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s tiny fists curling near his face. His eyes-my eyes-blinked up at me with

g in my ears, a mixture of shock and

" I growled, my voice sharp

ck. "The maid found the basket outside the packhouse

wn nervously, clutching the fabric of her

pha," she said softly. "He

on

s old, abandoned in the de

of it all made

ose, his soft, pink lips, his chubby cheeks. He looked so... fragile.

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s no den

hild w

n. Who the hell would do this? Who wo

en it

r

given it much thought at the time-just another woman who had come and gone from my life.

child all this time, only to dump

something dark

coldly, my eyes never leaving the baby.

eady pulling out his phone

s tiny hands waving in the air as i

t that

a ste

o do with him, Alpha?"

k nanny. Have her take care

itated. "But

I cut her off. "

, my chest tight with somet

sion. Maybe

nitely n

didn't d

-

at the edge of the lake behind the

ork, yet no amount of paperwork or distractions

s

asted forei

? Had Iris kept thi

ent all day, but now his voice ca

e an i

a hand over my fa

Gavin, you abandoned your mate and now you're

jaw. "She coul

ar that you wanted nothing to do with her. Or did you forget th

cker of something unfami

gr

o

wasn'

, Jerry's voice came f

e him. "Tell me

n was grim. "

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ds of travel, no known residence. It's like she d

at?" I

tside of pack territories. We found traces of her name in a

ro

among humans rather t

f irritation f

ell was sh

I asked, my voice

ere. No security footage. Whoever dropped

ea

dead

rough me. I had built my empire on control, on order

, Iris had manag

taken my chi

il

-

standing outside the pack nursery

ly as she fed him. His tiny fingers curled around the bottl

in my ches

ed... c

pp

in my life, I felt so

re I never needed anyo

fragile being

had never

couldn'

pretend all you want, Gavin. But y

llowe

years, I had no idea

thing wa

d to fi

hen I

ave a lot t