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Nora:

‘He is Ryker’s son?‘ as Akira too questioned, I shook my head. I would never let this be his identity.

“No! I will never call you that.” I wondered if the Moon Goddess was telling the truth. I had noticed

similarities between my other children and the brothers, but I ignored them. However, the unique

pattern in Ryker’s dual–colored eyes frightened me.

How could I have carried the children of all of them? And Silas! I had only slept with him a day

before finding out I was pregnant. Was the pregnancy delayed until I had mated with all four of

them?

“I need to give you a name, my sweet angel. I’ll call you Roman!” I smiled as I held him close. I was

a little afraid to feed him ever since I was told he wasn’t accepting my milk. But the moment I placed

him in my lap and began feeding him, he started to calm down.

It felt like he wanted me to hold him while he was being fed. Tears welled up in my eyes, but I

quickly wiped them away.

I wished I could gather all my babies together and have them in my bed, taking care of them. I

wouldn’t mind sleeping on the ground or even in a sitting position. This kind of exhaustion was worth

more than anything in the world.

But the peaceful moment ended too soon, and I had to let him go because Mrs. Fisher arrived,

demanding I give him back or I wouldn’t see my other babies.

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They needed to be fed too.

I could tell my babies were weaker from the lack of their mother’s care, and it shattered my heart

into a million tiny pieces.

“Here,” she handed me the other babies and signaled the maids, who had brought them and their

belongings, to leave.

“Those stepbrothers of yours,” she stood by my bed, hands on her hips, “why won’t they leave us

alone?”

I groaned at her for bringing them up again, still referring to them as my stepbrothers. At this point, I

realized she was doing it deliberately to irritate me.

“Why don’t you ask them?” I raised my head and an eyebrow, challenging

her.

“They’re planning to come here, or should I say, threatening to come here to see you.” She added,

and my body flinched involuntarily. This time, I couldn’t even hide it.

“Why? Why would they threaten to come here? It’s not like I was

abducted by this pack. They sent me here, and now I’m a member of this pack,” I hissed, feeling a

surge of anger at their audacity to disrupt my peace—if there was any peace.

“Huh, you wish. The question is, why? Why can’t they leave us alone? They sent you here, as you

said, so why are they acting like we’re holding you against your will and refusing to let you see

them?” She had a point. Even I wanted to know what was stopping them from leaving me in peace.

Or were they finally coming to flaunt their perfect little mates and lives in front of me?

“Besides, there have been some offers from our council to them,” she said

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with a smirk, and I frowned in confusion.

“What kind of offers, and why do I need to know about them?” I was slightly disturbed by the way

she smiled..

It couldn’t be good.

What were they planning?

“You’ll find out in due time.” With a scoff and an eye–roll, she left, leaving me in bewilderment.

‘Oh, Sweet Goddess, this woman is so toxic,‘ Akira stirred awake, but her mention of the Moon

Goddess annoyed me.

I no longer saw her as my goddess. She meant nothing to me. Just someone who thought her alpha

kings could toy with me, only to come asking for my help later?

Where were they when I needed help?

‘Okay, your silence tells me I’ve upset you,‘ thankfully, she understood. My patience has been

extremely low now. I would get enraged pretty quickly.

‘Anyway, let’s focus on our babies. I’m not sure we’ll even be given a chance to hold them after the

fight,‘ her words troubled me.

I had to ask her what she meant.

‘Nora! They’re insisting we delay the victory to build tension. Do you know what that means? A lot of

pain for us—wounds and injuries. Since they won’t let us shift, you’ll have to heal on your own. Do

you think we’ll even be able to hold our babies with so many injuries?‘ The fact that it was getting

harder every day to spend time with our babies was pushing me to the edge.

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‘I can hold my babies on my deathbed, Akira!‘ But she wasn’t

How long could we go on like this?