Rejected, And Became A Heiress (Cara)

Chapter 0119

Alaric's POV

"Go to her, sir. If you only just tell her how you feel, you can explain-" my Beta's voice is fast and pleading.

I cut John off, not letting him finish his suggestion. It's preposterous anyway. It would do no good, there would be no use in discussing the situation with Cara further. It would change nothing. The simple fact remains that Cara has a husband.

.A husband with whom she shares two children.

A husband who is the Beta of her pack. Her eldest brother's Beta, in fact. It was almost cruel of her, to dangle that question in front of me as she had done.

"Do you love me?" she had asked me back in Mia's hospital room.

...I know clearly that my answer just now wasn't what she wanted, and I'm hurting her again and again.

But, what else could I possibly say other than 'no'...?!

To say yes, to say anything else, would risk war, would risk the carefully constructed alliance that Eamon and I had built!

If I challenged Eamon's Beta, Aylon Auburn, by attempting to court his wife, Cara... there would be difficult and painful consequences... Most of all, the consequences for Cara would be severe. It would tear her entire family apart.

The family that she had been deprived of having for her entire childhood. The family that was stolen from her through a terrible misunderstanding.

No, I couldn't take that from her.

I had hurt her very much in the past. If that's possible, I don't want to hurt her one more time. I want to help her, want her to have a wonderful happy life.

But at the same time, it means I must see her. Seeing the woman I loved, the one who already had a family, standing in front of me.

.Although that's a pain for me too.

We are hurting each other.

...

Give me some time alone, John. I need to clear my head... I need to stop thinking so much

Then we will address all of the day's tasks, I assure you," I try to keep any harshness

from

my tone this time.

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I know John doesn't deserve to be the recipient of my frustration. He's just trying to do his job. He's not the person I'm upset with.

If I'm honest, I realize I'm upset with myself...

"Yes... now you see..." my wolf Grey whispers in my

head.

My Beta John leaves without saying another word.

I reach for Grey, trying to understand what he was referring to, but I'm left alone in a deafening silence.

Grey refuses to respond to me. He's pulled back, into the deepest recesses of my mind, ignoring me.

I'm pondering how to get my head back together when I hear voices outside the door. It's some of the hospital staff, chatting.

"I heard that one of the doctors is going to ask Cara out on a date," someone says.

"Wow,

can you imagine what a great wife she would be? That woman is so smart and kind, she'd make anyone happy!" another voice says.

People were always so fickle. Just a few short days ago, most of the DarkWood pack members hated Cara. They thought she was an arrogant, aloof princess. Now, they think kindly of her again, thinking her an excellent wife.

"Can you believe the Alpha King actually turned her down years ago?! He could've married her, but he rejected her!" Someone says outside the door.

Yes, what a fool I was. A fool indeed.

Recalling the events of the past, I remember being so smitten by Lilia Auburn. She was everything I had ever wanted in a wife, or so I thought.

I was even stupid and foolish enough to believe that Lilia had been my childhood savior. The girl in the woods with red hair who had saved my life when I'd been lost as a young boy.

But then I learned the truth. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that then I finally let myself see the truth that was right in front of me. Lilia hadn't been that kind-hearted little girl from my memories at all. I've never managed to find that girl. And at this point, I'm convinced that I never will.

When I no longer hear the voices behind the door, I walk back out to find John. It's time that I do what I do best when I'm feeling out of sorts-get to work.

"Leaving so soon, Alpha King?" I hear a voice call from behind me.

There's laughter in their tone, almost like sarcasm.

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I turn around to see Aidan and Ryan Auburn coming up behind me. They're always looking for a reason to make a joke at my expense. And today I'm in no mood. "Gotta get going before big bad Aylon Auburn comes by, right?" Aidan says in a biting tone, making his twin double over in laughter.

I cock my eyebrow at the two of them, not sure what's so funny.

"I might just faint from surprise if that useless good-for-nothing husband of hers comes by for anything at all," I fire back. "He's not good enough for her, anyway..."

That last part I say much quieter, talking mostly to myself.

I still can't believe someone as beautiful and smart as Cara is married to such an idiot.

"And what, you think you ARE good enough for her?" Ryan says with a smirk.

Aidan laughs, "If he's not good enough for her then you're even less worthy of her!"

"At least I'd treat her better than this! I'd at least be by her side and actually support her!" I yell back before I can stop myself.

If her husband were me, if it were me-...!

"If it were me, I'd -"

Aidan cuts me off, his own anger clearly coming through now, "You'd what?! Huh? Didn't you say, no, didn't you PROMISE that you didn't love Cara? That you'd never be with her?!"" "Bring him to me," I respond, my voice deadly still.

"What?!" Ryan asks, his face falling and looking suddenly ashen. "What did you say?"

"I said bring him to me. Aylon," Cara's husband's name tastes bitter in my mouth.

"As the alpha king of DarkWood, I have the right to meet the beta of our partner."

I have no right to disrupt Cara's family. But at least... let me see that jerk who took her away with my own eyes!

"You want to see Aylon?"

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