Chapter 18: Kingston

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Chapter 18: Kingston

Shifting Ayla’s legs slightly, I carefully pulled two photos from my back pocket. I didn’t know how she would respond to the information I was about to give her. But I hoped it would

convince her to stay. At least stay with my pack. But I was still

nervous.

“Ayla, there was a reason I was so intent on helping you. Not just because it was the right thing to do,” I said. “It’s one of the reasons I want you to stay here.”

“Okay…” she said slowly.

I handed her one of the photos.

“That’s mine,” she said, taking it and holding it delicately. “I was worried I’d lost it in the crash.”

“I found it the next morning. Pierce and I had gone back when it was light out. I wasn’t sure at first, but when you woke up, I saw you had his eyes.” I smiled.

“You weren’t sure about what?”

“Ayla, I knew your father,” I said, handing her the second picture.

She snatched the photo from my fingers, confusion all over her face. It was a picture of me and her father. I was about ten at the time, but I’m sure she could tell it was me.

“How?”

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your dad? Do you know where he was

a Greytooth. Both

him?” I asked, glad to hear they had managed to stay together. “How

confusion and sadness in her eyes. “She died. Her and

I said, feeling my own

you know them?”

“It’s complicated,” I teased.

Ayla snuggled back into the couch, crossing her arms and

in Greytooth territory. Have

sounds familiar. Isn’t that the territory out to the

pack. Your grandfather was the Alpha. They were from one of the oldest bloodlines of wolf shifters in this part of the world. It made them very powerful, which in turn, made them targets

society who believed the Dominis family had too much power and were a threat to all the packs.

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massacre.”

about that part of my past. I still had nightmares

me, your aunt, and a few others out of the packhouse and got us to safety. Then anyone who wasn’t a member of the Alpha’s inner circle managed to find sanctuary in a nearby pack. But your father thought staying so close wouldn’t be safe

about your parents?”

but went back. for my father,” I

grabbing my hand with both of hers. “I’m so

more firmly in my

a few years prior. They asked if they could adopt me,” I said, smiling at the memory. “Both your aunt and

you had that, Kingston,” Ayla said, rubbing her thumb

and

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up, but it makes

ever see them

couple times. The last

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