Chapter 123
Chapter 123
Hvoice was calm. Measured. But I could feel the weight of it settling over all of us like a thundercloud.
Logan shifted on his feet.
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Mason glanced between them; but didn’t speak. He was still at the foot of Alden’s bed, his eyes glassy and fixed on the boy, one hand lightly resting on the rail like he needed the contact to stay grounded.
The air felt too thick. The sterile light too bright.
Logan bared his teeth.
And that was it.
The growls that followed were instinctual, low and guttural–two wolves bristling on a razor’s edge. I felt the energy, dangerous and sharp. Logan’s chest expanded as his breathing turned heavy. Derek squared his shoulders, his grip on Aiden’s hand unshaken.
“Stop it!” I snapped, my voice cracking under the pressure. “Not here. Not like this.”
I didn’t even lift my head. I just bent over Aiden’s small, unmoving hand, pressing it to my lips. My tears finally spilled, hot and bitter.
“I don’t care which one of you is Alpha right now. My son is lying here, and you’re both acting like this is about power. It’s not. It’s about him. So if you can’t put your pride aside, get out.”
Neither of them moved for a long, long moment.
But the growls subsided.
Derek dropped his eyes first.
Logan looked away, jaw light.
Beside me, Mason finally spoke–and it was the quiet, broken tone of his voice that made me look up.
“We’re taking Aiden home.”
I blinked. “What?”
Mason turned his gaze on me, steady and calm, but shaken beneath it. “Is he stable?”
“Yes,” I said slowly. “But his condition is still critical. Why”
“I have an air ambulance waiting. We’re flying him back to Moonstone. He shatildn’t be here. He should be ho Where he’ll be safe.”
“Safe?” Derek repeated, voice low.
Logan shot him a look. “You’ve done enough.”
I stood up, trying to make sense of what was happening. “Are you sure it’s safe to move him?”
Mason nodded. “The doctors confirmed he’s stable enough for transport, and our medics are prepped for the flight. We’ve coordinated with the Moonstone healers to receive him.”
He gave me a reassuring smile.
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“The second he lands, he’ll be surrounded by people who know his history, his bloodline, his physiology. That
matters.
“Logan’s hand squeezed my shoulder.
I felt like I was being asked to make an Impossible choice, but maybe it wasn’t one. Maybe this was the only choice
that made sense.
“Okay,” I said finally, my voice barely above a whisper. “Take him home.”
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I didn’t remember sitting back down.
Didn’t remember how long I sat there, fingers still curled around Alden’s hand as everyone moved around me- making calls, confirming the flight, updating the nurses. It was like I’d been caught in some invisible undertow, dragged under before I even realized the tide had shifted.
Home.
They were taking him home.
Not to Silverclaw.
To Moonstone.
To Logan.
I clenched my jaw, trying to keep my expression neutral, but every cell in my body screamed against it. I’d just found him. Just learned the truth. And now, once again, he was being taken away.
I wasn’t his guardian. I wasn’t his emergency contact. I wasn’t even a name on the damn hospital paperwork.
I was his father, and yet I had no claim. No rights. No place at his side.
“Elena,” I said, my voice quieter than I intended.
She turned, her eyes still red–rimmed, her posture heavy with exhaustion.
“I’d like to come,” I said.
She hesitated.
That silence cut deeper than anything
Then, slowly, she nodded. “We’ll have room on the plane.”
Relief swept through me like air to drowning lungs. She gave a small nod, then turned back to Aiden.
And just like that, I knew.
“Thank you
I would follow them. Wherever they went. Whatever they needed. Because I’d been gone for six years without knowing what I’d lost. And now that I did–now that I saw it, felt it, held it in my hands-
Chapter 3
There was no way in hell 1 was letting go
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