A Mother Making Plans.
SEBASTIAN. She ends the call… I look down at the phone, about to type up a
text to her when I pause. She needs some time.
I’ve hurt her and to make things right, I need to show her that and give her the
time she needs…
I sit back in my office chair and stare at the ceiling. Her birthmark… I’ve been
trying to research. that symbol for so long, maybe I need to search Blood Born
and Celestial Lunar…
I will check it on my other laptop.
“Sebastian!” Mom’s voice comes. I switch off my phone, slip it into my pocket and
leave my office, locking the door behind me. The smell of coffee hits my nose
before I spot her walking down the hall, holding the mug.
“There you are. I made you coffee. Are you turning in early today?” She asks with
concern. I shake my head. “No, I was getting some work done. Where is Dad?”
Her smile falters, knowing how we aren’t on the best of terms right now, and she
tilts her head. “Out. He’s gone with his friends for their weekly game night,
remember?”
“Oh yeah, I forgot,” I say. She tilts her head, observing me. “Sebastian, are you
alright? You’ve been training extremely hard lately. I heard…” She glances
around as if someone might see us. “I heard you have been shifting more often
and going… for runs.”
She says it as if it’s something to be ashamed about. “And is that not proper? I’m
a werewolf, Mom. I find peace when I embrace that side of me.” I say quietly.
The words from Zaia’s book come back to me and I frown slightly. This
conversation with Mom is something I wouldn’t have ever questioned, putting it
down to her simply being a concerned mother. But now it’s showing me how
much we are actually. growing further away from our truth and who we are meant
to be.
“I know, but we have to tame the beasts within Look at the rogues, people think
you’re going feral.” She says, pulling me gently into the laundry room and
shutting the door.” Because you are mate-less.”
I shake my head. “Then you need not worry because I am not going feral.
There’s nothing to be ashamed of.” I mutter, trying to hide my irritation. She nods,
smiling apologetically. “I’m sorry, dear. I once said the same, and/got in so much
trouble, I dared not shift again.”
I frown, looking down at her, before I move away, taking the mug from her and
leaning against the counter. The smell of fabric softener is strong in the air and
the humming of the tumble dryer is gentle in the background.
“Let Dad know that I will not marry Cara. I have children Mom, and I don’t need
another heir. I’m not marrying anyone.”
“And do you think your father and Hugh Toussaint will allow that, let alone Zaia?”
She asks, surprised at my sudden change of topic.
I frown. “They have no say, only Zaia’s opinion will be taken into account and I’m
not going to take her-our son from her. Just when he’s older, I’ll make him the
official heir to this pack. Look, Mom, if I’m ever going to win some favour in Zaia’s
eyes where she allows me to see the children then I don’t just want to randomly
bring any woman into their lives.”
I know how Mom’s mind works, and I’m hoping that if she sees the children as an
incentive, she’ll be on my side.
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Ah… then… what about Zaia… I hear
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she turned down Alpha Payne…
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There’s a sparkle in her eyes as she
plays right into my hands, although
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she’s getting a little off track. She and
her match-making habits never die.
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“No, Mom. Zaia and I are over, but the kids. mine too, right? So, tell Dad that you
don’t want Cara as your daughter-in-law. Please?”
She chews on her bottom lip, tilting her head of brown hair, and I can almost see
the cogs working. I sip my coffee, allowing her to ponder over everything I have
just said.
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Leave it to me.” She says after a
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moment. “But I have a condition.
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There’s that look in her eyes again,
the one she uses to barter with at
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shops. “What is it?” I ask, downing the
last of the hot coffee. She purses her
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“Ok, I know you said you and Zaia are over; BUT, imagine if something happens
or comes up … I mean, if you get to see the children more and
spend more time around Zaia, then I want you to try again. I want you to rekindle
the love I know you two had in your marriage. The beauty of the mate bond
shone between you two.”
Oh, I plan to, Mom. “Ok,” I say, Mom easily lets things slip out to others and who
knows who she might end up saying something to, so I won’t tell her any more.
“Very well then. I’ll have that thought gone from your father’s mind further than he
can cu “she coughs and I stare at her horrified. Did she almost say what I think
she did?
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I might just get nightmares,” I
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“Mom, please. I don’t need to hear that!” I growl, passing her the coffee mug and
leaving the laundry room. I hear her laugh and shake my head.
Taking out my phone, I message Justin, my beta. Since I’ll be flying out, I need to
make sure everything is taken care of here…