Page 141 of A Silent Prodigy for the Lycan Princess
Why would he do all that?she growls.Pathetic alpha.
Maybe the loss of his mate broke him?
Didn’t break him enough to bed half of the she-wolves in his pack,she says.
She has a point.I can only imagine that there might have already been something off about him before his mate died, but she kept it in check,I say.Once she died, he just lost that restraint too.
He could have had it all: two great sons, a pack, a loving family, maybe even a second chance mate or a chosen one,Maxima says.He ruined it for himself, and it’s all his fault.
Let’s make sure he won’t hurt our mate more than he already has,I point out.
“Have you heard from your friends?” Arden asks us all of a sudden, probably to diffuse the tension.
“Yes, they arrived safely,” I say.
“I talked to Marilou earlier today,” Tori explains. “She was crying so much; happy tears. My mom was so happy for Terry and welcomed her into the family.”
“She didn’t expect it,” I say quietly. “To finally have a family and to be accepted the way she is.”
“I’m so happy for Terry,” Tori says. “He loved Marilou even before they were mates. He always said she was his soulmate, and I’m glad the Goddess didn’t take that from him.”
“Yes,” Lion says. “She sometimes knows what she is doing,” he adds, casting a longing gaze towards Tori.
Tori pretends she doesn’t notice, but I can see her getting flustered.
“Val and I talked to Jazz,” I told her. “She is already preparing for her next visit.”
“Talking about our friends, where is Nox?” Lion asks.
“He is getting some training in to stay in shape. He is right to do that. He might need it in case we have to fight Night and his minions,” I say. “And then, he wanted to help Emilien.”
I don’t want him to overwork himself, but I understand that for Nox being here is a huge opportunity. He is going to be beta of Silverlake in a couple of years, and learning under Emilien gives him new perspectives.
“When did we all become so serious?” Lion muses.
“I’m not sure who you are talking about,” Tori says. “But I’m still the same, I think. Pretty lame, huh?”
“Not at all,” Lion says promptly.
I’m not sure if he is aware of it, but it seems like he is pretty whipped. Lion and Tori’s little exchange helped to distract us, but now silence falls upon us again, and none of us sure how to break it. Fortunately, we don’t need to because footsteps are coming closer—quickly.
The door flies open, and Gustave rushes into the room without knocking, almost tripping over his feet. “Here you are. Here you are!”
We are all up on our feet immediately. “What happened?” Arden stresses.
“Guys, guys, guys,” Gustave blurts out. “Zoé and I found it, we found it!” He shows us the print of a man with a young boy next to him. “I present you Guillaume LaRue, and next to him, his son André LaRue, also called Night.”
Arden gapes before rushing towards Gustave. The latter looks terrified for a second, but then Arden pulls him into a hug. “Amazing, Gustave! Amazing! This is it, the breakthrough we needed.”
Gustave looks flustered by the praise. “Zoé and I just used a software to make Night look younger and then searched through all the databases. We were just lucky because one pack in the province of Auvergne recently digitized all their old pictures and—”
“Don’t diminish your success,” Arden interrupts him. “You and Zoé did amazingly, and this will finally give us the knowledge we need. I’m coming with you to Zoé.”
“Me too,” I say.
“Can I come too?” Vander asks.
Arden and I exchange a look and nod. There is no way we have the heart to keep him away when his girlfriend is in Night’s claws.
