Chapter 66
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The door shut behind me with a quiet click, but the silence didn’t last even a second. I knew what was waiting for me. I could feel Alice’s anger like a heatwave even before I saw her but I just didn’t
need it.
Not today certainly not now.
“How dare you, Astor?” she yelled, stepping out of the shadows in the hallway. Her face was tight
with fury. “How dare you do something like that?”
I took a deep breath ready for the fight. “Keep it down, Alice. Our daughter is in the house. I don’t want her to hear us fighting.” I don’t mind her running her mouth because it’s all she seems to know but I don’t want our daughter to be affected.
That only made her angrier. Her eyes got wide. “Oh, now you’ll finally decided to think about
Isabella”
“Yes, I do and I’ve always done that” I told her. I didn’t blink. “She is my priority.”
She stepped closer, her voice dropping to a harsh whisper, but it sounded worse than the yelling. “ In all these years, Astor, did you ever feel anything for me? I stayed. I helped you heal. I was there
for you through everything.”
I just stared at her because interrupting and telling her that I haven’t healed wasn’t going to help either “I never asked you to stay, Alice. And the reason you stayed was because of Isabella. Don’t
try to make it something it’s not.”
Her breath hitched. She straightened up, hardening her voice. “Fine. If that’s how you feel, then I’m leaving. And I’m taking Isabella with me.” of course I expected this because she’s already hinted at
- it.
“You want to leave? Go ahead. I won’t stop you,” I said flatly. “You heal, you want to live your own
life, do it. But Isabella is not going anywhere.”
Alice looked desperate. “Why? Why was I never enough for you? I’ve tried to go above and beyond! To be the best life partner. the best luna and most of all I loved you”
I was tired of the performance. I was tired of her constant blame. It was time to end it, even if it
meant saying things we promised never to say again.
“You already knew the truth, Alice,” I said, my voice low and dangerous. “You knew my fated mate was Faith. I was going to build a life with her before you pinned your pregnancy on me.”
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She froze. The shock on her face was total. We never mentioned that. Never, especially not for
Isabella’s sake.
“Don’t act so high and mighty,” I pushed on. “I have raised Isabella since the day she was born, knowing quite well that she is not biologically my daughter. I have never treated her any less. I have never told anybody the truth either so don’t test me.”
She looked at me, truly betrayed, like I was the one who broke the biggest promise.
“It was supposed to be something we never talked about again” she whispered looking at me like she couldn’t believe what I just did and I can’t believe it either but some things are better said than ignored and she was getting too comfortable in her lie.
“Well, I’m mentioning it now, because I’m tired,” I told her. “I’m tired of you always trying to paint me in a bad light. I am a good father. But that doesn’t make me stupid or weak. If you want to leave, do it. But if you stay, then you shut your mouth and let me take decisions about my life.”
I didn’t wait for her to reply. I just left her standing there, heartbroken or angry–I didn’t care which
one anymore.
I went straight to Isabella’s room. She was already up, sitting on the floor playing with blocks.
“Daddy!” she chirped, running towards me.
I picked her up and hugged her tight. “Hi, sweetie.”
I never wanted to be mine when I found out that Alice was pregnant because I thought it was the worst insult to my relationship with Faith but on the day she was born I wanted something to hold on to so bad that I thought I was finally going to have something of my own only to be
disappointed.
wolves don’t need a DNA test to know and I knew she wasn’t mine when I caught her scent.
“Why didn’t you come home last night?” she asked, tilting her head.
“Daddy had some work to do,” I explained, easily lying. “But I’m here now. We are going to have breakfast together, just the two of us.”
Her face lit up. That smile was everything. I put her down and told her I needed a minute to wash
- up.
I walked into my own room and closed the door, letting out a breath I didn’t know I was holding.
I leaned against the sink, the adrenaline slowly leaving my system, and regret hit me hard. I shouldn’t have mentioned Isabella’s paternity. What if she had overheard me? What if she heard just a small part of that fight? That is the last thing I ever want.
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I love Isabella with everything I have. She is mine. I never want to lose her because of a fight with
Alice.
My mind shifted to Faith. How was she feeling? I couldn’t reach her, she had blocked me completely out of her mind after what I did. I hated myself for marking her without her consent.
I hate her for leaving me and I don’t know how I will be able to let go of the resentment that I feel. But I also know I can’t lose her again. I won’t survive it this time. I need her back. I just hope I
haven’t messed things up with her completely.
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