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I carried her, and we headed to the library. It was one of my favorite places in the house. I pulled down my camisole and bra. She immediately latched on and started feeding.
I watched her feed. Her beautiful black eyes looking up at me with wonder and trust. I let out a light chuckle when I realized none of my pups had my eyes. Both had inherited their fathers‘ eye colors.
I traced her soft cheek with my finger, continuing to stare at her. Wondering what Kane looked like. Apart from her eyes, Phoenix looked like me, so I had no clues to imagine Kane’s appearance.
After she was done, I stood up to burp her. She wasn’t a particularly fussy baby, usually sleeping after feeding, but now she was fighting it. She was crying, refusing to quiet down.
After trying to soothe her for several minutes, I was about to give up when Sebastian walked in. He’d taken off his jacket, and his sleeves were rolled up. Without a word, he took Phoenix from my hands, and she immediately quieted.
“Why is my little princess crying?” he asked, smiling, using a very sweet voice.
Phoenix stared at him with wonder and fascination. If I didn’t know better, I’d think she adored him.
I sat down, keeping quiet as Sebastian continued his one–sided conversation with my daughter. My mind was racing. There was so much to figure out. My head was a fucking
mess.
“I didn’t mean to yell at you,” his soft and remorseful voice pulled me from my thoughts. “You have to understand, every time I think about you and Kane, I get jealous and angry.”
His confession caught me off guard. I didn’t know how to react, so I just remained silent.
“Knowing that I almost lost you because of him is painful. It was my damn stupidity and ignorance that drove you into another man’s arms. That’s why I get so angry every time he’s mentioned, because he did what no other man could. He was able to touch your heart, a heart that had always belonged to me.”
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He was right… that was what I was trying to understand. How did Kane do it? Right now, I had no feelings for the man, but that didn’t change the fact that I once had feelings for
him or started to.
“Where is Kane, Sebastian?” I asked fearfully.
I’d seen Sebastian’s possessiveness with Aurora before, and how far it drove him. I was worried he might have done something to Kane.
He sighed, then answered: “Prison.”
My eyes widened at his response. “What?”
I couldn’t have heard that right.
“Kane is in prison.”
Well, I wasn’t expecting that at all.
“What the hell happened?”
He began telling me everything. About how Kane was the adopted son and former heir of the Pack led by Seraphina and Maximus. He told me how Kane had deceived me, and how
he was eventually caught and sentenced to prison.
“Oh my God,” I stared at Sebastian in shock and sighed. “I had sex with Kane who was trying to orchestrate my demise. That’s the kind of shit that only happens in movies.”
The low growl that escaped his lips startled Phoenix, who was beginning to doze off.
“What did I tell you about mentioning you, Kane, and sex in the same sentence?”
I shook my head, still trying to process everything he’d told me. “Sorry.”
We sat in silence for a while. Everyone absorbed in their own thoughts. I couldn’t believe I
went through all of this and still managed to maintain my sanity.
I mean, by the Goddess, my daughter’s father tried to kill me all because of his crazy ambition for the Alpha position. It was insane.
“I’ve been thinking about letting him see Phoenix; do you think that’s a good idea?” I
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asked him with genuine concern. I didn’t want a psycho near my child.
Sebastian groaned before taking a deep breath: “I hate to say it, but yes. Let him know his daughter. Sure, his motives weren’t pure at the beginning, but I’ll also admit that by the end, he deeply regretted it. It seems he fell in love with you.”
It was obvious he was saying this reluctantly, but it was enough for me.
“Thank you for telling me the truth. I just wanted to know the truth.” I got up, moved over, and sat next to him. I rested my head on his shoulder, ignoring the troubled expression that flashed through his eyes.
For now, whatever he was hiding didn’t matter. I would find out eventually. What mattered was how I would visit Kane in prison without starting another fight between Sebastian and me.