Ate POV:


    After a few days I started to rx and feel more myself. Simon exined that the silver would be


    almost all the way out of my system in about a week. I still couldn’t talk to Grayson in my head without


    extreme effort and it exhausted me every time I tried.


    I hadn’t left the house yet the idea of going out into the crowd, all of those eyes on me staring at me the


    pity, the contempt, the judgement I felt much more at ease where no one could see me.


    I got up in the morning and fed Christian. Grayson told me how hard it was to get him to take a bottle


    and as much as I hated it, there was no other option by now. I sat with him on my knees staring at each


    other making faces to make himugh and brushing my fingers over his eyes when he got tired. I had


    learned him so quickly my hands knowing how to hold him, how to calm him. I wore him on my chest as


    I made breakfast for Grayson. I relished cooking again remembering favorite recipes and foods I had


    craved in my absence.


    While my husband went off to lead our people I kept myself inside, I knew I only had so much more


    grace before I had to take my ce beside him helping see to all the things my duty demanded.


    My siblings always seemed toe along through out the day I knew they probably were taking turns


    watching me and making sure I was okay. I wasn’t going to fracture under the weight of being home if I


    didn’t shatter after being torn from my newborn child.


    “You should eat,” Cea pushed a bowl of fruit closer to me as Iid on my stomach dangling a toy over


    my sons head.


    “I eat when I’m hungry,” I told her not looking up. I wasn’t going to get better instantly and if I overate


    that would


    only hurt me more.


    “Alright,” she sighed and came to sit beside me. “Is it going being back with Grayson?” Her words were


    grasping for


    some form of conversation.


    I felt guilty I know they wanted things to go back to normal, wanted to joke with me, wanted me to have


    full cheeks, wanted me to have my spirit and confidence. I just had to take my time.


    “Of course it is,” I told her, smiling up at her as if everything was as it had always been.


    “It’s good luck that Max was as kind as he is,” she tickled Christians stomach.


    “The Luna knows who to trust,” Elizebeth came over and sat on the other side


    of me.


    I still had a guard on duty as always, either Matt, Elizebeth, E or James. Though I saw less of my


    little brother as he now had permanent position at my husbands side the two of them conversing on


    how best to protect me and the pack.


    Elizebeth was the one mostmonly by me and I was surprised at how much the stone cold woman


    had missed me ande out of her shell. I wondered how much her husband had whispered in her


    ear throughout their marriage.


    “He’s much like his father,” Elizebeth gave a soft smile to my son. “But his smile is yours,” she looked


    over at me.


    I reached out and held her hand, thankful for her being there for my family. Cra smiled er at me.. peace


    in my turmoil.


    Theo came by always around lunch and usually Charlie came in shortly after but Charlie stayed longer


    and I had o sneaking suspicion it was due to E always swinging by to pick up dinner.


    “They’re cotally crazy about each other he just won’t make a move.” Theo rolled his eyes as he helped


    me make som sd for dinner.


    “He’s always had an overbearing sense of duty you know that Theo,” I reminded my brother in a


    nagging tone.


    “Yeah but does he honestly think we’ll all be angry with him for not marrying an alpha blooded woman,”


    my brother held his hands up as said the word knowing that all the hy around my rarity was only as


    special as people made it


    out to be.


    Theo never liked how covered was, he always thought it’d lead to trouble, turns out he was right. I think


    he probably didn’t like how much it put on me and on Charlie.


    “I mean you’re married, you’re settled and done with and popping out kids golden bloodline lives on


    woopdy doo,” he shook his head and he cut some cucumbers. “But no even Charlie gets his ass


    hounded about marry what the only other female alpha in the country what if she doesn’t want to be


    with him,”


    I looked over at my brother with my eyebrows raised. We knew it was unlikely that they wouldn’t be


    forced to meet and that our parents wouldn’t say something after all. When they retired or died we took


    over and their whole lives were about the pack and a female alpha made for a strong pack.


    We had an effect on those around us, not just our offspring. The pack was only as strong as its alpha


    and when we fought our strength became theirs. Our power radiated to our wolves and when you had a


    family like mine on a battlefield the tide of war quickly changed in our direction.


    “You should talk to him,” Theo looked over at me.


    “I don’t think he’ll listen to what I have to say,” I shook my head I knew he wouldn’t the second I started


    in about following his heart he’d remind me that I met my soulmate and that I had no reason to talk


    about being blessed by the goddess. No one could refute my marriage, although that didn’t stop crazy


    bastards from tr


    E came in early that day and looked around for a moment I smirked to myself before looking her in


    the eyes.


    “Charlie isn’t here,” I told her.


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    “Oh I–wasn’t. 1,” she sucked in a breath and blushed furiously.


    “Help me with dinner co and put the rub on those ribs,” I nodded over to the bs of meat in front of us.


    She nodded profusely her face still scarlet I felt bad for teasing her but the quite girl was did Charlie


    walk through the door/


    asy. Not a second alter


    His eyes lit up when he saw her “Do you need help Anna?” He asked me but his eyes stayed on her.


    “Can you help E season the ribs,” I shook my head at how ridiculous they were.


    She looked incredulously over her shoulder but I started back challenging her to say something she


    silently put the


    bowl between them.


    Aside from my older brothers obvious feelings for my friend, not much had changed. It gave me some


    comfort know…g that they all were still here while I’d been away.


    “We finished early today,” my husband walked through the door, his eyes falling on E and Charlie


    silently blushing


    next to each other.


    I saw the gears turning in his head. “Grayson help me chop some lettuce,” I ordered him and he smiled


    at me keeping his mouth shut.


    My little brother on the other hand. “Just kiss and get it over with already,”


    “James!” Chalrie growled at him his ears tomato red and he through some of the rub at James.


    “Ha!” Theo covered his mouth and walked to the corner of the kitchen snickering to himself.


    This this what I missed I felt tears welling up in my eyes as I looked at the picture before me James


    shaking the seasoning out of his hair over the sink as Charlie and E red at him. I had missed them


    all so much I missed them still standing here in their presence.


    “It’s alright,” his arms came around me. “We aren’t going anywhere.


    I looked out over my siblings and my friends happy that they all had survived my absence. I melted into


    my husbands arms. It was going to be okay and I had to let go of my fears or I’d never get better and


    be terrified for the rest of my life missing out on dozens of moments just like this.


    The next day I left the house…


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