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Chapter 17
Amber’s POV
I rested on the couch, thinking about how I needed to get up and start making dinner, when the door knocked open.
This wasn’t unusual. My friend Roman walked in, smiling widely. His arms were piled with beefy, fresh steaks and luscious vegetables, the colors of their peels popping as though they’d been painted.
Roman strode straight past the couch and into the kitchen, where he set the food piled in arms down with ease. Alice ran over to him, shouting his name, and he picked her up and kissed her on the forehead.
I met Roman, the Alpha of Dawn Pack, last year at Dawn Pack Hospital. He’d needed treatment for wolf venom, and I’d taken on
his case. He’d taken a liking to me immediately.
Since then, we’d been inseparable to a degree, as Roman insisted on becoming my healer’s assistant, helping me heal others. I began to trust him, and I allowed him to come over to the house and share the load. He would often care for Alice and help with the
cooking, which took a lot off of my plate.
I felt very grateful towards him. He’d helped me arrange our arrival in Thorn Pack, finding me a house and helping me pack up Alice’s and my things. He’d help us arrange for our things to be moved, and when we’d arrived in Thorn Pack, he’d helped us
unpack the same items and get settled in our new environment.
It was nice to have a friendly, familiar face with us during this transition.
However, that’s all I could see Roman as. A friend, not a lover.
There was nothing wrong with Roman. On paper he fit every trait one could want in a potential partner and step-father, as he was gentle, considerate, and truly loved my daughter as if she were his own flesh and blood.
Despite it all, I just wasn’t attracted to him.
Roman began to cook, and Alice joined me on the couch to watch her cartoons. I basked in the happy peacefulness.
“Mommy, I forgot to tell you,” Alice said. “I found my dad yesterday p>
My heart dropped into my stomach. What was Alice talking about? I calmed myself, realizing that she couldn’t know who her
father really was.
“Where did you meet this “dad,” honey?” I asked.
“Yesterday, in the hallway at your hospital!” Alice replied. “He was so handsome and as tall as a skyscraper. He helped me touch
the ceiling, he was so tall p>
I listened, wondering who the man had been who’d made such a big impression on my daughter.
“He even played ball with me, Mommy!” Alice exclaimed.
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I didn’t know what to do, or how to explain our situation to Alice. Although I tried to provide everything we needed, Alice wanted a father so badly.
The next morning, I drove Alice to school. She attended the best kindergarten in Thorn Pack’s capital city. I’d been able to get her in due to my Healer’s status and my connections. Having an Alpha as a close friend probably helped as well, even if he was from a different pack.
I wanted my daughter to have the best education possible. I wanted her to be able to do anything she wanted with her life, and I would do anything to provide that for her.
Julian’s POV
I walked through the school gates, taking in the lively campus. Although I didn’t have the required invitation for the open house, the gatekeeper had recognized me as the Alpha.
“Alpha, what gives our school the honor of your visit?” the gatekeeper had asked when I walked up.
“I’m here to visit a friend’s child who really wanted me to come to her open house,” I explained.
The gatekeeper nodded, letting me through without another question.
Like I said, the Alpha status granted me certain exceptions to the norm.
As soon as I entered the auditorium, where the children’s work had been put on display for the visiting parents, the little girl
spotted me. She ran over, taking my hand and dragging me off towards her own project.
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I didn’t know what to do, or how to explain our situation to Alice. Although I tried to provide everything we needed, Alice wanted a
father so badly.
The next morning, I drove Alice to school. She attended the best kindergarten in Thorn Pack’s capital city. I’d been able to get her in due to my Healer’s status and my connections. Having an Alpha as a close friend probably helped as well, even if he was from a
different pack.
I wanted my daughter to have the best education possible. I wanted her to be able to do anything she wanted with her life, and I would do anything to provide that for her.
Julian’s POV
I walked through the school gates, taking in the lively campus. Although I didn’t have the required invitation for the open house,
the gatekeeper had recognized me as the Alpha.
“Alpha, what gives our school the honor of your visit?” the gatekeeper had asked when I walked up.
“I’m here to visit a friend’s child who really wanted me to come to her open house,” I explained.
The gatekeeper nodded, letting me through without another question.
Like I said, the Alpha status granted me certain exceptions to the norm.
As soon as I entered the auditorium, where the children’s work had been put on display for the visiting parents, the little girl
spotted me. She ran over, taking my hand and dragging me off towards her own project.
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