There was some unresolved work left in the human world.
Once we arrived at the council, I stepped out of the car and told Elgin to stay with the kids.
They were quite hyperactive that day. I grabbed the papers and hurried into the council building.
The minute I entered, I was asked where I wanted to go, and I told them to take me to the leaders‘ office.
They brought me to the office shared by the three leaders.
When I was let in, I saw Lady Abigail and Lord William straighten their postures as they looked at me, while Lord Eldon kept his head buried in some files.
“I need to speak with you about these new orders,” I told them.
As soon as I said it, Lord Eldon lifted his head and rolled his eyes, as if he had not known I had come in. What a liar.
I knew there was no way he had not noticed my arrival.
“What about it?” Lord Eldon remarked.
“What is this? Why are all the guards I feel comfortable with being sent back?” I argued, hoping they would understand that they could not strip me of all my rights here.
“You want us to keep the human guard here, even after knowing very well what one of your guards has done?” Lord Eldon hissed at me.
I tightened my grip on the file I was holding, trying to steady my breaths before I argued with them.
“Not all are the same,” I told Lord Eldon, quickly giving a glance at Lord William and Lady Abigail.
However, Lord Eldon shook his head.
“We cannot take a risk. If there was no motive behind the attack, then it seems like a hate crime. And we know how humans have hated werewolves and how werewolves cannot stand the sight of humans. It is only recently that they tried to resolve matters,” he remarked, clicking his tongue.
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I opened my mouth to argue, but he continued before I could.
“And why would you need a human guard in a werewolf community? A human cannot fight if a werewolf breaks into your home. If anything, humans will need a werewolf to protect them. If you need guards, you can ask the fathers of your children for warriors. You have three of them.” He spoke while staring directly at me.
The message was clear. He wanted to remind me that a human could not keep me safe.
I felt the tension rise in my shoulders.
“This is unfair,” I said. “Once Nina returns, she will come back with the guards, of course,” I replied, reminding them that she would be much more comfortable around human guards than werewolf warriors.
However, Lady Abigail placed her glasses down with a little more force, almost as if she wanted me to notice something.
“Nina, that human nanny? No, she is not returning,” she snapped at me, her voice sharp, as if she found it ridiculous that I still thought Nina would come here to care for Alpha’s children. “You can have a werewolf nanny here. There are many p>
My mouth parted in shock. One by one, they were separating everyone from me.
Everyone I had known in the past few years.
“What about my husband? Is he not allowed either?” This time, I could not keep my voice steady, and Lord Eldon watched my body language closely.
The guards filled the room, and after observing my reaction, Lord Eldon exchanged a glance with the others.
The three of them leaned in and whispered, planning something.
Then Lady Abigail was the one given the chance to respond to me.
“He can come,” she stated, and before I could feel even a little relief, she added, “but he will have to register a request first. We will think about it, and when he comes here, he will not bring any of his guards p>
As soon as she finished, my stomach dropped.
The thought of Sawyer arriving here without any protection felt wrong. It felt dangerous.
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