Chapter 107
Zora
I wanted to ignore her, but I couldn’t. I knew Darius wouldn’t, so I decided to show some concern.
“Are you alright?” I asked, and she looked at me and shook her head.
“I am not, Zora. Everything is falling apart. Abelardo won’t come out of his room. He said he feels like a nobody. I have tried to talk him out of it. but he is too ashamed to let himself mingle,” She said, and I nodded.
“You need to give him time, Nellie. He had a near–death experience. If Bryce had not confessed, he might have been dead by now. He will need time to recover from it,” I said, and she hugged me and began to cry.
I did not know what to tell her. So I hugged her in return and patted her back.
“You need to take it easy, Nellie. Crying won’t fix him. You need to find the things and people that make him happy and try to surround him with them,” I said, and she sighed and bowed.
She looked at me and studied me.
“You will be the Lady of the north soon, Zora; there are things I need to tell you. Things that I swore to take to my grave but I suspect are part of why all these are happening to my sons,” She said, and I was surprised that she was willing to trust me with her secret.
“Are you sure you want to tell me?” I asked her, and she nodded.
“You will be Luna soon and rule by his side. You’re already doing it, and unlike me, your Alpha loves you and gives you freedom. You take part in
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council discussions and give advice. None of which I was allowed in my time. You give northern women hope, Zora.” She said and sighed.
“There are things I need to tell for the sake of the Hand bloodline. You need to know that you have a Hand growing inside you. You need to know the truth about Collier and our children..” She said, and my mind. went to what Jake had told me.
Was she planning on telling me the truth, or was she planning on deceiving me like she might have deceived her children?
“Does it have anything to do with what is going on?” I asked, and she paused, looking at me. She was contemplating what to tell me. She was sizing me up, and I wasn’t angry at all.
“It might,” she confessed, and I looked at her.
“I will join you in your room in a few minutes. I want to check on Kara. The hallway isn’t as safe as we think; we might have spies lurking about the place,” I linked her, and she nodded at me.
I still could not shake off Lily’s phone conversation. I could not shake off the fact that I knew she wasn’t supposed to have a phone. I couldn’t shake it off. Something was off, and I planned on figuring it out.
Nellie walked past me, heading to her room while I headed towards the Beta’s wing to see Kara. I would have checked on Eloise too, but I knew she and Marcel went on a date.
I got to Kara’s door and knocked.
“It’s open,” I heard Kara say, and I gently let myself in. I saw my friend sitting on a couch and working on an embroidery piece. I looked at the leaf design she was weaving into the fabric and realised that her skill had improved, but she was still marring the fabric.
“Zora, you and Darius missed dinner,” She said, and I nodded and sat
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beside her.
“How are you feeling?” I asked, and she sighed.
“I feel nervous,” She said, and I wondered why.
“Why?” I asked, and she sighed and put down her supposed artwork, which was more of a cluster and an honest attempt at being creative.
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“I have wanted babies for as long, but when Gabriella Shieldse came into our lives, it became a tall dream. Now I found love again. Marcel and I started trying before you and Darius got together. Then Eloise and Raphael got together,” She said and bowed her head and began to weep.
“Yet I am still waiting in line, Zora. I waited in line with Sheperd, and I believe that was why Gabriella Shieldse got the best of him, and now here I am with Marcel,” she said, and I moved close to her and rubbed her back.
“Do not be afraid, Kara; it will happen for you, too,” I said, rubbing her
back.
“But when?” She asked, and I sighed.
“You should see a doctor to know if anything is wrong and if it can be corrected. That is what I would do,” I said, and she broke the hug and stared at me.
“You are right, Zora,” She said and held my hand.
“Join me at the hospital tomorrow, please,” She said, and I remembered my conversation with Darius about protection and not being on my own.
“I suggest you go with Marcel. It would be best if you handled it together,” I said, and she shook her head.
“I want you to come with me, Zora. I do not want Marcel. What if
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something is wrong with me? He will know and might change his mind. I love him, Zora; I can’t lose him,” She said with genuine fear in her eyes.
“Nothing is the matter with you, Kara. I will speak to Darius to let me follow you to the hospital,” I said to ease her mind, and she thanked me.
I tried to counsel her to the best of my ability and decided to leave because I did not want to keep Nellie waiting.
My actions might have seemed a bit stupid. Whatever Nellie wanted to tell me must have been serious, so it was wrong to put her on hold, but I knew that whatever she was going to tell me might leave me
shellshocked, and I won’t be able to check on my friend, so I wanted to get it out of the way before speaking to Nellie.
I walked still barefooted so people could not hear my footsteps. I took a mental note to do this often. Lily was on my watch list. I needed to know who gave her a phone and who she was communicating with.
I got to Nellie’s door and knocked.
“Please come in, Zora; I know it is you,” She said, and I let myself in.
“Lock the door,” She said, and I did as she said and approached her where she sat on the couch in her room.
I went to sit with her, and she smiled at me. I was still wary of her, but I let it be because she was open to me again. There were only two possibilities: to misguide or tell the truth, so I was attentive.
“I am sorry to ask you this question, but I need you to be honest. How did it feel when Casey met his fated?” She asked, and I looked at her. I contemplated answering it, but I knew I had to, or the conversation won’t make headway.
“Heartwrenching. My life was over. He was the lead alpha of the East; I had nowhere to go, and no one would want me. I could not leave, so I was
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there through it all until the north attacked and gave me a chance to escape,” I said, and she looked at me stunned.
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“Yes, I gave myself as a tribute to leave Casey. We would have subdued the people who attacked us, but I did not want to be the third wheel in their home anymore. They were going to be a family. There was no place for me,” I said, and she looked at me worried, but I smiled at her.
“I am glad,” I said and placed my hand on my belly. “I found love in the north and everything I ever wanted.” I told her, and she smiled.
“Do you know if Casey were Darius, then truly you would have nowhere to go? Darius is a step up from Casey, but no one is a step up from the Wolf lord. So, in that case, you will be stranded forever, and even if you want to leave him, it would be impossible. Society won’t allow it, your family won’t allow it, and your heart and wolf will hold on so tight, and it won’t allow it. There is something in us that seeks the dominant male,” She said, and I wondered why she was saying such things.
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