My badass alpha

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est not to curse too loudly in front of my l

y back gently, but I brushed her hand

red seeing y

e blue eyes shimmered with unshed tears, her small fing

's okay, sweetheart," I whispered, stroking her silky blonde ha

y neck, her warm breath against my skin. The simp

n time for my departure. Now, I have to take a commercial flight." I turn

mall nod befor

he scene unfold. "Iris, you need to control you

toward the little girl who had, just moments ago, been frightened by my outburst b

apped around your fingers," m

d my lips. "Of course,

d my own, thanks to her stubborn insistence that we look alike. She ha

fering a polite nod. "Your

sted Lyra in my arms as H

re you sure you want to

she was re

y I wouldn't ru

d from his life, from his pack. And now, I

A bitter smile played on my lips. "After all, G

softened, but s

everything, believing-foolishly-that he felt the same.

down, locking them awa

sn't ab

s about

I had le

ng myself that Gavin would take care of him-that I was only m

he inside m

ens, in newspapers, catching glimpses of him at pack

know if he was happy. To know

rom my thoughts. I glanced down, meetin

ile. "It's no

arning a squeal of delight. She clung to me, la

ommy in the whole world

r head. "And you're th

or a moment, ever

hattered as soon

an I get

fr

ribs as I stared at her, s

never felt his absence. She had ne

t, sweetheart?" I final

nnocently. "But I don't have one. You never told me about my daddy.

shatter into a

ly above a whisper. "Of course no

don't I ha

the lump i

t me aside before he even knew she existed? That I had run away n

a... misunderstandi

ead. "What's a m

aching. "It means... we didn't ag

touched my cheek

sita

n my head. There's no chance

r, the truth w

lowly. "Soo

, an attendant entered th

be taking off s

justing Lyra

choices pressing down on me wi

Moon, the more the past thr

en care that I

easily discarded-the one who had rebui

eel anythi

aight into a storm I

I glanced at Lyra, who had fal

ed to know

ot, that moment was coming f

Miss Green," the attendant gre

, but my skin burned w

as

ould ever be