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    I had just gotten back to my hotel room when my phone buzzed with a text from an unknown number.


    "I heard you''re at the event. Come back to Nightfall Pack. Your mother and I are waiting."


    I knew immediately who it was - Curtis Wade, my foster father.


    "How did you get my number?" I texted back.


    "You forget who I am. Getting your number isn''t exactly difficult, Selene. Stop asking questions ande home."


    I stared at the screen and scoffed. Home? Some home. He may have adopted me, but he never showed real parental love.


    He probably got my number from today''s event registration. They''d collected everyone''s contact info for security purposes.


    "I''m nevering back. Just forget about me." I sent the text and tossed my phone on the bed.


    After a quick shower and changing into my PJs, I came out to find my phone screen lighting up with notifications.


    Drying my hair with a towel, I checked my phone. My stomach dropped when I saw social media blowing up with posts about me.


    People from Nightfall Pack were calling me heartless for refusing to see my foster family. They were questioning my loyalty to the pack.


    I read some of thements:


    "How low can she get, abandoning her parents like that!"


    "Word is she ran off with some older guy - that''s why she won''te back to our pack."


    "She must be bringing such shame to her family."


    I read through thements, wondering how they knew about my conversation with my foster father. Though knowing him, he probably shared it himself.


    I left an anonymousment: "What if you''ve misunderstood her? Maybe she''s not the bad person you think."


    A few people liked it and agreed, but others kept insisting I was just a disrespectful daughter who abandoned her elderly parents to live it up elsewhere.


    I didn''t waste more time on it. Why should I? I didn''te here to revisit my old life. My foster parents were wealthy enough to livefortably without me.


    Though tired, I couldn''t sleep without talking to my babies - they were my whole world.


    I video called them, and their faces lit up my screen.


    "Hi babies! What are you two up to?" I asked.


    Leo waved while Luna blew me a kiss.


    "Mom, when are youing back?" Leo asked.


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    "Very soon, baby."


    "Mom, bring me a big candy!" Luna demanded.


    "Of course I will. Where''s Uncle Edmund?" I asked.


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    Edmund was our butler who looked after them, along with some maids who helped Luna with dressing and bathing.


    "He''s right here," Leo pointed off-screen.


    Edmund came into view and gave a polite bow.


    "Madam Selene, please don''t worry. They''re in good hands."


    "I''ll be back in a few days. Stay with them until then," I told him.


    Leo pouted, "Mom, we miss you."


    He looked so much like his father. I lived in constant fear that someday Kane would discover Leo and Luna.


    What would I do then? I couldn''t lose my children. They were my only reason for living.


    "Baby, Mom will be back before you know it," I promised.


    We talked for about an hour, them telling me about their day. I reminded them to spend time with their grandparents and enjoy themselves.


    Just as I was getting ready for bed, someone knocked. Thinking it was Axel from next door, I opened it saying, "What''s up, Axel-"


    I froze. Kane stood there, his dark eyes zing with anger.


    "You?" I whispered.


    In a sh, he pushed me inside and closed the door behind him.


    Before I could process what was happening, he had me pressed against the door. "Axel, huh?" he growled.


    His sudden move left me stunned.


    ''What''s wrong with you? Why are you here?" I tried pushing him away.


    He gripped my arms tighter, holding me in ce.


    "What were you telling my dad about going to Iron Crown Pack? Is it because of that Beta Axel?"


    His jaw was clenched, rage rolling off him in waves that almost scared me.


    "Alpha Kane, you''re crossing a line. Let me go."


    "Let you go? So you can run to Axel?"


    "What do you want?" I demanded.


    I couldn''t understand why he was even here. All I knew was that he hated me more than anyone.


    His anger didn''t fade one bit.


    "Are you with him now?" he asked in a low, controlled voice.


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    "Why do you care-"


    "Yes or no."


    I took a deep breath, deciding to lie. Maybe it would finally make him leave me alone.


    "Yes. I''m with Axel," I said.


    I thought that would make him leave.


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    Instead, he let out a growl that made me tremble. I''d never felt this kind of submission to any alpha before. Why only Kane?


    "Just get out of my room. I don''t want to talk anymore-"


    My words cut off as he gripped the back of my neck and crushed his lips against mine.


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