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“What an absolute cluster fuck,” Rafael grumbled.
I was inclined to agree, but probably not for the same reasons.
Rafael had made clear that he didn’t care for rogues. As an Alpha, I could agree with him on that. After all, someone didn’t just get exiled. There was a process, and almost always a good reason.
But this experience had been eye-opening for me. Once the rogues left the pack, I didn’t really think of them again. Yeah, their names were added to checks and borders, to keep them from re-entering, but once that was done, and if they never resurfaced, I didn’t give much thought what might happen
to them.
Seeing a town like this, where the rogues had congregated, trying to survive, it raised so many new questions that I foolishly and perhaps callously had never considered before.
They children were what struck me the most.
“That Bill actually thought I would raze the town down,” Rafael scoffed.
“At first, honestly brother, it didn’t seem like you were against that idea,” Amber said.
He huffed, like that wasn’t true, even though I could back Amber up on this. He definitely had some… controversial opinions when we had first entered the town. That they tried to kill him on sight didn’t really help with that opinion.
Though, oddly, he didn’t seem all that worked up about that part of it. The history between him and that Jessica seemed strange indeed. At least he seemed grateful that I saved his life.
That was neither here nor there right now in this discussion.
“It does present a type of ethical dilemma,” I said, struggling with my own morality here. “Yes, the rogues had cause to be exiled, but does that mean their children should suffer the same fate p>
Rafael groaned like he didn’t want to agree, but then he did, “It is a problem, certainly. Our must
have faced it before p>
“Maybe they didn’t care,” I said. “But should we continue that trend? Should we turn our backs too p>
I already knew that for me, the answer was no. The minute I had a free moment, I was going to call my pack and have my Beta bring this issue to the council. Perhaps we could find a timely resolution that would satisfy every party.
I didn’t expect that same answer for Rafael, at least not at first. The longer he went without answering, the more I wasn’t so sure.
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“If we expect them to be different than their fathers than we must be as well,” Rafael said.
Amber looked at us both and smiled. “I’m proud of you. Rafael. Julian. Not many Alphas would face this issue head on p>
1 returned her smile, happy to have pleased her.
Rafael huffed again. “Don’t pretend like this isn’t thanks to your influence, sister p>
“Me p>
Rafael scoffed. To me, he said, “Knowing her longer, I’m guessing you’ve seen how stubborn she can me even more than I have p>
“I have,” I agreed. “And she’s very convincing on top of it p>
“Certainly,” Rafael said.
“Hey!” Amber said, her face reddening slightly at the teasing.
What a strange moment it was, siding with Rafael to tease his sister, my mate. For a moment, it almost seemed like we could get along. Like Rafael might not be as opposed to my being with Amber as he had been previously.
This time, I didn’t have to ask him if I’d impressed him, or if things had changed. I had a very real sense that they had.
As we neared the pack, and the mood had settled between the three of us back to calm reflection, Amber said, “I need to get to the clinic as soon as possible p>
Rafael spoke up before I could. “That place will be swarmed when the public learns you are there. There’s no way we’re letting you do that p>
I glanced at Rafael and then at Amber who looked back at me with pleading eyes.
“We won’t let you go,” I said, adding one very crucial word, “alone p>
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