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

Both him

to hear they had managed to stay together. “How

her eyes. “She died. Her and

feeling

do you know

“It’s complicated,” I teased.

queue, Ayla snuggled back into the couch, crossing

they weren’t born in Greytooth territory. Have you ever heard of the Onyxcrown Pack?”

familiar. Isn’t that the territory out

were from one of the oldest bloodlines of wolf shifters in this part of the world. It made them very

years before you were born, a coup was executed by some secret society who believed the Dominis family had too much power and were a threat to all the

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massacre.”

I still had nightmares sometimes. But I wasn’t

Then anyone who wasn’t a member of the Alpha’s inner circle managed to find sanctuary

your

with us originally but went back. for my father,” I said solemnly. “They didn’t make

my hand with both of hers.

them more firmly in my hand,

to the Sablemane Pack. The Alpha and Luna allowed us passage through their lands. But they took a shine to me. They had lost their only child a few years prior. They asked if they could adopt me,” I said, smiling at the memory. “Both your aunt and your dad thought it would be

Kingston,” Ayla said, rubbing her thumb along the back of my hand, sending chills through

never forgot your father and aunt and everything they did

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they ended up, but it makes me happy that they stayed so

ever see them

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

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