Chapter 705

Graham:

Her tone, however, didn’t match her actions. She sounded much calmer as she

asked me that question.

I simply lifted my head and sniffled.

“I do,” I promised, watching her slowly lift her foot off my back.

She watched me in silence before stepping back, almost as if giving me permission

to get back on my feet.

So I did.

I slowly found my footing and faced her again.

There was no way I could fight her now, and she knew that too.

That’s why she was so confident.

“What do you want?” she asked, perhaps trying to understand why I had attacked her.

“I didn’t mean to hurt you. I just wanted to remind you how much I love you,” I began

to explain, choosing my words carefully.

She nodded, almost as if trying to understand what I was saying.

Then she folded her arms across her chest.

“I have been lonely too,” she admitted.

My heart flipped in my chest.

She hadn’t talked to me about her feelings in a very long time.

And, I mean, if I had to guess, it was because of my own actions.

“I know,” I said, trying to reach for her, but she held up her palm, so I stepped back again.

“I’ve been stripped of my husband’s love. My children have been stolen from me. I live alone in a cabin where I have to face the monster.”

She paused, and I noticed a slight crack in her voice. I didn’t know the full story about the monster.

“I’ll go and fight the monster for you,” I offered.

She rolled her neck before scoffing and shaking her head, as if calling me an idiot, while slowly slipping her hands into the pockets of her black pants.

“There won’t be any need,” she hissed, “because the monster fucking wants to play games.”

She spoke with raw emotion.

“He’s trying to protect me after killing my daughter.”

She paused as she hugged herself.

I watched real tears spill from her eyes.

At that moment, I could only remember the Madeline I knew.

My best friend.

“And now, the sad part is that the people who wronged me are getting happy

endings,” she uttered as she sniffled and wiped away her tears.

“You know, Elgin is finally going to become an Alpha King.”

The moment she said those words, my heart skipped a beat.

For the first time in so many years, there would finally be an Alpha King because he

would have a significant number of packs under his ruling.

“Can you believe that?”

As she said those words, her voice cracked even more, and a large tear rolled down her cheek.

Even I was surprised. When I shouldn’t have been.

I had always known that was Elgin’s biggest goal in life.

I just didn’t know it would be so easy for him to become an Alpha King.

“And he’s the one who took my

children from me. His mother is a

fucking council leader now. His wife’s father is a fucking council leader now. I just don’t understand What I’m supposed to do Who ar supposed to go to? Who do I ask to help me get my daughter and my son back? I don’t even know where my son is.”

As she spoke those words, I realized she was looking to me for comfort.

So comfort was exactly what I was going to give her.

If Elgin had been lucky enough to gain the packs and the title of Alpha King, then I’d be the lucky one if Madeline trusted me enough to fet me have her.

“I will. I will do it for you.”

The moment I said that, I watched Madeline raise her head and stare at me in shock.

“What?” she asked.

Tears still streamed down her face, but now there was unmistakable shock in her expression.

“I said I will do it for you. I’ll bring

Elara back from Elgin. I’ll find Bodhi, and I’ll punish everyone who has

wronged you said confidently

watching her continue to stare at me

in disbelief. It was exactly the

reaction I had hoped for.

“You will?” she asked, and I nodded.

“I-I don’t know what to say,” she mumbled with a faint smile, looking genuinely

grateful.

“But you can’t go outside right now. Not until I say so,” she uttered, making me frown as she approached me.

Then, without warning, she raised her hand and pressed something against my neck.

It was wolfsbane.

“But I said I’ll help you,” I protested, already beginning to feel dizzy.

“And that is why I’m doing this. Because I’m not going to lose you like I lost everyone else.”

The way she gently cupped my cheek, I had no problem letting myself fall asleep as the wolfsbane took effect.