Chapter 3
*Mommy! He started
just shook her head at her twins as she wiped her hands from cleaning the dishes.
As soon as the twins neared her, she knelt down and wiped the sweat that was covering their faces.
“Come here” As soon as
dad Manny say alimit playing?”
“No fighting” Dahlia, her daughter, spoke up, teary–eyed.
“Always share and agree what toys to have. Damos continued, Dahlia’s twin brother.
Lauren smiled and kissed both of their rosy checks from playing outside. “Very good. Now, if someone needs to apologize, apologize now.”
“I’m sorry. D. I shouldn’t have let them break your doll
Lauren’s brow shot up upon hearing her son’s confession. She realized it was the reason why her daughter was pouting and was on the verge of crving
“I promise I’ll put it back. And you can borrow my other toy car.
“Okay I will have it until you repair my doll. Promise me you won’t let your friends ruin my doll again” Dahlia put her pinky up for a pinky
“I promise. I will protect your toys, too.” Lauren smiled when her twins pinky promised each other.
ur just a second ago.
“Now, grab your seats and let’s have lunch. The twins immediately nodded, now both cheerful as if their argument did not occur Lauren was happy her children got to have each other. Growing up, she really didn’t have any siblings. She was an only child.
Hut her mind suddenly went to those blue eyes, dark hair and lean stature she last saw five years ago. She shook her head to get the mental image of him away from her.
Hut as soon as she looked at her son, the image of Declan just went back to her mind.
wory of him.
She sighed and thought. If Damon just wasn’t his carbon copy, it wouldn’t be this hard to resist the memory
Lauren just started serving her children to distract herself.
It’s been five years, and although many things have indeed changed, it was still hard to forget about him.
After all, she loved him almost her entire life.
But that didn’t mean she had not moved on, though. Lauren was completely happy with her life now,
“Daddat”
The twins screeched in delight when someone came in the door.
ans. He imm
Immediately smiled when he saw the twins.
There came Jasper, wearing a brown jacket on top of a white shirt and jeans.
His Alphia aura immediately filled their house, making his presence known.
might be the Alpha of Rocky Mountains Pack, but he was just a father figure to Lauren’s children.
“Hey, had lunch already?” Lauren greeted as soon as he came inside the kitchen.
carrying Daldia while Declan was holding his other hansi.
Hi. Thanks but I already did. We had a meeting with the other Aiphas”
500, what about ip-
Despite what the latter said, Laureta still took a small cup and put coffer on it. She knew he loved drinking coffee despite what hour of the day it
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The Lantern Parks have been taken over. The same as the ques on the West and North. The Alphas here in the South are asking for our help to puitert duru lands from bring taken by this big powerful Alpha. They’ve been ennquering lands and parks like they were collecting toys
auren nat in front of him after the twins settled back on their seats and continued eating. byt What do
That does that Algisa
tje uijgend on her coffer when jasper
“The Alpha claims to grant them protection from our common enemy. Hut we all know that is just his justified reasoning that really says he was power hungry and greedy for more land. Their pack is getting bigger, and lie needs a wider place for his pack to hunt and live.”
“Hom” Lauren hummet, sipping on her coffer again while the thight about it. “What about the attacks on the borders? Have any idea yet w they are ant
Jaijer took his coffer and also sipped on it. “Noidea yer. They barely leave any traces. We can barely even smell them. They are very subtle. It
they’de juu looking amarel. Like studying our place.”
what
Jasper agreed. “They’re very hard to read. It’s one of the reasons why those other packs let that powerful Alpha take over them because of Tus prianjars. They said his park krauws what our enemies. Even claimed they already managed to kill some. It was giving relief to their fears”
auren could seme that Jasper was truly getting worried about the situation
She, too, had heard about these intruders and felt unsafe because they seemed to sleek. As a daughter of a former Alpha, the knows it’s a heavy erspetsilality for an Alplu like Jasper to see what is best to protect his park.
“You’ll know what to do. Our pack will help you in whatever way we can. We trust y
you, Jasper,”
she said to appease him
The latter undled behind his cup and touched her hand. “Thank you. I will do my best for all of you”
Lauren united, knowing firew kind, generous and unart he was.
It was jasper who found her traveling through the words of the borders of the Western and Southern lands. She was struggling to find a new home by then. No one wanted her for basically bring a rogue
But when Jasper saw her, he immediately sensed she was pregnant. And as merciful and kind as he was, he didn’t care that she might be a spy or sottur sort of enemy like all the others thought. He took her in and immediately welcomed her as a packmate.
auren was forever grateful for the kindness of the man. He saved not just her life, but also the twins. He gave them a future. He was with her
“Alright, it’s time for your bath Lauren took her hand away from Jasper
om Jasper and gave her attention to her children. The twins pouted, but nodded nonetheless, They knew they had to start doing homework after.
ay outside.
Jasper chuckled. Lauren just led her children to the bathroom before they could run away from her and play
Lauren wasn’t stupid not to feel that Jasper may have feelings for her. But she was being careful. He still hadn’t found his mate. And if ever she coones, Lauren dorm’t want to be in their way.
She’s already.
by learned her lesson
Speaking of which. She, too, has alterever found hers. Her wolf may have gotten a lot stronger after she gave birth, her maternal instincts kicking
she never once shifted
What was dosest to a matebond connection she felt may have been with the twins father, But she knew it wasn’t it. He didn’t even want her.
Lauren just accepted the fact that some just don’t really fund their soulmates. She once thought it was the most miserable thing that could happen Po anyour. But she’s just grateful now that she has Damon aiel Daldia. She was content with it,
twins were now playing in the bathtubs with the du
inflatable balls, bubbles all around when Jasper went to the bathroom.
uren saw latest panic was plastered his rather calm face. She immediately
“Matane thoroughly, okay? Momony is gonna come back.” The Fans nodded and started going to the shower.
bathroom, closed the door and went to Jasper who seemed to be mindlinking a lot of people.
With her wolf being weak, only the strongest solves in the pack could get through her mental barriers. Jasper and Fred, his Heta,
But it seemed like Jasper was mindlinking his co–leader, in tar pack, not regular packinates.
“Hey, what happened?” Laure duuched his arm, seeing how teed he had gotten.
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He turned to her with nerves crackling from his eyes.
“The powerful Alpha that owns the North West and East lands is coming
“Why! When?” She asked. Jasper paced back and forth, clearly tensed.
“He wants to negotiate. Just like what he did to the others before conquering them.” He stopped on his paring and faced Lauren once again.
“It’s okay. We can prepare and talk to him when he comes-” but Jasper suddenly shook his head.
“He is coming right now, Lauren Alpha Declan is on his w
Lauren was dumbfounded. Not because the big bad Alpha he was talking about was coming right this instant, but because of that fact that all this. time, he was talking about her ex–husband.
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