Chapter 30
I’m a b–burden. I’m a burden, H–Harry. I don’t want my children -to feel the same way, I-I don’t want them to feel like they’re a burden”
Harry’s eyes went to Declan who had turned his eyes on the floor. Regret and sorrow was so clear in them, he wondered if the tiles on the floor could feel his deep sadness.
He sighed and rubbed Lauren’s back to soothe her sols.
“You’re not a burden. Lauren. You were never a burden to me. You are part of our family. You always have been. And my grandchildren will never be a burden to me, nor to Declan
en or for h
him, he didn’t know. But he felt ashamed
Declan glanced at his father and their eyes met. He saw the pity in his father’s eyes–for Lauren or himself.
This was his fault. Lauren’s mindset was his Lault.
Footsteps came rushing from the end of the hallway and Vivienne and the rest of the guards came. She saw the scene in the middle and her heart heated up
She hated the way Harry always favored Lauren. For some reason, she could never get to Declan’s father, no matter what she does. She gritted her
Soon, she’ll find a way to get that favor away from her.
Erasing whatever traces of antagonism in her face, Vivienne approached them.
“The guards have reported no sightings of Vampires. There were no traces of tailing and the Rocky Mountains Park was well equipped before we left to come back home. Alpha Jasper once again sends his thanks,” she reported.
Declan all but just nodded and stood up straighter. Vivienne met his eyes, ready to smile at him, to charm him, but she was welcomed by cold, icy eyes that held her frozen for a second.
“Get the rest of the Council ready for a meeting. I want no one to be late.”
He walked past her, and she was left with no choice but to bow and nod at his hard command. Beta Yuan followed him our along with the guards.
Vivienne clenched her fists. She hated how affected Declan was by Lauren’s state. She hated how the weak b*tch could manipulate his emotions despite leaving for five years.
“The b’ich made sure she had kids with him! She’s using them to control Declan and Harry!‘ she grumbled in her head as she stumped her way out of the infirmary to do as he bid.
She just knew nothing is going to be well if his instructions wouldn’t be delivered.
Once Lauren let her tears fall, she could no longer stop c
crying.
But Harry stayed with her, never leaving her side as she cried all her fears and worries since Declan came. She clung to him, to his waith and
protection.
Lauren felt so fragile and vulnerable after that attack. She felt like a part of her was peeled off. A part that she marle sure to cover–worked hard to cover for years, only to be ripped open by one single event. Blood poured from that wound and she was having a hard time taping that cover again.
It was as if her past traumas had come back to her in full waves. Everytime she closed her eyes, all she could see were her parents‘ bodies, bloody, battered, and broken. As of the man who did that had a great grudge against them. As if he was dying to do that for ages, and when he finally did, he made the most out of it
Lauren remembered the spilled blood and organs and bones on the ground. Her stomach grumbled. She could almost smell the metallic smell of blood as it pooled all over their house.
But not once did that monster vampire take a lick from it. As if he hated every drop of i
“Liold you, Louis. I am going to come back and you’ll have the darkest end in my hand.”
Lauren sluvered at the voice that came with the memory. It was so deep, unearthly. Cold seeped through her bones, and it seemed like that cold stayed on her marrows even after years. For even the mere thought of that man brought her bones to shake.
auren, listen to your son’s heartbeat. Stay in the present. We are all here for you”
Lauren vaguely heard that warm voice as another warm land tapped on her check. But her mind still played the gory visual from her memory.
with me. Lauren Lain here, your Dad Harry is here.”
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“Hany” Me brand herself mumble, buraking away from the darkest part of her mensay‘
Then a found hang tesonusded from the door of their home. She came back in the images inside her heal
And she saw the
moment her salvation
A very large d
dark, wolf, wiferyes as blur as sapphire asked the monster vampire schachad been laughing at her
The fight took a while to happen, their house buraking at the intensity. it. But she already closed her eyes, not ever wanting to see another death
Castren, baby. You are sade now” She opened her eyes to those bibir pits that reassured her of the fact that the was out of that nightmare.
Declan. He knelt in front of her, covering the gory sight of her patents. He saved hier while Harry defeated the monster vampire.
“Dad Harry is here. You are safe now, my dear”
“11–Hany, my DaL” she whispered upon hearing that vague voke thunsigh bet flashbacks again…
“You need to come back toms, Lauren. Your son is here, waiting for his Mom to take care of him the voice sair once again.
Lauren blinked as if something clis kest inside her head.
She looked around the place and saw that she was now in a room. She was no longer in that dark place, where a pool of blood was under her feet.
She looked at the h
at the huge bed in the middle of the white room. She saw her sou
Lauren inhaled a deep breath, completely coming back to the present as she took in her surroundings.
When is that nightmare going to stop” She pleaded in her head, not ever wanting to come back to that dark night.
“Look at your son. Everyone is taking care of him” At Harry’s voice, she focused on Damon and saw that he had some tibes around him.
The machine beside his bed was beeping, assuring them that his heart was alive. That he was alive.
Lauren turned to the side. She was immediately met with the gentlest blue eyes she has ever seen in five years.
“Harry,” she called. Her father figure nodded. Läght creases formed around his eyes as he smiled at her.
“Yes, dear. I am here. You are safe, as well as your children”
She looked at where his other armi was, and saw that Dahlia was once again sleeping on the couch that they were sitting on
Her daughter was leaning on Harry’s arm as she slept. Her laule arms were around him, like a koala.
Lake how shir dung to him before
“She took so many things after you” Harry smiled as they both watched Dahlia’s even breathing. “When she saw you hugging me, and I explained I was her Daddy Declary’s taller, she immediately didn’t want to let go.”
The older man chuckled deeply, immediately fond of the little girl. It made Lauren’s lips lift a little for the first time in almost half a day.
She felt lighter
“She loves you immediately. She loves everyone innuediately”
She noted to herself to someday trach Daldia to be more careful with her heart. Her pure heart and innocence could only get her to so much, but it will bring her great heartache stem, if she didn’t know how to lianis herell
s pure, loving and trusting just like you. Harry looked at her. He noticed how dark circles were around her pretty!
y lace
“I’ll teach hier to lar strong
Harry held her lund, making her look at the man. “Those are not weaknesses, Lauren. Those are your strengths”
“Dylidn’t take me any attention to her son again, her heart feeling the hurts she’s been hobling in for years.
fle was too dependent un other people. She depended on the fact that she could give i
them so much love and care, and that she should souchon
my dear. Look at me” Harry naked grisly
Il he wasn t sich a prodle, loving and respectable father to her, she would have n
never let herself week andace from the man.
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They looked so the same. He was just like an older version of Declan with some streaks of white hair amidst his raven strands. And they have the same ryes. His were just a tad brighter than his son’s.
Lauren also knew it was where Declan got his coldness and hardness as an Alpha. But one couldn’t deny their greatness as leaders.
“That took you here, where you are now. You are by far the strongest person I know. You may be struggling, but you were able to raise these children as the handsome and pretty kids they are now. I’ve heard a great lot from Declan about them. And I give all the credit to you. Someone weak would never produce a son as brave and protective as Damon, and someone bitter would never produce a daughter as loving and loyal as Dahlia, Remember that.”
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