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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do you know about your dad? Do you know where he was from?”

a Greytooth. Both him and

I asked, glad to hear they had

confusion and sadness in her eyes. “She died.

said, feeling

do you know them?”

“It’s complicated,” I teased.

the couch, crossing her

“Well, to start, they weren’t born in Greytooth territory. Have you ever heard of the

familiar. Isn’t that the territory out to the west that’s mostly abandoned

your father’s 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

executed by some secret society who believed the Dominis family had too much power

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massacre.”

me to talk about that part of my past. I still had nightmares sometimes. But I wasn’t about to plague Ayla with any

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 for

your parents?”

originally but went back.

hand with both of hers. “I’m

in my hand, wanting her

They asked if they could adopt me,” I said, smiling at the memory. “Both your aunt and your dad thought it would

glad you had that, Kingston,” Ayla said, rubbing her thumb along the

and aunt and everything they

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never knew where they ended up, but it

you ever

“He came to visit me a couple times. The last time was when

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